Churches of the Day
Jan 22 - St Vincent Pallotti (1795-1850)
Summary: St Vincent Pallotti was a bubbly personality who endeared himself to the people of Rome in the nineteenth century. He had the gift of being able to inspire others to become active apostles for Christ.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Youth and priesthood
The son of a Roman grocer, Vincent wasn't at first the best of students, but when he decided to become a priest at the age of fifteen, his studies improved and after his ordination in 1818 he obtained two doctorates - one in philosophy and one in theology. For ten years he taught at Sapienza College, Rome, and then worked as a parish priest.
At first he was the target of some dirty tricks from his fellow clergy, but his patience soon won over these same people to become his faithful co-workers and admirers.
"A pious union of the Catholic Apostolate"
Filled with enthusiasm for the apostolate, Vincent formed a "pious union (later a society) of the Catholic Apostolate" which included both clergy and lay people. The fact that he used the term "apostolate" to include lay people offended some bishops at that time; they held it should be reserved to bishops as successors of the apostles.
Other gifts
As a priest, Vincent practised exorcism and had the gift of prophecy. He also was noted for his charity and fidelity in the confessional and his repeated habit of giving away his clothes to the poor. He also gathered a group of religious women to look after girls orphaned in the cholera outbreak of 1837.
Missionary vision
Vincent was very interested in England and had many English, Irish and American friends. He sent one of his most trusted priests to minister to the Italians in London. A close friend of Cardinal Wiseman, Vincent urged him to open a College in England for foreign missions, which Wiseman's successor Cardinal Herbert Vaughan put into effect when he founded the St Joseph's Missionary Society at Mill Hill in 1866.
Friend of Pope Pius IX
Vincent was also close to Pope Pius IX and when the latter was forced to flee from the Papal States in 1848, Vincent took refuge in the Irish College in Rome, from where he campaigned by letters for the Pope's restoration.
Death
By the time this happened the following year, Vincent had pleurisy and died at the age of fifty-five on 22 January 1850.
The Pallotines
His society - now often called "The Pallottines" - later flourished in Italy, Brazil, Australia, and the USA. In the US it has specialised in care for the immigrants and, like their founder, also promotes ecumenical contacts with Eastern Orthodox Christians. Vincent was canonised in 1963. Bishop Séamus Freeman of Ossory is a member of the Pallottines, the Society of Catholic Apostolate, and served a term as their Superior General in Rome.
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Youth and priesthood
The son of a Roman grocer, Vincent wasn't at first the best of students, but when he decided to become a priest at the age of fifteen, his studies improved and after his ordination in 1818 he obtained two doctorates - one in philosophy and one in theology. For ten years he taught at Sapienza College, Rome, and then worked as a parish priest.
At first he was the target of some dirty tricks from his fellow clergy, but his patience soon won over these same people to become his faithful co-workers and admirers.
"A pious union of the Catholic Apostolate"
Filled with enthusiasm for the apostolate, Vincent formed a "pious union (later a society) of the Catholic Apostolate" which included both clergy and lay people. The fact that he used the term "apostolate" to include lay people offended some bishops at that time; they held it should be reserved to bishops as successors of the apostles.Other gifts
As a priest, Vincent practised exorcism and had the gift of prophecy. He also was noted for his charity and fidelity in the confessional and his repeated habit of giving away his clothes to the poor. He also gathered a group of religious women to look after girls orphaned in the cholera outbreak of 1837.
Missionary vision
Vincent was very interested in England and had many English, Irish and American friends. He sent one of his most trusted priests to minister to the Italians in London. A close friend of Cardinal Wiseman, Vincent urged him to open a College in England for foreign missions, which Wiseman's successor Cardinal Herbert Vaughan put into effect when he founded the St Joseph's Missionary Society at Mill Hill in 1866.
Friend of Pope Pius IX
Vincent was also close to Pope Pius IX and when the latter was forced to flee from the Papal States in 1848, Vincent took refuge in the Irish College in Rome, from where he campaigned by letters for the Pope's restoration.
