GOSPEL READING: MARK 6:30-34
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
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Apostles had just returned after their missionary expedition. They were like good stewards reported the happening. Jesus also invited them to go away to the deserted place to rest a while. For the people of Israel desert was a place of God experience (forty years in the desert after exodus, John the Baptizer was in the desert, Jesus himself was there for forty days etc). It was also a place of rest. There was nothing in the desert and there was no one to disturb and distract hence it was a place of rest.
But Jesus, on arrival, found the place with crowds of people. Even a place of rest became a place of people with movements. Desert is also the place where one could get lost. The people who were in big number were of this type. They were not there for rest but they were lost (in their lives). They were like sheep without shepherd. So Jesus turned the place of rest into a place of ministry and activity. He had compassion on them. Compassion makes the desert into bee-hive of activities.
நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: மாற்கு 6:30-34
அவர்கள் ஆயரில்லா ஆடுகளைப்போல் இருந்ததால் அவர்கள் மீது பரிவு கொண்டு, அவர்களுக்குப் பலவற்றைக் கற்பித்தார்.
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‘நீங்கள் பாலைநிலத்திலுள்ள தனிமையான ஓர் இடத்திற்குச் சென்று சற்று ஓய்வெடுங்கள்” என்று இயேசு கூறுகிறார். பாலைநிலமானது இறைஅனுபவ இடமாக இருந்தது. பாலைநிலமானது ஓய்வெடுப்பதற்கு தனிமையான இடமாக இருந்தது. பாலைநிலமானது ஆடுகள் (ஆயரில்லாததால்) அங்கும் இங்கும் திரிகின்ற இடமாகவும் இருந்தது. இயேசு இதை ஒரு பணித்தளமாக மாற்றுகின்றார். அவர்கள் மீது பரிவு கொண்டார். பரிவு பாலைநிலத்தை பணித்தளமாக்குகிறது.
