ជំនឿ គឺជាប្រេងដែលបំពេញចង្កៀងរបស់យើងហើយរៀបចំយើងសម្រាប់ការយាងមករបស់ព្រះគ្រីស្ទ (ម៉ាថិន ២៥) ។ ប៉ុន្តែតើយើងអាចទទួលបានជំនឿនេះឬផ្ទុយទៅវិញបំពេញចង្កៀងរបស់យើង? ចម្លើយគឺតាមរយៈ ការអធិស្ឋាន.
ការអធិស្ឋានចូលរួមដល់ព្រះគុណដែលយើងត្រូវការ ... -ធម្មការនៃវិហារកាតូលិក (ស៊ីស៊ីស៊ី) n១៧
មនុស្សជាច្រើនចាប់ផ្តើមឆ្នាំថ្មីបង្កើត“ ដំណោះស្រាយឆ្នាំថ្មី” - ការសន្យាផ្លាស់ប្តូរអាកប្បកិរិយាជាក់លាក់មួយឬសំរេចគោលដៅខ្លះ។ បន្ទាប់មកបងប្អូនប្រុសស្រីសូមតាំងចិត្តអធិស្ឋាន។ សព្វថ្ងៃនេះមានអ្នកកាន់សាសនាកាតូលិកតិចតួចណាស់ដែលឃើញសារៈសំខាន់របស់ព្រះពីព្រោះពួកគេលែងអធិស្ឋានទៀតហើយ។ ប្រសិនបើពួកគេបានអធិស្ឋានជាប់ជានិច្ចដួងចិត្តរបស់ពួកគេនឹងបានបំពេញកាន់តែច្រើនឡើងដោយប្រេងនៃសេចក្ដីជំនឿ។ ពួកគេនឹងជួបព្រះយេស៊ូវតាមរបៀបផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនហើយជឿជាក់នៅក្នុងខ្លួនគេថាទ្រង់មានហើយជាអ្នកដែលព្រះអង្គមានបន្ទូលថាជាព្រះអង្គ។ ពួកគេនឹងត្រូវបានផ្តល់នូវប្រាជ្ញាដ៏ទេវភាពដែលដើម្បីស្វែងយល់ពីជីវិតដែលយើងកំពុងរស់នៅសព្វថ្ងៃនេះនិងមានទស្សនៈវិស័យនៅឯស្ថានសួគ៌ទៀតផង។ ពួកគេនឹងជួបទ្រង់ពេលពួកគេស្វែងរកទ្រង់ដោយការទុកចិត្តដូចកូនក្មេង…
…ស្វែងរកគាត់ដោយចិត្តស្មោះត្រង់។ ពីព្រោះអ្នកទាំងនោះមិនដែលល្បងលគាត់ហើយរកឃើញខ្លួនឯងទៅនឹងអ្នកដែលមិនជឿគាត់។ (ប្រាជ្ញា ១: ១-២)
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, SUPERNATURAL MEASURES
It is incredibly significant that after 2000 years, God is sending His mother to នេះ generation. And what is she saying? In many of her messages, she calls us to pray—to “អធិស្ឋាន, អធិស្ឋាន, អធិស្ឋាន។” Perhaps it could be restated another way:
Fill your lamps! Fill your lamps! Fill your lamps!
What happens when we don’t pray? The consequences can be tragic. The Catechism teaches that,
ការអធិស្ឋានគឺជាជីវិតនៃដួងចិត្តថ្មី។ -របស់ CCC, n.៥០
If you aren’t praying, then the new heart given you in Baptism is ស្លាប់. It is often imperceptible, the way a tree dies over a long period of time. Hence, many many Catholics today are living, but they aren’t រស់—alive with the supernatural life of God, bearing the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, generosity and self-control—fruit which can transform the world within and around them.
The Holy Spirit is like the sap of the Father’s vine which bears fruit on its branches. -របស់ CCC, ន។ ៩៧
Prayer is what draws the sap of the Holy Spirit into the soul, illuminating one’s mind, strengthening one’s character, and making us more and more like the Divine. This grace does not come cheaply. It is drawn through a yearning, desiring, and reaching of the soul toward God.
