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Oct 25 - Bl Thaddeus MacCarthy (1455-92) bishop of Ross, Cork and Cloyne
Summary: Blessed Thaddeus Mc Carthy's This story of the North Cathedral in Cork is a kafkaesque tale of bungling and disappointment. Appointed bishop of Ross while working in Rome, Thaddeus arrived back in Ireland to find another bishop already in possession of his diocese. Matters were about to get a lot worse before they get better....
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Appointment and Consecration
Thaddeus MacCarthy was born in West Cork around 1455. He studied abroad, probably in Paris. After his ordination he went to Rome and was possibly working in the papal Curia when in 1482 at the age of 27 Pope Sixtus IV appointed him bishop of Ross. With a dispensation from the age impediment, he was consecrated by Archbishop Stephen of Antivari and two other bishops in the Church of Santo Stefano del Cacco, Rome.
Occupied See
Thaddeus travelled to Ireland only to find to his surprise that Ross already had a bishop, Hugh O'Driscoll, appointed nine years earlier by the same Pope and consecrated by the Archbishop of Cashel. O'Driscoll took the position that Thaddeus's claim was a political manoeuvre by the MacCarthy family against his own O'Driscoll family. There had been a long-standing feud between the two families.
Disputed Claims
In 1483 Bishop O'Driscoll went to Rome to denounce Thaddeus and Pope Sixtus IV accepted the legitimacy of O'Driscoll's appointment nine years earlier. He ordered MacCarthy to withdraw Thaddeus was dissatisfied with the documentation when it arrived and continued to uphold his claim.
The following year Pope Sixtus IV died and his successor Pope Innocent VIII upheld O'Driscoll's claim, declaring that Thaddeus was not the bishop of Ross. Thaddeus now requested an independent enquiry to establish the facts. When this was complete, Innocent VIII declared O'Driscoll as legitimate bishop of Ross by prior appointment.
Bishop of Cork and Cloyne
However, some time later (1490) Innocent VIII appointed Thaddeus bishop of Cork & Cloyne, which had been united in 1429 and where the incumbent, Bishop William Roche, had voluntarily resigned in his favour. But when Thaddeus went to claim his diocese, he found the cathedral at Cork occupied by another claimant, Gerald Fitzgerald. Thaddeus set out to Rome again to have the issue finally sorted out. In a motu proprio dated 18th July 1492, Pope Innocent VIII clearly recognised him as the legitimate bishop of Cork & Cloyne.
Return Journey and Death
He set out on the return journey to Ireland on foot, travelling incognito along the pilgrims' route. While passing through Ivrea not far from Turin, he passed the night in a pilgrims' hospice. In the morning a brilliant light was seen shining from his room and, on investigation, it was found that Thaddeus had died during the night and the light, like flickering flames of a fire, shone from his body and the pallet where he lay.
Opening his travel bag, they discovered his episcopal insignia and the papal documents. News spread, crowds gathered, and several sick persons were miraculously cured. The bishop of Ivrea directed his body to be brought to the Cathedral where it lay in state for several days and was laid to rest in the cathedral of Ivrea under the altar of St Eusebius, where it still bears the inscription: Cava S. Eusebii et sepulcrum B. Taddei Ep. Hib.
Influence
Devotion to Thaddeus McCarthy grew in Ivrea. Over the years many miracles were attributed to his intercession. When his tomb was opened in 1742, three hundred years after his death, his body was found to be completely preserved. Pope Leo XIII beatified him on 14th September 1896.
The White Martyr of Munster"
Because of the patience with which he bore all the humiliations he suffered, Thaddeus is often referred to as "the white martyr of Munster".
There are relics in shrines dedicated to him in both St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, and in the North Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne in Cork
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Appointment and Consecration
Thaddeus MacCarthy was born in West Cork around 1455. He studied abroad, probably in Paris. After his ordination he went to Rome and was possibly working in the papal Curia when in 1482 at the age of 27 Pope Sixtus IV appointed him bishop of Ross. With a dispensation from the age impediment, he was consecrated by Archbishop Stephen of Antivari and two other bishops in the Church of Santo Stefano del Cacco, Rome.Occupied See
Thaddeus travelled to Ireland only to find to his surprise that Ross already had a bishop, Hugh O'Driscoll, appointed nine years earlier by the same Pope and consecrated by the Archbishop of Cashel. O'Driscoll took the position that Thaddeus's claim was a political manoeuvre by the MacCarthy family against his own O'Driscoll family. There had been a long-standing feud between the two families.
