Churches of the Day
Pictorial Thought for Today
Nov 17 - St Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) queen. Franciscan
Summary: St Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious. Born in Bratislava (Slovakia) in 1207. Married at the age of fourteen, widowed at twenty, and died at twenty-four in Marburg (Germany) on this day in 1231.
Childhood bethrothal
Born in Bratislava in the kingdom of Hungary, Elizabeth was betrothed at the age of four to Ludwig of Thuringia (Germany) in order to reinforce political alliances between the families and sent to live at his father's court in Wartburg. Ludwig's affection for her grew steadily, and their marriage was solemnised when she was fourteen and he twenty-one. They had three children in quick succession, and seemed to have been happily married to Ludwig . When Ludwig died of the plague while on crusade, she continued to protect the poor and founded orphanages and hospitals, living this life of service as a Franciscan tertiary despite the hostility of her relatives and the harshness of her confessor.
Patrick Duffy tells her story
Franciscans Arrive
In 1223, Franciscan friars arrived, and Elizabeth learned about and began to live the ideals of Francis of Assisi. She had a hospital with twenty-eight beds built below the Wartburg castle and visited the inmates every day. Ludwig was supportive of his wife's prayers and works of charity.
Leper in the Marriage Bed
However, once when told that Elizabeth had taken in a dying leper and put him in their marriage bed, Ludwig was furious, rushed in and pulled back the covers: but when he saw the leper, he could see that for him too the leper was Christ himself.
Ludwig's Death
In 1227, Ludwig died of the plague at Otranto in southern Italy en route to the Sixth Crusade. Elizabeth was devastated. She went to her aunt Matilda, who was abbess of Kitzingen, then on to her uncle, bishop of Bamberg, leaving her eldest daughter at Kiazingen. He placed a castle at her disposal and and there were enquiries about a second marriage from the emperor, Frederick II. But Elizabeth had decided never to marry again, and having buried her husband and provided for her children, she joined the Third Order of St Francis. She settled in a small house outside Marburg, to which she attached a hospice for the sick, the poor and the old.
Spiritual Director
Three years earlier, Elizabeth had, with the approval of Pope Honorius III (Cencio Camerario 1216-27), taken Konrad of Marburg as her confessor and had vowed obedience to him. Konrad had been an inquisitor and soon began to exercise an abnormal degree of control over Elizabeth. In some ways he moderated her impetuousity, teaching her to avoid the risk of contracting leprosy. But he deprived her of the human support of the ladies-in-waiting who had accompanied her from Hungary as a child, replacing them with two "harsh females" who spied and reported on her activities. He is also said to have used physical violence against her in his desire for unquestioning obedience. She imposed extreme austerities on herself, and her health gave way after two years of this way of life. She was noted for her good-humoured resilience in adversity and for her humility in menial service of the needy.
Death and Canonisation
Elizabeth died, aged twenty-four, on 17 Nov 1231. She was buried in the hospice chapel, and miracles through her intercession were soon widely reported. Konrad gathered a dossier of information on her sanctity and sent it to the Pope but died before her canonisation four years later. Her relics were moved to a new church of St Elizabeth in Marburg, where they remained until the Reformation, when Lutherans removed them to a destination that has never been traced.
In Art
Elizabeth soon became a figure of devotional art, and there are notable representations of her by Simone Martini, Fra Angelico, Piero dela Francesca and Jan van Eyck.
Elizabeth is one of a number of patron saints of hospitals.
The others are:
St John of God, c/f 8 March
St Camillus de Lellis c/f 14/7
and St Vincent de Paul. c/f 27/9
Childhood bethrothalBorn in Bratislava in the kingdom of Hungary, Elizabeth was betrothed at the age of four to Ludwig of Thuringia (Germany) in order to reinforce political alliances between the families and sent to live at his father's court in Wartburg. Ludwig's affection for her grew steadily, and their marriage was solemnised when she was fourteen and he twenty-one. They had three children in quick succession, and seemed to have been happily married to Ludwig . When Ludwig died of the plague while on crusade, she continued to protect the poor and founded orphanages and hospitals, living this life of service as a Franciscan tertiary despite the hostility of her relatives and the harshness of her confessor.
Patrick Duffy tells her story
Franciscans ArriveIn 1223, Franciscan friars arrived, and Elizabeth learned about and began to live the ideals of Francis of Assisi. She had a hospital with twenty-eight beds built below the Wartburg castle and visited the inmates every day. Ludwig was supportive of his wife's prayers and works of charity.
