Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 25:31-46

Love of God and love of neighbour are the two focal points of the biblical religion. One cannot be separated from the other. They are like the religion and society, two sides of the same coin. Anyone who is able to love God and the neighbour completely then he is truly the son of God (only Jesus could do it).Wherever religion and society are equally and inseparably merged then there is the kingdom.

Any humanitarian action like feeding the hungry or offering water to the thirsty or visiting the prisoner is an action (service = liturgy) done to the divine. Any refusal of the human action is the refusal of the presence of the divine in the world. Of all creation only human beings have the possibility of becoming divine.

மனிதன் என்பவன் தெய்வமாகலாம். படைக்கப்பட்ட படைப்புகளில் மனிதனுக்கு மட்டும் இது முடியுமானது. மனிதனுக்குச் செய்கின்றவை தெய்வத்திற்கு செய்யும் பணிகளாகும். ஏனென்றால் மனித அன்பை தெய்வ அன்பிலிருந்து பிறிக்க முடியாது. மனித அன்புச் செயல்கள் தெய்வத்திற்குச் செய்யும் வழிபாடுகள் போல.

GOSPEL READING:LUKE 4:1-13

Jesus had just received Baptism and he was getting ready for his public ministry. As he was entering into his public ministry he started it with forty days of retreat. He was tempted by the devil. He was wrestling within himself about his future ministry and the attitudes to with which he should go about his ministry.

The devil wanted him to trust in his own self and his talents (you can change the stone into bread) but Jesus answered saying that he would go about his ministry with the word of God only. The devil wanted him to start his own kingdom in the world with his own power and glory but Jesus replied him saying that he would worship the Lord God only. When the devil tempted him with activities in the Temple precincts, Jesus response was one of not tempting God. Jesus entered his public ministry with the word of God and worship of God only.

பொதுப்பணியை துவங்குமுன் இயேசு நாற்பது நாள் தியானம் செய்கிறார். அதன் முடிவில் அவர் எடுக்கும் தீர்மானங்கள் அவர் பணிக்கு துணை நிற்கின்றன. இறைவார்த்தையை மட்டும் தன்னில் கொண்டவராய்> ஆண்டவராகிய இறைவனை மட்டும் வழிபடுபவராய்> இறைவனை சோதியாதவராய் தன்பணியை துவங்குகிறார்.