Disputed Claims
In 1483 Bishop O'Driscoll went to Rome to denounce Thaddeus and Pope Sixtus IV accepted the legitimacy of O'Driscoll's appointment nine years earlier. He ordered MacCarthy to withdraw Thaddeus was dissatisfied with the documentation when it arrived and continued to uphold his claim.
The following year Pope Sixtus IV died and his successor Pope Innocent VIII upheld O'Driscoll's claim, declaring that Thaddeus was not the bishop of Ross. Thaddeus now requested an independent enquiry to establish the facts. When this was complete, Innocent VIII declared O'Driscoll as legitimate bishop of Ross by prior appointment.
Bishop of Cork and Cloyne
However, some time later (1490) Innocent VIII appointed Thaddeus bishop of Cork & Cloyne, which had been united in 1429 and where the incumbent, Bishop William Roche, had voluntarily resigned in his favour. But when Thaddeus went to claim his diocese, he found the cathedral at Cork occupied by another claimant, Gerald Fitzgerald. Thaddeus set out to Rome again to have the issue finally sorted out. In a motu proprio dated 18th July 1492, Pope Innocent VIII clearly recognised him as the legitimate bishop of Cork & Cloyne.
Return Journey and Death
He set out on the return journey to Ireland on foot, travelling incognito along the pilgrims' route. While passing through Ivrea not far from Turin, he passed the night in a pilgrims' hospice. In the morning a brilliant light was seen shining from his room and, on investigation, it was found that Thaddeus had died during the night and the light, like flickering flames of a fire, shone from his body and the pallet where he lay.
Opening his travel bag, they discovered his episcopal insignia and the papal documents. News spread, crowds gathered, and several sick persons were miraculously cured. The bishop of Ivrea directed his body to be brought to the Cathedral where it lay in state for several days and was laid to rest in the cathedral of Ivrea under the altar of St Eusebius, where it still bears the inscription: Cava S. Eusebii et sepulcrum B. Taddei Ep. Hib.
Influence
Devotion to Thaddeus McCarthy grew in Ivrea. Over the years many miracles were attributed to his intercession. When his tomb was opened in 1742, three hundred years after his death, his body was found to be completely preserved. Pope Leo XIII beatified him on 14th September 1896.
The White Martyr of Munster"
Because of the patience with which he bore all the humiliations he suffered, Thaddeus is often referred to as "the white martyr of Munster".
There are relics in shrines dedicated to him in both St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, and in the North Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne in Cork
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Memorable Quote for Today
Sometimes God's ways are not our ways.
They seem to us to be so unclear, even contradictory.
When this happens we still have to trust in His love for us.
~c/f Benny Hinn ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Saturday, 25th October, 2025
Saturday of the Twenty Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle 1
Christians are enabled to live for God by the vitalising power of the Holy Spirit
Saturday Mass of Our Lady
Saint of the Day: Oct 24th; Opt. Memorial of Bl Thaddeus (1455-92) bishop of Ross, Cork and Cloyne)
C/f A short history of today’s saint can be found below today’s Readings and Reflection.
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:1-11
The Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you.
The reason why those who are in Christ Jesus are not condemned, is that the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. God has done what the Law, because of our unspiritual nature, was unable to do. God dealt with sin by sending his own Son in a body as physical as any sinful body, and in that body God condemned sin. He did this in order that the Law's just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the spirit dictates.
The unspiritual are interested only in what is unspiritual, but the spiritual are interested in spiritual things. It is death to limit oneself to what is unspiritual; life and peace can only come with concern for the spiritual. That is because to limit oneself to what is unspiritual is to be at enmity with God: such a limitation never could and never does submit to God's law. People who are interested only in unspiritual things can never be pleasing to God.Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him. Though your body may be dead it is because of sin, but if Christ is in you then your spirit is life itself because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 23:1-6, R/v 6
Response Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord.
1. The Lord's is the earth and its fullness, the world and all its peoples.
It is he who set it on the season the waters he made it firm. Response
2. Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord? Who shall stand in his holy place?
The man with clean hands and pure heart, who desires not worthless things. Response
3. He shall receive blessings from the Lord and reward from the God who saves him.
Such are the men who seek him, seek the face of the God of Jacob Response
Gospel Acclamation Ps 114: 13
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Lord is faithful in all his words and loving in all his deeds.
Alleluia!
