Beginner Monk

  #fathersday ഉറക്കം ശെരിയാകണമെങ്കിൽ ജോയിച്ചേട്ടന് ഒരു കാൽ അൽപ്പം ഉയർത്തി വയ്ക്കണമായിരുന്നു..!😳 ഈ ജോയിച്ചേട്ടൻ എന്റെ അപ്പച്ചനാട്ടോ...🥰 എന്നാലും ഉറങ്ങുമ്പോൾ ഒരു കാൽ ജനാലക്കെ കയറ്റി വക്കുന്നത് എന്തിനാണോ ആവോ...🤔 ഒരിക്കൽ ഞാനത് അപ്പച്ചനോട് ചോദിച്ചു. കുഞ്ഞുനാളിൽ അപ്പച്ചന്റെ നെഞ്ചത്ത് കിടന്നില്ലെങ്കിൽ എനിക്ക് ഉറക്കം വരില്ലായിരുന്നു.😊 ഞാൻ വളരാൻ തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ എന്നെ നെഞ്ചത്തു കിടത്തി അപ്പച്ചനും ഉറങ്ങാൻ പറ്റാതായി.😅 പിന്നെ എന്നെ അമ്മച്ചീടെ കൂടെ കട്ടിലിൽ കിടത്തി. അനിയനും കൂടി ആയപ്പോൾ കട്ടിന്മേൽ ഞങ്ങൾ ആധിപത്യം പിടിച്ചു..😁 അപ്പച്ചൻ താഴെ പായ വിരിച്ച കിടക്കും. ഒപ്പം ഞങ്ങൾ ഉരുണ്ട് മറിഞ്ഞു താഴോട്ട് വീഴാതിരിക്കാൻ വേണ്ടി ഒരു കാൽ കട്ടിലിൽ കയറ്റിവയ്ക്കും.... അങ്ങനെ അതൊരു ശീലമായി...🥰🥰 അപ്പച്ചൻ എപ്പോഴും എനിക്ക് ഒരു വിസ്മയമാണ്. ത്യാഗം കലർന്നാലേ സ്നേഹത്തിനു മധുരമുള്ളൂ എന്ന് കേട്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്.💔അത് എത്രയോ ശെരിയാണ്...! മറ്റുള്ളവരോടുള്ള എന്റെ സ്നേഹം പലപ്പോഴും ഞാൻ അളക്കുന്നത് എൻ്റെ എന്റെ അപ്പച്ചനെ നോക്കിക്കൊണ്ടാണ്. ഇഷ്ടമുള്ളതിനു വേണ്ടി നമ്മൾ പലതും വേണ്ടന്നുവയ്ക്കും.💕 അമ്മച്ചി എടുത്തുകൊടുത്തല്ലാതെ തനിക്കുവേണ്ടി

You are a small container of goodness … It is small and still smaller … What if that too is with a leakage..? You continue filling … the container continue leaking … Let your goodness not leak … To serve the purpose of it.              -         Beginner Monk.

It is not so easy to travel a way where you never find a stumbling stone…. You will encounter it by chance… Will fall down…. Will be hurt… Still you are not to stop… You will begin from where you were made to stop. You are a beginner always… a Beginner Monk…

(especially for priests and religious...) This gospel passage is very familiar to all of us. There we come across two main characters other than Jesus. They are the disciples and the Samaritan woman. They represent two categories of people. The Samaritan woman represents a zealous religious or even an outsider who has his/her own responsibilities in his family and society. And the disciples represent a passive religious like most of us. The gospel passage deals with the incidents happened after the dialogue between the Samaritan woman and Jesus. When the disciples came back they saw Jesus speaking with a gentile woman. They were astonished. Because she was a Samaritan – a pagan. Very often we also get disappointed or jealous when we see Jesus intervening through laymen or outsiders. They perform miracles, they see visions, they predict future, they hear god’s voice…and we wonder just as the disciples did. There are a number of examples for this. Mario Joseph - a Muslim w

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called      the sons of god”. This is one of the 8 beatitudes upon which we are reflecting today. This verse has 2 parts. 1 st  is about peacemakers and the latter is about the son ship of God. Let’s see them one by one. Blessed are the peacemakers. At Jesus’ birth, the angels from heaven sung “Glory to god in the highest and peace to people on earth always. “See down in the manger, God has sent his peace to dwell with you” (Luke 2:14). This song of glory is an inevitable part of our life. We begin our prayers with this song and of course, this is one of the most repeated prayers in our liturgy. By repeating the song of the holy angels, we proclaim the great truth that Jesus is the real peace and he is always with us. Peacemaker means one who brings peace. Bringing peace means being Jesus in the world and being Jesus in the world means becoming the sons of God. How can we become Jesus in the world? The gospel of St. John, cha

At the very outset, wishing you the greetings of the feast of our beloved founder, St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara (Jan. 3). In connection with the feast, the holy church wants us to reflect on the beatitudes which are very familiar to us. The 8 beatitudes could be understood as 8 spiritual tests. Those who win the tests will be awarded. I would like to present St. Chavara as a champion who had won these 8 victories. Let us see some of them. Those who are poor in spirit will achieve the medal of the kingdom of God. Poverty here means not just material poverty. Someone who longs for the Lord is the one who is poor in spirit. Only a simple-hearted person can keep this longing for the Lord always. St. Chavara had a childlike heart to call Jesus – Appa, St. Therese of Avila – Amma, and all the saints as his family members. Let us think about how much we are complicated within our heart. Those who mourn will be awarded the reward of consolation. A heartbreaking incident in the life o

We have different dishes like Appam, Puttu, Upma, Idly, Chapati etc. for our breakfast. We all enjoy it. Still, we may not love all the dishes in the same way. In the gospel, when Jesus sends the 72, for his mission, the first thing he asks them is to eat all that is set before them. (even though there are different things on which Jesus is speaking about, let me stick on to one). Today, let us meditate on this single verse: “eat all that is set before you” (Lk. 10: 8). Jesus never asked his disciples to eat what they prefer. Because he wanted his disciples to be adaptable in all situations of life. May this adaptability be the theme of today’s meditation. Adaptability has its application in different realms. It can be of situations that are provided to us like food, facilities, money etc. and here we should ask, can I eat the variety of food that is provided here? Am I satisfied with the facilities and money that is provided to me? Adaptability has an internal application