Death
By the time this happened the following year, Vincent had pleurisy and died at the age of fifty-five on 22 January 1850.
The Pallotines
His society - now often called "The Pallottines" - later flourished in Italy, Brazil, Australia, and the USA. In the US it has specialised in care for the immigrants and, like their founder, also promotes ecumenical contacts with Eastern Orthodox Christians. Vincent was canonised in 1963. Bishop Séamus Freeman of Ossory is a member of the Pallottines, the Society of Catholic Apostolate, and served a term as their Superior General in Rome.
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Memorable Sayings for Today
I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble
and has a really caring heart.
~ Robert H. Schuller ~
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Liturgical Readings for: Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025
Wednesday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time, Year 1
Sunday worship fulfils the command of the Old Covenant using the rhythm of the week
as a guide to our thanksgiving for God's gifts to us of life and redemption
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Optional Memorial of St Vincent , deacon, martyred in Valentia in 304 after prolonged torture.
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 7:1-3 15-17
You are a priest of the order of Melchizedek, and for ever.
You remember that Melchizedek, king of Salem, a priest of God Most High, went to meet Abraham who was on his way back after defeating the kings, and blessed him; and also that it was to him that Abraham gave a tenth of all that he had. By the interpretation of his name, he is, first, 'king of righteousness' and also king of Salem, that is, 'king of peace'; he has no father, mother or ancestry, and his life has no beginning or ending; he is like the Son of God. He remains a priest for ever.
This becomes even more clearly evident when there appears a second Melchizedek, who is a priest not by virtue of a law about physical descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it was about him that the prophecy was made: You are a priest of the order of Melchizedek, and for ever.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 109
Response You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.
1. The Lord's revelation to my Master: 'Sit on my right:
I will put your foes beneath your feet.' Response
2. The Lord will send from Zion your sceptre of power;
rule in the midst of all your foes. Response
3. A prince from the day of your birth on the holy mountains;
from the womb before the daybreak I begot you. Response
4. The Lord has sworn an oath he will not change
'You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old.' Response
Gospel Acclamation Heb 4: 12
Alleluia, Alleluia!
The word of God is something alive and active:
it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts.
Alleluia!
Or Mt 4: 23
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the kingdom
and cured all kinds of sickness among the people.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 3:1-6 Glory to you, O Lord
Is it against the law on the sabbath day to save life.
Jesus went again into a synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him to see if he would cure him on the sabbath day, hoping for something to use against him. He said to the man with the withered hand,'Stand up out in the middle!'
Then he said to them,
'Is it against the law on the sabbath day to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?'
But they said nothing. Then, grieved to find them so obstinate, he looked angrily round at them, and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand'.
He stretched it out and his hand was better.
The Pharisees went out and at once began to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how to destroy him.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
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Gospel Reflection Wed, 18th Jan. Second Week in Ordinary Time Mark 3:1–6
Both of today’s readings raise the question of how we relate to others. Do we relate to them in a way that blesses them or in a way that damages them? It is said of Melchizedek in the first reading that on meeting Abraham he blessed him, giving him a tenth of all his possessions. The way some people relate to the man with the withered hand stands at the opposite end of the spectrum. They are compounding his misfortune by using him as a kind of bait to trap Jesus. They were watching Jesus, ‘to see if he would cure him on the Sabbath day, hoping for something to use against him’. Jesus’ way of relating to the man was a source of great blessing for him.
Jesus healed his withered hand, even though in doing so he was giving his opponents something to use against him. He was prepared to put himself at risk so that this man could have a fuller life. Jesus’ only concern was to ‘save life’. Those who related to the man with the withered hand so disrespectfully now relate to Jesus with deadly hostility, ‘the Pharisees went out at once and began to plot with the Herodians against him, discussing how to destroy him’.
