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Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaMateyu 1,16.18-21.24a.
UYakobi wazala uYosefu, umyeni kaMariya, awazalwa nguYesu ekuthiwa nguKristu.
Ke kaloku ukuzalwa kukaYesu Kristu kwaye kunjalo: unina uMariya, uthembekile umfazi kaJosefu, ngaphambi kokuba bahlale kunye, wazifumana ekhulelwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele.
UJoseph umyeni wakhe, owayelungile kwaye engafuni ukumphikisa, wagqiba kwelokuba amcime ngasese.
Ke kaloku, akubon 'ukuba ubacinga ezi zinto, ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuye ephupheni, yathi kuye, UYosefu, nyana kaDavide, musa ukoyika ukumthabatha uMariya, umtshakazi wakho, ngenxa enokuba kuye kuvela kuye uMoya Ngcwele.
Uya kuzala unyana ke, umbize ngegama elinguYesu, kuba yena eya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo.
Wavuka ke uYosefu ebuthongweni, wenza ngoko besimmisele ngako isithunywa seNkosi.

ISan Bernardino yaseSiena (1380-1444)
Umfundisi waseFrancisan

Incoko 2 kuJoseph oNgcwele; Umsebenzi 7, 16. 27-30 (uguqulelwe kolwaphulo mthetho)
St. Joseph, umgcini othembekileyo weemfihlakalo zosindiso
Xa ukuzithoba kukaThixo kukhetha umntu ukuba enze ubabalo olulodwa okanye ilizwe eliphantsi, inika umntu ngaloo ndlela akhethe zonke izipho eziyimfuneko eofisini yakhe. Ewe bazisa imbeko konyuliweyo. Yiyo le nto yenzeke ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into ku-Saint Joseph omkhulu, utata weNkosi uYesu Krestu kunye nomyeni wenene ukumkanikazi wehlabathi nenkosikazi yeengelosi. Wakhethwa nguBawo ongunaPhakade njengomgcini othembekileyo kunye nomkhuseli wobutyebi bakhe obuphambili, uNyana wakhe kunye nomtshakazi wakhe, kwaye wawuzalisekisa lo msebenzi ngenkuthalo enkulu. Ke ngoko iNkosi ithi kuye: mkhonzi olungileyo nothembekileyo, ngena eluvuyweni lweNkosi yakho.

Ukuba ubeka uSanta uJoseph phambi kweCawe kaKrestu iphela, uyindoda ekhethiweyo kunye nesinye, ekwathi ngaye uKristu waziswa emhlabeni ngendlela yendalo nehloniphekileyo. Ke ngoko, ukuba iBandla elingcwele liphela linetyala kuMama oyiNtombikazi, kuba uthathwe njengofanelwe ukwamkela uKristu ngaye, emva koko ke unombulelo nohlonipho olukhethekileyo kuYosefu.

Ngapha koko uphawula ukugqitywa kweTestamente eNdala kwaye kuye oosolusapho abakhulu nabaprofeti bafumana isiqhamo esithenjisiweyo. Ngokwenene, nguye yedwa owayekonwabela ukubakho ngokwasemzimbeni kwalowo uThixo wayethembise ngabo. Ngokuqinisekileyo uKrestu akazange amkhanyele ezulwini olo qhelwaniso, intlonipho kunye nesidima esiphakamileyo awasibonisa yena ngelixa wayehlala phakathi kwamadoda, njengonyana kuyise, kodwa endaweni yoko wazisa ekupheleleni okupheleleyo. Ke ngoko, ngaphandle kwesizathu iNkosi iyongeza: "Ngena kuvuyo lweNkosi yakho".

Usikhumbule ke, uYosefu osikelelweyo, kwaye uthandaze kuNyana wakho othembekileyo ngomthandazo wakho onamandla; kodwa usenzele eyona ntombi isikelelekileyo ibe ngumfazi wakho, onguMama walowo uphilayo nolawula kangangeenkulungwane uYise noMoya oyiNgcwele.