Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 5:1-11

This is the sermon that Jesus makes at the beginning of his ministry. He is the preacher and the place of preaching is on the mountain and the listeners are his disciples (followers). Mountain was the place where God revealed his covenant to Moses and to the Israelites. Here Jesus reveals the new code of the covenant to the new Israel.

This also shows who are ones that are to be accounted truly happy, and what their characters are and secondly what that is wherein true happiness consists, in the promises made to persons of certain characters, the performance of which will make them happy. Happiness is found or given to certain characters and the happiness lies in certain ways behaviour.

இயேசு மலைமீது ஏறி அமர்ந்து தன் சீடர்களுக்கு போதிக்கிறார். இது புதிய உடன்படிக்கையை கொடுப்பது போன்று உள்ளது. பேறுபெற்றவர்கள் ஒரு சில குணநலன்களைப் பெற்றவர்களே. அவர்களின் செயல்பாடுகள் அவர்களை பேறுபெற்றவர்களாக்குகிறது

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 7:11-17

Jesus does not want to see people weeping. But he himself was weeping at the tomb of Lazarus. Death always made people weep (All were weeping and mourning for her, when he said, “Do not weep any longer, for she is not dead, but sleeping.”- Lk 8:52; and “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children – Lk 23:28).

This statement of Jesus shows his compassion for the widow. Widow is one of those who were to be cared for by the society. But this particular woman had also lost her only son. This only goes to show that he had no husband (past) and no son (future) and at present she needed only compassion from the others. Jesus showed this by giving her the future.

ஒருவர் இறந்துவிட்டார் என்ற செய்தி உறவினர்களை அல்லது நண்பர்களை அழ வைக்கிறது. (லூக்கா 8:52@ 23:28). இயேசு பரிவு கொள்கிறார் ஏனென்றால் அவர் ஒரு விதவை (எல்லாவற்றையும் இழந்தவள்). துன் ஒரே மகனை இழப்பதனால் தன் எதிர்காலத்தையும் இழந்து விடுகிறாள்.