KRISIMESI idlule? Ungacinga njalo ngokwemigangatho yehlabathi. “Abangamashumi amane aphezulu” bathathe indawo yomculo weKrisimesi; imiqondiso yokuthengisa ithathe indawo yezihombiso; Izibane ziye zacuthwa kwaye imithi yeKrisimesi yakhatywa. Kodwa kuthi njengamaKristu angamaKatolika, sisekho phakathi Ukujonga okucingayo eLizwini elibe yinyama-uThixo waba ngumntu. Okanye ubuncinci, kufanele ukuba njalo. Sisalinde ukutyhilwa kukaYesu eziNtlangeni, kwabo baseMagi abahamba kude beze kubona uMesiya, "ozokwalusa" abantu bakaThixo. Le "epiphany" (ekhunjulwa kule Cawa), yeyona nto iphambili kwiKrisimesi, kuba ityhila ukuba uYesu akasekho "ulungile" kumaJuda, kodwa kuwo onke amadoda, amabhinqa kunye nomntwana ohamba ebumnyameni.
Kwaye nantsi into: iMagi yayingabavumisi ngeenkwenkwezi, amadoda awayefuna ulwazi lwe-esoteric kwiinkwenkwezi. Nangona babengazi kanye Ngubani 
babemfuna—oko kukuthi, umSindisi wabo—kwaye iindlela zabo zaziyingxubevange yobulumko bobuntu nobungcwele, nangona kunjalo babeza kumfumana. Enyanisweni, bachukunyiswa yindalo kaThixo, ngo imiqondiso ukuba uThixo ngokwakhe wabhala ngabom kwindalo iphela ukuze avakalise icebo lakhe lobuthixo.
Ndiyambona, nangona ingekabikho ngoku; Ndiya kumqwalasela, nakuba engekho kufuphi: Inkwenkwezi iya kuphuma kwaYakobi, Intonga iphume kwaSirayeli. ( Num 24:17 )
Ndifumana ithemba elikhulu kule nto. Kunjengokungathi uThixo uthi ngeZazi,
Umbono wakho, ulwazi, kunye nenkolo isenokungagqibeleli ngalo mzuzu; ixesha lakho elidlulileyo nelikhoyo linokonakaliswa sisono; Ikamva lakho ligutyungelwe kukungaqiniseki… kodwa ndiyaqonda ukuba ufuna ukuNdifumana. Kwaye ke, Ndikho. Yizani kum nonke nina bafuna intsingiselo, bafunisisayo inyaniso, bafunele umalusi wokunikhokela. Yizani kum nonke nina bahambi abadiniweyo ngobu bomi, yaye ndoninika ukuphumla. Yizani kuM nonke nina eniphelelwe lithemba, niziva nilahliwe kwaye nidangele, kwaye niya kundifumana ndinilindele ngamehlo anothando. Kuba mna ndinguYesu uMsindisi wakho, othe weza kukufumana nawe...
UYesu akazange azityhile kwabafezekileyo. UYosefu wayefuna ukukhokelwa rhoqo ngamaphupha engelosi; abalusi benxibe iimpahla zabo zokusebenza ezinukayo bahlanganisana ngasemkhumbini; kanti ke zona iZazi zazingabahedeni. Kwaye kukho mna nawe. Mhlawumbi ufikile kule Krisimesi uphazanyiswa kuko konke ukutya, inkampani, ebusuku kakhulu, iintengiso zeVeki yeBhokisi, ukonwabisa, njl. Ukuba kunjalo, zikhumbuze namhlanje ngenyaniso evuyisayo yokuba uYesu akazange aye ekuthinjweni eYiputa. Hayi, ulindele ukuba azityhile kuwe namhlanje. Unishiya “nemiqondiso” ngokunjalo (efana nalo mbhalo) eyalatha apho akhoyo. Ekuphela kwento efunekayo ngumnqweno wakho, ukuzimisela kwakho ukumfuna uYesu. Unokuthandaza ngolu hlobo:
Nkosi, njengeZazi, ndichithe ixesha elininzi ndibhadula emhlabeni, kodwa ndifuna ukukufumana. Njengabalusi, nangona kunjalo, ndiyeza namabala esono sam; njengoYosefu, ndiza ndinoloyiko nokuthandabuza; njengomgcini-ndlu yabahambi, nam andinivulelanga ndawo entliziyweni yam njengoko bendifanele ukwenza ngako. Noko ke ndiyeza, ngokuba wena, Yesu, undilindile, njengoko ndinjalo mna. Ke ngoko, ndiza kukucela uxolo kwaye ndikudumise. Ndize kukunika igolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa, nemore: oko kukuthi, ukholo oluncinane, uthando, namadini endinawo, ukuba ndininike konke endikuko, kwakhona. Owu Yesu, ungabujongi ubuhlwempu bam bomoya, ndikuthabathele ezingalweni zam ezihlwempuzekileyo, ndithabathele entliziyweni yakho.
Ndiyathembisa, ukuba uphume njengoMagi namhlanje ukuba uhlobo lwentliziyo nokuthobeka, akayi kukwamkela kuphela uYesu, kodwa uya kukuthwesa njengonyana okanye intombi.[1]“Intliziyo etyumkileyo, ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela.” ( INdumiso 51:19 ) Uzele oku. Ngale nto, Ulindele utyelelo lwakho namhlanje… kuba iKrisimesi ayipheli.
Ukulangazelela uThixo kuyayiphelisa imikhwa yethu eyoyikekayo kuze kusiqhubele ekubeni senze utshintsho esilufunayo nesilufunayo. —UPOPE FRANCIS, iHomily for Somnity of Epiphany, ngoJanuwari 6, 2016; Zenit.org
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| ↑1 | “Intliziyo etyumkileyo, ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela.” ( INdumiso 51:19 ) |
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