ចូលទៅជិតព្រះហើយទ្រង់នឹងចូលមកជិតអ្នក។ (យ៉ាកុប ៤: ៨)
This is called “prayer of the heart,” speaking to God from the heart, as though you are speaking to a friend:
ការអធិស្ឋានសញ្ជឹងគិតនៅក្នុងគំនិតរបស់ខ្ញុំគឺគ្មានអ្វីក្រៅពីការចែករំលែកយ៉ាងជិតស្និទ្ធរវាងមិត្តភក្តិ។ វាមានន័យថាការចំណាយពេលជាញឹកញាប់ដើម្បីនៅម្នាក់ឯងជាមួយគាត់ដែលយើងដឹងថាស្រឡាញ់យើង។ -របស់ CCC, St. Teresa of Avila, n.2709
If grace came cheaply, our fallen nature would soon take it for granted (see ហេតុអ្វីមានជំនឿ?).
THE RISK OF APOSTASY
Aside from losing supernatural grace, the un-praying heart risks losing its faith altogether. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus warned the Apostles to “watch and pray.” Instead, they slept. And when they were awoken by the sudden approach of the guards, they fled. Those who aren’t praying and drawing near to God today, consumed instead in human affairs, risk falling asleep. When the time of temptation comes, they may easily fall away. Those Christians who know this is a time of preparation, and yet ignore it, allowing themselves to be distracted by the anxieties, riches, and pleasures of this life, are rightly called by Christ “foolish” (Lk 8:14; Matt 25:8).
So if you have been foolish, ចាប់ផ្តើមម្តងទៀត. Forget pining about whether you’ve prayed enough or prayed at all. Perhaps a heartfelt cry from the heart today will be more powerful than a year’s worth of scattered prayers. God can fill your lamp, and fill it quickly. But I would not take that for granted, for you do not know when your life will be asked of you, when you will face the Judge and the prospect of eternity in Heaven or Hell.
A PRAYER JOURNEY
I grew up as a very hyperactive child, easily distracted, readily bored. The idea of spending time in quiet before the Lord was a difficult prospect. But at the age of 10, I was drawn to the daily Mass next to my school. There, I learned the beauty of silence, developing a taste for the contemplative and a hunger for our Eucharistic Lord. Through prayer meetings which my parents attended at the local parish, [1]Cf. Charismatic – Part VII I was able to experience the prayer life of others who came to have a “personal relationship” with Jesus. [2]Cf. ទំនាក់ទំនងផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនជាមួយព្រះយេស៊ូ
ក្នុងនាមជាគ្រីស្ទបរិស័ទមិនមែនជាលទ្ធផលនៃជំរើសប្រកបដោយក្រមសីលធម៌ឬគំនិតដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់នោះទេប៉ុន្តែគឺជាការជួបប្រទះនឹងព្រឹត្តិការណ៍មួយដែលជាមនុស្សម្នាក់ដែលផ្តល់ឱ្យជីវិតនូវជើងមេឃថ្មីនិងទិសដៅសំរេច។ —POPE BENEDICT XVI; Encyclical Letter: Deus Caritas Est,“ ព្រះជាម្ចាស់ជាសេចក្តីស្រឡាញ់”; n.1
Thankfully, I was graced with parents who taught me how to pray. When I was a teenager, I’d come up stairs for breakfast and see my dad’s bible open on the table and a copy of The Word Among Us (a Catholic bible guide). I would read a daily Mass reading and a small meditation. Through this simple exercise, my mind began to be transformed.
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind… (Rom 12:2)
I began to hear God speaking to me personally through His Word. Christ became more and more real to me. I too began to experience a…
…vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. - ស៊ីស៊ីស៊ីស៊ី, ន។ ៩៧
Indeed, said St. Jerome, “ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” Through daily reading of the Scriptures, you encounter God’s presence because this Word is living, and this Word teaches and transforms because Christ is the Word! A few years ago, a priest and I spent the week reading the Scriptures and listening to the Holy Spirit speak to us through them. It was incredibly powerful how the Word coursed through our souls. One day, he suddenly exclaimed, “This Word is living! In seminary, we treated the bible as though it were a biological species to be dissected and dismantled, a cold, literary text devoid of the supernatural.” Indeed, ទំនើប has driven out of many souls and seminaries the sacred and mystical.
“we speak to Him when we pray; we hear Him when we read the divine saying.” -Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith, Ch. 2, On Revelation: Denzinger 1786 (3005), Vatican I
I continued to attend Mass in university. But I was greeted with temptation after temptation and began to discover that my faith and my spiritual life were not as strong as I thought. I truly needed Jesus more than ever. I went to Confession regularly, experiencing the constant love and mercy of God. It was in the crucible of these trials that I began to cry out to God. Or rather, I was faced with either abandoning my faith, or turning to Him again and again, despite the bitter weakness of my flesh. It was in this state of spiritual poverty that I learned that ការបន្ទាបខ្លួន is a way to God’s heart.
