THE Dziko lapansi lili ndi ludzu lodziwa Mulungu, kupeza kupezeka kwa Yemwe adawalenga. Iye ndiye chikondi, chifukwa chake, ndi Kukhalapo kwa Chikondi kudzera mu Thupi Lake, Mpingo Wake, komwe kumatha kubweretsa chipulumutso kwa anthu osungulumwa komanso owawa.
Chikondi chokha ndi chomwe chingapulumutse dziko lapansi. — St. Luigi Orone, L'Osservatore Romano, Juni 30, 2010
YESU, CHITSANZO CHATHU
Pamene Yesu anadza padziko lapansi, sanawononge nthaŵi yake yonse paphiri payekha, kukambitsirana ndi Atate, kutichonderera. Mwina akanatero, ndiyeno pomalizira pake anatsikira ku Yerusalemu kukaperekedwa nsembe. M’malo mwake, Ambuye wathu anayenda pakati pathu, kutigwira, kutikumbatira, kutimvetsera, ndi kuyang’ana mzimu uliwonse umene Iye anauyandikira m’maso. Chikondi chinapatsa chikondi nkhope. Chikondi chinapita mopanda mantha m’mitima ya anthu—mu mkwiyo, kusakhulupirirana, kuwawidwa mtima, udani, umbombo, kusirira, ndi kudzikonda—ndipo chinasungunula mantha awo ndi maso ndi Mtima wa Chikondi. Chifundo chinasandulika thupi, Chifundo chidavala thupi, Chifundo chikhoza kukhudzidwa, kumva, ndi kuwonedwa.
Ambuye wathu adasankha njira iyi pazifukwa zitatu. Chimodzi chinali chakuti Iye ankafuna kuti tidziwe kuti Iye amatikondadi, kwenikweni, momwe Iye anatikonda kwambiri. Inde, Chikondi chinalolera icho chokha kupachikidwa ndi ife. Koma chachiwiri, Yesu anaphunzitsa otsatira ake—ovulazidwa ndi uchimo—chomwe kumatanthauza kukhala munthu weniweni. Kukhala munthu wathunthu ndiko kukonda. Kukhala munthu wathunthu ndikonso kukondedwa. Choncho Yesu ananena kudzera m’moyo wake kuti: “Ine ndine njira . . .
Chachitatu, chitsanzo chake ndi chimodzi choyenera kutsanziridwa kuti ifenso tikhale kukhalapo kwake kwa ena… kuti tikhale nyali zonyamula “kuunika kwa dziko lapansi” kulowa mumdima kukhala “mchere ndi kuunika” ife eni.
Ndakupatsani inu chitsanzo kuti muchitsanzire, kuti monga Ine ndakuchitirani inu, inunso muchite. ( Yohane 13:15 )
PITA POPANDA MANTHA
Dziko lapansi silidzatembenuzidwa ndi zolankhula, koma mwa mboni. Mboni zachikondi. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndinalemba mu Mtima wa Mulungu kuti muyenera kudzileka nokha ku Chikondi ichi, kudzipereka nokha kwa icho, mukukhulupirira kuti Iye ali wachifundo ngakhale mu nthawi zamdima kwambiri. Mwanjira imeneyi, mudzadziwa tanthauzo la kukonda mwa chikondi chake chopanda malire kwa inu, kotero kuti mutha kuwonetsa dziko lapansi kuti Chikondi ndi ndani. Ndipo pangakhale bwanji njira yothandiza kwambiri yokhalira Nkhope ya Chikondi kuposa kuyang'ana mwachindunji mu Nkhopeyo ngati kuli kotheka mu Ukaristia Woyera?
…pamaso pa Sakramenti Lodalitsika timakhala munjira yapaderadera kuti “kukhala” mwa Yesu, kumene iye mwini, mu Uthenga Wabwino wa Yohane, amaika monga chofunikira pakubala zipatso zambiri. (onaninso Yohane 15:5). Potero timapewa kuchepetsedwa kwa zochita zathu zautumwi kukhala zowawa m'malo mwake ndikuwonetsetsa kuti zikuchitira umboni za chikondi cha Mulungu. —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, Adalankhula pa Msonkhano Wachigawo wa Dayosizi ya Roma, Juni 15, 2010; L'Osservatore Wachiroma [Chingerezi], Juni 23, 2010
Mukatha chikhulupiriro mumavomereza kuti Iye ndi Chikondi, ndiye inunso mutha kukhala Nkhope yomwe mudayiyang'ana mu nthawi ya kusowa kwanu: Nkhope yomwe inakukhululukirani pamene simunayenerere kukhululukidwa, Nkhopeyo nthawi ndi nthawi imasonyeza chifundo pamene mukuchita. monga mdani Wake. Mukuona momwe Khristu anayendera mopanda mantha mu mtima mwanu, wodzala ndi uchimo ndi kusagwira ntchito bwino ndi mitundu yonse ya chisokonezo? Ndiye inunso muzichita zomwezo. Osawopa kuyenda m'mitima ya ena, kuwawululira Nkhope ya Chikondi yomwe imakhala mwa inu. Yang'anani kwa iwo ndi maso a Khristu, lankhulani nawo ndi milomo yake, mvetserani kwa iwo ndi makutu Ake. Khalani achifundo, ofatsa, okoma mtima ndi odekha mtima. Ndi zoona nthawi zonse.
