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Feb 13 - St Modhomhnóg, Irish Saint of bees
Summary: St Modhomhnóg The names of Irish saints often have the prefix "mo" (= "my", "little", "dear") attached to them, indicating endearment or affection, so Domhnoc or "Dominic" is likely to have been this saint's original name. The Latin word Dominicus means "belong to the Lord". So one could paraphrase his name as "my little one that belongs to the Lord".
Patrick Duffy traces the names and stories told about him.
Studied with St David in Wales
Modhomhnoc seems to have come from the royal line of the Uí Néill of Ulster. He went to study at the monastery of St David at Menevia in Wales, where he cultivated the flowers in the garden and kept the bees. One story from there is that Modhomhnóg was working with another monk one day making a road, when he had to rebuke him for some matter. The other monk was seized with anger and took up a crowbar, but before he could bring it down on Modhomhnóg, David, who saw the incident, miraculously held back the angry monk's arm by his spiritual powers and it remained paralysed.
Bees to Ireland
According to Rhygyfarch's Life of David, the bees were so attached to Modhomhnóg that when it came to the time for him to return to Ireland, they swarmed around him and the ship that was carrying him and, though he tried to return them to their rightful owner, David eventually blessed the bees and allowed them to go with Modhomhnóg. This story is confirmed by Oengus in the entry in his Féilire: "In a little boat from the east over the pure-coloured sea, my Domhnoc brought ... the gifted race of Ireland's bees." (Saint Gobnait, however, is also said to have kept bees in Ballyvourney around the same time!)
A bee-garden in Bremore, Balbriggan
When Modhomhnóg landed back to Ireland, he set up a church at a place called Bremore, near Balbriggan, in County Dublin, and here he established the bees in a happy garden just like the one they had in Wales. The place is known to this day as “the Church of the Beekeeper”, though it is also associated with St Molaga, who went there to control the bees that Modhomhnóg had brought.
A hermitage in Kilkenny
Modhomhnóg eventually made a hermitage for himself at Tibraghny in south-west Kilkenny. Some say he became bishop (or abbot) of Ossory after Moling. Pádraig Ó Riain in his recent A Dictionary of Irish Saints gives his name as Modhomhnóg Oilithir. 'Oilithir' means 'pilgrim' and this may indicate how Modhomhnóg came to be in Wales with St David in the first place.
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Patrick Duffy traces the names and stories told about him.
Studied with St David in Wales
Modhomhnoc seems to have come from the royal line of the Uí Néill of Ulster. He went to study at the monastery of St David at Menevia in Wales, where he cultivated the flowers in the garden and kept the bees. One story from there is that Modhomhnóg was working with another monk one day making a road, when he had to rebuke him for some matter. The other monk was seized with anger and took up a crowbar, but before he could bring it down on Modhomhnóg, David, who saw the incident, miraculously held back the angry monk's arm by his spiritual powers and it remained paralysed.Bees to Ireland
According to Rhygyfarch's Life of David, the bees were so attached to Modhomhnóg that when it came to the time for him to return to Ireland, they swarmed around him and the ship that was carrying him and, though he tried to return them to their rightful owner, David eventually blessed the bees and allowed them to go with Modhomhnóg. This story is confirmed by Oengus in the entry in his Féilire: "In a little boat from the east over the pure-coloured sea, my Domhnoc brought ... the gifted race of Ireland's bees." (Saint Gobnait, however, is also said to have kept bees in Ballyvourney around the same time!)A bee-garden in Bremore, BalbrigganWhen Modhomhnóg landed back to Ireland, he set up a church at a place called Bremore, near Balbriggan, in County Dublin, and here he established the bees in a happy garden just like the one they had in Wales. The place is known to this day as “the Church of the Beekeeper”, though it is also associated with St Molaga, who went there to control the bees that Modhomhnóg had brought.
