Evhangeri yanhasi Zvita 23, 2020 nemashoko aPapa Francis
KUVERENGA KWEZUVA
Kubva mubhuku remuporofita Maraki
Ml 3,1-4.23-24
Zvanzi naIshe: «Tarira, ndichatuma mutumwa wangu kuti agadzirire nzira pamberi pangu uye pakarepo Ishe wauri kutsvaga achapinda mutemberi yake; uye mutumwa wesungano, uyo waunoshuva, achauya, anodaro Jehovha wehondo. Ndiani achatakura zuva rekuuya kwake? Ndiani acharamba kuratidzika kwayo? Akaita semoto wesimbi uye sese yekuwachira. Achagara pasi kuti anyungudise uye achenese sirivheri; achachenesa vanakomana vaRevhi nekuvanatsa segoridhe nesirivheri, kuti vagopa Jehovha chipiriso chinoenderana neruramisiro. Ipapo chipiriso chaJudha neJerusaremu zvichafadza Jehovha, sapamazuva akare, sapamakore apera. Tarisai, ndichatumira muporofita Eria zuva guru uye rinotyisa raIshe risati rasvika: iye achashandura moyo yemadzibaba kuvana uye nemoyo yevana kumadzibaba, kuti kana ndauya ndisazorove nyika nekuparadza.
Vhangeri reZuva
Kubva muVhangeri maererano naRuka
Lk 1,57-66
Mumazuva iwayo, nguva yaErizabheti yekusununguka kwake yakazara uye akabereka mwanakomana. Vavakidzani nehama dzake vakanzwa kuti Ishe akanga aratidza tsitsi dzake huru maari, vakafara pamwe chete naye. Mazuva masere gare gare vakauya kuzodzingisa mwana uye vaida kumudaidza nezita rababa vake, Zaccarìa. Asi amai vake vakapindira: "Kwete, zita rake achanzi Giovanni." Ivo vakati kwaari: "Hakuna wehama dzako ane zita iro." Vakabva vagutsirira baba vake zvavaida kuti zita ravo rive. Akakumbira piritsi uye akanyora kuti: "John ndiro zita rake". Vanhu vese vakashamisika. Muromo wake ukazarurwa pakarepo, nerurimi rwake rukasununguka, akataura achirumbidza Mwari.
Vese vakazvinzwa vakazvichengeta mumoyo yavo, vachiti: "Mwana uyu achazovei?"
Uye ruoko rwaIshe rwakava naye.
MASHOKO ABaba VATSVENE
Chiitiko chose chekuzvarwa kwaJohani Mubhabhatidzi chakakomberedzwa nemufaro wekushamisika, kushamisika nekutenda. Kushamisika, kushamisika, kuonga. Vanhu vakabatwa nekutya kutsvene kwaMwari "uye zvinhu izvi zvese zvakataurwa nezvazvo mudunhu rose rine makomo reJudhiya" (v. 65). Mabhuratha nemasisita, vanhu vakatendeka vanonzwa kuti chinhu chikuru chaitika, kunyangwe vakazvininipisa uye vakahwanda, uye vazvibvunze kuti: "Mwana uyu achazovei?". Ngatizvibvunzei, mumwe nemumwe wedu, mukuongorora hana: Kutenda kwangu kwakadii? Zvinofadza here? Zvakavhurika kushamisika kwaMwari here? Nekuti Mwari ndiMwari weshura. Ndakambo "ravira" mumweya mangu pfungwa yekushamisika iyo huvepo hwaMwari hunopa, iyo pfungwa yekutenda? (Angelus, Chikumi 24, 2018