Ke, Ndenza ntoni?

Ithemba lokurhaxwa, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

NGAPHAMBILI intetho endiyinike iqela labafundi baseyunivesithi malunga nento ebithethwa ngoopopu malunga "namaxesha okuphela", umfana othile wanditsalela ecaleni ngombuzo. “Ke, ukuba are Ukuphila "kumaxesha esiphelo," simele ukwenza ntoni ngawo? ” Umbuzo obalaseleyo, endiqhubeke nokuphendula kwintetho yam elandelayo nabo.

La maphepha ewebhu akhona ngenxa yesizathu: ukusiqhubela kuThixo! Kodwa ndiyazi ukuba icaphukisa eminye imibuzo: “Ndiza kwenza ntoni?” "Itshintsha njani le meko ndikuyo ngoku?" “Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba ndenza okungakumbi ukulungiselela?”

Ndiza kuyeka uPaul VI awuphendule umbuzo, kwaye wandise kuwo:

Kukho ukungonwabi okukhulu ngeli xesha emhlabeni naseCaweni, kwaye into ekuthethwa ngayo lukholo. Kuyenzeka ngoku ukuba ndiphindaphinde ibinzana elingaqondakaliyo likaYesu kwiVangeli ka-St. Luke: 'Xa uNyana woMntu ebuya, uyakusafumana ukholo na emhlabeni?'… Ngamanye amaxesha ndifunda isicatshulwa seVangeli sesiphelo Amaxesha kwaye ndiyangqina ukuba, ngeli xesha, ezinye iimpawu zesi siphelo ziyavela. Ngaba sisondele esiphelweni? Le asisoze siyazi. Kufuneka sihlale sizibambile silungile, kodwa yonke into ingahlala ixesha elide kakhulu okwangoku. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Imfihlo Paul VI, UJean Guitton, iphe. 152-153, Imbekiselo (7), iphe. ix.

NQABULANI KWIMIZEKELISO

Kuzo zonke iincwadi zeVangeli, uYesu wayedla ngokuthetha ngemizekeliso xa wayethetha nabalandeli bakhe. Kodwa xa abaPostile babuza ukuba bazokwazi njani ukuba uyintoni umqondiso wokuza kwaKhe, nowokuphela kwexesha (Mat 24: 3), ngequbuliso uYesu wahlukana nokwenza imizekeliso kwaye waqala ukuthetha ngokuthe ngqo nangokucacileyo. Kubonakala ngathi wayefuna ukuba abaPostile bazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba bazokubukela ntoni. Uqhubeka ngokunika inkcazo ngokubanzi kodwa eneenkcukacha zemiqondiso onokuyilindela kwindalo (iinyikima, indlala… v. 7), kulungelelwaniso lwentlalo (uthando lwabaninzi luya kuphola v. 12), naseCaweni (apho iya kuba yintshutshiso kunye nabaprofeti bobuxoki v. 9, 11) 

Emva koko, uYesu ubuyela kwindlela yakhe eqhelekileyo yokubhala amabali kwaye wenza imizekeliso emithathu kuMateyu ejongene, hayi ngemiqondiso yamaxesha, kodwa baphendula njani abaPostile kule nto besandukuyixelelwa. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba imizekeliso ivumela sonke isizukulwana ukuba "silingane" ngaphakathi kwamagama okomfuziselo kaKristu ngokwexesha labo kunye neminyaka emininzi yezentlalo, ezoqoqosho nezopolitiko. Imiqondiso, kwelinye icala, iyinyani enenjongo ngalo lonke ixesha, nangona uKristu ebabeka ngendlela yokuba zonke isizukulwana siya kuhlala sibajongile.

Kungoko, uKhadinali Newman osikelelekileyo, wanyanzelwa ukuba athi kwintshumayelo:

Ndiyazi ukuba onke amaxesha ayingozi, kwaye ngamaxesha onke iingqondo ezixhalabileyo nezixhalabileyo, eziphila kuzuko lukaThixo kunye neemfuno zomntu, kufanelekile ukuba zingathatheli ngqalelo amaxesha anomngcipheko njengelabo. Ngawo onke amaxesha utshaba lwemiphefumlo luhlasela ngomsindo iBandla elinguMama wabo oyinyani, kwaye ubuncinci lusoyikisa kwaye lunkwantye xa lusilela ukwenza ububi. Kwaye ngawo onke amaxesha banezilingo zabo ezizodwa abanye abangenazo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ndiza kuvuma ukuba bekukho iingozi ezithile kumaKristu ngamanye amaxesha, ezingekhoyo ngeli xesha. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, kodwa ndisayivuma le nto, ndicinga njalo… owethu unobumnyama obahlukileyo ngohlobo ngalunye kunangaphambili. Umngcipheko okhethekileyo wexesha eliphambi kwethu kukusasazeka kwesibetho sokungathembeki, esithi abaPostile kunye neNkosi yethu buqu bayixele kwangaphambili njengeyona ntlekele inkulu yamaxesha okugqibela eCawa. Kwaye ubuncinci isithunzi, umfanekiso oqhelekileyo wamaxesha okugqibela uyeza kwihlabathi liphela. —Wasikeleleka uJohn Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890 AD), intshumayelo yakhe xa kuvulwa iSeminari yaseSt. Bernard, ngo-Okthobha 2, 1873, The Infidelity of the Future

