UPope Francis ukhumbula uPope Benedict ngothando kunye nombulelo
UPapa Francis, ngexesha le-Angelus yokugqibela ka-2023, wacela abathembekileyo ukuba baqhwabele izandla uPopu Benedict XVI kwisikhumbuzo sokuqala sokusweleka kwakhe. Upopu umkhumbula ngothando kunye nombulelo ngokukhonza iCawe ngothando nangobulumko. Inkonzo yaloo Cawa, yokuqala emva kweKrisimesi, yayibhiyozela usapho olungcwele lwaseNazarete.
UFrancesco uphawule ngokudlula kwe IVangeli kaLuka ebalisa ngendlela uMariya noYosefu abamthabatha ngayo uYesu bamsa etempileni eYerusalem ukuze bammise phambi kweNkosi, benikela a isibini samahobe okanye amahobe njengesipho, uphawu nendlala yosapho lwabo. UPopu wagxininisa ukuba, ngeso sihlandlo, uMariya wayeprofetwe ngalo ikrele bekuya kuwuhlaba umphefumlo wakhe. UBawo Oyingcwele wabuza abathembekileyo ukuba oku kuthetha ntoni kwiintsapho zethu.
UPope Francis uthetha ngosapho olungcwele lwaseNazarete
La Intsapho yaseNazarete, uFrancis wacacisa, ifundisa ukuba uThixo akakho ngaphezu kweengxaki zethu, kodwa uzele ubomi bethu, esabelana nabo ngobunzima. UYesu, kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu eNazarete, wayephila njengaye nawuphi na omnye unyana, enamava Ubomi bemihla ngemihla kunye nokungabuphepheli ubunzima. UPopu waqinisekisa ukuba uYesu, uMariya kunye Giuseppe babeyintsapho eyabandezeleka kakhulu neyathi, ngamava abo, yafuna ukuxelela intsapho nganye ukuba ayiyodwa.
KwiVangeli kaLuka, sifunda oko UMariya noYosefu bamangaliswa zizinto ezazithethwa ngoYesu.” UPopu wacacisa esithi, esi simo sengqondo sisikhumbuza ukuba amandla okumangaliswa yimfihlelo yokuqhubela phambili kakuhle entsatsheni. Ibalulekile sukuyiqhela kwisiqhelo sezinto, kodwa kunoko, ukumangaliswa nguThixo kunye nosapho lomntu. UPope wamenywa ukuba wothuswa liqabane lakho, ye imfazwe, yabantwana, nobulumko bootatomkhulu noomakhulu.
UPontifi ukwakubethelele ukubaluleka kwe khusela kwaye uxhase soloko lusapho, olusisisele esisisiseko soluntu. Unqwenelele wonke umntu unyaka omnandi ethandazela abantu abasokolayo unobangela weemfazwe, njengeUkraine, i-Israel nePalestina, eSudan. Wathandazela namaxhoba Ukuhlaselwa kweKrisimesi eNigeria kunye nezo zogqabhuko-dubulo lwe-a ilori yetanki eLiberia.