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May 7 - St John of Beverley (died 721)
Beverley is a market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, just north of Hull. It was recently named as the best place to live in Britain in a study by the Royal Bank of Scotland. It has an impressive Minster that owes its origin to St John of Beverley, whose bones lie under a plaque in the nave.
Patrick Duffy tells John's story.
Early Life
John was born of noble parents at Harpham, Humberside. He studied under St Adrian at Canterbury (died 710 - see 9th January) and then became a monk at St Hilda's double monastery at Whitby. About 687 he was made bishop of Hexham. He was a mentor to St Bede the Venerable and ordained him deacon (692) and priest (703).
More Holy Man Than Bishop
John was more of a holy man and monk than bishop or administrator. He liked to withdraw to solitude across the Tyne, especially during Lent and he would take with him some poor person whom he would serve and care for.
Miracles of Speech Therapy and Healing
Once in the beginning of a Lent, he took with him a dumb youth, whose head was covered with hideous scabs and scales, without any hair. The saint had a cottage built for the sick boy within his enclosure, and often admitted him into his own cell. He carried out a kind of speech therapy getting the boy to repeat simple sounds after him, gradually building up into words and sentences until the boy was able to express his thoughts for the first time. John also prayed that the remedies applied to the boy's head would heal him, which they did and he began to grow hair (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book V).
Archbishop of York and Retirement
In 705 John was translated to York and Wilfrid succeeded him at Hexham as a settlement of his dispute with the Northumbrian kings. As bishop of York he founded the monastery at Beverley and retired there in 717, four years before his death.
Memory and Cult
The cure of the dumb boy is just one of many miracles recorded by Bede about John. Others to write about or honour him were: Alcuin (735-804), King Athelstan (895-939), Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), King Henry V (1387-1422) and St John Fisher (1469-1535). John's cult became very popular in the north of England and his shrine at Beverley was a place of sanctuary throughout the Middle Ages.
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Medieval Gothic architecture, 1220-1400, burial place of St John of Beverley,[/caption]
Patrick Duffy tells John's story.
Early Life
John was born of noble parents at Harpham, Humberside. He studied under St Adrian at Canterbury (died 710 - see 9th January) and then became a monk at St Hilda's double monastery at Whitby. About 687 he was made bishop of Hexham. He was a mentor to St Bede the Venerable and ordained him deacon (692) and priest (703).More Holy Man Than Bishop
John was more of a holy man and monk than bishop or administrator. He liked to withdraw to solitude across the Tyne, especially during Lent and he would take with him some poor person whom he would serve and care for.
Miracles of Speech Therapy and Healing
Once in the beginning of a Lent, he took with him a dumb youth, whose head was covered with hideous scabs and scales, without any hair. The saint had a cottage built for the sick boy within his enclosure, and often admitted him into his own cell. He carried out a kind of speech therapy getting the boy to repeat simple sounds after him, gradually building up into words and sentences until the boy was able to express his thoughts for the first time. John also prayed that the remedies applied to the boy's head would heal him, which they did and he began to grow hair (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book V).
Archbishop of York and Retirement
In 705 John was translated to York and Wilfrid succeeded him at Hexham as a settlement of his dispute with the Northumbrian kings. As bishop of York he founded the monastery at Beverley and retired there in 717, four years before his death.
Memory and Cult
The cure of the dumb boy is just one of many miracles recorded by Bede about John. Others to write about or honour him were: Alcuin (735-804), King Athelstan (895-939), Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), King Henry V (1387-1422) and St John Fisher (1469-1535). John's cult became very popular in the north of England and his shrine at Beverley was a place of sanctuary throughout the Middle Ages.
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Medieval Gothic architecture, 1220-1400, burial place of St John of Beverley,[/caption]Liturgical Readings for: Tuesday, 7th May, 2024
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Because we are dead or wounded by sin the first effect of God's love is forgiveness
FIRST READING
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 16:22-34
Become a believer in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and your household too.
The crowd of Philippians joined in and showed their hostility to Paul and Silas, so the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be flogged. They were given many lashes and then thrown into prison, and the gaoler was told to keep a close watch on them. So, following his instructions, he threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
Late that night Paul and Silas were praying and singing God's praises, while the other prisoners listened. Suddenly there was an earthquake that shook the prison to its foundations. All the doors flew open and the chains fell from all the prisoners. When the gaoler woke and saw the doors wide open he drew his sword and was about to commit suicide, presuming that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted at the top of his voice,'Don't do yourself any harm; we are all here.'
