USanta Joseph: bonisa, namhlanje, ngobomi bakhe obuqhelekileyo kwaye "abubalulekanga" kubomi bemihla ngemihla
Nge-8 kaDisemba 2020, uPopu Francis wabhengeza ukuqala kokubhiyozelwa komhlaba wonke "koNyaka kaSt. Kwintshayelelo yale leta, uBawo oyiNgcwele wathi: "Ngamnye wethu unokufumanisa kuJoseph - indoda engabonakaliyo, ubukho bemihla ngemihla, obunobuqili nobufihlakeleyo - umlamli, inkxaso kunye nesikhokelo ngamaxesha obunzima".
UYesu weza kwindawo awazalelwa kuyo kwaye wafundisa abantu kwindlu yabo yesikhungu. Baqhiphuka umbilini, besithi, Lo ubuzuze phi na obu bulumko, nemisebenzi yamandla engaka? Akanguye na unyana wengcibi yokwakha? " UMateyu 13: 54–55
IVangeli engasentla, ethathwe kufundo lwesi sikhumbuzo, ibonisa into yokuba uYesu "wayengunyana wengcibi". UJoseph wayengumsebenzi. Wayesebenza ngezandla zakhe njengomchweli ukubonelela ngeemfuno zemihla ngemihla zeNtombi Enyulu enguMariya kunye noNyana kaThixo.Wabanika ikhaya, ukutya nezinye izinto eziyimfuneko zemihla ngemihla ebomini. UJoseph wabakhusela bobabini ngokulandela imiyalezo eyahlukeneyo yesithunywa sikaThixo esathetha naye emaphupheni. UJoseph wayifeza imisebenzi yakhe ebomini ngokuzolileyo nangokufihlakeleyo, ekhonza kwindima yakhe njengotata, iqabane kunye nomsebenzi.
Nangona uJoseph esaziwa ngokubanzi kwaye ehlonitshwa kwiCawe yethu namhlanje kwaye njengomntu ophambili kwezembali emhlabeni, ngethuba lokuphila kwakhe ngewayengumntu owayehleli engaziwa. Uya kubonwa njengendoda eqhelekileyo esenza umsebenzi wakhe oqhelekileyo. Kodwa ngeendlela ezininzi, yile nto eyenza uSt.Joseph abe yindoda efanelekileyo yokulinganisa kwaye ngumthombo wenkuthazo. Bambalwa kakhulu abantu ababizelwe ukukhonza abanye kwindawo ebonakalayo. Bambalwa kakhulu abantu abadunyiswayo esidlangalaleni ngemisebenzi yabo yemihla ngemihla. Ngokukodwa abazali, badla ngokuxatyiswa kakhulu. Ngesi sizathu, ubomi bukaSt.Joseph, obu bomi buthobekileyo nobufihlakeleyo buhlala eNazarete, bunika uninzi lwabantu inkuthazo kubomi babo bemihla ngemihla.
Ukuba ubomi bakho buyadika, bufihlakele, abuxatyiswanga ngabantu, buyadika kwaye buye butyhafise ngamanye amaxesha, funa inkuthazo eSt. Isikhumbuzo sanamhlanje sihlonipha uYosefu njengendoda ebisebenza. Kwaye umsebenzi wakhe wawuqhelekile. Kodwa ubungcwele bufunyanwa ngaphezu kwako konke, kwiindawo eziqhelekileyo kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla. Ukukhetha ukukhonza, usuku nosuku, unolwazi oluncinci okanye unganikwanga emhlabeni, yinkonzo yothando, ukuxelisa ubomi bukaSanta Joseph kunye nomthombo wobungcwele bomntu ebomini. Sukujongela phantsi ukubaluleka kokusebenza kwezi kunye nezinye iindlela eziqhelekileyo nezifihlakeleyo.
Cinga, namhlanje, kubomi obuqhelekileyo "obungabalulekanga" bemihla ngemihla kaSanta Joseph. Ukuba ufumanisa ukuba ubomi bakho bufana noko ebeya kuphila njengomsebenzi, iqabane kunye notata, yonwabele loo nto. Yonwabela ukuba nawe ubizelwe kubomi obungcwele ngokungaqhelekanga ngemisebenzi yesiqhelo yobomi bemihla ngemihla. Benze kakuhle. Yenza ngothando. Kwaye ubenze ngokuphefumlelwa nguSanta uJoseph kunye nomtshakazi wakhe, iNtombikazi enguMariya, eya kuthi ithathe inxaxheba kobu bomi bemihla ngemihla. Yazi ukuba into oyenzayo yonke imihla, xa uyenza ngothando kunye nokusebenzela abanye, yeyona ndlela iqinisekileyo yokuya kubungcwele bobomi. Masithandaze ku-Saint Joseph osebenzayo.
Umthandazo: Yesu wam, Nyana womchweli, ndiyabulela ngesipho kunye nenkuthazo kayihlo wasemhlabeni, uSanta Joseph. Ndiyabulela ngobomi bakhe obuqhelekileyo ahlala ngothando olukhulu kunye noxanduva. Ndincede ndixelise ubomi bakhe ngokuzalisekisa imisebenzi yam yemihla ngemihla yomsebenzi kunye nenkonzo kakuhle. Ngamana ndingabubona ebomini bukaSanta uJoseph umzekelo ogqibeleleyo wobungcwele bam bobomi. Ingcwele uYosefu uMsebenzi, sithandazele. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.