UDisemba 2: UMariya ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu
IVIKI LOKUQALA: MONDAY
UMARIYA KUPHAKATHI KANKULUNKULU
Uthando oluhle lukaNkulunkulu uBaba lilungiselela uMariya kusukela phakade ngendlela ebumbekayo, emlonda kukho konke okubi, ukumhlanganisa nomcimbi wokuphakanyiswa kweNdodana. Asibongi kangako ngezinto azenzile, kepha lokho uNkulunkulu akufezile. UZimu bekamfuna “agcwele ngomusa”. UNkulunkulu uthole kuMariya umuntu ozimisele ukufeza ngokuphelele intando yaphezulu. Izindaba ezingemnandi amaVangeli azinikeza ngoMariya ngokuqinisekile akuyona inkambiso yempilo yakhe, kepha kwanele ukuveza icebo eliyinqaba uNkulunkulu abelokhu emethemba. Ngakho-ke siyakwazi ukuphendula kukaMariya kuNkulunkulu; kepha uNkulunkulu usho ukuthini kithi ngoMariya? Ukulandisa kweVangeli kuchaza isipiliyoni uMariya aba naso ngoNkulunkulu lapho ehlangana naye, kodwa futhi kusenza sizwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu uziphatha kanjani noMariya nokuthi ufuna ukuziphatha kanjani izidalwa ezenziwa nguye mahhala. INdlovukazi yamaNazaretha iphendula ngokutholakala ngokuthobeka futhi ivuma ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu.Umfanekiso wevangeli kaMariya ubonakala kithi njengohlelo neZwi likaNkulunkulu, ukhombisa ubuso bakhe; "okugcwele ngomusa" kwembula uNkulunkulu, "ongenasici sesono" kwasekuqaleni, yi-Immaculate Concepts, isibonakaliso sikaNkulunkulu.
UMTHANDAZO
O Jesu, eBetlehema ukhanyise isibani, esikhanyisela ngokusobala ubuso bukaNkulunkulu: uNkulunkulu uthobekile! Ngenkathi sifuna ukuba mkhulu, Wena, Nkulunkulu, uzenze omncane; ngenkathi sifuna ukuba ngabokuqala, wena, Nkulunkulu, zibeke endaweni yokugcina; ngenkathi sifuna ukubusa, Wena, Nkulunkulu, woza uzokhonza; ngenkathi sifuna ukuhlonishwa namalungelo, Wena, O Nkulunkulu, funa izinyawo zabantu futhi ugeze futhi uziqabule ngothando. Mkhulu umehluko phakathi kwethu nawe, O Lord! O Jesu, mnene futhi uthobekile, simisa embundwini weBetlehema futhi sima kancane ngokucabanga nangokungabaza: intaba yokuziqhenya kwethu ayingeni esikhaleni somhume. O Jesu, mnene futhi uthobekile, susa ukuziqhenya ezinhlizweni zethu, finyelela ukumemezela kwethu, usinike ukuthobeka kwakho, futhi wehle usuka ezansi, sizokuhlangana Wena nabafowethu; futhi kuzoba nguKhisimusi futhi kuzoba iphathi! Amen.
(Ikhadi. Angelo Comastri)
ISIVUZO SOSUKU:
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