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Oct 6 - St Bruno of Cologne (1035-1101) priest and monk
Summary: St Bruno, priest, founder. Born in Cologne (Germany) about 1032; died in Calabria (Italy) . Professor at the cathedral school of Rheims, appointed chancellor of the diocese, helped to reform the clergy, founded the Carthusian order of hermits at Chartreuse near Grenoble. was noted for poverty, solitude, and penance.
Bruno began as an educator of the clergy and ended as the founder of the first Carthusian monastery in the Chartreuse valley near Grenoble in the year 1084. Philip Gröning's recent film 'Into Great Silence' throws the viewer into a direct experience of the silence, prayer and ritual of the monks of the Grande Chartreuse today.
Patrick Duffy records the saint's life.
An Academic by Profession
Bruno was born in Cologne, studied grammar and theology at Reims University and later Tours before being ordained a priest at Cologne in 1055. Then appointed lecturer at Reims, he trained many gifted leaders in the Church, including the future Pope Urban II (1088-99). Bishop Manasses, the archbishop of Reims, appointed him chancellor of his diocese. Bruno found his archbishop quite corrupt and though he tried to check him, never fully succeeded.
The Grande Chartreuse
Bruno then decided to become a monk and for a while lived as a hermit under the direction of the monastic reformer, Robert of Molesmes, the founder of Cistercian abbey of Citeaux. After some time Bruno moved on to the diocese of Grenoble, where the bishop Hugh gave him a charter for a site in the wooded Grande Chartreuse valley. There he and his followers built an oratory and small cells, but the eremitical life - the life of a hermit in solitude, poverty, austerity - was central. The model was the desert fathers of Egypt and Palestine. Vespers and Matins and Lauds took place in the church: the other hours in solitude. There was Mass on Sundays and major feasts when the monks came together for a main meal. They wore hair shirts, ate no meat and fish only if it was given to them. They spent their day in prayer, silence, reading, manual work and worship.
For the order today, see www.chartreaux.org/en/frame.html
Called to Rome
After six years Bruno's former pupil, now Pope Urban II (1088-99), called him to Rome to advise him on the reform of the Church. For a time Bruno settled in Rome in a hermitage in the ruins of the baths of Diocletian. But when Urban became involved in a quarrel with the antipope Gilbert of Ravenna (Clement III), both he and Bruno had to flee to Calabria in the south of Italy.
La Torre and St Stephen's in Calabria
In Calabria, Bruno, after refusing the offer of the bishopric of Reggio, was able to found at La Torre a second monastery modelled on Chartreux, and five years later as the number of disciples increased, founded another, St Stephen's. He kept in touch with the mother house by letter and through a visit to La Torre by the prior, Landuin.
Death and Influence
Bruno died at La Torre on 6 October 1101. Although never formally canonised, his cult was approved for the Carthusians in 1514 and extended to the universal Church in 1623. Carthusians monks were in England from 1173, where their houses were known as "charterhouses". Three Carthusian monks - Augustine Webster, John Houghton and Robert Lawrence - were among the first religious martyred after Henry VIII introduced the Act of Supremacy and are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised in 1970. There are twenty-five monasteries worldwide on three continents, but none in Ireland. One, called St Hugh's - after St Hugh of Lincoln, the first Carthusian in England - is at Parkminster near Horsham in West Sussex. It was revived in England in the 19th century. For more see http://www.parkminster.org.uk/
Into Great Silence
In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning spent six months living the life of a Carthusian monk and single-handed produced a stunningly elemental film throwing the viewer right into the daily tasks, prayers, rituals and rare outdoor excursions of the monks - without score, voiceover or archival footage.
The film is called Into Great Silence.
Bruno began as an educator of the clergy and ended as the founder of the first Carthusian monastery in the Chartreuse valley near Grenoble in the year 1084. Philip Gröning's recent film 'Into Great Silence' throws the viewer into a direct experience of the silence, prayer and ritual of the monks of the Grande Chartreuse today.Patrick Duffy records the saint's life.
An Academic by Profession
Bruno was born in Cologne, studied grammar and theology at Reims University and later Tours before being ordained a priest at Cologne in 1055. Then appointed lecturer at Reims, he trained many gifted leaders in the Church, including the future Pope Urban II (1088-99). Bishop Manasses, the archbishop of Reims, appointed him chancellor of his diocese. Bruno found his archbishop quite corrupt and though he tried to check him, never fully succeeded.
