IVangeli noSanta wosuku: 8 Januwari 2020

Incwadi yokuqala kaJohane oNgcwele umphostoli 4,7-10.
Bathandekayo, masithandane, ngoba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu: noma ngubani othandayo wakhiqizwa uNkulunkulu futhi wazi uNkulunkulu.
Noma ngubani ongathandanga akamazi uNkulunkulu, ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando.
Kulokhu kwabonakaliswa uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi: uNkulunkulu wathumela iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa emhlabeni, ukuze sibe nokuphila ngenxa yakhe.
Nakhu uthando lungamanga: akubanga yithina esithanda uNkulunkulu, kepha yithina owasithanda futhi wathumela iNdodana yakhe njengesihlukunyezwa sezono zethu.

Salmi 72(71),2.3-4ab.7-8.
UNkulunkulu unike inkosi isahlulelo sakho,
ukulunga kwakho kundodana yenkosi;
Thola abantu bakho nangobulungiswa
nabampofu bakho ngokulunga.

Izintaba ziletha ukuthula kubantu
namagquma ubulungiswa.
Uyokwenza ubulungiswa kubantu bakhe.
uzosindisa izingane zabampofu.

Ezinsukwini zakhe ubulungisa buchichima nokuthula kuvame,
kuze kuphume inyanga.
Futhi bayobusa kusukela olwandle kuye kolwandle,
kusukela emfuleni kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMarku 6,34: 44-XNUMX.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wabona izixuku eziningi washukunyiswa yizo, ngoba zazinjengezimvu ezingenamalusi, futhi wazifundisa izinto eziningi.
Lapho sebephuze kakhulu, abafundi beza kuye bathi: “Le ndawo iyodwa futhi sekuhlwile;
mabashiye-ke, ukuze baye emaphandleni nasemizaneni, bayothenga ukudla. "
Kepha waphendula wathi: "Uyazondla wena." Basebesithi kuye: "Sihambe siyothenga izinkwa zodenariyo ezingamakhulu amabili, sibaphe? '
Kepha wathi kubo: “Ninezinkwa ezingaki na? Hambani niyobona ». Sebeqedile, babika bathi: "Izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili."
Wabe esebayala ukuthi mabahlale bonke ngamaqembu otshanini obuluhlaza.
Futhi bonke bahlala ngamaqembu namaqembu alikhulu namashumi amahlanu.
Wathatha izinkwa ezinhlanu nezinhlanzi ezimbili, waphakamisela amehlo akhe ezulwini, wabusisa, wahlephula izinkwa wanika abafundi ukuba bazabele; wahlukanisa izinhlanzi ezimbili kubo bonke.
Wonke umuntu wayedla futhi edla,
basusa obhasikidi abayishumi nambili abagcwele izingcezu zezinkwa ngisho nezinhlanzi.
Amadoda ayizinkulungwane ezinhlanu ayedlile izinkwa.

JANUWARI 08

ISAN LORENZO GIUSTINIANI

IVenice, Julayi 1381 - Januwari 8, 1456

ULorenzo Giustiniani wayeyinzalamizi yokuqala yaseVenice, lapho azalelwa khona ngoJulayi 1, 1381. Ubaba wakhe wafundiswa ngumndeni ohloniphekile kakhulu, washonelwa ngunina, wasala engumfelokazi eneminyaka engama-24 kuphela enezingane ezinhlanu. Lapho eneminyaka engu-19, ngosizo lukamalume ongumama, wangena ku-Augustinian Secular Canons wase-S. Giorgio e-Alga. Umelwe umpristi (mhlawumbe ngonyaka ka-1405), uLorenzo wakhethwa ngaphambi kwemiphakathi ehlukahlukene ebandleni. Eminyakeni engama-38 waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengombhali. Ngo-1433 u-Eugene IV wammisa njengombhishobhi kaCastello. Wavula umhlangano wabafundisi abampofu; wasola uhlobo lwe-synod enikeza i-organic ezinhlelweni zakhe zokuphamba; ukuvuselela izindlu zezindela; wayenaka kakhulu abampofu. Ubuye nezipho ezikhethekile zemvelo (iziprofetho, ukuqonda komoya nezimangaliso). Lapho uNiccolò V, owalandela u-Eugene IV, ecindezela isihlalo sobukhokho baseGrado kanye nesihloko sezincwadi zikaCastello ngokudlulisela esihlalweni kuVenice, waqamba uLorenzo ukuba yinhloko yokuqala. Umsulwa washona ekuseni ngoJanuwari 8, 1456. Isidumbu sakhe sakhonjiswa ekudumeni kwabathembekile izinsuku ezingama-67. Wenziwa waqanjwa ngo-1690.

UMTHANDAZO

O Nkulunkulu, isiqalo sezinto zonke, osinikeza intokozo yokugubha inkumbulo ekhazimulayo yeSan Lorenzo Giustiniani inzalamizi yokuqala yaseVenice, bheka iBandla lethu elalihola ngezwi nangesibonelo; nangokuncenga kwakhe, ake sizwe ubumnandi bothando lwakho. NgeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, iNdodana yakho, onguNkulunkulu, futhi ophilayo futhi obusa nawe, ebunyeni boMoya oNgcwele, kuyo yonke iminyaka.