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

Buíochas leat, a Dhia, as mo shaoirse.
Go mbaine mé leas as an tabharthas seo chun gach is féidir liom a dhéanamh dóibh siúd atá faoi chois nó faoi ualach.

Comhfhios

Conas atáim inniu?
Cá bhfuil mé le Dia? Le daoine eile?
An bhfuil rud éigin agam le bheith buíoch as? Ansin gabhaim buíochas.
An bhfuil rud éigin a bhfuil brón orm faoi? Ansin iarraim maithiúnas.

Briathar Dé

²⁵And that is what the soldiers did.

Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” ²⁷Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

²⁸After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty.” ²⁹A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. ³⁰When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

³¹Since it was the day of Preparation, the Jews did not want the bodies left on the cross during the Sabbath, especially because that Sabbath was a day of great solemnity. So they asked Pilate to have the legs of the crucified men broken and the bodies removed. ³²Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him. ³³But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.

Inspioráid

Is cinnte gurb é ceann de na tabhartais is mó is féidir a thabhairt do dhuine ná páirtí, compánach nó cara iontaofa, agus tá an cur síos beacht ar Muire Mháthair, a sheas lena Mac go dtí an deireadh. Níor stad sí riamh ina tacaíocht dó, agus ní dócha go dteipfidh sí orainn ach an oiread. Threoraigh Naomh Iognáid a chompánaigh le comhairle chiallmhar nuair a mhol sé dóibh dul chuici chun idirghuí dóibh aon uair a mbíodh siad i mód achainí.

Comhrá

Mhúin do bhriathra féin dom, a Thiarna, conas guí a dhéanamh.
San “Ár nAthair” álainn
tá gach rud gur mhaith liom a rá.

Conclúid

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

Áiméan