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நன்றி.. நன்றி..நன்றி..நன்றி..

 நன்றி பாடி நன்றி பாடி நாதனைப் போற்றிடுவோம்

நாளும் அவரின் வல்ல செயலுக்கு நன்றிப் பண் பாடிடுவோம்

நன்றி -2 என் இயேசுவே உமக்கு நன்றி

நன்றி -2 என் தேவனே உமக்கு நன்றி

1. அன்னை தந்தை அன்பினைத் தந்தாய்

அளவில்லாத ஆற்றல் தந்தாய் (2)

இனிய உறவுகள் இகமதில் தந்தாய் - 2

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2. இருளின் பாதையில் ஒளியாய் வந்தாய்

இனிய நண்பனாய் துணையாய் நின்றாய் (2)

புதிய உலகம் படைக்கச் சொன்னாய் - 2

புதிய மனிதனாய் மாறச் செய்தாய் - 2 நன்றி ...

 

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பெத்தலையில் பிறந்தவரை

போற்றித்துதி மனமே-இன்னும்

சருவத்தையும் படைத்தாண்ட சருவவல்லவர்-இங்கு

தாழ்மையுள்ள தாய் மடியில் தலைசாய்க்கலானார்

குளிரும் பனியும் கொட்டிலிலே

கோமகனோ தொட்டிலிலே

ஆரிரோ ஆரிரோ ஆரிராரோ

ஆராரோ ஆராரோ ஆரிராரோ

தூங்கு தூங்கு பாலா நீ

சிங்காசனம் வீற்றிருக்கும் தேவமைந்தனார்-இங்கு

பங்கமுற்ற பசுத்தொட்டிலில் படுத்திருக்கிறார்

முன்னம் அவர் சொன்னபடி முடிப்பதற்காக-இங்கு

மோட்சம் விட்டுத் தாழ்ச்சியுள்ள முன்னணையிலே

ஆவிகளின் போற்றுதலால் ஆனந்தங்கொண்டோர்-இங்கு

ஆட்களுடைய சத்தத்துக்குள் அழுது பிறந்தார்

இவ்வளவாய் அன்புவைத்த எம்பெருமானை-நாம்

எண்ணமுடன் போய்த் துதிக்க ஏகிடுவோமே

1. நம் வாழ்க்கையில் இயேசுவை சுமந்து செல்வோம். இயேசுவை மற்றவர்களுக்கு கொடுப்போம்.

2. எளிசபெத்தை போல் முதியோர்கள் இளையோரை பாராட்டுங்கள், உற்சாகப்படுத்துங்கள் 

3. எலிசபெத்து வயிற்றில் யோவாணைப்போல் இயேசுவின் உண்மை பிரசன்னத்தை கண்டுகொள்ளுங்கள் 

St. Francis on Pride, Humility and Creation

🌹Pope Francis met on Monday dec 16,2014 with several members of the World Methodist Council, an association of around 80 Churches throughout the world which represent some 80 million faithful.

Because we are still near the beginning of a new calendar year, it's not a bad thing to listen to Francis' wisdom and consider the ways in which we might better live out our Christian lives in a spirit of humility.

Among the writings of Francis of Assisi that we still have is a collection of 28 short sermon-like teachings called "The Admonitions." These texts generally treat a particular theme in the spiritual or religious life and were directed at Francis' brother friars. Each admonition is rich in both the spiritual wisdom it contains as well as the practical guidance it offers.

The following admonition is titled by the editors of the critical English translation of Francis's writings, "Let No One Be Proud, but Boast in the Cross of the Lord." There is a sense in which this admonition could be read as a guilt-inducing reflection on the Passion, with its occasional focus on the collective responsibility of humanity in every generation -- not just those in the first century who were immediately responsible for the crucifixion -- but there are also several other aspects of this admonition that mitigate an exclusive reading of that sort.

At the heart of Admonition V are two themes: humility and creation.

Francis' discourse on pride and the way in which he rejects all reasons for individual boasting is a correction that seeks to remind his hearers of Gospel humility. God is the source of every good thing, gift, talent, event, experience and so on. We are not the sources of our selves, the originators of our own existence, but beneficiaries of the free and gratuitous love of God. Therefore, when we accomplish great things, when we do good works, when there is something in which we might like to take pride, we are admonished to recall the true origin of that goodness.

One of the ways, almost in passing, that Francis illustrates this is to make mention of the rest of creation's ability to live according to its respective created nature. There is an obvious echo here of the thematic thread that runs through Francis's famous "Canticle of the Creatures," in which we read that all the rest of the created order gives praise and glory to God by simply being what it is and doing what it was intended to do. It is, however, humanity that fails at this task. Our responsibility is to be peacemaker and reconcilers, to which Francis includes a sense of humility in this admonition. Too often we cause trouble, division and break relationships.

Here is what Francis says:

Consider, O human being, in what great excellence the Lord God has placed you, for He created and formed you to the image of His beloved Son according to the body and to His likeness according to the Spirit.

