Ukucamngca namhlanje: Ukungcwaliswa kwamanzi
U-Kristu wabonakala ehlabathini, wathi, ngokumisa kakuhle emhlabeni, wawenza mhle. Wathabathela kuye isono sehlabathi walukhuphela ngaphandle utshaba lwehlabathi; wayingcwalisa imithombo yamanzi wakhanyisa nemiphefumlo yabantu. Kwimimangaliso wongeza imimangaliso emikhulu ngakumbi.
Namhlanje umhlaba nolwandle lwahlule ubabalo loMsindisi phakathi kwabo, kwaye umhlaba wonke ugcwele luvuyo, kuba usuku lwanamhlanje lusibonisa imimangaliso emininzi kunangeholide yangaphambili. Ngolo suku lubalulekileyo lweKrisimesi yeNkosi edlulileyo umhlaba wavuya, kuba wawuthwele iNkosi emkhombeni; Ngomhla we-Epiphany ulwandle luyangcangcazela luvuyo; Uyavuya kuba ufumene iintsikelelo zokungcwaliswa embindini weYordan.
Kwisithembiso esadlulayo waziswa kuthi njengomntwana omncinci, owabonisa ukungafezeki kwethu; Kumthendeleko wanamhlanje simbona njengendoda esele ikhulile esivumela ukuba simbone lowo ugqibelele, ephuma kokugqibeleleyo Kungokuba ukumkani wayenxiba ezimfusa emzimbeni; kule mthombo ujikeleze umlambo kwaye phantse uwugubungele. Yiza ke! Jonga imimangaliso engummangaliso: ilanga lobulungisa elihlamba iJordani, umlilo wantywiliselwa emanzini kwaye uThixo wangcwaliswa ngumntu.
Namhlanje sonke isidalwa sicula iingoma kwaye siyakhala: "Usikelelwe lowo uzayo egameni leNkosi" (Nd 117,26). Usikelele lo uza ngamaxesha onke, kuba ebengezanga ngoku ngoku ... Kwaye ngubani yena? Yitsho ngokucacileyo wena, usikelelwe uDavide: UyiNkosi uThixo kwaye wasikhanyisela (jonga iNd. 117,27). Kwaye ayithethi le nto kuphela kumprofeti uDavid, kodwa nompostile uPaul uyamngqina ngobungqina bakhe aze athi: Ubabalo lokusindisa lukaThixo lwabonakala kubo bonke abantu ukusifundisa (cf. Tit 2,11:XNUMX). Hayi kwabanye, kodwa kubo bonke. Ngapha koko, kubo bonke, kumaJuda nakumaGrike, ubanika ubabalo olusindisayo lobhaptizo, enika ubhaptizo kubo bonke njengesibonelelo esiqhelekileyo.
Yiza, jonga umkhukula ongaqhelekanga, omkhulu kwaye oxabiseke ngakumbi kunogumbe owafika ngexesha likaNowa. Emva koko amanzi onogumbe abatshabalalisa abantu; kodwa ngoku amanzi okubhaptizwa, ngawo amandla alowo ubhaptiziweyo, abuyisela abafileyo ebomini. Emva koko ihobe, liphethe isebe lomnquma ngomlomo walo, labonisa ivumba elimnandi likaKristu iNkosi; ngoku endaweni yoko uMoya oyiNgcwele, esehla ekwimo yehobe, usibonisa iNkosi uqobo, izele yinceba kuthi.