Or Ex 33: 1
Alleluia, alleluia!
I take pleasure, not in the death of a wicked man, says the Lord,
but in the turning back of a wicked man who changes his ways to win life.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke 13:1-9 Glory to you, O Lord.
Unless you repent you will all perish as they did.
It was just about this time that some people arrived and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate
had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them,
'Do you suppose these Galileans who suffered like that were greater sinners than any other Galileans?
They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.
Or those eighteen on whom the tower at Siloam fell and killed them? Do you suppose that they were more guilty than all the other people living in Jerusalem? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.
He told this parable:
'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to the man who looked after the vineyard,
"Look here, for three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?"
"Sir," the man replied "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it:
it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down."'
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Saturday Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 13:1–9
In the first reading, Saint Paul makes a very consoling statement, ‘the Spirit of God has made his home in you’. We don’t often think of ourselves as the home of the Holy Spirit. We can be much more aware of our failings. Yet, in virtue of our baptism and the Lord’s continued investment in us we are all homes of the Holy Spirit, or, as Saint Paul puts it in another one of his letters, temples of the Holy Spirit. God has poured the Spirit of his Son, the Spirit of Christ, into our hearts. That continuing initiative of God towards us does not leave us complacent, but it means that we can be always hopeful in our own regard. There is no telling what good the Spirit can do in our lives, if we give him half a chance.
The man who looked after the vineyard in the parable of today’s gospel reading had a hopeful attitude towards the barren fig true. His hopeful attitude stands in contrast to the dismissive attitude of the vineyard owner, ‘Cut it down’. As far as he was concerned, it was a waste of good space.
Jesus would have recognized himself much more in the man who worked in the vineyard than in the vineyard owner. He was always hopeful in other people’s regard. Even when his own disciples kept getting him wrong and letting him down, he never lost hope or faith in them.
The Lord who has given us his own Spirit never loses hope or faith in us. As a result, when it comes to our relationship with the Lord, we have no reason to lose hope or faith in ourselves. The Lord keeps investing in us, as the man in the parable kept investing in what seemed like a hopeless fig tree. All the Lord asks is that we keep responding to his ongoing investment in us,
never losing heart but always setting our face to go where the Lord is leading us.
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The scripture readings are taken from The Jerusalem Bible, published in 1966 by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and used with the permission of the publishers.
The Gospel reflection is available with our thanks from Reflections on the Weekday Readings : You have the Words of Eternal life by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/_~
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Saint of the day: Oct 25th; Bl. Thaddeus Mac Carthy, appointed bishop of Cork
Bl Thaddeus Mc Carthy's story at the North Cathedral in Cork is a kafkaesque tale of planing, bungling and disappointment. Appointed bishop of Ross while working in Rome, Thaddeus arrived back in Ireland to find another bishop already in possession of his assigned diocese. Matters were about to get a lot worse ....
Patrick Duffy tells this intriguing, confusing story.
Appointment and Consecration
Thaddeus MacCarthy was born in West Cork around 1455. He studied abroad, probably in Paris. After his ordination he went to Rome and was possibly working in the papal Curia when in 1482 at the age of 27, Pope Sixtus IV appointed him Bishop of Ross. With a dispensation from the age impediment, he was consecrated by Archbishop Stephen of Antivari and two other bishops in the Church of Santo Stefano del Cacco, Rome.Occupied See
Thaddeus travelled to Ireland only to find to his surprise that the Diocese of Ross already had a bishop, Hugh O'Driscoll, appointed nine years earlier by the same Pope and consecrated by the Archbishop of Cashel. O'Driscoll took the position that Thaddeus's claim was a political manoeuvre by the Mac Carthy family against his own O'Driscoll family. There had been a long-standing feud between the two families.
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Memorial of Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy[/caption]Disputed Claims
In 1483 Bishop O'Driscoll went to Rome to denounce Thaddeus and Pope Sixtus IV accepted the legitimacy of O'Driscoll's appointment nine years earlier. He ordered Thaddeus to withdraw. Thaddeus was dissatisfied with the documentation when it arrived and continued to uphold his claim.
The following year Pope Sixtus IV died and his successor Pope Innocent VIII upheld O'Driscoll's claim, declaring that Thaddeus was not the bishop of Ross. Thaddeus now requested an independent enquiry to establish the facts. When this was complete, Innocent VIII declared O'Driscoll as legitimate bishop of Ross by prior appointment.
