IVangeli noSanta wosuku: 13 Disemba 2019
Incwadi ka-Isaya 48,17: 19-XNUMX.
Itsho njalo iNkosi uMhlengi wakho, oNgcwele ka-Israyeli:
“Mina ngiyiNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho okufundisa okuhle, okuhola ngendlela okufanele uhambe ngayo.
Ukube ubunake imiyalo yami, inhlalakahle yakho ibizoba njengomfula, ubulungiswa bakho bube njengamagagasi olwandle.
Inzalo yakho ibizoba ngangesihlabathi futhi izalwe emathunjini akho njengezinhlaka zemidlalo; bekungeke kususe noma kucishe igama lakho phambi kwami. "
AmaHubo 1,1-2.3.4.6.
Ubusisiwe umuntu ongalandeli izeluleko zababi,
ungalibali endleleni yezoni
futhi ayihlali neqembu leziwula;
kepha wemukela umthetho weNkosi,
umthetho wakhe uzindla imini nobusuku.
Kuzoba njengomuthi otshalwe eceleni kwemigwaqo,
okuzothela izithelo ngesikhathi sako
futhi amaqabunga awo awusoze awa;
yonke imisebenzi yakhe izophumelela.
Akunjalo, kodwa akunjalo ngomubi:
kepha njengamakhoba omoya bahlakazeka.
INkosi ibheka indlela yabalungileyo,
kepha indlela yababi iyachithwa.
Okuvela kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 11,16-19.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uJesu wathi esixukwini: «Ngizosifanisa nobani lesi sizukulwane? Kuyafana nalezi zingane ezihleli ezigcawini ezijika ziphendukele kwabanye abangane zithi:
Sidlale umtshingo wakho futhi awudansanga, sicule isililo futhi awuzange ukhale.
Kwafika uJohane, ongadli, ongaphuzi, base bethi: Unedemoni.
Indodana yomuntu ifikile, edla, iphuze, bese bethi: Nangu umuntu odla izidakwa, umngani wabathelisi nezoni. Kepha ukuhlakanipha kwenziwe kwenziwe ngemisebenzi yakhe ».
DECEMBER 13
Vikela uLucia
I-Syracuse, ikhulu le-13 - iSyracuse, 304 Disemba XNUMX
Uhlala eSyacacuse, ngabe wafa umfel 'ukholo ngaphansi kokushushiswa kukaDiocletian (cishe unyaka ka-304). Izenzo zokufelwa kwakhe ukholo zilandisa ngokuhlukumezeka okwenzeka kuye okwenziwa nguPascasio, owayengafuni ukukhothamela izibonakaliso ezingajwayelekile uNkulunkulu ayezikhombisa ngaye. Kuma-catacombs eSyacacuse, amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngemuva kwalawo aseRoma, kwatholakala i-epigraph yemabula yange-XNUMX yobudala engubufakazi obudala kunayo yonke benkolo kaLucia.
SEBENZANI IMITHANDAZO YOKUGCINA LUCIA
O O-Lucia ogcwele inkazimulo, Wena oye waphila isipiliyoni esinzima sokushushiswa, thola eNkosini, ukuze ususe ezinhlizweni zabantu zonke izinhloso zobudlova nokuphindisela. Kunikeza induduzo kubafowethu abagulayo abagula ngokugula kwabo ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo. Vumela abantu abasha babone kuwe ukuthi uzinikele ngokuphelele eNkosini, oyisibonelo sokholo esinika impilo yonke. Hawu, nkosazana yokufelwa, ukugubha usuku lwakho lokuzalwa ezulwini, kithina nomlando wethu wansuku zonke, umcimbi womusa, wokupha ngentshiseko kwezihlobo, wethemba elinamandla nokukholwa okuyiqiniso. Amen
Umkhuleko ku-S. Lucia
(ehlanganiswe ngu-Angelo Roncalli Patriarch waseVenice kamuva owaba uPapa John XXIII)
O O-Saint Lucia okhazimulayo, ohlanganise umsebenzi wokholo nenkazimulo yokufela ukholo, usitholele ithuba lokuvuma obala amaqiniso eVangeli futhi sihambe ngokwethembekile ngokwezimfundiso zoMsindisi. O Ntombi uSiracusana, khanyisa impilo yethu kanye nemodeli yazo zonke izenzo zethu, ukuze kuthi, ngemuva kokukulingisa lapha emhlabeni, sikwazi, kanye nawe, ukujabulela umbono weNkosi. Amen.