Ukucamngca namhlanje: ubukhulu bukaSt
Ubungangamsha bukaYosefu: akuvuka uJosefu, wenza njengoko ingelosi yeNkosi yamwisele umthetho, wamthabathela endlwini yakhe umfazi wakhe. UMateyu 1:24 Yintoni eyenzileyo Ist Kukhulu kakhulu? Akuzange kukhawulwe ngokungagqibekanga njengoMama wethu osikelelweyo. Wayengenguye oThixo njengoYesu.Kodwa wayeyintloko yoSapho oluNgcwele, umlondolozi kunye nomthengisi.
Uye waba nguyise osemthethweni woMsindisi wehlabathi kunye neqabane likaMama kaThixo.Kodwa uYosefu akakho mkhulu kuba enikwe ilungelondiyamangalisa. Okokuqala, wayemangalisa ngokhetho awalwenzayo ebomini. IVangeli yanamhlanje ibhekisa kuye njengendoda "elilungisa" nanjengendoda "eyenze njengoko ingelosi yeNkosi yamyalelayo". Ke ngoko, ubukhulu bakhe ikakhulu bubangelwa kukuziphatha kwakhe okuhle kunye nokuthobela intando kaThixo.
USt Joseph wayeyintloko yoSapho oluNgcwele
Ukuthobela kaJoseph ubonwa ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into yokuba walithobela ilizwi likaThixo alinikwa ngamaphupha amane abhalwe kwiZibhalo. Kwiphupha lakhe lokuqala, uYosefu uxelelwa oku: “Musa ukoyika ukuzisa uMariya, umfazi wakho, endlwini yakho. Kungokuba wakhawulwa ngaye lo Moya ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. Uya kuba nonyana, umbize ngegama elinguYesu, kuba uya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo ”(Mateyu 1: 20–21).
Kwiphupha lakhe lesibini, uYosefu uxelelwa oku: “Vuka, uthabathe umntwana nonina, usabele eYiputa, uze uhlale khona ndide ndikuxelele; UHerode uza kufuna ukuba umntwana amtshabalalise ”(uMateyu 2:13). Kwakhe iphupha lesithathu, Kuxelelwa uYosefu: "Vuka, thatha umntwana nonina, uye ezweni lakwaSirayeli; kuba bafile abo babezonda ubomi bomntwana" (Mateyu 2:20). Kwiphupha lakhe lesine, uJoseph uxwayiswa ukuba aye eGalili kunokuba aye kwelakwaYuda (Matewu 2:22).
Cinga namhlanje ngobizo olwahlukileyo lukaSanta Joseph
Xa la maphupha efundwa ngokulandelelana, kuyacaca ukuba iSt.Joseph wayeliphulaphule ilizwi likaThixo.Sonke sinamaphupha, kodwa sogni yeGiuseppe yayihlukile. Yayizizinto zonxibelelwano ezicacileyo ezivela kuThixo kwaye zifuna umntu owamkelayo. UJoseph wayelivile ilizwi likaThixo kwaye emamele ngokholo njengaleyo yamkelwa ngokuzithandela.
Ubungangamsha bukaSt. Joseph: UJoseph naye uphendule waphelela ukungeniswa kunye nokuzimisela ngokupheleleyo. Imiyalelo awayifumana kuYosefu yayingabalulekanga. Ukuthobela kwakhe kufuna ukuba yena kunye nosapho lwakhe bahambe imigama emide, bakhe indawo yokuhlala kumazwe angaziwayo, kwaye benze njalo ngokholo.
Kuyacaca ukuba uJoseph wayithathela phezulu ubizo. Upopu uSt. John Paul II wamnika isihloko esithi "uMgcini woMhlawuleli". Ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ubonakalise ukuzibophelela kwakhe ngokungagungqiyo kwindima yakhe njengomgcini woNyana wakhe osemthethweni, uYesu, kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uMary. Wachitha ubomi bakhe ebabonelela, ebakhusela kwaye ebanika nentliziyo katata.
UJoseph wayelivile ilizwi likaThixo
Cinga namhlanje ngobizo olwahlukileyo lukaSanta Joseph. Cinga ngeminyaka yokuqala yomtshato wakhe kunye nokuvuka kukaYesu Cinga ngokuzimisela kwakhe njengotata ukukhathalela, ukubonelela nokukhusela uNyana wakhe. Sonke kufuneka sizame ukulinganisa ubuhle bukaSt.Joseph ngokukhusela ubukho bukaKristu ezintliziyweni zethu, ezintliziyweni zosapho lwethu kunye nabahlobo nakwilizwe liphela. Thandaza ku-St. Joseph, umcele ukuba akuncede ulandele umzekelo wakhe ukuze ubukho obufihliweyo beNkosi yethu ebomini bethu bukhule buze buqole.
Isichotho, uMgcini woMhlawuleli, Umlingane weNtombikazi kaMariya. Ukuphathise uNyana okuphela kwamzeleyo, UMariya ukholose ngawe; nawe uKristu waba ngumntu. Usikelele uYosefu, sibonise nathi utata kwaye usikhokele kwindlela yobomi. Sifumane ubabalo, inceba kunye nesibindi kwaye usikhusele kubo bonke ububi. Amen. (Umthandazo kaPapa Francis)