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nke May 12th, 2014
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Udo na-abịa, nke Jon McNaughton dere

KEDU ọtụtụ ndị Katọlik na-akwụsịtụ chee na enwere atụmatụ nzọpụta zuru ụwa ọnụ na-aga n'ihu? Na Chineke na aru oru oge nile rue na nmezu nke atumatu a? Mgbe ndị mmadụ leliri anya n’ígwé ojii nke na-ese n’elu mmiri, mmadụ ole na ole na-eche banyere mbara igwe na-enweghị njedebe nke ụyọkọ kpakpando na usoro mbara igwe ndị dịpụrụ adịpụ. Ha na-ahụ urukpuru, nnụnụ, oké ifufe, ma na-aga n’ihu n’ebughị ụzọ chee echiche banyere ihe omimi ahụ dị n’eluigwe. Ọzọkwa, mmadụ ole na ole na-ele anya gabiga mmeri na ebili mmiri nke oge a wee ghọta na ha na-eduga ná mmezu nke nkwa Kraịst, nke ekwuputara n'Oziọma nke taa:

I will lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

In the first reading, we see Christ’s plan for unity among all peoples beginning to unfold, as some of the first Gentiles begin to enter the Church. And the key word here is mbido. For there is a logical question that arises: how far and long must the plan of Christ extend until it reaches fulfillment? There are three answers to this question found in the Scriptures, Sacred Tradition, and the voice of the Magisterium:

I. Until all the nations acknowledge Jesus as Lord. ^[1]Isa 11:9-10; Matt 24:14

II. Until there is universal peace. ^[2]Isa 11:4-6; Rev 20:1-6

III. Until the Church follows her Lord in His “death and resurrection.” ^[3]Eph 5 :27; Rev 20:6

And lest anyone think that these are rogue interpretations of Scripture, listen to the voice of Christ in the mind of the Church:

"Ha gānu olum, otu ogige na otu onye ọzụzụ atụrụ ga-abụ." Ka Chukwu… mee ka Amụma ya mezuo n’agha maka ịgbanwe ọhụụ a na-akasi obi banyere ọdịnihu bụrụ eziokwu dị ugbu a… Ọ bụ ọrụ Chineke ime ka nke a nwee obi ụtọ awa na ime ka mmadu nile mara ya… Mgbe o rutere, o gha abuo ukwu awa, otu nnukwu ihe ga-esi na ya pụta ọ bụghị naanị maka mweghachi nke Alaeze Kraịst, kamakwa ime ka udo dịrị… ụwa. Anyị na-ekpesi ekpere ike, na-arịọkwa ndị ọzọ ka ha kpeekwa ekpere maka udo nke ọha mmadụ a chọrọ. —Pipu PIUS XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi “N'elu Udo nke Kraist na ala eze ya”, December 23, 1922

Dị n'otu nke ụwa ga-abụ. A ga-amata ugwu nke mmadụ ọ bụghị naanị site na nhazi ma n'ụzọ dị irè. Enweghi ike ibibi ndụ, site n'afọ rue n'afọ agadi… A ga-emeri enweghị nha anya nke mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya. Mmekọrịta dị n'etiti ndị mmadụ ga-abụ nke udo, ezi uche na nke nwanne. Onweghi onwe onye, ​​ma ọ bụ mpako, ma ọ bụ ịda ogbenye shall [agaghị] egbochi nguzobe ezi usoro mmadụ, ọdịmma mmadụ niile, mmepeanya ọhụrụ. —POPE PAUL VI, Urbi et Orbi Message, April 4th, 1971

This is precisely the teaching of the early Church Fathers: that the kingdom of God will reign to the ends of the earth, though not in that perfection reserved only for Heaven, but in fulfillment of Christ’s promise that he will be the sole and Good Shepherd over all the nations.

So, nke ngozi foretold undoubtedly refers to oge nke alaeze Ya... Ndi huru John, onye na - eso uzo nke Onye-nwe, [na-agwa anyị] na ha nụrụ n'ọnụ ya ka Onye-nwe kuziri ma kwuo okwu banyere oge ndị a… —StK. Irenaeus nke Lyons, Nna nke Nzukọ (140–202 AD); Onye isi ala, Irenaeus nke Lyons, V.33.3.4, Ndị Nna nke Churchka, Mbipụta CIMA

Ọ bụ “ngozi" ^[4]Olu Mgbanwe na ngọzi that will come about, as it did in today’s first reading, by the power of the Holy Spirit.

…and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, ‘John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Na “ogwugwu oge” Mo nke Onye-nwe-ayi ga-agbanwe obi ndi mmadu, na-ese iwu ọhụrụ n'ime ha. Ọ ga-achikọtakwa ndị dị n’etiti ndị a chụsasịrị na ndị dị n’otu; ọ ga-agbanwe ihe e kere eke mbụ, Chineke ga-ebikwa ebe ahụ n'etiti mmadụ na udo. -Katkizim nke Chọọchị Katọlik, n. Ogbe 715

But lest we be overcome with euphoria and tempted toward a “new millenarianism,” St. John reminds us that man’s fallen nature will always accompany him until the end of the world: the peace and unity to come is only temporary (see Rev 20:7-8). But this is precisely why the pacification and unity of the nations will be, as it were, a final testament and witness to the world that Jesus Christ is the only source of salvation—before the Last Judgment ^[5]Olu Ikpe Ikpe and conflagration of all things. ^[6]Olu Ngosipụta nke Amamihe

… Aga-ekwusa ozi ọma a nke alaeze n’elu ụwa dum as a witness nye mba nile, mb thene ahu ka ọgwugwu ihe nile g comeru kwa. (Mat. 24:14)

So brothers and sisters, look beyond the clouds of this moment, beyond the temporal and transitory things of this world, toward the present and imminent plan of God unfolding right now, that is bringing the Church into a…

... “new and divine” holiness with which the Holy Spirit wishes to enrich Christians at the dawn of the third millennium, in order to make Christ the heart of the world. - ST. JỌN PAUL II, L'Osservatore Romano, Nsụgharị Bekee, July 9th, 1997

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