IVangeli kunye neSanta yomhla: 29 kuDisemba ka-2019
Incwadi ye-Orthodoxastical 3,2-6.12-14.
INkosi ifuna ukuba utata azukiswe ngabantwana, umisele ilungelo likanina kwimbewu.
Othe wamhlonela uyise ngenxa yezono zakhe,
Umntu omhlonelayo umntu onjalo unjalo oqokelela ubutyebi.
Abo bamhlonelayo utata baya konwaba ebantwaneni babo kwaye baya kuphendulwa ngemini yomthandazo wakhe.
Umntu omhlonela uyise uya kuphila ixesha elide. Umntu othobela uNdikhoyo uyamthuthuzela.
Nyana, nceda uyihlo ekwaluphaleni, ungamenzi buhlungu ngexesha lobomi bakhe.
Nokuba uphulukene nengqondo, mvelise kakuhle kwaye ungamdeleli, ngelixa usemandleni apheleleyo.
Kuba ububele bukayise abuyi kulibaleka, uya kubalwa njengesaphulelo sezono.
Salmi 128(127),1-2.3.4-5.
Unoyolo umntu owoyik 'uNdikhoyo
kwaye uhambe ngeendlela zayo.
Uya kuphila ngomsebenzi wezandla zakho,
uya konwaba kwaye wonwabele yonke into elungileyo.
Umfazi wakho njengomdiliya oneziqhamo
ngasese ekhayeni lakho;
Oonyana bakho babe njengemihluma yomnquma
ujikeleze i-canteen yakho.
Hayi, uyolo lomntu omoyikayo uYehova!
Mbonge uYehova eZiyon!
Kwanga ungakubona ukuchuma kweYerusalem
yonke imihla yobomi bakho.
Ileta kaSt Paul umPostile eya kwabaseKolose 3,12-21.
Yambathani, njengabathandiweyo nguThixo, zintanda, nani zintanda, ninovelwano, ububele, ukuthobeka, ubulali, ukuzeka kade umsindo.
ukunyamezelana kunye nokuxolelana, ukuba umntu unento yokukhalaza kwabanye. Njengoko iNkosi ikuxolele, yenzani njalo nani.
Ngaphezu kwako konke ke kukho uthando, olungumxokelelwane wemfezeko.
Uxolo lukaKristu ke, lusezandleni zenu, kuba kaloku nabizelwa mzimbeni mnye. Kwaye yiba nombulelo!
Ilizwi likaKristu lihlala phakathi kwakho; zifundiseni, nizilumkise ngabo bonke ubulumko, nimbulela uThixo ngokusuka entliziyweni nangeeNdumiso zokudumisa, amaculo neengoma zokomoya.
Kwaye yonke into oyenzayo ngamazwi nangezenzo, yenzani egameni leNkosi uYesu, nibulela uThixo uYise ngaye.
Nina bafazi, walulameleni amadoda, njengokuba kufanele iNkosi.
Nina ke, nina madoda, bathandeni abafazi benu, musani ukuba ziintlondi nabo.
Nina bantwana, bathobeleni abazali ezintweni zonke; kuyayolisa loo nto eNkosini.
Nina boyise, musani ukubacaphukisa abantwana benu ukuze bangadimazeki.
Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokukaMateyu 2,13-15.19-23.
UMagi wayesandula ukumka, xa ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kuYosefu ephupheni, yathi kuye: “Vuka, umthathe umntwana nonina, abalekele eYiputa, nihlale apho ndide ndinilumkise, kuba uHerode ufuna umntwana ukumbulala.
Wavuka uYosefu, wamthabatha umntwana, nonina, ebusuku, babalekela eYiputa.
Wahlala apho ke kwada kwasekufeni kukaHerode, ukuze kuzaliseke okwathethwayo yiNkosi ngomprofeti isithi, Ndambiza unyana wam ukuba aphume eYiputa.
Emva kokusweleka kukaHerode, ingelosi yeNkosi yavela ephupheni kuJosefu eJiputa
wathi kuye, Vuka, uthabathe umntwana nonina, uye ezweni lakwaSirayeli; kuba abo babesongela ubomi bomntwana bafa ».
Wavuka ke wathatha umntwana nonina, wangena kwilizwe lakwaSirayeli.
Kodwa akuva ukuba uArkelawo ungukumkani welakwaYuda endaweni kayise uHerode, woyika ukuya apho. Walumkiswa ephupheni, wemka waya kwimimandla yelaseGalili
Akufika ke waya kuhlala kwidolophu ekuthiwa yiNazarete, ukuzalisekisa oko kwakuthethwe ngabaprofeti: "Uya kubizwa ngokuba nguNazarete."
DISEMBA 29
IBELASELWE IGERARDO CAGNOLI
IValenza, iAlessandria, 1267-iPalermo, nge-29 kaDisemba ngo-1342
Uzalelwe eValenza Po, ePiedmont, malunga ne-1267, emva kokusweleka kukamama wakhe ngo-1290 (utata wakhe wayesele efile), uGerardo Cagnoli walishiya ilizwe waza waphila njengomhambi, ecela isonka etyelela iindawo ezingcwele. WayeseRoma, eNaples, eCatania kwaye mhlawumbi no-Erice (Trapani); Ngo-1307, ebethwa ludumo lobungcwele bukaFranciscan Ludovico d'Angiò, ubhishophu waseToulouse, wangena kwi-Order of Minors eRandazzo eSicily, apho wenza khona i-novitiate kwaye waphila ixesha elithile. Emva kokuba esebenze imimangaliso ebakhuthaza abo babemazi ngomzekelo, wasweleka ePalermo ngomhla wama-29 kweyoMnga ngo-1342. ndandisaphila. Inkolo yakhe, eyasasazeka ngokukhawuleza eSicily, Tuscany, Marche, Liguria, Corsica, Mallorca nakwezinye iindawo, yaqinisekiswa ngoMeyi 1335, 13. Umzimba uhlonishwa ePalermo, kwicawa yaseSan Francesco. (Ixesha elizayo)
UMTHANDAZO
Ewe Beato Gerardo, ubusithanda kakhulu isixeko sasePalermo kwaye usebenze kakhulu uncamela abantu base Palermo abazibona benethamsanqa ukuba neentsalela zomzimba wakho. Zingaphi izinto ezingummangaliso zokuphiliswa! Zingaphi iimbambano ezixolelweyo! Zingaphi iinyembezi ezomileyo! Mingaphi imiphefumlo oyizisa kuThixo! Owu! iinkumbulo zakho mazingaze zisilele kuthi, njengoko uthando lwakho kummelwane wakho lungasilelanga emhlabeni; uthando oluqhubeka ngoku ezulwini ngonaphakade. Bayibenjalo.