Churches of the Day
Pictorial Thought for Today
Jul 17 - Bl Pavel Peter Gojdic (1888-1960) martyr
Summary: Bl Pavel Gojdic, (pronunciation Goydich) a Byzantine Rite Catholic priest, became known to his people as 'the man with a heart of gold', but he was a thorn in the side of the Czech Communist regime of the 1940s and 50s. When the Communists made the Greek Catholic Church illegal, Pavel was arrested and imprisoned. He suffered mistreatment and humiliation which brought about his death in 1960.
Here Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Early Life
Pavel was born on 17th July 1888 near the city of Prešov, in eastern Slovakia, into the family of the Rusyn (or Ruthenian) Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) priest Stefan Gojdic; his mother was Anna Gerberyova. He was baptised Peter. He studied for the priesthood in Budapest and was ordained at Prešov in 1911. After his ordination he worked for a short period as assistant parish priest with his father and taught in the local seminary.
A monk, then Bishop
In 1922, desiring to live a humble and ascetic life, he joined the Order of Monks of St. Basil the Great at Mukacevo in south-west Ukraine, taking the religious name Pavel. But in 1926 he was made Apostolic Administrator of the eparchy of Prešov and a year later he was ordained bishop in the crypt of the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, where there is a chapel to the Slav saints, Cyril and Methodius.
As bishop he promoted the spiritual life of clergy and faithful, insisting on the proper celebration of the liturgy and of church feasts. He erected new parishes of the Rusyn Greek Catholic rite in Prague, Bratislava, Levoca and elsewhere. In 1940 he was made the resident bishop in Prešov in 1940 and during the German occupation strongly defended the Church and the Rusyn culture.
Communist Pressure
From 1948 onwards Bishop Gojdic resisted the enormous pressure from the Communists to bring the Greek Catholics into the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1950 he was arrested, and after a trial was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason. In prison he was put through physical and psychological punishments, but he used the time to pray and was able to celebrate the Eucharist in secret.
Following an amnesty in 1953, his sentence was commuted to 25 years. He was then 66 and his health was deteriorating. It was proposed to release him if he would agree to become Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Czecho-Slovakia. He resisted this tempting offer, saying that this would be a grave sin against God, a betrayal of the Pope, of his conscience and of his faithful. One consolation was a telegram he received from Pope Pius XII on his 70th birthday, assuring him of his prayers.
Death and Posthumous Honours
Before Bishop Gojdic died, when he was in the prison hospital of Leopoldov, a priest, Father Alojz Vrana, was transferred into the same room with him and the bishop was able to go to confession. He was buried without ceremony in a nameless tomb in the prison cemetery, with just his prison number 681.
When the political situation in Czecho-Slovakia eased in 1968, the state authorities allowed his remains to be exhumed and transferred to the crypt of Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Prešov and they are now venerated in a sarcophagus in the cathedral.
During his historic visit to Slovakia, Pope John Paul II while visiting Prešov, prayed at the tomb of this bishop-martyr in the chapel of the cathedral on 2 July 1995. He beatified him in 2001.
Yad Vashem Honour
On 29 January 2008 the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem accorded the title of "Righteous among the Nations" to Blessed Pavol Gojdic, for saving two Jews during the time of the Holocaust. The move to award this honorary title was initiated by the Rabbi Jossi Steiner of Kosice, Slovakia, and a Jewish woman saved by Bishop Gojdic. The honour has special significance as Jewish people had at times accused Catholics in Slovakia of actively assisting the Holocaust.
~ Nelson Mandela~
Here Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Early Life
Pavel was born on 17th July 1888 near the city of Prešov, in eastern Slovakia, into the family of the Rusyn (or Ruthenian) Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) priest Stefan Gojdic; his mother was Anna Gerberyova. He was baptised Peter. He studied for the priesthood in Budapest and was ordained at Prešov in 1911. After his ordination he worked for a short period as assistant parish priest with his father and taught in the local seminary.A monk, then Bishop
In 1922, desiring to live a humble and ascetic life, he joined the Order of Monks of St. Basil the Great at Mukacevo in south-west Ukraine, taking the religious name Pavel. But in 1926 he was made Apostolic Administrator of the eparchy of Prešov and a year later he was ordained bishop in the crypt of the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, where there is a chapel to the Slav saints, Cyril and Methodius.
