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13.11.2013 FAITH

Posted under Reflections on November 14th, 2013 by

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 17:11-19

“Go show yourselves to the priests.”

Ten lepers met Jesus and they begged him to heal them. Probably they had heard of his healing ministry. Jesus also had pity on them and healed them immediately. He has asked them to do what was prescribed in the law. They had to be proved clean by the priests and then they have to offer sacrifices before they return to their respective community and family.

One of them returned to Jesus. Could we say that he went to Jesus because he thought that Jesus was the priest? Could we say that he went to Jesus because he found Jesus to be the temple? Could we also say that he offered his sacrifices (thanksgiving) to Jesus? And this is precisely made him a man of faith.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: லூக்கா 17:11-19

‘நீங்கள் போய் உங்களைக் குருக்களிடம் காண்பியுங்கள்”

பத்து தொழுநோயாளர்களை இயேசு குணமாக்கினார். ஒழுங்குகளை கடைபிடிக்க அவர்களை குருக்களிடம் அனுப்பினார். ஒருவன் இயேசுவிடம் திரும்பி வந்தான். ஒருவேளை அவன் இயேசுவில் குருவைக் கண்டானா? அவரிடம் நன்றி(பலி) செலுத்தினான். அதுதான் அவனது விசுவாசம்.

12.11.2013 SERVANTS

Posted under Reflections on November 11th, 2013 by

GOSPEL READING: LUKE 17:7-10

‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’

Whatever we do in the service of Christ, we must be very humble, and not imagine that we can merit any favour at his hand, or claim it as a debt. We are all God’s servants (his apostles and ministers are in a special manner so), and, as servants, are bound to do all we can for his honour. Our whole strength and our whole time are to be employed for him.

As God’s servants, it becomes for us to fill up our time with duty, and we have a variety of work appointed for us to do; we ought to make the end of one service the beginning of another. We have to do our work and continue to do so until the master gives us the required rest.

நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: லூக்கா 17:7-10

‘நாங்கள் பயனற்ற பணியாளர்கள்@ எங்கள் கடமையைத் தான் செய்தோம்’

நாம் செய்யும் பணிகள் அனைத்தும் நமது கடமைகள். கடவுள் எவ்வகையிலும் நமக்கு கடன் பட்டவரல்ல. ஒரு பணியின் முடிவு மற்றொரு பணியின் தொடக்கமே.

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