'Bishop of Cork and Cloyne'
However, some time later (1490) Innocent VIII appointed Thaddeus bishop of Cork & Cloyne, which had been united in 1429 and where the incumbent, Bishop William Roche, had voluntarily resigned in his favour. But when Thaddeus went to claim his diocese, he found the cathedral at Cork occupied by another claimant, Gerald Fitzgerald. Thaddeus set out to Rome again to have the issue finally sorted out. In a motu proprio dated 18th July 1492, Pope Innocent VIII clearly recognised him as the legitimate bishop of Cork & Cloyne.
Return Journey and Death
He set out on the return journey to Ireland on foot, travelling incognito along the pilgrims' route. While passing through Ivrea not far from Turin, he passed the night in a pilgrims' hospice. In the morning a brilliant light was seen shining from his room and, on investigation, it was found that Thaddeus had died during the night and the light, like flickering flames of a fire, shone from his body and the pallet where he lay.
Opening his travel bag, they discovered his episcopal insignia and the papal documents. News spread, crowds gathered, and several sick persons were miraculously cured. The bishop of Ivrea directed his body to be brought to the Cathedral where it lay in state for several days and was laid to rest in the cathedral of Ivrea under the altar of St Eusebius, where it still bears the inscription: Cava S. Eusebii et sepulcrum B. Taddei Ep. Hib.
Influence
Devotion to Thaddeus McCarthy grew in Ivrea. Over the years many miracles were attributed to his intercession. When his tomb was opened in 1742, three hundred years after his death, his body was found to be completely preserved. Pope Leo XIII beatified him on 14th September 1896."The White Martyr of Munster"
Because of the patience with which he bore all the humiliations he suffered, Thaddeus is often referred to as "the white martyr of Munster". There are relics in shrines dedicated to him in both St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh, and in the North Cathedral of St Mary & St Anne in Cork
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Memorable Quote for Today
Sometimes God's ways are not our ways.
They seem to us to be so unclear, even contradictory.
When this happens we still need to trust in His love for us.
~c/f Benny Hinn ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Saturday, 25th October, 2025
CÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Rómhánaigh 8:1-11
Tá an Spiorad a thóg Críost ó mhairbh lonnaithe ionaibh
A bhráithre, níl aon daorbhreith anois, mar sin, ar an muintir atá in Íosa Críost, mar tá dlí Spiorad na beatha in Íosa Críost tar éis tú a fhuascailt ó dhlí an pheaca agus an bháis. An ní nárbh fhéidir don dlí a dhéanamh mar gur fhág an cholainn gan feidhm é, rinne Dia é i dtaobh an pheaca nuair a sheol sé uaidh a Mhac féin i riocht colainne an pheaca, agus gur thug sé daorbhreith ar an bpeaca sa cholainn i dtreo go bhféadfaí dualgais an dlí a chomhlíonadh ionainn nuair nach faoi réir na colainne a mhairimid ach faoi réir an Spioraid.
Iad sin a mhaireann faoi réir na colainne is ar nithe collaí a bhíonn a n-aird, ach iad sin a mhaireann faoi réir an Spioraid is ar nithe spioradálta a bhíonn a n-airdsean. Gabhann an bás leis an meon collaí ach is beatha agus síocháin a ghabhann leis an meon spioradálta. Is namhaid do Dhia an meon collaí mar nach ngéilleann sé do dhlí Dé agus nach féidir dó é; agus na daoine, atá faoi réir na colainne ní féidir dóibh Dia a shásamh. Ní faoi réir na colainne atá sibhse, áfach, ach faoi réir an Spioraid más rud é go bhfuil Spiorad Dé lonnaithe ionaibh. Má tá duine gan Spiorad Chríost aige ní le Críost é. Ach má tá Críostionaibh, más marbh féin bhur gcorp de bharr an pheaca, is beo bhur spiorad de bharr na fíréantachta. Go deimhin má bhíonn Spiorad an té a thóg Críost ó mhairbh lonnaithe ionaibh, déanfaidh an té sin a thóg Críost ó mhairbh bhur gcorp básmhar a bheoú trína Spiorad atá lonnaithe ionaibh.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia.
