UKhisimusi awukaze Uphele

I-CHRISTMAS kuphelile? Ungacabanga kanjalo ngezindinganiso zomhlaba. “Abangamashumi amane aphezulu” bathathe indawo yomculo kaKhisimusi; izimpawu zokuthengisa zithathe indawo yokuhlobisa; amalambu anciphile futhi kukhahlelwa izihlahla zikaKhisimusi. Kepha kithina njengamaKhatholika angamaKhatholika, sisekhona phakathi kwe ukubuka okucabangayo eZwini osephenduke inyama — uNkulunkulu waba ngumuntu. Noma okungenani, kufanele kube njalo. Sisalindele ukwambulwa kukaJesu kwabeZizwe, kulabo baMagiya abahamba besuka kude beyobona uMesiya, okumele “aluse” abantu bakaNkulunkulu. Le "epiphany" (ekhunjulwa ngaleli Sonto), empeleni, iyisisekelo sikaKhisimusi, ngoba iveza ukuthi uJesu akasekho "olungile" kumaJuda, kepha usemuntwini wonke, owesilisa, owesifazane nengane ohamba ebumnyameni.

Nansi into: Izazi zazingabalingisi bezinkanyezi, amadoda afuna ulwazi lwe-esoteric ezinkanyezini. Noma bebengazi ncamashi ngubani babemfuna — okusho ukuthi, uMsindisi wabo — futhi izindlela zabo zaziyinhlanganisela ehlakaniphileyo yobuntu nobungcwele, babezomthola. Eqinisweni, bashukunyiswa indalo kaNkulunkulu, ngu izimpawu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uqobo wabhala ngamabomu endaweni yonke ukumemezela uhlelo lwaKhe olungcwele.

Ngiyambona, kepha hhayi manje; Ngiyamqaphela, noma kungekho eduze: Inkanyezi izosuka kuJakobe, nentonga yobukhosi ivuke kwa-Israyeli. (Num. 24:17)

Ngithola ithemba elikhulu kulokhu. Kunjengokungathi uNkulunkulu uthi ngeZazi,

Umbono wakho, ulwazi, nenkolo yakho kungenzeka kungaphelele ngalesi sikhathi; okwedlule nokwamanje kungonakaliswa yisono; ikusasa lakho ligubuzelwe ukungaqiniseki… kodwa ngiyabona ukuthi ufuna ukungithola. Futhi-ke ngilapha. Wozani Kimi nonke enifuna incazelo, nifuna iqiniso, nifuna umalusi ozonihola. Wozani Kimi nonke nina enizihambeli ezikhathele kulokhu kuphila, ngizoniphumuza. Wozani Kimi nonke enilahlekelwe yithemba, enizizwa nilahliwe futhi nidangele, futhi niyongithola nginilindele ngamehlo othando. Ngoba nginguJesu, uMsindisi wakho, osezokuthola nawe…

UJesu akazange aziveze kwabaphelele. UJoseph wayedinga ukuholwa njalo ngamaphupho ezingelosi; abelusi begqoke izingubo zabo zomsebenzi ezinuka babuthana emkhombeni; futhi izazi zazingamaqaba. Futhi-ke kukhona mina nawe. Mhlawumbe usudlule kulo Khisimusi uphazanyiswe yikho konke ukudla, inkampani, ubusuku bamuva, ukuthengiswa kwesonto le-Boxing, ezokuzijabulisa, njll. Uma kunjalo, zikhumbuze namuhla ngeqiniso elijabulisayo lokuthi uJesu akayanga ekudingisweni eGibhithe. Cha, ulinde ukuziveza kuwe namuhla. Ushiya nawe “izimpawu” (ezifana nalokhu kubhalwa) ezikhomba lapho ekhona. Konke okudingekayo yisifiso sakho, ukuzimisela kwakho ukufuna uJesu. Ungathandaza into enjengale:

Nkosi, njengoMagi, ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ngizula emhlabeni, kepha ngifuna ukukuthola. Njengabelusi, nokho, ngiza namabala esono sami; njengoJosefa, ngiza nokwesaba nokungabaza; njengomgcini wendlu yezihambi, nami angizange ngikuvulele indawo enhliziyweni yami njengoba bekufanele ngenze kanjalo. Kepha ngiza, noma kunjalo, ngoba wena, Jesu, ungilindele, njengoba nginjalo. Futhi-ke, ngiza ukuzocela intethelelo yakho futhi ngikukhonze. Ngiza ukunikela ngegolide, inhlaka yempepho nemure: okuwukuthi, ukukholwa okuncane, uthando, kanye nemihlatshelo enginayo… ukukunikeza konke engiyikho, futhi. O Jesu, unganaki ubumpofu bami bomoya, futhi ngikuse ezingalweni zami ezimpofu, ngifake enhliziyweni yakho.

Ngiyathembisa, uma uhlela njengabamagazini namuhla nge ukuthi uhlobo lwenhliziyo nokuthobeka, uJesu akazukukwamukela nje kuphela, kodwa uzokuthwesa umqhele wendodana noma indodakazi.^[1]O Nkulunkulu, inhliziyo ephendukile, ethobekile, ngeke uyidelele. ” (IHubo 51:19) Ngalokhu weza. Ngalokhu, ulindele ukuvakasha kwakho namhlanje… ngoKhisimusi awukaze uphele.

Ukulangazelela uNkulunkulu kuyayiqeda imikhuba yethu emibi futhi kusishukumisele ekwenzeni izinguquko esizifunayo nesizidingayo. —UPAPA UFRANCIS, oHomily for Solemnity of Epiphany, Januwari 6, 2016; I-Zenit.org

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