C\u00e9ad L\u00e9acht (Genesis 18:20-22). N\u00e1 b\u00edodh an Tiarna bhfeirg liom agus labhr\u00f3idh m\u00e9 ar\u00eds. Lean\u00faint den l\u00e9acht a bh\u00ed againn an Domhnach seo caite an sliocht seo, l\u00e9acht in ar fhear Abr\u00e1h\u00e1m f\u00e1ilte roimh thri\u00far fear, arbh ionann agus an Tiarna iad. Bh\u00ed droch-theist ar Sh\u00f3dom agus Ghomor\u00e1 de bharr r\u00e1fla\u00ed faoi mh\u00ed-iompar gn\u00e9is. Sa l\u00e9acht seo cuirtear an Tiarna Dia i l\u00e1thair amhail is d\u00e1 mba mhian leis cuairt a thabhairt go pearsanta ar an gcathair lena dheimhni\u00fa d\u00f3 f\u00e9in arbh fh\u00edor do na r\u00e1fla\u00ed. I dt\u00fas na l\u00e9achta t\u00e1 an fhadhb ch\u00e9anna againn agus a bh\u00ed an Domhnach seo caite, is \u00e9 sin le r\u00e1 fir, tri\u00far d\u00edobh, agus an Tiarna agus na fir ag feidhmi\u00fa mar shamhail don Tiarna. Is d\u00f3cha gurb aingil iad na fir, agus i dtraidisi\u00fan amh\u00e1in sa Bh\u00edobla modh amh\u00e1in iad leis an Tiarna Dia a chur in i\u00fal. Luaitear an Tiarna f\u00e9in san uimhir uatha (Tiarna) sa sliocht chomh maith. Mar shampla sa v\u00e9arsa tosaigh is \u00e9 an Tiarna a labhra\u00edonn, ach go gairid ina dhiaidh sin deirtear gur imigh na fir leo i dtreo S\u00f3dom, ach gur fhan Abr\u00e1h\u00e1m ina sheasamh i l\u00e1thair an Tiarna. Ionann Abr\u00e1h\u00e1m i l\u00e1thair an Tiarna agus an Tiarna le Abrah\u00e1m agus teist den dl\u00fathchairdeas idir Dia agus daoine daonna. Maidir leis an agallamh a leanann idir Abr\u00e1h\u00e1m agus an Tiarna sa sliocht seo baineann s\u00e9 le fadhb dhomhain dhiagachta, is \u00e9 sin le r\u00e1 d\u00edoltas D\u00e9 a imirt ar na f\u00edr\u00e9in agus na peacaigh le ch\u00e9ile, ceist a bhain le c\u00f3ir agus ceartas D\u00e9. Bh\u00ed taith\u00ed ag Iosrael ar a leith\u00e9id de dh\u00edoltas comhchoiteann i threascairt Iar\u00fasail\u00e9im le arm na Baibeal\u00f3ine. B\u2019fh\u00e9idir nach bhfuil r\u00e9iteach ar an fhadhb seo, ach d\u00e9antar an cheist a ch\u00edoradh in Eizic\u00e9il 14:12-23 agus i Leabhar I\u00f3b, agus sa l\u00e9acht \u00e1irithe seo. Ach p\u00e9 ar bith ba bhun\u00fas leis an l\u00e9acht i Leabhar Genesis, i liot\u00fairge an lae inniu roghna\u00edotar \u00ed le dul le l\u00e9acht an tSoisc\u00e9il faoin urna\u00ed. Sa ch\u00e9ad l\u00e9acht seo feictear an Tiarna Dia in agallamh le Abr\u00e1h\u00e1m, duine daonna, agus r\u00e9idh ligint do Abr\u00e1h\u00e1m margadh a dh\u00e9anamh leis. N\u00ed leasc le Dia na hiarratais dhaonna. A mhalairt ar fad: fearann s\u00e9 f\u00e1ilte rompu, mar a l\u00e9ireoidh \u00cdosa sa sliocht \u00f3n Soisc\u00e9al inniu.<\/p>\n
