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Jun 19 - St Romuald of Ravenna: (950-1027)
Summary: St Romuald of Ravenna had a somewhat prickly temperament and seems to have found it hard to settle in a community. Perhaps that is what pushed him to combine the life of a hermit with that of a monastic community.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Early Life
Romuald was born into a noble family
and seems to have lived a rather dissolute life until he saw his own father kill a relative in a dispute over property.
He then entered the Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac reform at Sant'Apollinare-in-Classe near Ravenna and after studying the Desert Fathers he proposed a more austere way of life for the monks. Although not all were in agreement with him he was elected abbot, and his correction of less zealous monks was not always welcomed. So he himself soon left the monastery. He put himself under the direction of a hermit near Venice. From there he moved on to set up hermitages in different places in northern Italy and southern France.
Some of his Foundations
In 1005 Romuald went to Val-di-Castro, tried to go to Hungary, was unable to do so because of illness. He also made a foundation at Vallombrosa. The most famous of his foundations were at Fonte Avellana in the Apennines and Camaldoli in Tuscany which after his death developed into a separate congregation.
A Combination of Monastery and Hermitage
At Camaldoli the monastery was arranged like the foundations in the Egyptian desert: at first it was a collection of hermits' huts in which the monks lived alone except when they came together for the liturgy and for some meals. The huts were built of stone and each had a chapel and a garden for growing subsistence food. Later a few miles away he erected another building so that the monks could choose to live either a communal or a solitary way of life.
The Hermit Life
Romuald's contribution to monasticism was to provide for living the hermit life. This had been esteemed but rejected by Benedict, the framework of whose rule was strongly communitarian. Romuald's ideas afterwards influenced Bruno who in 1084 founded his own Carthusian Order in the woods of La Chartreuse near Grenoble in France.
Death and Influence
After much wandering, Romuald died alone in his cell at Val-di Castro.
The Camaldolese monks still exist as a small independent order of Benedictines and continue the way of life Romuald began. There are Camaldolese monasteries and hermitages in Italy, Poland, France, India, Brazil and the USA.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Early Life
Romuald was born into a noble familyand seems to have lived a rather dissolute life until he saw his own father kill a relative in a dispute over property.
He then entered the Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac reform at Sant'Apollinare-in-Classe near Ravenna and after studying the Desert Fathers he proposed a more austere way of life for the monks. Although not all were in agreement with him he was elected abbot, and his correction of less zealous monks was not always welcomed. So he himself soon left the monastery. He put himself under the direction of a hermit near Venice. From there he moved on to set up hermitages in different places in northern Italy and southern France.Some of his Foundations
In 1005 Romuald went to Val-di-Castro, tried to go to Hungary, was unable to do so because of illness. He also made a foundation at Vallombrosa. The most famous of his foundations were at Fonte Avellana in the Apennines and Camaldoli in Tuscany which after his death developed into a separate congregation.
A Combination of Monastery and Hermitage
At Camaldoli the monastery was arranged like the foundations in the Egyptian desert: at first it was a collection of hermits' huts in which the monks lived alone except when they came together for the liturgy and for some meals. The huts were built of stone and each had a chapel and a garden for growing subsistence food. Later a few miles away he erected another building so that the monks could choose to live either a communal or a solitary way of life.
The Hermit Life
Romuald's contribution to monasticism was to provide for living the hermit life. This had been esteemed but rejected by Benedict, the framework of whose rule was strongly communitarian. Romuald's ideas afterwards influenced Bruno who in 1084 founded his own Carthusian Order in the woods of La Chartreuse near Grenoble in France.
Death and InfluenceAfter much wandering, Romuald died alone in his cell at Val-di Castro.
The Camaldolese monks still exist as a small independent order of Benedictines and continue the way of life Romuald began. There are Camaldolese monasteries and hermitages in Italy, Poland, France, India, Brazil and the USA.
