9th October, 2013
The readings today call our attention to how bewilderingly gracious God is! Even in the Old Testament times when people thought of God in terms of one who punishes the wrongdoers, the theology that we see in the first reading today was quite strong: 'thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love' (Jonah 4:2). To our human minds, as was the case with Jonah, it can appear sometimes to be undeserving, confusing and sometimes even absurd! A personification of that absurdity is Jesus himself - God's only son whom God did not spare, because "God so loved the world" (Jn 3:16)! And "while we were still sinners Christ died for us" (Rom 5:8). Jesus' words, teachings, prayer, everything was aimed at just one thing: to reveal the goodness, the graciousness and the bewildering and 'absurd' love of God for God's children!
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எமது ஆண்டவராகிய இயேசுவே, உமது வார்த்தைகள், போதனைகள் மற்றும் ஜெபம் அனைத்துமே உமது பிள்ளைகளாகிய எங்கள் மேல் நீர் கொண்ட மட்டற்ற அன்பின் வெளிப்பாடுதான் என்பதை நான் உணர்ந்திருக்கிறேன் ...
ஆமென் !!!
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