What about the man with the withered hand? How did he relate to Jesus? It is evident that he responded to the call of Jesus to ‘stand up out in the middle’, even though he must have suspected that to do so was to enrage those who planted him in the synagogue to trap Jesus. As Melchizedek was a source of blessing to Abraham and as Jesus was a source of blessing for the man with the withered hand, we are all called to be a source of blessing for others. We will be a source of blessing for others if we listen to the Lord’s word and if, like the man with the withered hand, we have the courage to act on it, to stand up before others.
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The Scripture Readings are taken from The Jerusalem Bible, published 1966 by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and used with the permission of the publishers. http://dltbooks.com/
The Scripture Reflection is available with our thanks from Reflections on the Weekday Readings : Your word is a lamp for my feet and light for my path by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/
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Liturgical Readings for: Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Litir chuig na hEabhraig 7:1-3. 15-17
Is sagart síoraí thú ar nós Mheilcizidic.
Rí
Shailéim agus sagart an Dé is airde ab ea an Meilcizidic seo. Nuair a bhí Abrahám ag filleadh abhaile ó ár na ríthe bhuail Meilcizidic leis agus thug sé a bheannacht dó agus thug Abrahám an deichiú cuid den chreach go léir dó-san. Is é “Rí na fíréantachta” an chéad chiall atá ag ainm Mheilcizidic ach ciallaíonn sé “Rí Shailéim,” is é sin, “Rí na Síochána,” freisin. Ní luaitear a athair ná a mháthair ná a ghinealach ná a bhreith ná a bhás; ar nós Mhac Dé fanann sé ina ardsagart go deo. Agus tá cruthú níos soiléire fós ann ar an bhfírinne sin.Óir ceapadh sagart eile dúinn atá cosúil le Meilcizidic. Ní dhearnadh sagart de, áfach, de réir rialacha a bhí bunaithe ar ghinealach daonna ach de bharr na cumhachta atá ag beatha dhoscriosta. A fhianaise sin na focail seo a leanas: “Is sagart síoraí thú ar nós Mheilcizidic.”
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 109
Freagra Is sagart thú go brách Dé réir ord Mheilcizidic.
Malairt Freagra Alleluia!
I. Dúirt an Tiarna le mo Mháistir: 'Bi do shuí ar mo dheis
go gcuire mé do naimh Dé faoi do chosa.' Freagra
2. Sínfidh an Tiarna ríshlat do chumhachta as Síón amach:
bí ag rialú i measc do naimh Dé. Freagra
3. Is leatsa an ceannas ó lá do bhreithe ar na sléibhte naofa:
amhail drúcht roimh réalta na maidine ghin mé thú. Freagra
4. Mhionnaigh an Tiarna, ní bheidh aithreachas air: 'Is sagart thú go brách
Dé réir ord Melcise Déc.' Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Marcas 3:1-6
Cé acu is dleathach a dhéanamh lá sabóide, an mhaith nó an t-olc, beatha a shaoradh nó a mharú?
Sa
n am sin chuaigh Íosa isteach sa tsionagóg uair eile, agus bhí fear ann a raibh lámh leis seargtha, agus bhíodar ag faire air féachaint an leigheasfadh sé é lá na sabóide chun go gciontóidís é.Dúirt sé le fear na láimhe seargtha: “Tar i leith.”
Agus dúirt sé leo:
“Cé acu is dleathach a dhéanamh lá sabóide, an mhaith nó an t-olc, beatha a shaoradh nó a mharú?”
Ach ní raibh focal astu. Agus ar dhearcadh timpeall le fearg orthu uile, agus brón air mar gheall ar dhúire a gcroí, dúirt sé leis an duine:
“Sín amach do lámh.” Shín, agus bhí a lámh slán arís.
Ghabh na Fairisínigh amach, agus rinne siad comhairle láithreach leis na Héaródaigh ina aghaidh conas a mhillfidís é.
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
© An Sagart
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 26th January, 2025
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
'Sunday of the Word of God'
The teaching of the Church on the Liturgy of the Word is expressed in these texts of Scripture. Jesus states that the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in himself: so the Scripture word is proclaimed in church. Christ is really present in his Word, which challenges us to a renewal of life, as the people rediscovered their identity when Ezra read the Law to them.
