Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 9:51-62

Every Jew was supposed to travel to Jerusalem three times a year. At least once a year they travelled to Jerusalem. This was to fulfill the demands of the law. Jesus and his parents followed this very strictly. (Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover Lk 1: 41). Going to Jerusalem was to meet the Lord God.

Jesus’ decision to go to Jerusalem was not only to fulfill the demands of the rule but also to fulfill the will of the God for him. Will of God for him was to die in the hands of the leaders for the salvation of the people. Jesus accepted this plan willingly and he exhorted his disciples also to do the same. They should also reach their own Jerusalem which God has prepared for them.

எருசலேமை நோக்கிச் செல்லும் பயணம் இறைசந்திப்புக்காகவே. இது ஒவ்வொரு ய+தனுக்கும் பொருந்தும். இயேசுவுக்கு அந்தப்பயணம் இறைவனின் இறைசித்தத்தை நிறைவேற்றுவதற்காகவும் கூட. இதைத்தான் சீடர்களுக்கும் போதித்தார் இயேசு.

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 8:5-17

Jesus healed many people while he was doing his public ministry. One requirement for healing was the faith. In many cases he demanded the faith from the people who were in need of healing but there were also cases where the faith of the sick person was not needed but the one who wanted him/her to be healed. This was the case of the one who was paralyzed and was carried by four and now here in this case of the centurion.

Here in the case of the mother -in- law of Peter and the healings done in the evening nothing is mentioned about this requirement. Faith is not expressed but probably it is presumed or believed to have had. Divine action is free and gratuitous and it does not have any requirement. Healing is totally a divine action.

இந்த நற்செய்தி பகுதியில் இயேசு நூற்றுவர் தலைவரின் பணியாளனை குணப்படுத்துகிறார்> பேதுருவின் மாமியாரை குணப்படுத்துகிறார்> மாலையில் பலரையும் குணப்படுத்துகிறார். ஒரு சில வேளைகளில் நம்பிக்கை தேவைப்படுகிறது> பல வேளைகளில் இனாமாக புதுமைகள் செய்யப்படுகிறது. புதுமைகள் இறைச்செயல்களே.