IVangeli losuku: Januwari 5, 2020

Incwadi ye-Orthodoxastical 24,1-4.8-12.
Ukuhlakanipha kuyazidumisa, kuqhosha phakathi kwabantu bakhona.
Emhlanganweni woPhezukonke uvula umlomo wakhe, azikhazimulise phambi kwamandla akhe:
“Ngaphuma emlonyeni woPhezukonke ngasibekela umhlaba njengefu.
Ngabeka ikhaya lami phezulu lapho, isihlalo sami sobukhosi sasisezinhlwini zamafu.
Umdali wezulu wabe esenginikeza umyalo, umenzi wami wenza ukuthi ngibeke phansi itende futhi wathi kimi: Setha itende kuJakobe futhi udle ifa lakwa-Israyeli.
Ngaphambi kweminyaka, kusukela ekuqaleni, wangidala; kuwo wonke iphakade ngeke ngehluleke.
Ngangihlala etendeni elingcwele phambi kwakhe, ngase ngihlala eSiyoni.
Emzini othandekayo wangenza ngaphila; eJerusalema kungamandla ami.
Ngingcolile phakathi kwesizwe esikhazimulayo, engxenyeni yeNkosi, ifa lakhe ”.

AmaHubo 147,12-13.14-15.19-20.
Khazimulisa iNkosi, Jerusalema,
dumisa, Ziyoni, uNkulunkulu wakho.
Ngoba uqinisile imigoqo yeminyango yakho,
phakathi kwakho ubusisile abantwana bakho.

Wenze ukuthula ngaphakathi kwemikhawulo yakho
futhi ikukha ngembali kakolweni.
Thumela izwi lakhe emhlabeni,
umyalezo wakhe ugijima ngokushesha.

Umemezela izwi lakhe kuJakobe,
izimiso zayo nezinqumo zayo ku-Israyeli.
Ngakho-ke akenzanga nabanye abantu,
akazange aziveze izimiso zakhe kwabanye.

Incwadi ka-Saint Paul umPhostoli eya kwabase-Efesu 1,3-6.15-18.
Bazalwane, makabongwe uNkulunkulu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, osibusisile ngazo zonke izibusiso ezingokomoya ezulwini, kuKristu.
Ngaye wasikhetha ngaphambi kokudalwa komhlaba, ukuze sibe ngcwele futhi singabi nakuphela phambi kwakhe sihawu,
kusimisela kusengaphambili ukuba sibe ngabantwana bakhe abemukele ngomsebenzi kaJesu Kristu,
ngokwamukelwa kwentando yakhe. Futhi lokhu ekumdumiseni nasenkazimulweni yomusa wakhe, asinika wona eNdodaneni yakhe ethandekayo;
Ngakho-ke nami, sengizwile ngokukholwa kwakho eNkosini uJesu nangothando onalo 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

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaJohane 1,1-18.
Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayekuNkulunkulu futhi uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu.
Wayekhona ekuqaleni uNkulunkulu:
konke kwenziwa ngaye, ngaphandle kwakhe akubangakho lutho olwenziwe ngayo yonke into ekhona.
Ukuphila kwakukhona kuye nokuphila kwakungukukhanya kwabantu;
ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni, kepha ubumnyama abukwamukelanga.
Kwafika umuntu ethunywe uNkulunkulu futhi igama lakhe kwakunguJohane.
Weza njengofakazi ukuzofakaza ngokukhanya, ukuze wonke umuntu akholwe ngaye.
Wayengesikho ukukhanya, kepha wayefakaza ngokukhanya.
Ukukhanya kwangempela okukhanyisela wonke umuntu kuza emhlabeni.
Wayekhona emhlabeni, futhi umhlaba wenziwa ngaye, kepha izwe alimazanga.
Wafika phakathi kwabantu bakubo, kepha abantu bakhe abamamukelanga.
Kepha kubo bonke abamamukelayo wabapha amandla okuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu: kulabo abakholwa egameni lakhe.
ezazingezona zegazi, noma ngentando yenyama, noma ngentando yomuntu, kodwa zona zenziwa uNkulunkulu.
ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu; futhi sabona inkazimulo yakhe, inkazimulo njengeyodwa ezelwe nguYise, igcwele umusa neqiniso.
UJohane uyafakaza futhi uyakhala kuye: "Nangu umuntu ebengisho ngaye ukuthi: Lowo ozayo emva kwami ​​ungedlule kimi, ngoba wayekhona kuqala kunami."
Ngokwokugcwala kwayo sonke sithole futhi umusa phezu komusa.
Ngoba umthetho wanikezwa ngoMose, umusa neqiniso kweza ngoJesu Kristu.
Akekho owake wabona uNkulunkulu: yiNdodana ezelwe yodwa, esesifubeni sikaYise, kwembula lokho.