Churches of the Day
Pictorial Thought for Today
Sep 23 - St Adomnán (Eunan) (624-704) 9th abbot of Iona
Summary: St Eunan (or Adomnan), born in Donegal around 624 and died in 704. He became a monk in Iona and was chosen as abbot there in 679. In addition to overseeing the Columban monasteries, he left important writings, one of which is the Life of Colum Cille. He was known as a good and wise man, remarkably learned in Sacred Scripture.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
The Uí Chonaill Family
Born in Donegal into the Uí Chonaill family, Adomnán, or Eunan, as he is more commonly known today may have spent some time at the Columban monastery in Durrow before joining the Iona community where he was chosen as its ninth abbot in 679.
The image(left) is of a window of St Patrick
at the cathedral in Letterkenny.
Eunan intervened to liberate war captives and to claim safety during war for women, children and clerics. His open-mindedness also led to the ending of the conflict between the Roman and Celtic Churches.
His Life of Columba
He wrote a Life of Columba, to whom he was related. Although its purpose is not strict history, but to highlight the saint's virtues, and is modelled on the Lives of the Desert Fathers especially Antony and Evagrius, it is full of memorable descriptions. It stresses Columba's relationship with God and his fight against exploitation, carelessness, falsehood, and murder. Adomnan upholds Columba as an Irish saint whose faith transcends petty divisions.
De Locis Sanctis
Adomnán also wrote a book on the "holy places" - Jerusalem, Damascus, Constantinople and Alexandria - called De Locis Sanctis. It is based on descriptions given him by word of mouth by a French bishop Arculfus, who had been shipwrecked in western Britain and took refuge in Iona.
Conflict between Celtic and Roman usage in the Irish Church
As the ultimate superior of the Ionan monastery of Lindisfarne, Adomnán made a number of visits to Northumbria. The first was in 686. While he was there, he became aware of the unresolved conflict and tensions in the years after the Synod of Whitby (664) between Celtic observances and the Roman observances. Celtic monasteries had a different method for calculating the date of Easter, a different tonsure, and the abbot held administrative superiority to a bishop.
Reconciliation
In visiting the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Adomnán held long discussions with the Abbot Ceolfrith of Wearmouth. Eventually he became convinced that, whatever about the equally sacred origins of the differing customs - the Celtic way was based on St John and had long been the custom in the Eastern Church - it was better for the universality of the Church for the Celts to adopt the Roman usage. Over the next eighteen years he tirelessly worked to convince Iona and other Celtic monasteries to do so.
Setting Captives free
Another reason for Adomnán's visit to Northumbria in 686 was to persuade King Aldfrith to release sixty Irish prisoners and in this he was successful. When later he attended the Synod of Birr in 697, he convinced the participants that women, children and clerics should be exempt from war and not be taken prisoners or slaughtered. This came to be known as The Law of the Innocents or Adamnan's law (Cain Adomhnáin) - and is a kind of preview of the present-day Geneva Convention.
St Eunan, Patron
of Raphoe Diocese
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Patrick Duffy tells his story.
The Uí Chonaill FamilyBorn in Donegal into the Uí Chonaill family, Adomnán, or Eunan, as he is more commonly known today may have spent some time at the Columban monastery in Durrow before joining the Iona community where he was chosen as its ninth abbot in 679.
The image(left) is of a window of St Patrick
at the cathedral in Letterkenny.
Eunan intervened to liberate war captives and to claim safety during war for women, children and clerics. His open-mindedness also led to the ending of the conflict between the Roman and Celtic Churches.
His Life of Columba
He wrote a Life of Columba, to whom he was related. Although its purpose is not strict history, but to highlight the saint's virtues, and is modelled on the Lives of the Desert Fathers especially Antony and Evagrius, it is full of memorable descriptions. It stresses Columba's relationship with God and his fight against exploitation, carelessness, falsehood, and murder. Adomnan upholds Columba as an Irish saint whose faith transcends petty divisions.
