KHAWUZITHELEKELELE yintsasa yeKrisimesi, iqabane lakho liyangqiyama ngoncumo lithi, “Nantsi. Le yeyakho." Uvula isipho kwaye ufumane ibhokisi elincinci leplanga. Uyayivula kwaye i-waft ye-perfume iphakama kwiincinci ezincinci ze-resin.
"Yintoni?" uyabuza.
“Yimore. Mandulo lalisetyenziselwa ukuqholwa kwesidumbu nokutshisa njengesiqhumiso emingcwabeni. Ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba kuhle ekuvukeni kwakho ngenye imini. "
“Uh… enkosi… enkosi, sithandwa.”
IKRISIMESI YOKWENENE
Kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi, iKrisimesi iye yaba luhlobo oluthile lweholide yokuthandana. Lixesha leemfudumalo ezifudumeleyo kunye neemvakalelo ezikhukhulayo, zeeholide ezimnandi kunye namakhadi etyala afudumeleyo. Kodwa iKrisimesi yokuqala yahluke kakhulu.
Into yokugqibela umfazi, phantse iinyanga ezilithoba ekukhulelweni kwakhe ucinga ngayo, kukuhamba. Kwidonki, kuloo nto. Kodwa kunjalo ngokuchanekileyo 
oko kwakunyanzelekile ukuba uYosefu noMariya bakwenze njengoko ubalo lwamaRoma lwalusisinyanzelo. Ekufikeni kwabo eBhetelehem, isitali esinuka kamnandi sesona silungileyo uYosefu wayenokunyamekela umfazi wakhe. Kwaye ke, kwelona xesha liyimfihlo, iindwendwe ezininzi zaqala ukubonakala. Abasemzini. Abalusi abatyumkileyo, abanuka okweebhokhwe, begqogqa usana olusandul’ ukuzalwa. Kwaza kwafika ezo zilumko nezipho zazo. Impepho… intle. Igolide… ifuneka ngamandla. Nemore?? Into yokugqibela umama omtsha afuna ukucinga ngayo ngelixa e-nuzzy ulusu lwakhe olunesilika losana lwakhe umngcwabo. Kodwa eso sipho sesiprofeto semore sagqitha umzuzu kwaye sabonisa ukuba olu sana lincinci lwaluza kuba yinyama yoluntu, lunikelwe emnqamlezweni, lubekwe engcwabeni.
Yayililanga elandulela iKrismesi eli.
Okulandelayo akubanga ngcono kakhulu. UJoseph uvusa umfazi wakhe ukuba amxelele ukuba abanakuphinda bagoduke ukuze bafumane intuthuzelo kunye nokuqhelana neendonga zabo apho isikhwanyana somthi awasilungiselela silindele uMntwana wabo. Ingelosi yabonakala kuye ephupheni, kwaye baya kusaba kwangoko baya eYiphutha (emva kwelo donki.) Njengokuba beqala uhambo lwabo lokuya kwilizwe lasemzini, baqala ukuva amabali amajoni kaHerode abulala amakhwenkwe angamakhwenkwe angaphantsi kweminyaka Mbini. Badibana noomama abalilayo endleleni… ubuso bentlungu nosizi.
Yayiyinyani yeKrisimesi leyo.
INYANISO YEKRISIMESI
Mawethu, andikubhali oku ukuze ndibe “ngumbhexeshi wepati,” njengoko besitsho. Kodwa ngale Krisimesi, zonke izibane kunye nemithi kunye nezipho, i-mistletoe, itshokolethi, i-turkey, kunye ne-gravy ayinakuyifihla into yokuba, njengoYosefu noMariya, Umzimba kaYesu-ICawe — isezintlungwini zokubeleka. Njengoko sibona ukunganyamezelani okukhulayo kwihlabathi liphela kubuKristu, ubani unokuqalisa ukuva ivumba lemore eliphuma kwakhona ezixekweni nasezilalini. Ukunganyamezeki kooHerode behlabathi kugquba. Ukanti, le ntshutshiso yeBandla ibuhlungu kakhulu kuba nayo ibivela Ngaphakathi.
Ibingunyaka “weembandezelo ezinkulu,” utshilo uPopu Benedict XVI kumbuliso wakhe weKrisimesi kwiCuria yaseRoma kule veki. Wakhumbula umbono we-St. Hildegard apho wabona iCawe njengentle
umfazi obhinqileyo nobuso bakhe bungcoliswe sisono.
