Ukuya kwi-Extremes

 

AS ukwahlula kunye utyhefu ukwanda kwamaxesha ethu, kuqhuba abantu ezimbombeni. Iintshukumo ezithandwayo ziyavela. Amaqela asekhohlo nasekunene athatha izikhundla zawo. Abepolitiki bahamba besiya kwi-capitalism epheleleyo okanye a ubuKomanisi obutsha. Abo bakwinkcubeko ebanzi eyamkela imilinganiselo yokuziphatha babhalwe ngokunganyamezeli ngelixa abo bamkelayo into zithathwa njengamaqhawe. NaseCaweni, izinto ezibaxekileyo ziyanda. AmaKatolika angonelisekiyo ayatsibela kwiBarque kaPeter aye kwi-ultra-traditionalism okanye ashiye nje ukholo ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye phakathi kwabo bahlala ngasemva, kukho imfazwe ngopopu. Kukho abo bacebisa ukuba, ngaphandle kokuba umgxeke esidlangalaleni uPopu, uthengisiwe (kwaye uThixo akavumeli ukuba ungamcaphula!) Kwaye ke abo bacebisayo. ikhona ukugxekwa kukaPopu sisizathu sokugxothwa (zombini ezi zikhundla azilunganga, ngendlela).

Ngawo la maxesha. Ezi zizilingo uMama oBusisiweyo ebezilumkisa ngazo kangangeenkulungwane. Kwaye ngoku balapha. NgokwesiBhalo, "amaxesha okuphela" ayenzeka ngabantu bejika bodwa. 

Kwaphuma elinye ihashe, labomvu. Lowo ke wayehleli phezu kwalo wanikwa igunya lokususa uxolo emhlabeni, ukuze abantu babulalane. Kwaye wanikwa ikrele elikhulu. (ISityhilelo 6: 4)

Isilingo kukufunxwa kwezi zinto zigqithisileyo. Yiloo nto kanye efunwa nguSathana. Ukwahlula kukhulelwa imfazwe, kunye nokuzalwa kwemfazwe. USathana uyazi akangekhe ayiphumelele imfazwe, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo unokusihenda ukuba sihlukane, ukutshabalalisa iintsapho kunye nemitshato, uluntu kunye nobudlelwane, kwaye sizise izizwe emfazweni-ukuba siyasebenzisana kubuxoki bakhe. Emva kwamawaka eminyaka yobukho bomntu kunye nethuba lokufunda kuburharha bexesha elidlulileyo, apha siphinda imbali kwakhona. Akukho nkqubela phambili kwimeko yomntu ngaphandle kwenguquko. UKristu uyazityhila kwakhona (ngeli xesha ngokusebenzisa usizi olwenziwe nguwe) ukuba uyilo, kwaye uya kuba liziko leNdalo iphela kunye nayo nayiphi na inkqubela phambili yomntu. Kodwa kungathatha uMchasi-Kristu ngaphambi kokuba esi sizukulwana silukhuni siyamkele loo nyaniso.

USathana angasebenzisa izixhobo ezothusayo zobuqhetseba — angazifihla — angazama ukusihenda kwizinto ezincinci, ukuze ashukumise iBandla, hayi ngexesha elinye, kodwa kancinci kancinci kwisikhundla salo sokwenyani. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba wenze lukhulu ngale ndlela kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo… Ngumgaqo-nkqubo wakhe ukwahlulahlula nokusisahlula, ukusisusa ngokuthe ngcembe kwiliwa lethu lamandla. Kwaye ukuba kuyakubakho intshutshiso, mhlawumbi iyakuba yiyo emva koko; ke, mhlawumbi, xa sonke kwiindawo zonke zeNgqobhoko sahlulelene, kwaye sincitshiswe, sizele lucalucalulo, sisondele kakhulu kuqhekeko. Xa siziphose emhlabeni kwaye sixhomekeke ekukhuselekeni kulo, kwaye sikuncamile ukuzimela kwethu namandla ethu, emva koko [Umchasi-Kristu] uya kusiqumbela ngomsindo kude kube ngokuvumelekileyo kuThixo. Ke ngequbuliso uBukhosi baseRoma bunokuqhekeka, kwaye uMchasi-Kristu ubonakale njengomtshutshisi, kwaye izizwe ezingamakhoboka zijikeleze phakathi. -Ubhalwe nguJohn Henry Newman, Intshutshiso IV: Ukutshutshiswa komchasi-Kristu 

 

UKUGQITHISELA KWAMAKRISTU

Unokumthanda okanye ungamthandi uPapa Francis, kodwa inye into eqinisekileyo: isikhundla sakhe sobuphathiswa sineziphumo eshukumisa iBandla, ngaloo ndlela kuvavanywa ukuba ingaba ukholo lwethu lukuye na uKrestu, kwiziko elithile, okanye ngenxa yale nto, silapha kuthi.