De Locis Sanctis
Adomnán also wrote a book on the "holy places" - Jerusalem, Damascus, Constantinople and Alexandria - called De Locis Sanctis. It is based on descriptions given him by word of mouth by a French bishop Arculfus, who had been shipwrecked in western Britain and took refuge in Iona.
Conflict between Celtic and Roman usage in the Irish Church
As the ultimate superior of the Ionan monastery of Lindisfarne, Adomnán made a number of visits to Northumbria. The first was in 686. While he was there, he became aware of the unresolved conflict and tensions in the years after the Synod of Whitby (664) between Celtic observances and the Roman observances. Celtic monasteries had a different method for calculating the date of Easter, a different tonsure, and the abbot held administrative superiority to a bishop.
Reconciliation
In visiting the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow, Adomnán held long discussions with the Abbot Ceolfrith of Wearmouth. Eventually he became convinced that, whatever about the equally sacred origins of the differing customs - the Celtic way was based on St John and had long been the custom in the Eastern Church - it was better for the universality of the Church for the Celts to adopt the Roman usage. Over the next eighteen years he tirelessly worked to convince Iona and other Celtic monasteries to do so.
Setting Captives free
Another reason for Adomnán's visit to Northumbria in 686 was to persuade King Aldfrith to release sixty Irish prisoners and in this he was successful. When later he attended the Synod of Birr in 697, he convinced the participants that women, children and clerics should be exempt from war and not be taken prisoners or slaughtered. This came to be known as The Law of the Innocents or Adamnan's law (Cain Adomhnáin) - and is a kind of preview of the present-day Geneva Convention.
<<St. Eunan's Cathedral, Letterkenny,
Co. Donegal.
St Eunan, Patron
of Raphoe Diocese
Adaomnán or Eunan, as he is now more commonly called in Ireland, is the principal patron of the diocese and the cathedral in Letterkenny is called after him.
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Memorable Vision for Today
Unity doesn't happen magically ,
It often takes work, is messy,
can be very uncomfortable,
and happens gradually.
~ Sharon Eubank ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Wednesday, 23rd September, 2026
Wednesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
Saint of the Day: Sep 19; –St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, religious
C/f A short look at this saint’s life can be found below today's Readings and Reflection.
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Proverbs 30:5-9
Give me neither poverty nor riches. grant me only my share of bread to eat
Every word of God is unalloyed, he is the shield of those who take refuge in him. To his words make no addition, lest he reprove you and know you for a fraud.
Two things I beg of you, do not grudge me them before I die:
keep falsehood and lies far from me, give me neither poverty nor riches, grant me only my share of bread to eat, for fear that surrounded by plenty, I should fall away and say, ‘the Lord-who is the Lord?' or else, in destitution, take to stealing and profane the name of my God.The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118:1. 27. 30. 34-35. 44. R/v 35
Response Your word is a lamp for my steps, O Lord.
1. Keep me, Lord, from the way of error and teach me your law.
The law from your mouth means more to me than silver and gold. Response
2. Your word, O Lord, for ever stands firm in the heavens.
I turn my feet from evil paths to obey your word. Response
3. I gain understanding from your precepts and so I hate false ways.
Lies I hate and detest but your law is my love. Response
Gospel Acclamation Col 3: 16
Alleluia, alleluia!
Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you;
through him give thanks to God the Father.
Alleluia !
or Mk 1: 15
Alleluia, alleluia!
The kingdom of God is close at hand, repent and believe the Good News.
Alleluia !
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke 9:1-6 Glory to you, O Lord
Jesus sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
He said to them,'Take nothing for the journey: neither staff, nor haversack, nor bread, nor money; and let none of you take a spare tunic.
Whatever house you enter, stay there; and when you leave, let it be from there.
As for those who do not welcome you, when you leave their town shake the dust from your feet as a sign to them.
