USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 24: Indaba KaKhisimusi eGreccio

Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 24

Umlando KaKhisimusi eGreccio

Iyiphi indlela engcono yokulungiselela ukufika kweNgane uJesu kunokuthatha uhambo olufushane oluya eGreccio, indawo emaphakathi ne-Italy lapho uSt. Francis wase-Assisi adala khona indawo yokuqala yokuzalwa kukaKhisimusi ngonyaka we-1223.

UFrancis, ekhumbula ukuvakasha akwenza eminyakeni edlule eBethlehem, wanquma ukwakha umkhombe ayewubonile lapho. Indawo ekahle kwakuwumhume eGreccio eseduzane. Ubengathola ingane - asiqiniseki ukuthi ngabe ingane ephilayo noma umfanekiso oqoshiwe wengane - utshani obuthile bokuyibeka, inkabi nembongolo ukuma eduze komkhombe. Lwafika udaba kubantu bomuzi. Ngesikhathi esibekiwe bafike bephethe izimbaqa namakhandlela.

Enye yama-friars yaqala ukugubha imisa. UFrancis uqobo wanikeza intshumayelo. Umbhali wakhe wempilo, uTommaso da Celano, uyakhumbula ukuthi uFrancesco "wama phambi komkhombe ... wagcwala uthando futhi wagcwala injabulo emangalisayo ..."

KuFrancis, lo mgubho olula wawenzelwe ukusikhumbuza ngobunzima uJesu abhekana nabo eseyingane, umsindisi owakhetha ukuba mpofu ngathi, uJesu ongumuntu ngokweqiniso.

Namuhla kusihlwa, njengoba sikhuleka sizungeza imibhede kaKhisimusi emakhaya ethu, masamukele lowo Msindisi ezinhliziyweni zethu.

Ukuzindla

Ukukhetha kukaNkulunkulu ukunika abantu inkululeko yokuzikhethela kwasekuqaleni kwakuyisinqumo sokungabi namandla ezandleni zomuntu. Ngokuzalwa kukaJesu, uNkulunkulu ukwenze kwacaca kithi ukungabi namandla kobuthixo, njengoba ingane yomuntu incike ngokuphelele ekuphenduleni kothando kwabanye abantu. Impendulo yethu yemvelo enganeni ukuvula izingalo zethu njengoba kwenza uFrancis: enganeni yaseBethlehem nakuNkulunkulu owasidala sonke.