Amagqabantshintshi nge-liturgy ka-Februwari 5, 2021 ngu-Don Luigi Maria Epicoco

Umbindi weVangeli yanamhlanje sisazela sikaHerode. Ngapha koko, udumo olukhulayo lukaYesu luvusa kuye imvakalelo yokuba netyala lokubulala uYohane uMbhaptizi:

“UKumkani uHerode weva ngoYesu, kuba ngelo xesha igama lakhe lalisaziwa. Kwathiwa: "Uvukile uYohane umbhaptizi kwelabafileyo kwaye ngenxa yesi sizathu amandla emimangaliso ayasebenza kuye". Abanye, kwelinye icala, bathi: "NguEliya"; baye ke abanye besithi, Ngumprofeti, nokuba ufana nomnye wakubaprofeti. Ekuvile ke oko uHerode, wathi: "Lo Yohane ndandimnqumle intloko uvukile."

Nokuba sizama kangakanani ukusaba kwisazela sethu, siyakusikhathaza kude kube sekupheleni, de sikuthathe nzulu oko ikuthethayo. Kukho uluvo lwesithandathu ngaphakathi kuthi, amandla okuva inyani ukuba iyintoni na. Kwaye nobomi, ukhetho, izono, iimeko, imeko ezinokubangela ukuba singabinayo le nto, into engangqinelaniyo neNyaniso iyaqhubeka ukubonakala kuthi njengokubandezeleka. Kungenxa yesi sizathu le nto uHerode engalufumani uxolo kwaye abonakalise imeko ye-neurosis esinayo sonke xa kwelinye icala siziva sitsalelekile kwinyani kwaye kwelinye siphila ngokuchasene nalo:

UHerode ke wayembambile uYohane, wamfaka entolongweni, ngenxa kaHerodiya, umfazi kaFilipu, umninawa wakhe. UJohn wathi kuHerode: "Akukho semthethweni ngawe ukugcina umfazi womntakwenu". Kuba uHerodiya lo wayemqumbele, wayenqwenela nokumbulala; kodwa akabanga nako; kuba uHerode wayemoyika uYohane, emazi ukuba ulungile, ungcwele; Nokuba uthe ekuphulaphuleni wahlala edidekile, kodwa waphulaphula ngokuzithandela ”.

Umntu angaziva njani enomdla kwinyani kwaye avumele ubuxoki buphumelele? IVangeli yanamhlanje isixelela oku ukuba sivelise ukungqubana okufanayo okuhlala kuthi nokusilumkisa ukuba ekuhambeni kwexesha, ngelixa siziva sinomdla kwinto eyinyani ukuba ukhetho olulandelayo alwenziwa, kungekudala okanye iingxaki ezingenakulungiswa zidityanisiwe.