AT ixesha apho "abakholwayo" ehlabathini bebhombela iibhombu kwimizimba yabo kwaye bazivuthele; xa kusenziwa imijukujelwa egameni lamalungelo omhlaba webhayibhile; xa izicatshulwa zesibhalo zithathwa ngaphandle komxholo ukuxhasa amalungelo anomdla-ku-Pope Benedict's Encyclical on uthando ime njengesibane esiqaqambe ngokungaqhelekanga kwizibuko elimnyama lomhlaba.
This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
(UJohn 13: 35)
AS Ndihambe epasejini ndisiya eMthendelekweni ngale ntsasa, ndive ngathi umnqamlezo ebendiwuphethe wenziwe ngekhonkrithi.
Njengoko ndandiqhubeka ndibuyela esihlalweni, iliso lam latsalelwa kwi icon yendoda eyayikhubazekile yehliswa kuluka kuYesu. Kwangoko ndaziva ukuba Ndandiyindoda ekhubazekileyo.
Amadoda athoba umntu ofe umzimba ngodonga phambi kobuso bukaKristu enza njalo ngomsebenzi onzima, ukholo kunye nokunyamezela. Kodwa ke ngulowo wayefe umzimba kuphela - engenzanga nto ngaphandle kokujonga kuYesu engenalo ithemba nethemba-awathi uKrestu wathi kubo,
“Uxolelwe izono zakho…. Vuka, uthabathe ukhuko lwakho, ugoduke.
INKOLO YAMAKRESTU ayiyongcamango; yi ubuso.
Kwaye ubuso bunjalo uthando.
BENDI bedlula kumabonwakude abantwana bam bebukele “Ukubuya koKumkani” —Inxalenye III ka INkosi yamaRandi-Kwakuthi ngesiquphe amazwi kaGandolf atsibe ngqo eskrinini wangena entliziyweni yam:
Izinto ziyashukuma ezingenakulungiswa.
Ndayeka ezindleleni zam ukumamela, umoya wam uvutha ngaphakathi kwam:
… Kukuphefumla okunzulu ngaphambi kokuntywila ...… Esi iya kuba sisiphelo seGondar njengoko sisazi…… Ekugqibeleni sifikile, idabi elikhulu lexesha lethu…
Emva koko i-hobbit ikhwele kwinqaba yokukhanyisa umlilo-isilumkiso-umqondiso wokulumkisa abantu abasemhlabeni ophakathi ukuba balungiselele idabi.
UThixo usithumelele "izinto esizithandayo" - abantwana abancinci athe uMama wakhe wabonakala kubo wabayalela ukuba babase imililo yenyaniso, ukuze ukukhanya kukhanye ebumnyameni… uLourdes, uFatima, kutshanje, iMedjugorje iza engqondweni Okulandelayo kulindwe imvume yeCawa).
Kodwa enye "i-hobbit" yayingumntwana ngokwasemoyeni kuphela, kwaye ubomi bakhe kunye namazwi akhe aphose ukukhanya emhlabeni wonke, nakwizithunzi ezimnyama:
Ngoku simi ebusweni beyona ngxabano inkulu yembali eye yadlula ebantwini. Andiqondi ukuba izangqa ezibanzi zoluntu lwaseMelika okanye iindawo ezibanzi zoluntu lobuKristu ziyakuqonda oku ngokupheleleyo. Sijongene nengxabano yokugqibela phakathi kweCawa kunye ne-anti-Church, yeVangeli kunye ne-anti-Gospel. Olu ngquzulwano luphakathi kwezicwangciso zolungiselelo lukaThixo. Lulingo oluthi iBandla liphela. . . kufuneka uthathe phezulu. -Ukhadinali Karol Wotyla owaba ngu-Pope John Paul II kwiminyaka emibini kamva; laphinda lashicilelwa ngoNovemba 9, 1978 The Wall Street Journal
ENKULU ukwahlukana kuyenzeka ehlabathini namhlanje. Abantu kufuneka bakhethe amacala. Ngokuyintloko ukwahlulahlula livuselele kwaye zentlalo values, ye- YeVangeli imigaqo ngokuchaseneyo mihla uqikelelo.