So they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the Good News and healing everywhere.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Wednesday Twenty Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 9:1-6
There is a striking contrast in today’s gospel reading. Jesus gave the twelve a share in his own power to heal and cure as he sent them out on mission. Yet, he also sent them out in weakness, telling them to take very little for the journey, no staff or haversack or bread or money or spare tunic. It is as if Jesus wanted his power to be revealed in human weakness and vulnerability. It is often the case that the Lord works most powerfully through our experiences of weakness and frailty. Many of us feel weak and frail from time to time. Just as Jesus asks his disciples in the gospel reading to forego much of what most people rely on, we all find ourselves having to forego something or someone. Yet, in such times of loss and weakness, the Lord continues to work powerfully within us and among us. Such times can throw us back more fully on the Lord who is present to us in difficult times as well as in good times.
The first reading declares that God is the shield of those who take refuge in him. When Jesus sent out the twelve in such a vulnerable state, it was because he wanted them to rely on God as their shield, rather than over relying on themselves. When we experience our weakness and frailty in a more pronounced way, it is an opportunity to rely more fully on the Lord as our shield. As Saint Paul reminds us in one of his letters, the Lord’s power can be made perfect in weakness (2 Cor 12:9).
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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: Sep 19; –St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, religious
Francesco Forgione was born on 25 May 1887 in Pietrelcina (Italy); died on this day in 1968 at San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy). Raised in a deeply religious rural home, Francesco became Padre Pio when he was ordained in the Capuchin order in 1910. A mystic who received the marks of the stigmata in 1918, a renowned holy man, and a charity worker who founded a hospital (the House for the Relief of Suffering). His ascetic life of pain led to special compassion for the suffering. He was honoured as an extraordinary confessor and spiritual director.
Patrick Duffy tells some of this holy man's remarkable story.
Every day for fifty years from morning till evening Padre Pio heard confessions for the crowds who came to him, confronting and consoling. When he got the stigmata, the Church restricted his movements. But the crowds still came to him and many were cured.Patrick Duffy tells some of this holy man's remarkable story.
Early Life and the Stigmata
He was born of agricultural worker parents in the village of Pietrelcina, northeast of Naples. He joined the Capuchins, taking the name Pius and was ordained priest in 1910. He began to experience pains and what he called "invisible stigmata". During military service in World War I, he was sent on convalescent leave. In 1918 he contracted double pneumonia and was sent to a monastery at San Giovanni Rotondo, near Foggia, where he stayed for the rest of his life.
The stigmata on his hands and feet became visible and a wound in his side bled for the rest of his life. The Capuchins made no attempt to hide his condition. The Vatican had him examined and he had to say Mass in private for a number of years.
San
Giovanni RotondoPius, always a humble man, and always dedicated to the passion of Christ would only say he was a mystery to himself. People for whom he prayed left donations. A new hospital complex was built and the place became a centre of pilgrimage and healing.
Bilocation
A story of his being in two places at the one time (Bi-location) is told by his superior, Padre Carmelo da Sassano. There was a concert one evening in the monastery. During the intermission Padre Pio folded his arms on a chair in front of him and rested his head. No one disturbed him and when the intermission was over Padre Pio sat upright and gave his attention to the rest of the performance.
Next day Padre Carmelo called to see a sick villager. He found the patient fully recovered and the family delighted as Padre Pio, they said, had visited them the night before. Padre Carmelo said that wasn't possible, as Padre Pio had been at the concert. But the family insisted he had come and when asked at what time, Padre Carmelo recognised it was at the time of the intermission.
Confession
Penitents came from all over the world to confess to Padre Pio. It wasn't always a comfortable experience. Sometimes he would reveal hidden sins to them. And if he discerned that someone was not sincerely repentant, he would shout out at them to leave the confessional. This usually provoked a crisis for the penitent, who would later return to Padre Pio with true repentance.
His death
On the fiftieth anniversary of the day he received the stigmata, while Padre Pio was saying Mass, people in the congregation noticed that the stigmata had vanished. He died the next day.
Praise from Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II beatified him in 1999 and canonised him in 2002. He praised, not the "gifts" of Padre Pio, but "how he poured his charity like balm on the sufferings of his brothers and sisters."