As bishop he promoted the spiritual life of clergy and faithful, insisting on the proper celebration of the liturgy and of church feasts. He erected new parishes of the Rusyn Greek Catholic rite in Prague, Bratislava, Levoca and elsewhere. In 1940 he was made the resident bishop in Prešov in 1940 and during the German occupation strongly defended the Church and the Rusyn culture.Communist Pressure
From 1948 onwards Bishop Gojdic resisted the enormous pressure from the Communists to bring the Greek Catholics into the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1950 he was arrested, and after a trial was sentenced to life imprisonment for treason. In prison he was put through physical and psychological punishments, but he used the time to pray and was able to celebrate the Eucharist in secret.Following an amnesty in 1953, his sentence was commuted to 25 years. He was then 66 and his health was deteriorating. It was proposed to release him if he would agree to become Patriarch of the Orthodox Church in Czecho-Slovakia. He resisted this tempting offer, saying that this would be a grave sin against God, a betrayal of the Pope, of his conscience and of his faithful. One consolation was a telegram he received from Pope Pius XII on his 70th birthday, assuring him of his prayers.
Death and Posthumous Honours
Before Bishop Gojdic died, when he was in the prison hospital of Leopoldov, a priest, Father Alojz Vrana, was transferred into the same room with him and the bishop was able to go to confession. He was buried without ceremony in a nameless tomb in the prison cemetery, with just his prison number 681.
When the political situation in Czecho-Slovakia eased in 1968, the state authorities allowed his remains to be exhumed and transferred to the crypt of Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Prešov and they are now venerated in a sarcophagus in the cathedral.
During his historic visit to Slovakia, Pope John Paul II while visiting Prešov, prayed at the tomb of this bishop-martyr in the chapel of the cathedral on 2 July 1995. He beatified him in 2001.Yad Vashem Honour
On 29 January 2008 the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem accorded the title of "Righteous among the Nations" to Blessed Pavol Gojdic, for saving two Jews during the time of the Holocaust. The move to award this honorary title was initiated by the Rabbi Jossi Steiner of Kosice, Slovakia, and a Jewish woman saved by Bishop Gojdic. The honour has special significance as Jewish people had at times accused Catholics in Slovakia of actively assisting the Holocaust.
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Memorable Sayings for Today
I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life.
There is no end and no beginning;
there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks.
Was that a dream or did it really happen?
One begins to question everything.
~ Nelson Mandela~
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 17th July, 2026
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 38:1-6. 21-22.7-8
I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.
Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him,
'The Lord says this, "Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live."'
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and addressed this prayer to the Lord,
'Ah, Lord, remember, I beg you, how I have behaved faithfully and with sincerity of heart in your presence and done what is right in your eyes.' And Hezekiah shed many tears.
Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah,
'Go and say to Hezekiah, "The Lord, the God of David your ancestor, says this:
I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will cure you:
in three days' time you shall go up to the Temple of the Lord. I will add fifteen years to your life.
I will save you from the hands of the king of Assyria, I will protect this city."'
'Bring a fig poultice,' Isaiah said 'apply it to the ulcer and he will recover.'
Hezekiah said, 'What is the sign to tell me that I shall be going up to the Temple of the Lord?''
'Here' Isaiah replied 'is the sign from the Lord that he will do what he has said. Look, I shall make the shadow cast by the declining sun go back ten steps on the steps of Ahaz.'
And the sun went back the ten steps by which it had declined.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Is 38: 10-12. 16 R/v27
Response You have held back my life, O Lord, from the pit of doom.
1. I said, 'So I must go away, my life half spent,
assigned to the world below for the rest of my years.' Response
2. I said, 'No more shall I see the Lord in the land of the living,
no more shall I look upon men within this world. Response
3. 'My home is pulled up and removed like a shepherd's tent.
Like a weaver you have rolled up my life, you cut it from the loom. Response
4. 'For you, Lord, my heart will live, you gave me back my spirit;
you cured me, kept me alive, changed my sickness into health." Response
Gospel Acclamation Ps 26:11
Alleluia, alleluia!