The Grande ChartreuseBruno then decided to become a monk and for a while lived as a hermit under the direction of the monastic reformer, Robert of Molesmes, the founder of Cistercian abbey of Citeaux. After some time Bruno moved on to the diocese of Grenoble, where the bishop Hugh gave him a charter for a site in the wooded Grande Chartreuse valley. There he and his followers built an oratory and small cells, but the eremitical life - the life of a hermit in solitude, poverty, austerity - was central. The model was the desert fathers of Egypt and Palestine. Vespers and Matins and Lauds took place in the church: the other hours in solitude. There was Mass on Sundays and major feasts when the monks came together for a main meal. They wore hair shirts, ate no meat and fish only if it was given to them. They spent their day in prayer, silence, reading, manual work and worship.
For the order today, see www.chartreaux.org/en/frame.html
Called to Rome
After six years Bruno's former pupil, now Pope Urban II (1088-99), called him to Rome to advise him on the reform of the Church. For a time Bruno settled in Rome in a hermitage in the ruins of the baths of Diocletian. But when Urban became involved in a quarrel with the antipope Gilbert of Ravenna (Clement III), both he and Bruno had to flee to Calabria in the south of Italy.
La Torre and St Stephen's in Calabria
In Calabria, Bruno, after refusing the offer of the bishopric of Reggio, was able to found at La Torre a second monastery modelled on Chartreux, and five years later as the number of disciples increased, founded another, St Stephen's. He kept in touch with the mother house by letter and through a visit to La Torre by the prior, Landuin.
Death and Influence
Bruno died at La Torre on 6 October 1101. Although never formally canonised, his cult was approved for the Carthusians in 1514 and extended to the universal Church in 1623. Carthusians monks were in England from 1173, where their houses were known as "charterhouses". Three Carthusian monks - Augustine Webster, John Houghton and Robert Lawrence - were among the first religious martyred after Henry VIII introduced the Act of Supremacy and are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised in 1970. There are twenty-five monasteries worldwide on three continents, but none in Ireland. One, called St Hugh's - after St Hugh of Lincoln, the first Carthusian in England - is at Parkminster near Horsham in West Sussex. It was revived in England in the 19th century. For more see http://www.parkminster.org.uk/Into Great SilenceIn 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning spent six months living the life of a Carthusian monk and single-handed produced a stunningly elemental film throwing the viewer right into the daily tasks, prayers, rituals and rare outdoor excursions of the monks - without score, voiceover or archival footage.
The film is called Into Great Silence.
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Memorable Sayings for Today
“While the world changes, the cross stands firm”. "
“No act is charitable if it is not just.
~ St Bruno ~
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."
~ Leonardo da Vinci ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Tuesday, 6th October, 2026
Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
True freedom is a mix of power, reason, will, responsibility, discipline, activity and grace.
Saint of the Day: Oct 2; –St Bruno, priest, hermit, founder
C/f A short look at this saint’s life can be found below todays' Readings and Reflection.
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians 1:13-24
God chose to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the pagans.
You must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions of my ancestors.Then God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother's womb called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the pagans. I did not stop to discuss this with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were already apostles before me, but I went off to Arabia at once and later went straight back from there to Damascus.
Even when after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him for fifteen days, I did not see any of the other apostles; I only saw James, the brother of the Lord, and I swear before God that what I have just written is the literal truth. After that I went to Syria and Cilicia, and was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judaea, who had heard nothing except that their one-time persecutor was now preaching the faith he had previously tried to destroy; and they gave glory to God for me.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 138 : 1-3. 13-1. R/v 24
Response Lead me, O Lord, in the path of life eternal.
1. O Lord, you search me and you know me, you know my resting and my rising,
you discern my purpose from afar.
You mark when I walk or lie down, all my ways lie open to you. Response
2. For it was you who created my being, knit me together in my mother's womb.
I thank you for the wonder of my being, for the wonders of all your creation. Response
3. Already you knew my soul, my body held no secret from you,
when I was being fashioned in secret and moulded in the depths of the earth. Response
Gospel Acclamation Jn 15:15
Alleluia, alleluia!
