Iipilisi zokholo ngoDisemba 26 "uSanto Stefano, owokuqala ukulandela emanyathelweni kaKristu"

UKUFIKELELA KWEMINI
U-Kristu wabandezeleka ngenxa yethu, esishiya nomzekelo, ukuze ulandele emanyathelweni akhe "(1 Pt 2,21). Nguwuphi umzekelo weNkosi ekufuneka silandele? Ngaba kukuvusa abafileyo? Ukuhamba elwandle? Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo, kodwa ukuze ululame kwaye uthobeke ngentliziyo (Mt 11,29), kwaye ungathandi kuphela izihlobo zethu, kodwa kunye neentshaba zethu (Mt 5,44).

"Kutheni ulandela emanyathelweni akhe," ubhala uSt. Umshumayeli weendaba ezilungileyo osikelelekileyo u-John uthetha okufanayo: "Nabani na othi uhlala kuKristu, makaziphathe ngokwendlela aziphatha ngayo" (1 Yohane 2,6: 23,34). Wayeziphatha njani uKristu? Emnqamlezweni wayethandazela iintshaba zakhe, esithi: "Bawo baxolele, kuba abayazi into abayenzayo" (Lk XNUMX: XNUMX). Baye baphulukana nengqondo kwaye babanjwe ngumoya ombi, kwaye njengokuba besitshutshisa, batshutshiswa ngakumbi ngumtyholi. Yiyo loo nto kufuneka sithandaze ukuba bakhululwe kunokuba basigwebe.

Yiloo nto kanye awasikelela yona uStephen, owalandela ngokuqaqamba emanyathelweni kaKristu. Ngapha koko, ngelixa wabethwa lilitye, walithandaza wazimela; ke, eguqa ngamadolo, wakhala ngamandla akhe onke ngenxa yeentshaba zakhe: "Nkosi Yesu Kristu, musa ukubabeka esi sono kubo" (Izenzo 7,60:XNUMX). Ke ngoko, ukuba sikholelwa ukuba asinakukwazi ukuxelisa iNkosi yethu, sinokumxelisa lowo sasinjalo, isicaka sakhe.

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