… Umbono ochaza ngendlela eyoyikisayo oko besikhe saphila kulo nyaka uphelileyo [ngehlazo lokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kububingeleli buza ngaphezulu]… Kumbono kaSaint Hildegard, ubuso beBandla budyojwe luthuli, kwaye le yindlela esiyibone ngayo. Isambatho sakhe sikrazulwe—zizono zababingeleli. Indlela abone kwaye wayiveza ngayo yindlela esiye sazifumana ngayo kulo nyaka. Kufuneka sikwamkele oku kuthotywa njengesibongozo kwinyaniso kunye nobizo lokuhlaziya. Yinyaniso kuphela esindisayo. -POPE BENEDICT XVI, Idilesi yeKrisimesi kwiRomania yaseRoma, nge-20 kaDisemba ka-2010, catholic.org
Inyaniso, eyathethwa nguBenedict kunyaka ophelileyo, iyaphela kwihlabathi liphela Njengedangatye eliya kucima. Ngapha koko, njengoko sijonga ubume behlabathi, ukurhubuluza ngaphantsi mozulu kwaye i isoyikiso semfazwe kwaye ulwabilo, siyaqhubeka ukubona iifayile ze- ngenjongo ukwakhiwa kwezizwe ezizimeleyo (ngokusebenzisa ukuwa kwezoqoqosho kunye nesiphithiphithi kwezentlalo nezopolitiko) Kunye ukunyuka kobukhosi be-neo -hedeni behlabathi liphela oko akuyi kuba nandawo yeCawe “kwiindawo zokuhlala” zayo. Enyanisweni, akukho ndawo ingako yabaninzi kuluntu lwethu abagqalwa “njengobunzima obufileyo.” Umoya kaHerode uzulazula kwakhona ngaphezulu kwabasengozini kule nkcubeko yokufa.
UFaro wakudala, ethanda ubukho nokwanda kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabangenisa kulo lonke uhlobo lwengcinezelo kwaye wayalela ukuba kubulawe wonke umntwana oyinkwenkwe oyindoda ozelwe ngabafazi bamaHebhere (cf. Ex. 1: 7-22). Namhlanje baninzi abanamandla emhlabeni abenza ngendlela efanayo. Nabo bakhathazwa kukwanda kwamanani abemi abakhoyo… Ngenxa yoko, endaweni yokuba banqwenele ukujongana nokusombulula ezi ngxaki zinzima ngokuhlonipha isidima sabantu kunye neentsapho kunye nelungelo lomntu ngamnye elingenakuphikiswa, bakhetha ukukhuthaza nokunyanzelisa nangayiphi na indlela Inkqubo enkulu yolawulo lokuzalwa. —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli yoBomi", n. I-16
NjengoSapho oluNgcwele olwabalekela eYiputa, kukho “Ukugqithiselwa"iza…
Oomesiya abatsha, bezama ukuguqulela uluntu ekubeni yimbumba eqhawulwe kuMdali wakhe, ngokungazi baya kuzisa ukutshatyalaliswa kwenxalenye enkulu yoluntu. Baza kuzisa izinto ezoyikekayo ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili: iindlala, iindyikitya zokufa, iimfazwe, kunye noBulungisa bukaThixo ekugqibeleni. Ekuqaleni baya kusebenzisa unyanzeliso ukunciphisa ngakumbi inani labantu, kwaye ukuba oko akuphumeleli baya kusebenzisa amandla -UMichael D. O'Brien, Ihlabathi kunye noMyalelo weHlabathi oMtshaMatshi 17, 2009
Kodwa ukuthetha ngakumbi namhlanje kukuphulukana nombono wokugqibela….
UKUGQIBELA NGOKUGQIBELA
… Kwaye kuko konke ukuzabalaza kunye nezilingo zekrisimesi yokuqala, UYesu wayekho.
UYesu wayekho xa ubalo lwatshabalalisa icebo likaMariya noYosefu. Wayekho xa babengafumani ndawo kwindlu yabahambi. Wayelapho kweso sitali singemnandanga nesibanda. Wayekho xa kwakunikelwa isipho semore, isikhumbuzo sokubandezeleka okuhlala kukho kwimeko yoluntu kunye neNdlela yoMnqamlezo. Wayekho xa uSapho oluNgcwele luthunyelwa elubhacweni. Wayekhona xa kukho imibuzo emininzi kuneempendulo.
