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Pictorial Thought for Today
Oct 15 St Teresa of Avila, (3) religious and Doctor of the Church 1515-82
A Story of Teresa of Avila
'There’s a lovely story told about the life of St Teresa, one handed down to us by tradition. Bishop Philip Boyce of Raphoe retells us .
'One day as Teresa was making her way along the corridor in the convent of the Incarnation, in Avila, she saw a small boy standing at the foot of the stairs,'
‘Who are you?’ the child asked her.
‘I am Teresa of Jesus’, she told him
‘And who are you? asked Teresa
‘I am Jesus of Teresa’, the child replied, and vanished.
The story beautifully illustrates the deep love and friendship that existed between Teresa and the one she liked to call ‘the Good Jesus’
Indeed it was this passionate love for Jesus that filled her whole life. Despite bitter opposition, misunderstandings and poor health, she faithfully followed a divine call, filled with a burning love for the Lord.
Teresa was a woman of exceptional human qualities: warm and sociable, charming and intelligent. She had a great gift for friendship and had many friends. She loved life and all things human and she said herself she had little time for sour-faced saints. It’s little wonder that she has become one of the most endearing of all Christian saints and the most approachable of the mystics.
She was born in 1515, over five hundred years ago, in the walled city of Avila in Spain. At the age of twenty-one she entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation. She spent twenty years, she tells us ‘on a stormy sea’, torn by countless distractions and the endless comings and goings of the convent. But she always tried to be faithful to prayer and, in the end, it was prayer that enabled her to make a total surrender of herself to God. She fell in love with Jesus and there was no turning back. A new life and a new world opened up for her.
The resulting explosion of love and her desire to do ‘great things for God’ could not be contained within the enclosed walls of a convent but overflowed in action and love for the Church, namely, the foundation of the Carmelite reform.
Teresa spent the last twenty years of her life establishing the Carmelite reform throughout the length and breadth of Spain, from Burgos in the north to Seville in the south, a distance of three hundred miles. Each foundation brought its own hardship: negotiations with civil and ecclesiastical authorities, local opposition, misunderstanding, financial worries and exhausting journeys along winding roads and rough terrain. Before she died in 1582 there were seventeen convents of nuns and fifteen monasteries of friars stretching from one end of Spain to the other.
One of the other great legacies of Saint Teresa is her writings. These have enriched the Church for the past five hundred years. She was a reluctant writer at first but once she set her pen to paper she was on fire with inspiration. Her writings reflect, in a very personal way, the richness of her own spiritual journey and are a faithful witness to her own dynamic spirit. The ease and down-to-earth quality of her writing has made her one of best and surest guides in the restless searching of the human spirit. Little wonder that she was declared Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI in 1970 - the first woman to be given that title. She is one of the great mystical figures of the Church, not simply on account of the extraordinary graces she received, but more so because of her gift of being able to communicate and put into words what is almost beyond words.
Prayer is what she talks about most of all in her writings. For her, prayer was about friendship, friendship with the Lord. Like any friendship it grows by communication, and that’s what prayer was for her; a heart-to-heart conversation with someone she knew loved her.
So attractive is her message that many still follow her Carmelite way of life. Indeed, there may be some young women or young men tuned in to our broadcast this morning who feel called to a life of total dedication to God and to the Church in a Carmelite convent or monastery. Let them not be afraid to take the step.
But the greatness of Teresa is not in her achievements or in her writings, but in her own love of God. It is not what she tells us about herself that matters most but what she tells us of God. The essential witness of Teresa is to the reality of the spiritual world, a world in which God is encountered as real and personal, as someone who loves each one of us unconditionally and is intimately involved in the everyday realities of our lives.
'God', she tells us, has so many enemies and so few friends that these friends should be good ones. She certainly was a friend of God, a daughter of the Church and a servant of love. And she invites and encourages us to share that journey with her.
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Memorable Saying for Today
'God', Teresa tells us,
'has so many enemies and so few friends
that these friends should be good ones.'
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Liturgical Readings for: Wednesday, 14th October, 2026
Wednesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
Saint of the Day: Oct 14; – St Calistas I, pope and martyred by a mob d.222,
C/f A short look at these saint’s lives can be found below todays' Readings and Reflection.
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians 5:18-25
You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires.
If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you.
When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: fornication, gross indecency and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and wrangling, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels; disagreements, factions, envy; drunkenness, orgies and similar things.|
I warn you now, as I warned you before:
those who behave like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
What the Spirit brings is very different:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. There can be no law against things like that, of course.