Salm le freagra Sm 23:1-6, R/v 6
Freagra A leithéid sin a bhíonn ar do thóir, a Thiarna
1. Leis an Tiarna an talamh agus a lánmhaire, an domhan ar fad agus a maireann ann.
Is é féin a bhunaigh ar an aigéan é agus a dhaingnigh ar an bhfarraige íochtarach é. Freagra
2. Cé a rachaidh suas cnoc an Tiarna? Cé a bheidh ina sheasamh ina ionad naofa?
An té a bhfuil lámh gan smál agus croí glan aige: an té ar beag air nithe gan tairbhe. Freagra
3. Beidh beannacht an Tiarna ar an té sin agus luach saothair ó Dhia, a shlánaitheoir.
A leithéid sin a bhíonn á lorg: a bhíonn ar thóir Dia Iacóib. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 13:1-9 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Millfear sibh uile mar an gcéanna mura mbíonn aithrí déanta agaibh.
San am sin féin tháinig daoine i láthair á insint d’ Íosa faoi na Gailíligh, a raibh Pioláit tar éis a gcuid fola agus fuil a n-íobairtí a mheascadh ar a chéile.
Dúirt sé leo á bhfreagairt:
“An é is dóigh libh, agus a rá gur fhulaing siad an méid sin, gur mhó de pheacaigh na Gailíligh sin ná na Gailíligh eile go léir? Níor mhó, deirim libh; ach mura ndéana sibh aithrí millfear sibh uile mar an gcéanna. Nó an t-ocht nduine dhéag úd ar thit an túr orthu i Siolóam agus gur mharaigh iad, an dóigh libh gur mhó a bhí siad i bhfiacha ná an chuid eile d’áitritheoirí Iarúsailéim? Níor mhó, deirim libh, ach millfear sibh uile mar an gcéanna mura mbíonn aithrí déanta agaibh.”
Dúirt Íosa an parabal seo:
“Bhí fear ann a raibh crann fígí curtha ina fhíonghort aige, agus tháinig
sé ag lorg toraidh air agus ní bhfuair. Dúirt sé le curadóir na fíniúna:‘Féach, táim le trí bliana ag teacht ag lorg toraidh ar an gcrann fígí seo agus ní bhfaighim é. Gearr anuas é. Cad chuige a mbeadh an talamh ó rath aige i gcónaí?’
Ach dúirt seisean leis á fhreagairt:
‘A mháistir, lig an bhliain seo leis chomh maith, nó go ndéanfaidh mé romhar ina thimpeall agus aoileach a chur leis, agus b’fhéidir go dtabharfadh sé toradh uaidh;
ach mura dtugann, gearrfaidh tú anuas é feasta.’”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost.
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 26th October, 2025
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
The Pharisee came before Lord, singing his own praises, the tax collector threw himself on God's mercy.
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus 35:12-14. 16-19
The humble person's prayer pierces the clouds.
The Lord is a judge who is no respecter of personages.
He shows no respect of personages to the detriment of a poor man,
he listens to the plea of the injured party. He does not ignore the orphan's supplication,
nor the widow's as she pours out her story.
The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds. The humble man's prayer pierces the clouds, until it arrives he is inconsolable, nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the virtuous and delivers judgement. And the Lord will not be slow, nor will he be dilatory on their behalf.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 32:2-3. 17-19.23 R/v 7
Response This poor man called; the Lord heard him.
1. I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise always on my lips;
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. The humble shall hear and be glad. Response
2. The Lord turns his face against the wicked to destroy their remembrance from the earth.
The just call and the Lord hears and rescues them in all their distress. Response
3. The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save.
The Lord ransoms the souls of his servants.
Those who hide in him shall not be condemned. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy 4:6-8. 16-18
All there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me.
My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his Appearing.The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me - may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion's mouth.
The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.
To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation Mt 11: 25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
Or 2 Cor 5: 19
Alleluia, alleluia!
God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself,
and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the Gospel according Luke 18:9-14 Glory to you, O Lord
The publican, I tell you, went home again at rights with God; the Pharisee did not.
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esus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else,'Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself,
I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the rest of mankind, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get."
The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner".
This man, I tell you, went home again at rights with God; the other did not.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the man who humbles himself will be exalted.'
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Taken from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, published and copyright 1966, by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House Inc, and used by permission of the publishers.
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 26th October, 2025
CÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as Leabhar Sírach 35:12-14. 16-19
Gabhann guí an duine uirísil trí na néalta suas.
Is breitheamh é an Tiarna, agus is ionann íseal agus uasal aige.
Ní dhéanfaidh sé leathchuma ar an duine bocht, ach éistfidh sé le hachainí an té a ndearnadh éagóir air.
