Láthair Dé

Stopaim ar feadh nóiméad agus smaoiním ar an ngrá
agus an grásta a thaispeánann Dia dom:
Cruthaíodh in íomhá agus ar chosúlacht Dé mé;
Is mise áit chónaithe Dé.

Saoirse

Tá sé chomh furasta a bheith gafa
le gaistí an rachmais sa saol seo.
Deonaigh, a Thiarna, go mbeinn saor
ó saint agus féiniúlacht.
Cuir i gcuimhne dom go bhfuil na rudaí is fearr sa saol saor in aisce:
grá, gáire, cúram agus comhroinnt.

Comhfhios

A Íosa, go raibh maith agat as ucht an nóiméad seo a bhfuil a fhios agam go bhfuil tú liom. Cuidigh liom bheith níos feasaí ar do láithreacht i mo shaol laethúil, agus i ngach duine a mbuailim leo.

Briathar Dé

¹⁷While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves and said to them on the way, ¹⁸“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death; ¹⁹then they will hand him over to the gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised.”

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling before him, she asked a favor of him. ²¹And he said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Declare that these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.” ²²But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” ²³He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

²⁴When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two brothers. ²⁵But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. ²⁶It will not be so among you, but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, ²⁷and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave, ²⁸just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”

Inspioráid

Is féidir le daoine a bheith beagáinín éadmhar nuair a cheapann siad go bhfeiceann siad daoine eile ag fáil aire níos fearr ná iad féin. Is cosúil gurb é seo atá ag tarlú i measc na n-aspal i soiscéal an lae inniu. Iarrann máthair Shéamais agus Eoin ar Íosa na suíocháin is fearr sa teach a thabhairt dá mic nuair a shroicheann siad an chéad saol eile. Ní thaitníonn sé seo go mór leis an gcuid eile. Iarraimid ort, a Thiarna, cabhrú linn atmaisféar taitneamhach a choinneáil nuair a bhíonn céimeanna nó ceisteanna deacra ag grúpaí a bhfuilimid ag plé leo.

Comhrá

Ní choinníonn cairde rúin óna chéile.
Agus mé ag guí, an féidir liom féachaint ar Íosa mar chara liom
agus roinn mo smaointe is doimhne leis,
go muiníneach go dtuigeann Sé?

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