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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.

03.05.2014 PHILIP

Posted under Reflections on May 3rd, 2014 by

GOSPEL READING: JOHN 14:6-14

Religious desire of everyone is to see God and to have god experience. Biblical faith itself is based on God experience (Abraham, Moses, and Covenant etc). God experience is available to all and it also attainable. Philip as a representative of this group is asking Jesus to show the Father to him.

The reply of Jesus is that God experience is available in Jesus. In the person of Jesus (in his words, actions and life) God is manifested. God is dwelling in Jesus and god makes himself manifest in Jesus. That is the reason Jesus says that to have seen Jesus is to have seen the Father.

இறைவனை காணுதல் அல்லது இறை அனுபவம் பெறுதல் ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனில் விருப்பமாகும். இதற்காகவே மனிதன் இறை அனுபவம் தேடி அலைகிறான். இயேசு (இறைமகன் என்பதால்) இறைவனை தன்னில் கொண்டிருக்கிறார் எனவே இயேசுவின் சொல்லிலும் செயலிலும் இறைவனைக் காணமுடியும் என்கிறார்.

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