You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires. Since the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the Spirit.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 1:1-4.6. R/v Jn 8:12
Response Anyone who follows you, O Lord, will have the light of life.
1. Happy indeed is the man, who follows not the counsel of the wicked;
nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of scorners,
but whose delight is the law of the Lord and who ponders his law day and night. Response
2. He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters,
that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never fade;
and all that he does shall prosper. Response
3. Not so are the wicked, not so!
For they like winnowed chaff shall be driven away by the wind.
For the Lord guards the way of the just but the way of the wicked leads to doom. Response
Gospel Acclamation Ps 26:16
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
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 11:42-46 Glory to you, O Lord
Alas for you Pharisees! Alas for you lawyers also.
The Lord said to the Pharisees:
But alas for you Pharisees!
You who pay your tithe of mint and rue and all sorts of garden herbs and overlook justice and the love of God! These you should have practised, without leaving the others undone.
Alas for you Pharisees who like taking the seats of honour in the synagogues and being greeted obsequiously in the market squares! Alas for you, because you are like the unmarked tombs that men walk on without knowing it!
A lawyer then spoke up. 'Master,' he said 'when you speak like this you insult us too.' 'Alas for you lawyers also,' he replied 'because you load on men burdens that are unendurable,
burdens that you yourselves do not move a finger to lift.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Wednesday Twenty Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 11:42-46
In the first reading, Saint Paul lists what the Holy Spirit brings, or in a more literal translation, ‘the fruit of the Spirit’. We tend to speak about the ‘fruits of the Spirit', but the singular ‘fruit’ suggests that all the qualities Paul lists are not to be separated out but are interconnected. It is as if this fruit of the Spirit is so rich that it needs to be spoken of in a variety of ways, as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. Paul is portraying the richly human life that the Holy Spirit creates in us when we give ourselves over to the Spirit. At the head of the list of these interconnected qualities is ‘love’, perhaps suggesting that all the other qualities are expressions of love.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God’s love and a life shaped by the Holy Spirit will be a life that reflects God’s love, which was fully revealed in Jesus. Our calling from baptism is to open ourselves in faith to God’s gift of the Holy Spirit and to allow the Spirit to bear the fruit of love in our lives. This comes before all else. In the gospel reading, Jesus says to the Pharisees and the experts in the Jewish Law that what comes before all else is justice and the love of God, a loving relationship with God which overflows into a just and loving relationship with all of God’s people. We need to be reminded every so often what is at the heart of our faith, and both of today’s readings put before us what matters most to God.
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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 14; – St Calistas I, pope and martyred by a mob d.222,
Callistus I, pope, martyr, died in a civil disturbance in Rome about 222 and venerated as a martyr since the fourth century. Born a slave and served a sentence as a convict. Afterwards ordained a deacon and eventually elected bishop of Rome. Rigorist opponents accused him of misunderstanding the doctrine of the incarnation and of laxity in Church discipline. Noted for encouraging the reconciliation of sinners and for his pastoral solicitude for those preparing to marry.
Callistus went from slave, to freedman, to moneylender, to convict,to church administrator, to pope and then, to being denounced by an antipope. His name is especially associated with the catacombs in Rome.
Patrick Duffy reminds us of his story.
Early Life
Callistus seems to have been a slave in the Trastevere area of Rome whose earliest years seemed quite unpromising. Having defrauded his master, who forgave him, he went on to set up his own moneylending business. But when in eager pursuit of a Jewish client, he disturbed the rites of a Jewish Synagogue, he was arrested, convicted and exiled to the salt mines of Sardinia. On his return he worked for some time with the Christian community at Anzio.
Competent AdministratorBy this time, however, he seems to have turned into quite a competent person. Pope Zephyrinus (119-217) brought him to Rome, ordained him and made him his administrator and advisor. At the beginning of the 3rd century AD, he was assigned by Pope Zephyrinus to the administration of the burial ground, the official cemetery of the Church of Rome in the 3rd century AD. Around half a million Christians were buried here, among them many martyrs and 16 popes. They contain some of the most beautiful Christian art of the early Church.
Pope Calllistus' Catecombes
Callistus was himself elected pope in 217, but a minority followed the more rigorist Hippolytus as anti-pope, thus making Callistus's papacy from 217 to 222 quite a controversial time. Hippolytus later wrote a biography of Callistus in which he accuses him of being too lenient - allowing priests and even bishops to marry, of being too easy with adulterers and prostitutes after they had done public penance.
