Churches of the Day
Pictorial Thought for Today
Nov 13 - St Stanislaus Kostka (1550-68) Jesuit novice
Summary: St Stanislaus Kostka died at the age of seventeen as a Jesuit novice and is the patron saint of novices. Many churches of Polish communities, especially in the United States and Canada are dedicated to him.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Family Upbringing
Born at the castle of Rostkovo (Poland), the son of a senator, Stanislaus was educated first by a private tutor and then, with his older brother Paul, at the Jesuit college in Vienna. His piety irritated his brother, who bullied and beat him. Stanislaus warned him, "This will end in my running away and not coming back. Then you will have to explain to our father and mother."
The family tutor who accompanied them did not help matters, and the Lutheran household with whom they lodged would not permit the Blessed Sacrament to be brought to him when he was ill.
Stanislaus remembered having read that those who invoked Saint Barbara never died without the Sacraments, and he prayed that she would help him in his danger. St Barbara, accompanied by two angels, entered his room with the Blessed Sacrament.
To Rome
On his recovery Stanislaus decided to become a Jesuit, but the Austrian provincial did not receive him, because of previous disturbances from outraged fathers.
Stanislaus set out on a 500-mile walk to Rome to put his case before the Jesuit General.
He first went to Dillingen where he met the provincial for Germany, St Peter Canisius, with whom he stayed for a month. Canisius employed the aspirant in a boarding school and tested him by assigning him menial tasks. He then encouraged him to continue his journey to Rome, where some days after his arrival in October 1567 the Jesuit General Francis Borgia admitted him to the novitiate on his seventeenth birthday. Stanislaus did not complete his training. Nine months into his novitiate he again became very sick. Early in the morning on the feast of the Assumption, 1568, he told a priest that he saw Mary surrounded by many angels. And shortly afterward he died. -
~ Martin Luther ~
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Family Upbringing
Born at the castle of Rostkovo (Poland), the son of a senator, Stanislaus was educated first by a private tutor and then, with his older brother Paul, at the Jesuit college in Vienna. His piety irritated his brother, who bullied and beat him. Stanislaus warned him, "This will end in my running away and not coming back. Then you will have to explain to our father and mother."The family tutor who accompanied them did not help matters, and the Lutheran household with whom they lodged would not permit the Blessed Sacrament to be brought to him when he was ill.
Stanislaus remembered having read that those who invoked Saint Barbara never died without the Sacraments, and he prayed that she would help him in his danger. St Barbara, accompanied by two angels, entered his room with the Blessed Sacrament.To Rome
On his recovery Stanislaus decided to become a Jesuit, but the Austrian provincial did not receive him, because of previous disturbances from outraged fathers.
Stanislaus set out on a 500-mile walk to Rome to put his case before the Jesuit General.He first went to Dillingen where he met the provincial for Germany, St Peter Canisius, with whom he stayed for a month. Canisius employed the aspirant in a boarding school and tested him by assigning him menial tasks. He then encouraged him to continue his journey to Rome, where some days after his arrival in October 1567 the Jesuit General Francis Borgia admitted him to the novitiate on his seventeenth birthday. Stanislaus did not complete his training. Nine months into his novitiate he again became very sick. Early in the morning on the feast of the Assumption, 1568, he told a priest that he saw Mary surrounded by many angels. And shortly afterward he died. -
His older brother Paul was sent by his father to demand that his son return home. However, by the time he arrived in Rome, he was overwhelmed by the stories of his brother's sanctity. Later when he was sixty, Paul himself became a Jesuit also and attended Stanislaus's beatification ceremony in 1605. Stanislaus was canonised in 1726.
He is regarded as the patron saint of novices.
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Memorable Saying for Today
It would be a good thing if young people were wise
and old people were strong,
but God has arranged things better.
~ Martin Luther ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 13th November, 2026
Friday of the Thirty Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year 11
FIRST READING
A reading from the second letter of St John 4-9
Only those who keep to what he taught can have the Father and the Son with them.
It has given me great joy to find that your children have been living the life of truth as we were commanded by the Father. I am writing now, dear lady, not to give you any new commandment, but the one which we were given at the beginning, and to plead: let us love one another. To love is to live according to his commandments: this is the commandment which you have heard since the beginning, to live a life of love.
