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ABANTU kunye noodade, asinakuziva njani ngalo mhla uzukileyo? Ukanti, ndiyazi ngokwenyani, uninzi lwenu alonwabanga xa sifunda imixholo yemigqomo yokubetha yemfazwe, yokuwa kwezoqoqosho, kunye nokunganyamezelani kokuziphatha kweCawa. Kwaye uninzi ludiniwe kwaye lucinywa ngumsinga wenyala, ukungcola nobundlobongela obugcwalisa amaza ethu kunye ne-intanethi.

Kusekupheleni kanye kwewaka lesibini leminyaka apho amafu amakhulu, asoyikisayo ehlangana eluntwini bonke ubumnyama buzehlela emiphefumlweni yabantu. —UPOPU JOHN PAUL II, osuka kwintetho (eguqulelwe ngokusuka kwisiTaliyane), ngoDisemba, 1983; www.v Vatican.va

Yinyani yethu leyo. Kwaye ndingabhala "ungoyiki" kaninzi, kwaye baninzi bahlala bexhalabile kwaye bexhalabile ngezinto ezininzi.

Okokuqala, kufuneka siqonde ukuba ithemba eliqinisekileyo lihlala likhulelwe kwisibeleko senyaniso, kungenjalo, kusengozini yokuba lithemba lobuxoki. Okwesibini, ithemba lingaphezulu kakhulu kokuba “ngamazwi alungileyo.” Ngapha koko, amagama zizimemo nje. Umsebenzi kaKristu weminyaka emithathu wawungomnye wesimemo, kodwa elona themba lamkelwa emnqamlezweni. Yaze yafukamelwa kwaye yazala engcwabeni. Le nto, zihlobo ezithandekayo, yindlela yethemba eliyinyani kuni kunye nam kula maxesha…

ITHEMBA ELISEMTHETHWENI

Makhe nditsho, ngokulula, ukuba ithemba livela kubudlelwane obuphilayo nobunamandla kunye neThemba uqobo: NguYesu Krestu. Ayisiokwazi nje ngaYe, kodwa Ukwazi Yena.

Owokuqala kuyo yonke imithetho… Uze uyithande iNkosi uThixo wakho ngentliziyo yakho iphela, nangomphefumlo wakho uphela, nangengqondo yakho iphela, nangamandla akho ephela… (Marko 12: 29-30)

AmaKatolika amaninzi namhlanje ahlala ngaphandle kwethemba kuba ubudlelwane babo noThixo phantse abukho. Ngoba?

… Umthandazo is ubudlelwane obuphilayo babantwana bakaThixo kunye noTata wabo… -ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika (CCC), n. 2565

Ewe abantu abaninzi namhlanje, kwaye mhlawumbi nabanye babafundi bam, bayasukela emva kweziprofeto zekamva, ukubhabha malunga ne-intanethi "kwangoko", ukuxakeka, ukuxakeka, ukuxakeka… kodwa ungabi nalo ixesha elaneleyo lokuthandaza Ithemba livela ekudibaneni noYesu; ehlala njalo ithemba livela kwi oluqhubekayo ukuhlangana noThixo ngobomi obudalelwe yena, kwaye Yena yedwa.

Xa sithandaza ngokufanelekileyo senza inkqubo yokuhlanjululwa kwangaphakathi okusivulela kuThixo kwaye ngaloo ndlela nakwabanye abantu ngokunjalo ... Ngale ndlela sihlanjululwa ngayo esivulekileyo kuThixo kwaye silungele ukusebenzela abanye abantu. abantu. Siye sikwazi ukuba nethemba elikhulu, kwaye ke ngaloo ndlela siba ngabalungiseleli banethemba labanye. -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Thetha uSalvi (ugcinwe ethembeni), n. I-33, 34

Apha, siyabona ukuba ithemba libotshelelwe, hayi emthandazweni kuphela, kodwa nasekuzimiseleni ukuba zizitya zethemba:

… Owesibini ngulo: Uze umthande ummelwane wakho njengawe siqu. Akukho mthetho wumbi mkhulu kunale. (UMarko 12:31)

Kwinqanaba esizibamba ngalo kuwo nawuphi na wale miyalelo, ukuze sigcine inxenye yethu kude nokufikelela kwaKhe kunye nokufikelela kukommelwane wethu, linqanaba esiqala ngalo ukuphulukana nethemba. Ngalo lonke ixesha sisona, siphulukana nethemba elincinci kuba siyekile ukulandela Lowo ulithemba ngokwalo.