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Memorable Proverb for Today
A holy life will produce the deepest impression.
Lighthouses may no longer blow horns;
but they still shine brightly and show the way.
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Liturgical Readings for: Wednesday, 23rd September, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHT
Sliocht as Leabhar Seanfhocal 30:5-9
Ná tabhair dom saibhreas ná daibhreas, ach cothaigh mé leis an mbia is cuí dom.
Gach briathar a labhraíonn Dia, seasann sé trial na fírinne;
is sciath é do gach duine a théann ar a choimirce.
Ná cuir lena bhriathra, ar eagla go lochtódh sé thú agus go dtaispeánfadh sé gur bréagadóir thú.
Dhá ní a iarraim ort, ná ceil orm iad sula bhfaighe mé bás: Coinnigh i bhfad uaim an t-éitheach agus an bhréag; ná tabhair dom saibhreas ná daibhreas, ach cothaigh mé leis an mbia is cuí dom, Ar eagla go mbeinn sách agus go séanfainn thú,agus go ndéarfainn: “An Tiarna? – cé hé féin?”
Nó go mbeinn bocht agus go ndéanfainn goid, agus go maslóinn ainm mo Dhé.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le freagra Sm 118:1. 27. 30. 34-35. 44. R/v 35
Freagra Is lóchrann do mo chosa do bhriathar.
1. A Thiarna, coinnigh mé ó shlí na hearráide, agus tabhair dom do dhlí.
Is fearr liom go mór fada dlí do bhéilse ná na mílte d’ór agus d’airgead. Freagra
2. Maireann do bhriathar go brách, a Thiarna, chomh daingean le neamh.
Tugaim ar mo chosa gach drochshlí a sheachaint, d’fhonn do bhriathra a choimeád. Freagra
3. Faighim tuiscint de bharr do phroiceapta; is gráin liom gach drochshlí.
Is fuath liom an t-éitheach agus is gráin liom é; i aoibhinn liom do dhlí. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 9:1-6 Glóir duit a Thiarna
Chuir Íosa uaidh iad ag fógairt ríocht Dé agus ag leigheas na n-easlán.
San am sin ghlaoigh Íosa an dáréag le chéile agus thug dóibh cumhacht agus údarás os cionn na ndeamhan uile agus chun galair a leigheas. Agus chuir sé uaidh iad ag fógairt ríocht Dé agus ag leigheas na n-easlán.
Agus dúirt sé leo:
“Ná tógaigí libh aon ní i gcomhair an bhóthair, bata ná tiachóg, ná arán, ná airgead, agus ná bíodh dhá chóta an duine agaibh.
Agus cibé teach a rachaidh sibh isteach ann, cuirigí fúibh ann agus leanaigí oraibh as sin.
Agus maidir leo seo nach nglacann sibh, ag dul amach as an gcathair sin daoibh, croithigí an deannach de bhur gcosa mar fhianaise ina n-aghaidh.”
Agus chuir siad chun bóthair agus ghabh siad ó bhaile go baile ag fógairt an dea-scéil agus ag leigheas i ngach uile áit.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 27th September, 2026
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
A Day of Prayer for Life
God gives us the gift of repentance. In the gospel parable of the two sons, Jesus holds up the example of the public sinners in his time being converted while the establishment figures refuse to listen to his message. Ezekiel reminds us that repentance is always possible, for the Lord remembers his mercy.
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FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Ezekiel 18:25-28
When the sinner renounces sin, he shall certainly live.
The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows:You object, "What the Lord does is unjust".
Listen, you House of Israel: is what I do unjust?
Is it not what you do that is unjust? When the upright man renounces his integrity to commit sin and dies because of this, he dies because of the evil that he himself has committed.
When the sinner renounces sin to become law-abiding and honest, he deserves to live. He has chosen to renounce all his previous sins; he shall certainly live; he shall not die.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 24; 4-9 R/v 6
Response Remember your mercy, Lord.