The gaoler called for lights, then rushed in, threw himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas, and escorted them out, saying,
'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'
They told him,
Become a believer in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, and your household too.'
Then they preached the word of the Lord to him and to all his family. Late as it was, he took them to wash their wounds, and was baptised then and there with all his household. Afterwards he took them home and gave them a meal, and the whole family celebrated their conversion to belief in God.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 137
Response You stretch out your hand and save me, 0 Lord.
Or Alleluia!
1. I thank you, Lord, with all my heart, you have heard the words of my mouth.
Before the angels I will bless you. I will adore before your holy temple. Response
2. I thank you for your faithfulness and love which excel all we ever knew of you.
On the day I called, you answered; you increased the strength of my soul. Response
3. You stretch out your hand and save me, your hand will do all things for me.
Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands. Response
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Christ has risen and shone upon us whom he redeemed with his blood.
Alleluia!
or Jn 16: 5-11
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I will send you the Spirit of truth, says the Lord; he will lead you to the complete truth.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 16:5-11 Glory to you, O Lord
Unless I go, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I do go, I will send him to you.
Jesus said to his disciples:
'Now I am going to the one who sent me.
Not one of you has asked, "Where are you going?"
Yet you are sad at heart because I have told you this.
Still, I must tell you the truth: it is for your own good that I am goingbecause unless I go, the Advocate will not come to you;
but if I do go, I will send him to you.
And when he comes, he will show the world how wrong it was,
about sin,
about who was in the right, and about judgement:
about sin: proved by their refusal to believe in me;
about who was in the right: proved by my going to the Father and your seeing me no more;
about judgement: proved by the prince of this world being already condemned.'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel Reflection Tuesday, Sixth Week of Easter John 16:5-11
In today’s gospel reading, Jesus, on the night before he died, addresses himself to the sadness of the disciples. They are sad because they have heard him talk about going away. On this evening, full of foreboding, they sense that he is referring to his imminent death. We always experience sadness when someone who has been significant for us, someone we have loved and valued, is taken from us in death. We need to grieve the loss of our loved ones. Yet, Jesus wants to bring some light into the sadness, the darkness of spirit, of his disciples. He does so by assuring them that, in going from them, he will be able to do something for them that he would not otherwise be able to do.
In returning to the Father, he will be able to send them the Advocate, the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit. In and through this Spirit, Jesus will be present to his disciples in a new and very intimate way, and he will be present in this manner not just to his disciples gathered with him that evening but to all future disciples, including ourselves gathered here.
Jesus’ death and his resurrection from the dead leads to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the risen Lord, upon us all, and, in and through the Spirit, Jesus is within us and among us. That same Spirit is with us in all our dark and difficult times, in all our times of painful loss. The Spirit assures us of the Lord’s loving presence at such moments, so that even in our sadness we can experience something of that joy which is the fruit of the Spirit.
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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 2024: The Word is near to you, on your lips and in your heart by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications 2022/23, c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/
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Liturgical Readings for: Tuesday, 7th May, 2024
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Gníomhartha na nAspal 16:22-34
Creid sa Tiarna Íosa agus beidh tú féin agus do theaghlach slán.
Thug pobal Filipí fogha faoi Phól agus Síolas; Rinne na giúistísí na héadaí a sracadh díobh agus d’ordaigh iad a bhualadh le slata. Tar éis dóibh iad a léasadh ó thalamh chaith siad isteach i bpríosún iad agus d’ordaigh don choimeádaí iad a choinneáil go daingean. Nuair a fuair an coimeádaí an t-ordú sin, chuir sé iad sa chillín ba fhaide isteach agus dhaingnigh a gcosa i gceap adhmaid.
Timpeall meán oíche bhí Phól agus Síolas ag guí agus ag canadh iomann do Dhia agus na príosúnaigh eile ag éisteacht leo. Go tobann tharla crith mór talún agus luascadh an príosún ó bhonn. Osclaíodh na doirse uile ar an bpointe agus thit na slabhraí de chách. Dhúisigh an coimeádaí as a chodladh agus nuair a chonaic sé doirse an phríosúin ar leathadh, tharraing sé a chlaíomh le hintinn é féin a mharú agus é á cheapadh go raibh na príosúnaigh go léir teite. Scairt Pól air, áfach, in ard a ghutha:
“Ná déan aon díobháil duit féin,” ar seisean, “táimid go léir anseo.”
