29th May 2013
Jesus had a tough task to accomplish! He had to deconstruct the whole lot of conceptual contraptions that were in place when he lived among the people. Like we hear from Sirach, a longing to see the destruction of those who persecute, a impatience to behold the fall of the unjust, the restlessness to witness the death of the wrongdoers and the rise of the chosen ones...these were rooted deep within the psyche of the people then. Wait a second... why do we talk of those people...let's think of ourselves today! Don't I complain against the flourishing corrupt and the languishing innocent? Am I not restless to see the wrongdoers punished right in from of my eyes! Don't I long to see the fall of those who seem to be on the top of the world looking down on everyone else, with such contempt and condescension! May be Jesus even today has the same tough task, the same incomprehensible logic to teach...to be servant and to be the least...to serve and not to be served. It's a tough call to be a Christ-ian.
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