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Sep 7 - St Magnus of Füssen (died c. 722) monk and missionary
Patrick Duffy tells his story.
Monk of St Gall
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![St Magnus of Fussen, also known as. Apostle of the Algäu; and Maginaldus](https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/magnus2.jpg)
Missionary
Invited by a priest of Augsburg, Magnus went with the support of Bishop Wichbert of that diocese to preach to the pagan people of the Allgäu region of Bavaria. When he was left alone, Wichbert sent some young clerics to help him and these formed a monastic community later known as Sankt-Mung at Füssen, in Bavaria. Magnus helped the locals clear the land for cultivation and began a mining industry in a nearby mountain.
Death and Influence
Magnus died after 26 years of missionary work and his relics were returned to St Gall. He is usually represented as treading on serpents (see image above). He is also named as one of the fourteen Holy Helpers invoked against storms, insects, dragons and other disasters, such as the Black Death.
Anachronism
One has to allow for a slight anachronism in the reconciliation story: Gall died in 630 and it was nearly nearly 120 years later before Wichbert of Augsburg, Magnus's supporting bishop died (c. 749). However, the hagiographer had a good story and he knew it would be edifying.' Si non è vero è ben trovato!'
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Memorable Proverb for Today
There are no military solutions
- dialogue and diplomacy are the only guarantee of lasting peace. -
...Martin McGuinness
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Saturday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians 4:6-15
We go without food and drink and clothes.
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Take Apollos and myself as an example remember the maxim: 'Keep to what is written'; it is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another.
In any case, brother, has anybody given you some special right? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given, how can you boast as though it were not? Is it that you have everything you want - that you are rich already, in possession of your kingdom, with us left outside?
Indeed I wish you were really kings, and we could be kings with you!
But instead, it seems to me, God has put us apostles at the end of his parade, with the men sentenced to death;
it is true - we have been put on show in front of the whole universe, angels as well as men. Here we are, fools for the sake of Christ, while you are the learned men in Christ; we have no power, but you are influential; you are celebrities, we are nobodies.
To this day, we go without food and drink and clothes; we are beaten and have no homes; we work for our living with our own hands. When we are cursed, we answer with a blessing; when we are hounded, we put up with it; we are insulted and we answer politely. We are treated as the offal of the world, still to this day, the scum of the earth.
I am saying all this not just to make you ashamed but to bring you, as my dearest children, to your senses. You might have thousands of guardians in Christ, but not more than one father and it was I who begot you in Christ Jesus by preaching the Good News.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 144
Response The Lord is close to all who call him.
1. The Lord is just in all his ways and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him, who call on him from their hearts. Response
2. He grants the desires of those who fear him, he hears their cry and he saves them.
The Lord protects all who love him; but the wicked he will utterly destroy. Response
3. Let me speak the praise of the Lord, let all mankind bless his holy name for ever,
for ages unending. Response
Gospel Acclamation Ps 26: 11
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Instruct me, in your way; on an even path lead me .
Alleluia !
or Jn 14: 6
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord;
no one can come to the Father except through me .
Alleluia !
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke 6:1-5
Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath day.
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'Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath day?'
Jesus answered them,
'So you have not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry how he went into the house of God, took the loaves of offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which only the priests are allowed to eat?'
And he said to them, 'The Son of Man is master of the sabbath.'
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Saturday, Twenty Second Week in Ordinary Time Luke 6:1-5
In today’s first reading, Saint Paul asks a question that is worth reflecting upon. ‘What do you have that was not given to you?’ Paul is reminding the members of the church in Corinth that so much in life is gift. We might work for something but even the ability to work is itself a gift. The people who matter most to us in life are a gift. We probably didn’t go looking for them; they came to us. We have just begun the Season of Creation in the church, which goes from 1st of September to the 4th of October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. It is a good time to recall how the natural world is a gift that has been given to us. Nature is a wonderful gift that can bring us healing and that can help to renew our spirits.
In the gospel reading, Jesus’ disciples were treating the ears of corn in the cornfield through which they walked as a gift. The Pharisees accused them of breaking God’s Law, but Jesus defended their actions. They were hungry and the taking of a few ears of corn to satisfy their hunger was perfectly acceptable. It might be the equivalent of us picking and eating the black berries that are appearing in various hedgerows at the moment. Jesus would want us to appreciate the ways that God is always gracing us and bestowing gifts on us. The appropriate response to the experience of being gifted is gratitude. A spirit of thanksgiving to God is to characterize the Lord’s followers. As Saint Paul says in another of his letters, ‘Give thanks in all circumstances’. He doesn’t say ‘for all circumstances’ but ‘in all circumstances’. No matter how difficult life may be for us, there is always something for which we can give thanks.
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The Scripture Readings are taken from The Jerusalem Bible, published by Darton, Longman and 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 2024: The Word is near to you, on your lips and in your heart by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications 2022/23, c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/
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CÉAD LÉACHT
Sliocht as céad Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Coirintigh 4:6-11
Go dtí an uair seo féin tá ocras agus tart agus easpa éadaigh orainn.