Instruct me, in your way; on an even path lead me.
Alleluia!
Or Jn 10: 27
Alleluia, alleluia!
The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord,
I know them and they follow me.
Alleluia
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 12: 1-8
The Son of Man is master of the sabbath.
Jesus took a walk one sabbath day through the cornfields. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them. The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, 'Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath.'But he said to them,
'Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry - how he went into the house of God and how they ate the loaves of offering which neither he nor his followers were allowed to eat, but which were for the priests alone?
Or again, have you not read in the Law that on the sabbath day the Temple priests break the sabbath without being blamed for it?
Now here, I tell you, is something greater than the Temple.
And if you had understood the meaning of the words: What I want is mercy, not sacrifice you would not have condemned the blameless. For the Son of Man is master of the sabbath.'
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Friday Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 12:1-8
When Jesus quotes the Jewish Scriptures, it is often because he finds there a message or a word that corresponds to his own message and vision. At the end of today’s gospel reading, he quotes from the prophet Hosea, ‘What I want is mercy, not sacrifice’. For Hosea and for Jesus, what matters more to God than all the sacrifices that were offered in the Temple in Jerusalem was this attitude of mercy. How was mercy understood? In the parable of the good Samaritan, it was mercy that the Samaritan showed to the broken traveller on the roadside. Those who were broken in body and spirit often came up to Jesus with the prayer, ‘Have mercy on me’. When Jesus brought life to the dying, healing to the sick, forgiveness to sinners, loving acceptance to the excluded, he was showing mercy. To show mercy is to recognize the need of others and to respond to it with a generous spirit.
In the beginning of today’s gospel reading, Jesus’ disciples were in need of food; they were hungry. They picked ears of grain from a grain field to satisfy their hunger, which was perfectly legitimate at the time. When the Pharisees noticed this, they judged the disciples, saying that they were doing work on the Sabbath, breaking the Sabbath law of rest. The Pharisees lacked mercy, failing to understand the need of the disciples for food. They were judgemental rather than merciful. Jesus revealed the merciful love of God for all, and he called on us to show something of God’s merciful love to others. As he says, quoting Hosea, this is what God wants. Jesus was closer to God than any human being; he was the Son of God. As a result, he knew better than anyone else what God wants. God wants to find among his people, among us all, a compassionate, understanding and merciful heart.
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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, 17th July, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Leabhar Íseáia, Fáidh 38:1-6. 21-22.7-8
Tá d’urnaí cloiste agam agus do dheora feicthe agam.
Sna laethanta sin, buaileadh Hiziciá tinn agus bhí sé le bás.
Tháinig an fáidh Íseáia mac Ámóz chuige agus dúirt leis:
“Seo mar a deir an Tiarna:
Déan do thiomna le do theaghlach, mar tá an bás agat; níl téarnamh i ndán duit.”
D’iompaigh Hiziciá a aghaidh ar an mballa agus chuir sé suas an phaidir seo chuig an Tiarna:
“Uch, a Thiarna, cuimhnigh, impím ort, mar a d’iompair mé mé féin i d’fhianaise le dílseacht agus faoi chroí mór maith,
agus an rud a bhí maith i do shúile á dhéanamh agam.”
Agus chaoin uisce a chinn.
Ansin ligeadh briathar an Tiarna le hÍseáia:
“Gabh agus abair le Hiziciá:
Seo mar a deir an Tiarna, Dia Dháiví do shinsear:
Tá d’urnaí cloiste agam agus do dheora feicthe agam. Tá mé chun tú a leigheas; faoi chionn trí lá, rachaidh tú suas go Teampall an Tiarna. Cuirfidh mé cúig bliana déag le do shaol. Scaoilfidh mé saor thú as láimh rí na hAsaíre, agus déanfaidh mé an chathair seo a chumhdach.”
Dúirt Íseáia:
“Cuirigí ceirín figí ar an neascóid agus tiocfaidh biseach air.”
Dúirt Hiziciá: “Cén comhartha a bheidh agam go rachaidh mé suas go Teampall an Tiarna?”
D’fhreagair Íseáia:
“Seo duit ón Tiarna an comhartha go ndéanfaidh sé an rud a dúirt sé.
