IVangeli lwanamuhla ngoMashi 11 2023 elinamazwana

Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 20,17-28.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ngenkathi ekhuphukela eJerusalema, uJesu wabizela eceleni abayishumi nambili endleleni lapho wathi kubo:
“Lapha sikhuphukela eJerusalema futhi iNdodana yomuntu izonikelwa kubapristi abakhulu nababhali, abazomgweba ukuba afe
futhi bazoyinikela kubahedeni ukuba iklolodwe futhi ihlatshwe futhi ibethelwe; kodwa ngosuku lwesithathu uzovuka. "
Unina wamadodana kaZebediya wasondela kuye nezingane zakhe, wakhothama wambuza okuthile.
Wathi kuye, "Ufuna ini?" Waphendula wathi: "Tshela laba bantwana bami ukuthi bahlale munye ngakwesokunene sakho ngakwesobunxele embusweni wakho."
UJesu waphendula wathi: «Anikwazi enikucelayo. Ungaphuza inkomishi engizoyiphuza? ” Bathi kuye: "Singakwazi."
Wangezelela wathi, “Uzaphuza indebe yami; kepha akukhona okwami ​​ukukunika ukuthi uhlale ngakwesokunene sami noma ngakwesobunxele sami, kodwa kungenxa yalabo eyalungiselwa uBaba ».
Kepha abanye abayishumi, bekuzwa lokho, bathukuthelela labo bafowethu bobabili;
kodwa uJesu, ebabizela kuye, wathi: «Abaholi bezizwe, niyakwazi, babusa phezu kwabo futhi abakhulu basebenzisa amandla phezu kwabo.
Ngeke kube njalo phakathi kwakho; kepha noma ngubani ofisa ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwakho, uyozenza inceku yakho,
futhi noma ngubani ofisa ukuba ngowokuqala phakathi kwakho uyoba yisigqila sakho;
njengeNdodana yomuntu, engafikanga izokhonzwa, kepha ukuzokhonza nokunikela ngokuphila kwayo isihlengo sabaningi.

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I-Catechesis 1
Khonza futhi uthokozise uNkulunkulu
Kungumsebenzi wethu nesibopho sethu ukukwenza, ngokwamandla ethu, into efakwa kuyo yonke imicabango, kuyo yonke intshiseko yethu, kuko konke ukunakekela, ngamazwi nangezenzo, ngezixwayiso, isikhuthazo, isikhuthazo , ukukhuthaza, (...) ukuze ngale ndlela sikwazi ukukubeka isigqi sentando yaphezulu futhi sikuqondise ekugcineni okuhlongozwayo kithi: thokozisa uNkulunkulu. (...)

Lowo ongafi uye waphalaza igazi lakhe; wayeboshwe amasotsha, yena owadala ibutho lezingelosi; futhi wahudulelwa phambi kobulungiswa, yena okufanele ahlulele abaphilayo nabafileyo (cf.Ak 10,42: 2; 4,1 Tim 1); iqiniso lafakwa phambi kobufakazi bamanga, lanyundelwa, lashaywa, lambozwa ngomlotha, lamiswa ngokhuni lwesiphambano; INkosi yenkazimulo (cf. 2,8 Co XNUMX) ihlupheke konke ukuphuma kanye nakho konke ukuhlupheka ngaphandle kokudinga ubufakazi. Kwakungenzeka kanjani uma, njengoba ayengumuntu ongenasono, kunalokho, wasihlwitha ebushushwini besono ukufa okwangena ngalo emhlabeni futhi wabusa ngenkohliso kababa wethu wokuqala?

Ngakho-ke uma sihlangabezana nokuhlolwa okuthile, akukho okumangazayo, ngoba lesi yisimo sethu (...). Nathi kufanele sikhungatheke futhi silingwe, futhi sihlushwe ngenxa yentando yethu. Ngokwencazelo yaboyise, kuchithwa kwegazi; njengoba lokhu kuba indela; ngakho-ke kufanele sinqobe umbuso wezulu ngokulingisa iNkosi empilweni. (...) Zinikele ngentshiseko kwinkonzo yakho, umcabango wakho kuphela, kude nokuba yizigqila zabantu, ukhonza uNkulunkulu.