CABANGA ekuseni ngoKhisimusi, oshade naye uncike kuye emamatheka bese ethi, “Nansi. Lokhu ngokwakho." Uqaqa isipho futhi uthole ibhokisi elincane lezinkuni. Uyayivula bese kukhuphuka i-waft yamakha ezingxenyeni ezincane ze-resin.
"Kwenzenjani?" uyabuza.
“Yimure. Endulo yayisetshenziswa lapho kugqunyiswa isidumbu futhi kushiswe njengempepho emingcwabeni. Bengicabanga ukuthi kuzoba kuhle ekuvukeni kwakho ngelinye ilanga."
“Eh… ngiyabonga… ngiyabonga, sithandwa.”
UKHISIMUSI WANGEMPELA
Ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba, uKhisimusi usuphenduke uhlobo lwamaholide mbumbulu nezothando. Kuyisikhathi sama-fuzzies afudumele nemizwa eshisayo, yamaholide ajabulisayo namakhadi wesikweletu afudumele. Kodwa uKhisimusi wokuqala wawuhluke kakhulu.
Into yokugcina owesifazane, cishe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ekhulelwe ecabanga ngayo, ukuhamba. Embongolweni, ngaleso sikhathi. Kepha kunjalo 
lokho uJosefa noMariya okwakudingeka bakwenze njengoba ukubalwa kwabantu kwamaRoma kwakuyimpoqo. Lapho befika eBhetlehema, isitebele esinukayo sasiyinhle kakhulu uJosefa ayengayondla ngayo umkakhe. Futhi-ke, kuleso sikhathi esiyimfihlo kakhulu, inqwaba yezivakashi yaqala ukuvela. Abangazi. Abelusi abangama-scruffy, abanuka okwezimbuzi, behlohla umntwana osanda kuzalwa. Kwase kufika lezozazi neziphiwo zazo. Impepho… kuhle. Igolide… lidingeka kakhulu. Futhi imure?? Into yokugcina umama osanda kuzalwa afuna ukucabanga ngayo ngenkathi egcoba isikhumba sikasilika sosana lwakhe umngcwabo. Kepha leso sipho semure esiyisiprofetho sidlule kulowo mzuzu futhi sasifanekisela ukuthi lolu sana oluncane lwaluzoba ukuqothulwa kwesintu, lunikelwe esiphambanweni, lubekwe ethuneni.
Lokho kwakungusuku olwandulela uKhisimusi.
Okulandelayo akubanga ngcono kakhulu. UJoseph uvusa umkakhe ukuba amtshele ukuthi abasakwazi ukuya ekhaya ekunethezekeni nasekujwayeleni kwezindonga zabo lapho kulindwe khona umbhede wezinkuni awulungiselele ingane yabo. Ingelosi yavela kuye ephusheni, futhi kufanele babalekele khona manjalo eGibhithe (emuva kuleyo mbongolo.) Njengoba beqala uhambo lwabo lokuya kwelinye izwe, baqala ukuzwa izindaba zamasosha kaHerode abulala abafana besilisa abangaphansi kweminyaka yobudala ezimbili. Bahlangana nomama abakhalayo emgwaqeni… ubuso bosizi nobuhlungu.
Lowo kwakunguKhisimusi wangempela.
UKUKHONA NGOKUKHISIMUSI
Bafowethu nodade, angikubhali lokhu ukuze ngibe “umkhohlisi weqembu,” njengoba besho. Kodwa kuloKhisimusi, zonke izibani nezihlahla nezipho, i-mistletoe, ushokoledi, i-turkey, ne-gravy ayikwazi ukufihla iqiniso lokuthi, njengoJosefa noMary, Umzimba kaJesu—iSonto — lisezinhlungwini ezinzima zokubeletha. Njengoba sibona i- ukungabekezelelani okukhulayo emhlabeni wonke kobuKristu, umuntu angaqala ukuzwa iphunga lemure elikhuphuka futhi emadolobheni nasemizaneni. Ukungabekezelelani koHerodi bezwe kugcwele phansi. Nokho, lokhu kushushiswa kweBandla kubuhlungu kakhulu ngoba nalo kade kuvela Ngaphakathi.
Sekuwunyaka “wezinsizi ezinkulu,” kusho uPapa uBenedict XVI ekubingeleleni kwakhe uKhisimusi eRoman Curia kuleli sonto. Wakhumbula umbono we-St. Hildegard lapho abona khona iBandla njengelihle
owesifazane izingubo zakhe nobuso bakhe kwase kungcolile futhi kwangcoliswa isono.
