Ukuzindla namuhla: ubukhulu bukaSt
Ubukhulu bukaSt Joseph: lapho uJoseph evuka, wenza njengoba ingelosi yeNkosi imyalile futhi wathatha umkakhe wamngenisa endlini yakhe. UMathewu 1:24 Yini le eyenza ISt. Joseph kuhle kangaka? Ayizange ikhulelwe ngokungenaphutha njengoMama wethu Obusisiwe. Wayengeyena uNkulunkulu njengoJesu kepha wayeyinhloko yoMndeni Ongcwele, umnakekeli wawo kanye nomhlinzeki wawo.
Waba ubaba osemthethweni woMsindisi womhlaba nomlingani kaMama kaNkulunkulu. Kepha uJoseph akamkhulu ngoba nje wanikwa ilungelongiyamangalisa kakhulu. Okokuqala, wayemangalisa ngezinqumo azenza empilweni. IVangeli lanamuhla likhuluma ngaye "njengendoda elungile" nanjengendoda "eyenza njengoba ingelosi yeNkosi imyalile". Ngakho-ke, ubukhulu bakhe bubangelwa ikakhulu ukulunga kwakhe kokuziphatha nokulalela intando kaNkulunkulu.
USt Joseph wayeyinhloko yoMndeni Ongcwele
Ukulalela kaJosefa ubonwa ngaphezu kwakho konke ngokuthi wayelalela izwi likaNkulunkulu alinikwa emaphusheni amane alotshwe emiBhalweni. Ephusheni lakhe lokuqala, uJosefa utshelwa: “Ungesabi ukuletha uMariya, umkakho, endlini yakho. Ngoba kungukuthi ngoMoya oNgcwele le ngane yakhulelwa kuye. Uzoba nendodana futhi uzoyibiza ngokuthi uJesu, ngoba uzosindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo ”(uMathewu 1: 20–21).
Ephusheni lakhe lesibili, uJosefa utshelwa ukuthi: “Vuka, thatha umntwana nonina, ubalekele eGibhithe uhlale lapho ngize ngikutshele. UHerode uzofuna ingane ukuze amchithe ”(uMathewu 2:13). Kwakhe iphupho lesithathu, UJosefa utshelwa ukuthi: "Vuka, thatha umntwana nonina, uye ezweni lakwa-Israyeli, ngoba labo ababefuna impilo yengane bafile" (Mathewu 2:20). Ephusheni lakhe lesine, uJoseph uxwayiswa ukuba aye eGalile kunaseJudiya esikhundleni (uMathewu 2:22).
Cabanga namuhla ngobizo oluyingqayizivele lukaSanta Joseph
Uma la maphupho efundwa ngokulandelana, kuyacaca ukuthi uSt.Joseph wayelalele izwi likaNkulunkulu.Sonke sinamaphupho, kodwa sogni kaGiuseppe babehlukile. Kwakungukuxhumana okucacile okuvela kuNkulunkulu futhi kwakudinga umamukeli otholakalayo. UJoseph wayevulekele izwi likaNkulunkulu futhi walalela ngokholo njengomuntu owamukela ngokuzithandela.
Ubukhulu bukaSt Joseph: UJoseph naye waphendula ngokuphelele ukuzithoba nokuzimisela okugcwele. Imiyalo eyatholwa kuJosefa yayingabalulekile. Ukulalela kwakhe kwakudinga ukuthi yena nomndeni wakhe bahambe amabanga amade, bakhe indawo yokuhlala emazweni angaziwa, futhi bakwenze lokho ngokholo.
Kuyacaca futhi ukuthi uJoseph wayemthatha ngokungathi sína umsebenzi. UPapa St. John Paul II wamnika isihloko esithi "uMgcini woMhlengi". Ngokuphindaphindiwe, ukhombise ukuzibophezela kwakhe okungantengantengi endimeni yakhe njengomqaphi weNdodana yakhe esemthethweni, uJesu, nonkosikazi wakhe, uMary. Wachitha impilo yakhe yonke ebondla, ebavikela futhi ebanikeza inhliziyo kababa.
UJosefa wayevulekele izwi likaNkulunkulu
Cabanga namuhla ngobizo oluyingqayizivele lukaSanta Joseph. Zindla, ikakhulukazi ngeminyaka yokuqala yomshado wakhe kanye nokuvuka kukaJesu Cabanga ngokuzibophezela kwakhe njengobaba ekunakekeleni, ekuhlinzekeni nasekuvikeleni iNdodana yakhe. Sonke kufanele sifune ukulingisa ubuhle bukaSt. Joseph ngokuvikela ubukhona bukaKristu ezinhliziyweni zethu, ezinhliziyweni zemindeni yethu nabangane, nasemhlabeni wonkana. Thandaza kuSt. Joseph, umcele akusize ulandele isibonelo sakhe ukuze ubukhona obufihlekile beNkosi yethu empilweni yethu bukhule futhi buvuthwe ngokugcwele.
Dumisa, uMgcini woMhlengi, Umlingani Wentombi Ezibusisiwe UMariya. UNkulunkulu ukuphathise iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa; uMariya ubeke ithemba lakhe kuwe; nawe uKristu waba ngumuntu. UJosefa obusisiwe, sikhombise nobaba futhi usiqondise endleleni yokuphila. Sitholele umusa, isihe nesibindi futhi usivikele kukho konke okubi. Amen. (Umthandazo kaPapa Francis)