Kwaye yile nto kanye uKristu wayethe iyakwenzeka kwiintsapho nakwiintlanga xa zijongana nobukho bakhe:
Ngaba ucinga ukuba ndize kuzisa uxolo emhlabeni? Ndithi kuni, Hayi, kanye ndize kungenisa imbambano. Ukusukela ngoku umzi wabahlanu wohlulwa, abathathu ngokuchasene nababini kunye nababini ngokuchasene nabathathu… (Luka 12: 51-52)
I Ndiva ngathi iyure nganye iyabala ngoku. Ukuba ndibizelwe kuguquko olukhulu. Yinto engaqondakaliyo, ukanti sonwabile ngendlela emangalisayo. UKristu usilungiselela into… into engavamile.
Yes, repentance is more than penitence. It is not remorse. It is not just admitting our mistakes. It is not self-condemnation: "What a fool I've been!" Who of us has not recited such a dismal litany? No, repentance is a moral and spiritual revolution. To repent is one of the hardest things in the world, yet it is basic to all spiritual progress. It demands the breaking down of pride, self-assurance, and the innermost citadel of self-will.(UCatherine de Hueck Doherty, Ukuzanga kukaKristu)
NGAPHAMBILI Ukuvuma izono namhlanje, umfanekiso webala lemfazwe weza engqondweni.
Utshaba lusitshisa imijukujelwa kunye neembumbulu kuthi, zisiqhatha ngenkohliso, izilingo, kunye nezityholo. Sihlala sizifumana senzakele, sisopha, kwaye sikhubazekile, sizoyikisa emseleni.
Kodwa uKristu usitsalela kwi-Bunker of Confession, emva koko… avumele ibhombu yobabalo lwakhe iqhume kwindawo yokomoya, atshabalalise izitha zotshaba, abuyise uloyiko lwethu, asinxibe kwakhona kweso sikrweqe somoya esenza ukuba sizibandakanye kwakhona ezo "ziintloko namandla," ngokholo nangoMoya oyiNgcwele.
Sisemfazweni. Yi bulumko, hayi ubugwala, ukuya rhoqo kwi-Bunker.
THE amagama e- I-St. Elizabeth Anne Seton qhubeka ukhala entlokweni yam:
Be above the vain fears of nature and efforts of your enemy. You are children of eternity. Your immortal crown awaits you, and the best of Fathers waits there to reward your duty and love. You may indeed sow here in tears, but you may be sure there to reap in joy.(Ukusuka kwinkomfa ukuya kwiintombi zakhe zokomoya)
UQINISEKISO…
Ubomi bethu bufana neenkwenkwezi zokudubula. Umbuzo – umbuzo wokomoya – yeyiphi indlela eya kungena kuyo le nkwenkwezi.
Ukuba sityiwe zizinto zalo mhlaba: imali, ukhuseleko, amandla, izinto esinazo, ukutya, isondo, iphonografi… ngoko ke sifana nalaa meteor avuthayo atsha emhlabeni. Ukuba sigqityiwe nguThixo, ke sifana nesibhakabhaka esijolise elangeni.
Nanku umahluko.
I-meteor yokuqala, egqitywe zizilingo zehlabathi, ekugqibeleni iyahlakazeka ibe yinto engekhoyo. I-meteor yesibini, njengoko ityiwa kunye noYesu Nyana, ayidilizwa. Endaweni yoko, iyavutha ilangatye, inyibilike ibe nguNyana.
Owokuqala uyafa, abe yingqele, abe mnyama, kwaye aphile. Ubomi bokugqibela buba bubushushu, ukukhanya kunye nomlilo. Eyokuqala ibonakala ikhazimla phambi kwamehlo ehlabathi (okomzuzwana)… ide ibe luthuli, inyamalale ebumnyameni. Le yokugqibela ifihliwe kwaye ayibonwa, de ifikelele kwimitha yokutya yoNyana, ebanjwe ngonaphakade ekukhanyeni kwaKhe nothando.
Ke, kukho umbuzo omnye kuphela ebomini obalulekileyo: Yintoni endityayo?
