Isikhumbuzo sikaSaint Gregory Omkhulu, uPapa noDokotela weSonto — Izwi Losuku

Isingeniso

Egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, neloMoya oNgcwele. Kwangathi umusa nokuthula kukaNkulunkulu uBaba wethu neNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu kungaba nani nonke.

Ukuphenduka

Nkosi, usihawukele. Kristu, usihawukele. Nkosi, usihawukele.

♪ “Nkosi Sihawukele (Organ & Cello)” — A song for Ben

Izwi likaNkulunkulu

Isifundo sokuqala · 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Bazalwane: Makungabikho ozikhohlisayo. Uma kukhona phakathi kwenu ozibona ehlakaniphile kuleli zwe, makabe yisiphukuphuku ukuze abe ngohlakaniphile. Ngokuba ukuhlakanipha kwaleli zwe kuyisiphukuphuku emehlweni kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: 'Ubabamba abahlakaniphile emacebweni abo,' futhi: 'INkosi iyazazi izicabango zabahlakaniphile, ukuthi ziyize.' Ngakho-ke makungabikho ozigabisayo ngabantu, ngokuba konke kungokwenu: uPawulu, noma u-Apholo, noma uKefa, noma umhlaba, noma ukuphila, noma ukufa, noma okwamanje, noma okuzayo: konke kungokwenu, nina ningabakaKristu, uKristu engowakaNkulunkulu.

Ihubo · Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6

R. Umhlaba nomhlaba wonke okukuwo kungokweNkosi. OkweNkosi umhlaba nokugcwala kwawo; umhlaba nabawuhlalayo. Ngokuba iwusekelile phezu kwezilwandle, yawumisa phezu kwemifula. R. Umhlaba nomhlaba wonke okukuwo kungokweNkosi. Ngubani ongakhuphuka entabeni yeNkosi? Ngubani ongema endaweni yayo engcwele? Lowo onezandla ezingenacala, nenhliziyo ehlanzekile, ongafisi okuyize. R. Umhlaba nomhlaba wonke okukuwo kungokweNkosi. Uyakwamukela isibusiso evela eNkosini, nomvuzo ovela kuNkulunkulu uMsindisi wakhe. Isizukulwane esinjalo yileso esifuna yena, esifuna ubuso bukaNkulunkulu kaJakobe. R. Umhlaba nomhlaba wonke okukuwo kungokweNkosi.

IVangeli · Luke 5:1-11

Ngesikhathi isixuku sicindezela uJesu silalele izwi likaNkulunkulu, wayemi ngasechwebeni lechibi laseGenesarethe. Wabona imikhumbi emibili iseceleni lechibi; abadobi babesebehla, behlanza amanetha. Engena komunye wemikhumbi, owawungokaSimoni, wacela ukuba awususe kancane ogwini. Wayesehlala phansi, wafundisa izixuku esemkhunjini. Lapho eseqedile ukukhuluma, wathi kuSimoni: 'Phuma uye emanzini ajulile, wehlise amanetha akho ukuba nidobe.' USimoni waphendula wathi: 'Nkosi, sisebenze ubusuku bonke, asizange sibambe lutho, kodwa ngenxa yezwi lakho, ngiyokwehlisa amanetha.' Bakwenza lokho, babamba izinhlanzi eziningi kakhulu, amanetha abo ayesedabuka. Bakhombisa abangane babo ababesemkhunjini omunye ukuba beze babasize. Beza, bagcwalisa imikhumbi yomibili, yaze yacishe yaminza. Lapho uSimoni Petru ekubona lokho, wawa emadolweni kaJesu, wathi: 'Suka kimi, Nkosi, ngokuba ngingumuntu onesono.' Ngokuba ukumangala kwakubambile yena nabo bonke ababenaye ngenxa yokudoba ababekwenzile, kanjalo noJakobe noJohane, amadodana kaZebedewu, ababengabangane bakaSimoni. UJesu wathi kuSimoni: 'Ungesabi; kusukela manje uyakudoba abantu.' Lapho sebebuyisele imikhumbi ogwini, bashiya konke, bamlandela.

Umhlaba nomhlaba wonke okukuwo kungokweNkosi.

Intshumayelo

Ake sicabange ngomzuzu othule kakhulu. Cabanga ngomfana omncane ehlezi ethulile, ephethe ikhampasi noma ibalazwe elikhulu lezindiza. U-Benjamin Vo wayengumfana owayethanda ukubheka kude, hhayi nje ngamehlo akhe, kodwa ngengqondo yakhe ecijile. Wayebheka izindiza ze-Boeing 737 hhayi njengensimbi nje, kodwa njengamaphiko okubona umhlaba. Kulo mfana, umhlaba wawungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu, into okufanele ifundwe, iqondwe, futhi ithandwe. Namuhla, uSaint Paul usikhumbuza eqinisweni elinzima kodwa elibalulekile esifundweni sokuqala: 'Uma kukhona phakathi kwenu ozibona ehlakaniphile kuleli zwe, makabe yisiphukuphuku ukuze abe ngohlakaniphile.'