Thagair mé na nithe seo dom féin agus d’Apollós, a bhráithre, ar mhaithe libhse, i dtreo go bhfoghlaimeodh sibh ónár gcásna gan a
![stpaul](https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/stpaul.jpg)
Is trua liom gan an rath a bheith oraibh dáiríre ionas go mbeimisne i réim i bpáirt libh. Mar is dóigh liom go bhfuilimidne, aspail, curtha ar taispeáint ag Dia in eireaball thiar na caithréime mar chimí a mbeadh an bás i ndán dóibh, mar gur sampla saolta sinn os comhair aingeal agus daoine.
Is amadáin sinne ar son Chríost fad atá sibhse stuama I gCríost. Táimidne lag agus tá sibhse láidir; tá sibhse faoi mheas agus tá drochmheas orainne. Go dtí an uair seo féin tá ocras agus tart agus easpa éadaigh orainn; bítear ag gabháil de dhoirne orainn agus gan teach ná treibh againn. Bímid ag obair agus ag luain lenár lámha féin. Nuair a cháintear sinn, guímid beannacht ; nuair a dhéantar géarleanúint orainn fulaingímid leis; nuair a mhaslaítear sinn tugaimid an freagra séimh. Níl ionainn go dtí anois féin ach dríodar an tsaoil agus dramhaíl an uile ní.
Ní ag iarraidh sibh a náiriú atáim ag scríobh na nithe seo ach ag tabhairt comhairle bhur leasa daoibh mar gur sibhse mo chlann mhuirneach féin. Bíodh na mílte treoraí agaibh i gCríost, níl mórán aithreacha agaibh mar gur mise a ghin sibh in Íosa Críost tríd an dea-scéal.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Salm le Freagra Sm 144
Freagra Is gairid é an Tiarna dá ngaireann air.
1. Is fíréanta é an Tiarna ina shlite uile; agus is naofa é ina oibreacha go léir.
Is gairid é an Tiarna dá ngaireann air, dá ngaireann air go fírinneach ó chroí. Freagra
2. Déanann sé toil an dreama lenarb eagal é; éisteann sé lena n-éamh agus fóireann orthu.
Coimeádann an Tiarna gach duine a thugann grá dó; ach scriosfaidh sé na hurchóidigh go léir. Freagra
3. Go gcana mo bhéal moladh an Tiarna agus go mbeannaí gach aon neach a ainm naofa;
go brách agus go síoraí suthain. Freagra
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Lúcás 6:1-5 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Cad chuige a bhfuil sibh ag déanamh ruda nach dleathach a dhéanamh lá sabóide?
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“Cad chuige a bhfuil sibh ag déanamh ruda nach dleathach a dhéanamh lá sabóide?”
Agus d’fhreagair Íosa iad á rá:
“An ea nár léigh sibh faoin rud úd a rinne Dáiví nuair a bhí ocras air féin agus ar a chompánaigh – mar a chuaigh sé isteach i dteach Dé agus thóg builíní na fianaise agus d’ith, agus thug dá chompánaigh iad, siúd is nach dleathach iad a ithe ach do na sagairt amháin?”
Agus dúirt sé leo: “Tá Mac an Duine ina mháistir ar an tsabóid féin.”
Soiscéal an Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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The Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time ,Year B
The Messiah has come in Jesus Christ and we are witnesses to his presence in the life of the Church.
Ears have been opened to the Good News and the response of faith has been spoken.
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 35:4-7
The ears of the deaf unsealed, and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy.
Say to all faint hearts,
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Look, your God is coming, vengeance is coming,
the retribution of God; he is coming to save you.'
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed,
then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy;
for water gushes in the desert, streams in the wasteland,
the scorched earth becomes a lake, the parched land springs of water.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:7-10
Response My soul, give praise to the Lord.
or Alleluia!
1. It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever who is just to those who are oppressed.
It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free. Response
2. It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down,
the Lord who loves the just, the Lord, who protects the stranger. Response
3. The Lord upholds the widow and orphan, but thwarts the path of the wicked.
The Lord will reign for ever, Zion's God, from age to age. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St James 2:1-5
It was the poor that God chose to be the heirs to the kingdom.
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'Come this way to the best seats;' then you tell the poor man,
'Stand over there' or 'You can sit on the floor by my foot-rest.'
Can't you see that you have used two different standards in your mind, and turned yourselves into judges, and corrupt judges at that?
Listen, my dear brothers: it was those who are poor according to the world that God chose, to be rich in faith and to be the heirs to the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation 1Sam 3:9
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
or Mt 4: 23
Alleluia, alleluia!
Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the kingdom
and cured all kinds of diseases and sickness among the people.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7:31-37 Glory to you, O Lord.
He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
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Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him,
'Ephphatha,' that is, 'Be opened.'
And his ears were opened, and the ligament of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly. And Jesus ordered them to tell no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely they published it.
Their admiration was unbounded.
'He has done all things well,' they said, 'he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.'
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.