Bí ag coimhéad scáth na gréine ar chéimeanna Áchaz, tabharfaidh mé air filleadh deich gcéimeanna ar ais.”
Agus d’fhill an ghrian ar ais na deich gcéimeanna a bhí sí tar éis a dhul síos.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Is 38: 10-12. 16 R/v27
Freagra Is tú a shábháil mé ar dhuibheagán an neamhní .
1. Bhí mé á rá: i mbláth mo mhaitheasa ní foláir dom imeacht liom
go geataí Seól síos; is ann a choinneofar mé ar feadh a bhfanann agam de bhlianta. Freagra
2. Bhí mé á rá: Ní fheicfidh mé an Tiarna níos mó i dtír na mbeo,
ní fheicfidh mé a thuilleadh aon duine de mhuintir an tsaoil seo. Freagra
3. Tá m’áit chónaithe bainte dhíom, tá sí stoite ar nós an phubaill a bhíonn ag aoirí;
mar a dhéanfadh fíodóir, tá mo shaol cornta suas agat, agus tú ar tí an uige a ghearradh. Freagra
4. Ach, a Thiarna, ina dhiaidh sin beidh m’anam beo i do chuideachta;
is tú a thabharfaidh suaimhneas do mo spiorad. Beidh fáil ar théarnamh agam agus fadú saoil. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha 12:1-8
Tá Mac an Duine ina mháistir ar an tsabóid.
San aimsir sin ghabh Íosa trí na goirt arbhair lá sabóide.Bhí ocras ar a dheisceabail, agus thosaigh siad ag stoitheadh na ndias agus á n-ithe.
Chonaic na Fairisínigh é sin agus dúirt siad:
“Féach, tá do dheisceabail ag déanamh ruda nach dleathach a dhéanamh lá sabóide.”
Dúirt sé leo:
“An ea nár léigh sibh mar a rinne Dáiví é nuair a bhí ocras air féin agus ar a chompánaigh? Conas mar a chuaigh sé isteach I dteach Dé agus mar a d’ith builíní na fianaise, siúd is nár dhleathach dó féin ná dá chompánaigh iad a ithe, ach do na sagairt amháin. Nó fós, nár léigh sibh sa dlí, na sagairt sa Teampall lá sabóide, go sáraíonn siad an tsabóid agus nach mbíonn locht ar bith orthu?
Ach deirim libh, tá ní anseo is mó ná an Teampall. Agus dá mb’eol daoibh a chiall siúd:
‘Trócaire is áil liom agus ní íobairt,’ ní dhaorfadh sibh na daoine atá gan locht.
Óir tá Mac an Duine ina mháistir ar an tsabóid.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 19th July, 2026
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Wisdom 12:13. 16-19
After sin you will grant repentance.
There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing, to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly; Your justice has its source in strength, your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.
You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned and you expose the insolence of those who know it; but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement, you govern us with great lenience,
for you have only to will, and your power is there.
By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people
how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men,
and you have given your sons the good hope that after sin you will grant repentance.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 85: 5-6. 9-10. 15-16. R/v 5
Response O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
1. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of love to all who call.
Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my voice. Response
2. All the nations shall come to adore you and glorify your name, O Lord:
for you are great and do marvellous deeds, you who alone are God. Response
3. But you, God of mercy and compassion, slow to anger, O Lord,
abounding in love and truth, turn and take pity on me. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:26-27
The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words.
The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God.The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Eph 1:17. 18
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind,
so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
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 13:24-43 Glory to you, O Lord
Let them both grow till the harvest.
Jesus put a parable before the crowds, 'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner's servants went to him and said, "Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?" "Some enemy has done this" he answered. And the servants said, "Do you want us to go and weed it out?" But he said, "No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers: First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn."'
He told them another parable, The kingdom of heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through'.
In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the prophecy: I will speak to you in parables and expound things hidden since the foundation of the world.
Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples came to him and said,
'Explain the parable about the darnel in the field to us'.
He said in reply, 'The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one; the enemy who sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel (tares) is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man will send his angels and they will gather out of his Kingdom all the things that provoke offences and all who do evil, and throw them into the burning furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen, anyone who has ears.
