Suy Niệm Tin Mừng thứ Ba Tuần thứ Nhất Mùa Vọng
Làm thế nào để những cho con người biết Thiên Chúa Cha? Chúng ta biết được Chúa Cha thông qua chính Chúa Con là Chúa Giêsu Kitô. Đây là một món quà mà Chúa Giêsu đã dành để ban cho cho tất cả những ai mà Ngài đã chọn. Trí tuệ và trí thông minh của con người không phải chỉ là những phẩm chất cần thiết để đạt được kiến thức này mà thôi, Trong thực tế, trí thông minh của con người chúng ta có thể sẽ là một trở ngại lớn cho đức tin, vì con người chúng ta thường có xu hướng dựa nhiều vào sự hiểu biết thực tiển hơn là dựa vào đức tin. Chúng ta có thể sẽ đưa ra quyết định dựa trên những gì là phù hợp, thoải mái hay thuận lợi cho chúng ta theo tính chất xác phàm. Do đó Đức Giêsu đã chúc phúc cho những người có tâm hồn khiêm tốn, có cuộc sống đơn sơ như kiểu trẻ con và đó là những người mà Ngài sẽ tỏ lộ cho biết Thiên Chúa Cha. Họ là những người có thể làm theo Chúa mà không có thành kiến hay nghi ngoặc vì họ tin tưởng vào lòng tốt và tình yêu của Chúa. Họ là những người được Thiên Chúa hứa hẹn ban cho những Ân Sủng của Chúa Thánh Thần.
Trong Mùa Vọng này, chúng ta hãy dâng lên Chúa với nguyện vọng là một giàu có, nhưng là một sự giàu có không bao giờ bị phai mờ, không bị mối mọt, hay rỉ sét. Hy vọng Mùa Vọng này nhắc nhở chúng ta là chúng ta có một quê hương trên trời và cùng an hưởng với Chúa Kitô.
"Lạy Chúa Giêsu, xin cho chúng con sự đơn sơ như những em bé và một đức tin thanh khiết để biết nhìn lên khuôn mặt của Chúa với niềm vui và tự tin trong tình yêu nhân hậu vô biên của Chúa. Xin Chúa hãy xoá bỏ và lấy đi tất cả mọi sự nghi ngờ, sợ hãi, và những tư tưởng tự hào trong chúng con vì chúng sẽ những thứ sẽ cản trở chúng con đến với Chúa để đón nhận Lời Chúa với sự tin tưởng và lòng khiêm tốn.
Reflection Tuesday after 1st Sunday Of
Advent:
In the gospel, Jesus blesses His Father for all the miracles he is doing in the lives of his disciples, for revealing things of the spirit to them. How do men know the Father? It is through the Son. This is a gift given to whomever Jesus chooses to give it. Human wisdom and intelligence are not the only qualities needed to attain this knowledge. In fact, they may become more of an obstacle. We often tend to rely more on logic than faith. We make decisions based on what is conformable, comfortable or advantageous to us. Hence Jesus blesses and chooses the childlike to whom he reveals his Father. They are the ones who can follow him without prejudices or doubts because they trust in the Lord's goodness and love. To them is promised the gift of the Holy Spirit.
This Advent let us aspire for the riches that do not fade away or get eaten by moths or get rusted. Advent reminds us that we have a heavenly homeland together with Christ.
Tuesday after 1st Sunday Of Advent 2023
For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” Luke 10:23–24
What did the disciples see that made their eyes “blessed?” Clearly, they were blessed to see our Lord. Jesus was the One promised by the prophets and kings of old, and now He was there, in flesh and bone, present for the disciples to see Him. Though we do not have the privilege to “see” our Lord in the same way that the disciples did some 2,000 years ago, we are privileged to see Him in countless other ways in our daily lives, if we only have “eyes that see” and ears to hear.
Since the time of Jesus’ appearance on Earth, in the flesh, so much has changed. The Apostles were eventually filled with the Holy Spirit and sent forth on a mission to change the world. The Church was established, the Sacraments were instituted, the teaching authority of Christ was exercised, and countless saints have given witness to the Truth with their lives. The past 2,000 years have been years in which Christ was continually made manifest to the world in countless ways.
