IVangeli lwanamuhla ngoMashi 16 2020 elinamazwana
Kusuka kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaLuka 4,24-30.
Ngaleso sikhathi, lapho uJesu efika eNazaretha, wathi kubantu ababebuthene esinagogeni: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: akekho umprofethi owemukelwa ezweni lakubo.
Nami ngiyasho kini: Kwakukhona abafelokazi abaningi kwa-Israyeli ngesikhathi sika-Elija, lapho izulu lalivaliwe iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha futhi kwaba khona indlala enkulu ezweni lonke;
kodwa akukho noyedwa kubo owathunyelwa ku-Elija, uma kungenjalo kumfelokazi eSarepathi laseSidoni.
Kwakunabantu abaningi abanochoko kwa-Israyeli ngesikhathi somprofethi u-Elisha, kepha akekho kubo owaphiliswa ngaphandle kukaNahamani, umSyria. "
Lapho ezwa lezi zinto, wonke umuntu esinagogeni yathukuthela;
basukuma, bamsukela ngaphandle komuzi futhi bamholela emaphethelweni wentaba lapho okwakukhona khona idolobha labo, ukuze bamshiye endaweni eyayiqonde kuyo.
Kepha yena edlula phakathi kwabo wamuka.
ISt. John Chrysostom (ca 345-407)
umpristi e-Antiyokiya wabe engumbhishobhi waseConstantinople, udokotela weSonto
Amakhaya ngokuguqulwa, Cha. 3, ku-almsgiving
Ukwemukela uKristu
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Umfelokazi, esehliselwe ebuphofini obedlulele, wanikeza umoya wokungenisa izihambi ku-Elija (1Ki 17,9 ff): ubumpofu abuzange bumvimbele ukumemukela ngentokozo enkulu. Futhi-ke, njengesibonakaliso sokubonga, uthole izipho eziningi ezazifanekisela izithelo zesenzo sakhe. Lesi sibonelo sikwenza ukuthi mhlawumbe ufune ukwamukela u-Elija. Kungani ubuza u-Elija? Ngihlongoza kuwe ukuthi ngibe yiNkosi ka-Elija, futhi awumukeli izihambi ... Nakhu uChristian, iNkosi yendawo yonke, asitshela khona: «Njalo lapho wenza lezi zinto komunye wabafowethu abancane bami, ukwenzile kimi »(Mt 25,40).