Oopopu abaliqela benkulungwane elandelayo bazakuqhubeka bathethe into enye, bebonisa ngenene ukuba umhlaba wawungena kwinto eyayibonakala ingamaxesha athile, "amaxesha okuphela", awathetha ngawo uYesu (jonga Kutheni le nto ooPopu bengekhwaza?)

Kwaye ke, imizekeliso emithathu, kwaye kufuneka siyilungiselele njani…

UMSEBENZI WOMZUZU

Ngubani na ke loo mkhonzi uthembekileyo, uqondayo, eyathi inkosi yakhe yammisa phezu kwabendlu yayo, ukuze abanike ukudla ngexesha elifanelekileyo? Unoyolo loo mkhonzi, iya kuthi yakufika inkosi yakhe imfumane esenza oko… (Mat 24: 45-46)

URHULUMENTE WOBABALO

Kukho ingozi yokuba singabaleka senze umsebenzi womzuzu, kodwa sisilele ukumiliselwa kuLuthando lwaKhe ngaphandle kwakhe "esingenakwenza nto" (Yohane 15: 5). UMoya oyiNgcwele uPaulos ulumkisa ngokuba singasoloko sixakekile sisusa iintaba ngokholo lwethu, sithetha ngeelwimi, siprofetha, sichaza iimfihlakalo ezinkulu, side sincame izinto zethu nomzimba wethu ... kodwa ukuba oko kwenziwa ngomoya wokuzingca— ” inyama ”njengoko uSt. Paul esitsho-" ayonto "; ukuba yenziwa ngendlela yesono, ngaphandle, umonde, ububele, ukuthantamisa, njl. njl. -ubeka umphefumlo wethu emngciphekweni kwaye wenzakalise omnye (1 Cor 13: 1-7):

Ngelo xesha ubukumkani bamazulu buya kufanekiswa neentombi ezilishumi, ezazithabathayo izibane zazo, zaphuma zaya kumkhawulela umyeni. Ezintlanu ke kuzo zaye ziziingqondi, ezintlanu ziziziyatha. Ezizizidenge zaphatha izibane zazo, zaza azaphatha oli, kodwa ezizizilumko zaziphethe iibhotile zeoli kunye nezibane zazo. (Mat 25: 1-4)

Lo ngumzekeliso we ngokomoya icala lokulungiselela. Ukuba siya kufunyanwa kuYe; Oko kukuthi, izibane zethu ziya kugcwaliswa luthando, kunye nezenzo eziphuma kuthando. Oku kuphuma kuye kwaye kufumana umthombo wawo kubudlelwane bobuqu kunye noThixo,  ^[1]cf. Ubudlelwane bobuqu noYesu lowo ngumthandazo ^[2]cf. Ngomthandazo. USt John woMnqamlezo wathi, ekugqibeleni, siya kugwetywa uthando. Imiphefumlo eyayithanda njengoKristu yathanda ukuba yiyo eya kuthi iphume ihlangabeze uMyeni… ukuya kudibana noThando lwaKhe.

UMPHEFUMLO WEGOSA

Mfundisi, bendikwazi ukuba ungumntu onzima, uvuna apho ungatyalanga khona, ubuthe apho ungachithanga khona; ngenxa yokoyika ndahamba ndayokungcwaba italente yakho emhlabeni. Nanku umva. ' (Mat. 24:25)

"Ixesha leetalente" lixesha ebomini bethu xa sibizelwe ukuvelisa isivuno ngokobizo lwethu nobizo lukaThixo. Kungalula njengokuzisa iqabane lakho ebukumkanini ngokubandezeleka okufihlakeleyo kunye nokuzincama ngenxa yabo… okanye kushumayela kumashumi amawaka emiphefumlo. Nokuba yeyiphi indlela, konke kuhambelana: siya kugwetywa ukuba sinikwe malini, kunye nento esiyenzileyo ngayo.