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A solemn burial of an early Christian in Callistus' time[/caption]The 'Calistus' Catacombs
The Catacombs of St Callistus is an extraordinarily complex network of underground chambers, the burial place that stretches for miles and is accessible at Via Appia Antica 110-126, Roma. They were re-discovered in the nineteenth century by Giovanni Battista Rossi (1822-94), the father of Christian archaeology. They contain some of the most beautiful Christian art of the early Church. Callistus, however, is not buried there, but on the Via Aurelia.
Death
Although Callistus is listed as a martyr, there was no persecution at that time, and it would appear that his death took place during a public riot against the Emperor Heliogabalus.
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Memorable Sayings for Today
The smallest act of kindness is worth more
than the greatest intention.”
~Oscar Wilde ~
“Every small, unselfish action
nudges the world into a better path.
~ unknown ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Wednesday, 14th October, 2026
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as an céad Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Galataigh 5:18-25
Iad siúd a bhaineann le Críost Íosa tá siad tar éis a gcolainn agus a cuid paisean agus mianta a chéasadh ar an gcrois.
Ós é an Spiorad atá dar mbeoú, leanaimis a threoir.
A bhráithre, más é an Spiorad atá do bhur stiúradh níl sibh faoi smacht ag an dlí.
Is follas iad gníomhartha na colainne,
mar atá drúis gáirsiúlacht agus graostacht; íoladhradh agus asarlaíocht; eascairdeas, achrann, agus formad; fearg, bruíonta, clampar agus faicsin, éad, meisce, ragairne, agus a leithéid eile.
Táim ag tabhairt foláirimh anois daoibh faoi mar a thug mé cheana: an mhuintir a dhéanann nithe den sórt sin ní bhfaighidh siad ríocht Dé mar oidhreacht.
Is é toradh a thugann an Spiorad uaidh,
áfach, grá, lúcháir, síocháin, foighne, cineáltas, dea-chroí, dílseacht, láchas agus measarthacht. Agus níl aon reacht in aghaidh a leithéidí sin! Agus iad siúd a bhaineann le Críost Íosa tá siad tar éis a gcolainn agus a cuid paisean agus mianta a chéasadh ar an gcrois.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le freagra Sm 1:1-4.6. R/v Jn 8:12
Freagra An té a leanfaidh thusa, a Thiarna.
Beidh aige solas na beatha.
1. Is aoibhinn don fhear nach leanann de chomhairle lucht na héagráifeachta;
nach seasann i slí na bpeacach, nach suíonn i gcuideachta na sotalach;
ach a bhfuil a dhúil i ndlí an Tiarna, agus a dhéanann machnamh air de lá agus d’oíche. Freagra
2. Is cosúil an duine sin le crann a plandaíodh ar bhruach na habhann,
a thugann a thoradh go tráthúil agus nach bhfeonn a dhuilleoga choíche.
Bíonn an rath ar gach aon ní dá ndéanann sé. Freagra
3. Ní amhlaidh do na héagráifigh, ní amhlaidh! ach mar cháith a scaiptear le gaoth.
Óir is cúram don Tiarna slí na bhfíréan, ach rachaidh slí na n-éagráifeach ar ceal. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 11:42-46 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Is mairg daoibhse, Fairisínigh! Agus daoibhse freisin is mairg, dlíodoirí!
San am sin dúirt Íosa leis na Fairisínigh
“Is mairg daoibhse, Fairisínigh, mar go n-íocann sibh deachúna ar an miontas agus ar an ruibh agus ar an uile ghlasra, agus go scaoileann sibh tharaibh an ceart agus grá do Dhia. Nithe iad seo nárbh fholáir a dhéanamh, gan iad siúd a fhágáil ar lár.
“Is mairg daoibhse, Fairisínigh, mar gur mór agaibh suí sa chéad áit sna sionagóga, agus cách a bheith ag beannú daoibh sna háiteanna poiblí.
“Is mairg daoibh, mar go bhfuil sibh ar nós na dtuamaí nach bhfeictear, go mbíonn daoine ag siúl os a gcionn gan fhios dóibh féin.”
Ach labhair duine de na dlíodoirí: “Ag caint mar sin duit, a Mháistir,” ar sé, “tugann tú easmailt dúinne freisin.”