Yile nto ndiyithethayo xa ndisithi ithemba lokwenyani likhulelwe emnqamlezweni kwaye lazalelwa engcwabeni. ukuthobela, ukunikezela ngentando yethu kwintando kaThixo, kuthetha ukufa kumna. Kodwa kufuneka siyeke ukubona oku kuzinikezela njengelahleko, kwaye siqale ukukubona ngamehlo okholo!

Ukuba amanzi aza kushushu, kufuneka kubanda kuwo kubanda. Ukuba iinkuni kufuneka zenziwe umlilo, uhlobo lwenkuni kufuneka lufe. Ubomi esibufunayo abunakubakho kuthi, ayinakuba yinto yethu, asinakho ukuba thina, ngaphandle kokuba siyizuze ngokuyeka kuqala ukuba yile nto siyiyo; obu bomi sibufumana ngokufa. —Fr. UJohn Tauler (1361), umfundisi waseJamani waseDominican kunye nomfundi wezakwalizwi; isuka e Iintshumayelo kunye neenkomfa zikaJohn Tauler

"Ithemba" esilifunayo alinakuphila kuthi ngaphandle kokulandela umzekelo kaKristu wokufa kuye.

Yibani nesimo sengqondo esifanayo nesakho kuKristu Yesu… waziqongqotha… elulamela ukufa, kwada kwaba sekufeni emnqamlezweni. Ngenxa yoku, uThixo wamphakamisa kakhulu… (Phil 2: 5-9)

Kukhululwe isiqu sakho, ukuze umntu omtsha, oyinyani, aphile. Ngamanye amagama, siphila ngokuthanda kukaThixo, hayi okwethu, ukuze ubomi baKhe buhlale kuthi bube bubomi bethu. Sibona le patheni kuMariya ngokunjalo: uzikhuphela ngaphandle kwi "fiat" yakhe, kwaye, u-Kristu ukhulelwe kuye.

Aniqondi na ukuba uYesu Krestu ukho kuni? … Ndiyaphinda ndiyabulaleka ade uKristu abunjwe kuni! (2 Kor 13: 5; Gal 4:19)

Kufuneka siyeke ukunkcenkceshela la magama kwaye siqonde ukuba uThixo usibizela kutshintsho olukhulu kubomi bethu. Akanomdla wokusisindisa kancinci, asingcwalise kancinane, asiguqulele kwinqanaba. Umnqweno wakhe kukusiphakamisela ngokupheleleyo kule Mifanekiso sasidalwe ngayo.

Ndiqinisekile ngale nto, yokuba lowo wawuqalayo ngaphakathi kwenu umsebenzi olungileyo uya kuwugqiba kude kube ngumhla kaKrestu Yesu. KwabaseFilipi 1: 6.

Sibuhlungu kakhulu xa sicelwa ukuba sithandaze, okanye sikhawuleze, sibulale okanye siphile ngokuphakathi. Kungenxa yokuba siyehluleka ukubona ingaphakathi kunye novuyo olufihliweyo kunye nethemba eliza kuphela kwabo bangena eluhambeni. Kodwa bahlobo bam, ngoku siphila kumaxesha angaqhelekanga apho kufuneka silungele ukunika kakhulu, nangaphezulu.

Abo bacela umngeni kobuhedeni butsha bajongene nokukhetha okunzima. Nokuba bayavumelana nale ntanda-bulumko okanye bayiyo ejongene nethemba lokufela ukholo. —Fr. UJohn Hardon (1914-2000), Unganyaniseka njani kwiKatolika namhlanje? Ngokunyaniseka kwiBhishophu yaseRoma; Umthembasbd.org

Akukho ngaphantsi kwamaKatolika aqhelekileyo anokuphila, ke iintsapho eziqhelekileyo zamaKatolika azinakuphila. Abanakukhetha. Kufuneka babe ngcwele-oko kuthetha ukuba bangcwalisiwe-okanye baya kutshabalala. Iintsapho zamaKatolika kuphela eziza kuhlala ziphila kwaye zichuma kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye ziintsapho zabafeli-nkolo. -Intombi Enyulu Ebusisiweyo kunye nokuNgcwaliswa koSapho, Mkhonzi kaThixo, Fr. UJohn A. Hardon, SJ

