Usapho, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
Enye yezona zinto zixhaphakileyo endizivayo zivela kumalungu osapho akhathazekile ngabantu babo ababathandayo abaye baphambuka elukholweni. Le mpendulo yapapashwa okokuqala ngoFebruwari 7, 2008…
WE bahlala besithi "umkhombe kaNowa" xa sithetha ngalaa mkhumbi udumileyo. Kodwa ayinguNowa kuphela owasindayo: UThixo wasindisa usapho.
UNowa wangena emkhombeni kunye noonyana bakhe, nomkakhe, nabafazi boonyana bakhe, ngenxa yamanzi onogumbe. (IGen 7: 7)
Xa unyana wolahleko wabuyela ekhaya, usapho yabuyiselwa, kwaye ubudlelwane balungiswa.
Umntakwenu wayefile waza waphila kwakhona. ebelahlekile wafunyanwa. (ULuka 15:32)
Xa iindonga zeYeriko zawa, ihenyukazi kunye nentsapho yakhe yonke babekhuselwe kwikrele kuba yena wayethembekile kuThixo.
Kuphela ihenyukazi uRahabhi kunye zonke abasendlwini naye basindiswe, kuba wabazimeza abathunywa esabathumayo. (Yosh 6:17)
Kwaye phambi kokuba ifike imini yeNkosi…, uThixo uthembisa:
Ndiza kuthumela uEliya, umprofeti… ukubuyisela iintliziyo zooyise kubantwana babo, neentliziyo zabantwana kooyise. (Mal 3: 23-24)
UKONGA IKAMVA
Kutheni le nto uThixo ezihlaziya iintsapho?
Ikamva lehlabathi lidlula kusapho. —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Familiaris Consortium
Iza kuba yi iintsapho Kananjalo uThixo uza kuqokelela kwiTyeya yentliziyo kaMariya, ukuze abanike indlela ekhuselekileyo yokungena Ixesha elilandelayo. Kungenxa yesi sizathu sokuba usapho lube sisiseko sokuhlaselwa kukaSathana eluntwini:
Ingxaki yokuba ngutata esiphila kuyo namhlanje yinto, mhlawumbi eyona ibalulekileyo, isoyikisa umntu eluntwini. Ukupheliswa kobutata nokuba ngumama kunxulunyaniswa nokupheliswa kobukho bethu njengoonyana neentombi. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI (UKhadinali Ratzinger), uPalermo, ngoMatshi 15, 2000
Kodwa kuThixo kuhlala kukho isisombululo. Kwaye sanikwa yona ngentloko ye- Usapho lwecaweBawo oyiNgcwele:
ICawe ibisoloko ichaza ukusebenza kwalo mthandazo, ibeka iRosari… ezona ngxaki zinzima. Ngamaxesha apho ubuKrestu ngokwabo babubonakala busemngciphekweni, ukuhlangulwa kwabo kwakubangelwa ngamandla alo mthandazo, kwaye uMama wethu weRosari wabhengezwa njengalowo ukuthethelelwa kwakhe kuzisa usindiso.
Namhlanje ndibeka ngokuzithandela kumandla alo mthandazo… unobangela woxolo emhlabeni kunye nosapho. -UPOPU JOHN PAUL II, eRosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
Ngemithandazo yethu nangamadini ngoku, ngakumbi umthandazo weRosari, silungisa indlela yeNkosi, senza iindlela ezichanekileyo ukuze abathandekayo bethu abalahlekileyo esonweni babuyele ekhaya, nkqu nabo babanjwe "kwezona ngxaki zinzima." Ayisosiqinisekiso-wonke umntu unenkululeko kwaye angalukhaba usindiso. Kodwa imithandazo yethu inokuzisa oko kukhanya kobabalo, ithuba lokuguquka, elinokuthi ngenye indlela linganikwa.
