AKUNATHEMBISO?
Yintoni enokunqanda umhlaba ungangeni kubumnyama obungaziwayo obusongela uxolo? Ngoku ukuba ubuchule bezopolitiko busilele, yintoni eshiyekileyo ukuba siyenze?
Kubonakala ngathi akukho themba. Ngapha koko, andizange khe ndive uPopu John Paul II ethetha ngomsindo njengaye ngoku mvanje.
Ndifumene le ntetho kwiphephandaba lesizwe ngoFebruwari:
"Ubunzima obukhoyo ehlabathini ekuqaleni kwale millennium intsha busikhokelela ekubeni sikholelwe kwisenzo esivela phezulu kuphela esinokusenza sibe nethemba kwikamva elimfiliba." (Reuters News Agency, ngoFebruwari 2003)
Kwakhona, namhlanje uBawo oyiNgcwele ulumkise umhlaba ukuba asazi ukuba silindelwe yintoni xa kusenziwa imfazwe e-Iraq. Ubungqongqo bukapopu bukhokele i-CEO yeyona nethiwekhi inkulu yamaKatolika emhlabeni, i-EWTN, ukuba ithi:
“UBawo wethu Oyingcwele ebesicela kwaye esibongoza ukuba sithandaze kwaye sizile ukutya. Lo Vicar kaKristu emhlabeni uyayazi into, ndiqinisekile, ukuba asazi- ukuba iziphumo zalo mfazwe, ukuba ziyenzeka ziya kuba yintlekele, hayi eyisixeko nje, njengeNineve, kodwa nehlabathi. ” (Umdikoni William Steltemeier, 7am Mass, Matshi 12, 2003).
LWETYATHANGA Ngethemba
Upopu usibizele sonke ukuba mthandazo kwaye ukohlwaya ukuhambisa izulu ukuba lingenelele kwaye luzise uxolo kule meko. Ndinqwenela ukugxininisa isicelo esinye sikaBawo oyiNgcwele, endivakalelwa kukuba ubukhulu becala, inokuba sibonile.
Kwileta yakhe yabaPostile, eyakhululwa ekuqaleni konyaka weRosari ngo-Okthobha 2002, uPopu John Paul uthi kwakhona,
“Imiceli mngeni emikhulu ejongene nehlabathi ekuqaleni kweMillenium entsha ikhokelela ekubeni sicinge ukuba kuphela ngongenelelo oluvela phezulu, olunokukwazi ukukhokela iintliziyo zabo bahlala kwiimeko zongquzulwano kunye nabo balawula ukupheliswa kweentlanga, abanokunika isizathu sokuba Ndiyathemba ikamva eliqaqambileyo. Uhlobo lwayo iRosari ngumthandazo woxolo. ” URosarium Virginis Mariae, 40.)
Ngapha koko, ephawula isoyikiso kusapho, olusoyikiso eluntwini, uthi,
"Ngamaxesha apho ubuKristu babubonakala busengozini, ukuhlangulwa kwabo kwakubangelwa ngamandla alo mthandazo, kwaye uMama wethu weRosari wayehlonishwa njengalowo ukuthethelelwa kwakhe kuzisa usindiso." (Ibid, 39.)
Upopu ubiza ngamandla umzimba kaKristu ukuba athathe iRosari ngentshiseko entsha, ngakumbi, athandazele "uxolo" kunye "nosapho". Kuphantse ngathi uthi le yeyona nto siyenzayo yokugqibela ngaphambi kokuba eli kamva limfiliba lifike emnyango woluntu.
UMARIYA-Uloyiko
Ndiyazi ukuba zininzi izichaso kunye neenkxalabo malunga neRosari kunye noMariya ngokwakhe, hayi kuphela nabazalwana noodadewethu abahlukeneyo kuKristu, kodwa nakwiCawa yamaKatolika. Ndiyaqonda ukuba ayinguye wonke umntu ofunda oku ngamaKatolika. Nangona kunjalo, ileta kapapa kwiRosari isenokuba lolona xwebhu lubalaseleyo ndilifundileyo ngokuchaza ngokulula nangokucacileyo ukuba kutheni kwaye yintoni ejikeleze iRosari. Icacisa indima kaMariya, kunye nendalo kaChristocentric yeRosari- Oko kukuthi, injongo yezo ntloko zincinci kukusikhokelela kufutshane noYesu. Kwaye uYesu, yiNkosana yoXolo. Ndincamathisele ikhonkco kwileta kaBawo oyiNgcwele apha ngezantsi. Akukho xesha lide, kwaye ndicebisa kakhulu ukuba ndiyifunde, nditsho nakwabo bangengawo amaKhatholika- yeyona ibhulorho ilungileyo yokuya kuMariya endikhe ndayifunda.
