Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 19:16-22

God is the only one who is good. No one on earth is good. All what God has created was good. God has shared his goodness with all his creatures. However the created things are not completely good. They have their limitations. They have their shades of evil in them (Rom 7:23 but I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind, taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members).

Man who is caught up between good and evil lacks only one thing. Perfection comes only through selling all the wealth and shares them with the poor. Man who is good and bad becomes perfect (completely good) only through sharing the wealth with the poor. Association with the poor is the way to perfection and this should be followed by becoming the disciple of Jesus.

மனிதன் நிறைவுள்ளவனாவதற்கும் அல்லது நல்லவனாவதற்கும் ஒரே ஒரு வழிதான் உண்டு. ஏழைகளோடு தன் உடைமையை பகிர்ந்து கொள்வதன்வழியாகத்தான்.

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 1:39-56

Mary considered herself as the handmaid of the Lord. Her yes to the plan of God was the outcome of her acceptance that she was only the handmaid of the Lord. True liberation comes to her in her acceptance of her limitedness. Her yes made her free of her cultural, social, and personal bonds that tied her to the earthly realities.

As a liberated person she sang the glory of God and precisely that was the reason that she sang the song of liberation. It was a song of liberation from arrogance of heart and mind; liberation from evil political powers; liberation from attachment to wealth and riches. The liberation brought forth fulfillment of promises and mercies for generations to come.

மரியா ஆண்டவருக்கு ஒப்புதல் கொடுத்தாள். அந்த ஒப்புதல் அவளை ஆண்டவருக்கு அடிமையாக்கியது ஆனால் அவள் உலக> கலாச்சார> சமுதாய அடிமைத்தனங்களிலிருந்து விடுதலை அடைகிறாள். அந்த விடுதலைக்காக ஆண்டவரைப் போற்றி பாடுகிறாள்.