IVangeli lango-8 Ephreli 2020 kanye nokuphawula

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 26,14-25.
Ngaleso sikhathi, omunye wabayishumi nambili, obizwa ngokuthi uJuda Iskariyothe, waya kubaphristi abakhulu
wathi: "Ufuna ukunginika malini ukuze ngizokunika wena?" Base beyibheka izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu.
Kusukela kulowo mzuzu ubefuna ithuba elifanele lokuwukhulula.
Ngosuku lokuqala lwesinkwa esingenamvubelo, abafundi beza kuJesu bathi kuye, "Ufuna sikulungiselele kuphi, ukuba udle iPhasika?"
Waphendula wathi: “Yana emzini, kumuntu, uthi kuye: 'INkosi iyakuthuma ukuthi uthi: Isikhathi sami siseduze; Ngizokwenza i-Ista kuwe kanye nabafundi bami ».
Abafundi benza njengoba nje uJesu ebayalile, balungiselela iPhasika.
Lapho kuhlwa, wahlala etafuleni nabalishumi nambili.
Lapho bedla, wathi: "Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe, omunye kini uzongikhaphela."
Futhi, bedabuke kakhulu, ngamunye waqala wambuza ukuthi: "Yimi yini, Nkosi?".
Futhi waphendula wathi, "Ofaka isandla sakhe epuletini nami uzongikhaphela.
INdodana yomuntu iyahamba, njengoba kulotshiwe ngaye, kepha maye kuye okukhwelwe kuyo iNdodana yomuntu; kungaba ngcono kuleyo ndoda ukube yayingakaze izalwe! ».
UJudasi umkhohlisi wathi: «Rabi, yimi?». Waphendula wathi, "Usho njalo."

USanta Anthony wasePadua (ca 1195 - 1231)
UFrancis, udokotela weSonto

ISonto laseQuinquagesima
"Uzonginika malini, kusho umsizi?" (Mt 26,15)
Lapho! Lowo onika iziboshwa inkululeko unikezwa; inkazimulo yezingelosi iyahlekwa, uNkulunkulu wezulu nomhlaba ushayiwe, "isibuko esingenabala nokuboniswa kokukhanya okungapheli" (uSap 7,26) kuyahlekwa, impilo yalabo abafayo iyabulawa. Yini okusele ukuthi siyenze ngaphandle kokuthi sihambe siyokufa naye? (cf.Jn 11,16: 40,3) Siphume, Nkosi Jesu, odakeni lwesixhapho (cf Ps XNUMX) ngesibambo sesiphambano sakho ukuze sikwazi ukulandela, angisho emafutheni, kodwa kubuhlungu bePastor yakho. Khala kabuhlungu, mphefumulo wami, ngokufa kweNdodana okuwukuphela kwayo, ku-Passion of the Crucified.

"Ufuna ukunginika malini, kungani ngikunikeza wena?" (Mt 26,15) kusho umhluphi. O kubuhlungu! Intengo inikezwa kokuthile okubalulekile. UZimu ukhashelwa, athengiswe ngentengo embi! "Ufuna ukunginika malini?" Uthi. O Judasi, ufuna ukuthengisa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu njengokungathi uyisigqila esilula, njengenja efile; ungazami ukwazi inani onganikela ngalo, kodwa lelo labathengi. "Ufuna ukunginika malini?" Ukube bakunikeze isibhakabhaka nezingelosi, umhlaba nabantu, ulwandle nakho konke okukulo, bebengayithenga yini iNdodana kaNkulunkulu "kuyo yonke imicebo yokuhlakanipha nesayensi ifihlwe kuyo" (Col 2,3)? Ngabe uMdali angathengiswa ngesidalwa?

Ake ungitshele: Kukucasule ini? Ngabe kukuphi ukulimaza okwenze kuwe ngoba uthi, "Ngizokunika lona"? Ngabe usukhohliwe yini ukuthobeka okungenakuqhathaniswa kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu nobuphofu bakhe bokuzithandela, ubumnandi bakhe nokusebenziseka kwakhe, ukushumayela kwakhe okumnandi nezimangaliso zakhe, ilungelo alikhethele lona njengompostoli futhi wenza umngane wakhe? ... Bangaki uJuda Iskariyothe asekhona nanamuhla, abathe bona, ngokubathenga okuthile, bathengise iqiniso, bakhulula umakhelwane wabo futhi bayame ngentambo yokulahlwa kwaphakade!