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Nov 21 - Presentation of the Blessed Virgin MarySummary of the Presentation of Mary. This memorial originally marked the dedication of a sixth century church of the Virgin Mary near the Temple of Jerusalem.  This feast is celebrated both in the Roman and the Eastern Orthodox rites. In the East it takes its origin from the dedication of the Church of Our Lady near the Temple area in Jerusalem which took place on 21st November 543. A church was built on the  above site in honour of this mystery. Patrick Duffy recalls some of the themes of the feast.The Eastern Church took it up as a celebration of Mary's presentation to God in the Temple at the age of three, a non-biblical story from the apocryphal gospel of James. Established in the West late in the Middle Ages, the feast was universally observed by the sixteenth century. It celebrates Mary in her grace-filled life, wholly given over to the Holy Spirit from the time of her conception.The feast is found in the liturgical documents of the East in the 11th century and was brought to the papal chapel in Avignon in 1373. A year later King Charles V introduced it to the royal Chapel in Paris, from where it spread through Spain and Germany. It is also now celebrated in the Roman Calendar.The Protoevangelium of JamesAs with Mary’s birth, we read of Mary’s presentation in the temple only in apocryphal literature. In the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James we read that offered Mary to God in the Temple when she was three years old. This was to carry out a promise made to God when Anna was still childless.Stressing the holiness of Mary The feast is best linked with the other feasts of the birth of Mary (8th September) and of the Immaculate Conception (8th December). It highlights the holiness of Mary from the beginning of her life on earth that continued through her early childhood and beyond.Icon of the feastIt is sometimes difficult for modern Westerners to appreciate a feast like this. The Eastern Church has a special icon for this feast included in the top of the iconostasis in every church. This stresses that Mary from the beginning of her life was dedicated to God. She became a greater temple than any made by human hands. God came to dwell in her in a marvelous way and sanctified her for her unique role in God's saving work. At the same time, the magnificence of Mary redounds on her children. They, too, are temples of God and sanctified so that they may enjoy and share in God's saving work.Homily of St GermanusSome of the enthusiasm of the feast is expressed in the homily of St Germanus:"Hail, holy throne of God, divine sanctuary, house of glory, jewel most fair, chosen treasure house, and mercy seat for the whole world, heaven showing forth the glory of God.Purest Virgin, worthy of all praise, sanctuary dedicated to God and raised above all human condition, virgin soil, unplowed field, flourishing vine, fountain pouring out waters, virgin bearing a child, mother without knowing man, hidden treasure of innocence, ornament of sanctity, by your most acceptable prayers, strong with the authority of motherhood, to our Lord and God, Creator of all, your Son who was born of you without a father, steer the ship of the Church and bring it to a quiet harbour."Liturgical Readings for: Saturday, 21st November, 202011-21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin MaryFIRST READING         A reading from the book of  Zechariah       2:14-17Rejoice, daughter of Zion; for I am coming.Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion;for I am comingto dwell in the middle of you –it is the Lord who speaks.Many nations will join the Lord,on that day; they will become his people.But he will remain among you,and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.But the Lord will hold Judahas his portion in the Holy Land,and again make Jerusalem his very own.Let all mankind be silent before the lord!For he is awaking and is coming from his holy dwelling.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm    Lk 1:46-55Response                          The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy is his nameOr                                         Blessed is the Virgin Mary who bore the Son of the eternal Father.1. My soul glorifies the Lord,my spirit rejoices in God, my saviour.  Response2. Henceforth all ages will call me blessed.The Almighty works marvels for me.Holy his name!                                          Response3.  His mercy is from age to age,on those who fear him.He puts forth his arm in strengthand scatters the proud-hearted.            Response4. He casts the mighty from their thronesand raises the lowly.He fills the starving with good things,sends the rich away empty.                    Response5. He protects Israel, his servant,remembering his mercy,the mercy promised to our fathers,to Abraham and his sons for ever.        