Láthair Dé

“Éistigí! bíodh a fhios agaibh gur mise is Dia ann ‘
(Salm 46:10)
A Thiarna, go dtreoraí do Spiorad mé
do láithreacht grámhar a lorg níos mó agus níos mó.
Mar is ann a bhfaighim sólás agus sos ó fhothragadh an tsaoil.

Saoirse

Tá an cumas ag gach rud grá agus saol níos iomláine a ghineadh ionam,
ach is minic a bhíonn mo mhianta socraithe, gafa, ag bréag chomhlíonadh.
Iarraim go gcumadh tusa, a Dhia, trí mo shaoirse, mo mhianta
i séis bheoga, ghrámhar saibhir i chéile, de réir Do thola.

Comhfhios

Agus fios agam go bhfuil grá ag Dia dom gan choinníoll,
Is féidir liom a bheith macánta faoi conas atá mé.
Conas a bhí an lá seo agus conas a mhothaím anois?
Roinnim mo mhothúcháin go hoscailte leis an Tiarna.

Briathar Dé

⁵⁷Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. ⁵⁸Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

⁵⁹On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. ⁶⁰But his mother said, “No; he is to be called John.” ⁶¹They said to her, “None of your relatives has this name.” ⁶²Then they began motioning to his father to find out what name he wanted to give him. ⁶³He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And all of them were amazed. ⁶⁴Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began to speak, praising God. ⁶⁵Fear came over all their neighbors, and all these things were talked about throughout the entire hill country of Judea. ⁶⁶All who heard them pondered them and said, “What then will this child become?” For indeed the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁸⁰The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.

Inspioráid

Is de bhunadh Eabhraise an t-ainm 'Eoin' agus ciallaíonn sé 'tá Dia trócaireach'. D'aithin Eilís agus Zachairias araon go raibh Dia trócaireach leo i ndáiríre. Tá ár nDia trócaireach i gcónaí dúinn go léir, ag tabhairt grá síoraí dúinn.

Bhí misean speisialta ó Dhia ag Eoin Baiste, agus mar sin léimid “bhí lámh an Tiarna leis”, rud a chiallaíonn gur tugadh dó na grásta uile a bhí ag teastáil uaidh dá mhisean. Tá misean ó Dhia ag gach duine againn freisin atá uathúil dúinn féin, agus tabharfar dúinn na grásta uile a theastaíonn uainn freisin. Chuir an Pápa Proinsias i gcuimhne dúinn gur misinéirí muid uile.

Comhrá

Uaireanta ní fheadar cad a déarfainn dá mbuailfinn leat go pearsanta, a Thiarna.
Sílim go mb’fhéidir go ndéarfainn “Go raibh maith agat, a Thiarna” as a bheith ann dom i gcónaí.
Tá a fhios agam go cinnte go raibh amanna ann nuair a d’iompair tú mé, a Thiarna,
nuair is trí do neart a d’éirigh liom teacht tríd na hamanna dorcha i mo shaol.

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