A hermitage in Kilkenny
Modhomhnóg eventually made a hermitage for himself at Tibraghny in south-west Kilkenny. Some say he became bishop (or abbot) of Ossory after Moling. Pádraig Ó Riain in his recent A Dictionary of Irish Saints gives his name as Modhomhnóg Oilithir. 'Oilithir' means 'pilgrim' and this may indicate how Modhomhnóg came to be in Wales with St David in the first place.
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Memorable Advice for today
Live each day as if it was your last,
because one day you’ll be right.”
~ Tony Wright ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 13th February, 2026
Friday of Week Five in Ordinary Time, Year 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the first book of Kings 11: 29-32; 12:19
Israel has been separated from the House of David.
One day when Jeroboam had gone out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh accosted him on the road. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak; the two of them were in the open country by themselves. Ahijah took the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve strips, saying to Jeroboam,
'Take ten strips for yourself, for thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel,
"I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon's hand and give ten tribes to you. He shall keep one tribe for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel”’
And Israel has been separated from the House of David until the present day.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 80: 10-11, 12-13, 14-15
Response I am the Lord your God; listen to my warning.
1. Let there be no foreign god among you, no worship of an alien god.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt. Response
2. But my people did not heed my voice and Israel would not obey, Response
3. O that my people would heed me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
At once I would subdue their foes, turn my hand against their enemies. Response
Gospel Acclamation Jn 6: 63
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your words are spirit and they are life: you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
Or Acts 16: 14
Alleluia, alleluia!
Open our heart, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7: 31-37 Glory to you, O Lord
He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
Returning from the district of Tyre, Jesus went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, right through the Decapolis region. And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, put his fingers into the man's ears and touched his tongue with spittle. Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, 'Ephphatha', that is, 'Be opened'.And his ears were opened, and the ligament of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly.
And Jesus ordered them to tell no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely they published it.
Their admiration was unbounded. 'He has done all things well,' they said 'he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Friday Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Mark 7:31-37
According to the Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve hid from the Lord among the trees of the garden. Having eaten from the one tree in the garden that God said was out of bounds, they couldn’t face God. In the gospel reading, in contrast, far from hiding from the Lord, the people of the Decapolis sought him out, bringing to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech. The Decapolis was a region that was occupied mostly by pagans rather than Jews. These people recognized that God was working in a healing, life-giving way, through Jesus. There was no reason to hide from such a person. Indeed, Jesus went looking for those who were considered religious outsiders by the religious leaders of the time, sharing table with them. In the setting of a meal, he wanted to convey to them the merciful and unconditional love of God.
We need never hide from the Lord in fear, regardless of what we have done or failed to do. His love for us is perfect and complete, and as Saint John says in one of his letters, ‘perfect love drives out fear’. The Lord is always coming towards us to heal us of our brokenness, just as he healed the deaf man with the speech impediment whom the people brought to him. Sometimes we too need the Lord to open our ears so that we listen more attentively to one another, and to the Lord speaking to us through one another and especially through the Scriptures. The better we hear, the more likely we are to speak well, to speak a word that is helpful to others, just as the man spoke plainly after his deafness was healed. When we allow the Lord we open our ears, then we can proclaim the Lord to others by the way we speak. When the risen Lord joined the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, he listened carefully to their story, to what they had to say, before speaking to them, and, when he did finally speak to them, their hearts began to burn within them. The risen Lord shows us how good listening can bear fruit in good speaking.
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The Scripture Readings are taken from The Jerusalem Bible, published 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd. and used with the permission of the publishers. http://dltbooks.com/
The Scripture Reflection is made available with our thanks from his book Reflections on the Weekday Readings : The Word is near to you, on your lips and in your heart by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications. c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 13th February, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as an chéad leabhar de na Ríthe. 11: 29-32; 12:19
Bhí Iosrael scartha ó theaghlach Dháiví go dtí an lá inniu féin.