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Shorter form of the Gospel
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew Mt 13:24-30
Let them both grow till the harvest.
Jesus put a parable before the crowds,
'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted and ripened, the darnel (tares) appeared as well. The owner's servants went to him and said, "Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?" "Some enemy has done this" he answered.
And the servants said, "Do you want us to go and weed it out?" But he said, "No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers:
First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather the wheat into my barn."'
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, 19th July, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as an dara LeabharhEagna 12:13. 16-19
Tugann tú maithiúnas i bpeacaí.
Níl aon Dia eile ann seachas thú féin a bhfuil cúram na cruinne air
le go gcaithfeá-sa a chruthú dó nár thug tú breith éagórach uait riamh.
Óir is í do chumhachtsa tobar na córa;is é an tiarnas atá agat ar an uile ní a thugann ort iad go léir a choigilt.
Taispeánann tú do chumhacht nuair nach dtugtar aitheantas d’iomláine do nirt
agus daorann tú sotal na ndaoine a bhfuil eolas acu air.
Ach cé go bhfuil cumhacht iomlán agat is cneasta an bhreith a thugann tú
agus rialaíonn tú sinn le trócaire.
Óir, cibé uair is toil leat é, is féidir duit do chumhacht a chur i bhfeidhm.
Mhúin tú do do phobal leis na bearta sin nach foláir don fhíréan bheith cineálta;
agus chuir tú dóchas láidir i gcroíthe do chlainne de bhrí go dtugann tú maithiúnas i bpeacaí.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 85: 5-6. 9-10. 15-16. R/v 5
Freagra Tá tú go maith is go ceansa, a Thiarna.
1. Tá tú go maith is go ceansa, a Thiarna, lán de ghrá do chách a ghlaonn ort.
Éist le m'urnaí, a Thiarna, agus tabhair aird ar ghlór mo ghuí. Freagra
2. Tiocfaidh na ciníocha do d'adhradh, a Thiarna, agus déanfaidh siad d'ainm a fhógairt:
óir is éachtách thú agus is iontach do ghníomhartha, óir is tú amháin is Dia. Freagra
3. A Thiarna Dia na trua agus na taise, ar deacair thú a spreagadh chun feirge,
agus atá lán de ghrá agus d'fhírinne, féach orm, agus bíodh trua agat dom. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Rómhánaigh 8:26-27
Déanann an Spiorad idirghuí ar ár son le hosnaí nach féidir a chur i bhfocail.
A bhráithre, tagann an Spiorad i gcabhair orainn inár laige. Mar ní eol dúinn conas an ghuí féin a dhéanamh mar is cóir ach déanann an Spiorad idirghuí ar ár son le hosnaí nach féidir a chur i bhfocail, agus an té úd a chiorann na croíthe, tuigeann sé cad is áil leis an Spiorad agus gur de réir toil Dé a dhéanann sé achainí ar son na naomh.Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Mt 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Tugaim buíochas duit, a Athair, a Thiarna neimhe agus talún,
de chionn mar a cheil tú na nithe seo ar lucht eagna agus éirime
agus mar a d’fhoilsigh tú do naíonáin iad.
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha 13:24-43
Fágtar le hais a céile ag fás iad araon go dtí an fómhar
San am sin chuir Íosa parabal eile os a gcomhair:“Is iad dála ríocht na bhflaitheas,” ar seisean, “mar a bhí ag an duine a chuir síol maith ina ghort. Ach fad a bhí an saol ina chodladh, bhí namhaid dó a tháinig ag scaipeadh cogail anuas ar an arbhar, agus d’imigh. Tháinig an t-arbhar aníos ina gheamhar, agus ansin ina dhias agus an uair sin chonacthas an cogal freisin.
Tháinig a chuid sclábhaí go dtí an fear tí agus dúirt siad leis: ‘A mháistir, an síol a chuir tú i do ghort, nach síol maith a bhí ann? Agus cad a thug an cogal ann más ea?’