Kwaye uYesu ulapha ngoku nawe. Unani phakathi kweKrisimesi enokunuka ngakumbi njengemore nentlaka yokuqhumisa, enika ameva ngaphezulu kwegolide. Kwaye mhlawumbi intliziyo yakho ibuthathaka kwaye ihlwempuzekile sisono kunye nokudinwa, njengesitali, kunokuba usitsho iHoliday Inn.
Sekunjalo, uYesu ulapha! Ukho! Umthombo wobabalo kunye nenceba uqukuqela nakwabafileyo ebusika. NjengoJoseph noMary, indlela yakho yeyokunikezela emva kokunikezela kwimpikiswano emva kokuphikisana, ukubuyela umva emva kokubuya umva, ukungaphenduli emva kwempendulo. Kuba ngenene, ukuthanda kukaThixo is impendulo. Kwaye ukuthanda kwakhe kubonakalisiwe kuwe kokubini ukubandezeleka kunye nokuthuthuzeleka, kwintlungu nakovuyo.
Nyana wam, xa usiza kukhonza uYehova, zilungiselele izilingo; Yiba yinyanisekile entliziyweni, uqine, ungaphazamiseki ngexesha lembandezelo. namathela kuye, ungamshiyi; liya kuba likhulu ikamva lakho. Yamkelani nakuphi na ukunihlelayo, kwilishwa ninyamezele; Kuba igolide icikideka emlilweni, namadoda anobunkunkqele ekubekeni kwakhe umxakatho. Thembela kuThixo, wokunceda; zilungiseni iindlela zenu, nithembele kuye. Nina boyika uYehova, lindelani inceba yakhe, Ningatyeki, hleze niwe. Nina ke nina nimoyikayo uYehova, kholosani ngaye, Wona umvuzo wenu awuyi kuphela. Nina boyika uYehova, lindelani okulungileyo, uvuyo nenceba engunaphakade... Abo bamoyikayo uYehova balungisa iintliziyo zabo, bazithobe phambi kwakhe. Masiwele ezandleni zikaYehova, kungekhona ezandleni zomntu, kuba ilingana nobungangamsha bakhe inceba ayenzayo. ( Sirraki 2:1-9, 17-18 )
Umntu uyilungisa njani intliziyo yakhe xa, njengesitali esidala, sityhafile ngenxa yomgquba wesono kwaye sixhomekeke kubunzima bobuntu? Eyona ilungileyo inakho. Oko kukuthi, ngokuguqukela kuye kwiSakramente yokuVuma, Lowo unguMbingeleli wethu oza kususa izono zehlabathi. Kodwa ungalibali Ukwangumchweli. Kwaye iinkuni ezizele ziintubi zobuthathaka bomntu zinokomelezwa ngoMthendeleko oNgcwele xa sisondela kuye ngokumthemba, ngokuphandle, nangentliziyo evumayo ukuhamba kwintando yakhe eNgcwele.
Intando eNgcwele ehlala ikusebenzela okulungileyo, kanye njengokuba ilangatye linokuthi lifudumale okanye litshise, lipheke okanye litshise. Kukwanjalo ke ngokuthanda kukaThixo, ukuba bufeze kuwe oko kuyimfuneko, kudla okungahloneli Thixo, bekusulungekisa ke oko kulungileyo. Konke, njengalaa bhokisi incinane yomthi yemore, “sisipho.” Inxalenye enzima kukuzinikela kwicebo likaThixo, ngakumbi xa lingahambelani ne-ajenda yakho, “isicwangciso” sakho. Ukuthembela kwanaloo Thixo Unayo icebo!
Ndiyayazi entliziyweni yam isipho endizakusicela kuleKrisimesi, xa ndiguqa ecaleni kwalomkhumbi apho kulele khona uMfundisi wam, uKumkani wam noMchweli. Kwaye kunjalo isipho sokwamkela ukuthanda kwakhe kwaye simthembe xa ndihlala ndiziva ndilahliwe kwaye ndibhidekile. Impendulo kukujonga ngamehlo kaKrestu lo Mntwana kwaye wazi ukuba ukho; kwaye ukuba Unam-kwaye akasoze andishiye- kutheni ndisoyika?
Ke yathi iZiyon, UYehova undishiyile; Inkosi yam indilibele. Unina angalulibala yini na usana lwakhe, Angabi namfesane kumntwana wesizalo sakhe? Nokuba angalibala, soze ndikulibale. Yabona, ezintendeni zezandla zam ndilibhale igama lakho… ndihleli nawe, kude kube sekuphelisweni kwephakade eli. ( Isaya 49:14-16; Mateyu 8:20 )
