UKHOLO yioli egcwalisa izibane zethu kwaye isilungiselela ukuza kukaKrestu (Mat 25). Kodwa silufumana njani olu kholo, okanye mandithi, sizalisa izibane zethu? Impendulo igqithile mthandazo.
Umthandazo uhambela kubabalo esilufunayo… -ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika (CCC), n.2010
Abantu abaninzi baqala unyaka omtsha besenza "isisombululo sonyaka omtsha" - isithembiso sokutshintsha indlela ethile yokuziphatha okanye ukufezekisa iinjongo ezithile. Ke bazalwana noodade, zimiseleni ukuthandaza. Ambalwa ke amaKatolika abona ukubaluleka kukaThixo namhlanje kuba abasathandazi. Ukuba bangathandaza ngokungaguquguqukiyo, iintliziyo zabo ziya kugcwaliswa ngakumbi nangakumbi ngeoli yokholo. Baza kudibana noYesu ngendlela yobuqu, kwaye baqiniseke ngaphakathi kwabo ukuba ukhona kwaye unguye lo athi Unguye. Banokunikwa ubulumko obuvela ezulwini bokuqonda ngale mihla siphila kuyo, nangakumbi umbono wasezulwini wazo zonke izinto. Baza kudibana naYe xa bemfuna ngentembeko efana nomntwana…
… Mfune ngentliziyo egqibeleleyo; kuba ufunyenwe ngabo bangamcikidiyo, ezibonakalalisa nakwabo bangakholwayo kuye. (Ubulumko 1: 1-2)
AMAXESHA ANGAQHELEKANGA, IMILINGANISELO ENGAPHEZULU
Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba emva kweminyaka engama-2000, uThixo uthumela umama wakhe kuye lo isizukulwana. Kwaye uthini? Kwimiyalezo yakhe emininzi, usibiza ukuba sithandaze—ku “thandaza, thandaza, thandaza.” Mhlawumbi inokuphinda iphindwe ngenye indlela:
Zalisa izibane zakho! Zalisa izibane zakho! Zalisa izibane zakho!
Kwenzeka ntoni xa singathandazi? Imiphumo inokuba buhlungu. ICatechism ifundisa ukuba,
Umthandazo bubomi bentliziyo entsha. -CCC, n. 2697
Ukuba awuthandazi, ke intliziyo entsha oyinikwayo kuBhaptizo bayafa. Ihlala ingabonakali, indlela umthi ofa ngayo ixesha elide. Ngenxa yoko, amaKatolika amaninzi namhlanje ayaphila, kodwa akaphili uyaphila—ephila kubomi obungamandla kaThixo, evelisa iziqhamo zoMoya: uthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ukuzeka kade umsindo, ububele, ubulali, intembeko, ububele, nokuzeyisa, iziqhamo ezinokuguqula ihlabathi elingaphakathi naphakathi kwabo.
UMoya oyiNgcwele ufana nencindi yomdiliya kaBawo othwala isiqhamo emasebeni awo. -CCC, n. I-1108
Umthandazo yinto etsalela incindi yoMoya oyiNgcwele emphefumlweni, ukhanyisela ingqondo yomntu, usomeleza isimilo somntu, usenze sifane ngakumbi nobuNgcwele. Olu lubabalo aluzisi ngexabiso eliphantsi. Itsalwa ngokulangazelela, ukunqwenela, nokufikelela komphefumlo kuThixo.
Sondelani kuye uThixo, wosondela kuni. (Yakobi 4: 8)
Oku kubizwa ngokuba “ngumthandazo wentliziyo,” ukuthetha noThixo ngokusuka entliziyweni, ngokungathi uthetha nomhlobo:
Umthandazo wokucingisisa ngokokubona kwam awuyonto yimbi ngaphandle kokwabelana ngokusondeleyo phakathi kwezihlobo; kuthetha ukuthabatha ixesha rhoqo ukuba yedwa kunye naye esimaziyo ukuba uyasithanda. -CCC, St. Teresa of Avila, n.2709
Ukuba ubabalo lweza ngexabiso eliphantsi, indalo yethu ewileyo bekuya kuyithatha kancinci ngokukhawuleza (bona Kutheni Ukholo?).
