Ukuphika kukaPeter, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
Isuka kumfundi:
Ixhala lam nombuzo wam uphakathi kwam. Ndikhule ndingumKatolika kwaye ndenze okufanayo nakwiintombi zam. Ndizamile ukuya ecaweni phantse yonke iCawa kwaye ndizamile ukubandakanyeka kwimisebenzi ecaweni nakwindawo endihlala kuyo. Ndizamile "ukulunga." Ndiya kwi-Confession kunye noMthendeleko kwaye ndithandaze iRosari ngamanye amaxesha. Ukukhathazeka kwam kunye nosizi lwam kukuba ndifumana ukuba kude kakhulu noKristu kuyo yonke into endiyifundayo. Kunzima kakhulu ukufikelela kulindelo lukaKristu. Ndiyamthanda kakhulu, kodwa andisondeli kule nto ayifunayo kum. Ndizama ukufana nabangcwele, kodwa kubonakala ngathi kuhlala umzuzwana okanye emibini, kwaye ndibuyele ekubeni ngumntu wam ophakathi. Andikwazi ukugxila xa ndithandaza okanye xa ndiseMiseni. Ndenza izinto ezininzi eziphosakeleyo. Kwiileta zakho zeendaba uthetha ngokuza [komgwebo onenceba kaKrestu], ukohlwaya njlnjl. Uthetha ngendlela yokulungela. Ndiyazama kodwa, andibonakali ngathi ndisondele. Ndiva ngathi ndiza kuba esiHogweni okanye emazantsi ePurgatory. Ndenze ntoni? Ucinga ntoni uKrestu ngomntu onjengam osisidibi nje sesono kwaye uhlala ewa phantsi?
Ntombi kaThixo endimthandayo,
Ucinga ntoni uKrestu ngomntu ofana nawe "osisiqhulo nje sesono aqhubeke awe phantsi?" Impendulo yam iphindwe kabini. Okokuqala, ucinga ukuba nguwe kanye lo wamfelayo. Ukuba ukuba ebenokuphinda ayenze kwakhona, angayenzela wena. Akezanga equleni, kodwa ndigulela abagulayo. Ufaneleke kakhulu ngenxa yezizathu ezibini: enye kukuba wena are umoni, njengam. Okwesibini kukuba uyasivuma isono sakho kunye nemfuno yakho yoMsindisi.
Ukuba uKrestu weza ngokugqibeleleyo, ke mna nawe asinathemba lokuya apho ezulwini. Ke kwabakhalayo, bathi,Nkosi, ndenzele inceba, moni"Akagcini nje ukuva umthandazo wabo ... hayi, wehla emhlabeni, athathe inyama yethu, ahambe phakathi kwethu. Utya etafileni yethu, asichukumise, kwaye asivumele ukuba simanzise iinyawo zakhe ngeenyembezi zethu. UYesu weza ezinje ngawe ukukhangela yeyakho. Akatshongo na ukuba uya kushiya ezimashumi asithoba anesithoba iigusha ayokukhangela leyo ilahlekileyo ilahlekileyo?
U-Yesu usibalisela ibali ngabo banikwa inceba yakhe-ibali lomqokeleli werhafu owabona umFarisi ethandaza etempileni. Waqokelela umbuthi werhafu.Owu Thixo, yiba nenceba kuwe ndingumoni!"ngelixa umFarisi wayeqhayisa ngokuzila ukutya nokuthandaza kwaye wayengenanto efana noluntu lonke: ukunyoluka, ukungathembeki, ukukrexeza. Ngubani uYesu athe ugwetyelwe emehlweni kaThixo? Nguye owazithoba, umqokeleli werhafu. Kwaye xa uKristu Waxhonywa emnqamlezweni, waguqukela kwelisela lachitha ubomi balo bonke njengesaphuli-mthetho, elathi xa lifayo lacela ukuba uYesu amkhumbule xa esiya ebukumkanini bakhe.Namhlanje uya kuba nam eparadesi."Nantso ke inceba uThixo wethu ekufuneka ayinike! Ngaba isithembiso esinjalo kulisela sinengqiqo? Unesisa esingaphaya kwesizathu. Uthando lwakhe lukhulu. Linikwa ngesisa xa singafanelekanga:"Sithe sisengaboni, wasifela."