Today, Christ is still present and continues to stand before us. If we have the eyes and ears of faith, we will not miss Him day in and day out. We will see and understand the countless ways that He speaks to us, leads us and guides us today. The first step toward this gift of sight and hearing is your desire. Do you desire the Truth? Do you desire to see Christ? Or are you satisfied with the many confusions of life that seek to distract you from what is most real and most life-changing?
Reflect, today, upon your desire. The prophets and kings of old “desired” to see the Messiah. We are privileged to have Him alive in our presence today, speaking to us and calling to us continually. Foster within yourself a desire for our Lord. Allow it to become a blazing flame which longs to consume all that is true and all that is good. Desire God. Desire His Truth. Desire His guiding hand in your life and allow Him to bless you beyond what you can fathom.
My divine Lord, I know You are alive today, speaking to me, calling me and revealing to me Your glorious presence. Help me to desire You and, within that desire, to turn to You with all my heart. I love You, my Lord. Help me to love You more. Jesus, I trust in You.
Tuesday 1st week of Advent 2023
Opening Prayer: Lord, I believe that you are one God in three persons. I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I rejoice in you, Holy Spirit, author of all joy. I gaze upon you, God the Son, whom I will contemplate for all eternity in heaven. Help me to accept your gracious will toward me with childlike simplicity.
1. The Holy Trinity: In today’s Gospel, we can almost see the smile on Jesus’s face as we overhear, so to speak, his tender dialogue with our heavenly Father. What a thrill it is to know that Jesus speaks about us through the Spirit to the Father! “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234). We can rejoice in the beautiful and profound way the Church reveals to us in this Gospel the three persons of the Blessed Trinity. How blessed are we!
Tuesday 1st week of Advent 2020
Opening Prayer: Lord, I believe that you are one God in three persons. I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I rejoice in you, Holy Spirit, author of all joy. I gaze upon you, God the Son, whom I will contemplate for all eternity in heaven. Help me to accept your gracious will toward me with childlike simplicity.
1. The Holy Trinity: In today’s Gospel, we can almost see the smile on Jesus’s face as we overhear, so to speak, his tender dialogue with our heavenly Father. What a thrill it is to know that Jesus speaks about us through the Spirit to the Father! “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234). We can rejoice in the beautiful and profound way the Church reveals to us in this Gospel the three persons of the Blessed Trinity. How blessed are we!
Làm thế nào để những cho con người biết Thiên Chúa Cha? Chúng ta biết được Chúa Cha thông qua chính Chúa Con là Chúa Giêsu Kitô. Đây là một món quà mà Chúa Giêsu đã dành để ban cho cho tất cả những ai mà Ngài đã chọn. Trí tuệ và trí thông minh của con người không phải chỉ là những phẩm chất cần thiết để đạt được kiến thức này mà thôi, Trong thực tế, trí thông minh của con người chúng ta có thể sẽ là một trở ngại lớn cho đức tin, vì con người chúng ta thường có xu hướng dựa nhiều vào sự hiểu biết thực tiển hơn là dựa vào đức tin. Chúng ta có thể sẽ đưa ra quyết định dựa trên những gì là phù hợp, thoải mái hay thuận lợi cho chúng ta theo tính chất xác phàm. Do đó Đức Giêsu đã chúc phúc cho những người có tâm hồn khiêm tốn, có cuộc sống đơn sơ như kiểu trẻ con và đó là những người mà Ngài sẽ tỏ lộ cho biết Thiên Chúa Cha. Họ là những người có thể làm theo Chúa mà không có thành kiến hay nghi ngoặc vì họ tin tưởng vào lòng tốt và tình yêu của Chúa. Họ là những người được Thiên Chúa hứa hẹn ban cho những Ân Sủng của Chúa Thánh Thần.
Trong Mùa Vọng này, chúng ta hãy dâng lên Chúa với nguyện vọng là một giàu có, nhưng là một sự giàu có không bao giờ bị phai mờ, không bị mối mọt, hay rỉ sét. Hy vọng Mùa Vọng này nhắc nhở chúng ta là chúng ta có một quê hương trên trời và cùng an hưởng với Chúa Kitô.