INGOZI YOWEKUKA
Ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa lubabalo olungaphezu kwendalo, intliziyo engathandaziyo iba semngciphekweni wokuphulukana nokholo lwayo ngokupheleleyo. KuMyezo waseGetsemane, uYesu walumkisa aBapostile ukuba “balinde kwaye bathandaze.” Kunoko, balala. Bathe bakuba bevuswe kukusondela kwabalindi ngesiquphe, babaleka. Abo bangathandaziyo baze basondele kuThixo namhlanje, bexakeke yimicimbi yabantu, basengozini yokulala. Xa kufika ixesha lokuhendwa, banokuphambuka ngokulula. Loo maKristu ayaziyo ukuba eli lixesha lokulungiselela, ukanti angakunanzi, azivumele ukuba aphazamiseke ngamaxhala, ubutyebi, neziyolo zobu bomi, abizwa ngokufanelekileyo nguKristu ukuba “bubudenge” ( Luka 8:14; Mat 25:8; XNUMX).
Ngoko ukuba ububudenge, qalisa kwakhona. Ulibale ukuba uthandaze ngokwaneleyo okanye uthandaze kwaphela. Mhlawumbi isikhalo esisuka entliziyweni namhlanje siya kuba namandla ngaphezu kwemithandazo echithachithekileyo yonyaka. UThixo unokusigcwalisa isibane sakho, asizalise ngokukhawuleza. Kodwa oko bendingayi kukuthabatha lula, kuba akuyazi ukuba ubomi bakho buya kubuzwa nini na, xa uya kujongana noMgwebi nethemba lokuphila ngonaphakade eZulwini okanye esihogweni.
UHAMBO LOMTHANDAZO
Ndikhule ndingumntwana othanda izinto ezininzi, ophazamiseka lula, odikwa msinya. Ingcamango yokuchitha ixesha cwaka phambi kweNkosi yayilithemba elinzima. Kodwa xa ndandineminyaka eli-10 ubudala, ndatsaleleka kwiMisa yemihla ngemihla eyayikufuphi nesikolo sam. Apho, ndafunda ubuhle bokuthula, ndakha ukungcamla ukucamngca nokulambela iNkosi yethu yoMthendeleko. Ngeentlanganiso zomthandazo abazali bam ababezizimasa kwirhamente yengingqi, [1]cf. Charismatic – Icandelo VII Ndikwazile ukuva ubomi bomthandazo babanye abeza ukuba ne “ulwalamano lobuqu” noYesu. [2]cf. Ubudlelwane bobuqu noYesu
Ukuba ngumKristu akusosiphumo sokhetho lokuziphatha okanye umbono ophakamileyo, kodwa kukuhlangana nomnyhadala, umntu, onika ubomi umbono omtsha kunye nesikhokelo esigqibeleleyo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI; Ileta yeencyclical: UDeus Caritas Est, “uThixo uluthando”; n.1
Okuvuyisayo kukuba, ndandibabalwe ngabazali ababendifundisa ukuthandaza. Xa ndandikwishumi elivisayo, ndandidla ngokunyuka izitebhisi ukuze ndifumane isidlo sakusasa ndize ndibone ibhayibhile katata ivuliwe etafileni kunye nekopi yayo. Ilizwi Phakathi Kwethu (isikhokelo seBhayibhile samaKatolika). Ndandidla ngokufunda ufundo lweMisa lwemihla ngemihla nokucamngca okuncinane. Ngalo msebenzi ulula, ingqondo yam yaqala ukuguqulwa.
Musani ke ukuthatha isimilo sabantu beli phakade, kodwa kumila kumbi ngokuhlaziyeka kwengqiqo yenu… (KwabaseRoma 12:2)
Ndaqalisa ukuva uThixo ethetha nam ngokobuqu ngeLizwi lakhe. UKrestu waba yinyani ngakumbi kum. Nam ndaqala ukuva...
…ubudlelwane obubalulekileyo nobomntu noThixo ophilayo noyinyaniso. —ICCC, n. I-2558
UJerome Ongcwele wathi, “ukungabi nalwazi ngeZibhalo kukungamazi uKristu.” Ngokufunda iZibhalo mihla le, udibana nobukho bukaThixo kuba eli Lizwi liyaphila, kwaye eli Lizwi liyafundisa kwaye liguqule kuba uKristu uliLizwi! Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, mna nomfundisi sachitha iveki sifunda iZibhalo kwaye siphulaphule uMoya oyiNgcwele uthetha nathi ngazo. Yayinamandla amangalisayo indlela iLizwi elalihamba ngayo emiphefumlweni yethu. Ngenye imini, ngequbuliso wadanduluka wathi, “Liyaphila eli Lizwi! Kwisikolo sobufundisi, iBhayibhile sasiyiphatha ngokungathi yayiyibhayoloji emele icalulwe ize iqhathwe, umbhalo ongakhathaliyo nongenawo amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo.” Kanjalo, ubuzwilakhe ikhuphe kwimiphefumlo emininzi kunye nezifundo zabefundisi ezingcwele nezingaqondakaliyo.
