Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 1:47-51

Jesus knows everything. He knows things even before they happen. This was the belief of the evangelist who wrote the Gospel of John. He knows everyone who comes to him and even before their coming he knows about their whereabouts. Jesus is the son of God and as such he is all knowing.

Jesus is the centre of activities of the angels. He is the source and goal of activities of the angels. According to the belief of the people of the Old Testament the angels represented God and continued the works of God on earth. So they always originated from God and returned to God. Here Jesus says that the angels will ascend and descend from the Son of Man. Jesus is God on the earth.

இயேசு எல்லாவற்றையும் அறிந்தவராக அதுவும் முன்கூட்டியே அறிந்தவராக தன்னை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறார். பழைய ஏற்பாடு மக்களின் நம்பிக்கையின்படி இறைவனின் தூதர்களின் செயல்பாடுகள் கடவுளிடமிருந்து துவங்குகின்றன@ கடவுளை சென்றடைகின்றன. இங்கு இயேசு கடவுளின் தூதர்களின் செயல்பாடுகள் தன்னிடமிருந்து துவங்குவதாகவும் தன்னில் நிறைவுபெறுவதாகவும் கூறுகிறார். இக்கூற்றின் வழியாக தன்னை இவ்வுலகின் கடவுளாக வெளிப்படுத்துகிறார்.

GOSPEL READING: Mt 21:28-32

“A man had two sons”. The story talks about the kingdom as a family. Family had a father and sons and the relationship between them is one of dependence, responsibility, duty, rights, and service etc. The father of the family has the right to expect from his sons the service required in the family or for the family. The way the sons respond to him depends upon their sense of belonging to the family.

The first one responded negatively but later changed his mind and went to do the work. The second one affirmed his going but did not go. Their verbal answer did not show who they were or their sense of belonging. Their response in action was what mattered in this story. Belonging to the family depended on their response in deeds. The first son, though reacted negatively but repented.

இறையாட்சி என்பது ஒரு குடும்பம் போல. உறவுகள் முக்கியம். சார்ந்து வாழ்தல்> பொறுப்பு> கடமை> பணிகள் போன்றவைகள் வழியாக உறவுகள் வெளிப்படுத்தப் படுகின்றன.