INQANABA LOKHOLO

Hayi! Uyabona, la magama angaboyikisa abanye. Kodwa kungenxa yokuba abaluqondiyo utshintsho lukaThixo oluza kwenzeka. Ukholo lwakho, ukuba luphila ngamandla kwaye buqu kunye noThixo ngomthandazo nokuthobela, luya kufumana ithemba elingenakuthatyathwa mntu, akukho mtshutshisi unokuxinana, akukho mfazwe inokuncipha, akukho zimbandezelo zitshatyalaliswayo, akukho tyala liya kubuna. Lo ngumyalezo wesibini wePasika epheleleyo Ukuzinikela kwethu kuThixo ngokungena kubusuku bokholo, ingcwaba lokushiya kuye ngokupheleleyo, kuvelisa kuthi zonke iziqhamo zoVuko. Bonke.

Makabongwe uThixo, uYise weNkosi yethu uYesu Kristu, lowo wasisikelelayo ngoKristu zonke intsikelelo yasemazulwini… (Efese 1: 3)

Eli asiloxesha lokuzibamba, ukugcina inxalenye yakho kuwe. Nikela yonke into kuThixo, ngaphandle kwendleko. Kwaye okukhona kubiza, kokukhona ubabalo, umvuzo, kunye ukuvuka kukaYesu ebomini bakho ngokuhlaziywa ngokomfanekiselo wakhe.

Kuba xa similiselwe kuye ngentsobi yokufa kwakhe, somiliselwa kuye nasekuvukeni. Siyazi ukuba umntu wethu omdala wabethelelwa emnqamlezweni kunye naye, ukuze umzimba wethu wesono upheliswe, ukuze singabi saba ngamakhoboka esono ... kuKristu Yesu. (Roma 6: 5-6, 11)

Zilungiselele ukubeka ubomi bakho emgceni ukuze ukhanyisele umhlaba ngenyaniso kaKrestu; ukuphendula ngothando kwintiyo kunye nokungakhathaleli ubomi; ukubhengeza ithemba likaKrestu ovukileyo kuzo zonke iimbombo zomhlaba. -UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Umyalezo kuLutsha kubantu beLizwe, uSuku loLutsha lweHlabathi, ngo-2008

Ndiyakholelwa ngenene ukuba uMongameli wethu ebesiza kuthi yonke le minyaka ukusinceda ukuba siqongqothwe kula maxesha ukuze sigcwaliswe-sizaliswe nguMoya kaThixo ukuze sibe ngamalangatye aphilayo othando ithemba kwihlabathi elimnyama kakhulu.

… UMoya oyiNgcwele uyabatshintsha abo ahlala kubo aze aguqule yonke indlela yobomi babo. NgoMoya ongaphakathi kubo kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba abantu ababexakeke zizinto zeli hlabathi babe zizezinye imbono kwihlabathi liphela, nokuba amagwala abe ngamadoda akhaliphileyo kakhulu. —St. UCyril waseAlexandria, Yimagnificat, Epreli, 2013, iphe. 34

Umama wethu ufuna… ukuzila ukutya, umthandazo, uguquko, njl. Kodwa kungenxa yokuba uyazi ukuba iyakuvelisa kuthi uYesu: iyakuvelisa kuthi ithemba lokwenene.

Asinakuyifihla into yokuba amafu amaninzi asoyikisayo ahlanganisene esiphelweni. Akufuneki, nangona kunjalo, siphelelwe ngamandla, endaweni yoko kufuneka sigcine ilangatye lethemba liphila ezintliziyweni zethu. -UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, kwiArhente yeendaba zamaKatolika, nge-15 kaJanuwari ka-2009

Nceda ungazivumeli ukuba ulahlekelwe lithemba! Musa ukuvumela ithemba libiwe! Ithemba uYesu asinika lona. -IPOPE FRANCIS, NgeCawa lePalm ngentsapho, ngoMatshi 24, 2013; www.v Vatican.va