Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 21:1-4

Whenever Jesus looked up he notices the poor the sick or the needy. Even in a crowded place his eyes go straight to the sick and the needy. We see it in the gospel of John wherein he goes to the pool of Siloam and notices the man who was sick for thirty eight years. It was a crowded place and it was also the festival time and hence there would have been a great gathering but Jesus notices the man only.

Whenever an offering is made or a help is given to the other or charity is done it should affect the donor. Donor should give it from his abundance which in no way disturbs him. The donor does not even realize that he has given something from his wealth. Giving should affect the donor. (She offered her whole livelihood).

இயேசுவின் கண்கள் ஏழைகளை> கைம்பெண்களை> நோயாளிகளைத்தான் முதலில் காண்கிறார். அவர்களுக்கு உதவுவது மட்டுமல்ல அவரது குறிக்கோள்@ அவர்களிடமிருந்து வாழ்க்கை பாடங்களையும் கற்றுக் கொள்கிறார்@ கற்றுக்கொள்ளவும் சொல்கிறார். ஏந்த ஒரு உதவி பிறருக்குச் செய்தாலும் அது உதவி செய்பவரை பாதிக்க வேண்டும்.

GOSPEL READING: Mt 25:31-46

Jesus Christ is presented as a king. That is he appears in glory and all the angels are around him. So is something heavenly and nothing of this world. Only the language and the symbols are of this world. He would sit on the throne of glory. All the nations are assembled in front of him. So he is the king of the whole world and in fact, of the whole universe.

The work he does is the work of separating the sheep form the goats. It is like the creation story wherein God separated the waters from the earth; light form darkness; water above from water under the earth and so on. So what Jesus does is the work of new creation. Jesus Christ is creating the new heaven and the new earth it seems so. This work he does so as a shepherd would do in separating the sheep from the goats. So he is a shepherd king and not a political king.

The sheep like people (people who have seen God in others and served God on others) continue to live in the presence of god where there is rejoicing and gladness and celebration. The goat like people (people who did not see God in others and did not serve God in others) will not have the closeness of god. This would be their punishment.

இயேசுதான் அரசர். இடையர் பணி செய்கின்ற அரசர். படைப்புப்பணி செயகின்ற அரசர் (பிரித்தல் ஒரு படைப்புச் செயல்). புதிய வானம் புதிய பூமி படைக்கிறார்.