Amagqabantshintshi ngeVangeli ka-Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco: Mk 7, 31-37

Bazisa kuye umntu osisithulu, bemcela ukuba abeke isandla sakhe kuye ”. Izithulu nezimumu ekubhekiswa kuzo yiVangeli azinanto yakwenza nabazalwana kunye noodade abaphila kolu hlobo lwesimo somzimba, ngokwenene kumava am ndakhe ndadibana nobungcwele bokwenene phakathi kwabo bachitha ubomi babo benxibe olu hlobo lomzimba iyantlukwano. Oku akuthathi kwinto yokuba uYesu unamandla okusikhulula kolu hlobo lokugula ngokwasemzimbeni, kodwa into iVangeli efuna ukuyigxininisa inento yokwenza nemeko yangaphakathi yokungakwazi ukuthetha nokumamela. Abantu abaninzi endidibana nabo ebomini bayachaphazeleka kolu hlobo lokuthula ngaphakathi kunye nokungeva. Unokuchitha iiyure ukuxoxa ngayo. Unokuchaza ngokweenkcukacha zonke iziqwenga zamava abo. Unokubabongoza ukuba bafumane isibindi sokuthetha ngaphandle kokuziva begwetyelwe, kodwa uninzi lwamaxesha bakhetha ukugcina imeko yabo yangaphakathi evaliweyo. UYesu wenza into ebonakalisa kakhulu:

“Eshenxisa bucala esihlweleni, wafaka iminwe yakhe ezindlebeni zakhe, wachukumisa ulwimi lwakhe ngamathe; emva koko ujonge esibhakabhakeni, waphefumla wathi: "Effatà" Oko kukuthi: "Vula!". Zavuleka kwaoko iindlebe zakhe, lakhululeka iqhina lolwimi, wathetha ngokuchanekileyo ”. Kuqala kuphela kulwalamano olusenyanisweni noYesu apho kunokwenzeka ukuba kudlule ukusuka kwimeko ye-hermetic yokuvalwa ukuya kwimeko yokuvuleka. NguYesu kuphela onokusinceda ukuba sivule. Kwaye akufuneki sityeshele loo minwe, la mathe, loo magama sihlala sihlala sinawo ngeesakramente. Sisiganeko sekhonkrithi esenza ukuba amava afanayo achazwe kwiVangeli yanamhlanje. Yiyo loo nto ubomi obunzulu, obuyinyani, kunye nobunyani bomthendeleko bunokunceda ngaphezulu kweentetho ezininzi kunye nemizamo emininzi. Kodwa sifuna into esisiseko: ukuyifuna. Ngapha koko, eyona nto isindayo kuthi kukuba esi simumu siziswa kuYesu, kodwa ke yiyo le ethatha isigqibo sokuvumela ukuba ikhokelwe nguYesu kude nesihlwele. UMBHALI: UDon Luigi Maria Epicoco