Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 9: 18-26

This passage gives the narration of two miracles. One is a healing miracle and the other is raising the dead. Both these miracles are done by Jesus. His disciples are mere witnesses. Nothing is said to describe their activities. Disciples are mere observers.

Jesus recognizes the faith of the people and he is ready to accompany any distance for the people of faith. In the case of the woman suffering haemorrhage Jesus recognizes the faith of that individual though the woman has done something secretly. In the case of the official Jesus was ready to walk the distance to his house because the man expressed his faith in God and in Jesus.

இயேசு மக்களின் நம்பிக்கையை ஏற்றுக்கொள்கிறார். நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர்களோடு உடன்நடக்கிறார். பன்னிரு ஆண்டுகளாய் இரத்தப்போக்கினால் வருந்திய பெண்ணுடைய நம்பிக்கைக்கு உதவுகிறார். அதேபோல் தொழுகைக் கூடத் தலைவரின் நம்பிக்கைக்கு பயனாக அவனோடு உடன்நடக்கிறார். நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவர்களோடு உடன்நடப்பவர் இயேசு.

GOSPEL READING: MARK 6:1-6

Jesus is in his home place. His relatives and friends observe in him the divine wisdom and the divine power working in him. But they were fully aware of his human origin and that he has spent his time before public ministry here among them (he himself was the Carpenter – probably he took the job after his father Joseph). His people were offended at this. Jesus’ disciples observed this and this could have been a very good lesson for them too.

How did Jesus respond to this situation? At first he excused this (A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house). However he did do some good among them. But he could not do much among them. He marveled at their unbelief. Their unbelief was seen in their unwillingness to see God working in and through Jesus. They refused to see God in Jesus. In short they were blind to God. Finally he went about the nearby villages and worked miracles among them.

இயேசுவில் இறைஞானமும் இறைசக்தியும் செயல்பட்டது. இறைவன் இயேசுவில் இயேசு வழியாக செயல்பப்டார். ஆனால் அவருடைய உறவினரும் நண்பர்களும் இயேசுவில் இறைவனைக்கான தவறினர். இதைக்கண்ட இயேசு வியந்து அங்கு புதுமைகள் அதிகம் செய்யவில்லை. மற்ற இடங்களில் அவர் செயல்பட்டார். இறைவன் இருக்கிறார் அவர் மனிதனில் செயல்படுகிறார் என்பதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். அது எங்கேயும்> எப்படியும்> யாருக்கும் நடக்கலாம்.