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16.08.2014 CHILDREN

Posted under Reflections on August 15th, 2014 by

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 19:13-15

Jesus has spoken many parables about the kingdom. He has preached to the people and invited them to conversion and to belong to the kingdom. Kingdom is among you he has said. With his arrival the kingdom has come. Here he gives another important element about the kingdom. The kingdom belongs to the children and the people of these types.

The qualities of the children are many. They wonder at every new thing that they see. They are so receptive. They do not doubt or suspect anyone or anything (which means they believe everything that is offered to them. If good things are offered then they become good). Belief is one of the important qualities of children. Kingdom is also built on belief; belief in God and God who is active in the world and history.

சிறு பிள்ளைகளின் தலையான பண்புகளில் ஒன்று நம்பிக்கை. சந்தேகப்படுதல் சிறு பிள்ளைகளிடம் இல்லை. அவர்கள் யாரையும்> எதையும் சந்தேகப்படுவதில்லை. எல்லாரையும்> எல்லாவற்றையும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்கிறார்கள். வேறுபாடுகள் பார்ப்பதில்லை. எல்லாவற்றையும் எல்லாரையும் உள்ளடக்கியது தான் விண்ணரசு. சிறு பிள்ளைகள் இதன் அங்கத்தினர்கள்.

15.08.2014 MARY

Posted under Reflections on August 13th, 2014 by

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.

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