There are many deceivers about in the world, refusing to admit that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. They are the Deceiver; they are the Antichrist. Watch yourselves, or all our work will be lost and not get the reward it deserves.
If anybody does not keep within the teaching of Christ but goes beyond it, he cannot have God with him: only those who keep to what he taught can have the Father and the Son with them.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118: 1-2. 10-11. 17-18.R/v.1
Response They are happy who follow God's law.
They have the Father and the Son with them.
1. They are happy whose life is blameless, who follow God's law!
They are happy who do his will, seeking him with all their hearts. Response
2. I have sought you with all my heart: let me not stray from your commands.
I treasure your promise in my heart lest I sin against you. Response
3. Bless your servant and I shall live and obey your word.
Open my eyes that I may see the wonders of your law. Response
Gospel Acclamation 1 Pt 1:25
Alleluia, Alleluia!
The word of God is something alive and active:
it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts.
Alleluia!
Or Jn 15: 5
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 17:26-37 Glory to you, O Lord
When the day comes for the Son of Man to be revealed.
Jesus said to his disciples: 'As it was in Noah's day, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. It will be the same as it was in Lot's day: people were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but the day Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all. It will be the same when the day comes for the Son of Man to be revealed.
'When that day comes, anyone on the housetop, with his possessions in the house, must not come down to collect them, nor must anyone in the fields turn back either. Remember Lot's wife. Anyone who tries to preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it safe. I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: one will be taken, the other left; two women will be grinding corn together: one will be taken, the other left.'The disciples interrupted. 'Where, Lord?' they asked.
He said, 'Where the body is, there too will the vultures gather'.
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Friday Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Luke 17:20-25
The gospel describes a situation in which the normal business of life is suddenly cut short by some unexpected event. The eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building, marrying wives and husbands, that went on in the days of Noah and the days of Lot were suddenly brought to a stop by catastrophic events, the great flood and the destruction of a city. In our own lives we can have a similar experience. We are caught up in the ordinary day to day business of living, and suddenly something happens that renders all of that of secondary importance. What is it that keeps us going when those familiar routines no longer sustain us? For us as Christians, it can only be our faith in the Lord.
We know that when all else changes, when everything else collapses around us, the Lord endures. In the words of yesterday’s gospel reading, ‘the kingdom of God is among you’. God’s reign, God’s power, is among us, in and through his Son, our risen Lord. When all else fails, we can rely on that good news. Like Saint Paul, we can discover that God’s power is made perfect in weakness. In our times of greatest weakness we can experience the Lord’s power most 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 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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Memorable Saying for Today
It would be a good thing if young people were wise
and old people were strong,
but God has arranged things better.
~ Martin Luther ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 13th November, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as dara Litir Naomh Eoin 4-9
An té a chloíonn leis an teagasc sealbhaíonn sé sin an tAthair agus an Mac.
Ba mhór mo lúcháir a aireachtáil go bhfuil cuid de do chlann ag siúl san fhírinne de réir na haithne a fuaireamar ón Athair. Ach anois achainím ar do Shoilse – ní amhail is dá mbeinn ag scríobh nua-aithne chugat ach an ceann a bhí againn ó thús – go dtugaimis grá dá chéile. Agus is é seo an grá – go siúlaimis de réir a aitheanta: Seo í an aithne, mar a chuala sibh ó thús í, go siúlaimis sa ghrá.
Mar go ndeachaigh mórán mealltóirí ar an saol amach, daoine nach n-admhaíonn teacht Íosa Críost i gcolainn dhaonna. Sin é an mealltóir agus an tAinchríost.
Aire daoibh, le nach gcaille sibh ar shaothraigh sibh, ach go bhfaighe sibh an lánluach. Gach duine a leanann leis ar aghaidh agus nach gcloíonn le teagasc Chríost ní shealbhaíonn Dia. An té a chloíonn leis an teagasc sealbhaíonn sé sin an tAthair agus an Mac.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 118: 1-2. 10-11. 17-18.R/v.1
Freagra Is aoibhinn a mbíonn an slí a shiúlann i ndlí an Tiarna.
