UEliya noElisha, uMichael D. O'Brien
IN umhla wethu, ndiyakholelwa ukuba uThixo ubeke "ingubo" yomprofeti kaEliya emagxeni amaninzi kwihlabathi liphela. Lo "moya kaEliya" uza kuza, ngokweSibhalo, phambi kokuba umgwebo omkhulu womhlaba:
Yabonani, ndiya kuthumela kuni uEliya, umprofeti, ingekafiki imini kaYehova, usuku olukhulu oloyikekayo, ukuze azibuyisele iintliziyo zooyise kubantwana babo, neentliziyo zabantwana kooyise, hleze ndize. balibethe ilizwe ngentshabalalo. Yabonani, ndiya kuthumela kuni u-Eliya umprofeti, ingekafiki imini kaYehova. (Mal 3: 23-24)
UKUHLUKANA OKUKHULU
Kuninzi esele kwenziwe kwinkulungwane edlulileyo ukwahlula abantwana kooyise. Ngelixa uninzi lweentombi kunye neentombi zikhulele kwiifama ezisebenza kunye nabazali bazo, iminyaka yanamhlanje yezorhwebo kunye netekhnoloji iqhubele iintsapho esixekweni, abazali emsebenzini, kunye nabantwana, hayi kuphela ezikolweni imini yonke, kodwa nakwiindawo zokugcina abantwana apho impembelelo nobukho yabazali babo akukho phantse. Ootata, kwaye ngokufuthi umama naye, bachitha ixesha elide emsebenzini ukuze bafumane imali, okanye kungenjalo, ixesha eligqithileyo kude nekhaya befuna impumelelo kunye nobutyebi bezinto eziphathekayo.
Ubufazi obugqithisileyo benze lukhulu ekukhupheni ukuba ngutata. Indima katata incitshisiwe ukusuka kwinkokeli yokomoya ibe ngumboneleli olula, kwaye okubi, yinto engafunekiyo ekhaya.
Kwaye ngoku, ukutyhala okucwangcisiweyo ukudala ukwamkelwa kwenkcubeko yesini esichazwe ngokutsha kunye nomtshato kuphosa ukudideka ngakumbi kwixabiso nakwimfuneko yobudoda obuqolileyo kusapho, kwiCawe nakwilizwe ngokubanzi.
… Xa… ubutata bungekho, xa bunamava kuphela njengesiqhelo sebhayoloji ngaphandle komlinganiso wobuntu nokomoya, zonke iingxelo ngoThixo uBawo azinalutho. Ingxaki yokuba ngutata esiphila kuyo namhlanje yinto, mhlawumbi eyona ibalulekileyo, isoyikisa umntu eluntwini. Ukupheliswa kobutata nokuba ngumama kunxulunyaniswa nokupheliswa kobonyana neentombi zethu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI (UKhadinali Ratzinger), uPalermo, ngoMatshi 15, 2000
Yile nto yenzekileyo kwaye iyaqhubeka ukwenzeka kwihlabathi. Kodwa ke enye into yenzeka ngokuzolileyo ngaphakathi kwinxalenye yeCawe…
UKUJIKA OKUKHULU
Kuya kubonakala kum oko UThixo ukhulule umoya wokuprofeta kaEliya kwihlabathi lethu; kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo okanye njalo, iintshukumo ezinje Abagcini Bomnqophiso waseSt (Thembisa abagcini luguqulelo lwamaProtestanti) basebenze ngempumelelo ekubuyiseni ukuba ngutata wokomoya kusapho. UThixo uphinde wavusa abavangeli abanamandla kunye nabashumayeli, bobabini abaqhelekileyo kunye nabefundisi, abaye babongoza amadoda ukuba aguquke ekungabikho kobuthixo kwaye babe ngamangqina angcono kubafazi babo nabantwana.