…humility is the foundation of prayer. -របស់ CCC, ន។ ៩៧
And I discovered that He will never turn me away, now matter how sinful I am, when I come back to Him in truth and humility:
…a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn. (Psalm 51:19)
Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet… A soul’s greatest wretchedness does not enkindle Me with wrath; but rather, My Heart is moved towards it with great mercy. —Divine មេត្តានៅក្នុងព្រលឹងខ្ញុំ Diary of St. Faustina, n. 699; 1739
Confession, therefore, is and should be an integral part of your prayer life. John Paul II recommended and practiced weekly confession, which has now become one of the greatest graces in my life:
It would be an illusion to seek after holiness, according to the vocation one has received from God, without partaking frequently of this Sacrament of conversion and reconciliation. - ចូសេហ្វប៉ូល ២; Vatican, Mar. 29 (CWNews.com)
Later in life, I began to pray the Rosary consistently. Through this relationship with Christ’s mother—my Mother—my spiritual life seemed to grow by leaps and bounds. Mary knows the fastest ways for us to achieve holiness and a deeper relationship with her Son. It’s as though, by holding onto her hand, [3]nb. I often think of the Rosary beads, wrapped around my hand, as her hand in mine… we are permitted access to chambers of the Heart of Christ that otherwise we would have difficulty finding. She leads us deeper and deeper into the Heart of Love where its Sacred Fires transform us from light to light. She is able to do so because she is so intimately united to her Spouse, our advocate, the Holy Spirit.
ការត្រួតពិនិត្យ
I have no doubt that Mary has played a role in choosing spiritual directors for me—men who, despite their weakness, have been vessels of tremendous graces. Through them, I was led to pray the ធម្មយាត្រានៃម៉ោង, which is the prayer of the Universal Church outside the Mass. In those prayers and patristic writings, my mind is being further conformed to Christ’s, and to that of His Church. Furthermore, my directors have guided me in such decisions as how to fast, when to pray, and how to balance family life with my ministry. If you are unable to find a holy spiritual director, ask the Holy Spirit to give you one, and then trust in the meantime that He will lead you to the pastures you need to be in.
Lastly, through spending time alone with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I have encountered Him in ways which are often inexpressible, and heard His direction directly in my prayer. At the same time, I also face the darkness which the refinement of faith requires: periods of dryness, fatigue, restlessness, and a silence from the Throne which causes the soul to groan, begging for the beatitude of seeing God’s face. Though I do not understand why God works this way or that, I have come to see that it is all good. It is all good.
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
We have to be patient with ourselves. But we must keep praying. Don’t give up! To learn to pray, pray often. To learn to pray well, pray more. Don’t wait for the “feeling” to want to pray.
Prayer cannot be reduced to the spontaneous outpouring of interior impulse: in order to pray, one must have the will to pray. Nor is it enough to know what the Scriptures reveal about prayer: one must also learn how to pray. Through a living transmission (Sacred Tradition) within “the believing and praying Church,” the Holy Spirit teaches the children of God how to pray. -របស់ CCC, 2650
Make prayer without ceasing your goal (1 Thess 5:17). And what is this? It is a constant awareness of God, a constant communing with Him in whatever state of life you are, in whatever situation you are in.
The life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice-holy God and in communion with him… we cannot pray “at all times” if we do not pray at specific times, consciously willing it. -របស់ CCC n ។ ៨៣, ១១៤៦
Do not think this prayer without ceasing is a constant chatter. It is more like the glance of a husband towards his wife across the room, a “knowing” of the other present, a love which speaks without words, an abiding that is beyond, like an anchor fifty fathoms below in the deep stillness of the sea, while a storm rages on the surface. It is a gift to pray like this. And it is given to those who seek, those who knock, and those who ask.
So, what are you waiting for? Be resolved to pray.
First published January 2nd, 2009.
ចុចទីនេះដើម្បី ឈប់ជាវ or ជាវប្រចាំ ដល់ទិនានុប្បវត្តិនេះ។
អធិស្ឋានជាមួយតន្ត្រីរបស់ម៉ាក! ទៅ:
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ចុចខាងក្រោមដើម្បីបកប្រែទំព័រនេះទៅជាភាសាផ្សេង៖
អានបន្ថែម៖
លេខយោង
| ↑1 | Cf. Charismatic – Part VII |
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| ↑2 | Cf. ទំនាក់ទំនងផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនជាមួយព្រះយេស៊ូ |
| ↑3 | nb. I often think of the Rosary beads, wrapped around my hand, as her hand in mine… |