IVangeli likaFebhuwari 5, 2021 nokuphawula kukaPapa Francis
UKUFUNDWA KOSUKU
Encwadini eya kumaHeberu
Heb 13,1: 8-XNUMX
Bafowethu, uthando lobuzalwane luhlala luqinile. Ungakhohlwa ukungenisa izihambi; abanye, bekwenza, bengazi ukuthi bamukele izingelosi. Khumbulani iziboshwa, kube sengathi niyiziboshwa ezikanye nazo, nalabo abaphathwa kabi, ngoba nani ninomzimba. Umshado kufanele uhlonishwe yibo bonke futhi umbhede womshado ungabi nabala. Izifebe neziphingi ziyohlulelwa uNkulunkulu.
Ukuziphatha kwakho akunanembeza; yaneliseke onakho, ngoba uNkulunkulu uqobo uthe: "Ngeke ngikushiye futhi ngeke ngikulahle". Ngakho-ke singasho ngokuqiniseka:
«INkosi ingusizo lwami, ngeke ngesabe.
Umuntu angangenzani? ».
Khumbulani abaholi benu abakhulume izwi likaNkulunkulu kini, nicabangisisa ngomphumela wokuphila kwabo, nilingise ukukholwa kwabo.
UJesu Kristu nguyena izolo nanamuhla naphakade!
IVANGELI LOSUKU
Kusuka kwiVangeli ngokusho kukaMark
Mk 6,14-29
Ngaleso sikhathi inkosi uHerode yezwa ngoJesu, ngokuba igama lakhe lalidumile. Kwathiwa: "UJohane uMbhapathizi uvukile kwabafileyo futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu unamandla okwenza izimangaliso". Abanye, ngakolunye uhlangothi, bathi: "Ngu-Elia." Abanye futhi bathi: "Ungumprofethi, njengomunye wabaprofethi." Kodwa uHerode, lapho ezwa ngakho, wathi: "Lowo John engangimnqume ikhanda, uvukile!"
Ngempela, uHerode uqobo lwakhe wayethumele ukuyobamba uJohane futhi wamfaka etilongweni ngenxa kaHerodiya, umkaFiliphu umfowabo, ngoba wayemthathile. Eqinisweni, uJohn wathi kuHerode: "Akuvumelekile ukuthi ugcine unkosikazi womfowenu."
Kungalesi sizathu uHerodiya amzonda futhi efuna ukumbulala, kodwa akakwazanga, ngoba uHerode wayemesaba uJohane, azi ukuthi uyindoda elungile futhi engcwele, futhi wayemgadile; ukumlalela wayedideke kakhulu, nokho walalela ngokuzithandela.
Kodwa-ke, usuku oluhle lwafika lapho uHerode, ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe, enza idili lezikhulu eziphakeme zasenkantolo yakhe, izikhulu zamasosha nabaziwayo baseGalile. Lapho kungena indodakazi kaHerodiya uqobo lwayo, yasina yajabulisa uHerode nabadlayo. Inkosi yabe isithi entombazaneni, "ngicela kimi okufunayo ngizokunika khona." Futhi wafunga kuye kaningana wathi: «Noma yini ongangibuza yona, ngizokunika yona, noma ngabe bekuyingxenye yombuso wami». Waphuma wathi kunina: "Yini okufanele ngiyibuze?" Uphendule wathi: "Ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi." Futhi masinyane, esegijimele enkosini, wenza isicelo, ethi: "Ngifuna unginike manje, ngethreyi, ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi." Inkosi, yaba lusizi kakhulu, ngenxa yesifungo nabadliyo ayifunanga ukuyenqaba.
Futhi masinyane inkosi yathumela unogada yayala ukuba kulethelwe ikhanda likaJohane kuye. Unogada wahamba wamnquma ikhanda ejele wathatha ikhanda lakhe walifaka kuthileyi, walinika intombazane, intombazane yalinika unina. Lapho abafundi bakaJohane bekuzwa lokho, beza, bathatha isidumbu sakhe, basibeka ethuneni.
AMAZWI KA BABA OYINGCWELE
UJohane wazingcwelisela uNkulunkulu nesithunywa sakhe, uJesu, kodwa, ekugcineni, kwenzekani? Wafa ngenxa yeqiniso lapho esola ukuphinga kweNkosi uHerodi noHerodiya. Bangaki abantu abakhokha kakhulu ngokuzibophezela eqinisweni! Mangaki amadoda alungile akhetha ukwenza okuphambene nomsinga, ukuze angaphiki izwi likanembeza, izwi leqiniso! Abantu abaqondile, abangasabi ukuphikisana nokusanhlamvu! (U-Angelus kaJuni 23, 2013