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Nehemiah 2-6. 8-10
Ezra read from the Law of God and the people understood what was read.
Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, consisting of men, women, and children old enough to understand. This was the first day of the seventh month. On the square before the Water Gate, in the presence of the men and women, and children old enough to understand, he read from the book from early morning till noon; all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden dais erected for the purpose; In full view of all the people-since he stood higher than all the people-Ezra opened the book; and when he opened it all the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people raised their hands and answered, 'Amen! Amen!'; then they bowed down and, face to the ground, prostrated themselves before the Lord. And Ezra read from the Law of God, translating and giving the sense, so that the people understood what was read.
Then (Nehemiah-His Excellency-and) Ezra, priest and scribe (and the Levites who were instructing the people) said to all the people,
'This day is sacred to the Lord your God. Do not be mournful, do not weep.'
For the people were all in tears as they listened to the words of the Law.
He then said,
'Go, eat the fat, drink the sweet wine, and send a portion to the man who has nothing prepared ready. For this day is sacred to our Lord. Do not be sad: the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.'
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 18
Response Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life.
1. The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul.
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple. Response
2.The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart.
The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes. Response
3.The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever.
The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just. Response
4. May the spoken words of my mouth, the thoughts of my heart,
win favour in your sight, O Lord, my rescuer, my rock! Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 12: 12-30
You together are Christ's body; but each of you is a different part.
Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.
Nor is the body to be identified with any one of its many parts. If the foot were to say,'I am not a hand and so I do not belong to the body’. Would that mean that it stopped being part of the body? If the ear were to say,
' I am not an eye, and so I do not belong to the body,' would that mean that it is not a part of the body? If your whole body was just one eye, how would you hear anything? If it was just one ear, how would you smell anything?
Instead of that, God put all the separate parts into the body purpose. If all the parts were the same, how could it be a body? As it is; the parts are many but the body is one. The eye cannot say to the hand,
'I do not need you,’ nor can the head say to the feet, I do not need you.’
What is more, it is precisely the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest which are the indispensable ones; and it is the least honourable parts of the body that we clothe with the greatest care. So our more improper parts get decorated in a way that our more proper parts do not need. God has arranged the body so that more dignity is given to the parts which are without it, and so that there may not be disagreements inside the body, but that each part may be equally concerned for all the others. If one part is hurt, all parts are hurt with it. If one part is given special honour, all parts enjoy it.
Now you together are Christ’s body; but each of you is a different part of it. In the Church, God has given the first place to apostles, the second to prophets, the third to teachers; after them, miracles, and after them the gift of healing; helpers, good, leaders, those with many languages. Are all of them apostles, or all of them prophets, or all of them teachers? Do they all have the gift of miracles, or all have the gift of healing? Do all speak strange languages, and all interpret them?
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
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SECOND READING
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 12: 12. 14. 27
You together are Christ's body, but each of you is a different pa of it.
Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.
Nor is the body to be identified with any one of its many parts. Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, Now you together are Christ's body; but each of you is a different part of it.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Lk 4: 18
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Lord has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21
This text is being fulfilled today.
Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have taken place among us, exactly as these were handed down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, I in my turn, after carefully going over the whole story from the beginning, have decided to write an ordered account for you, Theophilus, so that your Excellency may learn how well founded the teaching is that you have received.
Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside. He taught in their synagogues and everyone praised him.
He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written:
The Spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me.
He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor,
to proclaim liberty to captives
and to the blind new sight,
to set the downtrodden free,
to proclaim the Lord's year of favour.
He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down.
And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to speak to them,
'This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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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.
Liturgical Readings for: Sunday, 26th January, 2025
CÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Leabhar Nehimia 8. 2-6,8-10
Léigh Eazrá giotaí as leabhar an dlí agus dtuigfidís a raibh á léamh.