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Memorable Saying for Today
Train your mind to be stronger than your emotions,
feed it with Faith, Truth and with Love
or else you will loose yourself every time.
~ Unknown ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 19th June, 2026
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
Saint of the Day : 19 June; St Romuald, abbot
C/f short history of today’s memorial saint can be found below today’s Readings and Reflection
FIRST READING
A reading from the second book of the Kings 11:1-4. 9-18. 20
They anointed Jehoash and shouted 'Long live the king!'
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah learned that her son was dead, she promptly did away with all those of royal stock. But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, secretly took away Jehoash, her brother's son, from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and put him with his nurse in the sleeping quarters; in this way she hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death. He stayed with her for six years, hidden in the Temple of the Lord while Athaliah governed the country.
In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds of the Carians and of the guards, and had them brought to him in the Temple of the Lord. He made a pact with them and, putting them under oath, showed them the king's son.
The commanders of hundreds did everything as Jehoiada the priest had ordered. They brought their men, those coming off duty on the sabbath together with those mounting guard on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. The priest equipped the commanders of hundreds with King David's spears and shields which were in the Temple of the Lord. The guards formed up, each man with his weapon in his hand, from the south corner to the north corner of the Temple, surrounding the altar and the Temple. Then Jehoiada brought out the king's son, put the crown and armlets on him, and he anointed him king. They clapped their hands and shouted, 'Long live the king!'
Athaliah, on hearing the shouts of the people, made for the Temple of the Lord where the people were. When she saw the king standing there beside the pillar, as the custom was, with the captains and trumpeters at the king's side, and all the country people rejoicing and sounding trumpets, Athaliah tore her garments and shouted, 'Treason, treason!'
Then Jehoiada the priest gave the order to the army officers:
'Take her outside the precincts and put to death anyone who follows her'. 'For' the priest had reasoned 'she must not be put to death in the Temple of the Lord.'
They seized her, and when she had reached the palace through the Entry of the Horses, she was put to death there.
Jehoiada made a covenant between The Lord and king and people, by which the latter undertook to be the people of the Lord; and also between king and people. All the country people then went to the temple of Baal and demolished it; they smashed his altars and his images and killed Mattan, priest of Baal, in front of the altars. The priest posted sentries to guard the Temple of the Lord. All the country people were delighted, and the city made no move. And they put Athaliah to death in the royal palace.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 131:11-14. 17-18. R/v 13
Response Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling.
1. The Lord swore an oath to David; he will not go back on his word:
'A son, the fruit of your body, will I set upon your throne. Response
2. If they keep my covenant in truth and my laws that I have taught them,
their sons also shall rule on your throne from age to age.' Response
3. For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling:
'This is my resting-place for ever, here have I chosen to live.' Response
4. There the stock of David will flower: 'I will prepare a lamp for my anointed.
I will cover his enemies with shame but on him my crown shall shine.' Response
Gospel Acclamation 1 Sam 3; 9
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the light of the world, says the Lord, anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia!
or Rom 8: 15
Alleluia, alleluia!
How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 6:19-23 Glory to you, O Lord
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Jesus said to his disciples:
'Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and woodworms destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworms destroy them and thieves cannot break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.'The lamp of the body is the eye. It follows that if your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light. But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be all darkness. If then, the light inside you is darkness, what darkness that will be!
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Friday Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 6:19-23
The words of Jesus in today’s gospel reading from the Sermon on the Mount invite us to ask the question, ‘Where does our treasure lie?’ ‘What is it that we truly treasure?’ Jesus makes a contrast between treasures on earth and treasures in heaven, and he calls on us to store up treasures in heaven rather than treasures on earth. What does it mean to store up treasures in heaven? Elsewhere in the gospels, Jesus speaks about being rich in the sight of God, as distinct from being rich in worldly terms. We are rich in the sight of God when we use our possessions in the service of others, to promote their well-being.