I call you friends, says the Lord,
because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
Alleluia!
or Lk 11: 28
Alleluia, alleluia!
Happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 10:38-42 Glory to you, O Lord
Martha welcomed him into her house. It is Mary who has chosen the better part.
Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister
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led Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha who was distracted with all the serving said,'Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself? Please tell her to help me.'
But the Lord answered: 'Martha, Martha,' he said 'you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one.
It is Mary who has chosen the better part; it is not to be taken from her.'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
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Gospel Reflection Tuesday Twenty Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Luke 10:38-42
There are different forms of hospitality; there is the hospitality of activity and the hospitality of 'presence'. In today’s gospel reading, Martha exemplifies the hospitality of activity and Mary the hospitality of presence. It seems that on this occasion, it was the hospitality of presence rather than of activity that Jesus was really looking for. In that sense, Mary read the situation better than Martha did. In the words of Jesus, she chose the better part. Jesus was not looking for an elaborate meal; he had a word to speak and what he wanted above all was a listening ear. It was Mary who noticed this and who sat at his feet to listen to his word. Mary was more hospitable on this occasion because she was more attentive to the needs of the guest than Martha was.
In our own relationship with the Lord there is a time for both sitting at his feet to listen to whatever word he may wish to speak to us and there is a time for rolling up our sleeves and serving in a very active way, as the Samaritan did in the parable that comes before this passage. We need to be attentive both to the Lord of the work and the work of the Lord, and we need the wisdom to discern what is being called for at any particular moment.
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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: Oct 2; –St Bruno, priest, hermit, founder.
St Bruno, priest, founder. Born in Cologne (Germany) about 1032; died in Calabria (Italy) . Professor at the cathedral school of Rheims, appointed chancellor of the diocese, helped to reform the clergy, founded the Carthusian order of hermits at Chartreuse near Grenoble, was noted for poverty, solitude, and penance.
Bruno began as an educator of the clergy and ended as the founder of the first Carthusian monastery in the Chartreuse valley near Grenoble in the year 1084. Philip Gröning's recent film 'Into Great Silence' throws the viewer into a direct experience of the silence, prayer and ritual of the monks of the Grande Chartreuse today.Patrick Duffy records the saint's life.
An Academic by Profession
Bruno was born in Cologne, studied grammar and theology at Reims University and later Tours before being ordained a priest at Cologne in 1055. Then appointed lecturer at Reims, he trained many gifted leaders in the Church, including the future Pope Urban II (1088-99). Bishop Manasses, the archbishop of Reims, appointed him chancellor of his diocese. Bruno found his archbishop quite corrupt and though he tried to check him, never fully succeeded.
The Grande ChartreuseBruno then decided to become a monk and for a while lived as a hermit under the direction of the monastic reformer, Robert of Molesmes, the founder of Cistercian abbey of Citeaux. After some time Bruno moved on to the diocese of Grenoble, where the bishop Hugh gave him a charter for a site in the wooded Grande Chartreuse valley. There he and his followers built an oratory and small cells, but the heremitical life - the life of a hermit in solitude, poverty, austerity - was central, The model was the desert fathers of Egypt and Palestine. Vespers and Matins and Lauds took place in the church: the other hours in solitude. There was Mass on Sundays and major feasts when the monks came together for a main meal. They wore hair shirts, ate no meat and fish only if it was given to them. They spent their day in prayer, silence, reading, manual work and worship.
For the order today, see www.chartreaux.org/en/frame.html
Called to Rome
After six years Bruno's former pupil, now Pope Urban II (1088-99), called him to Rome to advise him on the reform of the Church. For a time Bruno settled in Rome in a hermitage in the ruins of the baths of Diocletian. But when Urban became involved in a quarrel with the antipope Gilbert of Ravenna (Clement III), both he and Bruno had to flee to Calabria in the south of Italy.
La Torre and St Stephen's in Calabria
In Calabria, Bruno, after refusing the offer of the bishopric of Reggio, was able to found at La Torre a second monastery modelled on Chartreux, and five years later as the number of disciples increased, founded another, St Stephen's. He kept in touch with the mother house by letter and through a visit to La Torre by the prior, Landuin.
