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AMAKRISTU kwiNtshona yeNtshona asinto intsha ekuhlekiseni. Kodwa kwenzeke ntoni kule veki eNew York ityhalele imida emitsha nakwesi sizukulwana. 

Yayingumsitho wegala kwi-Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, enomxholo walo nyaka othi: 'Imizimba yasezulwini: Ifashoni kunye neCatholic Imagination.' Kwakuza kuboniswa iinkulungwane eziliqela “zefashoni” yamaKatolika. IVatican yayiboleke iimpahla nempahla yokubonisa. Ikhadinali yaseNew York yayiza kubakho. Yayiza kuba lithuba, ngokwamazwi akhe, lokubonisa “intelekelelo yamaKatolika,” [kuba] inyaniso, ukulunga, nobuhle bukaThixo bubonakaliswa kuyo yonke indawo… nakwifashoni. Ihlabathi lidutyulwe bubuqaqawuli baKhe.’” ^[1]cardinaldolan.org

Kodwa oko kwenzekayo ngobo busuku kwakungeyonxalenye “yentelekelelo yamaKatolika” njengoko sisazi, yaye kwakungeyombonakaliso “yenyaniso, ukulunga, nobuhle” njengoko iCatechism yayifuna. Abantu abadumileyo—abaninzi abanjengoRhianna okanye uMadonna, abaziwa ngokugculela ngokuphandle ubuKristu—isambatho esifana nesoobhishophu, kunye nezinye iimpahla zonqulo zihlala zitshintshwa kakhulu. indlela ekhohlisayo. Imodeli yeMfihlo kaVictoria, uStella Maxwell, wayenxibe imifanekiso yeNtombi Enyulu uMariya yonke ilokhwe yakhe engenamitya. Abanye babenxibe iilokhwe ezisikwe phezulu ezinoMnqamlezo obhalwe ezinqeni okanye emabeleni. Abanye babebonakala “njengoYesu” odlamkileyo okanye “uMariya” ongathozamileyo. 

Ngoxa uKhadinali Dolan wayeyikhusela loo ngokuhlwa, waza uBhishophu Barron wakhusela uKhadinali Dolan, umhlalutyi waseBritani uPiers Morgan wathetha ngamaKatolika amaninzi:

Kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kokubona izinto zakudala zenkolo zinencasa nangentlonipho zibekwe kwimyuziyam, kwaye uzibone zincanyatheliswe kwintloko yomntu odumileyo oqhayisa ngenyama kwitheko… Imifanekiso emininzi ibibonisa ngokwesondo kakhulu, onokucinga ukuba ayifanelekanga umxholo wonqulo kodwa okhubekisayo ngendlela emangalisayo kumaxhoba amaninzi okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kwiCawa yamaKatolika. —Meyi 8, 2018; dailymail.co.uk

Kodwa amaKatolika awamdingi uMnu. Morgan ukuba awaxelele ukuba oku akufanelekanga. UPawulos wakwenza oko kwakudala:

Kuba bunabudlelane buni na ubulungisa nokuchasa umthetho? Kunakwabelana kuni na ukukhanya nobumnyama?… “Phumani kubo ke, nizahlule, itsho iNkosi, ningachukumisi nto iyinqambi; ndiya kunamkela, ndibe nguyihlo, nina nibe ngoonyana neentombi kum; utsho uYehova wemikhosi. 1 Kor 6:14-18

Ukuba esi siganeko sasiphathelele “inyaniso, ubuhle, nokulunga,” lo mbuzo umele ubuzwe: mangaphi amadoda apho afumana “inyaniso,” okanye ngaba aye afumana iilokhwe eziqinileyo? Mangaphi amadoda awayethabatheke “bubuhle” okanye, kunoko, amabele aqhumayo? Bangaphi abakhokelelwa “ekulungeni” okunzulu ngakumbi, okanye ngokulula, ekubukeni? 

