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UKUFUNDA KWALO SUKU
Kwileta eya kumaYuda
Heb 13,1- 8

Bazalwana, uthando lobuzalwana luhlala luqinile. Musani ukukulibala ukubuka iindwendwe; bambi, besenza, bengazi, bamkele iingelosi. Khumbulani amabanjwa, ngokungathi nani nivalelwe kunye nawo, kunye nabo baphathwa gadalala, kuba nani ninomzimba. Umtshato uyahlonitshwa ngumntu wonke kwaye umandlalo womtshato awunachaphaza. Abahenyuzi nabakrexezi baya kugwetywa nguThixo.

Ihambo yakho ayinangqondo; yaneliswe yile nto unayo, kuba uThixo ngokwakhe uthe: "andiyi kukushiya kwaye andiyi kukushiya". Ke singatsho ngokuzithemba:
«INkosi iluncedo lwam, andiyi koyika.
Angandenza ntoni umntu? ».

Bakhumbuleleni abakhokeli benu, abalithethayo kuni ilizwi likaThixo; nisingasinga impumelelo yehambo yabo, nixelise bona elukholweni lwabo.
UYesu Kristu ukwanguye izolo nanamhlanje, nangonaphakade!

IGOSPILE YOMHLA
Ukusuka kwiVangeli ngokukaMarko
UMk 6,14-29

Ngelo xesha ukumkani uHerode weva ngoYesu, ngokuba igama lakhe lalisaziwa. Kwathiwa: "Uvukile uYohane umbhaptizi kwelabafileyo, kwaye ngenxa yoko unamandla okwenza imimangaliso". Abanye, kwelinye icala, bathi: "NguEliya." Baye abanye besithi, Ungumprofeti, nokuba ufana nomnye wakubaprofeti. Ke kaloku uHerode, akuva loo nto, wathi: "Uvukile uYohane, lowo ndamnqamla intloko!"

Ewe, uHerode ngokwakhe wayethumele ukuba kubanjwe uYohane, aze amphose entolongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya, umfazi kaFilipu umntakwabo, kuba wayemzekile. Ngapha koko, uJohn wathi kuHerode: "Akukho semthethweni ukuba umgcine umfazi womntakwenu."
Yiyo le nto uHerodiya wamcaphukela, efuna ukumbulala, kodwa akabanga nako; kuba uHerode wayemoyika uYohane, emazi ukuba uyindoda elilungisa, engcwele, wayemgcinile; ukummamela wayedideke kakhulu, nangona kunjalo waphulaphula ngokuzithandela.

Nangona kunjalo, usuku oluhle lwafika xa uHerode, ngomhla wokuzalwa kwakhe, wenza isidlo kumagosa aphezulu enkundla yakhe, amagosa omkhosi kunye nabaziwayo baseGalili. Xa ingene intombi kaHerodiya, yangqungqa yaza yamkholisa uHerode nabantu ababesitya. Wathi ukumkani kwintombazana leyo, Ndicele into osukuba uyithanda; ndokunika. Kwaye wamfungela amatyeli aliqela: «Nantoni na oyifunayo, ndiza kukunika, nokuba ibisiqingatha sobukumkani bam». Uye waphuma wathi kunina: "Ndibuze ntoni?" Uphendule wathi: "Intloko kaYohane uMbhaptizi." Kwaye kwangoko, ukuba ungxamile ukuya kukumkani, wenza isicelo, esithi: "Ndifuna ukuba undinike, itreyi, intloko kaYohane umbhaptizi." Ukumkani, ebuhlungu kakhulu, ngenxa yesifungo kunye nabadliyo abafunanga ukwala.

Uthe kwaoko ukumkani wasusa umsiki, wamthethela ngelithi, mayiziswe intloko yakhe. Unogada waya, wamnqumla intloko entolongweni wayothatha intloko yakhe ngetreyi, wayinika intombazana leyo, intombazana yanika umama wayo. Bathi abafundi bakaYohane bakuyiva loo nto, beza, bawuthatha umzimba wakhe, bawubeka engcwabeni.

AMAZWI OBANI OYINGCWELE
UYohane wazinikezela konke kuThixo nakuye umthunywa wakhe, u Yesu.Kodwa, ekugqibeleni, kwenzeka ntoni? Wafa ngenxa yenyaniso xa wayegxeka ukukrexeza kukaKumkani uHerode noHerodiya. Bangaphi abantu abahlawula kabuhlungu ngenxa yokuzibophelela kwinyaniso! Mangaphi amadoda athe tye akhetha ukuhamba ngokuchasene nomsinga, ukuze angalikhanyeli ilizwi lesazela, ilizwi lenyaniso! Abantu abathe tye, abangoyikiyo ukuya ngokuchasene neenkozo! (Angelus kaJuni 23, 2013