Kwinqaku lobuqu, bendithandaza iRosari ukususela ebutsheni bam. Abazali bam basifundisa yona, kwaye bendisoloko ndiyithetha ukusukela ngoko, kwaye ndicima ubomi bam bonke. Kodwa ngesizathu esingaqhelekanga kwihlobo elidlulileyo, ndaziva nditsalelekile kulo mthandazo, ukuwuthanda yonke imihla. Kude kube lelo xesha ndandixhathisile ukuthandaza yonke imihla. Ndive ngathi ngumthwalo, kwaye andilixabisanga ityala abanye abantu abanxulumana nalo ngokungayithandazi yonke imihla. Ngokwenene, iBandla alizange liwenze lo mthandazo uxanduva.
Kodwa into esentliziyweni yam yandishukumisela ukuba ndiyithathe ngokobuqu, kwaye yonke imihla njengentsapho. Ukusukela ngoko, ndiye ndabona izinto ezothusayo ezenzeka kum nakubomi bentsapho. Ubomi bam basemoyeni bubonakala bunzulu; Ukuhlanjululwa kubonakala kusanda ngokukhawuleza; kwaye uxolo, ucwangco kunye nemvisiswano zingena ebomini bethu. Ndingayichaza le nto ngokuncedwa nguMariya, umama wethu wokomoya. Ndiye ndalwa iminyaka emininzi ukoyisa iziphene zobuntu kunye neendawo zobuthathaka ngaphandle kwempumelelo encinci. Ngequbuliso ezi zinto ziyenziwa ngandlela thile!
Kwaye iyavakala. Kwathatha uMariya noMoya oyiNgcwele ukwenza uYesu esibelekweni sakhe. Ngokunjalo ke, ngaba uMariya noMoya oyiNgcwele benza uYesu ngaphakathi komphefumlo wam. Ngokuqinisekileyo akangoThixo; kodwa uYesu umhloniphile ngokumnika le ndima intle yokuba ngumama wethu wokomoya. Ngapha koko, singumzimba kaKristu, kwaye uMariya akangomama weNtloko yomzimba, onguKristu!
Kukwafanelekile ukuba uchaze ukuba uninzi lwabaNgcwele babenothando olunzulu ngoMariya, kunye nokuzinikela okunzulu kuye. Ukuba ngumntu osondeleyo kuKristu ngenxa yokuba ngumama kuMkhululi, kubonakala ngathi uyakwazi "ukukhawulezisa" amakholwa kuKristu. Akayiyo "indlela", kodwa uyakwazi ukukhomba iNdlela ngokucacileyo kwabo bahamba kwi "fiat" yakhe kwaye bathembele kukhathalelo loomama.
UMARIYA, UMTSHATO WOMOYA OYINGCWELE
Ndinqwenela ukwalatha enye into endibethileyo kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo. UPopu John Paul ebethandazela ukuba "ipentekoste entsha" ize emhlabeni wethu. Ngepentekoste yokuqala, uMariya wayehlangene kwigumbi eliphezulu kunye nabapostile bethandazela ukuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uze. Kumawaka amabini eminyaka kamva, kubonakala ngathi sikwigumbi eliphezulu lokudideka kunye noloyiko. Nangona kunjalo, uPopu John Paul usimema ukuba sijoyine isandla sikaMariya, kwaye sithandaze kwakhona ngokuza koMoya oyiNgcwele.
Kwaye kwenzeka ntoni emva kokuba uMoya weza kumawaka amabini eminyaka eyadlulayo? Ukushumayela okutsha kwavela ngaBapostile, kwaye ubuKristu basasazeka ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi liphela. Ayenzeki ngengozi nokuba, ndiyakholelwa, ukuba uPopu John Paul uthethe rhoqo esithi ubona kwangaphambili ukuqala "kwexesha elitsha lentwasahlobo" emhlabeni, "uvangelo olutsha" njengoko ebeka. Ngaba uyayibona indlela ekubonakala ukuba iyadibana ngayo yonke le nto?
Andazi ngawe, kodwa ndifuna ukulungela oku kuthululwa koMoya, nangayiphi na indlela eyenzeka ngayo. Kwaye kubonakala kucacile kum ukuba uMama wethu weRosari unendima ekhethekileyo ayidlalayo kule pentekoste intsha.
Mhlawumbi u-Bawo oyiNgcwele ubona iRosari njengesixhobo sokugqibela kwimpucuko yethu, ukunqanda ukubandezeleka ngokungeyomfuneko. Okucacileyo, kukuba upopu uthandazela ukuba, uMzimba kaKristu, siphendule ngesisa kulo mthandazo:
“Ngamana esi sibheno sam singekhe siviwe!” (Ibid. 43.)
Ukufumana ileta kwiRosari, cofa apha: URosarium Virginis Mariae
