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nguMlawuli uRichard Brehn, NOAA Corps

Skrolela ezantsi ukumamela ipodcast yokucamngca ngalunye ukuba unqwenela njalo. Khumbula, unokufumana yonke imihla apha: Ukuthandaza umva.

WE baphila kumaxesha angaqhelekanga.

Kwaye phakathi kwabo, apha nina are. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uziva ungenamandla xa ujongene notshintsho oluninzi olwenzekayo kwihlabathi lethu-umdlali ongabalulekanga, umntu ongenampembelelo incinci kwilizwe elikujikelezileyo, kungasathethwa ke ngembali. Mhlawumbi uziva ngathi ubotshelelwe kwintambo yembali kwaye urhuqelwa emva kweNqanawa enkulu yeXesha, ukuphosa nokujika ungenakunceda ekuvukeni kwayo. Oko, mhlobo wam, yile nto kanye uSathana angathanda ukuba wena, mna, kunye nawo onke amaKristu akholelwe, kwaye ke, usikhokele kubukhoboka boyika, unxunguphalo, kunye nokuzikhusela. Kwi neutered ngokomoya ubukho. Kodwa wazi ngcono. Uyazi ukuba uyaziqonda kakuhle ukuba ungubani kuKristu, kwaye ukuba uqala ukuhlala kubudlelane noThixo oko yinyani, nya niseka, yaye lilonke, ukuze ube njengesaphetha seNqanawa. Ukuba ubomi bakho-nokuba bungaphilwa kwi khonkrithi obufihlwe kude nehlabathi-buzokwenza imbali ngeendlela ezinokuthi ziqondwe ngonaphakade.

Yima umzuzwana kwaye ucinge ngoku: ungomnye Iibhiliyoni yabantu abakhe baphila kulo mhlaba. Kodwa ngoku, ngumoya ngamnye owuphefumlayo, usika amaza exesha ekungekho namnye umntu owakha wanalo. Wena nam are umzuzu wangoku oza kuchaza ixesha elidlulileyo. Ushiyeke iminyaka emingaphi emhlabeni? Zingaphi iintsuku? Ngaba ixesha lakho elisele apha linokuyiguqula indlela yeli hlabathi? Qonda oku: umthandazo omnye, owenziweyo ngothando, uthethwe ngenyaniso, kwaye uhonjiswe ngeenyembezi unokutshintsha inkambo yembali. Kukangaphi uKumkani uDavide ekhala iinyembezi zenguquko, kuphela ukuba iNkosi ilibazise isigwebo sayo kwesinye isizukulwana! ^[1]cf. 2 Sam 12: 13-14 Kuthekani ngo "ewe" kaMama wethu osikelelekileyo, kunye neempembelelo zayo ezingenakuqondakala? Okanye ekaSt. Francis waseAssisi, okanye uAugustine, okanye uFaustina? Ngaba asibizelwanga ukuba nathi "sizale" uKristu njengoko benzayo?

Bantwana bam, endibuye ndasebenza ngenxa yabo, ade uKristu amiliswe ngaphakathi kwenu. (Gal 4:19)

Ngelo xesha, amazwi okanye izenzo zethu ezenzelwe uThixo zinokubonakala zincinci kwaye zingenaxabiso… kodwa isenzo ngasinye kunye nelizwi, elenziwe ngentando kaThixo, liba njengembewu yemostade, eyona mbewu incinci. Kodwa xa ikhula, iba yeyona mithi mikhulu. Kunjalo ke nangamazwi nezenzo zethu xa siphendula ubabalo. Bano ngonaphakade impembelelo.

Injongo yale Lenten Retreat, endiyibeka ezandleni zikaMama oSikelelweyo, kukususa mna nawe kwi khusela isikhundla -ukusabela kwiziganeko eziguqula umhlaba ezisingqongileyo ngoloyiko okanye ngokunyanzelwa- ukuya kwi ekhubekisayo Nye. Kodwa hayi ngohlobo lwe-hype kunye "nokucinga okuqinisekileyo" ezinokukhuthazwa zizithethi ezikhuthazayo. Endaweni yoko, ukukunceda ukuba uqale ngokuphila ubunyani, obunyanisekileyo, obupheleleyo kunye noThixo ngeendlela eziqinisekisiweyo zobabalo.

Kuba usindiswe ngokubabalwa nangalo ukholo; nako oko kungaphumi kuwe. Sisipho sikaThixo… Kuba singumsebenzi wezandla zakhe, sidalelwe kuKristu Yesu ngenxa yemisebenzi elungileyo uThixo ayilungisileyo kwangaphambili, ukuze sihlale kuyo. (Kwabase-Efese 2: 8-10).

Ngelinye igama, injongo yale retreat kukukunceda uphuhlise ubumoya. Yiyo ke loo nto, iyakuba luncedo, icel'umngeni, kunye nobizo lokuba wena ungene kwelinye lamadabi amakhulu omoya iBandla elakhe lawazi, into eyabizwa nguSt. ubumnyama. ^[2]cf. Ukuqonda iMfazwe yokuGqibela

Kwaye ke, masicenge le Ngcwele inkulu, sikunye noMama Teresa, uSt. Faustina, uSt. Pio, uSt. Ambrose, uSt. Catherine waseSiena, iSt. UAndrew, uMkhonzi kaThixo uCatherine de Hueck Doherty (yongeza ingcwele yakho oyithandayo)… ukusithandazela, ukuba sibe namandla nesibindi sokuphendula kubabalo uThixo aza kusenza sifumaneke ngendlela enzulu. Ndiqinisekile ngale nto-kuba nguBawo onokuthi anike umntwana waKhe ilitye xa acele isonka, okanye inyoka endaweni yentlanzi?

Khumbula, “Abalulamileyo baya kuwudla ilifa umhlaba.” ^[3]I-Matt 5: 5 Ngelixa kusenokubonakala ngathi ngabantu behlabathi, abazizityebi, nabakhohlakeleyo kuphela kwabo baveza ikamva, zihlala zifihlakele, zilumkile, kwaye iintliziyo ezifana nomntwana ziguqula ngokwenyani imbali. Njengoko isibhalo sithi:

“Ndiya kubutshabalalisa ubulumko bezilumko, ndize ndibeke bucala imfundiso yabafundileyo.” Siphi na ke isilumko? Uphi umbhali? Uphi umphikisi weli phakade? (1 Kor. 1: 19-20)

Waphendula ke uYesu wathi:

Bayekeni abantwana beze kum; musani ukubathintela, kuba ubukumkani bukaThixo bobabo ... Waza wabawola, wazibeka izandla phezu kwabo. (UMarko 10: 14-16)

Kwaye ke, ukubuyela kwethu emva kuqala ngokuwola kunye nentsikelelo ka UYesu, kwabo beza njengabantwana abancinci, oko kukuthi, ngeentliziyo ezaphukileyo nezityumkileyo; ngokunyaniseka; ngethemba nokholo; kunye umnqweno, nokuba iipokotho zakho zingenanto yesidima. Ewe, uYesu uyakwamkela ngoku… Sukoyika. Kuba, kunye noMama wethu, uya kuba yi-Retreat Master yethu.

ISISHWANKATHELO & ISIBHALO:

Ngawo wonke umoya owuphefumlayo, unethuba lokutshintsha inkambo yembali, nokuba ungubani na, xa umoya wakho uphefumlelwe ngaphakathi, kunye noKristu.

Ndinokuzenza izinto zonke, ndikulowo undomelezayo, uKristu. KwabaseFilipi 4:13.