Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 1:39-56

Mary left in haste to meet her cousin Elizabeth. She journeyed a long way. It would have been a tedious journey as well. But she could not resist this journey and she had to do it. Meeting of these two was a joyous one. The joy was communicated even to the children within the wombs.

The two would be mothers met. Their meeting communicated God to each other. Both were receivers of God’s graces. Elizabeth was praying for the gift of a child and she waited for a long time and finally it was granted. Mary was not praying for this gift but however God granted it to her freely because God had a purpose. Mary also sang a song of God’s presence in history and in humans.

வருங்கால தாய்மார்கள் இருவர் சந்திக்கிறார்கள். இவர்களின் சந்திப்பு இறைவனையும் அவரது செயல்பாடுகளையும் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறார்கள். இவர்களின் சந்திப்பு அவர்களின் பிள்ளைகளையும் சந்திக்க வைக்கிறது.

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 16:20-23

In the world there is grief, weeping and mourning. This is what the world can offer to anyone particularly to the disciples. The world itself will rejoice at the suffering of the disciples. Here the author speaks of the evil world ( the world without God and also without Jesus).

The disciple should always remember that at the return of the Lord there will be a rejoicing which not even this world could offer or take it away. The joy which Jesus offers is totally good and positive that no evil will be able to prevent it. It would be like the rejoicing of a mother at the child birth. The suffering and the difficulties would be totally forgotten.

இவ்வுலகம் கொடுப்பது அழுகை> புலம்பல்> துயரம் போன்றவைதான். இவ்வுலகில் (தீய உலகில்) கடவுள் இல்லை இயேசு இல்லை. இயேசு வரும்போது (இருக்கும் போது) நிறை மகிழ்ச்சி இருக்கும். அதை யாரும் நீக்கவிட முடியாது.