1. Lord, make me know your ways. Lord, teach me your paths.
Make me walk in your truth, and teach me: for you are God my saviour. Response
2. Remember your mercy, Lord, and the love you have shown from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth.
In your love remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord. Response
3. The Lord is good and upright. He shows the path to those who stray,
he guides the humble in the right path; he teaches his way to the poor. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians 2:1-11
In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus.
If our life in Christ means anything to you, if love can persuade at all, or the Spirit that we have in common, or any tenderness and sympathy, then be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. That is the one thing which would make me completely happy. There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, So that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people's interests instead. In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus:
His state was divine,
yet he did not cling to his equality with God
but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave,
and became as men are; and being as all men are,
he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross.
But God raised him high and gave him the name
which is above all other names so that all beings
in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the knee at the name of Jesus and that every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Alternative shorter
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter to the Philippians 2:1-5
In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus.
If our life in Christ means anything to you, if love can persuade at all, or the Spirit that we have in common, or any tenderness and sympathy, then be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. That is the one thing which would make me completely happy.
There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, So that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people's interests instead. In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
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Gospel Acclamation Jn 14: 23
Alleluia, alleluia!
If anyone loves me he will keep my word,
and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.
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
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 21:28-32 Glory to you, O Lord
Afterwards he thought better of it and went. Tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you.
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:
'What is your opinion?
A man had two sons. He went and said to the first,
"My boy, you go and work in the vineyard today".
He answered, "I will not go", but afterwards
thought better of it and went.
The man then went and said the same thing to the second who answered, "Certainly, sir", but did not go.
Which of the two did the father's will?'
'The first' they said.
Jesus said to them,
'I tell you solemnly, tax collectors and prostitutes are making their way into the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you, a pattern of true righteousness, but you did not believe him, and yet the tax collectors and prostitutes did. Even after seeing that, you refused to think better of it and believe in him'.
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, 27th September, 2026
CHÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as leabhar Ezícéal 18:25-28
Má thréigeann an drochdhuine a pheaca, mairfidh sé go deimhin.
Seo mar a deir an Tiarna:
“Deir tusa:
‘Ní cóir iad gníomhartha an Tiarna.’
Éistigí liom, a mhuintir Iosrael; nach cóir iad mo ghníomhartha?
Nach iad bhur ngníomhartha féin atá míchóir? Má thréigeann an fíréan a fhíréantacht agus peacú, éagfaidh sé dá bharr; éagfaidh sé de bharr an oilc atá déanta aige. Arís, má thréigeann an drochdhuine a pheacaí agus déanamh mar is ceart agus mar is cóir, tabharfaidh sé a bheatha slán.
De bhrí gur mhachnaigh sé agus gur thréig sé a pheacaí go léir mairfidh sé go deimhin; ní bhfaighidh sé bás.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 24: 4-9 R/v 6
Freagra Cuimhnigh ar do thrócaire, a Thiarna.
I. Taispeáin do shlite dom, a Thiarna, agus teagasc dom do rianta.
Treoraigh mé i d'fhírinne agus teagasc mé, móir is tusa, a Dhia, mo Shlánaitheoir. Freagra
2. Ortsa a bhím ag feitheamh ar feadh an lae, mar gheall ar dó chineáltas, a Thiarna.
Cuimhnigh ar do thrócaire, a Thiarna, agus ar do bhuanghrá atá ann ó na cianta.
Ná cuimhnigh ar chionta m'óige, ach amháin ar do bhuanghrá féin. Freagra
3. Is maith is is díreach é an Tiarna. Uime sin múineann sé an tslí do na peacaigh.
Díríonn sé an fear umhal san fhíréantacht; múineann sé a shlí don fhear umhal Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht litir N.Pól chuig na Filipigh 2:1-11
Bígí ar aon mheon le hÍosa Críost.