Lá dá ndeachaigh Iarobám amach as Iarúsailéim, casadh an fáidh Aichíá ó Shileo air ar an mbóthar; bhí fallaing nua ar Aichíá, agus bhí an bheirt acu leo féin i lár na tuaithe. Rug Aichíá ar an bhfallaing nua a bhí air féin agus stróic sé ina dhá stiall déag í.
Dúirt sé le Iarobám:
“Beir leat deich stiall faoi do choinne féin, óir is mar seo a labhraíonn an Tiarna Dia Iosrael:
‘Táim ag dul a stróiceadh na ríochta ó lámha Sholaimh agus tabharfaidh mé deich dtreibh duitse. (Coinneoidh sé aon treibh amháin ar son Dháiví, mo shearbhónta, agus ar son Iarúsailéim an chathair atá tofa agam as treibheanna uile Iosrael).
Agus ar an gcuma sin tá Iosrael scartha ó theaghlach Dháiví go dtí an lá inniu féin.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 80: 10-11, 12-13, 14-15
Freagra Mise an Tiarna, bhur nDia, éist leis an rabhadh a thugaim
1. Ná bíodh aon dia deoranta in bhur measc; ná déanaigí dia eachtrannach a adhradh.
Mise an Tiarna, bhur nDia, a sheol sibh as tír na hÉigipte. Freagra
2. Ach ní éistfeadh mo phobal le mo ghlór; níorbh áil le hIosrael bheith umhal dom.
Thug mé suas iad do mhianta a gcroí; chun cibé ní ab áil leo a dhéanamh. Freagra
3. Dá mb’áil le mo phobal éisteacht liom; dá siúlfadh Iosrael i mo shlite,
chuirfinn a naimhde faoi chois gan mhoill; agus dhéanfainn a n-eascairde a threascairt. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Marc 7: 31-37 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Thug sé éisteacht do bhodhráin agus caint do bhalbháin.
Ar dhul amach d'Íosa arís as críocha na Tuíre, chuaigh sé tríd an tSíodón go farraige na Gailíle trí lár chríocha Dheacapoil. Agus thug siad chuige duine bodhar a raibh
ar a chaint agus d’iarr siad air a lámh a chur air. Thug sé i leataobh ón slua é ar leithligh agus chuir a mhéara ina chluasa, le seile as a bhéal bhain sé lena theanga, agus, ag breathnú suas ar neamh dó, rinne sé osna agus dúirt leis:“Eafatá!” – focal a chiallaíonn: “Osclaítear thú.”
Agus osclaíodh a chluasa láithreach, agus scaoileadh an sreangán dá theanga agus labhair sé i gceart. Agus d’ordaigh sé dóibh gan a insint do dhuine ar bith, ach dá ghéire a d’ordaigh sé dóibh is ea ba mhó a bhí siad á fhógairt, agus bhí ionadh saoil orthu ag rá:
“Rinne sé gach aon ní go maith: thug sé éisteacht do bhodhráin agus caint do bhalbháin.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 15th February, 2026
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We have been give the freedom to obey God's will.
Christ calls to choose love as our way of fulfilling God's will and fullness of life but....
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus ( Ben Sirach) 15:15-20
He never commanded anyone to be godless.
If you wish, you can keep the commandments, to behave faithfully is within your power. He has set fire and water before you; put out your hand to whichever you prefer.
Man has life and death before him; whichever a man likes better will be given him.
For vast is the wisdom of the Lord; he is almighty and all-seeing.
His eyes are on those who fear him, he notes every action of man.
He never commanded anyone to be godless, he has given no one permission to sin.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118: 1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
Response They are happy who follow God's law!
1. They are happy whose life is blameless, who follow God's law!
They are happy those who do his will, seeking him with all their hearts. Response
2. You have laid down your precepts to be obeyed with care.
May my footsteps be firm to obey your statutes. Response
3. Bless your servant and I shall live and obey your word.
Open my eyes that I may consider the wonders of your law. Response
4. Teach me the demands of your statutes and I will keep them to the end.
Train me to observe your law, to keep it with my heart. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 2:6-10
God predestined to be for our glory before the ages began.
