IVangeli langoNovemba 6 2018
Incwadi ka-Saint Paul umPhostoli eya kwabaseFiliphi 2,5-11.
Bazalwane, yibani nemizwa efanayo nani eyayikuKristu Jesu,
okwathi, yize enesimo sobuNkulunkulu, akazange abheke ukulingana kwakhe noNkulunkulu njengegugu lomhawu;
kodwa wazihlubula, ecabanga isimo senceku futhi wafana nabantu; uvele ngesimo somuntu,
wazithoba ngokulalela ekufeni nokufa ekufeni esiphambanweni.
Kungakho uNkulunkulu wamphakamisa futhi wamnika igama elingaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye igama;
ukuze ngegama likaJesu wonke amadolo aguqe ezulwini, emhlabeni nangaphansi;
nezilimi zonke zimemezela ukuthi uJesu Kristu uyiNkosi, kube yinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu uYise.
Salmi 22(21),26bc-27.28-29.31-32.
Uyindumiso yami emhlanganweni omkhulu
Ngizozichitha izifungo zami ezizinikele kokwethembeka kwakhe.
ngaphambi kokwethembeka kwakhe.
Abampofu bayodla baneliswe,
abamfunayo bayakudumisa iNkosi:
"Phila izinhliziyo zabo kuze kube phakade."
Bazokhumbula babuye eNkosini
yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba,
bazokhothama kuye
yonke imindeni yabantu.
Ngoba umbuso ungoweNkosi,
ubusa phezu kwezizwe zonke.
Inzalo yami iyakukhonza iNkosi;
sizokhuluma ngeNkosi esizukulwaneni esizayo;
bazokwazisa ubulungiswa bakhe;
kubantu abazokuzalwa bayothi:
"Nanku umsebenzi weNkosi!".
Kusuka kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaLuka 14,15-24.
Ngaleso sikhathi, omunye wabadliwe wathi kuJesu: "Ubusisiwe ozakudla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu!".
UJesu waphendula wathi: «Umuntu wanikela ngesidlo sakusihlwa esikhulu wenza izimemo eziningi.
Ngesikhathi sokudla kwakusihlwa, wathuma inceku yakhe ukuba ithi kubamenyiwe: Wozani, ulungile.
Kepha bonke, ngazwi linye, baqala ukuxolisa. Owokuqala wathi: Ngithengile insimu futhi kufanele ngiye ngiyibone; ngicela ungibheke njengolungile.
Omunye wathi: Ngithenge izinkabi ezinhlanu futhi ngizozama; ngicela ungibheke ngilungile.
Omunye wathi: Ngishadile ngakho-ke angikwazi ukuza.
Ekubuyeni kwakhe inceku yabika konke lokho enkosini. Umnikazi womhlaba ocasukile wathi encekwini, "Phumani masinyane niye ezigcawini nasemigwaqweni yomuzi nize nabantu abampofu, nezinyonga, nezimpumputhe nezinyonga lapha."
Inceku yathi: Mnumzane, kwenziwe njengokuyala kwakho, kepha indawo isekhona.
Inkosi yabe isithi encekwini: Phuma uye ezitaladini nasezigangeni, ubacindezele bangene, ukuze indlu yami igcwale.
Ngoba ngithi kuwe: Akukho namunye kulawo madoda abemenyiwe ozonambitha isidlo sami sakusihlwa. "