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05.05.2014 SIGNS

Posted under Reflections on May 5th, 2014 by

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 6:22-29

The crowd looked for Jesus. The crowd had seen Jesus performing miracles and they had listened to him and so they went after him. Jesus realized that the crowd was not interested in following him or believing in him as the one sent by the Father. They went to him because their material needs were satisfied by him.

Jesus was trying to convince them that the material satisfactions were only signs. They were not end in themselves. They were pointing out to something different or something immaterial. The material world itself is a sign and everything that happens in the world is a sign for a believer; a sign for the other world, a sign of God presence and God’s activities and the response of man is only to believe.

உடல் அல்லது உலகு சார்ந்த நிகழ்வுகள் அனைத்துமே அடையாளங்கள். நம்பிக்கை உள்ளவன் படைப்பையும் படைப்பு சார்ந்த நிகழ்வுகளையும் அடையாளங்களாகக் காண்கிறான். இவை அனைத்தும் மறுஉலகுக்கும் அங்கு நிகழ்பவைகளுக்கும் அடையாளங்களே.

04.05.2014 EMMAUS

Posted under Reflections on May 3rd, 2014 by

GOSPEL READING (Lk 24:13-35)

Jesus was very personal in dealing with his disciples and he never forced his way through. When these two were on their way home Jesus also took the same road along with them. He pretended even to go the same way and further on. He listened to their woes and allowed them to talk and express themselves fully. He did not straight away tell them that they were foolish or that they were wrong in their thinking and calculations.

Jesus was very obliging. When the disciples asked him to stay with them he took the chance immediately and stayed with them. Since his main concern was the disciples he was ready to go even that length to please them. He went along with them and he obliged them to make them feel that they were almost right. He let them do as they wished.

He vanished from their sight. As soon as the job was done Jesus was not there anymore. He did not go there to received honours and degrees but to make the disciples realize that the scriptures were fulfilled in Jesus. If he had continued there to be with them then they themselves would have continued in Emmaus. Since Jesus vanished from their sight they ran back to Jerusalem to announce to the other disciples what they had experienced. He walked with them; he obliged them and he revealed to them and then he vanished from them so that they could continue the same mission.

இயேசு சீடர்கள் வழியில் நடக்கிறார். அவர்கள் செல்லும் வழிகளில் இவரும் பயணிக்கிறார். அவர்களோடு சிந்திக்கிறார் ஆனால் அவர்களுக்காகவும் சிந்திக்கிறார். அவர்களுக்காக அதிகமாகவே விட்டுக்கொடுக்கிறார். அவர்களை விட்டுவிட்டுப் போவதுபோல காட்டிக்கொள்கிறார். அவர்கள் இவரைப் பற்றிக்கொள்ள வேண்டும் என்பதற்காகவே.

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