The month of September is dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows

The Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month of September 2026

For the care of water: Let us pray for a just and sustainable management of water, a vital resource, so that everyone may have equal access to it.

Feasts for September

03. Gregory the Great, Memorial

05. St. Teresa of Calcutta (Kolkata), Opt. Mem.

06. TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

08. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast

9. Peter Claver (USA), Memorial

12. Most Holy Name of Mary, Opt. Mem.

13. TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast

15. Our Lady of Sorrows, Memorial

16. Cornelius and Cyprian; Ember Wednesday, Memorial

17. Robert Bellarmine, Hildegard of Bingen, Opt. Mem.

19. Januarius; Ember Saturday, Opt. Mem.

20. TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

21. Matthew, Apostle, Feast

23. Pius of Pietrelcina, Memorial

26. Cosmas and Damian, Opt. Mem.

27. TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

28. Wenceslaus; Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, Opt. Mem.

29. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels, Feast

30. Jerome, Memorial

Focus of the Liturgy

The Gospels for the Sundays in September 2026 are from the Gospel of St. Matthew from Cycle A, Weekdays following Year II.

September 6th Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

If your brother or sister listens to you, you have won them over.

September 13th Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

I say to you, forgive not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

September 20th Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Are you envious because I am generous?

September 27th Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

He changed his mind and went. Tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of heaven before you.

The commemorations of St. John Chrysostom (September 13), St. Andrew Kim and Companions (September 20), and St. Vincent de Paul (September 27), fall on a Sunday and are superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.

Highlights of the Month

During September, as in all of Tempus per Annum, or Ordinary Time (formerly known as Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy does not focus on one particular mystery of Christ, but views the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. We follow the life of Christ through the Gospels, and focus on the teachings and parables of Jesus and what it means for us to be a follower of Christ. During Ordinary Time we can concentrate more on the saints and imitate their holiness as Christ’s followers.

extract from catholicculture.org website