An Dara L\u00e9acht (Colosaigh 2:12-14). Bheoigh Dia sibh mar aon le Cr\u00edost, agus mhaith s\u00e9 d\u00fainn \u00e1r gcionta. Ar an gc\u00e9ad amharc n\u00ed h\u00e9asca br\u00ed bheacht na l\u00e9achta seo a fh\u00e1il. S\u00f3rt gearrscr\u00edobh \u00e9 de mh\u00edreanna de chreideamh Cr\u00edosta\u00ed na luatheaglaise, a bheadh soil\u00e9ir don t\u00e9 a scr\u00edobh agus do na l\u00e9itheoir\u00ed (n\u00f3 \u00e9isteoir\u00ed) tosaigh. Mar aon leis sin bheadh na m\u00edreanna \u00e9ags\u00fala den chreaideamh m\u00ednithe d\u00f3ibh roimh a mbaisteadh n\u00f3 ina dhiaidh. Rud eile gur fi\u00fa a chur san \u00e1ireamh n\u00e1 go gceapann roinnt scol\u00e1ir\u00ed go bhfuil foirml\u00ed liot\u00fairgeacha no iomannacha taobh thiar den sliocht seo. Ni dochar a mheabhru go nduirt P\u00f3l n\u00edos luaithe sa litir seo (sliocht l\u00e9ite mar dhara leacht i Dhomhnach 15 thuas), gurb ghnaoi le Dia an n\u00e1d\u00far diaga (ioml\u00e1ine D\u00e9) a bheith in a chona\u00ed in \u00cdosa go hioml\u00e1n. L\u00e1rphointe an chreidimh Chr\u00edosta\u00ed ais\u00e9ir\u00ed Chr\u00edost. Rinne cumhacht \u00e9achtach D\u00e9 Cr\u00edost a th\u00f3gaint \u00f3 mhairbh, agus t\u00e1 an chumhacht ch\u00e9anna sin D\u00e9 ag feidhmi\u00fa sa bhaisteadh agus sa bheatha Chr\u00edosta\u00ed. Mar a chuirtear go deas sa litir chuig na hEifisigh (1:19-21): is eol don d\u00f3chas Cr\u00edosta\u00ed \u201collmhaitheas na cumhachta a chuir Di i bhfeidhm ar \u00e1r son-na, creidmhigh \u2013 an chumhacht \u00e9achtach \u00fad a chuir s\u00e9 ag obair i gCriost nuair a th\u00f3g s\u00e9 \u00f3 mhairbh \u00e9 agus chuir ina shu\u00ed ar a dheis sna flaithis\u201d. Tr\u00ed thumadh a rinneadh an luathbhaisteadh Cr\u00edosta\u00ed, tumadh ar shamhail \u00e9 ar adhlacadh Chr\u00edost. Go misti\u00fail adhlacadh iad si\u00fad a bhaisteadh le Cr\u00edost agus ag \u00e9ir\u00ed d\u00f3ibh \u00f3n umar baiste bh\u00edodar aontaithe le cumhacht sin \u00e9achtach D\u00e9 a th\u00f3g \u00cdosa \u00f3 na mairbh. Ba de bhunadh pag\u00e1nach, den chuid is m\u00f3 ar a laghad, Cr\u00edostaithe chathair Cholosae. Bh\u00edodar marbh de dheasca a gcionta agus cheal thimpeallghearradh na colainne. Thug an baisteadh beatha nua d\u00f3ibh i gCr\u00edost. Bh\u00ed a bpeaca\u00ed go l\u00e9ir maite ag Dia (peaca\u00ed Ph\u00f3il f\u00e9in san \u00e1ireamh (\u201c\u00e1r gcionta uile\u201d). Cr\u00edochna\u00edonn an t\u00e9acs le picti\u00far gleoite: Na cionta go l\u00e9ir a bheadh ann i gcoinne Cr\u00edostaithe, liosta d\u00edobh i gc\u00e1ip\u00e9is l\u00e1mhscr\u00edofa, th\u00f3g Cr\u00edost an ch\u00e1ip\u00e9is sin agus chuir ar cheal \u00e9 \u00e1 t\u00e1irne\u00e1il (go meafarach) don chrois. Fuair Cr\u00edost b\u00e1s do mhaithi\u00fanas na bpeaca\u00ed. T\u00e1 a bh\u00e1s agus a ais\u00e9ir\u00ed ag feidhmi\u00fa sa bheatha Chr\u00edosta\u00ed i gc\u00f3nai.<\/p>\n