URahabhi wayehenyukazi, ihenyukazi. Nangona kunjalo wasindiswa ngenxa yesenzo sokholo (Josh 2: 11-14), kwaye ngenxa yoko, uThixo wandisa inceba yakhe kunye nokukhusela phezu kwakhe lonke usapho. Sukuncama! Qhubeka uthembele kuThixo, kwaye ubeke intsapho yakho kuye.
Xa uThixo wayesele eza kuwucoca umhlaba ngomkhukula, wajonga umhlaba kwaye wafumana ubabalo kuNowa (Gen 6: 8). Kodwa uThixo wayisindisa nosapho lukaNowa. Gquma ubuze belungu losapho lwakho ngothando lwakho nangemithandazo yakho, kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke ukukholwa kwakho nobungcwele, njengokuba uNowa wazisa isigqubuthelo kusapho lwaKhe ...
Uthando lugubungela inkitha yezono. (1 Pet 4: 8)
Ewe, beka obathandayo kuMariya, kuba ndithi kuwe, uSathana uya kubotshwa lityathanga leRosari.
UKUBUYISELWA KWOMTSHATO
Ukuba uThixo uza kusindisa iintsapho, okokuqala nokuphambili, uya kusindisa Imitshato. Kuba kumanyano lomtshato ulele lindele ye umanyano olungunaphakade UKristu ulungiselela ibandla ke.
Nina madoda, bathandeni abafazi benu, njengokuba naye uKristu walithandayo ibandla, wazinikela ngenxa yakhe, ukuba alingcwalise, elihlambulule ngokuhlamba kwamanzi ngelizwi; into enjalo, ukuze abe ngcwele, angabi nasiphako. (Kwabase-Efese 5: 25-27)
The Isahluko soxolo Ingaba i Ixesha le-Ekaristi, xa ubukho bukaKrestu buza kumiselwa kude kuse eziphelweni zomhlaba. Ngeli xesha, iBandla, uMtshakazi kaKristu, uya kufikelela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zobungcwele ngokuyintloko ngomanyano lweSakramente ngenyama kaYesu kwi-Ekaristi eNgcwele:
Ngenxa yesi sizathu indoda iya kumshiya uyise nonina, inamathele emfazini wayo, baze abo babini babe nyama-nye. Oku kuyimfihlakalo enkulu, kodwa ndithetha ngokubhekisele kuKristu nakwibandla. (v.31-32)
Icawe izakuphila iimfundiso zikaPopu John Paul "kwi-theology yomzimba" xa isini sethu sobuntu sizakulungelelana nentando kaThixo, kwaye imitshato yethu kunye neentsapho ziya kuba "ngcwele kwaye zingabi nasiphako." Umzimba kaKristu uya kufikelela kuwo isiqu esipheleleyo, elungiselelwe ukumanywa kwiNtloko yayo ngonaphakade xa iBandla liya kufikelela kwimfezeko yalo yaseZulwini.
Imfundiso yobuthixo yomzimba "yibhombu yexesha lezakwalizwi eza kuphuma ineziphumo ezibi… mhlawumbi kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye." -UGeorge Weigel, Ithiyori yoMzimba ichaziwe, iphe. 50
UYesu wathi,Ubulumko bungqineka ngemisebenzi yabo.”Ayingowona msebenzi wakhe mkhulu ungumntu? Ewe, ukubuyiselwa kosapho kunye nomtshato iya kuba yeyona nto iphambili Ukungqinelwa kobulumko phambi kwaKhe ukubuya kokugqibela eluzukweni.
U-Eliya uya kuza kuqala kwaye abuyisele zonke izinto. (UMarko 9:12)
Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoDisemba 10, 2008.
EZINYE IZIFUNDO:
Ukuba ungathanda ukuxhasa iimfuno zosapho lwethu,
Cofa nje kwiqhosha elingezantsi kwaye ubandakanye amagama
"Kwintsapho" kwicandelo lokuphawula.
Ndikusikelele kwaye ndiyabulela!
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