UYesu wazichaza ngale ndlela:

NdinguYehova indlela kwaye i iqiniso kwaye i ubomi. Akukho namnye uzayo kuBawo ngaphandle kokuza ngam. (UYohane 14: 6)

Ukugqithisa kwiCawa kunokufumaneka kwezi zihloko ezintathu. Okokuqala, isishwankathelo esifutshane:

Indlela

UYesu akathethi inyani kuphela, kodwa wasibonisa ukuba masiphile njani-hayi njengesenzo sangaphandle, kodwa njengentshukumo yentliziyo, yokuzincama (agape) uthando. UYesu wayethanda, Oko kukuthi, wakhonza Kude kube kukuphefumla kwakhe kokugqibela. Usibonisile indlela ekufuneka nathi siyithatha kulwalamano lwethu omnye nomnye.

Inyani

 U-Yesu akazange athande nje kuphela, kodwa wafundisa nokuba yintoni kunene indlela yokuphila hayi yokuphila. Oko kukuthi, kufuneka thanda ngenyaniso, Ngaphandle koko, into ebonakala ngathi "uthando" inokutshabalalisa endaweni yokuzisa ubomi. 

Ubomi

Ukulandela indlela phakathi kweendlela zenyaniso, umntu ukhokelwa kwi zendalo ubomi bukaKristu. Ekufuneni uThixo njengokuphela komntu ngokuthobela imithetho yakhe, eyokuthanda ngenyaniso, uyanelisa ulangazelelo lwentliziyo ngokuzinikela, onguBomi obuPhezulu.

UYesu bobathathu aba. Ukugqithisa kuza, ke, xa sityeshela enye okanye ezimbini kwezinye.

Namhlanje, ngokuqinisekileyo bakho abo bakhuthaza "indlela", kodwa ngaphandle kwe "nyaniso". Kodwa iBandla alikho ukuze londle kwaye linxibe amahlwempu, kodwa ngaphezulu kwako konke, lizise usindiso. Kukho umahluko phakathi kompostile nonontlalontle: lo mahluko unjalo "Yinyaniso esikhululayo." Ke, kukho abo baxhaphaza amazwi eNkosi yethu athi “Musa ukugweba” ngokungathi wayesicebisa ukuba singaze sichaze isono kwaye sibizele omnye enguqukweni. Kodwa ngombulelo, uPopu uFrancis wayigxeka le meko yokomoya kwi-Sinodi yakhe yokuqala:

Isilingo sotyekelo olonakalisayo lokulunga, oluthi egameni lenceba ekhohlisayo lubophe amanxeba ngaphandle kokuwaphilisa kuqala kwaye uwaphathe; ephatha iimpawu hayi izizathu kunye neengcambu. Sisilingo “sabenzi bokulungileyo,” esoyikekayo, kunye nabo babizwa ngokuba "ngabanenkqubela phambili kunye nenkululeko." -I-Catholic News AgencyNge-18 ka-Okthobha ka-2014

Kwelinye icala, sinokusebenzisa inyaniso njenge-bludgeon kunye nodonga ukwahlula nokusidyobha kwihlabathi, kwiimfuno “zendlela,” ukuze sibe ngabavangeli abaphumelelayo. Kwanele ukutsho ukuba akukho mzekelo nakweyiphi na kwiZibhalo zikaKrestu okanye abaPostile abethelela iVangeli phezulu eweni. Endaweni yokuba bangene ezilalini, bangena emakhayeni abo, bangena kwiindawo zembutho bathetha u inyaniso ngothando. Ke ngoko, kukho ukugqithisa ngaphakathi eCaweni okusebenzisa kakubi iZibhalo apho uYesu wahlambulula itempile okanye wakhalimela abaFarisi-ngokungathi le yindlela engagungqiyo yokushumayela. Yi…