ISt. Bernard yaseClairvaux ithi wonke umntu, nokuba…
… Utyiswe bububi, ubanjiswe ngumtsalane wolonwabo, umthinjwa ekuthinjweni… othe ngxi eludakeni… ophazanyiswe lishishini, ohluphekileyo lusizi… kwaye ubalwa kunye nabo behla esihogweni — yonke imiphefumlo, ndithi, bemi ngolo hlobo ngaphandle kwethemba, unamandla okujika akufumanise kungekuphela ukuphefumla umoya omtsha wethemba lokuxolelwa kunye nenceba, kodwa ukwanobuganga bokulangazelela kumtshato weLizwi. -Umlilo Ngaphakathi, UThomas Dubay)
Ngaba ucinga ukuba awuyi kuba yinto kaThixo? UFr. UWade Menezes uthi uSt. Mary Magdelene de Pazzi wayehlukunyezwa ngokufuthi zizilingo zokuba nenkanuko, uburhamncwa, nokukhathazwa lithemba. Wanyamezela ubunzima obuhlungu emzimbeni, ngokweemvakalelo nangokomoya kwaye wayehendelwa ukuzibulala. Nangona kunjalo, waba ngcwele. USt. Angela waseFoligno wazonwabisa ngobunewunewu kunye nokuziphatha gwenxa kwaye wazonwabisa ngezinto ezininzi. Unokuthi wayengumntu othanda ukunyanzelwa. Kwakukho noMariya oNgcwele wase Yiphutha owayekhe wangunongogo owayedla ngokuzibandakanya neekharavani zamadoda phakathi kweedolophu zezibuko, kwaye wayonwabela ngokukhethekileyo ukulukuhla abahambi abangamaKrestu — de kwangena uThixo. Wamguqula waba nyulu ngokuqaqambileyo. I-St. Mary Mazzarello yanyamezela izilingo eziqatha zokuphanziswa kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba. USt.Rose waseLima wayehlala esenza ukugabha emva kokutya (isimilo se-bulimic) kwaye wayezenzakalisile. Usikelelwe uBartolo Longo waba ngumbingeleli omkhulu wobusathana ngelixa wayefunda kwiYunivesithi yaseNaples. Amanye amaKatolika aselula amkhupha kuyo kwaye amfundisa ukuba athandaze iRosari ngokuthembeka suku ngalunye, onke amashumi ali-15 eminyaka. Emva koko uPopu John Paul II wammisa njengo umzekelo Ukuthandazela iRosari: "Umpostile weRosari". Ke, ewe, kukho uSt.Augustine owathi, ngaphambi kokuguquka kwakhe, waba ngumfazi othanda inyama. Okokugqibela, iSt. Jerome wayesaziwa ukuba wayenolwimi olubukhali kunye nobuntu obushushu. Ububi bakhe kunye nobudlelwane obuqhekekileyo bonakalisa igama lakhe. Ngesinye isihlandlo xa upopu wayebukele umzobo oxhonywe eVatican yaseJerome ebetha isifuba sakhe ngelitye, upopu wayengaphezulu esithi, "Ukuba bekungekho ngelitye, Jerome, iCawe ngeyingazange ibhengeze ukuba ungcwele."
Ke uyabona, ayisiyiyo idlulileyo yakho emisela ubungcwele, kodwa linqanaba lokuzithoba kwakho ngoku nakwixesha elizayo.
