USt.Joseph hayi ngoSuku lukaTata kodwa lweentsana ...
Ngomhla we-19 kuMatshi, Usuku lootata, Eyaziwa ngokuba ngumthendeleko ngumthendeleko weSan Giuseppe. Njengoko wonke umntu esazi, uYosefu nguyise wasemhlabeni kaYesu, umyeni kaMariya kunye nenzala yomnombo kaDavide. UJoseph ukhankanywa amaxesha amaninzi kwiiVangeli xa kufuneka ezele uYesu, ubalekela eYiphutha kuHerode, iphupha leNgelosi. Nangona kunjalo, akunamsebenzi ukufihla inyani, uJoseph wethu yindoda enkulu kwimbali yosindiso.
Kuncinci okwaziwayo ngobomi bakhe. Zicatshulwa ezimbalwa kuphela zevangeli ecaleni kweNkosi kwaye akukho nto iyenye. Ngomhla we-19, uSt. Joseph wonke umntu ukhumbula ooyise. Ngomhla we-19, uSuku lukaJoseph uSuku lukaTata.
Kodwa yazi eyona ntsingiselo yeqela Ist notata lowo? Uninzi lunokuthi kum "ngumhla kabawo olula" kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo into oyithethayo ilungile. Ukungena kubunzulu, ubuqili bento, ndiyakuxelela ukuba lithetha ntoni eli qela kunye nenyani ngalo (ikwasisizathu sesihloko esingaqhelekanga).
Ngomhla we-19, uSt.Joseph ngumthendeleko wabo boyise bakhulisa abantwana abangobantwana babo kodwa babakhulisa njengabantwana bokwenyani kwaye babathande ngokunjalo. Ngapha koko, ukuthanda nokunikela yonke into emntwaneni mhlawumbi ikwayindalo encinci kodwa ugoba ngasemva kumntu ongenguye umntwana wakho kodwa umthanda enjalo "yinto engaqhelekanga le". Ngokwenyani, uSt.Joseph wayengenguye utata ka Yesu ngokwenyama kodwa wayengutata othanda ukuthanda izinto. UYesu ngunyana kaThixo okhawulwe ngoMoya oyiNgcwele esibelekweni seNtombikazi enguMariya. Ke uSanta uJoseph wayengenguye utata ka Yesu kwaye wayemthanda ngaphezu konyana, enyanisweni zonke iziqendu zeVangeli apho acatshulwe khona uSanta uJoseph uyabonakala ukuba uyokukhusela uYesu kwaye enze amadini ngenxa yakhe.
Ke ukukhumbula isihloko asiyonto yosuku looyise ukusuka kwi-babbàs. Kutheni babbà? I-babbà apha eCampania inomsebenzi ophindwe kathathu. Eyokuqala yile dessert intle kakhulu eyenziwe eNaples yasasazeka kwihlabathi liphela. Okwesibini yindlu epheleleyo kodwa egcwele ngokupheleleyo apho unokufumana khona zonke iintlobo zokusikeka kubanda kunye nokulunga okuyinyani. Okwesithathu, igama elithi babbà lithethwa kwabo bantu, bahlala kwiindawo zaseCampania, ezilungileyo, ezingenalwazi, ngaphandle kobubi.
Lo msebenzi kathathu ubhenela ootata banamhlanje abathanda Ist ayingooyise bokwenyani babantwana babo. Bona naba bantwana ngaxeshanye baswiti kwaye banencasa kodwa bahlala bekulungele ukubanika yonke into yabo ngaphandle kokungcikivwa kodwa phantse bahlala bekho ukuze banelise izicelo zabo. Kwangelo xesha, kwindlela yabo yokwenza babonakala ngathi babbà, balungile ngaphandle kokuphikisa aba bantwana kodwa bedlala nabo ngokungathi ngabantwana nabo.
Ke abahlobo namhlanje ndiphela ndinomnqweno okhethekileyo kubo bonke abo bafanelwe yiminqweno emihle namhlanje kooyise babantwana abangaqhelekanga, njengo-St Joseph. Namhlanje ndibabhaptize ngegama elithi Baba. Lusuku oluhle lokuzalwa kotata wam othandekayo esazi, kwabo banokholo, ukuba akukho nto yenzekayo ngengozi ebomini kodwa yonke into inentsingiselo. Iyavakala into yokuba ube yi-babbà nayo.
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