Death and Influence
Bruno died at La Torre on 6 October 1101. Although never formally canonised, his cult was approved for the Carthusians in 1514 and extended to the universal Church in 1623. Carthusians monks were in England from 1173, where their houses were known as "charterhouses". Three Carthusian monks - Augustine Webster, John Houghton and Robert Lawrence - were among the first religious martyred after Henry VIII introduced the Act of Supremacy and are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised in 1970. There are twenty-five monasteries worldwide on three continents, (but none in Ireland). One, called St Hugh's - after St Hugh of Lincoln, the first Carthusian in England - is at Parkminster near Horsham in West Sussex. It was revived in England in the 19th century. For more see http://www.parkminster.org.uk/Into Great Silence
In 1984, as referred to above the German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning spent six months living the life of a Carthusian monk and single-handed produced a stunningly elemental film throwing the viewer right into the daily tasks, prayers, rituals and rare outdoor excursions of the monks - without score, voiceover or archival footage.
The film is called Into Great Silence.
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Memorable Sayings for Today
“No act is charitable if it is not just.
~ St Bruno ~
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."
~ Leonardo da Vinci ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Tuesday, 6th October, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as an céad Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Galataigh 1:-13-24
Dealaigh Dia amach mé.
A bhráithre, chuala sibh iomrá, ní foláir, ar mo chuid iompair tráth nuair a lean mé an creideamh Giúdach, mar a rinne mé géarleanúint as cuimse ar eaglais Dé ag iarraidh í a dhíothú, agus mar a sháraigh mé formhór lucht mo linne de mo chine féin i gcleachtadh an Ghiúdachais, de bharr na díograise thar meán a bhí ionam i dtaobh thraidisiúin mo shinsear.Ach nuair ba dheoin leis an té, a dhealaigh amach mé fad a bhí mé fós i mbroinn mo mháthar, agus a ghlaoigh chuige féin mé as ucht a ghrásta –nuair ba dheoin leis siúd a Mhac a fhoilsiú dom chun go gcraobhscaoilfinn a dhea-scéal i measc na ngintlithe, ní dheachaigh mé i gcomhairle le daonnaí ar bith ná ní dheachaigh mé suas go Iarúsailéim ag triall ar na daoine a bhí ina n-aspail romham, ach imeacht liom láithreach chun na hAráibe agus ar ais go Damaisc ina dhiaidh sin.
Trí bliana ina dhiaidh sin chuaigh mé suas go Iarúsailéim ag fiosrú Chéafais agus thug mé coicís ina theannta, ach duine ar bith eile de na haspail ní fhaca mé ach amháin Séamas, bráthair an Tiarna. Dearbhaím i bhfianaise Dé nach bhfuil focal bréige ina bhfuil á scríobh agam. Agus is go dúichí na Síre agus na Siléise a chuaigh mé ina dhiaidh sin. Ní raibh aithne súl fós ag eaglais Chríost in Iúdáia orm;ní raibh acu ach scéal scéil “faoin duine úd a bhíodh dár ngéarleanúint tráth agus atá anois ag craobhscaoileadh an chreidimh a bhíodh sé ag iarraidh a scriosadh roimhe seo,” agus thugaidís glóir do Dhia mar gheall orm.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 138: 1-3. 13-1. R/v 24
Freagra A Thiarna, seol mé ar shlí na síoraíochta.
1. Scrúdaíonn tú mé, a Thiarna, agus is eol duit mé. más luí dom, más suí dom, is eol duit é;
is eol duit mo rún is mé i bhfad uait. Más siúl dom, más suan dom, feiceann tú;
is eol duit mo shlite go léir. Freagra
2. Óir is tú a dheilbhigh go hiomlán mé; agus a d’fhuaigh i mbroinn mo mháthar mé.
Tugaim buíochas duit de bharr iontas mo dhéantúis; de bhrí gurb éachtach iad d’oibreacha. Freagra
3. B’eol duit go hiomlán m’anamsa; níor ceileadh ort fiú amháin mo chreat,
nuair a cumadh os íseal mé, gur múnlaíodh i mbroinn na talún mé. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcas 10:38-42 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Chuir Marta fáilte roimhe chun a tí. Óir is í an pháirt is fearr ba rogha le Máire.