Wasuse amehlo akho kumfazi omilo; musa ukukhangela kubuhle obungebubo obakho; ngenxa yobunzwakazi bomfazi babhangisiwe abaninzi; ngokuba uthando lwabo luvutha njengomlilo; andiyi kubeka phambi kwamehlo am into ebutshijolo. ( Sir 9:8; Nd 101:3 )

UPapa uFrancis uye wakhuthaza amaKristu ukuba "ahambe" nabanye, abekho kwabanye, athathe "ivumba lezimvu", ukuze athethe. Asikwazi ukushumayela emva kodonga. Kodwa njengoko uPawulos VI wabhalayo:

Akukho bungqina bokwenene bokushumayela ukuba igama, imfundiso, ubomi, izithembiso, ubukumkani nemfihlakalo kaYesu waseNazarete, uNyana kaThixo, azichazwanga. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Evangelii nuntiandin. 22; IVatican.va 

Ukuba nenxaxheba kweCawa yamaKatolika kulo msitho ubangela lo mbuzo: Ngaba sifanele sihambe nabanye ukuya “kwisihlandlo sesono esikufuphi”? Akufanelanga ukuba umyalezo wethu kunye nomboniso “wenyaniso, ubuhle, kunye ukulunga” kuya kuba yimbonakaliso yoMdali, kungekhona yaloo ngelosi iwileyo? Kwaye akufunekanga ukuba ubungqina bethu bubonakale “njengophawu lokuchasana” — bungalalanisi nehlabathi?  

…iCawa izalisekisa uthumo lwayo ukusa kwinqanaba lokuba, ngokumanyene noKristu, iphumeze wonke umsebenzi wayo ngokomoya nangomsebenzi wokulinganisa uthando lweNkosi yayo. -BENEDICT XVI, Ohlala Ekhaya Ngokuvulwa Kwenkomfa Jikelele yesihlanu yoBhishophu baseLatin American naseCaribbean, ngoMeyi 13, 2007; IVatican.va

UThixo wasithanda njani? UMalusi Olungileyo weza kusikhokelela kumadlelo aluhlaza nanika ubomi, hayi amadlelo aluhlaza. Uze kusihlangula esonweni, akasenzanga nto.

Nangona kuvakala kucacile, ukuhambisana ngokomoya kufuneka kukhokele abanye basondele ngakumbi kuThixo, esifumana inkululeko yokwenene kuye. Abanye abantu bacinga ukuba bakhululekile ukuba bangamnqanda uThixo; Bayasilela ukubona ukuba bahlala beziinkedama, bengenakuzinceda, bengenamakhaya. Bayayeka ukuba ngabahambi ngezonqulo kwaye baba ngabakhukulisi, bezulazula ngeenxa zonke kubo kwaye bangaze baye ndawo. Ukuhamba nabo kuya kuba yinto engenzi nto ukuba iya kuba luhlobo lonyango oluxhasa ukuzibandakanya kwabo kwaye bayeke ukuba ngabahambi noKristu kuYise. -IPOPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, n. I-170

Ngoko, ngaba abantu abadumileyo balapho babesondela ngakumbi kuThixo? Mhlawumbi Umdlali weqonga u-Anne Hathaway, enxibe “ingubo ebomvu yekhadinali eqaqambileyo,” wayishwankathela kakuhle loo ngokuhlwa; xa umntu okwikhaphethi ebomvu wakhwaza esithi, “Ufana nengelosi,” waphendula wathi “Enyanisweni, ndiziva ndinosathana kakhulu.” ^[2]imvblass.com

NjengamaKristu, sinethuba elimangalisayo lokuqaqamba ngeli xesha xa ubulungiseleli ihlabathi lilala-lihamba ebumnyameni. Njani? Sinokuyityhila kwabanye “inyaniso” ngokuyigatya ukuchaneka kwezopolitiko. Singatyhila “ubuhle” ngentetho, umculo, ubugcisa, kunye nokuyila oko yakha kunokuba ajongele phantsi; yaye sinokutyhila “ukulunga” ngokuzithwala ngokuthozama, ububele, ubulali, nomonde, ngalo lonke elo xesha sisala ukusebenzisana nemisebenzi yobumnyama. Le yile Ukuchasana noVukelo sibizelwe ukuba...