“Sithetha naye xa sithandaza; siyamva xa sifunda intetho yobuthixo.” -Umgaqo-siseko weNkolo yobuKatolika, Ch. 2, KwiSityhilelo: Denzinger 1786 (3005), iVatican I
Ndaqhubeka ndisiya eMthendelekweni eyunivesithi. Kodwa ndabuliswa ngesilingo emva kokuhendwa ndaza ndaqalisa ukufumanisa ukuba ukholo lwam nobomi bam basemoyeni abunamandla njengoko ndandicinga. Ndandimdinga ngokwenene uYesu kunanini na ngaphambili. Ndandisiya rhoqo kwi-Confession, ndifumana uthando nenceba engapheliyo kaThixo. Kwakusekubetheni kwezi zilingo apho ndaqalisa khona ukukhala kuThixo. Okanye kunoko, ndandijongene nokuba ndilahle ukholo lwam, okanye ndiguqukele kuYe kwakhona kwaye kwakhona, nangona ubuthathaka obukrakra benyama yam. Kwakukule meko yobuhlwempu ngokomoya endathi ndayifunda loo nto thobeka yindlela eya entliziyweni kaThixo.
…ukuthobeka sisiseko somthandazo. -CCC, n. I-2559
Kwaye ndafumanisa ukuba akanakuze andilahle, ngoku nokuba ndinesono kangakanani na, xa ndibuyela kuYe ngenyaniso nangokuthobeka:
...intliziyo etyumkileyo, ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela. ( INdumiso 51:19 )
Makungabikho namnye ukoyikayo ukusondela kum, nokuba izono zawo zibomvu krwe. Obona bubi bomphefumlo bungandivuthisi ngumsindo; kodwa kunokuba, Intliziyo Yam ishukunyiselwa ngakuyo ngenceba enkulu. -Delisa inceba kumphefumlo wam, Idayari yaseSt. Faustina, n. 699; 1739
Uvumo ngoko ke, luyinto kwaye kufuneka ibe yinxalenye yobomi bakho bomthandazo. UJohn Paul II wancomela waza waqhelisela ukuvuma izono ngeveki, ngoku eye yaba lelinye lobabalo olukhulu ebomini bam:
Kuya kuba yinkohliso ukufuna ubungcwele, ngokobizo umntu alufumene kuThixo, ngaphandle kokuthabatha rhoqo le Sakramente yokuguqulwa noxolelwaniso. —USIKELELILEYO UYOHANE PAUL II; IVatican, ngoMatshi 29 (CWNews.com)
Kamva ebomini, ndaqalisa ukuthandaza iRosari ngokuqhubekayo. Ngolu lwalamano nomama kaKristu—uMama—ubomi bam bokomoya babonakala bukhula ngokukhawuleza. UMariya uyazazi ezona ndlela zikhawulezayo zokuba sifezekise ubungcwele kunye nobudlelwane obunzulu noNyana wakhe. Kufana nokuba, ngo ebambelele esandleni sakhe, [3]nb. Ndihlala ndicinga ngamaso eRosari, ebhijelwe esandleni sam, njengesandla sakhe kwesam... sivunyelwe ukungena kumagumbi eNtliziyo kaKristu ebekuya kuba nzima ukuyifumana. Usikhokelela nzulu nanzulu kwiNtliziyo yoThando apho uMlilo wayo oNgcwele usiguqula ukusuka ekukhanyeni ukuya ekukhanyeni. Uyakwazi ukwenza oko ngenxa yokuba emanyene ngokusondeleyo noMlingane wakhe, umthetheleli wethu, uMoya oyiNgcwele.
