Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Thứ Ba Tuần 24 Thường Niên Luke 7:11-17 ,

 Suy Niệm Tin Mừng Thứ Ba Tuần 24 Thường Niên Luke 7:11-17 ,

Nhiều người trong chúng ta đã chết rồi mà không biết. Chúng ta đã chết khi chúng ta đã không còn nắm bắt được những ý nghĩa đích thực của cuộc sống, chúng ta thực sự đã chết, mặc dù rằng khi thân thể chúng ta di động, còn hít thở không khí của trần gian. Chúng ta sống chẳng khác gì cái thây ma, bởi vì chúng ta như cái máy vô cảm chỉ biết làm việc chăm chỉ, ăn uống và sống chỉ để thỏa mãn những dục vọng xác thịt của chúng ta, chúng ta chạy đua với vận tốc cao mà không cần định hướng. Bởi vì nơi chúng ta qua là những bận rộn, chúng ta không bao giờ thật sự có thời giờ để suy nghĩ tất cả những gì cho cuộc sống. Chúng ta có rất ít thời gian hoặc không có thời gian nào cho Thiên Chúa. Lý do thâm niên của chúng ta là "Chúng ta quá bận rộn." Khi bệnh tật nằm liệt giường, thật tình mà nói đó là một ân phúc và cũng là môt phúc lành được ngụy trang để cho chúng ta được dừng lại và tạm nghỉ để tính đến cuộc sống của chúng ta và đó cũng là một cơ hội để chúng ta có thể bắt đầu kiểm tra cuộc sống, để chúng ta tự hiểu được rằng những gì mới thực sự là đièu quan trọng cho cuộc sống của chúng ta.

Hôm nay Chúa Giêsu làm cho chàng thanh niên trẻ được sống lại, Ngài cũng đang cố gắng làm cho chúng ta được sống lại từ giấc ngủ vùi sâu trong cuộc sống hôm nay, Ngài mời gọi chúng ta thức dậy để nhìn được bức tranh to hơn của cuộc sống. Con người chúng ta đã được tạo ra, là để SỐNG và để YÊU, được yêu. Tình yêu là những gì làm cho cuộc sống của chúng ta có ý nghĩa. Tình Yêu là để cho chính mình và cho người khác, như Chúa Kitô đã làm. Chúng ta hãy nên có "nỗi sợ Thánh Thiện" để được sống nhưng không sống trong sự áp đảo quá nhiều của thế giới vật chất mà chúng ta đã quên rằng thế giới này đang qua đi quá nhanh mà chúng ta chỉ kẻ đi qua đường. Chúng ta có thể còn sống trong cái thể xác hay hư mất của chúng ta. Ngày hôm nay Chúa Kitô đến để "lấp đầy cuộc sống của chúng ta" với niềm tin và tình yêu. Vì khi chúng ta mất đi cuộc sống của chúng ta, là khi chúng ta sẽ tìm thấy nó và chúng ta đã thật sự là còn sống.

Reflection Tuesday 25th Ordinary Time

Many of us are already dead without knowing it. When we have lost grasp of the true meaning of life, we are actually dead, even if our bodies move around physically. We are like zombies, working hard, eating and living just to satisfy our concupiscence of the flesh, running the rat race without any spiritual direction.

We never really have time to think about what life is all about. We have very little time or no time for God. Our perennial excuse is "We are too busy." When sickness makes us bedridden, sometimes it is a blessing in disguise for us to stop and pause, take account of our lives and start examining what is really important in life.

Today Jesus is also attempting to resurrect us from our deep sleep, inviting us to wake up to see the bigger picture of life. We were created, we LIVE in order to LOVE. Love is what makes life meaningful. It is to give ourselves for others, as Christ has done.

Let us have this "holy fear" to be alive and not be overwhelmed to dwell too much in the world that we forget that this world is passing and we are just passing through. We may be physically alive but in a state of eschatological death. Christ comes today to "fill our lives" with faith and love. When we lose our life, we will find it and really be alive

Reflection

Today’s Gospel reading has its own value as a factual record of a miracle which Jesus performed. However, intriguingly, Luke may be using it as a parable pointing to another real fact which is not recorded in the Gospels.

That Jesus appeared to his Mother Mary after the resurrection and before all his other appearances has been part of Christian tradition from the earliest Church times. It is not recorded in the Gospels, but Christian piety has taken it for granted that Mary, who had given him birth and had stood beside his Cross, would be the first to encounter the risen Christ and receive the good news of the Resurrection.

Let us isolate the elements of this story of the widow’s son: A widow, an only son, dead and being carried to burial outside the city; Jesus raised him from the dead and, significantly, gave him back to his mother.

As far as we know, Mary was a widow; Jesus was her only Son. He was crucified, died and was buried outside the city of Jerusalem.

When he rose from the dead, Jesus gave himself back to his Mother. Lord Jesus, give us into Your Mother’s care and protection, so that we may enjoy the fullness of resurrection joy.

Tuesday 24th Ordinary Time

In today Gospel, We can see tenderness in the heart of Jesus! He moved with compassion at the sight of the weeping widow whose only son had died, he restored the dead man to life.

Seeing her grief, Jesus first comforted her. Then, touched by her sorrow and need, he manifested both his mercy and his power by raising the young man with a touch of the coffin and a word of command: “Arise!” (Luke 7:14). Jesus showed kindness and compassion to this bereaved woman, even though no one asked him for help. No one even showed any real faith in him. In fact, they may not have even known who he was. Jesus took the initiative all by himself.

The Gospel story may tells us another real fact which is not recorded in the Gospels. That Jesus appeared to his Mother Mary after the resurrection and before all other appearances has been part of Christian tradition from the earliest Church times. It is not recorded in the Gospels, but Christian piety has taken it for granted that Mary, who had given him birth and had stood beside his Cross, would be the first to encounter the risen Christ and receive the good news of the Resurrection.

Let us isolate the elements of this story of the widow’s son: A widow, an only son, dead and being carried to burial outside the city; Jesus raised him from the dead and, significantly, gave him back to his mother. As far as we know, Mary was a widow; Jesus was her only Son. He was crucified, died and was buried outside the city of Jerusalem. When he rose from the dead, Jesus gave himself back to his Mother. We can see there is tenderness in the heart of Jesus for each of us. In compassion, he reaches out even before we ask for help, even if we have just a little faith.

If we’re grieving the loss of a loved one, if we’re feeling wounded or despondent, if we’re suffering from a serious illness; whatever trial we are facing, turn to Jesus. He has words of comfort and consolation just for us.

 But don’t stop there. Let the compassion that we have received flow out of us. Just as Jesus touched the coffin of that dead young man, you can take just one step toward touching someone else’s life. It doesn’t have to be much. Just a simple gesture, a kind word, or an offer to help. We can help raise people from their own tombs of sadness and fear.

 Let’s give thank to Jesus, for His compassion! Thank to Jesus for giving us the hope and helping us to rise again.”