Leper in the Marriage Bed
However, once when told that Elizabeth had taken in a dying leper and put him in their marriage bed, Ludwig was furious, rushed in and pulled back the covers: but when he saw the leper, he could see that for him too the leper was Christ himself.
Ludwig's Death
In 1227, Ludwig died of the plague at Otranto in southern Italy en route to the Sixth Crusade. Elizabeth was devastated. She went to her aunt Matilda, who was abbess of Kitzingen, then on to her uncle, bishop of Bamberg, leaving her eldest daughter at Kiazingen. He placed a castle at her disposal and and there were enquiries about a second marriage from the emperor, Frederick II. But Elizabeth had decided never to marry again, and having buried her husband and provided for her children, she joined the Third Order of St Francis. She settled in a small house outside Marburg, to which she attached a hospice for the sick, the poor and the old.
Spiritual Director
Three years earlier, Elizabeth had, with the approval of Pope Honorius III (Cencio Camerario 1216-27), taken Konrad of Marburg as her confessor and had vowed obedience to him. Konrad had been an inquisitor and soon began to exercise an abnormal degree of control over Elizabeth. In some ways he moderated her impetuousity, teaching her to avoid the risk of contracting leprosy. But he deprived her of the human support of the ladies-in-waiting who had accompanied her from Hungary as a child, replacing them with two "harsh females" who spied and reported on her activities. He is also said to have used physical violence against her in his desire for unquestioning obedience. She imposed extreme austerities on herself, and her health gave way after two years of this way of life. She was noted for her good-humoured resilience in adversity and for her humility in menial service of the needy.Death and Canonisation
Elizabeth died, aged twenty-four, on 17 Nov 1231. She was buried in the hospice chapel, and miracles through her intercession were soon widely reported. Konrad gathered a dossier of information on her sanctity and sent it to the Pope but died before her canonisation four years later. Her relics were moved to a new church of St Elizabeth in Marburg, where they remained until the Reformation, when Lutherans removed them to a destination that has never been traced.
In ArtElizabeth soon became a figure of devotional art, and there are notable representations of her by Simone Martini, Fra Angelico, Piero dela Francesca and Jan van Eyck.
Elizabeth is one of a number of patron saints of hospitals.
The others are:
St John of God, c/f 8 March
St Camillus de Lellis c/f 14/7
and St Vincent de Paul. c/f 27/9
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Memorable Saying for Today
Live simply, love generously,
care deeply, speak kindly,
and leave the rest to God
~ Ronald Reagan ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Monday, 17th November, 2025
Monday of the Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1
Freedom to practise our faith as it was revealed to us is a treasure to be celebrated,
Saint of the Day: Nov 17th; St Elizabeth of Hungary, queen at 14, widowed and exiled by 20, died aged 24, Franciscan Tertiary- a woman of prayer and service.
c/f Short history of today’s saint can be found below today’s Readings and Reflection.
FIRST READING
A reading from the first book of Maccabees 1:10-15. 41-43. 54-57. 62-64
It was a dreadful wrath that visited Israel.
There grew a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome. He became king in the one hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks. It was then that there emerged from Israel a set of renegades who led many people astray. '
Come,' they said 'let us reach an understanding with the pagans surrounding us,
for since we separated ourselves from them many misfortunes have overtaken us.'
This proposal proved acceptable, and a number of the people eagerly approached the king, who authorised them to practise the pagan observances. So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem, such as the pagans have, disguised their circumcision, and abandoned the holy covenant, submitting to the heathen rule as willing slaves of impiety.
Then the king issued a proclamation to his whole kingdom that all were to become a single people, each renouncing his particular customs. All the pagans conformed to the king's decree, and many Israelites chose to accept his religion, sacrificing to idols and profaning the sabbath. On the fifteenth day of Chislev in the year one hundred and forty-five the king erected the abomination of desolation above the altar; and altars were built in the surrounding towns of Judah and incense offered at the doors of houses and in the streets. Any holy books of the Law that came to light were torn up and burned. Whenever anyone was discovered possessing a copy of the covenant or practising the Law, the king's decree sentenced him to death.
Yet there were many in Israel who stood firm and found the courage to refuse unclean food. They chose death rather than contamination by such fare or profanation of the holy covenant, and they were executed.
It was a dreadful wrath that visited Israel.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118: 53, 61. 134.150. 155. 158. R/v88
Response Give me life, O Lord, and I will do your will.
