IVangeli kaJanuwari 13, 2019
Incwadi kaIsaya 40,1-5.9-11.
“Console, kholisi abantu bam, utsho uThixo wakho.
Thetha entliziyweni yeJerusalem kwaye umemezele ukuba ubukhoboka bakhe bungapheli, ubugwenxa bakhe buyekisiwe.
Ilizwi liyadanduluka: “Intlango ilungiselele indlela yeNkosi, gcobani indlela yoThixo wethu.
Zonke iintlambo ziyagcwala, zonke iintaba neenduli ziya kuthotywa; Umhlaba oguqukayo uyajika ube mthebelele kwaye umphezulu wethambeka uyisicaba.
Buya kwandula ke ubuqaqawuli beNkosi, kubonakalaliswe kubo bonke abantu, kususela ngomlomo weNkosi.
Nyuka intaba ende, wena uzisa iindaba ezilungileyo eZiyon; liphakamise ngamandla ilizwi lakho, wena uzisa iindaba ezilungileyo kwiYerusalem. Phakamisa izwi lakho, musa ukoyika; Utsho kwiidolophu zakwaJuda: “Nanko ke!
Uyabona, iNkosi uYehova iza ngamandla, ingalo yakhe iphatha ubungangamsha. Apha, unomvuzo kunye naye kwaye amaqhinga akhe ayandulela.
Njengomalusi uqhuba umhlambi aze awubuthe ngengalo yakhe; uphatha amatakane ebeleni lakhe kwaye ukhokelela kancinci iigusha zakhe ”.
Salmi 104(103),1b-2.3-4.24-25.27-28.29-30.
Yehova, Thixo wam, umkhulu;
esongelwe kukukhanya njengengubo. Ulaneka izulu njengelengalenga,
yakha indawo yokuhlala phezu kwamanzi, yenza amafu inqwelo yakho, uhambe ngamaphiko omoya;
yenza abathunywa bakho babe yimimoya, abalungiseleli bakho batshise amadangatye.
Hayi, ubukhulu bemisebenzi yakho, Yehova! Uyenzile yonke into ngobulumko, umhlaba uzele zizidalwa zakho.
Nalu ulwandle oluphangaleleyo nolubanzi: izilwanyana ezincinane nezinkulu, phaya ngaphandle kwenani.
Wonke umntu kuni ulindele ukuba ubanike ukutya ngexesha elifanelekileyo.
Uyabonelela, bayayichola, uvula isandla sakho, banelisekile ziimpahla.
Ukuba uyabufihla ubuso bakho, bayasilela, bathathe umphefumlo wabo, bafe kwaye babuyele eluthulini.
Thumela umoya wakho, ziyadalwa;
ndibuhlaziye ubuso bomhlaba.
Ileta ka-Saint Paul umPostile eya kuTito 2,11-14.3,4-7.
Zisondele ke, ubabalo lukaThixo, lulolusindise abantu bonke,
osifundisayo ukuba sikhanyele ukungabi nanto, kunye neminqweno yehlabathi, nokuba siphile ngokunesidima, nangokusesikweni, nangemfesane,
silinde ithemba elisikelelekileyo kunye nembonakaliso yozuko loThixo wethu omkhulu nomsindisi wethu uYesu Kristu;
owazinikelayo ngenxa yethu, ukuba asikhulule kuyo yonke intswela-bulungisa ,enze abantu abanyulu, abangabakhe, abanenzondelelo kwimisebenzi elungileyo.
Nangona kunjalo, xa ukulunga kukaThixo, uMsindisi wethu, nothando lwakhe ngabantu lubonakaliswa,
Akasisindisanga thina ngokwasemisebenzini yethu yobulungisa, kodwa ngenceba yakhe ngokuhlamba ukuzalwa ngokutsha, nokuhlaziya koMoya oyiNgcwele;
wathululwa ngaye uYesu Kristu, uMsindisi wethu;
ukuze sigwetyelwe ngobabalo lwalowo, sibe ziindlalifa zobomi obungunaphakade ngokwethemba.
Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaLuka 3,15: 16.21-22-XNUMX.
Kuba abantu babelindile, babhunga bonke ezintliziyweni zabo ngaye uYohane, ukuba akangenguye uKristu,
UYohane waphendula kuyo yonke esithi: «Mna ndinibhaptiza ngamanzi; kodwa okunamandla kunam uyeza, endingafanelekileyo ukuba ndikhulule umtya weembadada zam: yena uya kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo.
Bakuba bebhaptiziwe bonke abantu, kwaye ngeli xa uYesu wabhaptizwayo ethandaza, izulu lavuleka
wehla phezu kwakhe uMoya oyiNgcwele, enembonakalo yomzimba onjengehobe, kwaye kwabakho nezwi eliphuma ezulwini lisithi: "Ungunyana wam oyintanda; ndikholisiwe nguwe".