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29.07.2014 MARTHA

Posted under Reflections on July 28th, 2014 by

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 11:19-27

Martha was the sister of Mary and Lazarus. These three were also friend of Jesus. Jesus visited them often and probably as often as he visited Jerusalem. He never stayed in Jerusalem and even when he had to be in Jerusalem he stayed at Bethany the village of these three. Bethany was about two to three kilometers from Jerusalem.

Martha is the first woman disciple to make such a belief statement on Jesus (Samaritan women also made a similar statement in chapter four). As Peter had made a statement regarding Jesus so here Martha makes. Martha statement makes known to the people some of the major factors of faith in Jesus. She believed that Jesus was the Messiah; he was the son of God and she also made that Jesus was the expected one. Martha also got the best statement form Jesus: (“I am the resurrection and the life;).

மார்த்தா இயேசுவைப்பற்றிய பல உண்மைகளை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறாள் (இயேசுதான் மெசியா என்றும் இறைமகன் எனவும் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறாள்): இயேசுவையும் வெயிப்படுத்த வைக்கிறாள் (உயிர்த்தெழுதலும் வாழ்வு நானே. என்னிடம் நம்பிக்கை கொள்பவர் இறப்பினும் வாழ்வார்).

28.07.2014 KINGDOM

Posted under Reflections on July 27th, 2014 by

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 13: 31-35

The kingdom of heaven is like a seed but the smallest in size. It is so small that it goes unnoticed. Since it is a seed for the sowing there is life and growth in it. Its growth is for the service of the others. Its growth is so much that it is easily noticeable and usable.

The kingdom of heaven is like yeast. Its presence is totally unrecognizable at the beginning. Yeast is like the flour. One cannot be differentiated from the other by a casual look. But the whole batch of flour is leavened. So the kingdom works its way through. It will definitely succeed.

இயேசு உவமைகள் வாயிலாகத்தான் பேசினார். உவமைகள் உண்மையை தெளிவுபடுத்தின. விண்ணரசைப்பற்றியும் அதன் பண்புகளைப்பற்றியும் உவமைகள் விளக்கின. விண்ணரசு கண்ணுக்குப் புலப்படாதது. உணரமுடியாதது. ஆனால் விண்ணரசு கண்டிப்பாக வெற்றிபெறும்.

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