1. Is aoibhinn a mbíonn a slí gan mháchail, a shiúlann i ndlí an Tiarna.
Is aoibhinn dá gcoimeádann a fhorálacha, á lorg ó lanchroí. Freagra
2. Iarraim thú le mo chroí go hiomlán; nár imí mé ó d’aitheanta.
Cuirim do bhriathar i bhfolach i mo chroí; sula ndéanfainn peaca ort. Freagra
3. Bí go maith le do ghiolla le go mairfidh mé, agus go gcoimeádfaidh mé do bhriathra.
Oscail mo shúile chun go bhfeicfidh mé iontais uile do dhlí. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 17:26-37 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
An lá a bhfuil Mac an Duine le foilsiú.
San am sin dúirt Íosa lena dheisceabail:
"Amhail mar a bhí i laethanta Naoi, is amhlaidh sin freisin a bheidh i laethanta Mhac an Duine; bhí siad ag ithe, bhí siad ag ól, bhí siad ag gabháil fear céile nó ban céile, go dtí an lá a ndeachaigh Naoi san áirc; agus tháinig an díle gur thug an bás dóibh uile. Mar an gcéanna, amhail mar a bhí I laethanta Lót: bhí siad ag ithe, bhí siad ag ól, bhí siad ag ceannach, bhí siad ag díol, bhí siad ag plandáil, bhí siad ag tógáil; ach an lá ar imigh Lót amach as Sodom, fearadh tine agus ruibh ó Dhia as an spéir gur thug an bás dóibh uile. Sa chaoi chéanna a bheidh, an lá a bhfuil Mac an Duine le foilsiú.
An lá sin, an té a bheidh ar bharr an tí agus a urra tí sa teach, ná téadh sé síos chun é a bhreith leis, agus mar an gcéanna an té a bheidh sa ghort, ná casadh sé ar ais. Cuimhnígí ar mhnaoi Lót! Cibé a iarrfaidh a anam a choinneáil slán, caillfidh sé é, agus cibé a chaillfidh é, déanfaidh sé é tharrtháil.Deirim libh, beidh beirt fhear in aon leaba an oíche sin; tógfar duine acu agus fágfar an duine eile. Beidh beirt bhan ag meilt in éineacht; tógfar bean acu ach fágfar an bhean eile. (Beidh beirt sa ghort; tógfar duine acu, ach fágfar an duine eile.)”
Dúirt siad leis á fhreagairt: “Cén áit, a Thiarna?”
Dúirt sé leo: “Mar a mbíonn an corpán, is ann freisin a bheidh na badhbha cruinnithe le chéile.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 15th November, 2026
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
The emphasis in the readings today is on fidelity and on dedication to duty and work. Talents and gifts are given for service of the community. The Christian is meant to be fully dedicated to working in the service of others while watching and waiting for the life to come. There is always so much good to be done for others, so little time in which to do it.
World Day of the Poor
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Proverbs 31:10-13. 19-20. 30-31
A perfect wife-who can find her?
A perfect wife-who can find her? She is far beyond the price of pearls.
Her husband's heart has confidence in her, from her he will derive no little profit.
Advantage and not hurt she brings him all the days of her life.
She is always busy with wool and with flax, she does her work with eager hands.
She sets her hands to the distaff, her fingers grasp the spindle.
She holds out her hand to the poor, she opens her arms to the needy.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty; the woman who is wise is the one to praise.
Give her a share in what her hands have worked for, and let her works tell her praises at the city gates.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 127: 1-5. Rv:1
Response O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
1. O blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat. You will be happy and prosper. Response
2. Your wife like a fruitful vine in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive, around your table. Response
3. Indeed thus shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion in a happy Jerusalem
all the days of your life. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 5:1-6
The Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night.
You will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about 'times and seasons', since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, 'How quiet and peaceful it is' that the worst suddenly happens, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no way for anybody to evade it. But it is not as if you live in the dark, my brothers, for that Day to overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of light and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and sober.The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Apoc 2: 10
Alleluia, alleluia!
Even if you have to die, says the Lord,
keep faithful, and I will give you the crown of life
Alleluia!
Or Jn 15:4-5
Alleluia, alleluia!
Make your home in me, as I make mine in you, says the Lord
Whoever remains in me, with me bears fruit in plenty
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 25:14-30 Glory to you, O Lord
You have shown you can be faithful in small things, come and join in your master's happiness.
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples:
"The kingdom of heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third is one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out.
The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more.
