IVangeli lwanamuhla ngoMashi 20 2020 elinamazwana

Kusuka kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMarku 12,28b-34.
Ngaleso sikhathi, omunye wababhali waya kuJesu wambuza, "Uyini owokuqala kuyo yonke imiyalo?"
UJesu waphendula: «Owokuqala uwukuthi: Lalela, Israyeli. INkosi uNkulunkulu wethu ukuphela kweNkosi;
ngakho-ke uzothanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ngayo yonke ingqondo yakho nangawo onke amandla akho.
Owesibili yilokhu: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengoba uzithanda wena. Awukho omunye umyalo obaluleke ukwedlula le. "
Umbhali wabe esethi kuye: “Ukhulume kahle, Mfundisi, futhi ngokweqiniso ukuthi Uhlukile futhi akekho omunye ngaphandle kwakhe;
Mthande ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ngayo yonke ingqondo yakho nangawo onke amandla akho futhi uthande umakhelwane wakho njengoba uzithanda wena ngaphezu kweminikelo yokushiswa nemihlatshelo ».
Ebona ukuthi uphendule ngobuhlakani, wathi kuye: "Awukude nombuso kaNkulunkulu." Futhi akekho umuntu owayenesibindi sokumbuza futhi.

Ubusisiwe Columba Marmion (1858-1923)
abbot

"Amathuluzi emisebenzi emihle"
UJesu wathi, "Uzothanda"
Yize kunjalo, uthando yikho okulinganisa inani lazo zonke izenzo zethu, ngisho nokujwayelekile. ISt Benedict ibuye ikhombise uthando lukaNkulunkulu njengesixhobo "sokuqala": "Okokuqala ukuthanda iNkosi ngayo yonke umphefumulo wakho, nangawo wonke umoya wakho, ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho". Ungasitshela kanjani: “Beka uthando enhliziyweni yakho kuqala; uthando lube yisilo sakho nomhlahlandlela kuzo zonke izenzo; uluthando okufanele lubeke zonke ezinye izinsimbi zemisebenzi emihle ezandleni zakho; uyena ozonikeza imininingwane ebaluleke kakhulu yezinsuku zakho inani elikhulu. Izinto ezincane, kusho uSt Augustine, zizincane ngokwazo, kodwa ziba zinkulu uthando oluthembekile olubenza bazigcwalise (Defundisoina christiana, 1. IV, c. 18 ". (...)

Okuhle okufanele kuhloswe ngakho (...) ukuphelela kothando, hhayi ukucubungula noma ukukhathazeka hhayi ukwenza amaphutha, noma isifiso sokukwazi ukuthi: "Ngifuna ungangitholi ngephutha": kukhona ukuqhosha. Kusuka enhliziyweni ukuthi impilo yangaphakathi iyageleza; futhi uma unayo, uzozama ukugcwalisa yonke imiyalo ngothando, ngenhloso emsulwa nokunakekela okukhulu kakhulu okungenzeka. (...)

Inani leqiniso lezinto lisesezingeni lobunye noKristu esilinikeza ngokholo nomusa. Konke kumele kwenziwe, kepha ngenxa yothando lukaYise wezulu futhi nobunye neNkosi yethu ngokukholwa. Masingalokothi sikhohlwe: wona kanye umthombo wenani lemisebenzi yethu ubunye noKristu Jesu ngomusa, othandweni esenza ngalo ngezenzo zethu. Futhi ngalokhu, kuyadingeka - njengoba uSanta Benedict esho - ukuqondisa inhloso ebhekiswe kuNkulunkulu ngaphambi kokwenza konke, ngokholo olukhulu nothando