Zoonadi, ndicho chowonadi chimenecho chimene chingasiye Nkhope ya Chikondi ikakwapulidwa, kulasidwa ndi minga, kumenyedwa, kulalira, ndi kulavuliridwa. Koma ngakhale munthawi izi zokanidwa, Nkhope ya Chikondi imatha kuwonekabe mu kutsutsana zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi chifundo ndi chikhululuko. Kukhululukira adani anu, kupempherera amene akukuchitirani zoipa, kudalitsa amene akutemberera inu ndi kuvumbulutsa Nkhope ya Chikondi (Luka 6:27). Zinali izi Nkhope, kwenikweni, izo zinatembenuza Kenturiyo.
NTCHITO ZABWINO
Kukhala Nkhope Ya Chikondi m'nyumba mwathu, m'masukulu athu ndi m'misika si lingaliro lachipembedzo koma lamulo la Ambuye wathu. Pakuti sitinangopulumutsidwa mwa chisomo, koma kulowetsedwa mu Thupi Lake. Ngati sitiwoneka ngati Thupi Lake pa tsiku lachiweruzo, tidzamva mawu opweteka a chowonadi, "sindikudziwa kumene ukuchokera” ( Luka 13:28 ) Koma Yesu angakonde kuti tisankhe kukonda, osati chifukwa choopa chilango, koma chifukwa cha chikondi, timakhala umunthu wathu weniweni, wopangidwa m’chifanizo chaumulungu.
Yesu amafuna, chifukwa amafuna kuti tizikhala osangalala. —JOHANE PAUL II, Uthenga wa Tsiku la Achinyamata Padziko Lonse, Cologne, 2005
Koma chikondi ndichonso dongosolo loyambirira limene dziko lapansi linalengedweramo, choncho tiyenera kuyesetsa kubweretsa dongosolo limeneli kaamba ka ubwino wa onse. Sikungokhudza ubale wanga ndi Yesu, koma kubweretsa Khristu kudziko lapansi kuti alisinthe.
Tsiku lina pamene ndinapemphera pamwamba pa phiri loyang’anizana ndi nyanja ina yapafupi, ndinaona ulemerero Wake. zowonekera m'zonse. Mawu akuti, "ndimakukondani” ananyezimira m’madzimo, akumalira m’mapiko, ndi kuyimba m’malo obiriwira. Chilengedwe chinalamulidwa ndi Chikondi, motero, chilengedwe chidzabwezeretsedwa mwa Khristu kudzera chikondi. Kubwezeretsako kumayamba m'miyoyo yathu yatsiku ndi tsiku ndikulola chikondi kuti chitsogolere ndikukonzekera masiku athu molingana ndi maitanidwe athu. Tiyenera kufunafuna ufumu wa Mulungu choyamba mu zonse zomwe timachita. Ndipo pamene ntchito ya nthawiyo ionekera kwa ife, tiyenera kuichita mwachikondi, potumikira mnansi wathu, kuwaululira nkhope ya chikondi… Mtima wa Mulungu. Koma osati kutumikira mnzathu wokha, komanso kuwakondadi; muone mwa iwo chifaniziro cha Mulungu m’mene iwo analengedwa, ngakhale chiipitsidwa ndi uchimo.
Mwanjira imeneyi, timathandizira kubweretsa dongosolo la Mulungu m'miyoyo ya ena. Timabweretsa chikondi chake pakati pawo. Mulungu ndiye chikondi, motero, ndi kupezeka Kwake, Chikondi chokha, chomwe chimalowa mu mphindi. Ndiyeno, zinthu zonse ndi zotheka.
Momwemonso, kuunika kwanu kuwalitsa pamaso pa anthu, kuti pakuona ntchito zanu zabwino, alemekeze Atate wanu wa Kumwamba. ( Mateyu 5:16 )
Osachita mantha kusankha chikondi ngati lamulo lalikulu la moyo… mutsatireni Iye mu ulendo wodabwitsa uwu wachikondi, kudzipeleka kwa Iye ndi chidaliro! —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, Adalankhula pa Msonkhano Wachigawo wa Dayosizi ya Roma, Juni 15, 2010; L'Osservatore Wachiroma [Chingerezi], Juni 23, 2010
ZOKHALA ZOKUTHANDIZA:
- Kodi Nkhope ya Chikondi imawoneka bwanji? Werengani 1 Cor 13: 4-7