Thug Eazrá an sagart leabhar an dlí amach go dtí an comhthionól d’fhir agus de mhná agus de dhaoine óga a d’fhéadfadh é a thuiscint. An chéad lá den seachtú mí a bhí ann. Agus ansin sa chearnóg os comhair Gheata an Uisce léigh sé giotaí as i láthair na bhfear agus na ndaoine óga a d’fhéadfadh é a thuiscint ó mhaidin go dtí meán lae. D’éist na daoine go léir go haireach le leabhar an dlí.Agus bhí Eazrá an scríobhaí ina sheasamh ar ardán adhmaid a tógadh le haghaidh na hócáide. Agus d’oscail Eazrá an leabhar i radharc an phobail uile mar bhí sé in airde os a gcionn go léir. Agus nuair a d’oscail sé é, d’éirigh an pobal go léir ina seasamh. Ansin thug Eazrá moladh don Tiarna, Dia mór, agus d’ardaigh an pobal go léir a lámha agus d’fhreagair siad: “Amen! Amen!” agus chrom siad síos agus shléacht siad go talamh roimh an Tiarna. Léigh Eazrá giotaí as leabhar an dlí, agus thug aistriú agus míniú orthu don phobal ionas go dtuigfidís a raibh á léamh.
Ansin dúirt (an gobharnóir, Nihimiá agus) Eazrá an sagart agus an scríobhaí (agus na Léivítigh a bhí ag teagasc an phobail) leis an bpobal go léir:
“Lá atá coisricthe don Tiarna bhur nDia is ea an lá seo. Ná bígí ag caoineadh ná ag olagón.”
Mar bhí an pobal go léir ag sileadh na ndeor nuair a chuala siad briathra an dlí.
Ansin dúirt sé leo:
“Imígí libh, ithigí an tsaill agus ólaigí fíon milis agus cuirigí cuid díobh chun an té nach bhfuil aon ní ullamh aige"
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 18
Freagra Na focail atá ráite agat linn, a Thiarna, is spiorad agus is beatha iad.
1. Tá dlí an Tiarna go foirfe, tugann sé fortacht don anam;
tá foráil an Tiarna go daingean, tugann sí teagasc do na haineolaigh. Freagra
2. Tá proiceapta an Tiarna go díreach, cuireann siad áthas ar an gcroí;
tá aithne an Tiarna go glan, tugann sí solas don tsúil. Freagra
3. Tá eagla an Tiarna go híon ag maireachtáil de shíor;
tá breitheanna an Tiarna go fíor, is tá siad uile go cóir Freagra
4. Go raibh briathra mo bhéil agus smaointe mo chroí
taitneamhach i do láthairse, a Thiarna; mo Charraig thú is mo Shlánaitheoir. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Coirintigh 12:12-30
Is sibhse corp Chríost agus is ball dá chuid gach duine ar leith agaibh.
Is aonad an corp agus mórán ball ann, ach dá líonmhaire iad na baill ní dhéanann siad uile ach aon chorp amháin. Is é an dála céanna ag Críost é: mar cibé acu Giúdaigh nó Gréagaigh sinn, saor nó daor, baisteadh an uile dhuine againn leis an aon Spiorad amháin, isteach san aon chorp amháin agus as an aon Spiorad amháin tugadh deoch le hól dúinn.Ní aon bhall amháin atá sa chorp ach mórán ball. Má deir an chos:
“Toisc nach lámh mé, ní bhainimse leis an gcorp,” ní fhágann sin nach cuid den chorp í. Nó má deir an chluas:
“Toisc nach súil mé, ní bhainimse leis an gcorp,” ní fhágann sin nach cuid den chorp í. Dá mba shúil an corp iomlán, cá mbeadh an éisteacht? Nó dá mba éisteacht an t-iomlán cá mbeadh an boladh? Faoi mar atá, áfach, shocraigh Dia gach ball ar leith de na baill bheatha sa chorp de réir mar ab áil leis féin é. Dá mba aon bhall amháin an t-iomlán acu, cá mbeadh an corp? Is amhlaidh mar atá an scéal, áfach: tá mórán ball ann agus aon chorp amháin.