ResponseGospel Acclamation             Lk 11: 28Alleluia, alleluia!Happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.alleluia!GOSPEL                          A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew    12:46-50Stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.'Jesus was still speaking to the crowds when his mother and his brothers appeared; they were standing outside and were anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this Jesus replied, 'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?'And stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers.Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.'The Gospel of the Lord. ******************************Gospel Reflection       Thursday,     Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary      Matthew 12:46-50Today’s memorial commemorates the presentation of the child Mary in the Temple of Jerusalem by her parents. We seldom think of Mary as a child. All the images of Mary we are familiar with are either of Mary as an adult or of Mary in heavenly glory. Yet, when we are first introduced to Mary in the gospels at the moment of her annunciation, we should probably think of her as a very young woman, no more than a teenager. She must have grown up as a child in a very faith-filled home. Otherwise she would not have emerged as a woman of such strong and generous faith at the time of the annunciation. Today’s feast celebrates the fact that as a very young child Mary’s parents presented her to the Lord in the Temple, gave her over to the Lord’s purpose for her life. It was as if her parents were saying, ‘Lord here is our child. We know that she belongs to you more than she belongs to us’. Mary’s parents were recognizing that her relationship with the Lord was even more significant that her relationship with them. Today’s feast reminds us that the most important relationship in our lives is our relationship with the Lord. Every day we try to present ourselves to the Lord, offering ourselves to him. Every day we pray that God’s purpose for our lives would come to pass and that God’s will would be done in our lives. In the gospel reading Jesus declares that those who do the will of his Father, in whose lives God’s will is done, are his brothers and sisters and mother. It was above all Mary who did the will of Jesus’ heavenly Father. In the prayer that Jesus gave us to pray, the Lord’s Prayer, we pray, ‘Father in heaven, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven’. Heaven is that state where God’s kingdom has fully come, where God’s will is fully done. To the extent that we do the will of our heavenly Father here and now, something of heaven comes to earth. When we allow God’s purpose for our lives to shape us, as Mary did, then we create an opening for God’s kingdom to come among us________________________________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 Gospel reflection comes from WEEKDAY REFLECTIONS 2019-20: The Word of God is Living and Active by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications  c/f www.messenger.ie/bookshop/________________________________ Sliocht as leabhar  Zachária          2:14-17Abair amhrán agus déan gairdeas, a iníon Shíón;óir, féach, táimse ag teacht.Abair amhrán agus déan gairdeas,a iníon Shíón;óir, féach, táimse ag teachtchun cónaí a dhéanamh i do lár, a deir an Tiarna.Ceanglófar a lán náisiún leis an Tiarna an lá sin;beidh siad ina bpobal aige,agus cónóidh sé in bhur measc,agus aithneoidh tú gurbh é Tiarna na Sluaa chuir chugat mé.Ach beidh seilbh ag an Tiarna ar Iúdá,mar a chomhroinn féin sa talamh naofa,agus déanfaidh sé rogha de Iarúsailéim athuair.Bíodh gach duine ina thost i láthair an Tiarna;óir, tá sé ag éirí chun teacht amach as a áitreabh naofa.Briathar Dé.   Salm le Freagra        Lk 1: 46-55Freagra                        Óir rinne an Té atá cumhachtach nithe móra dom agus is naofa a ainm.1. “Mórann m’anam an Tiarna,agus rinne mo spiorad gairdeas i nDia mo Shlánaitheoir.  Freagra2. Óir dhearc sé le fabhar ar ísle a bhanóglaigh;mar féach, déarfaidh na glúine uile feasta gur méanar dom.Óir rinne an Té atá cumhachtach nithe móra dom agusis naofa a  ainm.                                                                           Freagra 3.  Tá a thrócaire ó ghlúin go glúindóibh seo ar a mbíonn a eagla.Thaispeáin sé neart a láimhe:scaip sé an dream a bhí uaibhreach i smaointe a gcroí.  Freagra4.   Leag sé prionsaí óna gcathaoireacha,agus d’ardaigh sé daoine ísle;Líon sé lucht an ocrais le nithe maithe,agus chuir sé na saibhre uaidh folamh.                               Freagra5. D’fhóir sé ar Iosrael a sheirbhíseach,ag cuimhneamh dó ar a thrócaire –de réir mar gheall sé dar n-aithreacha –d’Abrahám agus dá shliocht go brách.”                               Freagra Alleluia Véarsa            Mth 11: 28Alleluia!  Alleluia“Is mó is méanar dóibh seo a chluineann briathar Dé agus a choimeádann é.Alleluia!      SOISCÉALSliocht as an Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Matha          12: 46-50Síneadh íosa a lámha faoina chuid deisceabal, dúirt: “Féach mo mháthair agus mo bhráithre!Bhí Íosa ag caint leis na sluaite nuair a tháinig a mháthair agus a bhráithre agus sheas siad amuigh ag iarraidh labhairt leis. Dúirt duine éigin leis: “Feach, tá do mháthair agus do bhráithre lasmuigh ag iarraidh labhairt leat.”Agus dúirt leis an té a d’inis dó é: “Cé hí mo mháthair agus cé hiad mo bhráithre?” Agus ag síneadh a láimhe faoina chuid deisceabal, dúirt:“Féach mo mháthair agus mo bhráithre!