Julayi 8 - UKUQHUTYWA KGAZI KAKRESTU KWAKHONA KUKHONA NOBUNZIMA
Julayi 8 - UKUQHUTYWA KGAZI KAKRESTU KWAKHONA KUKHONA NOBUNZIMA
AmaJuda ayecabanga ukuthi uMesiya kufanele azalwe emzimbeni ukuze abuyisele umbuso wakwa-Israyeli enkazimulweni yawo yangaphambili. Esikhundleni salokho, uJesu weza emhlabeni ukuzosindisa bonke abantu, ngakho-ke ngenhloso yokomoya. "Umbuso wami awuwona owomhlaba," kusho yena. Ngakho-ke ukuhlengwa okwenziwe ngeGazi lakhe kwakuchichima - okungukuthi, akazange azikhawulele ekunikezeni amaconsi ambalwa, kepha wakunikela konke - futhi wenza isibonelo, iqiniso lethu nezwi, impilo yethu ngomusa ne-Eucharist, wayefuna ukuhlenga umuntu kuwo wonke amandla akhe: ngentando, engqondweni, enhliziyweni. Futhi akazange anciphise umsebenzi wakhe wokuhlenga kubantu abathile noma ezinhlanganweni ezithile ezinenhlanhla: "Usikhulule, Nkosi, ngeGazi lakho, kuzo zonke izinhlanga, izilimi, abantu nezizwe". Ukusuka esiqongweni sesiphambano, ebukhoneni bomhlaba wonke, iGazi lakhe lehlela emhlabeni, lidlule izikhala, ligcwalise konke, kangangokuba nemvelo uqobo lwayo yathuthumela ngaphambi komhlatshelo omkhulu kangako. UJesu wayelindelwe abeZizwe futhi bonke abeZizwe bekufanele bakujabulele lokho kugxotshwa futhi babheke eKalvari njengowukuphela kwensindiso. Ngakho-ke, kusukela ezinyaweni zesiphambano basuka, futhi njalo izithunywa zevangeli - abaphostoli beGazi - bazosuka ukuze izwi lakhe nezinzuzo zakhe zifinyelele kuyo yonke imiphefumulo.
ISIBONELO: Isigaxa esivelele kunazo zonke esishiswe yiGazi Eliyigugu likaKhristu isiphambano esingcwele. Ngemuva kokutholwa okukhangayo okwenziwe nguS. Elena noS. Macario, wahlala eJerusalema amakhulu amathathu eminyaka; amaPheresiya anqoba lo muzi awuletha esizweni sawo. Eminyakeni eyishumi nane kamuva umbusi uHeraclius, esehlasele iPheresiya, wafuna ngokwakhe ukubuyisa eMzini oNgcwele. Wayeqale ukukhuphuka komthambeka weKalvari, lapho, wama, ngamandla amangalisayo, akakwazanga ukuya phambili. Lapho-ke umbhishobhi ongcwele uZakariya esondela kuye wathi kuye: "Makhosi, akunakwenzeka ukuhamba ugqoke ubuqili ngaleyo ndlela uJesu wahamba ngokuthobeka nangobuhlungu obuningi". Kuphela lapho ebeka phansi izingubo zakhe ezicebile kanye nobucwebe lapho uHeraclius angaqhubeka nohambo futhi abeke i-Holy Cross emuva egqumeni lokubethelwa ngezandla zakhe. Nathi sithi singamaKhristu eqiniso, okungukuthi, ukuthwala isiphambano noJesu, futhi ngasikhathi sinye sisalokhu sinamathele ekunethezekeni kwempilo nasekuziqhenyeni kwethu. Yebo, lokhu akunakwenzeka ngokuphelele. Kuyadingeka ukuthobeka ngobuqotho ukuze ukwazi ukuhamba ngendlela emakwe yiGazi likaJesu.
INJONGO: Ngothando lweGazi Laphezulu, ngizohlangabezana nokuhlazeka ngokuzithandela futhi ngizosondela ngampela kwabampofu futhi ngishushiswe.
UJAKULEKO: Siyakukhonza, noma uJesu, futhi sikubusisa ngoba ngeSiphambano sakho esingcwele neGazi lakho eliyigugu uwukhululile umhlaba.