IVangeli lango-Okthoba 20, 2018
Incwadi ka-Saint Paul umPhostoli eya kwabase-Efesu 1,15-23.
Bafowethu, selizwile ngokukholwa kwenu eNkosini uJesu nangothando eninalo kubo bonke abangcwele,
Angiyeki ukubonga ngenxa yenu, nginikhumbuza emithandazweni yami,
ukuze uNkulunkulu weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wenkazimulo, akunike umoya wokuhlakanipha nokwambulwa ngolwazi olujulile ngaye.
Kwangathi angakhanyisela ngempela iso lengqondo yakho ukukwenza uqonde ukuthi ulibizeleni ithemba, unayiphi ingcebo yenkazimulo ifa lakhe phakathi kwabangcwele
nokuthi buyini ubukhulu obukhulu bamandla akhe kithi kithina makholwa ngokwenziwa ngamandla akhe
lokho wakubonakalisa kuKristu, lapho emvusa kwabafileyo futhi emhlalisa ngakwesokunene sakhe ezulwini.
ngaphezu kwanoma yibuphi ubunhloko negunya, noma yimaphi amandla nokubusa kanye nanoma yiliphi elinye igama elingabizwa hhayi kuphela kuleli khulu leminyaka lamanje kodwa nakwelizayo.
Eqinisweni, konke kuthumele ezinyaweni zakhe nokumenze inhloko yeBandla kuzo zonke izinto,
okungumzimba wakhe, ukugcwala kwalowo owaziwa ngokugcwele ezintweni zonke.
Salmi 8,2-3a.4-5.6-7.
O Nkosi, Nkulunkulu wethu,
likhulu igama lakho emhlabeni wonke:
ngaphezulu kwesibhakabhaka ubukhulu bakho bukhuphuka.
Ngemilomo yezingane nezinsana
umemezele udumo lwakho.
Uma ngibheka isibhakabhaka sakho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho,
inyanga nezinkanyezi ozihlolile,
Uyini umuntu ngoba uyakhumbula
nendodana yomuntu kungani unendaba?
Kepha ukwenzile okuncane kunezingelosi,
wamlengisa umqhele wenkazimulo nodumo:
wamnika amandla phezu kwemisebenzi yezandla zakho,
unakho konke okuphansi kwezinyawo zakhe.
Kusuka kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaLuka 12,8-12.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Noma ngubani ongibona phambi kwabantu, neNdodana yomuntu iyomazi phambi kwezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu;
kepha noma ngubani ongiphika phambi kwabantu, uyakunqatshwa phambi kwezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu.
Noma ngubani okhuluma kabi ngeNdodana yomuntu uyothethelelwa, kepha lowo ofunga uMoya oNgcwele akayikuthethelelwa.
Lapho bekuholela emasinagogeni, izimantshi naseziphathimandla, ungakhathazeki ngokuthi ungazikhipha kanjani ekuthini noma uzothini;
ngoba uMoya oNgcwele uzokufundisa ukuthi uzothini ngaleso sikhathi ”.