Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: Mt 17:1-9
Jesus went up a high mountain. Usually when Jesus goes up any mountain it was for prayer and he always went alone. He never took anyone with him. This time he took with him three witnesses and he did not take all his disciples. This was a personal experience of Jesus (like prayer) yet it had to be witnessed to communicate something. And this communication should take place only after his resurrection.
There was transfiguration before the three of them. They saw a different face of Jesus. Till now they saw him like anyone of them. But now he appeared differently for them. The changes are compared to light and sun. His face was like sun. No one could look at his face directly. Again his clothes were white as light. Light is bright and it could not be seen directly. Jesus was other worldly person (not earthly let us say)
Rightly so there were two more persons talking to him and they were from the other world. There were with him Moses and Elijah. These were the proponents of belief in one true God. Moses had the experience of one true God on Mount Sinai and Elijah made the people to believe in one true God on Mount Carmel. Jesus joins these two on this mount to continue the same: he has come to reveal the one true God
இயேசு மலைமேல் ஏறிச்செல்கிறார். ஜெபிப்பதற்கல்ல. தன்னைப்பற்றிய உண்மையை வெளிப்படுத்த. தூள் இவ்வுலகைச் சார்ந்தவன் அல்ல என்பதை வெளிப்படுத்த. ஆகவேதான் மோசேயும் எலியாவும் தோன்றுகிறார்கள். இவர்களட அனைவரும் ஒரே கடவுளை அறிவித்தவர்கள். மறுஉலகம் கடவுளைச் சார்ந்தது.

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 14:1-12

Herod was a slave of his own situation. And the situation overpowered him so much that all what he thought was in relation to the situation. His brother’s wife Herodias and John the Baptist whom he murdered on account of her was in his thought always. He was so much possessed by the situation that anything that happened and everyone whom he met reminded of his own mistake.

Herod heard of Jesus. He thought it was John the Baptist whom he killed. He feared people. He swore things beyond his capacity (he was not in control of himself). He was distressed. These are the few statements made about Herod in this story. These do in no way speak of a person who was a king. Instead they speak of a person who was caught up in situation of slavery.

ஏரோது தனது சூழலிலேயே மாட்டிக்கொண்ட அடிமை. சூழல்தான் அவனை வழிநடத்தியது. அவனால் சுயமாக சிந்திக்க இயலவில்லை. பயமும் வருத்தமும்தான் அவனுக்குக் கிடைத்தது. அவனுக்கு அவனே அடிமை.