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?(Mat 16:26)
tonight, kwakhona, ndibona ukungxamiseka kokuncothula nayiphi na into ephazamisayo kunye neendlela ezimbi endisabambelele kuzo. Kukho ubabalo oluninzi apho lokuyenza… ubabalo, ndiyakholelwa, kuye nawuphina umntu obuza ngokunyanisekileyo.
Akukho xesha lokuchitha. Kufuneka siqale ngoku ukulungiselela into eza kuza "njengesela ebusuku". Kuza ntoni?
Lowo unamehlo, ukubona; ngubani oneendlebe, lalela.
THE INkosi iyabona iminqweno yeentliziyo zethu. Uyawubona umnqweno wethu wokulunga.
Ke ngoko, nangona sisilele, nkqu nesono, uyabaleka asigone… njengokuba uYise wabaleka waya kunyana wolahleko, owayegutyungelwe lihlazo lemvukelo yakhe.
Yiyo loo nto uGabriyeli wathi kuMariya, "Musa ukoyika!"; isihlwele esizukileyo savakalisa kubelusi sisithi, Musani ukoyika! iingelosi ezimbini zakhuthaza abafazi engcwabeni, "Musani ukoyika!"; kubafundi bakhe emva kokuvuka kwakhe, u Yesu waphinda wathi, "Musa ukoyika."
IXESHA kule veki iphelileyo, bendiphazamisekile kwiingcinga zam kangangokuba andikwazi nokuthandaza isivakalisi ngaphandle kokukhukuliseka.
Ngale ngokuhlwa, xa bendicinga ngaphambi komdyarho ongenanto ecaweni, ndikhale eNkosini ndicela uncedo nenceba. Ngokukhawuleza njengenkwenkwezi ewayo, la mazwi afika kum:
"Banoyolo abangamahlwempu ngomoya".
UKUXELWA iyantlukwano kunye nabantu yinto efundiswa yinkolo yobuKristu, hayi, iimfuno. Nangona kunjalo, oku akuthethi "ukunyamezelwa" kwesono. '
… [Ubizo] lwethu kukuhlangula ihlabathi liphela ebubini kwaye siliguqule kuThixo: ngomthandazo, ngokuzisola, ngothando, kwaye, ngaphezu kwako konke, ngenceba. -Thomas Merton, Akukho mntu sisiQithi
Luthando lokunganxibisi abaze ze, ukuthuthuzela abagulayo, kunye nokutyelela ibanjwa, kodwa ukunceda umzalwana wakho hayi ukuba ze, ugule, okanye uvalelwe kuqala. Yiyo loo nto injongo yecawe ikukuchaza into embi, ukuze kukhethwe okulungileyo.
Inkululeko ayibandakanyi ukwenza into esiyithandayo, kodwa kukuba nelungelo lokwenza oko kufanelekile. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II
NINI Ndikhululekile okwethutyana kwizilingo kunye nezilingo, ndiyavuma ukuba bendicinga ukuba lo ngumqondiso wokukhula ebungcweleni… ekugqibeleni, ndihamba kumanqanaba kaKristu!
… Ude uBawo athobe iinyawo zam emhlabeni ndezelo. Kwaye ndaphinda ndabona ukuba, ngokwam, ndithatha amanyathelo omntwana, ndikhubeke ndilahlekelwe ngumlinganiso wam.
UThixo akandibeki phantsi kuba akasandithandi, okanye angandishiyi. Endaweni yoko, ke ndiyaqonda ukuba awona manyathelo makhulu kubomi bomoya enziwe, hayi ukutsiba uye phambili, kodwa phezulu, wabuyela ezingalweni Zakhe.
I-PEACE Sisipho sikaMoya oyiNgcwele,
kuxhomekeke kulonwabo, okanye ukubandezeleka kwenyama. Sisiqhamo,
ozelwe enzulwini yomoya, kanye njengedayimane
in
le
ubunzulu
of
le
umhlaba…
ngaphantsi kwelanga okanye imvula.
THE ukunganyamezelani "ukunyamezelana!"
Inomdla wokuba abo batyhola amaKristu
intiyo nokunganyamezelani
zihlala zinobungozi kwi
ithoni kunye nenjongo.
Yeyona icace gca-kwaye kulula ukujonga ngaphezulu
uhanahaniso lwamaxesha ethu.