Lo mzekeliso weetalente sisilumkiso kwabo bathi, ngenxa yoloyiko, bathathe "imeko yangaphakathi"; abacinga ukuba bazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba Ukuza kukaYesu kukufuphi kwikona… baze bagqibe — ngokwasemoyeni okanye ngokwasemzimbeni — balinde ukubuya kwakhe ngelixesha ihlabathi elibangqongileyo lisiya esihogweni ngengobozi yesandla.

'Khobokandini lingendawo, olivila! Ubusazi nje ukuba ndivuna apho ndingahlwayelanga khona, ndibuthe apho ndingachithanga khona? Akufanelanga ukuba ubuyibeke ebhankini imali yam ukuze ndiyifumane inenzuzo ekubuyeni kwam?… Lahla umkhonzi ongancedi nganto ebumnyameni ngaphandle, apho kuya kubakho ukulila nokutshixiza kwamazinyo. ' (Mat 25: 26-30)

Hayi, sinjalo wayalela ukuphuma uye kwenza abafundi beentlanga, “ngexesha nangaphandle.” Ubumnyama behlabathi buya kuba, ukukhanya okuthembekileyo kufuneka kwaye kuya kukhanya. Cinga ngale nto! Ngokulahleka ngakumbi kwehlabathi, kokukhona kufanele ukuba sibe zizikhanyiso ezikhanyayo, iimpawu ezibonakalayo zokuphikisana. Singena kwelona lixa lizukileyo leCawa, le umzimba kaKristu!

Bawo, ilixa lifikile. Mnike iwonga uNyana wakho, ukuze noNyana wakho akuzukise… ”(Yohane 17: 1)

Yeha abo bazifihla phantsi kwengobozi, kuba ngoku lixesha lokukhwaza inceba kaThixo phezu kophahla! ^[3]cf. Amaqula aPhila

UBUSO BUTHANDO

Emva kokuba uYesu ebongoze abapostile ngale mizekeliso mithathu, ebabiza ukuba benze umsebenzi walomzuzu ngothando, nangendlela apho ulwalathiso lukaThixo lubeka khona ngamnye kubo, uYesu walatha indalo yomsebenzi:

Kuba ndandilambile, wandipha ukutya, ndanxanwa, wandinika into yokusela; ndandingowasemzini, wandamkela; uhamba ze, wandambesa, ndagula, wandikhathalela, ndandisentolongweni, wandindwendwela…. Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Enoba yintoni na enayenza komnye waba bazalwana bam bangabona bancinane, niyenzele mna. (Mat 25: 35-40)

Oko kukuthi, injongo yethu kukufikelela kumahlwempu, ngokomoya nangokwenyama. Zizo zombini. Ngaphandle kokomoya, siba ngabasebenzi bezentlalo nje, singahoyi ezona zinto zibalulekileyo nezona zibalulekileyo emntwini. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwenyama, asihoyi isidima kunye nendalo yomntu eyenziwe ngokomfanekiso kaThixo, kwaye siyawukhuphela umyalezo weVangeli wokuthembeka namandla awo. Kufuneka sibe zizitya zothando zombini kwaye nyaniso. ^[4]cf. Uthando neNyaniso

Umsebenzi endiwuthunyiweyo kulungiselelo lweCawa kukulungiselela iCawe la maxesha alandelayo nanamhlanje, ukusibuyisela ebomini kuYesu; ukuhlala iVangeli ngaphandle kokulalanisa; ukuba babe njengabantwana abancinci, bathambe, bakulungele ukwamkela ukuthanda kukaThixo, okuthi ngamanye amaxesha kufike kweyona nto ifihlakeleyo ikhathazayo. Kwaye ukuhlala sizimisele ukuhlangana neNkosi yethu.

Umphefumlo ohamba ngokholo olunjalo ngezenzo awuyi kushukunyiswa, kuba…

… Uloyiso oloyisa umhlaba lukholo lwethu. (1 Yohane 5: 4)

Unyamezelo kwaye ubandezelekile ngenxa yegama lam, kwaye awuzange utyhafe. Kodwa ndinento le kuwe: Ulahlekelwe luthando owawunalo kuqala. Qaphela ukuba uwe kude kangakanani. Guquka, kwaye wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Kungenjalo, ndiya kuza kuwe ndize ndisuse isiphatho sezibane sakho endaweni yaso, ngaphandle kokuba uyaguquka. (ISityhi. 2: 3-5)

Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngo-Matshi 9, 2010.