Ngaba usaziva ungenako ukwenzelwa inceba nguThixo? Cinga ngezi Zibhalo:
Owu Thixo, umoya wam wonakele; intliziyo etyumkileyo ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela. (INdumiso 51:19)
Yiyo le ndiyithandayo: Yindoda ephantsi, eyaphukileyo, egubha ngelizwi lam. (UIsaya 66: 2)
Ndihlala phezulu, engcweleni, ndinabo bamoya utyumkileyo nokudakumba. (UIsaya 57: 15)
Mna ekuhlwempuzeni nasekubandezelekeni, Thixo wakho, nceda undiphakamise. (Iindumiso 69: 3)
INkosi iyaweva amahlwempu, Abalahli abakhonzi bayo ikhonkxiwe. (Iindumiso 69: 3)
Eyona nto inzima ukuyenza ngamanye amaxesha kukwenzela themba ukuba uyakuthanda. Kodwa ukungathembeli kukujika kwicala elingakhokelela ukuphelelwa lithemba. Nantso into awayenzayo uJudas, wazixhoma kuba engakwamkeli ukuxolelwa nguThixo. UPeter, owangcatsha noYesu, wayesecicini lokuphelelwa lithemba, kodwa waphinda wathembela kwakhona ekulungeni kukaThixo. U-Petros waye wavuma ngaphambili, "Ndiya kuya kubani na? Nguwe onamazwi obomi obungunaphakade." Kwaye ke, ezandleni zakhe nasemadolweni, wabuyela kwindawo ekuphela kwayo awayesazi ukuba angayenza: kwiLizwi lobomi obungunaphakade.
Wonke umntu oziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa, nozithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa. (ULuka 18:14)
UYesu akakuceli ukuba ufezeke ukuze akuthande. U-Kristu ebeya kukuthanda nokuba ungoyena mntu ungonwabanga kwaboni. Mamela kwinto ayithethayo kuwe nge-St Faustina:
Vumela aboni abakhulu babeke ithemba labo kwinceba yam. Banelungelo phambi kwabanye lokuthemba enzonzobileni yenceba yam. Ntombi yam, bhala ngenceba yam malunga nemiphefumlo ethuthunjisiweyo. Imiphefumlo eyenza isibongozo kwinceba yam iyandonwabisa. Emiphefumlweni enjalo ndibanika ubabalo nangaphezulu kunokuba bacela. Andinako ukohlwaya nesona sono sikhulu xa esenza isibongozo kwinceba yam, kodwa endaweni yoko, ndiyamgweba kwinceba yam engenakuqondakala engenakuchazwa. -Idayari, Inceba kaThixo emphefumlweni wam, n. I-1146
UYesu usicela ukuba silandele imiyalelo yakhe, "nifezekiswe njengoko uYihlo osemazulwini efezekile,"kuba xa siphila ukuthanda kwakhe ngokugqibeleleyo, siya konwaba kakhulu! USathana unemiphefumlo emininzi eqinisekile ukuba ukuba abafezekanga, abathandwa nguThixo. Ubuxoki obo. UYesu wabufela ubuntu xa babungafezekanga Kodwa kanye kuloo yure, icala lakhe lavuleka kwaye inceba yaKhe yathululelwa, okokuqala nokuphambili kubabulali baKhe, emva koko nakwilizwe liphela.
Ke, ukuba wona isono esifanayo izihlandlo ezingamakhulu amahlanu, kuya kufuneka uguquke ngokunyanisekileyo amatyeli amahlanu. Kwaye ukuba uthe wawa kwakhona ngenxa yobuthathaka, kufuneka uguquke kwakhona ngokuzithoba nangokunyaniseka. Njengoko iNdumiso 51 isitsho, uThixo akazukuwukhaba umthandazo othobekileyo. Ke nasi isitshixo kwintliziyo kaThixo: thobeka. Esi sisitshixo esiya kuvula inceba yaKhe, ewe, kwanamasango ezulu ukuze ungasoyiki. Anditsho ukuba kufuneka uqhubeke usona. Hayi, kuba isono sitshabalalisa uthando lomphefumlo, kwaye ukuba umntu uyafa, usika umntu kwisibabalo esingcwalisayo esiyimfuneko ekungeneni kwilifa laphakade. Kodwa isono akasinqumli eluthandweni lwaKhe. Uyawubona umahluko? UPaul uPaul wathi nokufa akunako kusahlula eluthandweni lwaKhe, kwaye sisono esibi eso, kukufa komphefumlo. Kodwa thina akufuneki ihlale ikwimeko yokoyika, kodwa ubuye unyawo loMnqamlezo (Ukuvuma) kwaye ucele ukuxolelwa kwakhe kwaye uqale kwakhona. Inye kuphela into ekufuneka uyoyike yile nekratshi: ukuba neqhayiya kakhulu ukwamkela uxolelo lwaKhe, ukuzingca ngokukholelwa ukuba unokukuthanda nawe. Yayikratshi elahlula unaphakade kuThixo. Esi sesona sono sibi kakhulu kwezona.