San am sin tháinig Íosa isteach i mbaile áirithe, agus chuir bean darbh ainm Marta
fáilte roimhe chun a tí. Bhí deirfiúr aici darbh ainm Máire, agus bhí sí seo ina suí ag cosa an Tiarna ag éisteacht lena bhriathar. Marta féin, áfach, bhí a hintinn tógtha suas ag an iomad freastail. Stad sí os a chomhair amach agus dúirt:“A Thiarna, an ea nach cás leat gur fhág mo dheirfiúr an freastal fúmsa i m’aonar? Abair léi mar sin lámh chúnta a thabhairt dom.”
Dúirt an Tiarna léi á freagairt:
“A Mharta, a Mharta, tá imní ort agus buaireamh mar gheall ar mhórán nithe. Ach níl riachtanas ach le haon ní amháin.
Óir is í an pháirt is fearr ba rogha le Máire, agus ní bhainfear í sin di.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 11th October, 2026
The Twenty Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Prisoner's (and their families') Sunday
FIRST READING
A reading from the prophet Isaiah 25:6-10
The Lord will prepare a banquet, and will wipe away the tears from every cheek.
On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoples a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines.On this mountain, he will remove the mourning veil covering all peoples, and the shroud enwrapping all nations, he will destroy Death for ever. The Lord will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people's shame everywhere on earth, for the Lord has said so.
That day, it will be said:
See, this is our God in whom we hoped for salvation; The Lord is the one in whom we hoped.
We exult and we rejoice that he has saved us; for the hand of the Lord rests on this mountain.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 22: 1-6 R/v 6
Response In the Lord's own house shall I dwell for ever and ever.
1. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.
Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit. Response
2. He guides me along the right path; he is true to his name.
If l should walk in the valley of darkness no evil would I fear.
You are there with your crook and your staff;
with these you give me comfort. Response
3. You have prepared a banquet for me in the sight of my foes.
My head you have anointed with oil; my cup is overflowing. Response
4. Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life
In the Lord's own house shall I dwell for ever and ever. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians 4:12-14. 19-20
There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength.
I know how to be poor and I know how to be rich too.
I have been through my initiation and now I am ready for anything anywhere: full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty.
There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength. All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships.
In return my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as lavishly as only God can. Glory to God, our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 1: 12. 14
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Word was made flesh and lived among us;
to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God.
Alleluia!
or Eph 1: 17. 18
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, enlighten the eyes of your mind
so that you can see what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 22:1-14
Invite everyone you can find to the wedding.
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:
'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son's wedding. He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come.
Next he sent some more servants. "Tell those who have been invited" he said "that I have my banquet all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding."
But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business, and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them. The king was furious. He despatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town. Then he said to his servants,
"The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy, go to the crossroads in the town and invite everyone you can find to the wedding".
So these servants went out on to the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests. When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment, and said to him,
"How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?" And the man was silent. Then the king said to the attendants,
"Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth". For many are called, but few are chosen.'
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, 11th October, 2026
CHÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as leabhar Íseáia fáidh 25:6-10
Ullmhóidh Tiarna na Slua le haghaidh na gciníocha go léir cóisir saille, agus triomóidh Dia na deora de na gnúiseanna go léir.
Ullmhóidh Tiarna na Slua ar an sliabh seo le haghaidh na gciníocha go léir cóisir saille, cóisir do rogha na bhfíonta, de smior na saille, de thogha agus de rogha na bhfíonta;
agus tógfaidh sé ar shiúl an chaille bhróin a bhí ag clúdach na gciníocha go léir,
agus an eisléine a bhí ag folach na náisiún uile; cuirfidh sé an bás ar ceal go deo.
Triomóidh Dia na deora de na gnúiseanna go léir; tógfaidh sé an milleán dá phobal agus den domhan uile; óir is é an Tiarna a dúirt é.
Déarfar an lá sin: “Breathnaígí, is é ár nDia é, a raibh muid ag dréim le slánú uaidh; is é an Tiarna é, a raibh muid ag dréim leis.
Déanaimid gairdeas agus lúcháir mar gur shlánaigh sé sinn”;
óir tá lámh an Tiarna ag lonnú ar an sliabh seo.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 22, R/v. 6
Freagra I dteach an Tiarna a mhairfidh mé go brách na breithe.
