Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 1:57-66

Birth of a child was a celebration in those days. Celebration reached its peak because a barren woman gave birth to a son. Relatives and friends gathered around the family to celebrate. The celebration was centred on the idea that God had shown mercy. Birth of every child was divine action. God was praised and thanked for the birth of a child.

Naming of the child was again another occasion in which God’s divine action was celebrated. It was all the more in the case of John because the name was given from God. It was not a social event. They were not naming him after his father or his forefathers. Name was a divine revelation. In this triple celebration Zacharias praised and blessed God for his divine intervention; for his covenant; for his promise and for his revelation.

பெயரிடுவதில் இறைதிட்டம் வெளிப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. இது சமுதாய நிகழ்வைவிட சிறந்தது. அது ஒரு இறை வெளிப்பாடு. பெயரும் பணியும் இறை வெளிப்பாடே.

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 1:46-56

When God enters into the world and when God begins to act man is only a recipient.
Man’s response to God will be one of wonder, gratitude and submission. In this man recognizes God’s greatness and accepts his own limitations in humility. Man, on his own, cannot do anything. Whenever God enters into history it is like a new creation.

Mary finds herself to be in a similar situation. She knows the situation of the society and her own situation as well. The transformation that is taking place in the society or in the world or in the history or in her own life is not through any human intervention but purely of the action of God. It is a new creation. She accepts in humility and rejoices at God’s action. That is the faith of Mary.

உலக> சமுதாய, தனிநபர் வாழ்கைகளில் ஏற்படும் மாற்றங்கள் கடவுளாள்தான் நிகழ்கின்றன என ஏற்றுக்கொள்பவர்தான் உண்மையில் கடவுள் மேல் நம்பிக்கை கொண்டவர்கள். அது ஒரு புதுப் படைப்பு. இந்த நம்பிக்கையில் வாழ்பவர்கள்தான் தாழ்ச்சியுடன் மகிழ்ச்சியாய் வாழ்பவர்கள். இறைபுகழ் பாடுவார்கள்.