Ukusweleka okubiniNguMichael D. O'Brien
Kulo msebenzi wokomfuziselo, kubonakaliswe uKrestu kunye noMchasi-Kristu, kwaye abantu bamaxesha bajongene nokukhetha. Yeyiphi indlela emayilandelwe? Kukho ukudideka okukhulu, uloyiko olukhulu. Uninzi lwamanani awaqondi ukuba iindlela ziya kukhokelela phi; kuphela abantwana abambalwa banamehlo okubona. Abo bafuna ukubusindisa ubomi babo, baya kulahlekelwa bubo; abo balahlekelwa bubomi babo ngenxa kaKristu bobusindisa. —Uluhlomlo lomculi
KANYE Kwakhona, ndiva ngokucacileyo entliziyweni yam kule veki amazwi avakala ebusika ophelileyo- ingqiqo yengelosi embindini wamazulu idanduluka:
Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba uKrestu ungoyisi, ndiphinde ndive la mazwi:
Ungena kwelona candelo libuhlungu lokuhlanjululwa.
Bambalwa abayiqondiyo indlela urhwaphilizo olunzulu ngayo kuluntu lwaseNtshona olungena phantse kuzo zonke iinkalo zoluntu-ukusuka kwityathanga lokutya ukuya kuqoqosho ukuya kwindalo esingqongileyo-kwaye mhlawumbi kungakanani oku kunjalo ilawulwa ngabambalwa abazizityebi nabanamandla. Iya isanda imiphefumlo evukayo, nangona kunjalo, njengemiqondiso yamaxesha ayisengowommandla wenkcubeko ezimbalwa, kodwa ilawula iindaba eziphambili zeendaba. Andikholelwa ukuba ndifuna ukuphawula ngesiphithiphithi esikhoyo kwindalo, uqoqosho, kunye noluntu ngokubanzi, ngaphandle nje kokuba besithi bayasiqhela bumba umhlaba omtsha apho ku inkululeko igqitywa ngurhulumente, endaweni yokuvela kumalungelo endalo omntu.
Isilingo sihlala sikhona ukuphelelwa lithemba phambi kobu "buzwilakhe bokuxhomekeka kubukho"… ukujonga luloyiko koko kubonakala ngathi irhamncwa eyoyikekayo inyuka kancinci kancinci iphantsi kolwandle lwala maxesha. Kodwa kufuneka sisichase esi silingo sokweyisa, kwaye sibambelele emazwini kaBawo oyiNgcwele ongasekhoyo, uJohn Paul II:
SUKOYIKI!
Kuba angamazwi kaKristu kuzo zonke iVangeli, ngaphambi nasemva kokufa nokuvuka kwakhe. Kuzo zonke izinto, uKrestu woyisa kwaye usiqinisekisa ukuba masingoyiki.
IINKOSI ZOKUTHEMBEKA
Ndithethile kaninzi ngesiTyhilelo 12 kunye nedabi langoku nelizayo phakathi koMfazi neNamba, phakathi kwenyoka nembewu yomfazi. Lidabi lemiphefumlo ngokungathandabuzekiyo elizisa abaninzi kuKristu. Kwakhona lixesha apho intshutshiso ikhona. Kodwa siyabona phakathi kweli dabi likhulu uThixo alibonelelayo yokufihla Abantu Bakhe:
Umfazi ngokwakhe wabalekela entlango apho wayenendawo ayilungiselelwe nguThixo, ukuze anyanyekelwe khona iintsuku ezilishumi elinambini anamanci mathandathu. (ISityhi. 12: 6)
Ndiyakholelwa ukuba kuthetha ukukhuselwa kumanqanaba amaninzi: ngokwasemzimbeni, ngokwasemoyeni nangokwasengqondweni.
PHYSICAL
Kule Khrisimesi idlulileyo, umphathi wam wokomoya kunye nam besincokola nomsasazi wasekhaya osapho lwakhe luhlala kule ndawo ngaphezulu kwekhulu leminyaka. Besithetha ngembali yommandla xa ngequbuliso waba neemvakalelo. Ukhumbule uMkhuhlane waseSpain owawudlula emaphandleni ngekhulu leminyaka elidlulileyo ukusuka ngo-1918 ukuya ku -1919, wabulala abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20 kwihlabathi liphela. Uye wathi i-Shrine to Our Lady yeNtaba iKarmele, ebekwe malunga ne-13 yeemayile okanye njalo ukusuka edolophini yethu, yayakhiwe ngabantu balapho ukuze babongoze uMariya ukuba angenelele kwaye akhusele. Ngeenyembezi emehlweni akhe wathi, "Isibetho sijikeleze asizange size apha."
Maninzi amabali okhuseleko lwamaKrestu ngokuthethelela kukaMariya ukutyhubela iinkulungwane (ngowuphi umama ongabakhuseliyo abantwana bakhe?) Xa mna nenkosikazi yam sasiseNew Orleans kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo, sabona ngamehlo ethu zingaphi imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaMariya abonzakalanga emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina, ngelixa izindlu neengcingo kunye nemithi ejikeleze zona zachithwa. Ngelixa bephulukana nezinto zabo ezininzi, uninzi lwezi ntsapho lwalukhuselekile ekonzakalisweni ngokwasemzimbeni.