We have a wisdom to offer those who have reached maturity: not a philosophy of our age, it is true, still less of the masters of our age, which are coming to their end. The hidden
wisdom of God which we teach in our mysteries is the wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory before the ages began. It is a wisdom that none of the masters of this age have ever known, or they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory; we teach what scripture calls: The things that no eye has seen and no ear has heard, things beyond the mind of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him.These are the very things that God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit reaches the depths of everything, even the depths of God.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation 1 Sam 3:9
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
or 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!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 5:17-37 Glory to you, O Lord
You have learnt how it was said to your ancestors; but I say this to you.
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.
I have come not to abolish them but to complete them. I tell you solemnly, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, one little stroke, shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is achieved. Therefore, the man who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of heaven; but the man who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of heaven.
‘For I tell you, if your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.
‘You have learnt how it was said to our ancestors:
You must not kill; and if anyone does kill he must answer for it before the court.
But I say this to you: Anyone who is angry with his brother will answer for it before the court; if a man calls his brother “Fool” he will answer for it before the Sanhedrin; and if a man calls him “Renegade” he will answer for it in hell fire.
So then, if you are bringing your offering to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar, go and be reconciled with your brother first, and then come back and present your offering. Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you solemnly, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny.
‘You have learnt how it was said:
You must not commit adultery.
But I say this to you: if a man looks at a woman lustfully, he has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye should cause you to sin, tear it out and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of you than to have your whole body thrown into hell. And if your right hand should cause you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; for it will do you less harm to lose one part of you than to have your whole body go to hell.
‘It has also been said:
Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a writ of dismissal.
But I say this to you: Everyone who divorces his wife, except for the case of fornication, makes her an adulteress; and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
‘Again, you have learnt how it was said to our ancestors:
You must not break your oath, but must fulfil your oaths to the Lord.
But I say this to you: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, since that is God’s throne; or by the earth, since that is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great king. Do not swear by your own head either, since you cannot turn a single hair white or black.
All you need say is “Yes” if you mean yes, “No” if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the evil one.’
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
For homily resources for this Sunday's Gospel click here: https://www.catholicireland.net/sunday-homily/
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Shorter Gospel form
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 5:20-22.
Theme: You have learnt how it was said to your ancestors; but I say this to you....
Jesus said to his disciples:
'Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to complete them.
I tell you solemnly, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, shall disappear from the Law until its purpose is achieved. Therefore, the man who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of heaven; but the man who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of heaven.
'For I tell you,if your virtue goes no deeper than that of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will never get into the kingdom of heaven
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
For homily resources for this Sunday's Gospel click here: https://www.catholicireland.net/sunday-homily/
The scripture readings are taken from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, published by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and used with permission of the publishers.
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 15th February, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Leabhar Shíorach 15:15-20
Níor ordaigh sé d’aon duine ríamh bheith aindiaga.
Más áil leat é, is féidir duit na haitheanta a choimeád,agus ort féin atá sé ag brath a bheith dílis.
Tá tine agus uisce curtha aige os do chomhair;
sín amach do lámh chuig cibé acu is rogha leat.
Tá an bás agus an bheatha os comhair an duine,
agus tabharfar dó cibé acu is mian leis.
Óir is fairsing í eagna an Tiarna; Is mór í a chumhacht agus feiceann sé an uile ní.
Bíonn a shúile ar na daoine a bhfuil eagla orthu roimhe,
agus is eol dó gach beart dá ndéanann an duine.
Níor ordaigh sé d’aon duine riamh a bheith aindiaga,
ná níor thug sé cead d’aon duine riamh peaca a dhéanamh.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 118: 1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
Freagra Is aoibhinn dóibh siúd a chomhlíonann dlí an Tiarna.
