Yayingubani uJoseph oNgcwele ngokwenene kwaye kutheni kusithiwa ungcwele ongcwele "wokufa okulungileyo"?
Ist, umfanekiso obaluleke ngokunzulu kukholo lobuKristu, uyabhiyozelwa kwaye uhlonelwe ngenxa yokuzinikela kwakhe njengomondli kaYesu nangenxa yokuthobeka kwakhe ekukhonzeni iNtsapho Engcwele. Ngokutsho kwezibhalo zevangeli, uYosefu wayengumchweli ophuma kwinzala yasebukhosini, kodwa wakhetha ukuphila ubomi obuthobekileyo nobukhutheleyo ukuze axhase intsapho yakhe.
Ingxelo ithi uYosefu waphumelela isandla sikaMariya enkosi ngommangaliso wobuthixo owenze watyatyamba intonga eyomileyo, ngaloo ndlela ebonisa ukuthanda kukaThixo. Phezu kwako nje ukwazi kwakhe ubunjani bonyana kaMariya obungaqhelekanga, wamamkela njengowakhe ufundiswe ngothando nokuzinikela. Wayenguyise ozinikeleyo, okhuselayo nokhokelayo kuYesu njengoko wayekhula.
Nangona wayengumntu nje oqhelekileyo, uYosefu waba nelungelo lokwamkela imiyalezo yobuthixo ngamaphupha, awayemkhokela kumsebenzi wakhe wokukhusela uYesu kunye UMaria, ngakumbi ngexesha le ukubalekela eYiputa ukubaleka intshutshiso kaHerode.
USaint Joseph umgcini wengcwele wokufa okulungileyo
UYosefu uthathwa njengengcwele engumxhasi “Ukufa okumnandi", njengoko kuthethwa wasweleka ngoxolo ezingalweni zika Yesu umzobo wakhe ukwanxulunyaniswa no amagcisa, abasebenzi nakwabo basebenza iinkuni, kuba yena ngokwakhe wayengum umchweli. Ukwacelwa ngokuchasene nezilingo kwaye njengomkhuseli wabangenamakhaya kunye nabona basweleyo.
Kubhiyozelwa isidlo salo senkonzo Matshi 19, ikwabizwa ngokuba yi “Usuku lootata” kwamanye amazwe, apho ootata nokubaluleka kwabo kubomi bentsapho bahlonelwayo. Ukongeza ekuzinikeleni kwakhe kwinkolo, uSaint Joseph uyathandwa kwaye uhlonelwa ngenxa yakhe ukuthobeka, ukuthembeka kwakhe nokuzinikela kwakhe ekuthandeni kukaThixo.Umfanekiso wakhe usaqhubeka ubhiyozelwa kwaye uhlonitshwa kulo lonke ihlabathi lamaKristu, engqina indima yakhe ebalulekileyo kwimbali yosindiso naseku ubomi babathembekileyo.