D’iarr an coimeádaí solas a thabhairt chuige, ansin rith sé isteach agus chaith é féin ag glúine Phól agus Síolas agus é ar crith le heagla. Ansin sheol sé amach iad agus d’fhiafraigh díobh:
“Cad atá le déanamh agam, a mháistrí, go slánófaí mé?”
“Creid sa Tiarna Íosa,” ar siadsan, “agus beidh tú féin agus do theaghlach slán.”
Agus d’fhógair siad briathar an Tiarna dó féin agus dá raibh sa teach leis. Dá fhad amach san oíche a bhí sé, thug sé leis iad agus nigh a gcréachtaí; agus baisteadh é féin agus a líon tí go léir ar an bpointe. Ansin thug sé isteach ina theach iad agus chuir cóir bia os a gcomhair. Rinne sé féin agus a theaghlach gairdeas go raibh an creideamh faighte aige i nDia.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le freagra Sm 137
Freagra Síneann tú do lámh chugam do mo shaoradh, a Thiarna
Malairt le freagra Alleluia!
1. A Thiarna, gabhaim buíochas leat ó chroí; óir d’éist tú le briathra mo bhéil.
Seinnfidh mé duit i bhfianaise na n-aingeal; agus sléachtfaidh mé ag do theampall naofa. Freagra
2. Gabhaim buíochas leat as ucht do bhuanghrá agus do dhílse, a sháraíonn ar [ar chualamar riamh fút].
D’éist tú liom nuair a ghlaoigh mé ort; agus chuir tú le neart m’anama. Freagra
3. Síneann tú do lámh chugam do mo shaoradh; agus fóirfidh tú orm le do dheasláimh.
Maireann do bhuanghrá go síoraí, a Thiarna; ná caith dímheas ar shaothar do lámh. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Eoin 16:5-11 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Mura n-imeoidh mé ní thiocfaidh an tAbhcóide chugaibh
San am sin dúirt Íosa lena dheisceabail:
“Táim ag imeacht anois, go dtí an té a chuir uaidh mé,
agus ní fhiafraíonn aon duine agaibh díom, ‘ Cá bhfuil tú ag dul?’
Ach de bhrí gur dhúirt mé an méid sin libh, líon bhur gcroí de bhrón.
Insím an fhírinne daoibh, áfach: is é bhur leas mise a imeacht,
mar mura n-imeoidh mé, ní thiocfaidh an tAbhcóide chugaibh; ach má imím, cuirfidh mé chugaibh é.
Agus nuair a thiocfaidh sé, áiteoidh sé ar an saol go bhfuil an éagóir aige
i dtaobh an pheaca, i dtaobh an chirt, agus i dtaobh an bhreithiúnais.
I dtaobh an pheaca, de bhrí nár chreid siad ionam;
i dtaobh an chirt, de bhrí go bhfuilim ag triall ar an Athair;
i dtaobh an bhreithiúnais, de bhrí go bhfuíl daorbhreith tugtha cheana féin ar phrionsa an tsaoil seo.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 12th May, 2024
The Ascension of the Lord-Year B
World Communications Day
‘The Ascension of Christ means our own salvation as well ;
where the glorious Head has gone before, the body is called to follow in hope.
Let us therefore exult, beloved and let us rejoice in devout thanksgiving.
For on this day not only have we been confirmed in our possession of paradise,
but we have even entered heaven in the person of Christ;
through his grace we have regained far more than we had lost through the devil’s hatred’
This week of prayer for the coming of the Holy Spirit recalls the waiting in prayer of the disciples with Mary.
FIRST READING
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 1:1-11
He was lifted up while they looked on.
In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and I taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven. He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God. When h
e had been at table with them, he had told them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for what the Father had promised.'It is' he had said 'what you have heard me speak about: John baptised with water but you, not many days from now, will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.'
Now having met together, they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come? Are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel?'
He replied, 'It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to the ends of the earth.'
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky when suddenly two men in white were standing near them and they said,
'Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking into the sky?
Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven,
this same Jesus will come back in the same way as you have seen him go there.'
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 46:2-3, 6-9 R/v6
Response God goes up with shouts of joy;
the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
or Alleluia!
1. All peoples, clap your hands, cry to God with shouts of joy!
For the Lord, the Most High, we must fear, great king over all the earth. Response
2. God goes up with shouts of joy; the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.
Sing praise for God, sing praise, sing praise to our king, sing praise. Response
3. God is king of all the earth. Sing praise with all your skill.
God is king over the nations; God reigns on his holy throne. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 1:17-23
He made him sit at his right hand, in heaven.