And all creatures under heaven serve, know, and obey their Creator, each according to its own nature, better than you. And even the demons did not crucify HIm, but you, together with them, have crucified Him and are still crucifying Him by delighting in vices and sins.

In what, then, can you boast? Even if you were so skillful and wise that you possessed all knowledge, knew how to interpret every kind of language, and to scrutinize heavenly matters with skill: you could not boast in these things. For, even though someone may have received from the Lord a special knowledge of the highest wisdom, one demon knew about heavenly matters and now knows more about those of earth than all human beings.

In the same way, even if you were more handsome and richer than everyone else, and even if you worked miracles so that you put demons to flight: all these things are contrary to you; nothing belongs to you; you can boast in none of these things.

But we can boast in our weaknesses and in carrying each day the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Admonition V)

Because we are still near the beginning of a new calendar year, it's not a bad thing to listen to Francis' wisdom and consider the ways in which we might better live out our Christian lives in a spirit of humility. As Francis says at the beginning of this text, we should recognize our inherent goodness, dignity and value as creatures made in the image and likeness of the Most High. Yet, this honor and responsibility requires much of us. It requires our humbly striving to be more authentically human according to God's plan for creation.

 

A lover came to his girl friend’s house and knocked at the door. She asked from inside, “Who is that?” He said, “Honey, it is I.” She said, “There is no place here for you and me.” He again said, “Dear, it is I, open the door.” But, she said the same, “There is no place here for you and me; please go away.” Though he insisted, she repeated the same words and did not open the door. The man went away sad and depressed. He lost all his happiness and felt lonely. Her words always haunted him: “There is no place here for you and me.” Slowly, he began to think about these words and went into deep reflection. Then, he understood what she really meant. He became enthusiastic and returned to her house and knocked at the door. She asked from within, “Who are you?” He said, “It's you.” The door was opened, and they became one. What she was telling was that there was no place here for “you” and “me”, i.e., “if you feel that you are separate from me, go away.”

Success of married life is in unity, experience of togetherness. There should not be “you and me” between husband and wife. Marriage is the partnership of whole of life. Marriage becomes a failure when husbands and wives think and talk and act like “you and me.” When husband and wife stop saying “this is my house,” “this is my car,” this is my money,” etc., marriage life becomes successful and meaningful.

Today you are born together to that new life, and you shall be together forevermore. Marriage is a call to oneness of two persons. You were born in different family backgrounds; you grew up in different life situations; you may have different temperaments, behavioral patterns or different opinions over many things. Still, you can be together and grow into one reality, accepting each other with all the differences. As Kahlil Gibran puts it, the strings of a lute are different, but they quiver with the same music; the pillars of the temple stand apart, but they together hold the temple. You have to start finding out, one by one, what you appreciate in the other rather than what you dislike in the other. Then you grow into oneness and enjoy the married life.

Marriage is not just a contract. It is a sacrament; a covenant with God. Your spouse is not just your choice. He or she is a gift from God for your growth into the fullness of your life. Many people in America have asked me about the marriage customs in India. Whenever I explained the arranged marriage system in India, and the fact that the bride and groom do not know each other very well before the marriage, I was always confronted by a question, “Are those marriages valid?” My answer was sometimes teasing the western custom of courtship marriages. I would say, “Here in America you first fall in love, live together for many years and know each other, then get married, and then easily get divorced, and complain at the church court that marriage is invalid. Whereas, in India bride and groom do not know each other very well before marriage; they first marry, then fall in love and accept each other and stay together. There the spouse is not your choice, but a gift from God.

Your spouse is a gift of God. Treasure it. Treasure each other; accept each other; forgive each other; comfort each other; encourage each other; enjoy each other; and, grow together forevermore.

At the same time, let there be spaces in your togetherness. Kahlil Gibran, in his famous book, The Prophet, says “let the winds of the heavens dance between you; love one another, but, make not a bond of love.” No one should become the slave of the other. No one should grow in the shadow of the other. No one should become the master of the other. There should be freedom of love, not bondage of love. There should not be any controlling of one by the other. You cannot possess love or buy love. You can give love, and only by giving love, can you experience the joy of love.

Marriage is a life of love, not of bond. It is a life of giving and not of possessing. Marriage is not filled with pleasure; it is mixed with pain--pain of caring for each other--pain of love, because love is not pleasure; it is pain--pain of giving.

Again, according to Kahlil Gibran, "You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourselves that you truly give. You give with pain, and that pain is your baptism."

Do not be foolish to believe that your life from now on would be a pleasant all the time. Be ready to accept the turmoils and sufferings of life. They have a redemptive value. William Barcley, the famous Bible scholar, chants a poem:

“I walked a mile with pleasure

And she chattered all the way

But left me alone the wiser

For all she had to say.

I walked a mile with sorrow

Never a word said she

But, Oh!, the things I learned from her

When sorrow walked with me.”

In order to have a happy married life, I would recommend Gibran’s advice. I shall quote the lines from his book, The Prophet:

“Let these be your desires--

To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;

To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude;

And, then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.”