GOSPEL READING: LUKE 1:57-66
He will be called John.
Birth of a child was a celebration in those days. Celebration reached its peak because a barren woman gave birth to a son. Relatives and friends gathered around the family to celebrate. The celebration was centred on the idea that God had shown mercy. Birth of every child was divine action. God was praised and thanked for the birth of a child.
Naming of the child was again an another occasion in which God’s divine action was celebrated. It was all the more in the case of John because the name was given from God. It was not a social event. They were not naming him after his father or his forefathers. Name was a divine revelation. In this triple celebration Zacharias praised and blessed God for his divine intervention; for his covenant; for his promise and for his revelation.
நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: லூக்கா 1:57-66
அதற்கு யோவான் எனப் பெயரிட வேண்டும்.
பெயரிடுவதில் இறைதிட்டம் வெளிப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. இது சமுதாய நிகழ்வைவிட சிறந்தது. அது ஒரு இறை வெளிப்பாடு. பெயரும் பணியும் இறை வெளிப்பாடே.
