Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: Mt 12:38-42

Scribes and Pharisees ask for a sign. They do not accept the reality but a sign. Sign is only a pointer to the reality. That is why Jesus condemns this generation as wicked. They are wicked not because of any moral standard but because they accept signs and believe in signs.

But even this wicked generation will be given a sign. Provided they get the right message from the reality. All the signs are to point out to the reality Jesus’ death and resurrection or whatever points out to the reality of death and resurrection will be the sign. But signs and realities focus on one message: repentance. If there is no repentance then all the rest are waste. Prophecy (Jonah) and Wisdom (Solomon) are useless if they do not lead people to repentance. In fact they all reveal something greater and that is Jesus.

அடையாளங்கள் நிகழ்வுகளுக்கு சாட்சிகளே. உண்மை நிகழ்வுகளை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளாதவர்கள் சாட்சிகளையும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளமாட்டார்கள். இவை அனைத்தும் மனமாற்றத்திற்கு வழிகாட்டவேண்டும்.

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 13:24-43

Jesus spoke in parables and only in parables regarding the kingdom. Jesus used parables to reveal the truths about the kingdom. These truths were not the result of search by the intelligent and clever people. These were revelations and the revelations are true to the believing people. People of faith accepted these revelations and they were given the secrets of the kingdom.

One of the secrets of the kingdom is that the kingdom contained in itself both good and the bad. God intended only the good but the evil is present among them. But the labourers of the kingdom are not to be bothered about removing the evil but they should only continue to work and work so that the good may reach their completion. Probably what St. Paul says in Romans 12:21 (overcome evil by doing good) is the result of this revelation.

Second and the third revelations about the kingdom are:1) the kingdom is so small and insignificant that it may go unnoticed. However it will be a place of rest and abode for many; 2) the way the kingdom functions is so unnoticed that only at the end one realizes that the kingdom has taken over the whole society.

இந்த உவமையில் தந்தையாகிய கடவுளின் பண்புகள் சிறப்பாக வெளிப்படுத்தபடுகின்றன. தந்தை மிகவும் நல்லவர்@ தாராளகுணமுள்ளவர்@ அவர் தீமையைக்கூட வெறுக்காதவர் (களைகளைப் பறிக்கும்போது அவற்றோடு சேர்த்துக் கோதுமையையும் நீங்கள் பிடுங்கிவிடக்கூடும்). வாழ்வு ஒரு மறைபொருள் என்ற உண்மையும் வெளிப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது.