Láthair Dé

A Thiarna Dia, tabhair dom spiorad ciúin, séimh agus oscailte agus mé ag caitheamh an chúpla nóiméad urnaí seo leat inniu.

Saoirse

Iarrfaidh mé cúnamh Dé
a bheith saor ó mo chúraimí féin,
a bheith oscailte do Dhia le linn an tráth urnaí seo, agus
aithne a chur air, grá a thabhairt dó agus freastal níos mó air.

Comhfhios

Feasach ar do láthair, a Thiarna,
Breathnaím ar an am atá caite agam le déanaí.
Lig dom a bheith macánta liom féin faoi conas a bhí mé
Agus cad atá déanta agam,
mar tá a fhios agam go bhfuil grá agat don fhírinne sa chroí
agus glacann tú liom díreach mar atáim.

Briathar Dé

¹“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. ²In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. ⁴And you know the way to the place where I am going.” ⁵Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” ⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, but if you do not, then believe because of the works themselves. ¹²Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

Inspioráid

Is minic a roghnaítear an eachtra seo le haghaidh liotúirge sochraide agus tugann sé sólás do mhórán. Ní raibh siad siúd a bhí i láthair nuair a labhair Íosa leis an ngrúpa sásta chomh héasca sin. Dúirt Tomás leis nach raibh a fhios aige an áit a raibh Íosa ag dul ann, mar sin conas a d’fhéadfadh sé an bealach a bheith ar eolas aige. Mhaígh Pilib dá dtaispeánfadh Íosa an tAthair dó, go mbeadh sé sásta. Maith dúinn na hamanna nuair a bhí easpa muiníne agus/nó dearbhaithe againn.

Comhrá

A Thiarna, cuidigh liom teagmháil a dhéanamh leat. Ní bhíonn a fhios agam i gcónaí conas, ach ba mhaith liom do ghrá a fháil agus osclaím mo lámha agus mo chroí duit. Tar chugam inniu le do thoil.

Conclúid

Gabhaim buíochas le Dia as bronntanas a ghrá
agus mé ag imeacht le lúcháir agus dóchas
chun freastal ar a mhuintir.

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