… Umbono ochaza ngendlela eshaqisayo esesikuphile kulo nyaka odlule [ngamahlazo okuhlukumeza ngokocansi ebupristini aqhamuka phezulu]… Embonweni kaSaint Hildegard, ubuso beBandla bungcoliswe uthuli, futhi yile ndlela esikubone ngayo. Ingubo yakhe idatshulwe ngenxa yezono zabapristi. Indlela abone naveza ngayo yindlela esihlangabezane ngayo nakulo nyaka. Kufanele sikwamukele lokhu kuhlaziswa njengesikhuthazo seqiniso kanye nobizo lokuvuselela kabusha. Iqiniso kuphela elisindisayo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, ikheli likaKhisimusi elibhekiswe eCuria Curia, ngoDisemba 20, 2010, catholic.org
Iqiniso, elashiwo uBenedict ngonyaka odlule, liyashabalala emhlabeni wonke njengelangabi elizocima. Ngaphezu kwalokho, njengoba sibheka ukwakheka komhlaba wonke, sididizela ngaphansi isimo sezulu esibi kakhulu futhi usongo lwempi futhi ubuphekula, siyaqhubeka nokubona i- ngenhloso ukwakhiwa kwezizwe ezizimele (nge ukuwa komnotho kanye nezinxushunxushu ezikhulayo kwezenhlalo nezepolitiki) futhi ukuphakama kombuso wamazwe amasha osanda kubahedeni lokho ngeke kube nendawo yeBandla “ezindlini” zalo. Eqinisweni, abaningi emphakathini wethu ababhekwa “njengesisindo esifile.” Umoya kaHerode uyaphinda futhi phezu kwabasengozini kuleli siko lokufa.
UFaro wasendulo, ethakaselwa ubukhona nokwanda kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabathobela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zokucindezelwa futhi wayala ukuthi bonke abantwana besilisa abazalwa ngabesifazane abangamaHeberu babulawe (cf. Ex 1: 7-22). Namuhla abambalwa abanamandla emhlabeni benza ngendlela efanayo. Nabo bahlushwa ukukhula kwamanje kwabantu… Ngenxa yalokho, kunokuba bafise ukubhekana nokuxazulula lezi zinkinga ezinkulu ngokuhlonipha isithunzi sabantu kanye nemindeni kanye nelungelo lomuntu ngamunye lokuphila elingenakuphikiswa, bakhetha ukukhuthaza nokubeka ngenkani nganoma iyiphi indlela uhlelo olukhulu lokulawulwa kokuzalwa. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli Lokuphila",n. 16
NjengoMndeni Ongcwele owabalekela eGibhithe, kukhona “Ukuthunjwa“iza…
Abasekeli bakamesiya abasha, lapho befuna ukuguqula isintu sibe yiqembu elihlukaniswe noMdali wakhe, ngokungazi bazoletha ukubhujiswa kwengxenye enkulu yesintu. Bazokhipha izinto ezesabekayo ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili: indlala, izifo eziwumshayabhuqe, izimpi, futhi ekugcineni Ukulunga Kwaphezulu. Ekuqaleni bazosebenzisa impoqo ukuze baqhubeke nokunciphisa inani labantu, futhi uma lokho kwehluleka bazosebenzisa amandla - UMichael D. O'Brien, Ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kanye neNew World Order, Mashi 17, 2009
Kepha ukusho okuningi namuhla ukulahlekelwa umbono wokugcina….
UMBONO WOKUGCINA
… Futhi lokho ngukuthi phakathi nayo yonke imizabalazo nezilingo zalowoKhisimusi wokuqala, UJesu wayekhona.
UJesu wayekhona lapho ukubalwa kwabantu konakalisa amacebo kaMariya noJosefa. Wayekhona ngesikhathi bengatholi ndawo endlini yezihambi. Wayelapho kulesiya sitebele esingajabulisi nesibanda. Wayekhona lapho kunikezwa isipho semure, isikhumbuzo sokuhlupheka okuhlala kukhona kwesimo somuntu kanye neNdlela yesiphambano. Wayekhona ngenkathi uMndeni oNgcwele uthunyelwa ekudingisweni. Wayekhona lapho imibuzo eminingi kunezimpendulo.
