IVangeli lanamuhla ngoDisemba 26, 2020 ngamazwi kaPapa Francis
UKUFUNDWA KOSUKU
Ezivela encwadini yeZenzo zabaPhostoli
Ku-6,8: 10.12-7,54; 60-XNUMX
Ngalezo zinsuku, uStefanu egcwele umusa namandla wenza izimangaliso ezinkulu nezibonakaliso kubantu. Kwase kusukuma abanye besinagoge elaziwa ngokuthi amaLiberti, amaKhurene, ama-Aleksandriya nalabo baseKhilikhiya nase-Asiya, baxoxa noStefanu, kepha abakwazanga ukumelana nokuhlakanipha noMoya ayekhuluma ngawo. Futhi ngakho baphakamisa abantu, abadala nababhali, bawa phezu kwakhe, bambamba bamletha phambi kweSanhedrini.
Bonke ababehlezi eSanhedrini, bezwa amazwi akhe, bathukuthela kakhulu ezinhliziyweni zabo, bamgedlela amazinyo. Kodwa yena, wagcwala uMoya oNgcwele, ebuka esibhakabhakeni, wabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu noJesu ababemi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu bathi: "Bheka, ngibheka amazulu avulekile neNdodana yomuntu engakwesokudla isandla sikaNkulunkulu. "
Ngemuva kwalokho, bememeza ngezwi elikhulu, bavimba izindlebe zabo futhi bagijimela kuye, bamhudulela ngaphandle komuzi baqala ukumkhanda ngamatshe. Ofakazi babeka izingubo zabo ngasezinyaweni zensizwa egama layo linguSawule. Bakhanda ngamatshe uStefanu, owathandaza wathi: "Nkosi Jesu, yamukela umoya wami." Wabe eseguqa ngamadolo wakhala ngezwi elikhulu wathi: "Nkosi, ungababaleli lesi sono." Eseshilo lokho, wafa.
IVANGELI LOSUKU
Kusuka kwiVangeli ngokukaMathewu
Mt 10,17: 22-XNUMX
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wathi kubaphostoli bakhe:
“Qaphelani abantu, ngoba bazoninikela ezinkantolo futhi banishaye emasinagogeni abo; njalo lizalethwa phambi kwababusi lamakhosi ngenxa yami, ukufakaza kubo lakwabezizwe.
Kodwa, lapho bekuletha, ungakhathazeki ngokuthi uzothini noma uzothini, ngoba ngalelohora lokho ozokusho uzokunikwa: empeleni akuyena okhulumayo, kodwa nguMoya kaYihlo okhuluma kuwe.
Umfowabo uzobulala umfowabo nobaba ingane, kuthi izingane zisukume zimangalele abazali zibabulale. Niyakuzondwa yibo bonke ngenxa yegama lami. Kepha okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa ”.
AMAZWI KA BABA OYINGCWELE
Namuhla kugujwa umkhosi kaSaint Stephen, umfelukholo wokuqala. Esimweni sokujabula sikaKhisimusi, le nkumbulo yomKrestu wokuqala owabulawa ngenxa yokholo ingabonakala ingekho esimeni. Kodwa-ke, ngokunembile ngokombono wokholo, umkhosi wanamuhla uhambisana nencazelo yangempela kaKhisimusi. Empeleni, ekubulaweni kukaStefanu ukuhlukunyezwa kunqotshwa uthando, ukufa ngokuphila: yena, ehoreni lofakazi ophakeme, ucabanga ngamazulu avulekile futhi anikeze intethelelo kubashushisi (cf. v. 60). (Angelus, Disemba 26, 2019)