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him.May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit and how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This you can tell from the strength of his power at work in Christ, when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven, far above every Sovereignty, Authority, Power, or Domination, or any other name that can be named not only in this age but also in the age to come. He has put all things under his feet and made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; which is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
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Optional (shorter) Second Reading, for Year B Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13
Fully mature with the fullness of Christ.
I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together.There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you were called.
There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all.
Each one of us, however, has been given his own share of grace, given as Christ allotted it. It was said that he would: When he ascended to the height, he captured prisoners, he gave gifts to men.
When it says, ‘he ascended’, what can it mean if not that he descended right down to the lower regions of the earth? The one who rose higher than all the heavens to fill all things is none other than the one who descended. And to some, his gift was that they should be apostles; to some, prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers; so that the saints together make a unity in the work of service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
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Gospel acclamation Mt 28: 19
Alleluia, alleluia!
Go, make disciples of all the nations; I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 16:15-20 Glory to you, O Lord
He was taken up into heaven: there at the right hand of God he took his place.
Jesus showed himself to the Eleven, and said to them,
'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; he who does not believe will be condemned. These are the signs that will be associated with believers:in my name they will cast out devils;
they will have the gift of tongues;
they will pick up snakes in their hands, and be unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands on the sick, who will recover.'
And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven:
here at the right hand of God he took his place,
while they, going out, preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it.
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, 12th May, 2024
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Leabhar Gníomhartha na nAspal 1:1-11
Agus iad ag faire, tógadh suas é.
Thug mé cuntas cheana, a Theofail, ar gach a ndearna Íosa agus ar ar thug sé de theagasc uaidh ó thús go dtí an lá a tógadh suas ar neamh é, tar éis dó a chuid orduithe a thabhairt le cabhair an Spioraid Naoimh do na haspail a bhí tofa aige. i ndiaidh a pháise is iomaí cruthú a thug sé dóibh go raibh sé beo, á nochtadh féin dóibh ar feadh daichead lá agus ag cur síos ar ríocht Dé.
Uair dá raibh sé ina gcuibhreann d’ordaigh sé dóibh gan corraí ó Iarúsailéim ach fanacht ann go dtí go gcomhlíonfaí gealltanas an Athar,“An gealltanas úd,” ar sé, “ar chuala sibh mé ag trácht air: rinne Eoin baisteadh le huisce, ach déanfar sibhse a bhaisteadh leis an Spiorad Naomh i gceann beagán laethanta.”
Más ea, nuair a bhí siad cruinnithe le chéile, thosaigh siad á cheistiú: “A Thiarna,” ar siad, “an anois atá tú chun ríocht Iosrael a athbhunú?”
Ach d’fhreagair sé iad:
“Ní aon chuid de bhur ngnósa é eolas a fháil ar na hamanna na ar na tráthanna atá leagtha amach ag an Athair as a údarás féin. Ach gheobhaidh sibh neart an Spioraid Naoimh atá le tuirlingt oraibh agus beidh sibh in bhur bhfinnéithe ormsa in Iarúsailéim agus ar fud Iúdáia go léir agus na Samáire agus a fhad le himeall an domhain.”
Ar rá an méid sin dó, tógadh suas os comhair a súl é agus d’ardaigh scamall as a radharc é. Fad a bhí siad ag stánadh in airde sa spéir ina dhiaidh sheas beirt fhear in éadaí bána ina n-aice.
“Afheara na Gailíle,” ar siad, “cad ab áil libh in bhur seasamh ansin ag amharc in airde sa spéir?
An Íosa seo a tógadh suas ar neamh uaibh, tiocfaidh sé an tslí chéanna ina bhfaca sibh ag dul suas é.”
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 46
Freagra Gabhann Dia in airde le gártha molta;
gabhann sé in airde le séideadh an stoic.
Malairt Freagra Alleluia!
I. Buailigí bhur mbosa, a chiníocha uile, gairdigí do Dhia Ie teann lúcháire!
Óir is ard é an Tiarna agus is uamhnach, ina ardrí os cionn na cruinne. Freagra
2. Gabhann Dia in áirde le gártha molta; gabhann sé in airde le séideadh an stoic.
Seinntear ceol dár nDia; seinntear ceol dó Seinntear ceol dár rí; seinntear ceol dó. Freagra
3. Is é Dia rí na cruinne go léir. Seinnigí agus canaigí ar bhur ndíheall dó
Tá Dia ina rí ar na náisiúin; tá sé ina shuí ar a chathaoir naofa. Freagra
Alleluia Véarsa Mth 28: 19-20
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Imigí, deanaigí deisceabail de na nárisiúin uile,' a deir an Tiarna;
'Táim in éineacht libh i gcónai go dtí deireadh an tsaoil.'
