Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 8:1-3

Jesus had many followers. He had thousands of them (he fed five thousand who followed him and there were many more thousands) who followed him. There were also seventy two disciples whom he sent them two by two ahead of him. He also chose twelve apostles that he might send them.

Besides these there were also women who followed him and ministered to him and his apostles from their own resources. These women were the ones who Jesus had healed them and cured them of evil spirits. They showed their gratitude through their service.

இயேசுவுக்குப்பின் சென்றவர்கள் பலர். ஆயிரமாயிரம் பேர் அவரை பின்பற்றினர். அவர்களில் சீடர்கள் இருந்தார்கள் திருத்தூதர்கள் இருந்தார்கள். இவர்களோடு இயேசுவின் புதுமைகளை பெற்ற பெண்கள் பணிவிடை செய்ய பின்தொடர்ந்தனர்.

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 2:33-35

Luke is presenting Jesus as a leader: a leader of suffering, a sign of contradiction. Mary would watch this in dismay (and you yourself a sword will pierce), as her son being rejected by the very city to which he promised peace; and being rejected by the very same people.

The kingdom brought by this child is not for Israel only, but for the whole world. This is the truth at the heart of the Old Testament. God has a plan of salvation for the whole world and for all the people without distinction. This will be the true glory of Israel itself, to have been the bearer of promise: promise of salvation to all.

இயேசு ஒரு புதுவிதமான தலைவராக வெளிப்படுத்தப்படுகிறார். துன்பத்தில் தலைவராக@ எதிர்க்கப்படும் அடையாளத்தின் தலைவராக சித்தரிக்கப்படுக்றார். அவருடைய தலைமைத்துவ பணி இஸ்ரயேல் மக்களுக்கு மட்டுமல்ல@ மாறாக உலகனைத்திற்கும் உடைத்தானது.