IVangeli kunye neSanta yosuku: 9 kuJanuwari 2020

Ileta yokuqala kaJohane oYinyaniso umpostile 4,11-18.
Zintanda, ukuba uThixo wasithanda, nathi simele sithandane.
Akukho namnye owakha wambona uThixo; ukuba siyathandana, uThixo uhlala kuthi, nothando lwakhe lugqibelele kuthi.
Siyazi ngale nto ukuba sihleli kuye, naye uhleli kuthi. Usinike isipho soMoya wakhe.
Kwaye thina ngokwethu sikubonile, siyangqina, ukuba uYise umthumile uNyana wakhe ukuba abe nguMsindisi wehlabathi.
Nabani na oqonda ukuba uYesu nguNyana kaThixo, uThixo uhlala kuye kwaye kuye uThixo.
Siqondile kwaye sakholelwa eluthandweni asinike lona uThixo. Uthixo Luthando; lowo uhleli eluthandweni, uhleli kuye, naye uThixo uhlala kuye.
Yiyo loo nto uthando lufikelele ekugqibeleleni kuthi, kuba sinokholo ngemini yomgwebo; kuba njengoko anjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kweli lizwe.
Uthando alukho uloyiko, kuba uthando olugqibeleleyo luya kugxotha uloyiko, kuba uloyiko lubeka isohlwayo kwaye nabani na owoyikayo akagqibelele eluthandweni.

Salmi 72(71),2.10-11.12-13.
Mnike ukumkani ukugweba kwakho,
ukulunga kwakho kunyana wokumkani;
Buyisa abantu bakho ngobulungisa
nehlwempu lakho nangobulungisa.

Ookumkani baseTarsis nakwiziqithi bazisa iminikelo,
Ookumkani bama-Arabhu namaSabha baya kunikela ngerhafu.
Bonke ookumkani baya kuqubuda kuye,
Zonke izizwe ziya kuyikhonza.

Uya kuyikhulula indoda ehlwempuzekileyo
Nengcikiva ongafumani ncedo,
Uya kuba nemfesane kwabaziintsizana, nabangamahlwempu
asindise ubomi bomntu oxhwalekileyo.

Ukusuka kwiVangeli kaYesu Krestu ngokuka-Maraki 6,45-52.
Emva kokuhlutha kwamawaka amahlanu, uYesu wayalela abafundi ukuba bakhwele esikhitshaneni, bamandulele baye phesheya kolwandle, besiya eBhetsayida, xa wayetshisa isihlwele.
Akuba ebabalisile ke, wenyuka intaba esiya kuthandaza.
Kwakuhlwa, umkhombe ubuphakathi elwandle, waye yena eyedwa emhlabeni.
Kodwa ebabona bonke bediniwe kukukhwela, kuba umoya wawubanqamle, sele esondele kwinxalenye yokugqibela yobusuku waya kubo ehamba phezu kolwandle, kwaye wayefuna ukugqitha kubo.
Bambona ehamba phezu kolwandle, besithi, Ngumphefumlo. Baye ke benkqangaza besithi,
kuba bonke babembonile, bekhathazekile. Kodwa ngokukhawuleza wathetha kubo wathi: "Yizani, ndim, musani ukoyika!"
Emva koko wakhwela esikhombeni kunye nabo kwaye umoya wema. Baye ke bekhwankqiswa ngaphakathi kwabo.
kuba bengakuqondanga ukwanda kwezonka, iintliziyo zabo ziqaqadekile.

JANUWARI 08

I-TITUS ZEMAN-YAMKELWA

I-Vajnory, eSlovakia, nge-4 kaJanuwari 1915-Bratislava, eSlovakia, ngoJanuwari 8, 1969

USlovakian Salesian Fr Titus Zeman wazalelwa kwintsapho yamaKristu ngoJanuwari 4, 1915 eVajnory, kufutshane naseBratislava. Wayefuna ukuba ngumbingeleli ukususela kwiminyaka eli-10. ETurin, nge-23 kaJuni, 1940, wafikelela kwinqanaba lokumiselwa kobubingeleli. Xa inkqubo yobukomanisi yaseCzechoslovakian ngo-Epreli 1950 yacinezela imiyalelo yezenkolo kwaye yaqala ukugxotha abantu abazahlulekileyo kwiinkampu zoxinaniso, kwanyanzeleka ukuba isindise inkolo elutsha ukubavumela ukuba bagqibe izifundo zabo phesheya. UDon Zeman uthathe isikhundla sokulungelelanisa uhambo lokuhambahamba kuMlambo iMovava ukuya eOstriya naseTurin; ishishini elinomngcipheko omkhulu. Ngo-1950 walungelelanisa ukuphuma kabini wasindisa abantu abancinci abangama-21 baseSales. Kutyelelo lwesithathu ngo-Epreli 1951, uFr Zeman, kunye nebalekile, babanjwa. Wangena kuvavanyo oluqilima, ngexesha apho wachazwa njengomngcatshi kwilizwe lokuhlola ilizwe kunye neVictoria, waze wafaka emngciphekweni wokufa. NgoFebruwari 22, 1952, wagwetywa iminyaka engama-25 ejele. UDon Zeman wakhululwa entolongweni, ngecala, nje emva kweminyaka eli-13 evalelwe, nge-10 kaMatshi ngo-1964. Ngoku engenakuphikiswa waphawulwa ziintlungu awabanjwa ngazo, wasweleka kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva, nge-8 kaJanuwari ngo-1969, ejikelezwe ludumo oluhle ngenxa yokufela ukholo kunye ubungcwele.

UMTHANDAZO

Owu Thixo Somandla, ubize uDon Titus Zeman ukuba alandele ukuthanda kuka-Saint John Bosco. Ngaphantsi kukhuseleko lukaMariya Uncedo lwamaKristu waba ngumbingeleli kunye nomfundisi wolutsha. Wayephila ngokwemithetho yakho, kwaye phakathi kwabantu wayaziwa kwaye ehlonitshwa ngesimo sakhe esithandekayo kunye nokufumaneka kubo bonke. Xa iintshaba zeCawa zanyanzela amalungelo abantu nenkululeko yokholo, uDon Titus akazange aphulukane nenkalipho kwaye wanyamezela kwindlela yenyaniso. Ngenxa yokunyaniseka kwakhe kubizo lweSalessian kunye nenkonzo yakhe yesisa eCaweni wavalelwa kwaye watshutshiswa. Ngokucaphuka, wabaxhathisa abo bathuthumbisa, kangangokuba waphathwa kakubi, wagculelwa. Yonke into ibandezeleka ngenxa yothando nangothando. Siyakucela, Bawo onamandla onke, mzukise umkhonzi wakho othembekileyo, ukuze simzukise esibingelelweni seCawe. Siyakucela kuYesu Krestu, Nyana wakho, kunye nangokuthandazela kweNtombi Enyulu kaMariya Uncedo lwamaKristu. Amen.