Láthair Dé

I pause for a moment, aware that God is here.
I think of how everything around me,
the air I breathe, my whole body,
is tingling with the presence of God.

Saoirse

“Is beag duine a thuigeann
cad a dhéanfadh Dia díobh
dá ligfeadh siad iad féin isteach ina lámha,
agus ligeant do ghrásta De iad a mhunlu.” (Naomh Ignatius)
Iarraim an grásta chun me fein a chuir de churam ar ghrá Dé.

Comhfhios

Meabhraím dom féin go bhfuilim i láthair an Tiarna.
Tógfaidh mé dídean ina chroí grámhar.
Is é mo neart in aimsir an laige.
Is é a thugann sólás dom in aimsir an bhróin.

Briathar Dé

²¹They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. ²²They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. ²³Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, ²⁴and he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.” ²⁵But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” ²⁶And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. ²⁷They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” ²⁸At once his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee.

Inspioráid

Táimid fós ag breathnú ar Íosa i gcéimeanna tosaigh a mhinistéireacht. Anseo, is cosúil go bhfuil na claontaí is fearr agus is measa ag an bhfear atá faoi léigear ag an deamhan ag troid istigh ann, ag iarraidh a fheiceáil cé acu a gheobhaidh an lámh in uachtar. Cé chomh minic a bhíonn sé mar sin liomsa? Guím go spreagfaidh tú na claontaí is fearr ionam chun teacht chun solais agus tionchar a imirt ar mo iompar seachas na claontaí ísle, nach dócha go dtabharfaidh siad mórán maitheasa dom féin ná do dhaoine eile.

Comhrá

“Fan agus bí ag faire liom.”
B’iad seo do bhriathra, a Thiarna, leis na deisceabail,
roimh d’fhulaingt agus do bhás.
Tá a fhios agam, a Thiarna, go bhfanfaidh tú agus go bhféachfaidh tú orm
gach lá de mo shaol.

Conclúid

Gabhaim buíochas le Dia as na cúpla nóiméad seo a chaitheamar le chéile agus as aon léargas a fuair mé maidir leis an téacs.

Áiméan