IVangeli lanamuhla ngoNovemba 23, 2020 ngamazwi kaPapa Francis

UKUFUNDWA KOSUKU
Kusuka encwadini ye-Apocalypse kaSanta John the Apostle
Ap 14,1-3.4b-5

Mina, Johane, ngabona: nali iWundlu limi eNtabeni iZiyoni, kumi kanye nalo abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane, ababhalwe igama lakhe negama likaYise emabunzini abo.

Ngezwa izwi livela ezulwini, linjengomsindo wamanzi amakhulu nanjengokuduma kwezulu okukhulu. Izwi engilizwile lalifana nelabadlali be-zither abaziphelezela ngengoma ngamahabhu abo. Bacula njengengoma entsha phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi naphambi kwezidalwa ezine nabadala. Futhi akekho owayengayiqonda leyo ngoma ngaphandle kwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi amane nane, abahlengiwe bomhlaba.
Yibo abalandela iWundlu noma liyaphi. Lezi zihlengiwe phakathi kwabantu njengezithelo zokuqala zikaNkulunkulu nezeWundlu. Akutholakalanga amanga emilonyeni yabo: abanabala.

IVANGELI LOSUKU
Kusuka eVangelini ngokusho kukaLuka
Lk 21,1-4

Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu waphakamisa amehlo wabona abacebile bephonsa iminikelo yabo esikhwameni sethempeli.
Wabona nomfelokazi ompofu, waphonsa izinhlamvu zemali ezimbili ezincane kuwo, wathi: «Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Lo mfelokazi, ompofu kakhulu, uphonse okungaphezu kwanoma ngubani. Eqinisweni, bonke balahle ingxenye ethile yokungadingeki kwabo njengomnikelo. Esikhundleni salokho, osizini lwakhe, waphonsa konke ayenakho ukuze aphile ».

AMAZWI KA BABA OYINGCWELE
UJesu ubhekisisa lowesifazane ngokucophelela futhi udonsela ukunaka kwabafundi ekugqeni okukhulu kwalesi senzakalo. Izicebi zanikela, ngokubabaza okukhulu, okwakungabalulekile kubo, ngenkathi umfelokazi, ngokuqonda nangokuzithoba, enikela "ngakho konke ayenakho ukuze aphile" (v. 44); ngalokhu - kusho uJesu - unikele ngaphezu kwakho konke. Ukuthanda uNkulunkulu "ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho" kusho ukuthembela kuye, ekuphatheni kwakhe, nasekumkhonzeni kubazalwane abampofu ngaphandle kokulindela ukubuyiselwa okuthile. Sibhekene nezidingo zomakhelwane wethu, sibizelwe ukuzincisha okuthile okubalulekile, hhayi nje okungadingekile; Sibizelwe ukunikela ngamathalente ethu ngokushesha futhi ngaphandle kokuzibekela, hhayi ngemuva kokuwasebenzisela izinhloso zethu noma zeqembu. (Angelus, Novemba 8, 2015