… Ukungaguquguquki kobutshaba, oko kukuthi, ukuzivalela ngaphakathi kwilizwi elibhaliweyo… ngaphakathi komthetho, ngaphakathi kokuqiniseka kwento esiyaziyo hayi eyoko kusafuneka sifunde kwaye sifezekise. Ukusukela kwixesha likaKrestu, sisilingo sabanenzondelelo, abanobukrelekrele, abanesinxibo nababizwa ngokuba - namhlanje - "ngabezithethe" nakwizifundiswa. -I-Catholic News AgencyNge-18 ka-Okthobha ka-2014

Isilumkiso kunye nokuqonda ngononophelo kuyafuneka xa kufikwa kumba wokulungisa isono sabanye. Umahluko mkhulu phakathi kukaKristu nathi njengokuba kunjalo phakathi kweJaji nejaji. Igqwetha lithatha inxaxheba ekusebenziseni umthetho, kodwa nguMgwebi ogqibela ngokuwisa isigwebo.

Bazalwana, ukuba umntu uthe waqutyulwa nokuqutyulwa sisiphoso esithile, nina bangaboMoya, mlulekeni onjalo ninomoya wobulali; uzilumkela ukuba ungahendwa nawe, kodwa wenze ngokuthobekileyo nokoyika; , ukuze nithi, xa sukuba nahlaziswa, abo bayihlambelayo ihambo yenu elungileyo kuKristu, badane. (KwabaseGalati 6: 1, 1 Petros 3:16)

Inyaniso ifuna ukufunwa, ifunyanwe kwaye ichazwe ngaphakathi "kuqoqosho" lwesisa, kodwa isisa kwithuba laso kufuneka liqondwe, liqinisekiswe kwaye lenzelwe ekukhanyeni kwenyaniso. Ngale ndlela, kungekuphela nje ukuba senza inkonzo yesisa ekhanyiselwe yinyaniso, kodwa sikwanceda ukunika ukuthembeka kwinyaniso… Izenzo ngaphandle kolwazi ziyimfama, kwaye ulwazi ngaphandle kothando luyinyumba. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, IiCaritas kuVeritate, n. I-2, 30

Okokugqibela, sibona abagqithisileyo kwabo bangafuni nto ngaphandle ko "bomi" okanye amaqondo aphezulu enkolo. Ngamanye amaxesha "indlela" ifumana ingqalelo, kodwa "inyani" ihlala isendleleni.

 

UKUGQIBELA OKULUNGILEYO

Kukho, nangona kunjalo, enye egqithisileyo esibizelwe yona. Kukuphela nokuziyeka sigqibe kuThixo. Kukuguqulwa okupheleleyo nokupheleleyo kweentliziyo zethu, kubeka ubomi besono ngasemva kwethu. Ngamanye amazwi, ubungcwele. Ukufundwa kweMisa yokuqala yanamhlanje kwandisa elo gama:

Iyabonakala ke yona imisebenzi yenyama; Ndiyakulumkisa, njengoko ndakuxelelayo ngaphambili, ukuba abo benza izinto ezinjalo abayi kubudla ilifa ubukumkani bukaThixo. Ngokuchaseneyo, isiqhamo soMoya luthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, isisa, ukuthembeka, ubulali, ukuzeyisa. Akukho mthetho uchasene nezinto ezinjalo. Ke kaloku abo ke bakaKristu, inyama bayibethelele emnqamlezweni, kunye neminqweno neenkanuko zayo. (Gal 5: 18-25)

Kukho amaKristu amaninzi namhlanje ahendelwa kwingqumbo njengoko ejonga imeko yeCawa kunye nehlabathi. Uyababona kuyo yonke indawo ekubhlogayo kunye nakumajelo asekuhlaleni bekhulula oobhishophu bejiwuzisa uPapa ngeminwe yabo. Baye bagqiba kwelokuba lixesha lokuba bathathe isabhokhwe kwaye bahlambulule itempile ngokwabo. Ewe, kufuneka balandele izazela zabo.