Futhi uJesu ulapha manje nawe. Unani phakathi noKhisimusi onga phunga njengemure kunenhlaka yempepho, oletha ameva amaningi kunegolide. Futhi mhlawumbe inhliziyo yakho ibuthakathaka kakhulu futhi ihlupheke ngenxa yesono nokukhathala, njengesitebele, kunokuba usho iHoliday Inn.
Noma kunjalo, uJesu ulapha! Ukhona! Umthombo kaGrace noMercy ugeleza ngisho nasebusika. NjengoJoseph noMary, indlela yakho ngeyokuzinikela ngemuva kokuzinikela ekuphikisaneni ngemuva kokuphikisana, ukubuyela emuva ngemuva kokuhlehla, kungabi nempendulo ngemuva kwempendulo. Ngoba empeleni, intando kaNkulunkulu is impendulo. Futhi intando Yakhe ivezwa kuwe ekuhluphekeni nasekududuzekeni, ebuhlungwini nenjabulo.
Ndodana yami, lapho ufika ukukhonza uJehova, zilungiselele izilingo. Yiba nenhliziyo eqotho futhi uqine, ungaphazanyiswa ngesikhathi sobunzima. bambelelani kuye, ningamshiyi; kanjalo ikusasa lakho liyoba likhulu. Yamukelani noma yini enikwehlelayo, ekuchosheni amashwa bekezelani; ngokuba igolide livivinywa emlilweni, namadoda afanelekayo esigxotsheni sokuthotshiswa. Themba uNkulunkulu futhi uzokusiza; lungisani izindlela zenu, nithembele kuye. Nina enimesabayo uJehova, lindelani umusa wakhe, ningabuyi, funa niwe. Nina enimesabayo uJehova, thembani kuye, nomvuzo wenu awuyikuchithwa. Nina enimesabayo uJehova, lindelani okuhle, nentokozo ephakade nomusa... Abamesabayo uJehova balungisa izinhliziyo zabo, bazithobe phambi kwakhe. Masiwele ezandleni zikaJehova hhayi ezandleni zabantu, ngoba umusa wakhe ulingana nobukhosi bakhe. (Funda uSiraki 2:1-9, 17-18.)
Umuntu uyilungisa kanjani inhliziyo yakhe lapho, njengesitebele esidala, imbozwe umquba wesono futhi uncike ngaphansi kobunzima bobuntu? Okungcono kakhulu. Okungukuthi, ngokuphendukela kuye eSakramenteni lokuvuma izono, yena onguMpristi wethu ozayo ukuzosusa izono zomhlaba. Kodwa ungakhohlwa ukuthi Naye ungumbazi. Futhi ukhuni olugcwele umuhlwa lobuthakathaka bomuntu lungaqiniswa ngoMthendeleko oNgcwele lapho sisondela kuye ngokumethemba, ngokukhululeka, nangenhliziyo evumayo ukuhamba ngeNtando Yakhe Engcwele.
Leyo Ntando Engcwele ehlala isebenzela okuhle kuwe, njengoba ilangabi lingafudumeza noma lishise, lipheke noma lishise. Kunjalo nangentando kaNkulunkulu, kufeza kuwe lokho okudingekayo, kudle okubi futhi kucwengisise okuhle. Konke, njengalelobhokisi elincane lemure, “liyisipho.” Ingxenye enzima iwukuzinikela ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu, ikakhulukazi uma lungahambisani ne-ajenda yakho, “uhlelo” lwakho. Ukuthembela nakulowo Nkulunkulu ine isu!
Ngiyazi enhliziyweni yami isipho engizobe ngisicela kulo Khisimusi, njengoba ngiguqa eceleni kwalowo mkhombe lapho kulele khona umPristi wami, iNkosi yami noMbazi wami. Futhi yilokho isipho sokwamukela intando yaKhe nokumethemba lapho kaningi ngizizwa ngilahliwe futhi ngididekile. Impendulo ukubheka emehlweni alowo Krestu Ingane futhi wazi ukuthi Ukhona; nokuthi uma Enami — futhi engasoze angishiya — kungani ngesaba?
Kodwa iSiyoni lathi: “UJehova ungishiyile; iNkosi yami ingikhohliwe. Umama angamkhohlwa umntwana wakhe, angabi nabubele ngomntwana wesizalo sakhe, na? Ngisho kufanele akhohlwe, angisoze ngakukhohlwa wena. Bheka, ezintendeni zezandla zami ngilobile igama lakho… nginawe njalo, kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe. ( Isaya 49:14-16; Mathewu 8:20.