I. Is aoibhinn dóibh siúd a bhfuil a slí gan locht, a chomhlíonann dlí an Tiarna.
Is aoibhinn dóibh siúd a dhéanann de réir a thola, a iarrann é óna gcroí go hiomlán. Freagra
2. Thug tú do phroiceapta chun go gcomhlíonfaí iad go beacht.
Á, dá mbeadh mo slite socraithe go daingean chun do reachtanna uile a choimeád. Freagra
3. Bí go maith le do ghiolla, go maire mé, agus go gcoimeáda me do bhriathra.
Oscail mo shúile chun go bhfeice mé íontais do dhlí. Freagra
4. Múin dom, a Thiarna, slí do reachtanna, agus coimeádfaidh mé go beacht iad.
Déan mo theagasc chun do dhlí a chomhlíonadh ionas go gcoimeádainn ó chroí é. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as céad Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Coirintigh 2:6-10
Cheap Dia an eagna roimh thús aimsire chun glóir a thabhairt dúinn.
A bhráithre, labhraimidne eagna i measc na muintire atá tagtha in inmhe, ach
ní hí eagna an tsaoil seo í ná eagna lucht ceannais an tsaoil seo, dream atá ag imeacht as. Is í eagna rúnda Dé atá i gceist againne, an eagna a bhí folaithe ó dhaoine ach a bhí ceaptha ag Dia roimh thús aimsire chun glóir a thabhairt dúinne. Ní raibh fios na heagna seo ag duine ar bith de cheannairí an tsaoil seo mar dá mbeadh a fhios acu í ní chéasfaidís Tiarna na glóire ar an gcrois. Mar atá scríofa:“Nithe nach bhfaca súil iad agus nár chuala cluas iad, nithe nár smaoinigh an duine orthu ina aigne,
is iad atá ullamh ag Dia dóibh siúd a bheir grá dó.”
Is dúinne a nocht Dia [na nithe seo] le cabhair an Spioraid.Scrúdaíonn an Spiorad gach uile ní, fiú duibheagáin Dé féin.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Eo 6: 63, 68
Alleluia, alleluia!
Rinneadh feoil den Bhriathar agus chónaigh sé inár measc,an uile dhuine a ghlac é,
thug sé de cheart dóibh go ndéanfaí clann Dé díobh
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha 5:17-37 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Sin mar a dúradh leis na sinsir; ach is é seo a deirimse libh.
San am sin dúirt Íosa lena dheisceabail
“Ná bígí ag ceapadh gur chun an dlí agus na fáithe a chur ar ceal a tháinig mé.
Ní á gcur ar ceal a tháinig mé ach á gcur i gcrích.Óir deirim libh go fírinneach, is túisce a imeoidh neamh agus talamh ná mar a imeoidh aon litir ná aon ghiota den dlí gan gach aon ní a bheith tagtha i gcrích. Dá bhrí sin, an té a chuirfidh aon aithne ar ceal den chuid is lú de na haitheanta seo, agus a mhúinfidh do dhaoine eile an rud céanna a dhéanamh, measfar é sin ar an té is lú i ríocht na bhflaitheas.
Ach an té a choimeádfaidh iad agus a mhúinfidh, measfar eisean ina dhuine mór i ríocht na bhflaitheas.
Óir deirim libh, mura mbíonn barr fíréantachta agaibh ar a mbíonn ag na scríobhaithe agus ag na Fairisínigh, is cinnte nach rachaidh sibh isteach i ríocht na bhflaitheas.
“Chuala sibh go ndúradh leis na sinsir: ‘Ná déan marú; agus má dhéanann duine marú beidh air freagairt ann don bhreithiúnas.’
