Gospel Reading: Lk 16:19-31
Jesus is telling a story with two acts and two scenes. In the first act of the story, Jesus is presenting an earthly scene. The rich man is closed in purple dress and fine linen. He is feasting everyday. He is always presented in the dinning room, whereas the poor man Lazarus sitting at the gate (outside the house). He has no food and he is begging and dogs are around him.
The second act of the story, Jesus is presenting a heavenly scene. The poor man is carried by the angels whereas the rich man was buried in the bosom of the earth(soil). The poor man Lazarus is in the bosom of Abraham and he is inside the house whereas the rich man is far outside the heavenly realities (there is an abyss between them). The rich man is longing for water to quench his thirst and he is longing for comfort.
So the difference between the heavenly realities and the earthly realities is so shown by the wealth one posses or not and much more with the attitude that one has with regard to the wealth. The attitude should be one of sharing. If there is no sharing in the earthly scene, there is no heavenly scene for him.
நற்செய்தி: லூக் 16:19-31
இயேசு இந்த உவமையில் உலக நடப்பைப் பற்றியும், விண்ணக நிகழ்வைப் பற்றியும் பேசுகிறார். உலக நடப்பிலே ஏழை, பணக்காரன் என்ற பிரிவு இருக்கிறது. ஆனால் பணக்காரனிடம் பகிர்வு மனப்பான்மை இல்லை. விண்ணக நிகழ்விலே பகிர்வு மனப்பான்மை இல்லாதவனுக்கு இடமில்லை: குடிக்க நீருமில்லை> ஆதரவு அளிக்க ஆட்கள் இல்லை (அபிரகாம்). மண்ணக பகிர்வே விண்ணகத்திற்கு உயர்வு.
