Amagqabantshintshi ngeVangeli ka-Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco: Mk 7, 1-13

Ukuba okomzuzwana siphumelele ekungafundeni iVangeli ngendlela yokuziphatha, mhlawumbi singakwazi ukufunda isifundo esikhulu esifihlwe kwibali lanamhlanje: Baza bahlanganisana ndawonye kuye abaFarisi, nababhali abathile, bevela eYerusalem. Bebonile ukuba abanye babafundi bakhe batya ukutya okungcolileyo, oko kukuthi, izandla ezingahlanjwanga (…) abo baFarisi nababhali bambuza: "Kutheni abafundi bakho bengaziphathi ngokwesiko lamandulo, kodwa batya ngezandla ezingahlambulukanga?" ".

Akunakuphepheka ukuthatha icala likaYesu kwangoko ngokufunda ngale ndlela yokwenza, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba siqale ukungabathandi ababhali nabaFarisi, kufanele ukuba siqonde ukuba into uYesu abangcikivayo ayingobabhali nabaFarisi, kodwa sisilingo sokuba indlela yokholo kuphela yenkolo. Xa ndithetha "ngenkolo kuphela" ndibhekisa kuhlobo lwesimo esiqhelekileyo kubo bonke abantu, apho izinto zengqondo zifuziselwa kwaye zivakaliswa ngezithethe nezilwimi ezingcwele, kanye inkolo. Kodwa ukholo aluhambelani ncam nenkolo. Ukholo lukhulu kunenkolo kunye nenkolo.

Oko kukuthi, akusebenzi ukulawula, njengoko indlela yenkolo iyinyani, ukungqubana kwengqondo esikuqhubayo, kodwa kunika ithuba lokuhlangana ngokugqibeleleyo noThixo ongumntu hayi imilinganiselo yokuziphatha okanye imfundiso. Ukuphazamiseka okucacileyo okufunyanwa ngababhali nabaFarisi kuvela kulwalamano abanalo nomdaka, nokungahlambuluki. Kubo kuya kuba kukuhlanjululwa okungcwele okunento yokwenza nezandla ezimdaka, kodwa bacinga ukuba banokukhuphela ngaphandle kolu hlobo lokuziqhelanisa nayo yonke inkunkuma umntu ayiqokelelayo entliziyweni yakhe. Ngapha koko, kulula ukuhlamba izandla kunokuguqula. UYesu ufuna ukubaxelela kanye le nto: inkolo ayifuneki ukuba yindlela yokufumana ukholo, okt yento ebalulekileyo. Luhlobo nje lohanahaniso olufihlwe njengengcwele. UMBHALI: UDon Luigi Maria Epicoco