Amagqabantshintshi ngeVangeli yanamhlanje iJanuwari 20 nguDon Luigi Maria Epicoco

Umbono ochazwe kwiVangeli yanamhlanje ubaluleke ngokwenene. UYesu ungena kwindlu yesikhungu. Impikiswano edibene nababhali nabaFarisi ngoku iyabonakala. Ngeli xesha, nangona kunjalo, i-diatribe ayichaphazeli intetho zentetho okanye ukutolikwa, kodwa ukubandezeleka okuphathekayo komntu:

Kwakukho indoda eyayinesandla esomileyo, baza ke bamjonga ukuze babone ukuba uyamphilisa na ngeSabatha baza bamtyhola. Wathi kuloo mntu unesandla esomileyo: "Ngena embindini!"

NguYesu kuphela obonakala ekuthathela phezulu ukubandezeleka kwale ndoda. Abanye banenkxalabo malunga nokulunga. Into efana nale iyenzeka kuthi kuthi abo baphulukene nokubona okubalulekileyo ngenxa yomnqweno wokulunga. U-Yesu umisela ukuba indawo yokuqala kufuneka ihlale ikukuqina kobuso bomnye. Kukho into enkulu kunawo nawuphi na umthetho kwaye ngumntu. Ukuba uyakulibala oku, ubeka emngciphekweni wokuba neenkolelo zonqulo. Isiseko asisiyongozi kuphela xa sichaphazela ezinye iinkolo, kodwa sikwayingozi xa sichaphazela ezethu. Kwaye siba sisiseko xa siphulukana nobomi babantu bekhonkrithi, ukubandezeleka kwabo okuphathekayo, ubukho babo bekhonkrithi kwimbali ethile nakwimeko ethile. UYesu ubeka abantu embindini, kwaye kwiVangeli yanamhlanje akapheleli nje ekwenzeni njalo kodwa ukubuza abanye ukuqala kwesi senzo:

“Wandula ke wababuza: 'Kusemthethweni na ukwenza okulungileyo okanye okubi ngeSabatha, ukusindisa ubomi okanye ukubususa?' Baye bathula. Akuba ebasingasingile, ecaphuka, ebuhlungu kukuqaqadeka kweentliziyo zabo, wathi kuloo mntu, Solule isandla sakho. Wasolula isandla sakhe saphila. Baphuma abaFarisi kwangoko kunye namaHerode, benza iyelenqe lokumbulala.

Kuya kuba mnandi ukucinga ukuba siphi kweli bali. Ngaba siqiqa njengoYesu okanye njengababhali nabaFarisi? Kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke siyaqonda ukuba uYesu uyakwenza konke oku kuba indoda enesandla esomileyo ayingowasemzini, kodwa ndim, nguwe?