... ukuze nibe ngabangenakusoleka, nibe msulwa, ningabantwana bakaThixo abangenasiphako phakathi kwesizukulwana esigoso, esigwenxa, enithi nibengezela njengezikhanyiso ehlabathini. ( Filipi 2:15 )

 

UMXHOLO NESILUMKISO

Umbono wevangeli kaPope Francis kukuba siya kuxelisa uKristu; ukuba sifuna abalahlekileyo kwaye "sibatsalele" kwiVangeli ngothando lukaKristu. 

…Unika uthando. Kwaye olu thando lufuna wena kwaye lulinde wena, wena othe ngalo mzuzu ungakholelwa okanye ukude. Kwaye oku luthando lukaThixo. —UPOPA UFRANCIS, uAngelus, eSt. Peter Square, ngoJanuwari 6, 2014; Iindaba Ezimeleyo zamaKatolika

Kodwa ukuba asibonisi abanye omnye “indlela,” ukuba asithethi “inyaniso” engaguqukiyo, yaye ukuba asinikeli yaye asibonakalisi kuthi okuphela “kobomi,” ngoko senza ntoni? 

Sithi, njengoko sigwetyelwe nguThixo, ukuba siphathiswe iindaba ezilungileyo, senjenjalo ukuthetha, kungekhona ukuze sikholisa abantu, kodwa uThixo, yena ogweba iintliziyo zethu. ( 1 Tesalonika 2:4 )

“Ubomi” endithetha ngabo apha bobona bomi boMthendeleko kaYesu. Yiyo loo nto le gala inqumle uninzi lwethu entliziyweni. Impahla yobubingeleli bamaKatolika ayisosithethe nje esithandekayo. Ziyimbonakaliso kaYesu Kristu, uMbingeleli wethu Omkhulu, onikelayo Yena ngokwakhe kuthi njengeXhoba nombingeleli kwiMisa eNgcwele. Izambatho zingumqondiso kaKristu ngokwakhe kwi-personi kunye nelo gunya walinika abaPostile namalandela abo oku kwenzeleni ukundikhumbula. Ukuba neentlobano zesini kwempahla kunye nesinxibo senkolo, ke, kukuhlambela. Ngokuba—kwaye nantsi impoxo yazo zonke—zibubungqina besiprofeto ku-a ukulahlwa wehlabathi ngenxa yenzuzo ephezulu: ukutshata kunye nomanyano noThixo. Kwaye njengoko uMnu. Morgan watshoyo, kubuhlungu ngakumbi ngexesha apho izono zesini zabefundisi emhlabeni wonke ziye zangxwelerha abaninzi.

Eli bali leendaba landichukumisa ngakumbi xa lalivela ngobo busuku. Kuba ngaphambilana ngaloo mini, bendicinga ngesicatshulwa seNcwadi yeSityhilelo endikholelwa ukuba sichaza imeko yaseMelika namhlanje, “IBhabheli eyimfihlakalo”:

Iwile, iwile iBhabheli enkulu. Yaba likhaya leedemon. Liyindawo yemimoya yonke engcolileyo, nendlwana yonke yeentaka ezingcolileyo, nendlwana yonke yezilo eziziinqambi, ezinezothe. Ngokuba zonke iintlanga zisele iwayini yomsindo wayo. Ookumkani behlabathi baba neentlobano zokwazana nayo; ( ISityhilelo 18:3 )

UJohn uyaqhubeka:

Ndaza ndeva elinye ilizwi liphuma ezulwini lisithi: “Mkani kuyo, bantu bam, ukuze ningathabathi nxaxheba kwizono zayo nokuze ningathabathi nxaxheba kwizibetho zayo, ngenxa yokuba izono zayo zifunjwe ezulwini, yaye uThixo ubukhumbula ubugwenxa bayo. ” (indima 4-5)

Sifanele ‘siphume’ eBhabhiloni, kungekhona ukuze sihlale sifihlwe phantsi kwengobozi, kodwa kanye ukuze sibe sisikhanyiso sokwenyani nesisulungekileyo kwabanye ukuze sibakhokele. phuma-hayi ebumnyameni. 

 

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