Láthair Dé

“Tá an domhan líonta ag maorgacht Dé” (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Mairim ar feadh meandair ar láithreacht Dé i mo thimpeall, i ngach cuid de mo cholainn, agus i mo chroí istigh.

Saoirse

Dá mbeadh Dia ag iarraidh rud éigin a insint dom, an mbeadh a fhios agam?
Dá mbeadh Dia do mo chuir ar mo shuaimhneas nó ag tabhairt dúshlán dom, an dtabharfainn faoi deara?
Iarraim an grásta a bheith saor ó mo bhuairimh fhéin
agus oscailte don mhéid atá Dia á rá liom.

Comhfhios

A Thiarna, ullmhaigh, le do thoil, ithir mo chroí chun síol d’fhocail a ghlacadh. Go dtuga sé fréamh, go bhfása sé agus go dtuga sé fómhar flaithiúil ar son do ghlóire is mo mhaithe.

Briathar Dé

¹¹When the crowds found out about it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God and healed those who needed to be cured.

¹²The day was drawing to a close, and the twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside to lodge and get provisions, for we are here in a deserted place.” ¹³But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.” ¹⁴For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” ¹⁵They did so and had them all sit down. ¹⁶And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke them and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. ¹⁷And all ate and were filled, and what was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Inspioráid

Nuair a bheathaíonn Íosa na cúig mhíle duine san áit iargúlta seo, meabhraítear dúinn an chaoi ar bheathaigh Dia a mhuintir le manna san fhásach. Labhraíonn an fhéile seo, Corpus Christi, linn freisin faoin míorúilt i bhfad níos mó, Íosa a thug a chorp agus a fhuil féin dúinn ar feadh breis agus dhá mhíle bliain. Impíonn Naomh Iognáid orainn “machnamh a dhéanamh i gcónaí le gean domhain ar an gcaoi ar mian leis an Tiarna é féin a thabhairt dúinn”.

Cailleann bronntanas nach nglactar leis agus nach bhfáiltítear roimhe a chumhacht chun sinn a thabhairt níos gaire don tabhartóir. Ag íobairt naofa an Aifrinn, an nglacaimid lenár dTiarna le fáilte agus le buíochas?

Comhrá

A Íosa, bíonn tú i gcónaí ann ag fanacht orm.
Uaireanta bím in abar
le cúramaí an tsaoil seo.
Deonaigh go raibh mé socair níos minicí,
Chun taithí a fháil ar Do shíocháin, ar do shuaimhneas.

Conclúid

I thank God for these few moments we have spent alone together and for any insights I may have been given concerning the text.

Áiméan