Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 1:39-56

Mary left in haste to meet her cousin Elizabeth. She journeyed a long way. It would have been a tedious journey as well. But she could not resist this journey and she had to do it. Meeting of these two was a joyous one. The joy was communicated even to the children within the wombs.

The two would be mothers met. Their meeting communicated God to each other. Both were receivers of God’s graces. Elizabeth was praying for the gift of a child and she waited for a long time and finally it was granted. Mary was not praying for this gift but however God granted it to her freely because God had a purpose. Mary also sang a song of God’s presence in history and in humans.

வருங்கால தாய்மார்கள் இருவர் சந்திக்கிறார்கள். இவர்களின் சந்திப்பு இறைவனையும் அவரது செயல்பாடுகளையும் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறார்கள். இவர்களின் சந்திப்பு அவர்களின் பிள்ளைகளையும் சந்திக்க வைக்கிறது.

GOSPEL READING: MARK 12:1-12

Owner of the vineyard has control over everything though he is far away from the land. He is the master and he has the power over the tenants; power even to pout them to death. So he has the supreme power (power in every respect) and the tenants cannot do anything against the owner. They cannot try to destroy him. But they could do anything with the servants of the owner and even with the son.

The world today and always appears similar to this. The tenants in the world think that they have the power and they can do anything. Their work is negative and destructive. People are also attracted by the seemingly success of the tenants. They seem even to have succeeded in destroying the good ones (son). But the creator God has the final word.

குத்தகைக்கு நிலத்தை எடுத்த தொழிலாளர்கள் தங்களையே உரிமையாளராக கருதுகிறார்கள். தங்களுக்கு முழு சுதந்தரம் இல்லை என்பதை மறந்துவிடுகிறார்கள். தீயவருக்கு கிடைக்கும் வெற்றியை கண்டு மற்றவரும் மனம் வாடுகிறார்கள். ஆனால் இறுதி வெற்றி இறைவனுக்கே.