1. I am seized with indignation at the wicked who forsake your law.
Though the nets of the wicked ensnared me I remembered your law. Response
2. Redeem me from man's oppression and I will keep your precepts.
Those who harm me unjustly draw near: they are far from your law. Response
3. Salvation is far from the wicked who are heedless of your statutes.
I look at the faithless with disgust; they ignore your promise. Response
Gospel Acclamation Jn 8: 12
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the light of the world, says the Lord,
anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 18:35-43 Glory to you, O Lord.
What do you want me to do for you?' - Sir, let me see again.
As Jesus drew near to Jericho there was a blind man sitting at the side of the road begging. When he heard the crowd going past he asked what it was all about, and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene
was passing by. So he called out, 'Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me.'The people in front scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he shouted all the louder, 'Son of David, have pity on me.'
Jesus stopped and ordered them to bring the man to him, and when he came up, asked him, 'What do you want me to do for you?'
Sir,' he replied 'let me see again.'
Jesus said to him, 'Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you.'
And instantly his sight returned and he followed him praising God, and all the people who saw it gave praise to God for what had happened.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Monday, Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time Luke 18:35-43
There is a tremendous tenacity about the blind beggar in today’s gospel reading. He was determined to make contact with Jesus and even when people gave out to him and told him to be quiet he shouted all the louder in the direction of Jesus. He had a purity of intention. His heart was fixed on the Lord even in the face of hostility and opposition. He exemplifies one of the beatitudes,
‘Blessed are the pure in heart, they shall see God’. Because of his purity of heart focused intention, he came to see Jesus through whom God was visiting his people.
Having been healed of his blindness and having come to see Jesus, the gospel reading says that he followed Jesus. He kept his eyes on Jesus, like a faithful disciple, praising God as he did so. He is one of those minor characters in the gospel story that we can easily find ourselves identifying with. Like him, we come before the Lord as beggars, reaching out to him in our blindness. The blind beggar encourages us to seek the Lord with the same tenacity and purity of intention that he had. He inspires us to keep our focus on the Lord even when the pressure on us to do otherwise is great. He shows us that, if we do so, the Lord will respond to us with great generosity. Having experienced the Lord’s generosity, we respond to being graced as the blind beggar did, by following the Lord more fully.
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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 Reflections on the Weekday Readings : Your word is a lamp for my feet and light for my path by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications , c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/
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Saint of the Day: November 17th; St Elizabeth of Hungary
Elizabeth was born in Bratislava (Slovakia) in 1207. Married at the age of fourteen, widowed at twenty, -a woman of prayer and service to the poor, she died at twenty-four in Marburg (Germany) on this day in 1231.
Childhood BetrothalBorn in Bratislava in the kingdom of Hungary, Elizabeth was betrothed at the age of four to Ludwig of Thuringia (Germany) in order to reinforce political alliances between the families and sent to live at his father's court in Wartburg. Ludwig's affection for her grew steadily, and their marriage was solemnised when she was fourteen and he twenty-one. They had three children in quick succession, and seemed to have been happily married to Ludwig .
Patrick Duffy tells her story
Franciscans ArriveIn 1223, Franciscan friars arrived, and Elizabeth learned about and began to live the ideals of Francis of Assisi. She had a hospital with twenty-eight beds built below the Wartburg castle and visited the inmates every day. Ludwig was supportive of his wife's prayers and works of charity.
Leper in the Marriage Bed
However, once when told that Elizabeth had taken in a dying leper and put him in their marriage bed, Ludwig was furious, rushed in and pulled back the covers: but when he saw the leper, he could see that for him too the leper was Christ himself.
In 1227, Ludwig died of the plague at Otranto in southern Italy en route to the Sixth Crusade. Elizabeth was devastated but continued to protect the poor and founded orphanages and hospitals, living her life of service as a Franciscan tertiary despite the hostility of her relatives and the harshness of her confessor.
Ludwig's Death
She went to her aunt Matilda, who was abbess of Kitzingen, then on to her uncle, bishop of Bamberg, leaving her eldest daughter at Kiazingen. He placed a castle at her disposal and there were enquiries about a second marriage from the emperor, Frederick II. But Elizabeth had decided never to marry again, and having buried her husband and provided for her children, she joined the Third Order of St Francis. She settled in a small house outside Marburg, to which she attached a hospice for the sick, the poor and the old.