Iarraig\u00ed, agus bh\u00e9arfar daoibh. Is faoin urna\u00ed an l\u00e9acht seo ina ioml\u00e1ine, agus Paidir an Tiarna mar eiseaml\u00e1ir d\u00f3. I ndiaidh Phaidir an Tiarna t\u00e1 aitheasc againn bheith ag gu\u00ed an Athar gan staonadh. Ar dt\u00fas meabhra\u00edotar d\u00fainn go raibh \u00cdosa ag gu\u00ed nuair a chuir na deisceabail an cheist air gu\u00ed a mh\u00faineadh d\u00f3ibh. Leagann L\u00fac\u00e1s b\u00e9im ar an urna\u00ed i mbeatha phearsanta agus i ministreacht \u00cdosa. (F\u00e9ach na n\u00f3ta\u00ed ar an Soisc\u00e9al don 12\u00fa Domhnach den bhliain seo.) Luaigh L\u00fac\u00e1s cheana (5:33) urna\u00ed dheisceabail Eoin Baiste. T\u00e1 eags\u00falachta\u00ed \u00e1irithe idir fhoirm Phaidir an Tiarna ag L\u00fac\u00e1s agus ag Matha (6:5-15). A fhoirm si\u00fad at\u00e1 de ghlanmheabhair againn. N\u00ed haon rud as an ghn\u00e1th dh\u00e1 fhoirm de phaidir, fi\u00fa de cheann bun\u00fasach. Ni raibh foirmle docht ag urnaithe Gi\u00fadacha. Tosa\u00edonn an Phaidir ag L\u00fac\u00e1s le \u201cA Athair\u201d; ag Matha le \u201c \u00c1r nAthair at\u00e1 ar neamh\u201d, foirmle Gi\u00fadach ag tagairt do Dhia. \u201cA AThair\u201d, As Airimis Abba, leagan \u00cdosa in Getsemane (L\u00fac\u00e1s 22:42), leagan a spreagann an Spiorad Naomh Cr\u00edosta\u00edthe, deirfi\u00faracha agus dearth\u00e1ireacha \u00cdosa \u00fasaid a bhaint as ag gu\u00ed chun D\u00e9 (R\u00f3mh\u00e1naigh 8:15; Galataigh 4:6). San achain\u00ed faoin \u201c\u00e1r n-ar\u00e1n laeth\u00fail\u201d, n\u00edl \u201claeth\u00fail\u201d mar aistri\u00fa cinnte ar fad. D\u2019fheadfadh br\u00ed eile a bheith leis an bhfocal Gr\u00e9igise, mar shampla \u201criachtanach\u201d. Ar\u00e1n, bia, an tsaoil seo at\u00e1 i gceist go bun\u00fasaach, ach d\u2019fh\u00e9adfadh tagairt a bheith ann do ar\u00e1n na beatha chomh maith. Is \u00e9 an focal Airimise at\u00e1 taobh thiar den bhfocal \u201cpeaca\u201d n\u00e1 \u201cfiach, fiacha\u201d, mar at\u00e1 ag Matha (\u201cmaith d\u00fainn \u00e1r bhfiacha\u201d). An tagairt do \u201ccath\u00fa\u201d ag an deireadh, is \u00e9 a bheadh i gceist n\u00e1 gaiste Sh\u00e1tan, agus s\u00e9anadh Chr\u00edost agus an chreidimh d\u00e1 bharr. Feach L\u00fac\u00e1s 22:39-40.