The Samaritan in the parable of the Good Samaritan is a good example of such a person. He had earthly resources; mention is made of oil, wine, a horse, money. That would suggest he was reasonably well-off in the culture of the time. Yet, he used his earthly treasures to store up treasure in heaven, to become rich in the sight of God, by placing them at the disposal of someone from whom everything had been taken and who was literally at death’s door. This is what Jesus had referred to a little earlier in this Sermon on the Mount as letting our light shine in the sight of all, so that, seeing our good works, they may give praise to God in heaven. In today’s gospel reading, Jesus says, ‘where your treasure is, there will your heart be also’. The Samaritan treasured the broken man lying by the road side more than he treasured his possessions, and, so, his heart was moved by this stranger’s plight. He is very much the Jesus figure we are all called to grow up into.
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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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Saint of the Day : 19 June; St Romuald, abbot
Romuald of Ravenna had a somewhat prickly temperament and seems to have found it hard to settle in a community. Perhaps that is what pushed him to combine the life of a hermit with that of a monastic community.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Early Life
Romuald was born into a noble family and seems to have lived a rather dissolute life until he saw his own father kill a relative in a dispute over property. He then entered the Benedictine monastery of the Cluniac reform at Sant'Apollinare-in-Classe near Ravenna and after studying the Desert Fathers he proposed a more austere way of life for the monks.Although not all were in agreement with him he was elected abbot, and his correction of less zealous monks was not always welcomed. So he himself soon left the monastery. He put himself under the direction of a hermit near Venice. From there he moved on to set up hermitages in different places in northern Italy and southern France.
Some of his Foundations
In 1005 Romuald went to Val-di-Castro, tried to go to Hungary, was unable to do so because of illness. He also made a foundation at Vallombrosa. The most famous of his foundations were at Fonte Avellana in the Apennines and Camaldoli in Tuscany which after his death developed into a separate congregation.A Combination of Monastery and Hermitage
At Camaldoli the monastery was arranged like the foundations in the Egyptian desert: at first it was a collection of hermits' huts in which the monks lived alone except when they came together for the liturgy and for some meals. The huts were built of stone and each had a chapel and a garden for growing subsistence food.
Later a few miles away he erected another building so that the monks could choose to live either a communal or a solitary way of life.
The Hermit Life
Romuald's contribution to monasticism was to provide for living the hermit life. This had been esteemed but rejected by Benedict, the framework of whose rule was strongly communitarian. Romuald's ideas afterwards influenced Bruno who in 1084 founded his own Carthusian Order in the woods of La Chartreuse near Grenoble in France.
Death and InfluenceAfter much wandering, Romuald died alone in his cell at Val-di Castro.
The Camaldolese monks still exist as a small independent order of Benedictines and continue the way of life Romuald began. There are Camaldolese monasteries and hermitages in Italy, Poland, France, India, Brazil and the USA.
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Memorable Saying for Today
Train your mind to be stronger than your emotions, feed it with Faith, Truth and Love
or else you will loose yourself every time.
~ Unknown ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Friday, 19th June, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as an dara Leabhar Ríthe 11:1-4, 9-18. 20
D’ung siad Ióáis ina rí é agus chuir gáir suas: “Go maire an rí!”
Nuair a chuala Atailiá, máthair Achaizíá, go raibh a mac tar éis bháis, mharaigh sí an sliocht ríoga ar fad láithreach.