Ach dúirt seisean: Agus daoibhse freisin is mairg, dlíodoirí, mar go mbuaileann sibh ualaí do-iompair ar na daoine, ach barr aon mhéire ní chuirfidh sibh féin leis na hualaí céanna.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 18th October, 2026
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- World Mission Sunday -
- Reach out and spread the joy of faith -
The Gospel selected for today is taken is taken from Jesus' discourse at the Last Supper about the spreading of the Gospel message. Jesus prays that as the Father has sent him into the world, now he sends his disciples. He prays that they may be consecrated in truth, and prays, 'With me in them and they in me, may they be completely one that the world may realise that it was You who sent me, and that I have loved them as much as you loved me.'
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Isaiah 45: 1. 4-6
I have taken Cyrus, by his right hand to subdue nations before him.
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he has taken by his right hand
to subdue nations before him and strip the loins of kings,
to force gateways before him that their gates be closed no more:
'It is for the sake of my servant Jacob, of Israel my chosen one, that I have called you by your name,
conferring a title though you do not know me.
I am the Lord, unrivalled; there is no other God besides me.
Though you do not know me, I arm you that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that, apart from me, all is nothing.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 95: 1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 R/v 3
Response Give the Lord glory and power.
l. O sing a new song to the Lord, sing to the Lord all the earth.
Tell among the nations his glory and his wonders among all the peoples. Response
2. The Lord is great and worthy of praise, to be feared above all gods;
the gods of the heathens are naught. It was the Lord who made the heavens. Response
3. Give the Lord, you families of peoples, give the Lord glory and power,
give the Lord the glory of his name. Bring an offering and enter his courts. Response
4. Worship the Lord in his temple. O earth, tremble before him.
Proclaim to the nations: 'God is king.' He will judge the peoples in fairness. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians 1:1-5
We constantly remember your faith in action, your love and your hope.
From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace.We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all, and constantly remember before God our Father how you have shown your faith in action, worked for love and persevered through hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We know, brothers, that God loves you and that you have been chosen, because when we brought the Good News to you, it came to you not only as words, but as power and as the Holy Spirit and as utter conviction.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 17: 17
Alleluia, alleluia!
Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth.
Alleluia!
Or Phil 2: 15-16
Alleluia, alleluia!
You will shine in the world like bright stars
because you are offering it the word of life.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 22:15-21
Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians,
to say,'Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied,
‘You hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the tax with.’
They handed him a denarius and he said, ‘Whose head is this? Whose name?’
‘Caesar’s’ they replied.
He then said to them, ‘Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar –
and to God what belongs to God.'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
For homily resources for this Sunday's Gospel click here: https://www.catholicireland.net/sunday-homily/
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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.
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NB... in some places on this Mission Sunday this Gospel passage is used
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the Gospel according to John 17:11, 17-23 Glory to you, O Lord
With me in them and they in me, may they be completely one that the world may realise that it was you who sent me and that I have loved them as much as you loved me.'
Jesus raised his his eyes to heaven and said:
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to you.
Consecrate them in the truth your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world I have sent them into the world and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth:I pray not only for those but also for those
who through their teaching will come to believe in me.
May they all be one, just as, Father, you are in me and I in you
so that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory you gave to me, that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me, may they be so perfected in unity |
that the world will recognise that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them as you loved me.
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 18th October, 2026
CHÉAD LÉACHT Sliocht as an fáidh Íseáia 45:1. 4-6
Cíoras, an té ar rug sé ar láimh dheis air,chun na ciníocha a leagan ina fhianaise
Seo a labhraíonn an Tiarna lena ungthach, Cíoras, an té ar rug sé ar láimh dheis air
chun na ciníocha a leagan ina fhianaise agus claíomhchrios na ríthe a scaoileadh ó chéile;
chun na comhlaí a bhriseadh roimhe isteach ionas nach mbeidh na doirse dúnta níos mó.
Is ar mhaithe le mo ghiolla Iacób agus le hIosrael, mo rogha, a ghlaoigh mé i d’ainm ort, ag tabhairt gradaim duit agus gan aithne agat orm.
Is mise an Tiarna; níl m’athrach eile ann;
ach mise amháin, níl aon dia ann.
Gan aithne agat orm, tá tú i mbun airm agam ionas go mbeidh a fhios ó éirí go luí na gréine gur neamhní an uile rud ach mise amháin.”
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 95
Freagra Luaigí leis an Tiarna clú agus cumhacht.
1. Canaigí amhrán nua don Tiarna; canaigí don Tiarna, a thalamh go léir.
Insígí a ghlóir i measc na gciníocha agus a éachtaí do na náisiúin uile. Freagra
2. Is mór é an Tiarna is is díol molta é, is díol eagla thar na déithe go léir é; ní dada iad déithe na gciníocha.
Is é an Tiarna a rinne na flaithis. Freagra
3. Luaigí leis an Tiarna, a chlanna na gciníocha, l
uaigí leis an Tiarna clú agus cumhacht,
luaigí leis an Tiarna glóir a ainm.