Leli gama 'isiphukuphuku' lizwakala lixaka, akunjalo? Kodwa uSaint Paul usitshela ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kwethu komuntu akulutho phambi kukaNkulunkulu. U-Benjamin wayehlakaniphile ngendlela emangalisayo; wayengumfana owayekwazi ukubhekana nezibalo zebanga lesishiyagalombili esesebangeni lesine, owayengena emhlabeni we-AI ne-DevOps ngesikhathi abanye besadlala nje. Kodwa ubuhlakani bakhe obukhulu babungeyona leyo ncwadi; babungukuthobeka kwenhliziyo yakhe. Wayengumfana owayezimisele ukunikeza konke ayenakho—njengalapho etshela abazali bakhe ukuthi ufuna ukunikela ngayo yonke imali yakhe yasebhange (piggy bank) ukuze asize umalume wakhe u-William owayegula. Akazange aliphule lelo bhange, kodwa inhliziyo yakhe yayivele ikwenzile ukuzidela. Lolo thando olumsulwa, lowo musa ongazenzisiyo, yiwona 'mqondo kaKristu' ohlakaniphile ngempela.

Kodwa kufanele sikhulume iqiniso namuhla. Sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili manje. Kusukela ngalelo langa lika-June 13, 2026, isikhathi sibonakala sishintshile. Izinyanga ezimbili zokubheka isihlalo esingenalutho. Izinyanga ezimbili zokuzwa ukuthula endlini lapho kwakufanele kube khona umsindo wokugigela kuka-Ben ngenkathi ekhuluma nge-'Con Chim Airlines'. Usizi lufana nomthwalo osindayo. Alan no-Thao, ngiyazi ukuthi izinhliziyo zenu zizizwa zomile, njengomhlabathi odinga imvula. Niyazibuza ukuthi ingabe kukhona okungaphezulu enanikwenza. Niyazibuza ukuthi kungani lo mfana omuhle, owayephila ngothando, kumele ahambe. Ngicela nilalele kahle namuhla: Ukugula akulona iphutha lenu. UNkulunkulu akakaze akubeke icala. U-Benjamin akakubeki icala. Nenze konke okusemandleni enu ngothando olumsulwa. Susa lowo mthwalo wokuzisola enhliziyweni yakho, ngoba uNkulunkulu akakubheki ngokwahlulela, ubheka uthando olugcwele enhliziyweni yakho.

Bhekani eVangelini lanamuhla. UJesu ucela uSimoni ukuba aphume aye 'emanzini ajulile' (deep water). USimoni ukhathazekile, uthi basebenze ubusuku bonke bengabambanga lutho. Kodwa uthi, 'Ngiyokwenza njengomyalo wakho.' U-Benjamin wayengumfana owayethanda ukuzama, owayekholelwa ukuthi 'ukuzama yikho konke okubalulekile.' Wayengumfana owayeyindiza, owayefuna ukufinyelela emazulwini. Lapho uJesu ethi 'phuma uye emanzini ajulile,' akasho nje ukudoba; usho ukungena ekujuleni kothando lukaNkulunkulu lapho konke ukwesaba kuphela khona. U-Benjamin manje usekulolu lwazi olujulile. Akasaboshwa yizibhedlela, akasaboshwa yimishini. Usekhululekile, njengendiza endiza phezulu ngaphandle kwemingcele.

Ryan, mfowabo omncane, u-Ben uyamthanda. U-Ben uyambona njengoba ukhula. Ungalokothi uzizwe ungedwa, ngoba uthando lwenu luyisibopho esingasoze saphuka. U-Ben uyaziqhenya ngawe. Qhubeka uphila ngesibindi, ube yindoda efana naye—enomusa, enesibindi, nenhliziyo evulekile. Khumbula ukuthi nina nobabili nifana nezindiza ezimbili ezindiza ngokubambisana; umoya kaNkulunkulu ubanikeza amandla.

Kubo bonke abazali abathwele iziphambano ezifanayo, nabantwana abagulayo emhlabeni jikelele: UNkulunkulu uyanibona. Akabheki nje izinyembezi, kodwa ubheka ukholo lenu. U-Benjamin Đại Dương Vo—igama lakhe elisho 'Ulwandle Olukhulu'—useyisiphephelo sothando lukaNkulunkulu. U-Ben use-Banquet of Heaven, eceleni kuka-Saint Carlo Acutis, esikhulekela sonke. Njengoba u-Ben ayethanda ukusiza abanye, uthando lwakhe lusaqhubeka lugeza umhlaba ngaleyo 'Giếng Gioan Baotixita'—umthombo wamanzi ahlanzekile owakhiwe egameni lakhe, olethela ukuphila kwabanye abantu.

Njengoba niphuma lapha namuhla, ngicela nenze into eyodwa encane. Lapho ubona izindiza zindiza, noma lapho ubona inyoni, yima kancane. Zitshele ukuthi: 'Nkosi, ngiyabonga ngempilo ka-Benjamin.' Khumbula ukuthi impilo yakhe yayiyisipho, futhi uthando lwakhe lusaqhubeka lugeza umhlaba njengolwandle olukhulu. Benjamin, lala ngokuthula. Uthando lwakho luyisibani esingasoze sacima. Amen.

Ukuzindla

♪ “Ubuhle Bendalo (Version A)” — A song for Ben

Izicelo

For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:

“Ben, ngisebenze usuku lonke kwaze kwaba sebusuku, kodwa uma sengizolala ngivele ngikukhumbule, ngikhumbule nezinto esasivame ukuxoxa ngazo. Uma ngicabanga ngawe, ngizizwa ngidabuke kakhulu. Ben, hlala usibhekile futhi usikhulekela thina kanye no-Ryan, ngoba ubuhlungu bokulahlekelwa yingane bungaphezu kwanoma yini, Ben.”