óir, duine ar bith a dhéanfaidh toil m’Athar atá ar neamh,is bráthair dom é agus is siúr agus is máthair.”Soiscéal Dé.AN BÍOBLA NAOFA© An SagartToday's Scripture ThemesAt the end of our earthly life we will be judged on how we hove lived and acted. At the end of time the Kingdom of God will be established through the saving work of Christ. Then the Shepherd King will come to judge how we have loved. Our lives are to be characterised by a love that welcomes Christ in those most in need, and by joyful expectation of his glorious coming.34th Sunday of Ordinary Time/ Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the UniverseFIRST READING  A reading from the book of the Prophet Ezekiel              34:11-12.15-17As for you, my sheep, the Lord says this: I will judge between sheep and sheepThe Lord says this: I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherdkeeps all his flock in view when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my sheep in view.I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered during the mist and darkness. I myself will pasture my sheep, I myself will show them where to rest - it is the Lord who speaks. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make the weak strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.As for you, my sheep, the Lord says this: I will judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.The Word of the LordResponsorial Psalm             Ps 22Response                                  The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.1. The Lord is my shepherd;there is nothing I shall want.Fresh and green are the pastureswhere he gives me repose.            Response2. Near restful waters he leads me,to revive my drooping spirit.He guides me along the right path;he is true to his name.                    Response3. You have prepared a banquet for mein the sight of my foes.My head you have anointed with oil;my cup is overflowing.                    Response4. Surely goodness and kindness shall follow meall the days of my life.In the Lord's own house shall I dwellfor ever and ever.                              ResponseSECOND READING A reading from the first letter of St Paul to  the Corinthians              15:20-26.28 IHe hands over the kingdom to God the Father, so that God may be all in all.Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. Death came through one man and in the same way the resurrection of the dead has come through one man. Just as all men die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ; but all of them in their proper order: Christ as the first-fruits and then, after the coming of Christ, those who belong to him. After that will come the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, having done away with every sovereignty, authority and power. For he must be king until he has put all his enemies under his feet and the last of the enemies to be destroyed is death. And when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subject in his turn to the One who subjected all things to him, so that God may be all in all.The Word of the LordGospel Acclamation                 Mt  24:42Alleluia, alleluia!Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David!Alleluia!GOSPEL            A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew              25:31-46He will take his seat on his throne of glory, and he will separate men one from another.Jesus said to his disciples: 'When the Son of Man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All the nations will be assembled before him and he will separate men one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food; 1 was thirsty and you gave me drink; 1 was a stranger and you made me welcome; naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me." Then the virtuous will say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you; or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome; naked and clothe you; sick or in prison and go to see you?" And the King will answer, "I tell you solemnly, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me."Next he will say to those on his left hand, "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For 1 was hungry and you never gave me food; 1 was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink; I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, naked and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me." Then it will be their turn to ask, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?" Then he will answer, "I tell you solemnly, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me." And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the virtuous to eternal life.'The Gospel of the LordTaken from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday, a division of Random House Inc, and used by permission of the publishers.Sollútas Ár dTiarna Íosa Chíost, Rí na nUileCÉAD LÉACHTSliocht as Leabhar,  Ezícéal, Fáidh        34:11-12. 