I. Is é an Tiarna m'aoire, ní bheidh aon ní dé dhíth orm.
Cuireann sé i mo luí mé i móinéar féaruaithne.
Seolann sé ar imeall an uisce mé, mar a bhfaighim suaimhneas. Freagra
2. Seolann sé mé ár rianta díreacha mar gheall ar a ainm.Fiú dá siúlfainn i ngleann an dorchadais, níor bhaol liom an t-olc
agus tú faram Ie do shlat is do bhachall chun sólás a thabhairt dom. Freagra
3. Cóiríonn tú bord chun béile dom i bhfianaise mo naimhde,
Ungann tú mo cheann le hola; tá mo chupán ag cur thar maoil. Freagra
4. Leanfaidh cineáltas is fabhar mé gach uile lá de mo shaol.
I dteach an Tiarna a mhairfidh mé go brách na breithe. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as litir Naomh Pól chuig na Filipigh 4:12-14. 19-20
Táim in ann gach ní a dhéanamh le cabhair an té úd a thugann neart dom.
A bhráithre, tá eolas agam ar an gcaolchuid agus ar an bhflúirse. Tá seantaithí agam ar gach sórt: ar an mórdhóthain agus ar an ocras, ar an bhflúirse agus ar an ngannchuid.
Táim in ann gach ní a dhéanamh le cabhair an té úd a thugann neart dom. Mar sin féin ba mhaith an mhaise daoibhse teacht i gcabhair orm i mo chruachás. Agus déanfaidh mo Dhia riar go fial ar gach riachtanas daoibhse as a fhlúirse féin i nglóir in Íosa Críost.
Moladh le Dia, ár nAthair, le saol na saol. Amen.
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 dóibh go ndéanfaí clann Dé díobh.
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha 22:1-14 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha 22:1-14
Téigí sibhse i mbéal na mbóithre poiblí, agus cibé daoine a chasfar oraibh, tugaigí cuireadh chun na bainise dóibh.
San am sin chuir Íosa chun labhartha i bparabail leis na príomhsagart agus le seanóir an phobail arís:
“Is iad dála ríocht na bhflaitheas,” ar seisean, “mar a bhí ag rí a rinne bainis dá mhac. Chuir sé a chuid seirbhíseach uaidh ag glaoch orthu seo a fuair cuireadh chun na bainise, ach níorbh áil leo teacht. Ansin chuir sé seirbhísigh eile uaidh agus dúirt leo a rá leo siúd a fuair an cuireadh:
‘Feach, tá an féasta ullamh agam, mo chuid mart agus méithe maraithe, agus gach aon ní i gcóir: tagaigí chun na bainise.’ Ach ba chuma leo é, ach imeacht, duine acu chun a fheirme agus duine eile i mbun cheannaíochta, agus an chuid eile acu rug siad ar a chuid seirbhíseach, thug siad easmailt dóibh agus mharaigh siad iad. Tháinig fearg ar an rí, agus chuir sé a shaighdiúirí amach gur chuir siad na scriosadóirí chun báis agus gur loisc siad a gcathair.
Ansin dúirt sé leis na seirbhísigh:
‘Tá an bhainis réidh, ach an dream a fuair an cuireadh, níorbh fhiú iad é. Mar sin, téigí sibhse i mbéal na mbóithre poiblí, agus cibé daoine a chasfar oraibh, tugaigí cuireadh chun na bainise dóibh.’ Chuaigh na seirbhísigh sin amach ar na bóithre agus bhailigh siad ar casadh orthu, olc agus maith, go raibh halla na bainise lán de chuideachta.
Ghabh an rí isteach ag féachaint ar an gcuideachta, agus chonaic sé fear ann nach raibh aon éadach bainise air. Dúirt sé leis:
‘Cad a thug isteach anseo thú, a chara, gan éadach bainise ort?’
Ach ní raibh focal as.
Ansin dúirt an rí leis an lucht freastail: ‘Cuirtear ceangal cos agus lámh air agus caítear amach sa dorchadas é: is ann a bheidh gol agus díoscán fiacla.’
Óir tá glaoite ar mhórán ach níl tofa ach beagán.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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