Spiritual Director
Three years earlier, Elizabeth had, with the approval of Pope Honorius III (Cencio Camerario 1216-27), taken Konrad of Marburg as her confessor and had vowed obedience to him. Konrad had been an inquisitor and soon began to exercise an abnormal degree of control over Elizabeth. In some ways he moderated her impetuousity, teaching her to avoid the risk of contracting leprosy. But he deprived her of the human support of the ladies-in-waiting who had accompanied her from Hungary as a child, replacing them with two "harsh females" who spied and reported to him on her activities.He is also said to have used physical violence against her in his desire for unquestioning obedience. She imposed extreme austerities on herself, and her health gave way after two years of this way of life. She was noted for her good-humoured resilience in adversity and for her humility in menial service of the needy.
Death and Canonisation
Elizabeth died, aged twenty-four, on 17 Nov 1231. She was buried in the hospice chapel, and miracles through her intercession were soon widely reported. Konrad gathered a dossier of information on her sanctity and sent it to the Pope but died before her canonisation four years later. Her relics were moved to a new church of St Elizabeth in Marburg, where they remained until the Reformation, when Lutherans removed them to a destination that has never been traced.
In ArtElizabeth soon became a figure of devotional art, and there are notable representations of her by Simone Martini, Fra Angelico, Piero dela Francesca and Jan van Eyck.
Elizabeth is one of a number of patron saints of hospitals.
Others are: St John of God, c/f 8 March
St Camillus de Lellis c/f 14/7 and
St Vincent de Paul. c/f 27/9
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Memorable Saying for Today
Live simply, love generously,
care deeply, speak kindly,
and leave the rest to God
~ Ronald Reagan ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Monday, 17th November, 2025
CÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as an chéad leabhar Macabéach 6:1-13
Ba uafásach an fraoch feirge a imríodh ar Iosrael.
Sna laethanta sin d’eascair géag pheacúil, mar atá , Aintíochas Eipifeanaes, mac Aintíochas rí. Ba ghiall eisean sa Róimh trá. Tháinig sé i gcoróin sa tseachtú bliain ar thríocha ar chéad de fhlaitheas na nGréagach. Um an dtaca sin bhorr dream coirpeach in Iosrael agus chuir siad a lán daoine ar seachrán. “Téanam,” a deiridís, “tagaimis chun réitigh leis na págánaigh atá inár dtimpeall, óir is iomaí mí-ádh a casadh orainn ó scaramar leo.”
Glacadh leis an moladh seo agus chuaigh cuid de na daoine go fonnmhar os comhair an rí le hiarratas agus thug sé cead dóibh na deasghnátha págánacha a chleachtadh. Thóg siad giomnáisiam in Iarúsailéim mar a bhíonn ag na págánaigh. Chuir said bréigriocht ar a dtimpeallghearradh, thréig siad an conradh naofa, agus ghéill siad do cheannas na bpágánach mar dhaoráin ag an olc dá ndeoin féin.
Chuir an rí forógra amach ansin dá ríocht go hiomlán, ag ordú go ndéanfaí aon phobal amháin díobh uile agus go n-éireodh gach duine as a shain-nósanna féin. Rinne na págánaigh go léir de réir ordú an rí. Ghlac cuid mhór de na hIosraelaigh lena chreideamh chomh maith agus bhídís ag ofráil íobairtí do dhéithe bréige agus ag briseadh saoire na sabóide.Ar an gcúigiú lá déag de Chisléu, sa bhliain céad daichead a cúig, thóg gráiniúlacht an léirscriosta os cionn na haltóra, agus tógadh altóirí i gcathracha Iúdá mórthimpeall, agus ofráladh túis i ndoirse na dtithe agus sna sráideanna. Sracadh agus dódh leabhair an dlí ar thángthas orthu. Duine ar bith ar thángthas air agus cóip den chonradh ina sheilbh aige, nó é ag cleachtadh an dlí, dhaor forógra an rí chun báis é.
Ach bhí go leor in Iosrael a sheas go daingean agus a raibh sé de mhisneach iontu bia neamhghlan a dhiúltú. B’fhearr leo an bás ná iad féin a thruailliú lena leithéid de bhia nó an conradh naofa a shárú, agus cuireadh chun báis iad. Ba uafásach an fraoch feirge a imríodh ar Iosrael.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 118: 53, 61. 134.150. 155. 158. R/v88
Freagra Tabhair an bheatha dom a Thiarna agus coimeádfaidh mé d’fhorálacha.
