Sowing God’s Word
God is steadfast and unshakable in His love of humanity. The Bible is a testament of this. Right from the moment he dreamt humanity, then going on on to create the universe for humanity, creating the garden for humanity’s stay, creating Humanity and giving all creation to it as dowry. Humanity rejecting God in the […]
A Heart Desiring God
In the First Reading we read that David brings the Ark to Jerusalem. When he tried first, due to unproper arrangement and attention, the Ark would have toppled, but Uzzah, reached to steady the Ark, and was stuck dead.
Of Covenant’s and Allegiances
David was anointed to be the successor of King Saul, while Saul was still alive. Saul when he came to know of this, pursued David to kill him. But God always saved David from all fatality. But it was a problem for the people of Israel, whom should they follow, by and large, Israel sided with Saul, because he protected them and was quite successful against his enemies.
Jesus Starts His Ministry
The First Reading tells us of Jonah and his ministry amongst the Assyrians of Nineveh. He preached and they believed, and humbled themselves.
Time to Mourn And A Time Grieve And A Time To Do God’s Work.
Saul Dies in his arrogance and self-righteousness, not he alone, all of his son, except one. Jonathan is also one of the fallen… This is what self reliance can do to you; one day you are on top of the world, the next down and out… Here Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Man who waned to build barns makes sense.
Anointing and Empowerment
The themes we find in today’s readings are, anointing, empowerment and belief vs presumption.
Appetites
Today, in the first reading we see Saul and David dealing with fame and acceptance. Both had a similar background of being extras in the family. Both had similar desires and appetites of wanting to be accepted by others and hailed as heroes. But David’s desires were influenced by his relationship with God…
Release from Shame
In the First Reading we see Israel is dealing with shame heaped upon it by the Philistines. The Gospel Reading reminds the reader of Israel’s past where the breakaway kingdom of Northern Israel went into idolatry, lead by a king whose hand had wither, when he opposed God.
Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry
The First Reading speaks of a distinction between the wisdom of this world and God’s wisdom, and then there is individual human wisdom. Worldly and human wisdom think in a way which reflects self, and self preservation, because it cannot see beyond the physical working of the present world.
To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice
In today’s Gospel Reading, Jesus speaks of new wine/New Unshrunken Cloth, what is this. What is the new thing that Jesus spoke about. And why would it spoil, tear or the burst the old?