"Lạy Chúa Giêsu, xin cho chúng con sự đơn sơ như những em bé và một đức tin thanh khiết để biết nhìn lên khuôn mặt của Chúa với niềm vui và tự tin trong tình yêu nhân hậu vô biên của Chúa. Xin Chúa hãy xoá bỏ và lấy đi tất cả mọi sự nghi ngờ, sợ hãi, và những tư tưởng tự hào trong chúng con vì chúng sẽ những thứ sẽ cản trở chúng con đến với Chúa để đón nhận Lời Chúa với sự tin tưởng và lòng khiêm tốn.
In the gospel, Jesus blesses His Father for all the miracles he is doing in the lives of his disciples, for revealing things of the spirit to them. How do men know the Father? It is through the Son. This is a gift given to whomever Jesus chooses to give it. Human wisdom and intelligence are not the only qualities needed to attain this knowledge. In fact, they may become more of an obstacle. We often tend to rely more on logic than faith. We make decisions based on what is conformable, comfortable or advantageous to us. Hence Jesus blesses and chooses the childlike to whom he reveals his Father. They are the ones who can follow him without prejudices or doubts because they trust in the Lord's goodness and love. To them is promised the gift of the Holy Spirit.
This Advent let us aspire for the riches that do not fade away or get eaten by moths or get rusted. Advent reminds us that we have a heavenly homeland together with Christ.
Tuesday after 1st Sunday Of Advent 2023
For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” Luke 10:23–24
What did the disciples see that made their eyes “blessed?” Clearly, they were blessed to see our Lord. Jesus was the One promised by the prophets and kings of old, and now He was there, in flesh and bone, present for the disciples to see Him. Though we do not have the privilege to “see” our Lord in the same way that the disciples did some 2,000 years ago, we are privileged to see Him in countless other ways in our daily lives, if we only have “eyes that see” and ears to hear.
Since the time of Jesus’ appearance on Earth, in the flesh, so much has changed. The Apostles were eventually filled with the Holy Spirit and sent forth on a mission to change the world. The Church was established, the Sacraments were instituted, the teaching authority of Christ was exercised, and countless saints have given witness to the Truth with their lives. The past 2,000 years have been years in which Christ was continually made manifest to the world in countless ways.
Today, Christ is still present and continues to stand before us. If we have the eyes and ears of faith, we will not miss Him day in and day out. We will see and understand the countless ways that He speaks to us, leads us and guides us today. The first step toward this gift of sight and hearing is your desire. Do you desire the Truth? Do you desire to see Christ? Or are you satisfied with the many confusions of life that seek to distract you from what is most real and most life-changing?
Reflect, today, upon your desire. The prophets and kings of old “desired” to see the Messiah. We are privileged to have Him alive in our presence today, speaking to us and calling to us continually. Foster within yourself a desire for our Lord. Allow it to become a blazing flame which longs to consume all that is true and all that is good. Desire God. Desire His Truth. Desire His guiding hand in your life and allow Him to bless you beyond what you can fathom.
My divine Lord, I know You are alive today, speaking to me, calling me and revealing to me Your glorious presence. Help me to desire You and, within that desire, to turn to You with all my heart. I love You, my Lord. Help me to love You more. Jesus, I trust in You.
Opening Prayer: Lord, I believe that you are one God in three persons. I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I rejoice in you, Holy Spirit, author of all joy. I gaze upon you, God the Son, whom I will contemplate for all eternity in heaven. Help me to accept your gracious will toward me with childlike simplicity.
1. The Holy Trinity: In today’s Gospel, we can almost see the smile on Jesus’s face as we overhear, so to speak, his tender dialogue with our heavenly Father. What a thrill it is to know that Jesus speaks about us through the Spirit to the Father! “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234). We can rejoice in the beautiful and profound way the Church reveals to us in this Gospel the three persons of the Blessed Trinity. How blessed are we!
Opening Prayer: Lord, I believe that you are one God in three persons. I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I rejoice in you, Holy Spirit, author of all joy. I gaze upon you, God the Son, whom I will contemplate for all eternity in heaven. Help me to accept your gracious will toward me with childlike simplicity.
1. The Holy Trinity: In today’s Gospel, we can almost see the smile on Jesus’s face as we overhear, so to speak, his tender dialogue with our heavenly Father. What a thrill it is to know that Jesus speaks about us through the Spirit to the Father! “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life” (CCC 234). We can rejoice in the beautiful and profound way the Church reveals to us in this Gospel the three persons of the Blessed Trinity. How blessed are we!
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