Más ea, ní féidir don tsúil a rá leis an láimh: Níl aon ghnó agam díotsa”; ná ní féidir
don cheann a rá leis na cosa: “Níl aon ghnó agam díbhse.”
Ní hea, ach na baill a bhfuil an chuma is leochailí orthu, is iad is riachtanach.
Agus na baill den chorp is lú gradam linn, is iad is onóraí a chóirímid; agus na baill is lú maise atá againn is iad is cuibhiúla a mhaisítear, rud nach gá a dhéanamh dár mbaill mhaisiúla. Chuir Dia an corp le chéile sa tslí gur thug sé breis den ghradam don bhall a bhí á cheal, ar shlí nach mbeadh aon deighilt sa chorp ach go mbeadh na baill ag déanamh an chúraim chéanna dá chéile. Dá chionn sin, má bhíonn tinneas ar bhall amháin bíonn na baill go léir i gcomhphian leis, agus má bhíonn ball faoi mheas, bíonn na baill go léir ag déanamh comhghairdis leis.
Is sibhse corp Chríost agus is ball dá chuid gach duine ar leith agaibh. San eaglais tá daoine áirithe ceaptha ag Dia ina n-aspail sa chéad áit; sa dara háit tá na fáithe; sa tríú háit tá na múinteoirí; ansin tá lucht míorúiltí agus ina ndiaidh sin tá lucht leighis, lucht freastail, lucht stiúrtha, agus lucht teangacha éagsúla. An aspail sibh uile? An fáithe sibh uile? An múinteoirí sibh uile? An bhfuil cumas míorúiltí agaibh uile? An bhfuil buanna leighis agaibh uile? An bhfuil labhairt i dteangacha agaibh uile? An bhfuil míniú teangacha agaibh uile?
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa Lc 4: 18-19
Alleluia, alleluia!
Chuir an Tiarna uaidh mé ag tabhairt an dea-scéil do na boicht,
ag fógairt a scaoilte do bhránna
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 1:1-4. 4:14-21
Inniu atá an scríbhinn seo comhlíonta i gclos bhur gcluas. Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Ós rud é gur ghlac mórán as láimh faisnéis a ríomhadh mar gheall ar na nithe atá tagtha chun críche inár measc, de réir mar a thug siad siúd scéala dúinn a bhí ó thús ina bhfinnéithe súl orthu, agus ina seirbhísigh don bhriathar; níor mhiste liom féin, freisin, tar éis dom an uile lorg a leanúint go cruinn ó thosach, iad a scríobh i ndiaidh a chéile duitse, a Theofail ró-uasail, chun go dtuigfeá chomh dearfa is atá na briathra a bhfuair tú teagasc fúthu.
Agus d’fhill Íosa le neart an Spioraid ar an nGailíl, agus leath a cháil ar fud na tíre go léir. Agus bhíodh sé ag teagasc ina sionagóga, agus moladh ó chách air.
Tháinig sé go Nazará, mar ar oileadh é, agus chuaigh isteach mar ba ghnáthbhéas dó sa tsionagóg lá na sabóide, agus d’éirigh ina sheasamh chun an léitheoireacht a dhéanamh. Síneadh chuige leabhar Íseáia fáidh, agus ar oscailt an leabhair dó, fuair sé an t-ionad ina raibh scríofa:
“Tá Spiorad an Tiarna orm, mar gur choisric le hola mé.Chuir sé uaidh mé ag tabhairt an dea-scéil do na boicht,
ag fógairt a scaoilte do bhránna
agus aiseag a radhairc do dhaill;
ag scaoileadh lucht géarbhroide saor;
ag fógairt bhliain ghrásta an Tiarna.”
D’fhill sé an leabhar ina chéile, thug ar ais don seirbhíseach é, agus shuigh. Agus bhí súile a raibh sa tsionagóg dlúite air. Agus thosaigh sé ag rá leo:
“Inniu atá an scríbhinn seo comhlíonta i gclos bhur gcluas.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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