Tugaigí bhur dtabhartais isteach ina chúirteanna. Freagra
4. Tugaigí adhradh don Tiarna ina theampall. Bí ar crith ina láthair, a thalamh.
Fógraígí do na ciníocha: 'Tá an Tiarna ina Rí.'
Tabharfaidh sé breith chóir chothrom ar na daoine. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as litir Naomh Pól chuig na Teasalónaigh 1:1-5
Ní stadaimid ag cuimhneamh oraibh inár n-urnaithe a bhríomhaireacht atá bhur gcreideamh, ngrá agus ndóchas.
Pól agus Silveánas agus Tiomóid ag beannú d’eaglais na dTeasalónach, i nDia an tAthair agus sa Tiarna Íosa Críost. Grásta chugaibh agus síocháin.Ní stadaimid ach ag gabháil buíochais le Dia mar gheall oraibh uile agus ag
cuimhneamh oraibh gan staonadh inár n-urnaithe.
Cuimhnímid i láthair Dé, ár nAthair, ar a bhríomhaireacht atá bhur gcreideamh, ar a dhícheallaí atá bhur ngrá agus ar a sheasmhacht atá bhur ndóchas as ár dTiarna Íosa Críost.
A bhráithre, a bhfuil gnaoi Dé oraibh, tá a fhios agaibh mar a roghnaigh sé sibh; mar ní le briathra béil amháin a tháinig ár ndea-scéal chugaibh ach le cumhacht agus le lándeimhniú an Spioraid Naoimh.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Eo 17: 17
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Is fírinne do bhriathar A Thiarna, déan sinn a naomhú san fhírinne.
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL (Domhnach 29 Saor , Blian A)
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir N. Matha 22:15-21
Íocaigí le Céasar na nithe is le Céasar agus le Dia na nithe is le Dia.
San am sin d’imigh na Fairisínigh ag déanamh comhairle le chéile chun go mbéarfaidís I ngaiste Íosa sa chaint, agus chuir siad a ndeisceabail féin chuige mar aon leis na Héaródaigh chun a rá leis:
“A Mháistir, tá a fhios againn gur fear fírinneach thú agus go múineann tú slí Dé san fhírinne gan beann agat ar dhuine ar bith, agus gan féachain do phearsa seachas a chéile. Abair linn do bharúil, mar sin: An dleathach cáin a íoc le Céasar nó an mídhleathach?”
Ach bhí a fhios ag Íosa an mhallaitheacht a bhí iontu agus dúirt:“Cad ab áil libh ag baint trialach asam, a bhréagchráifeacha?
Taispeánaigí bonn na cánach dom,” agus shín siad déanar chuige.
Dúirt sé leo:
“Cé hé arb í seo a íomhá agus a inscríbhinn?”
“Céasar,” ar siad leis.
“Maith go leor,” ar seisean leo, “íocaigí le Céasar na nithe is le Céasar agus le Dia na nithe is le Dia.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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SOISCÉAL (An missúin)
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Eoin 17:11, 17-23 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Íocaigí le Céasar na nithe is le Céasar agus le Dia na nithe is le Dia.
Nílim ar an saol feasta ach tá siadsan ar an saol agus táim ag dul ag triall ortsa.
Déan iad a naomhú san fhírinne. Is fírinne do bhriathar.
Faoi mar a chuir tusa mise uait isteach sa saol, chuir mise iadsan isteach sa saol.
Naomhaím mé féin ar a son, ionas go mbeidh siadsan, chomh maith,
naomhaithe san fhírinne.
Ní ar a son-san amháin atáim ag guí,
ach, mar an gcéanna, ar son na ndaoine
a chreidfidh ionam trína mbriathar;
ionas go mba aon iad go léir,
faoi mar atá tusa, a Athair, ionamsa agus mise ionatsa;
go mbeidís seo ina n-aon ionainn
i dtreo go gcreidfidh an saol gur chuir tú uait mé.
Agus an ghlóir a thug tú dom, thug mise dóibhsean é, ionas go mba aon iad faoi mar is aon sinne;
mise iontu-san, agus tusa ionam-sa,
ionas go mba aon iad go foirfe, agus go mbeadh a fhios ag an saol gur chuir tú uait mé,
agus gur thug tú grá dóibh seo faoi mar a thug tú grá domsa.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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