Kodwa kufuneka ndilandele eyam. Ndiqinisekile ukuba into efunekayo ngeli lixa asiyongqumbo kodwa bubungcwele. Ngale nto andithethi ukuba ubungcwele buhleli buhleli cwaka ebusweni besono. Endaweni yoko, amadoda nabafazi abazinikeleyo kwiNyaniso, abaphila le Ndlela, kwaye ke, babusasaza uBomi, ngazwi linye, uthando kaThixo. Esi sisiphumo sokungena kwindlela emxinwa yenguquko, intobeko, inkonzo kunye nomthandazo oqinileyo. Yindlela emxinwa yokuzincama ukuze uzaliswe ngoKristu, ukuze uYesu abuye ahambe phakathi kwethu… ngathi. Beka enye indlela:

… Into efunwa yiCawe ayingabagxeki, koko ngamagcisa… Xa isihobe sisengxakini epheleleyo, into ebalulekileyo asikokukhomba ngomnwe kwiimbongi ezimbi koko kubhalwe wena ukuba ubhale imibongo emnandi, ngaloo ndlela uvule imithombo engcwele. -Georges Bernanos (d. 1948), umbhali ongumFrentshi, UBernanos: Ubukho beCawa, Ignatius Cinezela; icatshulwe kwi Mkhulu, Okthobha 2018, iphepha 70-71

Ndihlala ndifumana iileta zindibuza ukuba ndithini ukuba ndithethe okanye ndenzeni okanye ndenza ntoni uPapa. Andiqinisekanga ukuba kutheni umbono wam ubalulekile. Kodwa ndithethe oku kakhulu komnye obuzayo: UWe bayabona ukuba oobhishophu bethu noopopu bethu bayasilela ngokobuqu njengathi sonke. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba bakwinkokeli, bafuna imithandazo yethu ngaphezu kokuba sifuna eyabo! Ewe, ukunyaniseka, ndixhalabele kakhulu ukungabikho kwam ubungcwele kunokuba kunjalo abefundisi. Kwelam icala, ndizabalazela ukuva uKristu ethetha ngaphezulu kobuthathaka babo ngenxa yeso sizathu uYesu awathi kubo:

Lowo umamelayo nina uyamamela. Nabani na onigatyayo uyandigatya. Lowo ke ugiba mna, ugiba lowo wandithumayo. (ULuka 10:16)

Impendulo kaThixo ekuwohlokeni kwenkcubeko ihlala ingcwele: amadoda nabafazi abaye bayifaka iVangeli—Ubungcwele—lelo yeza lokuthintela ukonakala kokuziphatha okusingqongileyo. Ukumemeza okanye ngaphezulu kwelizwi labanye kunokuphumelela kwimpikiswano, kodwa kunqabile ukuba kuphumelele umphefumlo. Ngapha koko, xa uYesu wayecoca itempile ngesabhokhwe kwaye engxolisa abaFarisi, kwakungekho ngxelo kwiincwadi zeVangeli zokuba umntu uguqukile ngalo mzuzu. Kodwa sinezinto ezininzi ekubhekiswa kuzo xa uYesu ngomonde nothando wayityhila loo nyaniso kuboni abaqaqadekileyo ukuze iintliziyo zabo zinyibilike. Ewe, abaninzi baba ziingcwele ngokwabo.

Uthando soze lwehluleka. (1 Kor. 13: 8)

Ukuziphatha kakubi eCaweni akuzange kuzalwe nje kweli xesha lethu, kodwa kuvela kude, kwaye kuneengcambu ekusweleni kobungcwele… Ngokwenyani, ukonakala (kweCawa) kuzalwa ngalo lonke ixesha ubungcwele bungafakwa okokuqala indawo. Kwaye oku kusebenza kuwo onke amaxesha. Kananjalo ayinakugcinwa ukuba yanele ukukhusela imfundiso elungileyo ukuze ube necawe elungileyo… Kuphela bubungcwele obubhukuqayo ngokubhekisele kulo myalelo womlilo esibhaptizwe kuwo. -Umphengululi nombhali wase Itali u-Alessandro Gnocchi, kudliwanondlebe nombhali wase Itali u-Aldo Maria Valli; ipapashwe kwileta # 66, uGqr. Robert Moynihan, Ngaphakathi kwiVatican

 

 

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