1. Gabhann fearg mé de bharr na bpeacach a bhíonn ag tréigean do dhlí.
Chrioslaigh téada lucht na hurchóide mé; níor dhearmad mé do dhlí. Freagra
2. Déan mo shaoradh ar ansmacht na ndaoine; agus coimeádfaidh mé do phroiceapta.
Tá lucht mo ghéarleanúna ag druidim liom, agus iad i bhfad ó do dhlí. Freagra
3. Is fada an slánú ó na peacaigh, toisc nach cúram leo d’fhoraitheanta.
Chonaic mé na ciontaigh agus ghabh tuirse mé, toisc nár choimeád siad do bhriathar. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 18:35-43 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Cad ab áil leat mé a dhéanamh duit? - mo radharc a bheith agam!
San am sin agus Íosa ag teacht i ngar do Ireachó, dall ina shuí le hais an bhóthair ag iarraidh déirce. Nuair a chuala sé an slua ag gabháil thairis, d’fhiafraigh sé cad é a bhí ar bun.
Dúradh leis: “Tá Íosa an Nazórach ag dul thar bráid.”
Agus d’éigh sé amach: “A Íosa, a mhic Dháiví, bíodh trua agat dom!”
Agus iad seo a bhí i dtosach an tslua, bhí siad ag bagairt air bheith ina thost, ach b’amhlaidh ba mhóide a bhí seisean ag screadach: “A Mhic Dháiví bíodh trua agat dom!”
Stad Íosa dá shiúl, agus d’ordaigh é sheoladh chuige.
Ar theacht dó ina ghar d’fhiafraigh sé de: “Cad ab áil leat mé a dhéanamh duit?”
Dúirt seisean: “A Thiarna, mo radharc a bheith agam!”
Dúirt Íosa leis: “Bíodh do radharc agat: shlánaigh do chreideamh tú.”
Agus tháinig a radharc dó láithreach, agus lean sé é ag glóiriú Dé. Ar a fheiceáil sin don phobal uile, thug siad moladh do Dhia.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 23rd November, 2025
Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King, Solemnity
- The 34th (and Final Sunday) in Ordinary time, Year C
We celebrate Jesus Christ as a true shepherd king who leads his people to peace and Eternal Life.
FIRST READING
A reading from the second book of the Prophet Samuel 5:1-3
They anointed David King of Israel.
All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron.
'Look' they said 'we are your own flesh and blood. In days past when Saul was our king, it was you who led Israel in all their exploits; and the Lord said to you,
"You are the man who shall be shepherd of my people Israel,
you shall be the leader of Israel".'
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them at Hebron in the presence of the Lord, and they anointed David, king of Israel.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 121: 1-5, R/v 2
Response I rejoiced when I heard them say: 'Let us go to God's house.'
1. I rejoiced when I heard them say: 'Let us go to God's house.'And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. Response
2. Jerusalem is built as a city strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord. Response
3. For Israel's law it is, there to praise the Lord's name.
There were set the thrones of judgement of the house of David. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Colossians 1:12-20
He has created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves.
We give thanks to the Father who has made it possible for you to join the saints and with them to inherit the light. Because that is what he has done: he has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.
He is the image of the unseen God and the first-born of all creation,
for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth:
everything visible and everything invisible,
Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –
all things were created through him and for him.
Before anything was created, he existed, and he holds all things in unity. Now the Church is his body, he is its head.
As he is the Beginning, he was first to be born from the dead, so that he should be first in every way; because God wanted all perfection to be found in him and all things to be reconciled through him and for him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, when he made peace by his death on the cross.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Mt 24:42
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David!
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke 23:35-43 Glory to you, O Lord
Lord remember me when you come into your kingdom.
The people stayed there watching him. As for the leaders, they jeered at him.'He saved others,' they said 'let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'
The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said,
'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself'.
Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.
One of the criminals hanging there abused him.
'Are you not the Christ?' he said. 'Save yourself and us as well.'
But the other spoke up and rebuked him. 'Have you no fear of God at all?' he said. 'You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong.
Jesus,' he said 'remember me when you come into your kingdom.'
'Indeed, I promise you,' he replied 'today you will be with me in paradise.'
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, 23rd November, 2025
(AN DOMHNACH SAOR DEIREANACH)
SOLLUNTAS CHRIOST RI NA nUILE
CÉAD LÉACHT
Sliocht as an dara leabhar Samuél 5:1-3
Rinne siad DáivI a ungadh ma rI ar Isráél.
Tháinig treibheanna Iosrael go léir chuig Dáiví ansin i Heabrón.