Kukwakho nentshukumo ekhulayo yokufunda emakhaya apho abazali baziva bebizelwe ukuchitha ixesha elininzi besenza abantwana babo, hayi nje ngezibalo kunye nesiNgesi, kodwa ngobukho babo obulula. Icawe ikwazile ukuphakamisa ilizwi layo kule ndawo, iqinisekisa indima yabazali "njengowokuqala" kunye nabahlohli bokuqala babantwana babo.
Kwaye kwifayile ye- intshukumo entsha kaMoya, kukho igama elinamandla elikhula kwiintliziyo ezininzi ezibabizela ku ubomi bokulula. Bubomi obususwe ngakumbi (ukuba abukho kude) kwizicelo zezinto zehlabathi, ezingadityaniswanga kwiinkqubo zehlabathi, kwaye kwezinye iimeko, zisuswe kwiziseko zophuhliso (iigridi zamandla, igesi yendalo, amanzi edolophu njlnjl. biza "Phuma eBhabheli, ”Okanye umbhali uMichael O'Brien uthi: 'Ukuthinjelwa eBhabhiloni' —ubukhoboka behlabathi bokufuna ukuthenga nokuthanda izinto eziphathekayo.
UMqondiso WAMAXESHA: UKUHLANGANISWA KWENTSAPHO
UYesu wathi omnye wemiqondiso yokuba isizukulwana esizayo siza kufika “ngemihla yoNyana woMntu” kukuba la maxesha ayakuba “njengokuba kwakunjalo ngemihla kaNowa” (Luka 17:26) Kwaye kwenzeka ntoni ngaphambi kwalo mhla mkhulu womgwebo xa uThixo wakhukula umhlaba? Wahlanganisa uNowa nentsapho yakhe babalekela emkhombeni. Imihla kaNowa nemihla kaEliya iyiyo enye enyeIintliziyo zoobawo ziya kuguqukela kubantwana babo, kwaye ezi ntsapho ziya kuqokelelwa ndawonye kwiTyeya yomnqophiso omtsha, iNtombikazi eyiNtombi kaMariya. Oku kuya kuba ngumqondiso wokuba singena kwixesha elisondeleyo xa ixesha lobabalo liyakufikelela esiphelweni, kunye nezohlwayo, “imini yeNkosi,” yayiza kufika kungekudala abangaguqukiyo hlabathi.
Lo mqondiso wamaxesha ethu uthwele ukubaluleka ngakumbi xa sijonga ukuba uninzi lweentsapho, ezinye endiye ndadibana nazo ngexesha lotyelelo lwam lwekhonsathi eCanada naseMelika kutshanje, zibizelwe ukuhlala kufutshane kwezinye iintsapho. Mhlawumbi ezi ziindawo ezingcwele endibhale kuzo Amaxilongo esilumkiso – Icandelo IV. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo edibanisa ezi ntsapho kukuba bonke baziva le khwelo lokuhambisa iintsapho zabo ngaxeshanye, ezizimeleyo omnye komnye. Umnxeba weza ngokukhawuleza. Yayomelele. Kwakungxamisekile.
Ndikubonile oku kwiindawo ezininzi… kwaye ndiyazifumana nam.
UThixo uhlanganisa abantu baKhe.
I-EPILOGUE
Kwakufutshane nje emva kokubhala oku kucamngca, umnyama oqaqambileyo ngequbuliso wabekwa ngaphezulu kwendawo apho usapho lwam (kunye nabanye abaninzi) baziva bebizelwe ukuhamba, kwaye bahlala ixesha elide kakhulu (simile apha kwibhasi yethu yokhenketho). Ewe, uThixo uthembisa ukuba emva koqhwithela oluzayo, ixesha elimnandi loxolo liya kuzalwa xa ukholo, ithemba nothando ziya kuchuma. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba uYesu wathetha ngokuza kwakhe Isahluko soxolo xa wathi:
U-Eliya uza kuqala [phambi koVuko lokuGqibela] ukubuyisela zonke izinto. (UMk 9:12)
