Breaking the Word – Page 1549 – Rev. Dr. Victor Antonyraj SDB

01.05.2015 FAITH IN GOD

Posted under Reflections on April 30th, 2015 by

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 14:1-6

Jesus’ final discourse is filled with expressions the values that are essential for the life of a follower. Being in the world, the disciples are troubled. They are anxious as to their future which is natural. They have left everything and followed him and now Jesus is telling that he is going away from them.

Jesus’ answer to their anxiety is to have faith in god and in him. It is faith that removes all anxiety. Faith in god is essential and added to that to faith in Jesus as the mediator. Jesus as the true and only son of God mediates between God and people and that is the reason that he is able to say that I am the way the truth and the life.

இயேசு இவ்வுலகைவிட்டுச் செல்லுகிறார் என்பதை சீடர்கள் கேட்டவுடன் மனம் கலங்கி அஞ்சுகிறார்கள். அப்போது இயேசு அவர்களிடம் எதிர்பார்ப்பது நம்பிக்கை. கடவுள்மேல் நாம் கொண்டுள்ள நம்பிக்கைதான் கலக்கம் அச்சம் போன்றவைகளை நீக்கும். இந்த நம்பிக்கை இயேசுவின்மீதும் தேவை ஏனெனில் இயேசுதான் வழியும் வாழ்வும் உண்மையும்.

30.04.2015 LEADER

Posted under Reflections on April 28th, 2015 by

GOSPEL READING: Jn 13:16-20

In the kingdom where Jesus is the sole master, he chooses the followers. There is not fixed status. Jesus chooses whomsoever he wants. There is equality among all. There is relationship between the chosen and the one who chooses them (I know them). There should not be betrayal from the chosen ones. There should only be loyalty and fidelity. Human negative behaviour in the society which may be tolerated in the society should not be found in the kingdom.

The position of the one who is sent is equal to the one who sends. (Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.) In the kingdom the one who is sent (the apostles and the disciples) are received the same way as the one who sends them (Jesus) and Jesus is received and the same way the Father is also received.

இறையாட்சியில் இயேசு ஒருவர்தான் தலைவர். சீடர்களை அவர் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கின்றார். அவர்களிடையே உறவு உண்டு. சமத்துவம் உண்டு. நேர்மறை பண்புகள் மதிப்பீடுகள் வாழ்ந்து காட்டப்பட வேண்டும்.