Ní thabharfaidh sé cluas bhodhar d’achainí an dílleachta,ná don bhaintreach nuair a inseoidh sí a scéal dó.
An té a fhónann le dea-thoil, glacfar leis, agus bainfidh a achainí na néalta féin amach.
Gabhann guí an duine uirísil trí na néalta suas, agus ní bhfaighidh sé sólás go mbainfidh sí ceann sprice amach.
Ní stopfaidh sé choíche go dtabharfaidh an té is Airde aird air, agus go seasfaidh sé ceart don dream macánta agus go dtabharfaidh sé breithiúnas uaidh.
Ní dhéanfaidh an Tiarna aon mhoill, ná ní dhéanfaidh sé foighne ar a son.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 32:2-3. 17-19.23 R/v 7
Freagra Scread an t-ainniseoir is chuala an Tiarna é.
1. Beannóidh mé an Tiarna gach uile thráth, beidh a mheladh ar mé bhéal de shíor.
Déanann m'anam mórtas as an Tiarna: cluineadh lucht na huirísle is déanaidís lúcháir. Freagra
2.Bíonn gnúis an Tiarna iompaithe ó lucht déanta an oilc chun go scriosfadh sé a gcuimhne as an talamh.
Glaonn na fíréin ar chabhair, is éisteann an Tiarna leo agus saorann sé iad óna n-anacraí go léir. Freagra
3. Is gairid an Tiarna do lucht an chroí bhrúite, agus tarrthaíonn sé lucht an spioraid bhriste.
Saorann an Tiarna anamacha a sheirbhíseach, ní ghearrfar pionós ar aon dúine a thriallann chuige. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as dara Litir Naomh Pól chuig Timóteas 4:6-8. 16-18
Tá craobh na fíréantachta in áirithe dom feasta.
I dtaca liom féin de, táim do mo dhoirteadh amach cheana féin mar a bheadh deoch íobartha agus tá uair na scarúna buailte liom. Tá an comhrac maith tugtha agam, tá mo rás rite, tá an creideamh coinnithe agam. Tá craobh na fíréantachta in áirithe dom feasta agus bronnfaidh an Tiarna féin, an breitheamh cóir, orm í an lá sin agus ní ormsa amháin é ach ar an uile dhuine a bheidh ag tnúth lena thaibhsiú.Ag plé mo chúise dom don chéad uair ní raibh duine ar bith a sheas ceart dom; thréig an uile dhuine mé. Nár agraí Dia orthu é. Sheas an Tiarna liom, áfach, agus thug an neart dom go bhfógróinn an teachtaireacht ina hiomláine agus go n-éisteodh na gintlithe uile léi.
Saoradh mé ó bhéal an leoin agus saorfaidh an Tiarna mé ó gach olc agus tabharfaidh sé slán chun a ríochta ar neamh mé, moladh go deo leis. Amen.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Mt 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Tugaim buíochas duit, a Athair, a Thiarna neimhe agus talún,
de chionn mar a cheil tú na nithe seo ar lucht eagna agus éirime
agus mar a d’fhoilsigh tú do naíonáin iad.
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Lúcás 18:9-14 Glóir duit, a Thiarna
Chuaigh sé seo síos abhaile fíréanaithe, ní ionann is é siúd.
San am sin labhair Íosa an parabal seo chun daoine áirithe a bhí teann astu féin bheith fíréanta, gur bheag orthu cách eile:
“Chuaigh beirt fhear suas don Teampall ag guí; Fairisíneach duine acu agus poibleacánach an duine eile. Rinne an Fairisíneach, agus é go ceannard, guí mar seo leis féin:‘A Dhia, tugaim a bhuíochas duit nach bhfuilim ar nós cách eile, atá ina sladaithe, ina lucht éagóra, ina n-adhaltranaigh, ná fiú amháin ar nós an phoibleacánaigh úd. Déanaim troscadh dhá uair sa tseachtain, íocaim na deachúna ar gach ní dá bhfaighim.’
Ach sheas an poibleacánach i bhfad siar, agus níorbh áil leis fiú amháin a shúile a ardú chun na bhflaitheas, ach é ag bualadh a uchta, ag rá:
‘A Dhia, glac trua dom, an peacach.’
Deirim libh, chuaigh sé seo síos abhaile fíréanaithe, ní ionann is é siúd.
Óir gach aon duine a ardaíonn é féin, ísleofar é, agus an té a íslíonn é féin ardófar é.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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