Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MARK 5:21-43

In this passage we see two miracles. One is the raising of the dying daughter of Jairus and the other is the healing of the woman who had the flow of blood for years. In the miracle of the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the witnesses are the parents and the chosen disciples. And in the healing of the flow of blood, no one is the witness except the woman who was healed.

Jairus expresses his faith openly and in front of all. He knelt down and begged for him to come to his house. And in the case of the woman with the flow of blood, the woman did not express her faith openly but thought to herself and expressed it within herself. It was Jesus who told her that her faith had healed her. It is faith that heals whether it is expressed openly or lived secretly. Faith is essential.

நம்பிக்கை ஒன்றுதான் குணமளிக்கும்@ உயிர்கொடுக்கும். நம்பிக்கை எல்லார் முன்னிலையிலும் வெளிப்படுத்தப் பட்டிருக்கலாம் அல்லது ரகசியமாகவும் வாழ்ந்து காட்டப்படலாம். ஆனால் நம்பிக்கை இருக்கவேண்டும்.

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 2:22-40

Jesus is presented in the temple as the law required. Mary and Joseph were faithful in observing the demands of the law. This is what they taught Jesus to do. Jesus himself later on fulfilled the law and expected his disciples also to observe the law. He objected only when the law went against the person. The person was more important for Jesus than the law. Law itself was not anything negative.

Simeon and Anna were the temple ministers and they welcomed Jesus. Indirectly the author was trying to say that the temple or the temple ministers had anything against Jesus. In fact they prophesied about Jesus saying that his birth was the fulfilment of the expectation of the people of Israel and his birth was the fulfilment of the promise of God. It is a double fulfilment.

இயேசுவின் பிறப்பு மக்களின் எதிர்பார்ப்புகளின் நிறைவு. அவருடைய பிறப்பு இறைவனின் வாக்குறுதியின் நிறைவு. சிமியோனும் அன்னாவும் இதைத்தான் வாக்குரைத்தார்கள். இது ஒருபுறமிருக்க மரியாவும் யோசேப்பும் இறைச்சட்டத்தையும் ஒழுங்குகளையும் கடைபிடிப்பவர்களாக சித்தரிக்கப்படுகிறார்கள்.