IVangeli yanamhlanje kaFebruwari 27 enengcaciso ngoSanta Francis weNtengiso

Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaLuka 9,22-25.
Ngeli xesha, uYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: "UNyana woMntu, wathi, kufuneka eve ubunzima obukhulu, bohlwaywe ngamadoda amakhulu, ababingeleli abakhulu nababhali, abulawe, avuke ngomhla wesithathu."
Ke, kuye wonke umntu, wathi: «Ukuba kukho mntu ufuna ukundilandela, zincame, thabatha umnqamlezo wakhe imihla ngemihla, undilandele.
Wonke umntu ufuna ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, wowusindisa.
Kumnceda ntoni na umntu ukuzuza ihlabathi liphela, ukuba ke uzonakalisile, okanye uzonakalisile?
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USanta Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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