UYesu wathi eSt Faustina:
Mntwana wam, zonke izono zakho zingayenzakalisanga Intliziyo yam kabuhlungu njengokungazithembi kwakho okwangoku — ukuba emva kwemizamo emininzi yothando nenceba yaM, kusafuneka ukuthandabuze ukulunga kwam. -Idayari, Inceba kaThixo emphefumlweni wam, n. I-1186
Ke, ntombi ethandekayo, le leta mayibe ngunobangela wovuyo kuwe, nesizathu sokuguqa ngamadolo wamkele uthando lukaBawo ngenxa yakho. Izulu lilindele ukukhawulezisa lize kuwe, kwaye likwamkele ezingalweni zalo ngendlela ubawo amamkele ngayo unyana wolahleko kwakhona. Khumbula, unyana wolahleko wayegutyungelwe sisono, ukubila, nevumba lehagu xa utata wakhe "ongumJuda" ebaleka emwola. Inkwenkwe yayingakhange ivume nokuvuma, ukanti utata wayesele emfumene kuba inkwenkwe yayinjalo endleleni egodukayo.
Ndikrokrela okufanayo nakuwe. Uyaguquka, kodwa awuzive ufanelekile ukuba ube "yintombi" yaKhe. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba uBawo sele eneengalo zaKhe ngoku kuwe, kwaye ukulungele ukunxiba ngengubo entsha yobulungisa bukaKristu, apolishe umsesane wobonyana emnweni wakho, kwaye abeke iimbadada zeendaba ezilungileyo ezinyaweni zakho. Ewe, ezo mbadada azenzelwanga wena, kodwa zezabazalwana bakho abalahlekileyo ehlabathini. Kuba uBawo ufuna ukuba nizokutya ithole elityetyisiweyo lothando lwaKhe, kwaye xa nihluthi niphuphuma, phumani niye ezitalatweni niyokukhwaza naphezu kophahla lwendlu: "MUSANI UKOYIKA! UTHIXO UNENCEBA! UNENCEBA!"
Ngoku, into yesibini endifuna ukuyithetha yile thandaza… Kanye njengokuba ukrola ixesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa, beka ixesha lokuthandaza. Emthandazweni, awuzukukwazi nje kuphela kwaye uhlangane nothando lwaKhe olungenamiqathango kuwe, ukuze iileta ezinje ngezi zingasayi kubakho mfuneko, uya kuqala ukufumana amava omlilo oMoya oyiNgcwele okwaziyo ukukuphakamisa isiziba sesono kwisidima sokuba ungubani: umntwana, owenziwe ngokomfanekiselo wOsenyangweni. Ukuba awukenzi njalo, nceda ufunde Sombulula. Khumbula, uhambo oluya ezulwini luphuma ngesango elimxinwa kwaye kwindlela enzima, kungoko bambalwa abayithathayo. Kodwa ukristu uyakuba nawe nyathelo ngalinye lendlela ade akuthwese isithsaba sobuqaqawuli obungunaphakade.
Uyathandwa. Ndicela nindithandazise ndingumoni, naye odinga inceba kaThixo.
Umoni oziva ngaphakathi kwakhe ehluthwe konke okungcwele, okumsulwa, nokunyaniseka ngenxa yesono, umoni ozibona esekumnyameni ngokupheleleyo, ekhutshwe kwithemba losindiso, ekukhanyeni kobomi, naku umthendeleko wabangcwele, inguye umhlobo owamenywa nguYesu esidlweni sangokuhlwa, lowo wayeceliwe ukuba aphume ngasemva kweeheji, lowo wacelwa ukuba abe liqabane emtshatweni wakhe kwaye abe yindlalifa kaThixo… Nabani na ohluphekileyo, olambileyo, isono, ukuwa okanye ukungazi lundwendwe lukaKristu. —UMateyu olihlwempu
AMANYE AMACANDELO
- Uthini kuThixo xa sowuyivuthele ngokwenene? Igama elinye
