IVangeli noSanta wosuku: 29 Disemba 2019

Incwadi ye-Orthodoxastical 3,2-6.12-14.
INkosi ifuna ukuthi ubaba ahlonishwe yizingane, usemisile ilungelo likamama kule nzalo.
Noma ngubani odumisa ubaba, uxolelanisa izono;
noma ngubani owambula umama, unjengokuqongelela amagugu.
Labo abahlonipha ubaba bazoba nenjabulo evela ezinganeni zabo futhi bayophendulwa ngosuku lomthandazo wakhe.
Noma ngubani owembula ubaba uyophila isikhathi eside; nalowo olalela iNkosi ududuza umama.
Ndodana, siza uyihlo ekugugeni, ungamdabukisi phakathi nokuphila kwakhe.
Noma elahlekelwe ingqondo, mzwela kabi futhi ungamdeleli, ngenkathi usemandleni aphelele.
Njengoba isihawu sikababa singekhohlwa, siyakubalelwa njengesaphulelo sezono.

Salmi 128(127),1-2.3.4-5.
Ubusisiwe umuntu owesaba iNkosi
uhambe ngezindlela zakho.
Uyophila ngomsebenzi wezandla zakho,
uzojabula futhi ujabulele konke okuhle.

Umakoti wakho njengomvini othela izithelo
ebudlelwaneni bekhaya lakho;
izingane zakho zinjengezithombo zomnqumo
ezungeze i-canteen yakho.

Uyakubusiswa kanjalo umuntu owesaba iNkosi.
Ibusise iNkosi yaseSiyoni!
Sengathi ungabona ukuchuma kweJerusalema
zonke izinsuku zokuphila kwakho.

Incwadi ka-St Paul Umphostoli eya kwabaseKolose 3,12-21.
Bazalwane, gqokani, njengabathandekayo bakaNkulunkulu, abangcwele nabathandekayo, yemizwa yesihe, yomusa, yokuthobeka, yobumnene, yokubekezela;
nibekezelelana futhi nithethelelana, uma umuntu enokukhononda ngakuye. Njengoba iNkosi ikuxolele, yenzani kanjalo nani.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke-ke kukhona uthando, okuyisibopho sokuphelela.
Futhi ukuthula kukaKristu kubusa ezinhlizweni zenu, ngoba nabizelwa kukho emzimbeni munye. Futhi ubonge!
Izwi likaKristu lihlala kakhulu phakathi kwenu; zifundiseni, nizifundise ngakho konke ukuhlakanipha, nihlabelelela uNkulunkulu ngokusuka enhliziyweni nangamahubo okubonga, amaculo nezingoma zokomoya.
Futhi konke okwenzayo ngamazwi nangezenzo, kwenze konke egameni leNkosi uJesu, ubonga uNkulunkulu uYise ngaye.
Nina makhosikazi, zithobeni kubayeni, njengoba kufanele iNkosi.
Nani, nina madoda, thandani omkenu, ningahlukumezi nabo.
Wena, zingane, lalela abazali kukho konke; kuyathokozisa iNkosi.
Bobaba, musani ukukhungathekisa abantwabenu ukuze bangadangali.

Kusuka kwiVangeli likaJesu Kristu ngokukaMathewu 2,13-15.19-23.
AbaseMagayi babesanda kuhamba, lapho ingelosi yeNkosi ibonakala kuJosefu ephusheni futhi yathi kuye: “Sukuma, thatha umntwana nonina uhambe ubalekele eGibhithe, nihlale lapho ngize ngikuxwayise, ngoba uHerode ufuna ingane ukumbulala. "
UJosefa wavuka, wathatha umfana nonina kanye naye ebusuku, wabalekela eGibithe.
lapho ahlala khona kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukaHerode, ukuze kugcwaliseke lokho okwashiwo yiNkosi ngomprofethi: Ukusuka eGibithe ngabiza indodana yami.
Ngemuva kwekufa kwaHerodi, ingilosi yaSimakadze yabonakala ephusheni kuJosefa eGibhithe
wathi kuye: “Sukuma, uthathe umntwana nonina uhambe uye ezweni lakwa-Israyeli; ngoba labo abasongela impilo yengane bafa. "
Wavuka, wamthatha umfana nonina, wangena ezweni lakwa-Israyeli.
Kepha lapho ezwa ukuthi u-Archelaus uyinkosi yaseJudiya esikhundleni sikayise uHerode, wesaba ukuya khona. Waxwayiswa ngephupho, wasuka waya ezifundeni zaseGalile
kwathi nje lapho efika wafika wayohlala edolobheni elibizwa ngokuthi yiNazaretha, ukufeza lokho okwashiwo ngabaprofethi ukuthi: "Uyakubizwa ngokuthi ubuNazaretha."

DECEMBER 29

IQHAWE IGERARDO CAGNOLI

UValenza, Alessandria, 1267 - Palermo, 29 Disemba 1342

Uzalelwe eValenza Po, ePiedmont, cishe ngonyaka we-1267, ngemuva kokushona kukanina ngonyaka we-1290 (ubaba wayeseshonile), uGerardo Cagnoli washiya umhlaba futhi waphila njengomhambeli, ecela isinkwa futhi evakashela izindawo zokuhlala. KwakuseRoma, Naples, Catania futhi mhlawumbe ku-Erice (Trapani); Ngo-1307, ehlatshwe yisithunzi sobungcwele bukaFrancis Ludovico d'Angiò, umbhishobhi waseToulouse, wangena e-Order of Minors eRandazzo eSicily, lapho enza khona i-novitiate futhi waphila isikhashana. Ngemuva kokwenza izimangaliso nokwakha labo abebemazi ngesibonelo, ushonile ePalermo ngomhlaka 29 Disemba 1342. Ngokusho kwabakwaLemmens, ababusisiwe ngabe bafakwa ohlwini lwabakwaFrancis abakholwayo ngobungcwele bempilo obakhiwe ngabo-1335, okungukuthi, ngenkathi esasebenza. Ngiyaphila. Inkolo yakhe, eyasakazeka masinyane eSicily, Tuscany, Marche, Liguria, Corsica, Majorca nakwezinye izindawo, yaqinisekiswa ngoMeyi 13, 1908. Lesi sidumbu sikhonzwa ePalermo, endaweni ephakeme yaseSan Francesco. (Avvenire)

UMTHANDAZO

O Beato Gerardo, bewulithanda kakhulu idolobha lasePalermo futhi usebenze kakhulu ekuthandeni abantu basePalermo abazibona benenhlanhla yokuba nezinsalela zomzimba wakho. Ukuphilisa okuningi okungummangaliso! zingaki izingxabano ezibuyisiwe! zingaki izinyembezi zomile! imiphefumulo emingaki oyiletha kuNkulunkulu! Hhawu! inkumbulo yakho mayingapheli kithi, njengoba uthando lwakho kumakhelwane wakho lungakaze lwehlule emhlabeni; uthando oluqhubeka manje ezulwini ubusisiwe kuze kube-phakade. Ngakho makube njalo.