Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: Mk 10:17-27

No one is good except God alone. In the creation stories we read in the book of Genesis that when Go created the world he found it good. Every day after creation he found his creation to be good. But here Jesus says that no one is good except God alone. By this Jesus says that goodness is not a quality of man or of any creature. But goodness is the basic quality of God and the creatures get their goodness only from God. God is the source of all goodness. That is why he says God alone is good.

Jesus looked at the young man and loved him. He loved him for his sincerity and truthfulness. The young man meant what he said. He was pious man and observed all the commandments of God. Does Jesus mean by this that youth in general are not very observant of the rules? I do not think so. Probably Jesus meant to say that it is enough that you are young for me to love you. Because, the young man has all the possibilities and potentials to reach the highest goal (God). Only material wealth can prevent him.

கடவுள் நல்லவர். படைப்புகள் அனைத்தும் கவுளிடமிருந்துதான் நன்மைத்தனத்தை பெறுகின்றன. நன்மைத்தனம் படைப்பில் கிடையாது அல்லது தானாகவே மனிதனில் கிடையாது. இயேசு அந்த இளைஞனை அன்பு செய்தார். நீ இளைஞன் அதுபோதும் நான் உன்னை அன்பு செய்ய என்று இயேசு கூறுகிறாரோ?

GOSPEL READING: Mt 6:24-34

There are people who present the world as a place of sadness, suffering and with all sorts of negative feelings one can attach to it. They go about gloomy, dull and always looking for pity from others. Pharisees were, to an extend, considered the world and the situations around them as negative.

The passage that we have for reflection today presents a different picture of Jesus. When he said to his followers not to worry about tomorrow or not to be anxious; he taught them by example. He lived the present moment so well that he celebrated the Goodness of God in his life. And this in fact made him happy. He was not talking about a God who was distant from the world. He was talking about a God who was interested in the beauty of things, involved in the lives of the people,

When Jesus said not to worry about food and drinks and clothes, he was not meaning to make us all beg or go about ugly. He wanted us to have right priorities. What he said was this: put the world first then you will end up miserable, but put God first then you get the whole world thrown in. Happiness, joy, peace, beauty, excitement, celebration and all come in our way when we put God first.

கவலைப்படுபவர்களிடம் நம்பிக்கை இருக்காது. நம்பிக்கையில் வாழ்பவர்கள் கவலைப்படமாட்டார்கள். நம்பிக்கையில் வாழ்பவர்கள் கடவுளை முன்னிலைப்படுத்துவார்கள். இவ்வுலகில் நடக்கும் அனைத்தும் இறைவனின் பராமரிப்பே. நம்பிக்கை தேவை.