Ngubani onokulibala abefundisi bamaJesuit abasibhozo abakhuselweyo kwibhombu yeathom eyaphoswa eHiroshima, eJapan-iibhloko ezisibhozo kuphela ukusuka ekhayeni labo- ngelixa abantu abangaphezu kwesiqingatha sesigidi babebangqongile. Babethandaza iRosari kwaye bephila umyalezo kaFatima.
UThixo uthumele uMariya kuthi njengeTyeya yoKhuselo. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba oko kuthetha ukhuseleko ngokwasemzimbeni nalo:
Ngamaxesha apho ubuKrestu ngokwabo babubonakala busengozini, ukuhlangulwa kwabo kwakubangelwa ngamandla alo mthandazo [weRosari], yaye iNkosazana Yethu yeRosari yayidunyiswa njengalowo ukuthethelelwa kwabo kuzisa usindiso. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, URosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
ZOKOMOYA
Ewe, olona lubabalo lubaluleke kakhulu oluziswa nguMariya lusindiso uYesu awasizuzela lona ngoMnqamlezo. Ndihlala ndicinga ngeTyeya yoKhuselo njengephenyane lokusindisa abantu, elihamba ngenqanawa kubo bonke abangaphakathi kulo Barque enkulu kaKristu. Isiphephelo sikaMariya, ke, yindawo yokusabela kaKristu. Iintliziyo zabo zinye, kwaye ke ukubakho entliziyweni kaMariya kuya kuthathwa kungene nzulu entliziyweni yoNyana wakhe.
Inqaku elibalulekileyo apha lelokuba eyona ndawo yokusabela inkulu uKrestu ayinika iBandla kweli dabi nxamnye nenamba lukhuseleko ngokuchasene nokuphulukana nosindiso lwethu, okoko nje sinqwenela ukuhlala Naye ngentando yethu ekhululekileyo.
EZENGQONDO
Into endiyithethayo ngala "ndawo yokubalekela ngokwasengqondweni" kukuba ilixa elizayo xa kuya kubakho imiqondiso engeyonyani kunye nemimangaliso kunye nezilingo eziphantse zingaphikiswa zokulandela "ingcinga" yenkqubo entsha yehlabathi. Siza kukwazi njani ukukhetha indlela esiza kuhamba ngayo?
Impendulo ilele koku: ubabalo olusulungekileyo. UThixo uya kunika izibane zangaphakathi kwingqondo neentliziyo zabo bazithobe njengabantwana abancinci, abo wangena kwiTyeya Ngeli xesha lokulungiselela. Kwiingqondo zala maxesha, hayi indlela ebubudenge kunye nento yakudala leyo miphefumlo efaka ubuhlalu beRosari kwaye ihlale phambi kweMinquba! Isilumko kangakanani aba bancinci baya kuba ngemihla yovavanyo! Kungenxa yokuba baguqukile kwintando yabo, bazinikela kwintando kaThixo nakwicebo lakhe. Ngokumamela uMama wabo, kwaye babunjwe esikolweni somthandazo wakhe, bafumana ingqondo kaKristu.
Asamkelanga moya wehlabathi kodwa nguMoya ovela kuThixo, ukuze siziqonde izinto esizinikwe simahla nguThixo. Ngoku umntu wemvelo akayamkeli into ephathelene noMoya kaThixo, kuba kuye ubudenge, kwaye akanakukuqonda, kuba kugwetywa ngokwasemoyeni. Umntu wokomoya, nangona kunjalo, unokugweba yonke into kodwa akanakugwetywa nangubani na. Kuba ngubani na oyazileyo ingqiqo yeNkosi, oya kuthi umcebise? Kodwa sinengqondo kaKristu. (1 Kor. 2: 3-16)
Oku akuthethi ukuba abo bangazinikelanga kuMariya balahlekile okanye baya kulahleka (jonga AmaProtestanti, uMariya, kunye neTyeya yokubalekela). Yintoni ebaluleke kakhulu kukuba umntu alandele uKristu. Kodwa kutheni ungamlandeli ngeyona ndlela iqinisekileyo asishiye ngayo ngokwakhe, eyile, ibhinqa, ngubani iCawa noMariya?
Lo mfazi umele uMariya, uMama woMhlawuleli, kodwa umele kwangaxeshanye iBandla liphela, Abantu bakaThixo bamaxesha onke, iBandla elihlala libuhlungu, libuye lizale uKrestu ngamaxesha onke. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, uCastel Gandolfo, e-Itali, uAUG. 23, 2006; Zenit
Nantsi imfihlakalo kuyo rhoqo Indawo yokusabela uKristu ayinika abalandeli baKhe: kukhuseleko eCaweni kwaye UMariya, kwaye bobabini balala nzulu ngaphakathi kwiNgcwele yeentliziyo zikaYesu.
Ungalibali… iingelosi ziya kuba nathi, mhlawumbi nkqu sikubonise ngamanye amaxesha.
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