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26.07.2015 BREAD

Posted under Reflections on July 24th, 2015 by

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 6:1-15

Chapter six of John’s gospel is dominated by the theme of Passover. The author is trying to connect it in our mind with the original Passover (the time when God liberated the children of Israel from Egypt and led them through wilderness to the Promised Land). During the wandering in the wilderness he fed them with the bread from heaven. Manna is provided by God in Ex 16.

Here the scene is created in such a way as to show that they could not produce food for the people in the desert. (200 days wage would not be sufficient; a single boy has only five loaves and two fish; the crowd is very big, men alone add up to five thousand). Humanly it is impossible to feed such a crowd. Like in the story of Exodus, here too, Jesus fed this great crowd with food from heaven. This also should be an exodus experience for the participants. It should be a liberation experience. It should be a journey to the Promised Land experience.

யோவான் நற்செய்தியாளர் இந்த நிகழ்வை ஒரு விடுதலை அனுபவமாக சித்தரிக்கிறார். பாலைநிலத்தில் இருக்கிறார்கள்@ உணவு வாங்க முடியாது@ உணவு தயாரிக்க முடியாது@ கையில் உணவு என்று இருப்பது ஐந்து அப்பங்களும் இரண்டும் மீன்களும் மட்டுமே. விடுதலை நிகழ்வில் மன்னா விண்ணிலிருந்து வந்ததுபோல் இயேசுவும் விடுதலை உணவு கொடுக்கிறார். இந்த உணவுப் பகிர்வும் ஒரு விடுதலை அனுபவமே.

25.07.2015 JAMES

Posted under Reflections on July 24th, 2015 by

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 20:20-28

The mother was concerned about the future of her children. She was right in doing so because she had to think of the future of her children; and through them she continues to enter into future. The mother travels into the future through her children. She makes herself present into the future through them. But the extension (her expectation) is only through places of honour and love.

The other apostles were also indignant because they were also (probably) of the same mind. They were also longing for places of posts and positions. They were missionaries and apostles with desire for posts and positions. But Jesus was different. Jesus was interested in fulfilling the will of the Father (Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?); and he want not interested in being rulers (and the great ones make their authority over them felt); he wanted to be a servant (whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant); he was ready even to be a slave (whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave).

மனித எண்ணங்கள் (தாயின் விருப்பம்@ சக சீடர்களின் அவா) முதன்மையான இடங்களை@ முக்கியமான இடங்களை பிடிப்பதற்கே. அவர்களின் வாழ்வு பணி வாழ்வாக (சேவை) இருந்தாலும் கூட எண்ணங்கள்@ நோக்கங்கள்@ எதிர்பார்ப்புகள் பதவி பட்டங்களை சுற்றி இருந்தன. மாறாக இயேசு இறைசித்தத்தை நிறைவேற்றுவதிலும்@ பணிசெய்வதிலும்@ தாழ்ந்து (அடிமை) வாழ்வதிலும் கருத்தாய் இருந்தார்.

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