A bhráithre, más fiú aon ní an sólás a fhaigheann sibh i gCríost, más fiú aon ní an spreagadh a thagann ón ngrá, más fiú aon ní bhur gcumann leis an Spiorad, má tá cion nó trua ar bith ionaibh, cuirigí barr ar mo chuid áthais trí bheith ar aon aigne le chéile, ar aon ghrá, ar aon toil agus ar aon aigne. Ná déanaigí aon ní le teann iomaíochta ná le teann gaisce, ach sibh á mheas go huiríseal gur fearr daoine eile ná sibh féin. Ná bíodh aon duine agaibh ag cuimhneamh ar a leas féin amháin ach ar leas na gcomharsana chomh maith. Bígí ar aon mheon le hÍosa Críost:
An té úd a bhí i riocht Dé ó dhúchas,
níorbh éadáil leis bheith ar chomhchéim le Dia,
Ach lom sé é féin. Agus chuir áir riocht an sclábha
agus tháinig chun bheith ina dhuine mar chách eile.
Agus ar theacht ann dó i gcló daonna, d’ísligh sé é féin
agus bhí umhal go bás – go bás na croise féin.
Sin é an fáth ar ardaigh Dia thar na bearta é
agus bhronn air an t-ainm úd atá os cionn gach ainm,
i dtreo nuair a luafaí ainm Íosa go gcromfadh glúin gach neach dá bhfuil ar neamh agus ar talamh agus in ifreann
agus go ndearbhódh gach teanga, in ómós do Dhia an tAthair, gurb é Íosa Críost an Tiarna.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
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Malairt DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht litir N.Pól chuig na Filipigh 2:1-5
Bígí ar aon mheon le hÍosa Críost.
A bhráithre, más fiú aon ní an sólás a fhaigheann sibh i gCríost, más fiú aon ní an spreagadh a thagann ón ngrá, más fiú aon ní bhur gcumann leis an Spiorad, má tá cion nó trua ar bith ionaibh, cuirigí barr ar mo chuid áthais trí bheith ar aon aigne le chéile, ar aon ghrá, ar aon toil agus ar aon aigne. Ná déanaigí aon ní le teann iomaíochta ná le teann gaisce, ach sibh á mheas go huiríseal gur fearr daoine eile ná sibh féin. Ná bíodh aon duine agaibh ag cuimhneamh ar a leas féin amháin ach ar leas na gcomharsana chomh maith. Bígí ar aon mheon le hÍosa Críost.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Eo 10: 27
Alleluia, alleluia!
Éisteann mo chaoirigh le mo ghlór,a deir the Tiarna
agus aithním iad, agus leanann siad mé.
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha 21:28-32 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Tháinig aiféala air agus chuaigh se. tá tosach ag na poibleacánaigh agus ag na striapacha oraibhse isteach i ríocht Dé.
San am sin dúirt Íosa le huachtaráin ne sagart agus le seanóir an phobail:
“Bhur mbarúil air seo: Bhí beirt mhac ag duine.
D’agaill sé duine acu ar dtús:
‘A mhic,’ ar seisean, ‘téighse inniu ag obair san fhíonghort.’
D’fhreagair sé é: ‘Tá go maith, a dhuine uasail,’ ar seisean; ach ní dheachaigh.
D’agaill sé an dara duine ar an gcuma chéanna, agus b’é a fhreagra seo:
‘Ní dhéanfaidh mé,’ ar seisean; ach ina dhiaidh sin tháinig aiféala air agus chuaigh.
Cé acu den bheirt a rinne toil a athar?”
“An dara duine,” ar siad.
Dúirt Íosa leo:
“Deirim libh go fírinneach, tá tosach ag na poibleacánaigh agus ag na striapacha oraibhse isteach i ríocht Dé. Óir tháinig Eoin chugaibh ar shlí na fíréantachta agus níor chreid sibh ann; na poibleacánaigh, áfach, agus na striapacha, chreid siad ann; agus cé go bhfaca sibhse é sin,
níor bhuail an t aiféala mall féin sibh chun go gcreidfeadh sibh ann.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
