GOSPEL READING: MARK 1:29-39
It was a Sabbath day. He has just completed his first day ministry according to Mark’s Gospel. (Previous to this he had called the first disciples). His ministry is described as preaching with authority and casting out the unclean spirits. People wondered at his teaching and his fame went round whole of Galilee. He had done just one teaching (preaching) and one healing and the news is spread abroad. This is Mark’s way of writing.
On the same day (Sabbath) he comes to the house of Simon Peter and healed his mother-in-law. Another miracle is done on the Sabbath day. Controversy has not picked up yet. How is it possible? The news has spread widely yet the controversy has not come out. Again on the same day, by evening, there are more healings. Crowd is building up around Jesus. But, on the first day of the week (the day after Sabbath) Jesus goes out alone to meet the Lord God and to pray. Jesus leaves the crowd behind he does not carry the crowd behind him. (This could be the effect of prayer = he carries the Lord God with him and not the crowd).
இன்றைய வாசகம் இயேசுவின் முதல்நாள் பணியைப்பற்றி பேசுகிறது. ஓய்வுநாளில்தான் பணியை முதன்முதலில் துவங்குகிறார் (மாற்கு நற்செய்தியில்). அன்று பேயை ஓட்டுகிறார். சீமோனின் மாமியாரை குணமாக்குகிறார். மாலையில் பலரையும் குணமாக்குகிறார். எதிர்ப்பு இன்னும் துவங்கவில்லை. ஆனால் கூட்டம் அவர் பின்னே. அவர் மக்களை விட்டுவிட்டு தனியே செபிக்கிறார். ஜெபத்தின் பயன்! இறைவனை முன்வைத்து புது மக்களை எதிர்கொள்ளச் செல்லுகிறார்.
