IVangeli likaFebhuwari 3, 2021 nokuphawula kukaPapa Francis

UKUFUNDWA KOSUKU
Encwadini eya kumaHeberu
Heb 12,4 - 7,11-15

Bazalwane, anikamelani kuze kube segazini ekulweni nesono futhi senikhohliwe isiyalo esibhekiswe kini njengasebantwaneni:
«Ndodana yami, ungadeleli ukulungiswa kweNkosi
futhi ungapheli amandla lapho uthathwa nguye;
ngoba iNkosi iyamyala lowo emthandayo
futhi ushaya noma ngubani ambona njengendodana.

Kungenxa yokulungiswa kwakho ukuthi uhlupheke! UNkulunkulu uniphatha njengabantwana; kanti iyini indodana engalungiswa ngubaba? Vele, okwamanje, konke ukulungiswa akubonakali kuyisizathu senjabulo, kepha kudabukisa; ngemuva kwalokho, nokho, kuletha isithelo sokuthula nobulungiswa kulabo abaqeqeshiwe ngayo.

Ngakho-ke qinisa izandla zakho ezixegayo namadolo abuthakathaka futhi uhambe uqonde ngezinyawo zakho, ukuze unyawo oluxhuzulayo kungadingeki lukhubazeke, kodwa kunalokho luphole.

Funa ukuthula nawo wonke umuntu nokungcweliswa, ngaphandle kwakho akekho oyoke abone iNkosi; qaphela ukuze kungabikho muntu oziphuca umusa kaNkulunkulu Ungakhuli noma ukhule phakathi kwakho noma iyiphi impande enobuthi, edala ukulimala futhi abaningi bangenwe yilesi sifo.

IVANGELI LOSUKU
Kusuka kwiVangeli ngokusho kukaMark
Mk 6,1-6

Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu weza ezweni lakubo futhi abafundi bakhe bamlandela.

Lapho kufika uMgqibelo, waqala ukufundisa esinagogeni. Abaningi, lapho belalele, bamangala bathi: «Zivelaphi lezi zinto? Futhi yikuphi ukuhlakanipha lokho okunikezwe yena? Nezimangaliso ezinjengalezo ezenziwa ngezandla zakhe na? Lo akusiye umbazi, indodana kaMariya, nomfowabo kaJakobe, noJose, noJuda, noSimoni, na? Odadewenu, abekho yini lapha nathi? ». Futhi bekuyimbangela yehlazo kubo.

Kepha uJesu wathi kubo: "Umprofethi kadelelwa ngaphandle kwasezweni lakubo, ezihlotsheni zakhe nasendlini yakhe." Futhi lapho akakwazanga ukwenza noma yiziphi izimangaliso, kepha ubeke izandla zakhe kuphela kubantu abambalwa abagulayo wabaphilisa. Wamangala ngokungakholwa kwabo.

UJesu wayehambahamba emizaneni efundisa.

AMAZWI KA BABA OYINGCWELE
Ngokwabantu baseNazaretha, uNkulunkulu mkhulu kakhulu ukuba angaze akhulume ngomuntu olula kangaka! (…) UNkulunkulu akahambisani nokucwasa. Kufanele silwele ukuvula izinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu, ukwamukela iqiniso laphezulu eliza ukuhlangana nathi. Kuyindaba yokuba nokholo: ukuntuleka kokukholwa kuyisithiyo emseni kaNkulunkulu.Abaningi ababhapathiziwe baphila sengathi uKristu ubengekho: ukuthinta nezimpawu zokukholwa kuyaphindwa, kepha akuhambisani nokunamathela kwangempela ku ubuntu bukaJesu kanye neVangeli lakhe. (Angelus wangomhlaka 8 Julayi 2018)