Ach Iahóiseaba, iníon an rí Iahórám, deirfiúr Achaizíá, sciob sí léi Ióáis, mac Achaizíá, faoi rún ó lár na mac rí a bhí á marú; chuir sí é féin agus a bhanaltra i bhfolach ó Atailiá sa suanlios, agus níor maraíodh é. D’fhan sé sé bliana aici i bhfolach i dTeampall an Tiarna agus Atailiá i gceannas na tíre.Sa seachtú bliain chuir Iahóideá fios ar cheannfoirt na gCairianach agus na bhfear faire, agus thug sé chuige féin iad i dTeampall an Tiarna. Rinne sé conradh leo, agus tar éis dó iad a chur faoi mhionn thaispeáin sé mac an rí dóibh
Rinne na ceannfoirt gach ní mar a d’ordaigh Iahóideá an sagart. Rug siad a gcuid fear leo, iad siúd a bhí ag scor den gharda ar an tsabóid agus iad siúd a bhí ag dul ar garda ar an tsabóid, agus tháinig siad chuig Iahóideá an sagart. Ghléas an sagart na ceannfoirt le gathanna agus le sciatha an rí Dáiví a bhí i dTeampall an Tiarna. Bhí na gardaí ina seasamh, agus arm i láimh gach duine acu, ó choirnéal theas an Teampaill go dtí an coirnéal thuaidh, thart timpeall ar an altóir agus ar an Teampall. Thug Iahóideá mac an rí amach ansin, chuir sé an choróin agus [na muincí] air, agus d’ung ina rí é. Ansin bhuail siad a mbosa agus chuir gáir suas:
“Go maire an rí!”
Nuair a chuala Atailiá gártha (an gharda agus) an phobail, tharraing sí ar an Teampall, áit a raibh na daoine. Nuair a chonaic sí an rí ina sheasamh ansin [ar an ardán], mar ba nós, agus na ceannfoirt agus na trumpadóirí i dteannta an rí agus pobal na tuaithe go léir ag déanamh gairdis agus ag séideadh stoc, stróic Atailiá a cuid éadaigh agus bhéic sí: “Feall! Feall!” Ansin d’ordaigh Iahóideá an sagart do na hoifigigh airm:
“Beirigí libh í taobh amuigh den áit naofa agus cuirigí chun báis leis an gclaíomh duine ar bith a leanfaidh í.” “Óir ní foláir,” a mheabhraigh an sagart dóibh, “gan í chur chun báis I dTeampall an Tiarna.”
Rug siad uirthi agus ar shroicheadh an pháláis di, trí Gheata na gCapall, is ann a cuireadh chun báis í.
Rinne Iahóideá conradh idir an Tiarna agus an rí agus an pobal, go mbeadh siad ina bpobal ag an Tiarna; idir an rí agus an pobal mar an gcéanna. Ansin chuaigh muintir na tuaithe go léir go teampall Bhál agus scrios siad é; rinne siad smionagar dá altóirí agus dá íomhánna, agus mharaigh siad Matán, sagart Bhál, os comhair na n-altóirí. Agus chuir an sagart fir faire ar garda ar Theampall an Tiarna.
Bhí lúcháir mhór ar mhuintir na tuaithe go léir. D’fhan an chathair ciúin, agus chuir siad Atailiá chun báis i bpálás an rí.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 131: 11-14. 17-18. R/v 13
Freagra Roghnaigh an Tiarna Síón;
Is é ba rogha leis mar áras dó féin; is é ba rogha leis mar áras dó féin.
1. Mhionnaigh an Tiarna do Dháiví, briathar daingean nach rachaidh sé siar air:
“Is é mac do cholainne féin a chuirfidh mé ar do chathaoir ríoga. Fregara
2. Má choimeádann do chlann mo chonradh, agus na teagaisc a mhúinfidh mé dóibh,
beidh a gclann siúd freisin go brách ina suí ar do chathaoir ríoga.” Freagra
3. Óir roghnaigh an Tiarna Síón; is é ba rogha leis mar áras dó féin.
Is é seo áit mo shuaimhnis go brách; bainfidh mé fum ann óir is ann atá mo thaitneamh. Freagra
4. Tiocfaidh bláth ann ar bhuinneán Dháiví; réiteoidh mé lóchrann do m’ungthach.
Clúdóidh mé a naimhde le náire, ach caithfidh sé féin a choróin faoi ghradam. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha 6:19-23 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Óir san áit a mbíonn do stór, is ann a bheidh do chroí freisin.