“Féach,” ar siad, “sinne do mhuintir ó dhúchas feola agus smeara. San am atá thart nuair a bhí Sól ina rí orainn, is tusa a bhí mar thaoiseach ar Iosrael ina gcuid eachtraí go léir;
agus dúirt an Tiarna leat:
‘Is tusa a bheidh i d’aoire ar mo phobal Iosrael, is tusa a bheidh mar thaoiseach ar Iosrael.’”
Tháinig seanóirí Iosrael go léir chuig an rí ag Heabrón, agus rinne Dáiví rí conradh leo ag Heabrón i bhfianaise an Tiarna agus rinne siad Dáiví a ungadh ina rí ar Iosrael.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 121: 1-5, R/v 2
Freagra Rinne mé gairdeas nuair a dúradh liom: 'Téimis i dteach an Tiarna.'
I. Rinne mé gairdeas nuair a dúradh liom: 'Téimis i dteach an Tiarna.'
Tá ár gcosa ina seasamh cheana féin i do dhoirse, a Iarúsailéim. Freagra
2. Rinneadh cathair larúsailéim a thógáil go dlúth is go daingean.
Is chuici a ghabhann na treibheanna suas, treibheanna an Tiarna. Freagra
3. D'fhonn buíochas a ghabháil le hainm an Tiarna de réir dhlí chlann Israáél.
Is ansiúd atá cathaoir bhreithiúnais theaghlach Dháiví. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as litir Naomh Pól chuig Colosaigh 1:12-20
Chruthaigh Sé áit dúinn i ríocht a mhic mhuirnigh.
A bhráithre, gabhaimid buíochais go lúcháireach leis an Athair a dheonaigh daoibh a bheith páirteach in oidhreacht an phobail naofa sa solas agus a d’fhuascail sinn ó chumhacht an dorchadais agus chruthaigh Sé áit dúinn i ríocht a mhic mhuirnigh. Is tríd an Mac sin atá ár bhfuascailt le fáil, is é sin, maithiúnas na bpeacaí.
Is íomhá den Dia dofheicthe é agus céadghin gach dúile cruthaithe
mar is trídsean a cruthaíodh a bhfuil ar neamh agus ar
bídís sofheicthe nó dofheicthe, idir Thróin agus Thiarnais
idir Phrionsachtaí agus Chumhachtaí.
Is trídsean agus dósan a cruthaíodh an t-iomlán.
Tá tosach aige orthu uile agus is ann a choinnítear ar bun iad.
Is é ceann an choirp é, ceann na hEaglaise.
Is é an tús é, an chéadghin ó mhairbh i dtreo go mbeadh an tosach aige ar gach slí.
Mar is ann ab áil le lánmhaireacht iomlán Dé a bheith ina cónaí,
agus is trídsean ab áil leis gach a bhfuil ar neamh agus ar talamh
a thabhairt chun athmhuintearais leis féin,agus síocháin a dhéanamh leo trí fhuil a chroise.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Mc 11: 10
Alleluia, alleluia!
Is beannaithe an té atá ag teacht in ainm an Tiarna!
Is beannaithe ag teacht í, Ríocht ár nAthar, Daivi!
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 23:35-43
A Thiarna, cuimhnigh ormsa nuair a thiocfaidh tú faoi réim do riochta.
San am sin d’fhan an pobal ansiúd ag breathnú ar Íosa. Bhí na cinn urra féin ag dranngháire:
“Shaor sé daoine eile,” deiridís, “saoradh sé é féin, más é Críost Dé, an té atá tofa.”
Agus rinne na saighdiúirí freisin fonóid faoi; ag teacht ag tabhairt fínéagair chuige deiridís: “Más tú Rí na nGiúdach, saor thú féin!”
Agus fós, bhí scríbhinn os a chionn i nGréigis, i Laidin, agus in Eabhrais: “Rí na nGiúdach é seo.”
Duine de na coirpigh a bhí arna gcrochadh, bhí sé á dhiamhaslú á rá:
“Nach tú an Críost? Saor tú féin agus sinne.”
Ach thug an duine eile casaoid dó agus dúirt:
“An ea nach bhfuil eagla Dé ort, agus tusa faoin daorbhreith chéanna? Agus maidir linne, is le ceart é: tá díol ár mbeart féin á thabhairt orainn ach ní dhearna sé seo rud ar bith as an tslí.”
Agus dúirt: “A Íosa, cuimhnigh ormsa nuair a thiocfaidh tú faoi réim do ríochta!”
Agus dúirt seisean leis: “Deirim leat go fírinneach, beidh tú in éineacht liom inniu i bparthas.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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