Sliocht as Leabhar Íseáia, Fáidh 35:4-7
Réiteofar cluasa na mbodhar agus teanga an bhalbháin ag gabháil ceoil le lúcháir.
Abraigí le lucht an chroí mhearaithe:
“Músclaígí bhur misneach; ná bíodh eagla oraibh.
Breathnaígí! Is é bhur nDia atá ann,
tá sé chugaibh leis an díoltas atá ag dul daoibh;
Dia atá ann ag agairt a chúitimh,
agus é ag teacht do bhur slánú.”
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agus réiteofar cluasa na mbodhar;
beidh an bacach ag léimneach mar a bheadh fia ann
agus teanga an bhalbháin ag gabháil ceoil le lúcháir.
Óir brúchtfaidh uisce aníos san fhásach
agus srutháin i bhfearann an triomaigh;
déanfar linn den talamh spallta
agus toibreacha uisce de thír an tarta.
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia.
Salm le Freagra Sm 145
Freagra Tabhair moladh don Tiarna, a anam liom.
Malairt freagra Alleluia!
1. Is é an Tiarna a sheasann lena bhriathar de shíor,
agus a dhéanann ceart don drong atá faoi chois;
is é an Tiarna a scaoileann na braighdeanaigh. Freagra
2. Osclaíonn sé súile na ndall,
tógann sé suas an dream atá crom.
Cumhdaíonn an Tiarna an coimhthíoch,
déanann tacaíocht don dílleachta is don bhaintreach Freagra
3. Tugann an Tiarna grá don fhíréan,
ach cuireann sé slí na bpeacach trí chéile.
Beidh an Tiarna i réim go brách,
ina Dhia, a Síón, ó ghlúin go glúin. Freagra
DARA LÉACHT
Sliocht as Litir Naomh Séamus 2:1-5
Thogh Dia an mhuintir atá bocht le bheith ina n-oidhrí ar an ríoch.
Seachain an fabhar sibhse, a bhráithre, a bhfuil creideamh ár dTiarna Íosa Críost, Tiarna na glóire, agaibh.
Mar má thag
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“Bíodh an suíochán maith anseo agat,” agus a rá leis an bhfear bocht:
“Seas ansiúd thall,”nó: “Suigh ar an urlár le hais stól mo chos,” nach bhfuil sibh ag déanamh leathchuma, agus nach bhfuil breithiúna déanta díbh, breithiúna na mbreitheanna éagóra?
Éistigí, a bhráithre ionúine, nach iad an mhuintir atá bocht os comhair an tsaoil a thogh Dia le bheith saibhir sa chreideamh agus le bheith ina n-oidhrí ar an ríocht a gheall sé dóibh siúd a thugann grá dó?
Briathar an Tiarna Buíochas le Dia
Alleluia Véarsa 1Sam3:9, Eo 6:68.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Labhair, a Thiarna, tá do sheirbhíseach ag éisteacht.
Is agatsa atá briathra na beatha síoraí
Alleluia!
SOISCÉAL
Go raibh an Tiarna libh. Agus le do spiorad féin
Sliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Marcas 7:31-37 Glóir duit, a Thiarna.
Thug sé éisteacht do bhodhráin agus caint do bhalbháin.
![Jesus and bartimeus](https://www.catholicireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jesus-and-bartimeus.jpg)
“Eafatá!” – focal a chiallaíonn: “Osclaítear thú.”
Agus osclaíodh a chluasa láithreach, agus scaoileadh an sreangán dá theanga agus labhair sé i gceart. Agus d’ordaigh sé dóibh gan a insint do dhuine ar bith, ach dá ghéire a d’ordaigh sé dóibh is ea ba mhó a bhí siad á fhógairt, agus bhí ionadh saoil orthu ag rá:
“Rinne sé gach aon ní go maith: thug sé éisteacht do bhodhráin agus caint do bhalbháin.”
Soiscéalan Tiarna. Moladh duit, a Chriost
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Machtnamh ar Bhriathar Dé dia Domhnaigh
Fíorchairde nuair atá gáth orthu
Is féidir le cairde an duine bodhar sa soiscéal an lae inniu a bheith ina inspioráid dúinn. Thug siad a chara le Íosa le feiceáil an bhféadfaí é a leigheas. D'éirigh leo labhairt le Íosa ar son an duine seo a bheith in ann labhairt arís, ag teacht guth a bheith aige féin. Fiú amháin nuair a bhí sé gan guth, chuala a chairde leis an gcroí a bhí ag a chroí, agus mar thoradh ar a gcuid éisteachta éisteacht dó féin. Thug a gcúram dó air a labhairt orthu thar a cheann. Mura n-éist siad leis an gcéad uair, níor ghlac siad an tionscnamh chun labhairt dó. D'fhonn ár gcuid féin a dhéanamh in obair saoil an Tiarna, ní mór dúinn tosú ag éisteacht ag éisteacht le duine éigin eile, ag éisteacht leis an duine agus ní hamháin leis na focail a labhraíonn siad.
Pádraig Ó Rúairí, cp,
Sliabh Argus, Átha Cliath.
AN BÍOBLA NAOFA
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