Dúirt sé leo: ‘Namhaid éigin a rinne an méid sin.’ ‘Agus ar mhaith leat,’ deir na sclábhaí leis, ‘go rachaimis á bhailiú chun a chéile?’ ‘Ná déanaigí,’ ar seisean, ‘ar eagla, nuair a bheadh sibh ag bailiú an chogail, go sracfadh sibh an t-arbhar aníos san am céanna. Fágtar le hais a chéile ag fás iad araon go dtí an fómhar, agus nuair a bheidh an fómhar á dhéanamh déarfaidh mé leis na buanaithe: Bailígí an cogal chun a chéile ar dtús, agus déanaigí punanna de chun a dhóite. Ach cruinnígí an t-arbhar isteach i mo scioból.’”
Chuir sé parabal eile os a gcomhair:
“Is cosúil ríocht na bhflaitheas,” ar seisean, “le gráinne de shíol mustaird a thóg duine agus a chuir sé ina ghort. Is é an gráinnín síl is lú ar bith é, ach nuair a bhíonn sé fásta, bíonn sé ar an gceann is mó de na glasraí agus déantar crann de, a bhféadann éanlaith an aeir dul ar foscadh ina chraobhacha.”
D’inis sé parabal eile dóibh:
“Is cosúil ríocht na bhflaitheas le gabháil a thóg bean agus a d’fholaigh sí i dtrí pheic plúir nó go raibh sé gabháilte ar fad.”
Labhair Íosa na nithe sin uile i bparabail leis na sluaite: ní dhéanadh sé caint ar bith leo gan pharabal, agus sin mar a comhlíonadh a ndúradh tríd an bhfáidh: “Labhróidh mé i bparabail, nochtfaidh mé nithe ba rún ó thúsú an domhain.”
D’fhág sé na sluaite an uair sin agus chuaigh sé isteach sa teach. Tháinig a dheisceabail chuige agus dúirt siad:
“Mínigh dúinn an parabal úd an chogail sa ghort.”
D’fhreagair sé iad á rá: “An té a chuireann an síol maith, sin é Mac an Duine. Is é an domhan an gort. An síol maith muintir na ríochta. Dream an oilc an cogal, agus is é an diabhal an namhaid a scaipeann é. Is é deireadh an tsaoil an fómhar agus is iad na haingil na buanaithe. Amhail mar a bhailítear an cogal chun é dhó sa tine, sin mar a bheidh i ndeireadh an tsaoil. Cuirfidh Mac an Duine a aingil amach agus baileoidh siad gach ábhar scannail as a ríocht agus na daoine a thaobhaíonn an t-olc, agus teilgfidh siad san fhoirnéis tine iad. Is ann a bheidh gol agus díoscán fiacla.
Beidh na fíréin an uair sin ag lonradh ar nós na gréine i ríocht a nAthar. An té a bhfuil cluasa air, éisteadh sé!”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha 13:24-30
Fágtar le hais a céile ag fás iad araon go dtí an fómhar
San am sin chuir Íosa parabal eile os a gcomhair:“Is iad dála ríocht na bhflaitheas,” ar seisean, “mar a bhí ag an duine a chuir síol maith ina ghort. Ach fad a bhí an saol ina chodladh, bhí namhaid dó a tháinig ag scaipeadh cogail anuas ar an arbhar, agus d’imigh. Tháinig an t-arbhar aníos ina gheamhar, agus ansin ina dhias agus an uair sin chonacthas an cogal freisin.
Tháinig a chuid sclábhaí go dtí an fear tí agus dúirt siad leis: ‘A mháistir, an síol a chuir tú i do ghort, nach síol maith a bhí ann? Agus cad a thug an cogal ann más ea?’ Dúirt sé leo: ‘Namhaid éigin a rinne an méid sin.’ ‘Agus ar mhaith leat,’ deir na sclábhaí leis, ‘go rachaimis á bhailiú chun a chéile?’ ‘Ná déanaigí,’ ar seisean, ‘ar eagla, nuair a bheadh sibh ag bailiú an chogail, go sracfadh sibh an t-arbhar aníos san am céanna. Fágtar le hais a chéile ag fás iad araon go dtí an fómhar, agus nuair a bheidh an fómhar á dhéanamh déarfaidh mé leis na buanaithe: Bailígí an cogal chun a chéile ar dtús, agus déanaigí punanna de chun a dhóite. Ach cruinnígí an t-arbhar isteach i mo scioból.’”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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