Ukuzinikela kosuku: thandaza kuJesu, umtshele ukuthi ushintsha inhliziyo yakho

Ukuvumelana kwezingelosi. Kwakuphakathi kwamabili: yonke indalo yaphumula buthule, futhi akekho noyedwa owacabanga ngabahambi ababili abavela eNazaretha, ngaphandle kwehhotela eBetlehema. UMariya wayelokhu ethandaze, lapho kukhanya iqhugwane, kuzwakala ukumemeza: UJesu uzelwe. Ngokungazelelwe, izingelosi zehlela enkantolo, futhi ngehabhu bahlabelela bathi: Udumo kuNkulunkulu, nokuthula kubantu. Umgubho omkhulu kangaka weZulu! Yeka injabulo emhlabeni! Futhi uzobanda, wazi ukuthi uJesu uzelwe, ingabe uyakukhalela?

Ukuvakashelwa kwabelusi. Ngubani owake wamenywa ukuthi avakashele uJesu kuqala? Mhlawumbe uHerode noma umbusi waseRoma? Mhlawumbe onxiwankulu abakhulu? Mhlawumbe izazi zesinagoge? Cha: UJesu uhlwempu, uthobekile futhi ucashile, ubukela phansi ukuqhosha komhlaba. Bambalwa abelusi ababeqaphe imihlambi yabo ezungeze iBhetlehema babengabokuqala ukumenyelwa eqhugwaneni; abelusi abathobekile nabadelelekile njengoJesu; umpofu ngegolide, kodwa ucebile ngobuhle; abaqaphile, okungukuthi, abavuthayo ... Ngakho-ke abathobekile, abahle, abavuthayo, yilabo abathandwa yingane ...

Isipho sabelusi. Babaza ukukholwa kwabelusi njengoba besondela bengena eqhugwaneni. Babona izindonga ezinolaka kuphela, bacabanga kuphela Ingane efana nezinye, ebekwe otshanini. Kodwa iNgelosi yakhuluma; futhi baguqa phansi kombhede, bakhuleka kuNkulunkulu ngokusonga izingubo. Bamnikeza izipho ezilula, kepha bamnika inhliziyo yabo ukumbuyisa engcwele futhi othandweni noNkulunkulu. Futhi awuyikunikela inhliziyo yakho kuJesu? Ngeke umncenge ukuthi abe ngusanta?

UKWENZA. - Isihlanu Pater kuJesu; mtshele aguqule inhliziyo yakho.