The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, whose memorial the Church celebrates on September 15
The Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month of September 2025
For our relationship with all of creation. Let us pray that, inspired by Saint Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect.
Feasts for September
03. Gregory the Great, Memorial
07. TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
08. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast
09. Peter Claver (USA), Memorial
12. Most Holy Name of Mary, Opt. Mem.
13. John Chrysostom, Memorial
14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast
15. Our Lady of Sorrows, Memorial
16. Cornelius and Cyprian, Memorial
17. Robert Bellarmine, Hildegard of Bingen; Ember Wednesday, Opt. Mem.
19. Januarius; Ember Friday, Opt. Mem.
20. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions; Ember Saturday, Memorial
21. TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
23. Pius of Pietrelcina, Memorial
26. Cosmas and Damian, Opt. Mem.
27. Vincent de Paul, Memorial
28. TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday
29. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels, Feast
30. Jerome, Memorial
Focus of the Liturgy
The Gospels for the Sundays in September 2025 are from the Gospel of St. Luke from Cycle C, Weekdays following Year I.
September 7th Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 14:25-33: Anyone of you who does not renounce all possessions cannot be my disciple.
September 14th Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
John 3:13-17: So the Son of Man must be lifted up.
September 21st Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 16:1-13: You cannot serve both God and mammon.
September 28th Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Luke 16:19-31: You received what was good, Lazarus what was bad; now he is comforted, whereas you are tormented.
extract from catholicculture.org website