UMLANGO
Andiyithandabuzi into yokuba uMary uye wadlala indima ethile ekundinyuleleni abalathisi bokomoya—amadoda athe, phezu kwako nje ubuthathaka babo, aba zizitya zenceba engathethekiyo. Ngabo, ndakhokelela ekubeni ndithandaze Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyure, engumthandazo weCawa yeHlabathi liphela ngaphandle koMthendeleko. Kuloo mithandazo nakwimibhalo yokuthand’ izwe, ingqondo yam iye ivisisane ngakumbi nekaKristu, neyeCawa Yakhe. Ngaphezu koko, abalathisi bam baye bandikhokela kwizigqibo ezinjengokuzila ukutya, ixesha lokuthandaza, nendlela yokulungelelanisa ubomi bentsapho nobulungiseleli bam. Ukuba awukwazi ukufumana umlawuli ongcwele wokomoya, cela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba akuphe, kwaye uthembele okwangoku ukuba uya kukukhokelela kumadlelo ekufuneka ube kuwo.
Okokugqibela, ngokuchitha ixesha ndedwa noYesu kwiSakramente eSikelelekileyo, ndiye ndadibana Naye ngeendlela ezisoloko zingenakuchazwa, kwaye ndeva ulwalathiso lwakhe ngokuthe ngqo emthandazweni wam. Kwangaxeshanye, ndikwajongene nobumnyama obufunwa kukucokiswa kokholo: amaxesha okoma, ukudinwa, ukungazinzi, nokuzola kweTrone okubangela ukuba umphefumlo uncwine, ucenga umoya wokubona ubuso bukaThixo. Nangona ndingasiqondi isizathu sokuba uThixo asebenze ngale ndlela okanye ngaleya, ndiye ndabona ukuba konke kulungile. Konke kulungile.
THANDAZA UNGAPHELI
Kufuneka sibe nomonde kwiziqu zethu. Kodwa simele siqhubeke sithandaza. Sukuncama! Ukufunda ukuthandaza, thandaza rhoqo. Ukufunda ukuthandaza kakuhle, thandaza ngakumbi. Sukulinda “imvakalelo” yokufuna ukuthandaza.
Umthandazo awunakuncitshiswa ube kukuthululwa okuzenzekelayo kwempembelelo yangaphakathi: ukuze umntu athandaze, kufuneka abe nomnqweno wokuthandaza. Akwanelanga nokwazi oko kutyhilwa ziZibhalo ngomthandazo: ubani ufanele afunde nendlela yokuthandaza. Ngodluliselo oluphilayo (Isithethe esiNgcwele) ngaphakathi “kwiCawa ekholwayo nethandazayo,” uMoya oyiNgcwele ufundisa abantwana bakaThixo indlela yokuthandaza. -CCC, 2650
Yenza umthandazo ngokungapheziyo usukelo lwakho ( 1 Tesalonika 5:17 ). Kwaye yintoni le? Kukumazi rhoqo uThixo, kukunxibelelana naye rhoqo nakuyiphi na imeko yobomi okuyo, nokuba ukuyo nayiphi na imeko.
Ubomi bomthandazo ngumkhwa wokuba kubukho bukaThixo ongcwele kathathu kunye nobudlelwane kunye naye… asinako ukuthandaza “ngawo onke amaxesha” ukuba asithandazi ngamaxesha athile, sivuma ngokuzithandela. -CCC n. I-2565, 2697
Ungacingi ukuba lo mthandazo ungayeki ukuncokola rhoqo. Kufana nokujonga komyeni ngakumfazi wakhe ngaphaya kwegumbi, "ukwazi" omnye okhoyo, uthando oluthetha ngaphandle kwamazwi, ukuhlala okungaphaya, njengeankile emashumi mahlanu eefatom ngaphantsi ekuzoleni okunzulu ulwandle, ngelixa isaqhwithi sibhudla phezu komhlaba. Sisipho ukuthandaza ngolu hlobo. Kwaye inikwa abo bafunayo, abo bankqonkqozayo, nabacelayo.
Ngoko, ulindele ntoni? Zisombulule ukuthandaza.
Yapapashwa okokuqala nge-2 kaJanuwari ngo-2009.
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| ↑1 | cf. Charismatic – Icandelo VII |
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| ↑2 | cf. Ubudlelwane bobuqu noYesu |
| ↑3 | nb. Ndihlala ndicinga ngamaso eRosari, ebhijelwe esandleni sam, njengesandla sakhe kwesam... |