San am sin dúirt Íosa lena dheisceabail:
“Ná cuirigí stór i dtaisce daoibh féin ar an talamh mar a mbíonn an leamhan agus an mheirg á mhilleadhagus na bithiúnaigh ag briseadh isteach á ghoid. Cuirigí stór i dtaisce daoibh féin ar neamh mar nach mbíonn leamhan ná meirg ann chun a mhillte, ná bithiúnaigh ann chun briseadh isteach á ghoid. Óir san áit a mbíonn do stór, is ann a bheidh do chroí freisin.“Is í an tsúil lampa an choirp. Má bhíonn do shúil slán, beidh do chorp ar fad solasmhar. Ach má bhíonn do shúil tinn, beidh do chorp ar fad sa dorchadas. Mar sin, má bhíonn an solas atá ionat ina dhorchadas, nach mór é an dorchadas é sin!
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 21st June, 2026
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Jeremiah 20:10-13
He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men.
Jeremiah said: I hear so many disparaging me,
"Terror from every side!" Denounce him! Let us denounce him!'
All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall,
'Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge!'
But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;
my opponents will stumble, mastered, confounded by their failure;
everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs.
But you, Lord of Hosts, you who probe with justice,
who scrutinise the loins and heart, let me see the vengeance you will take on them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 68:4-5. 29-34. R/v 29
Response In your great love, answer me, 0 God.
1. It is for you that I suffer taunts, that shame covers my face,
that I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons.
I burn with zeal for your house and taunts against you fall on me. Response
2. This is my prayer to you, my prayer for your favour.
In your great love, answer me, 0 God, with your help that never fails:
Lord, answer, for your love is kind; in your compassion, turn towards me. Response
3. The poor when they see it will be glad and God-seeking hearts will revive;
for the Lord listens to the needy and does not spurn his servants in their chains.
Let the heavens and the earth give him praise, the sea and all its living creatures. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans 5:12-15
The gift itself considerably outweighed the fall.
Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of 'law-breaking', yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law.
Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man's fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 1: 14.12
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Word was made flesh and lived among us;
to all who did accept him he gad.ve power to become children of God
Alleluia!
or Jn 15: 26.27
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Spirit of truth will be my witness; and you too will be my witnesses.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 10:26-33 Glory to you, O Lord
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body.
Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows:
'Do not be afraid of them therefore. For everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from the housetops.'Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell. Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.
'So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of men, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven. But the one who disowns me in the presence of men, I will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven.
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, 21st June, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as an Leabhar Irimia, fáidh 20:10-13
Óir shaor sé anam an bhoicht ó láimh lucht déanta an oilc.
Dúirt Irimia, Cluinim mórán do mo tharcaisniú:
“Eagla ar gach aon taobh!
Sceithigí air! Sceithimis air!”Ag a raibh de chairde agam uair bhí súil in airde le mo threascairt:
“Meallfar é b’fhéidir, ansin béarfaimid bua air agus imreoimid díoltas air!”
Ach tá an Tiarna liomsa, curadh cumhachtach; ar an ábhar sin tuisleoidh lucht m’ionsaithe;
ní chloífidh siad mé; brisfear orthu; beidh siad trína chéile.
Ní dhéanfar dearmad go brách ar a náire shíoraí.
Ach, a Thiarna na Slua, a scrúdaíonn le fírinne, a ransaíonn na háranna agus an croí, feicim do dhíoltas orthu mar is duitse a d’fhoilsigh mé mo chúis.
Canaigí don Tiarna, molaigí an Tiarna, óir shaor sé anam an bhoicht ó láimh lucht déanta an oilc.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 68; 4-5. 29-34. R/v 29
Freagra Éist liom de réir do bhuanghrá, a Thiarna.
