IVangeli lanamuhla ngoDisemba 19, 2020 ngamazwi kaPapa Francis

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Ngalezo zinsuku, kwakukhona indoda ethile evela eSorèa, wesizwe sakwaDani, igama layo kwakunguManaki; umkakhe wayeyinyumba futhi engenazo izingane.

Ingelosi yeNkosi yabonakala kulo wesifazane, yathi kuye: “Bheka, uyinyumba, awuzali, kepha uyakukhulelwa, uzale indodana. Manje qaphela ukuphuza iwayini noma isiphuzo esidakayo futhi ungadli noma yini engcolile. Ngoba, bheka, uzokhulelwa futhi ubelethe indodana leyo insingo engeke idlule ekhanda layo, ngoba umntwana uyoba ngumNaziri kaNkulunkulu kusukela esibelethweni; uzakuqala ukusindisa u-Israyeli ezandleni zamaFilisti. "

Owesifazane waya wathi kumyeni wakhe: «Umuntu kaNkulunkulu ufikile kimi; wayebukeka njengengelosi kaNkulunkulu, ukubukeka okuhle. Angimbuzanga ukuthi uvelaphi futhi akazange angitshele igama lakhe, kodwa wathi kimi: “Bheka! manje ungaphuzi iwayini nophuzo oludakayo, futhi ungadli lutho olungcolileyo, ngokuba umntwana uyakuba ngumNaziri kaNkulunkulu kusukela esiswini kuze kube lusuku lokufa kwakhe.

Owesifazane wazala indodana, waqamba igama layo ngokuthi uSamsoni. Umntwana wakhula iNkosi yamubusisa.
Umoya weNkosi waqala ukusebenza kuye.

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Ngesikhathi sikaHerode, inkosi yaseJudiya, kwakukhona umpristi ogama lakhe linguZakariya, wesigaba sika-Abia, owayenomfazi ongowozalo luka-Aroni, ogama lakhe lingu-Elisabethe. Bobabili babelungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu futhi begcina yonke imithetho nemiyalo yeNkosi bengenacala. Babengenabo abantwana, ngoba u-Elisabethe wayeyinyumba futhi bobabili base bekhulile.

Kwathi, ngenkathi uZaccharia enza imisebenzi yakhe yobupristi phambi kweNkosi ngesikhathi sokuphenduka kwesigaba sakhe, kwawa ngenkatho, ngokwesiko lenkonzo yobupristi, ukungena ethempelini leNkosi ukwenza umnikelo wempepho.
Ngaphandle, ibandla lonke labantu lalithandaza ngehora lempepho. Ingelosi yeNkosi yavela kuye, imi ngakwesokunene se-altare lempepho. Lapho embona, uZaccharia wakhathazeka futhi wagajwa ukwesaba. Kodwa ingelosi yathi kuye: «Ungesabi, Zaccharia, umthandazo wakho uphenduliwe futhi umkakho u-Elizabeth uzokunika indodana, uyiqambe igama lokuthi uJohane. Uzakuba nokuthokoza nokuthokoza, nabaningi bazakujabula ngokuzalwa kwakhe, ngokuba uyakuba mkhulu phambi kweNkosi; ngeke aphuze iwayini noma iziphuzo ezidakayo, uzogcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele kusukela esibelethweni sikanina futhi uzoholela abantwana abaningi bakwa-Israyeli eNkosini uNkulunkulu wabo. ebhekise ezinganeni futhi ihlubuke ekuhlakanipheni kwabalungileyo futhi ilungiselele iNkosi abantu abathambekele kahle ».
UZaccharia wathi engelosini: «Ngingakwazi kanjani lokhu? Ngimdala futhi umkami usekhulile eminyakeni ». Ingelosi yamphendula yathi: «NginguGabriyeli, omi phambi kukaNkulunkulu futhi ngithunyiwe ukukhuluma nawe nokukulethela lezi zindaba ezinhle. Bheka, uzakuba yisimungulu, ungabe usakhuluma kuze kube lusuku okuyokwenzeka ngalo lezi zinto, ngokuba ungakholwanga ngamazwi ami ayakugcwaliseka ngesikhathi sawo.

Khonamanjalo, abantu babelinde uZaccharia, futhi bababaza ukulibala kwakhe ethempelini. Kuthe esephuma, wahluleka ukukhuluma kubo, bazi ukuthi ubone umbono ethempelini. Wakhomba kubo ngezandla wathula.

Izinsuku zakhe zokusebenza zaphela, wabuyela ekhaya. Emva kwalezo zinsuku u-Elisabethe umkakhe wakhulelwa, wafihla izinyanga eziyisihlanu, wathi: "Yilokhu iNkosi engenzele kona, ezinsukwini ezenza ukuba isuse ihlazo lami phakathi kwabantu."

AMAZWI KA BABA OYINGCWELE
Nanku umbhede ongenalutho, singabheka kuwo. Kungaba wuphawu lwethemba ngoba uMntwana uzofika, kungaba yinto yomnyuziyamu, engenalutho impilo yonke. Inhliziyo yethu iyisisekelo. Injani inhliziyo yami? Ayinalutho, ihlale ingenalutho, kepha ingabe ivulelekile ukuthola impilo njalo futhi inikeze impilo? Ukwamukela nokuthela? Noma kuzoba yinhliziyo egcinwe njengento yasemnyuziyamu engakaze ivulelwe impilo futhi inikeze impilo? (Santa Marta, Disemba 19, 2017