Amagqabantshintshi ngeVangeli ka-Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco: Mk 7, 14-23
«Ndiphulaphuleni nonke niqonde kakuhle: akukho nto ngaphandle komntu ethi ingene kuye ingamdyobha; endaweni yoko zizinto eziphuma emntwini ezimngccolisayo ». Ukuba besingengabo abakhohlakani, namhlanje ngesiyixabise kakhulu le nguqulelo ingu Yesu.Sichitha ubomi bethu sifuna ukubeka umhlaba ngokusingqongileyo, kwaye asiqondi ukuba ukungonwabi esikuva akufihlwanga emhlabeni kodwa ngaphakathi kuwo wonke umntu . Sigweba iimeko, izehlo kunye nabantu esidibana nabo ngokubaxelela "okuhle okanye okubi", kodwa asiqondi ukuba yonke into ayenzileyo uThixo ayinakuze ibe mbi. Nokuba uMtyholi, njengesidalwa, akanabubi. Kukhetho lwakhe olumenza mbi, hayi indalo yakhe. Uhlala eyingelosi kuye, kodwa kuphela kukhetho lwakhe olukhululekileyo awile. Abafundi bezakwalizwi abangamaOthodoki bathi eyona nto iphambili ebomini bomoya yimfesane. Isibeka kakhulu kunxibelelwano noThixo kangangokuba siye sibe nemfesane nkqu nakwiidemon. Ngaba oku kuthetha ntoni ngokudibeneyo? Ukuba into esingayifuni kakubi ebomini bethu ayinakuze ivele kwinto engaphandle kwethu, kodwa ihlala ikho kwaye nangayiphi na imeko kwinto esiyikhethayo ngaphakathi kuthi:
«Okuphuma emntwini, oku kungcolisa umntu. Ngapha koko, ngaphakathi, oko kukuthi, ezintliziyweni zabantu, kuphuma iinjongo ezimbi: uhenyuzo, ubusela, ukubulala, ukukrexeza, ukubawa, ububi, inkohliso, ukungabi nazintloni, umona, ukunyelisa, ikratshi, ubudenge. Zonke ezi zinto zimbi zivela ngaphakathi kwaye zingcolise umntu ». Kulula ukuthi "yayingumtyholi", okanye "usathana wandenza ukuba ndiyenze". Inyani, nangona kunjalo, yenye into: uMtyholi unokukuhenda, akulinge, kodwa ukuba wenza ububi kungenxa yokuba uthathe isigqibo sokwenza. Ngaphandle koko sonke kufuneka siphendule njengabaphathi bamaNazi ekupheleni kwemfazwe: asinalo uxanduva, silandele imiyalelo kuphela. IVangeli yanamhlanje, kwelinye icala, isixelela ukuba ngenxa yokuba sinoxanduva, asinakubeka tyala kuye nabani na ngobubi esikhethe ukungabenzi. UMBHALI: UDon Luigi Maria Epicoco