Amagqabantshintshi nge-liturgy ka-Februwari 2, 2021 ngu-Don Luigi Maria Epicoco
Umthendeleko weNtetho kaYesu etempileni ukhatshwa yindinyana evela kwiVangeli ebalisa ibali. Ukulinda uSimeone akusixeleli nje ibali lendoda, kodwa kusixelela ulwakhiwo olusisiseko sayo yonke indoda kunye nabasetyhini bonke. Liziko lokulinda.
Sidla ngokuzichaza ngokunxulumene nolindelo lwethu. Singolulindelo lwethu. Ngaphandle kokuyiqonda, eyona nto siyilindeleyo kuko konke esikulindeleyo kuhlala kunguKristu. Uyinzaliseko yokwenyani yoko sikuphethe ezintliziyweni zethu.
Into ekufanele ukuba sonke sizama ukuyenza kukufuna uKrestu ngokuvuselela ulindelo lwethu. Akululanga ukudibana noKrestu ukuba awunakulindela. Ubomi obungenakulindela kuhlala buhlala kukugula, ubomi obuzele ubunzima kunye nemvakalelo yokufa. Ukufuna kukaKrestu kuhambelana nokwazi ngokuzalwa ngokutsha kolindelo olukhulu entliziyweni yethu. Kodwa awukaze njengakwiVangeli yanamhlanje umxholo wokuKhanya uchazwe kakuhle:
"Ukukhanya okukhanyisa izizwe nozuko lwabantu bakho amaSirayeli".
Ukukhanya okususa ubumnyama. Ukukhanya okutyhila umxholo wobumnyama. Ukukhanya okuhlangula ubumnyama kubuzwilakhe bokudideka kunye noloyiko. Kwaye konke oku kushwankathelwa emntwaneni. UYesu unomsebenzi othile ebomini bethu. Inomsebenzi wokulayita izibane apho kukho ubumnyama bodwa. Kungenxa yokuba kuphela xa sichaza ububi bethu, izono zethu, izinto ezisoyikisayo, izinto esiqhwalela kuzo, kuphela emva koko sinokuthi sikwazi ukuzishenxisa ebomini bethu.
Namhlanje ngumthendeleko "wokukhanya". Namhlanje kufuneka sibe nesibindi sokuma kwaye sibize ngamagama yonke into "echasene" novuyo lwethu, yonke into engasivumeli ukuba sibhabhe phezulu: ubudlelwane obungalunganga, imikhwa egqwethekileyo, uloyiko olwenziweyo, ukungakhuseleki okuhleliweyo, iimfuno ezingavunyelwanga. Namhlanje akufuneki ukuba sikoyike oku kukhanya, kuba kungemva kokuba le "ntshutshiso" ibulalayo inokuthi "ubutsha" obufundisa ukuba usindiso luqale ebomini bethu.