The man who had received two made two more in the same way.
But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them.
The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more.
"Sir," he said "you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made."
His master said to him, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness".
Next the man with the two talents came forward. "Sir," he said "you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more that I have made."
His master said to him, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness".
Last came forward the man who had the one talent. "Sir," said he "I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered; so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back."
But his master answered him, "You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered? Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have recovered my capital with interest. So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the five talents. For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth."
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Shorter form
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 25:14-15.19-20
You have shown you can be faithful in small things, come and join in your master's happiness.
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples:
" The kingdom of heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third is one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out. The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more. The man who had received two made two more in the same way. But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them.
The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. "Sir," he said "you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made." His master said to him, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master's happiness".
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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For homily resources for this Sunday's Gospel click here: https://www.catholicireland.net/sunday-homily/
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, 15th November, 2026
CHÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as leabhar Seanfhocal 31:10-13. 19-20. 30-31
Cé ar féidir leis a dhíol de bhean chéile a fháil?
Cé ar féidir leis í a fháil?
Is luachmhaire í ná péarlaí. Is inti a chuireann a fear a mhuinín go léir,agus ní bheidh aon cheal brabaigh air dá barr.
Ní dochar ach sochar a dhéanfaidh sí dó ar feadh a saoil.
Lorgann sí olann agus líon, agus oibríonn sí go dícheallach lena lámha.
Coinníonn sí an coigeal ina láimh agus beireann a méireanna ar an bhfearsad.
Caitheann sí go fial leis an duine dearóil, agus tugann sí déirc don duine bocht.
Is mealltach í an scéimh, agus is neamhbhuan í an áilleacht;
is don bhean ar a bhfuil eagla an Tiarna is dual moladh.
Tugaigí di toradh a saothair, agus moladh a gníomhartha í ag geataí na cathrach.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 127: 1-5. Rv:1
Freagra Is aoibhinn do chách lerb eagal an Tiarna.
1. Is aoibhinn do chách lerb eagal an Tiarna agus a shiúlann ina shlite.
Íosfaidh tú toradh do shaothair féin. Beidh tú go sona seanmhar. Freagra
2. Beidh do bhean amhail fíniúin thorthach i gceartlár do thí;
beidh do chlann mar bhuinneáin olóige agus iad mórthimpeall do bhoird. Freagra
3. Is amhlaidh a bheannófar an fear ar a mbíonn eagla an Tiarna.
Go mbeannaí an Tiarna thú as Síón amach gach lá de do shaol! Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as an chéad litir N.Pól chuig na Teasalónaigh 5:1-6
Ná tagadh Lá úd an Tiarna gan fhios oraibh mar a bheadh bithiúnach.
A bhráithre, maidir le hamanna agus uaineacha, ní gá scríobh chugaibh ina dtaobh. Tá a fhios agaibh féin go beacht gur mar a bheadh bithiúnach san oíche a thiocfaidh an Lá úd an Tiarna. Nuair a bheidh daoine á rá: “Táthar slán sábháilte,” ansin gan choinne is ea a thiocfaidh an tubaiste, mar a thagann an tinneas ar bhean atá trom, agus ní bheidh aon éalú acu uaithi. Ní sa dorchacht atá sibhse, áfach, a bhráithre, go dtiocfadh an lá úd aniar aduaidh oraibh mar a bheadh bithiúnach. Is clann an tsolais sibhse, a bhráithre, go huile, clann an lae. Ní leis an oíche ná leis an dorchacht sinn. Ná bímis inár gcodladh, dá bhrí sin, ar nós daoine eile, ach bímis inár ndúiseacht agus ar ár gciall.Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Comhgháir/Alleluia Eo 15: 4-5
Alleluia, alleluia!
'Fanaigí ionamsa, agus mise ionaibh,' a deir an Tiarna. '
An té a fhanann ionamsa, tugann sé toradh mór uaidh.'
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha, 25:14-30 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Bhí tú iontaofa i mbun beagán nithe; gabh isteach in aoibhneas do thiarna.
