IVangeli lomhlaka 23 kuJulayi 2018

USaint Bridget waseSweden, owenkolo, oyi-Co-Patron yase-Europe, idili

Incwadi ka-Eksodusi 19,1-2.9-11.16-20b.
Ngenyanga yesithathu abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bephumile ezweni laseGibithe, ngalona lolo suku, bafika ehlane laseSinayi.
Sebesusile ikamu eRefidimi, bafika ehlane laseSinayi, lapho bamisa khona; U-Israyeli wamisa ngaphambi kwentaba.
INkosi yathi kuMose: "Bheka, sengizakuza kuwe ngefu elinzima, ukuze abantu bezwe lapho ngikhuluma nawe, bakukholwe njalo."
I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi: Yana ebantwini, ubahlanze lamuhla lakusasa; bahlanze izembatho zabo
usukulungele usuku lwesithathu, ngokuba ngosuku lwesithathu uJehova uyakwehlela entabeni yaseSinayi emehlweni abantu bonke.
Ngosuku lwesithathu, ekuntweleni kokusa, kwaba nokuduma kwezulu, umbani, ifu elinzima phezu kwentaba nokukhala okukhulu kwecilongo: bonke abantu ababesekamu bathuthumela ngokuzamazama.
UMose wabakhipha abantu ekamu ukuba bahlangabeze uNkulunkulu, bema phansi kwentaba.
INtaba iSinayi ibishunqa intuthu yonke, ngoba uJehova wehlele phezu kwayo emlilweni futhi umusi wayo wavuka njengomusi wesithando somlilo; intaba yonke yayazamazama kakhulu.
Umsindo wecilongo waba mkhulu kakhulu: UMose wakhuluma futhi uNkulunkulu wamphendula ngezwi lokuduma.
Ngalokho uJehova wehlela eNtabeni iSinayi esiqongweni sentaba; uJehova wabizela uMose esiqongweni sentaba. UMose wakhuphuka.

Incwadi kaDaniel 3,52.53.54.55.56.
Ubusisiwe, Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wokhokho bethu,
ufanele ukudunyiswa nodumo kuze kube phakade.

Malibongwe igama lakho elikhazimulayo nelingcwele,
ufanele ukudunyiswa nodumo kuze kube phakade.

Ubusisiwe wena ethempelini lakho elingcwele elikhazimulayo,
ufanele ukudunyiswa nodumo kuze kube phakade.

Ubusisiwe wena esihlalweni sobukhosi sombuso wakho,
ufanele ukudunyiswa nodumo kuze kube phakade.

Ubusisiwe wena obuka kwalasha, uhlale phezu kwamakherubi;
ufanele ukudunyiswa nodumo kuze kube phakade.

Ubusisiwe wena emkhathini wezulu,
ufanele ukudunyiswa nodumo kuze kube phakade.

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 13,10-17.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abafundi beza kuJesu bathi kuye, "Kungani ukhuluma nabo ngemifanekiso?"
Uphendule wathi: «Ngoba kunikezwe wena ukwazi izimfihlakalo zombuso wezulu, kepha abakunikwanga bona.
Ngakho-ke yilowo nalowo onakho uyakuphiwa, futhi uyakuba nokuningi; futhi noma ubani ongenakho, ngisho nalokho anakho uzokuthathwa.
Yingakho ngikhuluma nabo ngemifanekiso: ngoba noma bebona ababoni, futhi noma bezwa abezwa futhi abaqondi.
Sigcwaliseka kanjalo kubo isiprofetho sika-Isaya esithi: 'Nizokuzwa, kepha ningaqondi, nizobuka, ningaboni.
Ngenxa yokuthi inhliziyo yalaba bantu iye yaba lukhuni, sebenezindlebe ezilukhuni, futhi bavale amehlo abo, ukuze bangaboni ngamehlo abo, bangezwa ngezindlebe zabo futhi bangaqondi ngezinhliziyo zabo futhi baguquke, ngibaphulukise.
Kepha abusisiwe amehlo akho, ngokuba ayabona, nezindlebe zakho, lokhu zizwa.
Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Abaprofethi nabalungileyo abaningi bebefisa ukubona okubonayo, kepha kabakubonanga, nokuzwa okuzwayo, abakuzwanga! ».