Ach is é a deirimse libh: duine ar bith a bhíonn i bhfeirg lena bhráthair, beidh air freagairt ann don bhreithiúnas, agus má deir aon duine lena bhráthair ‘Ceann baoth’, beidh air freagairt ann don tsainidrín; agus má deir sé ‘Amadán’ leis, beidh air freagairt ann i dtine ifrinn. Dá réir sin, má bhíonn tú ag tabhairt d’ofrála chun na haltóra agus go gcuimhneoidh tú ansin go bhfuil cúis ghearáin éigin ag do bhráthair ort, fág d’ofráil ansiúd os comhair na haltóra, imigh leat ar dtús agus déan síocháin le do bhráthair, agus tar ansin ag déanamh na hofrála. An duine a chúisíonn thú, tar chun réitigh leis gan mhoill agus tú ag gabháil na slí leis, le heagla go dtabharfadh fear do chúisithe suas don bhreitheamh thú, agus an breitheamh don phóilín, agus go gcuirfí i bpriosún thú. Deirim leat go fírinneach, ní thiocfaidh tú amach as sin go mbeidh an cianóigín deireanach díolta agat.
“Chuala sibh go ndúradh: ‘Ná déan adhaltranas.’
Ach is é a deirimse libh: duine ar bith a bhreathnaíonn ar bhean le dúil inti, tá adhaltranas déanta aige léi cheana féin ina chroí. Más siocair pheaca duit do shúil dheas, srac amach í agus caith uait í, óir is fearr duit ball de do chorp a chailleadh ná do chorp ar fad a chaitheamh isteach in ifreann. Agus más siocair pheaca duit do lámh dheas, gearr anuas í agus caith uait í, óir is fearr duit ball de do chorp a chailleadh ná go rachadh do chorp ar fad isteach in ifreann.
“Dúradh fós: ‘Má scaoileann duine a bhean uaidh tugadh sé litir idirscartha di.’
Ach is é a deirimse libh: gach aon duine a scaoileann uaidh a bhean, taobh amuigh de chás an striapachais, ligeann sé le hadhaltranas í, agus duine ar bith a phósann bean a scaoileadh, déanann sé adhaltranas.
“Chuala sibh freisin go ndúradh leis na sinsir: ‘Ná sáraigh do mhionn; déan do mhionna a chomhlíonadh don Tiarna.’
Ach is é a deirimse libh, gan mionn ar bith a thabhairt: gan a thabhairt dar neamh, óir is é ríchathaoir Dé é; ná dar an talamh, óir is é stól a chos é; ná dar Iarúsailéim, óir is í cathair an Rí mhóir í; ná mionnaigh dar do cheann ach chomh beag, mar ní féidir duit aon ribe amháin de a dhéanamh geal ná dubh. Is é amháin is ráite daoibh: ‘Is ea, is ea.’ ‘Ní hea, ní hea.’ Focal thar an méid sin, is ón Olc é!
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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Soiscéal gearr
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha 5:20-22,
Sin mar a dúradh leis na sinsir; ach is é seo a deirimse libh.
San am sin dúirt Íosa lena dheisceabail
“Ná bígí ag ceapadh gur chun an dlí agus
fáithe a chur ar ceal a tháinig mé. Ní á gcur ar ceal a tháinig mé ach á gcur i gcrích.Óir deirim libh go fírinneach, is túisce a imeoidh neamh agus talamh ná mar a imeoidh aon litir ná aon ghiota den dlí gan gach aon ní a bheith tagtha i gcrích. Dá bhrí sin, an té a chuirfidh aon aithne ar ceal den chuid is lú de na haitheanta seo, agus a mhúinfidh do dhaoine eile an rud céanna a dhéanamh, measfar é sin ar an té is lú i ríocht na bhflaitheas. Ach an té a choimeádfaidh iad agus a mhúinfidh, measfar eisean ina dhuine mór i ríocht na bhflaitheas.
Óir deirim libh, mura mbíonn barr fíréantachta agaibh ar a mbíonn ag na scríobhaithe agus ag na Fairisínigh, is cinnte nach rachaidh sibh isteach i ríocht na bhflaitheas.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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