San am sin d'inis Íosa an parabal seo dá dheisceabail:
“Duine a bhí ag dul ar an gcoigríoch: ghlaoigh sé ar a sheirbhísigh agus thaobhaigh leo a mhaoin; thug cúig thallann do dhuine acu, a dó do dhuine eile, aon tallann amháin do dhuine eile – do gach duine de réir an chumais a bhí ann – agus d’fhág an tír. Ní dhearna fear na gcúig thallann aon mhoill gan cur chun gnó leo agus cúig cinn eile a ghnóthú. Mar an gcéanna d’fhear an dá thallann; ghnóthaigh seisean dhá cheann eile. Ach chuaigh fear na haon tallainne amháin agus rinne poll sa talamh agus chuir sé airgead a mháistir i bhfolach.
Seal fada ina dhiaidh sin, tháinig máistir na seirbhíseach sin ag réiteach cuntas leo.
Tháinig fear na gcúig thallann ina láthair agus thairg cúig thallann eile aige chuige agus ar seisean:
‘A mháistir, d’fhág tú cúig thallann ar iontaoibh agamsa; seo duit cúig cinn eile a ghnóthaigh mé.’
Labhair a mháistir leis: ‘Go han-mhaith; dea-sheirbhíseach iontaofa thú: bhí tú iontaofa i mbun beagán nithe; ceapfaidh mé i do cheann thú ar mhórán; gabh isteach in aoibhneas do thiarna.’
Tháinig ina láthair ansin fear an dá thallann:
‘A mháistir,’ ar seisean, ‘d’fhág tú dhá thallann ar iontaoibh agamsa: seo duit dhá cheann eile a ghnóthaigh mé.’
Labhair a mháistir leis: ‘Go han-mhaith: dea-sheirbhíseach iontaofa thú; bhí tú iontaofa i mbun beagán nithe; ceapfaidh mé i do cheann thú ar mhórán: gabh isteach in aoibhneas do thiarna.’
Tháinig ina láthair ansin an fear a fuair an t-aon tallann amháin:
‘A mháistir,’ ar seisean, ‘bhí aithne agam ort gur duine crua thú, ag baint fómhair san áit nár chuir tú síol, agus ag cnuasach as an áit nach ndearna tú scaipeadh; agus le barr eagla, chuaigh mé ag cur do thallainne i bhfolach sa talamh. Seo duit í: tá do chuid féin agat.’
Dúirt a mháistir leis á fhreagairt:
‘Drochsheirbhíseach leisciúil thú! Bhí a fhios agat go mbainim fómhar san áit nár chuir mé síol agus go gcnuasaím as an áit nach ndearna mé scaipeadh: ba cheart duitse mar sin mo chuid airgid a chur chun lucht gaimbín, agus nuair a thiocfainn gheobhainn mo chuid féin ar ais le hús. Bainigí de an tallann agus tugaigí í don duine a bhfuil na deich dtallann aige, óir, gach aon duine a mbíonn ní aige, tabharfar dó agus beidh fuílleach aige, ach an té a bhíonn gan ní, fiú amháin a mbíonn aige bainfear de é.
Agus an seirbhíseach úd gan aird, caitear amach sa dorchadas é: is ann a bheidh gol agus díoscán fiacla.’
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chríost
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SOISCÉAL Gearr
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha 25:14- 15, 19-20
Bhí tú iontaofa i mbun beagán nithe; gabh isteach in aoibhneas do thiarna.
San am sin d'inis Íosa an parabal seo dá dheisceabail:
“Duine a bhí ag dul ar an gcoigríoch: ghlaoigh sé ar a sheirbhísigh agus thaobhaigh leo a mhaoin; thug cúig thallann do dhuine acu, a dó do dhuine eile, aon tallann amháin do dhuine eile – do gach duine de réir an chumais a bhí ann – agus d’fhág an tír. Seal fada ina dhiaidh sin, tháinig máistir na seirbhíseach sin ag réiteach cuntas leo. Tháinig fear na gcúig thallann ina láthair agus thairg cúig thallann eile aige chuige agus ar seisean: ‘A mháistir, d’fhág tú cúig thallann ar iontaoibh agamsa; seo duit cúig cinn eile a ghnóthaigh mé.’
Labhair a mháistir leis: ‘Go han-mhaith; dea-sheirbhíseach iontaofa thú: bhí tú iontaofa i mbun beagán nithe; ceapfaidh mé i do cheann thú ar mhórán; gabh isteach in aoibhneas do thiarna.’
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chríost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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