ንባባት
- Readings
Breath of Life by (John Paul II)
Jesus’ act of "breathing" on the
Apostles, which communicated the
Holy Spirit to them, recalls the
creation of man, described by
Genesis as the communication of
the "breath of life" (Gn 2:7).
The Holy Spirit is the "breath"
as it were of the Risen One, who
instills new life in the Church
represented by the first
disciples. The most obvious sign
of a new life is the power to
forgive sins. Jesus in fact
says: "Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive the sins of any,
they are forgiven" (Jn
20:22-23). Wherever "the Spirit
of holiness" (Rom 1:4) is poured
out, whatever is opposed to
holiness, i.e., sin, is
destroyed. According to Jesus’
word, the Holy Spirit is the one
who "will convince
the world of sin" (Jn 16:8).
Listening to the Spirit by (John Paul II)
Listening to what the Spirit is saying to the Church and to the Churches is expressed in acceptance of the charisms which He distributes in abundance. Their rediscovery and appreciation has developed a more intense communion between the various vocations of the People of God, such as a renewed, joyful enthusiasm for evangelization.
Listening
The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was. Then the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ and he said, ‘Here I am!’ and ran to Eli, and said, ‘Here I am, for you called me.
The
Son of God Became the Son of Man
Every year when we celebrate
Christmas, we ponder upon
the mystery of Christ
becoming man though we know
we can never reach a full
understanding of it in the
earth for it will remain
always a mystery
Read more....
Are you saved? (Abba Ephrem)
A very interesting question
that can be asked from different
points of views:
Fidelity a road back to paradise (Father Tom Forrest)
What
if there was a supermarket that
didn't sell bread and milk but
only gifts of the Holy Spirit...
as much as you needed... peace,
love, patience, joy, etc. If I
had a supermarket like that Bill
Gates would come to me for a
loan!
Today I would like to focus on a
"forgotten fruit," Fidelity. It
can be called a virtue or a
gift. It makes us dependable and
strong. When I have it I keep my
promises and it means that your
"Yes" is "Yes" and your "No" is
"No!" When you say you will be
some where at 7 p.m. people know
you will be there at 7 p.m. and
it has with it the attitude
within you that says "Why should
anybody wait for me?"
Fidelity is twofold ......
Wilderness
And the Spirit immediately drove
him out into the wilderness. He
was in the wilderness for forty
days, tempted by Satan; and he
was with the wild beasts; and
the angels waited on him.” Mark
1: 12-13
Times of wilderness are part of our lives. As they are trying and difficult complaining and growing to be negative is not certainly the answer to such experience of wilderness in one’s life. While that is the case the point is the things we need to do in order to overcome and endure such realities of wilderness.
ክጽልይ ከሎ ተለወጠ
ሽዑ እግዚኣብሔር ኪሰምዕ ኢዩ (ኣባ ተኽሊዝጊ ዑ/ጊዮርጊስ)
“እዚ
ብስመይ እተሰመ ሕዝበይ ከዓ ትሕት እንተበለ ፡
እንተለመነ ፡
ገጸይ’ውን
እንተደለየ ፤ ካብ ክፉእ መገዱ እንተተመልሰ ሽዑ
እንካብ ሰማይ ክሰምዕ ኢየ ፡ ኃጢያቶም ከዓ ይቕረ
ክብለሎም ምድሮም’ውን ክፍውሰሎም እየ” (፪ ዜና
መዋዕል ፯፡፲፬)።
ንሱዝበለኩም ግበሩ (
ሓቀኛ መንፈሳዊ ምሕዳስ
መጽሓፍ
ትንቢተ-ዮናስ
መባእታ፡
እዚ
ሕጂ ከነብቦ ንጅምር ዘሎና ጽሑፍ ክልተ ዕላማ ዝሓዘ
እዩ። ቀዳማይ፤ ሓፈሻዊ ትሕዝቶ መጽሓፍ
ትንቢተ-ዮናስ ብዛዕባ እንታይን ከመይን ኣበይን
ንዝበል ሕቶታት ብምምላስ ዕሙቕ ዝበለ ርድኢት
ክህልወና ክኸውን እንከሎ፣ ካልኣይ ከአ፡ እዚ
ጽሑፍ’ እዚስ ንዓይ እንታይ ይብለኒ ኣሎ ብዝበል
ሕቶ፡ ናይ መንፈሳዊ ህይወትካ ኣስተንትኖ ንምግባር፡
መበገሲ ክኸውን ብማለት እየ ዘቕርቦ ዘሎኹ።
ትንቢት፡ ብዛዕባ ናይ ህልው ወይከአ ዝመጽእ ኩነንታት ዝምልከት መልእኽቲ ኣምላኽ እዩ። ነብያት ከአ፡ ኣብቲ አምላኽ መዲቡዎ ዘሎ ታሪኽ ድሕነት ሕዝቢ፡ መሳርሕቱ ክኾኑ ዝተጸዉዑ እዮም። ከብጽሕዎ ዘለዎም መልእኽቲ ግን ንባዕሎም ኣብ ጸገም ከእትዎም፡ ኣብ ዘይፈልጥዎ ዓድታት ወይ ሃገር ክኸዱ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሓፋሽ፡ ወይ ቤተ-ክህነት፡ ወይ መንግስታት ተቕባልነት ዘይብሉ ክኽውን ስለዝኽእል፡ ብብልሓቶምን ደረጃኦምን’ውን ስለዝጠራጠሩ ገሊኦም ነብያት ንጸዋዕታ-አምላኽ ቀልጢፎም ኣይቅበሉዎን። ነብዪ ኤርምያስ ከም’ዚ ኢሉ ከመኽኒ ይርከብ፡ “… ኣንታ እግዚኣብሔር ኣምላኸይ፡ ገና ቆልዓ/መንእሰይ ስለዝኾንኩ ተዛሪበ ኣይክእልን’የ” (ኤር. 1፡6)። ኣምላኽ ንነብዪ ህዝቅኤል ከም’ዚ ኢሉ የበራትዖ “ኣንታ ወዲ-ሰብ፡ ንስኻ ግን ክቀራኑኻ ኮነ ክነጽጉኻ፡ ዋላ’ውን ዕንቅርቢት ርገጽ፡ ንዕኦም ኮነ ንዘረባኦም አይትፍራሕ። ተነጸልቲ-ዓሌት ስለዝኾኑ፡ ብገጾም ኮነ ብዘረባኦም አይትፍራሕ” (ህዝ. 2፡6)። እግዚኣብሔር ንነብዪ ሆሴዕ፡ ሕያው መልእኽቲ ክኸውን ስለዝደለዮ፡ ሓንቲ ኣመንዝራ/ሰበይቲ-ኩሎም ንኸአቱ/ክምርዖ ይእዝዞ (ሆሴ. 1፡2)። ነብዪ ኣሞጽ፡ ጤለ-በጊዕ ዝጓሲ ዝነበረ ወዲ ይሁዳ ክነሱ፡ ኣምላኽ ንእስራኤል ይልእኮ (ኣሞ. 1፡1)። ነብዪ ዮናስ ዕንወት ነነዌ ክእውጅ፡ ኣምላኽ ንወጻኢ-ሃገር ይልእኮ (ዮና. 1፡2)።