15-17Maidir libhse, a thréad, a deir an Tiarna Dia: tú gaim breith idir caoirigh agus caoirighSeo mar a deir an Tiarna Dia: Cuardóidh mé féin na caoirigh agus beidh a gcúram orm féin amháin. Dála mar a bhíonn cúram na gcaorach ar an treadaí a fhanann i lár an tréada scaipthe, coinneoidh mise súil ar mo chaoirigh. Rachaidh mé i gcabhair orthu nuair a theann siad ar séachrán sa cheo agus sa dorchadas. Beathóidh mise mo chaoirigh agus tabharfaidh mé orthu a scíste a ligean-an Tiarna Dia a labhraíonn. Cuardóidh mé an chaora chaillte, tabharfaidh mé ar ais an seachránaí, ceanglóidh mé an bacach agus cuirfidh mé an t-easlán ina neart. Tabharfaidh mé aire don mhéith agus don láidir agus gheobhaidh siad cothú ceart uaim.Maidir libhse, a thréad, a deir an Tiarna Dia: tú gaim breith idir caoirigh agus caoirigh, idir reithí agus gabhair fhirinn.Salm le Freagra           Sm 34Freagra                          Is é an Tiarna m'aoire, ní bheidh aon ní de dhíth orm.1. Is é an Tiarna m'aoire,ní bheidh aon ní de dhíth orm.Cuireann sé i mo luí mei móinéar féaruaithne.             Freagra2. Séolann sé ar imeall an uisce mar a bhfaighim suaimhneas.Seolann sé mé ar rianta díreachamar gheall ar a ainm.                Freagra3. Cóiríonn tú bord chun béile domi bhfianaise mo naimhde.Ungann tú mo cheann Ie hola;tá mo chupán ag cur thar maoil.4. Leanfaidh cineáltas is fabhar mégach uile lá de mo shaol.I dteach an Tiarna a mhairfidh mégo brách na breithe.                 FreagraDARA LÉACHTSliocht as céad Litir Naomh Pól chuig na Coirintigh          15:20-26.28Thabharfaidh sé suas an ríocht do Dhia an tAthair agus sa tslí sin beidh Dia ina mháistir ar an iomlán.A bhraithre,  tá Críost dáiríre aiséirithe ó mhairbh, céadtoradh na muintire atá ina gcodladh. Faoi mar is duine amháin faoi deara an bás is duine amháin faoi deara aiséirí na marbh chomh maith. Faoi mar a fhaigheann gach duine bás in Ádhamh, aithbheofar gach duine chomh maith i gCríost. Beidh gach duine ina rang féin áfach; Críost an chéadtoradh; ansin nuair a fhillfidh sé aiséireoidh an mhuintir a bheidh i bpáirt le Críost; agus ansin beidh an deireadh ann nuair a thabharfaidh sé suas an ríocht do Dhia an tAthair, tar éis dó gach ceannas agus tiarnas agus cumhacht a chur ar neamhní. Mar ní foláir dó a bheith ina rí go dtí go mbeidh a naimhde go léir curtha faoi chois aige. Agus is é namhaid deireanach atá le cloí an bás. Nuair a bheidh gach ní faoina smacht, ansin rachaidh an Mac féinfaoi réir an té a chuir gach ní faoi, sa tslí go mba é Dia gach ní don uile ní.Alleluia Véarsa     Alleluia, alleluia!Is beannaithe an té atá ag teacht in ainm an Tiarna!Is beannaithe ag teacht í, Ríocht ár nAthar, Daivi!Alleluia!SOISCÉAL  Sliocht as Soiscéal naofa de réir Naomh Mhatha              25:31-36Rachaidh sé ina shuí an uair sin i ríchathaoir a ghlóire agus déanfaidh sé na daoine a scaradh ó chéile. San am sin duirt Íosa lena dheisceabail: “Nuair a thiocfaidh Mac an Duine ina ghlóir agus na haingil uile in éineacht leis, rachaidh sé ina shuí an uair sin i ríchathaoir a ghlóire. Beidh na náisiúin uile cruinnithe os a chomhair, agus déanfaidh sé na daoine a scaradh ó chéile, mar a scarann an t-aoirena caoirigh ó na gabhair. Cuirfidh sé na caoirigh ar a láimh dheis agus na gabhair ar a láimh chlé. Ansin déarfaidh an rí le lucht na láimhe deise: ‘Tagaigí, a lucht bheannaithe m’Athar, glacaigí mar oidhreacht an ríocht a ullmhaíodh daoibh ó thúsú an domhain. Óir bhí ocras orm agus thug sibh rud le hithe dom, bhí tart orm agus thug sibh rud le hól dom, bhí mé i mo strainséir agus thug sibh aíocht dom, bhí mé nocht agus chuir sibh éadach orm, bhí mé tinn agus tháinig sibh do m’fheiceáil, bhí mé i bpríosún agus thug sibh cuairt orm.’ Freagróidh na fíréin é ansin: ‘A Thiarna, cén uair a chonaiceamar thú agus ocras ort go dtabharfaimis bia duit, nó tart ort go dtabharfaimis deoch duit? Cén uair a chonaiceamar i do strainséir thú go dtabharfaimis aíocht duit, nó nocht go gcuirfimis éadach ort? Nó cén uair a chonaiceamar tinn thú, nó i bpríosún, go dtabharfaimis cuairt ort?’ Agus déarfaidh an rí á bhfreagairt: ‘Deirim libh go fírinneach, sa mhéid go ndearna sibh é do dhuine den chuid is lú de na bráithre seo agamsa, is domsa a rinne sibh é.’Ansin déarfaidh sé le lucht na láimhe clé ar a seal: ‘Imígí uaim, a dhream mhallaithe, isteach sa tine shíoraí a ullmhaíodh don diabhal agus dá chuid aingeal. Óir bhí ocras orm agus níor thug sibh aon rud le hithe dom, bhí tart orm agus níor thug sibh aon rud le hól dom, bhí mé i mo strainséir agus níor thug sibh aíocht dom, bhí mé nocht agus níor chuir sibh aon éadach orm, bhí mé tinn agus i bpríosún agus níor tháinig sibh do m’fheiceáil.’ Agus freagróidh siad sin é ansin: ‘A Thiarna, cén uair a bhí tú le feiceáil againn agus ocras nó tart ort, nó i do strainséir, nó nocht nó tinn nó i bpríosún agus nach ndearnamar freastal ort?’ Ansin freagróidh sé iad: ‘Deirim libh go fírinneach, sa mhéid nach ndearna sibh é do dhuine den chuid is lú díobh seo, ní dhearna sibh domsa é ach oiread.’ Agus imeoidh siad leo, iad seo isteach i bpionós síoraí, ach na fíréin i mbeatha shíoraí.”Soiscéal DéAN BÍOBLA NAOFA© An Sagart

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