1. Ar do shonsa a d'fhulaing mé aithisí, a bhí luisne na náire ar mo ghnúis.
Is strainséir mé do mo bhráithre féin, agus is comhthíoch mé do chlann mo mháthar.
Táim ar lasadh le dúthracht do do theach; is ormsa a thiteann aithisí lucht do cháinte. Freagra
2. Chugatsa a chuirim m'urnaí, a Thiarna, an uair is mian leat féin.
Éist liom de réir do bhuanghrá agus do chúnaimh chinnte.
Freagair mé as ucht do dhilghrá, a Thiarna; iompaigh chugam de réir do thrócaire. Freagra
3. Beidh áthas ar na hísle nuair a fheicfidh siad é; athbheofar croíthe lucht cuardaithe an Tiarna.
Éisteann an Tiarna leis na daoine bochta, is ní thugann droim láimhe dá bhraighdeanaigh.
Go mola na spéartha is an talamh é, an mhuir agus a maireann inti.
Rinneadh feoil den Bhriathar agus chónaigh sé inár measc,
An uile dhuine a ghlac é, thug sé de cheart dóibhgo ndéanfaí clann Dé díobh. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Rómhánaigh 5:12-15
Ní hé an dála céanna ag an tabhartas agus ag an gcoir é.
A bhráithre, tháinig an peaca isteach sa saol trí aon duine amháin agus an bás isteach tríd an bpeaca, sa tslí sin leath an bás i measc cách uile de bhrí go ndearna cách uile an peaca. Bhí an peaca ar an saol, ar ndóigh, sular tugadh an dlí ach ní chuirtear an peaca sa chuntas mura mbíonn dlí ann. Mar sin féin bhí an bás i réim ó Ádhamh anuas go Maois fiú amháin dóibh siúd nach raibh ciontach i mbriseadh reachta ar nós Ádhaimh.
Agus bhí Ádhamh ina shamhail ar an té úd a bhí le teacht. Ach ní hé an dála céanna ag an tabhartas agus ag an gcoir é. Mar, má fuair mórán bás de bharr choir an aon duine amháin, is fairsinge go mór do mhórán a bhí grásta Dé agus an tabhartas a dáileadh de dheonú an aon duine amháin, Íosa Críost.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Eo 1: 14: 12
Alleluia, alleluia!
Rinneadh feoil den Bhriathar agus chónaigh sé inár measc,
An uile dhuine a ghlac é, thug sé de cheart dóibhgo ndéanfaí clann Dé díobh
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha 10:26-33 Glóir duit, a Thiarna
Ná bíodh eagla oraibh rompu seo a mharaíonn an corp.
San am sin dúirt Íosa:
Ná bíodh eagla oraibh rompu, mar sin. Níl aon ní i bhfolach nach bhfoilseofar, ná aon ní faoi cheilt nach mbeidh fios air. An rud a deirim libh sa dorchadas, abraigí i solas an lae é, agus an cogar a chuirtear in bhur gcluais, fógraígí é ó bharr na dtithe.“Ná bíodh eagla oraibh rompu seo a mharaíonn an corp ach nach féidir dóibh an t-anam a mharú: ní hea, ach bíodh eagla oraibh roimh an té ar féidir dó idir chorp agus anam a mhilleadh in ifreann. Nach mbíonn na gealbhain leathphingin an péire? Agus ní thitfidh gealbhan acu as an aer gan fhios do bhur nAthair. Maidir libhse, fiú amháin ribí bhur gcinn tá siad uile comhairthe. Mar sin, ná bíodh aon eagla oraibh; is mó is fiú sibhse ná dá liacht na gealbhain!
“Duine ar bith a admhóidh mise os comhair daoine, admhóidh mise eisean chomh maith os comhair m’Athar atá ar neamh. Ach duine ar bith a shéanfaidh os comhair daoine mé, séanfaidh mise eisean chomh maith os comhair m’Athar atá ar neamh.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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