Tar \u00e9is Phaidir an Tiarna tugann \u00cdosa parabal \u00e9ifachtach ag moladh buanseasmhacht san urna\u00ed, sna hachain\u00edocha ar Dhia. N\u00ed chuireann a leith\u00e9id as do Dhia. A mhalairt ar fad. L\u00e9ir\u00edonn \u00cdosa c\u00faram an Athar ar neamh le sampla\u00ed \u00f3na d\u00e9anfadh, n\u00f3 nach dh\u00e9anfadh, athracha daonna d\u00e1 bp\u00e1ist\u00ed: cloch nuair a iarrtar ar\u00e1n; in ionad \u00e9isc nathair nimhe (a bheadh cos\u00fail leis), in ionad uibhe scairp (a bheadh cos\u00fail leis). Maidir leis an nath \u201csibhse at\u00e1 go holc\u201d, modh Seim\u00edteach \u00e9 le r\u00e1 \u201csibhse, easpach is at\u00e1 sibh\u201d. Gluaiseann \u00cdosa go n\u00e9ata \u00f3 ch\u00farsa\u00ed saolta go f\u00edrinn\u00ed n\u00edos airde. M\u00e1s eol d\u2019athracha neamhfhoirfe ar talamh c\u00faram a dh\u00e9anamh d\u2019achainiocha a gclainne, nach m\u00f3ide go dtabharfaidh an tAthair \u00f3 neamh an Spiorad Naomh d\u00f3ibh si\u00fad a iarann \u00e9. Do L\u00fac\u00e1s ionann an Spiorad Naomh agus cumhacht \u00f3 Dhia fianaise a thabhairt d\u00e1 r\u00edocht (Cinc\u00eds), ballraiocht ar phobal nua D\u00e9 (Gn\u00edomhartha 10; Cornelius). D\u00e9anann an Spiorad Naomh an Eaglais a sti\u00faradh tr\u00edd an stair.<\/p>\n
Tugann an l\u00e9acht \u00f3n Soisc\u00e9al inniu cuireadh d\u00fainn machnamh a dh\u00e9anamh ar \u00e1it an urna\u00ed in\u00e1r saol f\u00e9in inniu, i dtimpeallacht at\u00e1 \u00e9irithe saolta. N\u00ed \u00f3 mheon saolta amh\u00e1in a eascair roinnt de na hathraithe i gc\u00farsa\u00ed paidreorachta. N\u00edl aon bhaint ag cuid acu le c\u00farsa\u00ed creidimh. N\u00ed r\u00f3-fhada \u00f3 shoin \u00f3 bh\u00ed paidir \u00e9igin ann do mh\u00f3r\u00e1n c\u00farsa\u00ed an lae, amhail \u201cBail \u00f3 Dhia ar an obair\u201d, \u201cBail \u00f3 Dhia anseo\u201d,at\u00e1 imithe i ndearmad le fada. D\u2019fhan alt\u00fa roimh bia, agus tar \u00e9is bia i bhfad nios faide, agus i sl\u00ed is ann i gc\u00f3nai d\u00f3ibh. Chuir eolas ar chursai aimsire cr\u00edoch le paidreacha poibl\u00ed do fhearthainn n\u00f3 do dhea-aimsir agus soineann. Uaireanta measann creidmhigh l\u00e9annta n\u00e1r ch\u00f3ir ghu\u00ed do thoradh f\u00f3nta ar agallamh do phost, toisc sin a bheith i gcoinne seans iarrath\u00f3ir\u00ed eile don phost. Laige lena leith\u00e9id de thuairim d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id n\u00e1 nach dra\u00edocht an urnai ach iarratas ar Dhia, Dia a thuigeann c\u00e1s gach aoinne.
Ach le filleadh ar an meon saolta: t\u00e1 m\u00f3r\u00e1n c\u00faiseanna a th\u00f3gann \u00e1r n-aire \u00f3n urna\u00ed na laethanta seo nach f\u00e9idir dul go mion isteach iontu anseo: fuarch\u00fais i leith cleachtadh an chreidimh, ceisteanna faoi bheith ann do Dhia agus na harag\u00f3int\u00ed a bhaineann leis, n\u00f3 deacracht \u201cteagmh\u00e1il\u201d, \u201cceangailteacht\u201d a dh\u00e9anamh le Dia nach feictear. Ach fanann an cuireadh machnamh a dh\u00e9anamh ar an urna\u00ed. Feach freisin an \u201cMachnamh\u201d don 12\u00fa Domhnach don bhliain seo ar an \u00e1bhar c\u00e9anna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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