Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MARK 5:21-43

In this passage we see two miracles. One is the raising of the dying daughter of Jairus and the other is the healing of the woman who had the flow of blood for years. In the miracle of the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the witnesses are the parents and the chosen disciples. And in the healing of the flow of blood, no one is the witness except the woman who was healed.

Jairus expresses his faith openly and in front of all. He knelt down and begged for him to come to his house. And in the case of the woman with the flow of blood, the woman did not express her faith openly but thought to herself and expressed it within herself. It was Jesus who told her that her faith had healed her. It is faith that heals whether it is expressed openly or lived secretly. Faith is essential.

நம்பிக்கை ஒன்றுதான் குணமளிக்கும்@ உயிர்கொடுக்கும். நம்பிக்கை எல்லார் முன்னிலையிலும் வெளிப்படுத்தப் பட்டிருக்கலாம் அல்லது ரகசியமாகவும் வாழ்ந்து காட்டப்படலாம். ஆனால் நம்பிக்கை இருக்கவேண்டும்.

GOSPEL READING: MARK 5:1-20

This story is quite interesting but very revealing. The man had been dwelling among the tombs (only dead people are in the tombs and he was almost like a dead person) and no one could subdue him (he was like a wild animal) and he was crying out and bruising himself with stones (there was so much anger in him and it turned against himself) and he felt that God himself was tormenting him.

After encountering Jesus he was ‘sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear’. The anger had left him (he was sitting relaxed) and clothed (all his animal nature had gone out of him). And the healed man wanted to be a disciple of Jesus and Jesus sent him to his own. This is the transformation one receives when meeting Jesus. He becomes a human person in right mind, and wanting to be a disciple.

கல்லறைகளே அம்மனிதரின் உறைவிடம் (அவன் இறந்தவன்). அவரை எவராலும் ஒருபொழுதும் சங்கிலியால்கூடக் கட்டி வைக்க முடியவில்லை (அவன் ஒரு விலங்கு போல). தம்மையே கற்களால் காயப்படுத்திவந்தார் (அவருக்கு இருந்த கோபம் அவருக்கே எதிராக திருப்பப்பட்டது). இயேசுவை எதிர்கொண்டபின் அவர் ஆடையணிந்து அறிவுத் தெளிவுடன் அமர்ந்திருப்பதைக் கண்டு மக்கள் அச்சமுற்றார்கள். இயேசுவை எதிர்கொள்ளும் ஒவ்வொருவரும் அறிவுத் தெளிவுடன் மனிதனாகி சீடனாக இருக்க விரும்புவர்.