Siyakwamukela nonke, bazalwane abathandekayo, kulo mkhuleko weZwi. Siqala ngophawu lwesiphambano, egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, neliMoya oNgcwele. Amen.
Nkosi, sihawukele. Kristu, sihawukele. Nkosi, sihawukele.
Bazalwane abathandekayo kuKristu,
Namuhla, iZwi likaNkulunkulu lisimema ukuba sicabange ngobudlelwane bethu noNkulunkulu, nangokuthi uNkulunkulu usibona kanjani. Esifundweni sokuqala, umprofethi uMika usikhumbuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu 'akahlali ethukuthele kuze kube phakade, kodwa ujabulela ukuba nomusa.' Uthembisa ukuthi 'uzophonsa zonke izono zethu ekujuleni kolwandle.' Yeka isithombe esinamandla salesi sihe sikaNkulunkulu!
Bese, iVangeli lisethula isimo esingase sisishaqise ekuqaleni. UJesu ukhuluma nezixuku, bese kuthi umama wakhe nabafowabo bafike, befuna ukukhuluma naye. Kodwa uJesu uphendula athi, 'Ubani umama wami? Obani abafowethu?' Bese elula isandla sakhe kubafundi bakhe athi, 'Naba umama wami nabafowethu. Ngoba noma ubani owenza intando kaBaba oseZulwini, ungumfowethu, nodadewethu, nomama.'
UJesu akazange ayilahle umndeni wakhe. Cha, wayefundisa into ejulile kakhulu: ukuthi kukhona umndeni omkhulu, umndeni kaNkulunkulu, owakhiwe yilabo abenza intando kaBaba. Ubuhlobo obujulile kakhulu, obuhlala njalo, yilobo esinabo noNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu. Ubuhlobo obungaphezu kwegazi, obuhlanganiswe ukholo nokulalela.
Benjamin Vo, umfana esiyamkhumbula namuhla, wayengumuntu owazi ukuthi ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu kusho ukukhombisa uthando nokuba nomusa. Ngisho nangesikhathi esemncane, uBen wayenomusa omkhulu, ejabula kalula, futhi ehlonipha abazali bakhe. Wayenomusa ojulile ngabanye, inhliziyo yakhe yayivulekele ukuzwela. Lokhu kwakungubufakazi bokuthi wayesenza intando kaYise waseZulwini, ngisho nangaphambi kokuba aqonde ngokugcwele incazelo yala mazwi kaJesu. Wayehlala elwela ukuba ngumuntu olungile, okhombisa uthando.
Ukuba umndeni kaJesu kusho ukuba nomusa, ukuthethelela, nokuba nethemba, njengoba uMika asikhumbuza ngomusa kaNkulunkulu. Kusho ukwazi ukuthi noma ngabe sikhubazekile kangakanani, uNkulunkulu usiyathethelela, usithanda ngothando olungapheli. Lokhu kusinika amandla okuba siqhubeke, ngisho noma izinhliziyo zethu zibuhlungu kakhulu.
Kubazali bakaBen, u-Alan no-Thao, nomfowabo u-Ryan, kanye nabo bonke abamthandayo — ogogo nomkhulu, omalume nomalumekazi, abangani — siyazi ukuthi ubuhlungu bukhulu. Kodwa khumbulani ukuthi uBenjamin manje useyingxenye yomndeni kaNkulunkulu ezulwini, lapho kukhona injabulo engapheli. UJesu uthi, 'Noma ubani owenza intando kaBaba wami oseZulwini, ungumfowethu, nodadewethu, nomama.' UBen wenza intando kaNkulunkulu ngomusa wakhe, nangenjabulo yakhe, nangothando lwakhe olukhulu.
Kubazali abanye ababhekene nokuhlupheka, nakubo bonke abantwana abagulayo, noma abahluphekayo, nani ningumndeni kaNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu uyabathanda, uyabanakekela. Asibambaneni ngesandla, siqhubeke siphila ngothando, ngoba kulokho sithola amandla kaNkulunkulu. Ithemba lethu liseNkosini, eyasithengela ngesiphambano. Amen.
For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:
Ngosizo loMsindisi futhi sifundiswe yimfundiso yaphezulu, silokotha sithi:
Baba wethu osezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho; umbuso wakho mawuze, intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini. Siphe namuhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla, usithethelele izono zethu, njengoba nathi sibathethelela abasonayo; ungasifaki ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule ebubini. Amen.
Sengathi uNkulunkulu uSomandla angasibusisa, uYise, neNdodana, noMoya oNgcwele. Hambani ngokuthula, nithanda iNkosi.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.