IVangeli lanamuhla 21 Disemba 2020 ngamazwi kaPapa Francis

UKUFUNDWA KOSUKU
Okuvela Encwadini Yezingoma
Ct 2,8-14

Izwi! Sithandwa sami!
Nakhu kufika
ukweqa izintaba,
egxuma eqa amagquma.
Othandiweyo wami ubukeka njengensephe
noma ku-fawn.
Nangu, umi
ngemuva kodonga lwethu;
bheka ngefasitela,
hlola kusuka emathangeni.

Manje othandekayo wami uqala ukungitshela:
"Sukuma mngani wami,
muhle wami, woza masinyane!
Ngoba, bheka, ubusika budlulile,
imvula iyekile, ayisekho;
izimbali zavela emasimini,
isikhathi sokucula sesibuyile
nezwi lejuba lisazwakalisa ukuzwakala kwalo
emkhankasweni wethu.
Umkhiwane uvuthisa izithelo zawo zokuqala
nemivini eqhakazile yasakaza amakha.

Sukuma mngani wami,
muhle wami, woza masinyane!
O ijuba lami,
abami emifantwini yedwala,
ezindaweni zokucasha zamawa,
ngibonise ubuso bakho,
ngizwe izwi lakho,
ngoba izwi lakho limnandi,
ubuso bakho buyamangaza ».

IVANGELI LOSUKU
Kusuka eVangelini ngokusho kukaLuka
Lk 1,39-45

Ngalezo zinsuku uMariya wasuka waya masisha esifundeni sezintaba, emzini wakwaJuda.
Engena endlini kaZaccharia, wabingelela u-Elisabetta. Ngokushesha nje lapho u-Elizabeth ezwa ukubingelela kukaMariya, umntwana waxhuma esiswini sakhe.
U-Elizabeth wagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele futhi wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu wathi: «Ubusisiwe wena kwabesifazane, sibusisiwe nesithelo sesisu sakho! Ngikukweleta ini umama weNkosi yami ukuba eze kimi? Bheka, kuthe nje lapho ukubingelela kwakho kufinyelela ezindlebeni zami, umntwana wagxuma ngokujabula esiswini sami. Futhi ubusisiwe owakholelwa ekugcwalisekeni kwalokho iNkosi emtshele kona ».

AMAZWI KA BABA OYINGCWELE
Umvangeli ubalisa ukuthi "uMariya wasukuma wahamba ngokushesha" (v. 39) ku-Elizabeth: masinyane, engakhathazeki, engakhathazeki, kodwa ngokushesha, ngokuthula. "Wavuka": isenzo esigcwele ukukhathazeka. Wayengahlala ekhaya alungiselele ukuzalwa kwendodana yakhe, kepha ubakhathalela kakhulu abanye kunalokho yena uqobo, efakazela ukuthi usevele ungumfundi weNkosi ayithwele esibelethweni sakhe. Umcimbi wokuzalwa kukaJesu waqala kanjena, ngesenzo esilula sothando; phela isisa senhliziyo eyiqiniso ngaso sonke isikhathi siyisithelo sothando lukaNkulunkulu. Sengathi iNcasakazi uMariya ingasitholela umusa wokuphila ngoKhisimusi odabukisayo, kepha ungahlakazeki: uyaphakanyiswa: enkabeni akukho "I" wethu, kodwa Nguwe kaJesu kanye nani bazalwane, ikakhulukazi labo abadinga isandla. Ngemuva kwalokho sizoshiya indawo yoThando okuthi, nanamuhla, afune ukuba yinyama futhi azohlala phakathi kwethu. (Angelus, Disemba 23, 2018