Alleluia!
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as Litir N.Pól chuig na hEifísigh 1:17-23
Chuir sé ina shuí ar a dheis féin sna flaithis é.
A bhráithre, bím á iarraidh ar Dhia ár dTiarna Íosa Críost, ar Athair na Glóire, spiorad na heagna agus na géarchúise a thabhairt daoibh chun go gcuirfeadh sibh aithne air. Go soilsítear súile bhur n-aigne ar shlí go dtuigfidh sibh cad é mar údar dóchais daoibh bhur ngairm aige agus cad é mar oidhreacht fhairsing ghlórmhar atá aige i ndán don phobal naofa agus ollmhaitheas na cumhachta a chuir sé i bhfeidhm ar ár son-na, creidmhigh – an chumhacht éachtach úd a chuir sé ag obair i gCríost nuair a thóg sé ó mhairbh é agus chuir ina shuí ar a dheis sna flaithis é go hard os cionn gach ceannas agus údarás agus cumhacht agus tiarnas agus os cionn gach ainm dar féidir a ainmniú ní sa saol seo amháin é ach sa saol atá le teacht chomh maith. Agus chuir sé gach ní faoina smacht agus cheap é, os cionn gach ní, ina cheann ar an Eaglais is corp dó agus arb í iomláine an té úd a líonann gach ní go hiomlán í.Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
SOISCÉAL
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Marcas 16:15-20
Tógadh suas ar neamh é, agus chuaigh sé chun suí ar dheasláimh Dé.
San am sin thaispeáin Íosa é féin don aonar déag agus iad ag bord, agus d’athchas sé leo a ndíchreideamh agus stuacacht a gcroí, mar nár chreid siad an mhuintir a chonaic é aiséirithe.
Agus dúirt sé leo:
“Imígí faoin domhan uile agus fógraígí an soiscéal don chruthaíocht uile. An té a chreidfidh agus a bhaistfear, slánófar é; ach an té nach gcreidfidh, daorfar é. “Agus leanfaidh na comharthaí seo an dream a chreideann: caithfidh siad deamhain amach i m’ainmse, labhróidh siad i dteangacha nua; tógfaidh siad nathracha ina lámha, agus má ólann siad aon deoch mharfach, ní dhéanfaidh sí díobháil dóíbh; leagfaidh siad a lámha ar easláin, agus beidh siad ar fónamh.”Tar éis dó labhairt leo, dá bhrí sin, tógadh an Tiarna Íosa suas ar neamh, agus chuaigh sé chun suite ar dheasláimh Dé. Ach iad siúd, d’imigh siad leo agus chraobhscaoil siad i ngach áit, agus chabhraigh an Tiarna leo ag neartú an bhriathair lei a comharthaí a lean é.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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Machtnamh ar Bhriathar Dé dia Domhnaigh Tuirlingt ár dTiarna ó Neamh
Tiomna Déanach ár dTiarna
B'Fhuras an misean a thug sé dóibh a thuiscint ach deacair a chur i gcríoch. Sé a bhí i gceist daoine a theagasc d'réir mar a mhúin Sé dóibh. D'réir mar a d'iarr sé ar a dheisceabail cloí leis, bhí orthusan daoine eile a mhealladh chun cloí lena threoracha chomh maith. Ní mór don chlár athraithe agus slándála dul ó glún go glún, go dtí claochlú an domhain. Leis na hathruithe go léir atá tagtha i saol na heaglaise agus iad siúd atá le teacht amach anso, ní raibh agus ní bheidh aon athrú ar dhá rud: Íosa é féin, agus a theachtaireacht grásta agus trócaire. Is buan iad an Teachtaireacht agus an Teachtaire, agus níl athrú i ndán dóibh. Ba chóir do dhaoine a bhfuil imní orthu faoi athruithe san eaglais agus atá i ndán di amach anso gur féidir bheith muiníneach as bunghnéithe a an chreidimh. Tá Sé le linn i gcónaí ... agus a misean is ár misean é freisin. Mar adeir an file: "Scríobhann tú leathnach úr den soiscéal gach lá, / trí na rudaí a dhéanann tú is na briathra a deireannn tú / bí deimhin de go bhfuil do scríobhainní seasamhach agus fíor / Mar sin de cad é do shoiscéal?"
Pádraig Ó Rúairí, cp, Sliabh Argus, Átha Cliath.
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