NGOKU Ubukumkani mabufike…

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"Ukuzalwa kukaYesu", ULornzo Monaco; 1409

Ukupapashwa kokuqala kukaDisemba 27, 2006

Kutheni elele kwindawo engathethekiyo, apho inkomo ne-esile zondla khona?  -Ngumntwana Onjani Lo ?,  IKarimesi yeKarimesi

Hayi oonogada abagciniweyo. Akukho mkhosi weengelosi. Nditsho nkqu umatriki wokwamkela wabaPristi abaKhulu. UThixo, osenyameni, ubuliswa ehlabathini yinkomo ne-esile.

Ngelixa ooTata bokuqala babetolika ezi zidalwa zibini njengophawu lwamaYuda kunye nabahedeni, kwaye ke ngalo lonke uluntu, ukutolikwa okuthe qatha kwathi qatha engqondweni kuMisa wasebusuku.

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KHAWUZITHELEKELELE yintsasa yeKrisimesi, iqabane lakho liyangqiyama ngoncumo lithi, “Nantsi. Le yeyakho." Uvula isipho kwaye ufumane ibhokisi elincinci leplanga. Uyayivula kwaye i-waft ye-perfume iphakama kwiincinci ezincinci ze-resin.

"Yintoni?" uyabuza.

“Yimore. Mandulo lalisetyenziselwa ukuqholwa kwesidumbu nokutshisa njengesiqhumiso emingcwabeni. Ndicinga ukuba kuya kuba kuhle ekuvukeni kwakho ngenye imini. "

“Uh… enkosi… enkosi, sithandwa.”

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Ukupapashwa kokuqala kukaDisemba 22, 2005

NDIBENE izinto ezininzi ezincinci zokwenza namhlanje ukulungiselela iKrisimesi. Njengokuba ndigqitha ebantwini — umntu ohlawula imali ethilini, umfo ogcwalisa ngerhasi, ikhuriya esitobhini sebhasi — ndaziva nditsalelekile kubo. Ndancuma, ndathi molo, ndancokola nabantu endingabaziyo. Njengoko ndenzile, into emangalisayo yaqala ukwenzeka.

UKristu wayejonge emva kum.

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NYE unokushwankathela imibhalo emihlanu yakutshanje, ukusuka I-Tiger kwi-Cage ukuba Intliziyo enamatye, kwibinzana elilula: Yambatha uKristu. Okanye njengoko kuchazwe nguSt.

… Yambathani iNkosi uYesu Krestu, kwaye ningenzi malungiselelo ngeminqweno yenyama. (Roma 13:14)

Ndifuna ukusongela loo mibhalo kunye, ukukunika umfanekiso olula kunye nombono wento uYesu ayifunayo kum nakum. Kuba uninzi lweeleta endizifumanayo zingqina oko ndibhalileyo Intliziyo enamatye… Sifuna ukuba ngcwele, kodwa sibe lusizi ngenxa yokusilela kobungcwele. Rhoqo kuba silwela ukuba libhabhathane phambi kokuba kungena inkuku…

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KUNYE iminyaka eliqela, ndimbuzile uYesu ukuba kutheni ndibuthathaka kangaka, ndingenamonde ekulingweni, ndibonakala ndingenamandla. “Nkosi,” bendikhe ndatsho kalikhulu, “Ndithandaza yonke imihla, ndiya kwi-Confession veki nganye, ndithi kwiRosari, ndithandaza e-Ofisini, bendiye kwiMisa yemihla ngemihla iminyaka… kutheni, ke, ukungangcwele? Kutheni le nto ndithontelana phantsi kwezona zilingo zincinci? Kutheni ndikhawuleza ndicaphuke kangaka? ” Ndingawaphinda kakuhle amazwi ka-St. Gregory Omkhulu xa ndizama ukuphendula ikhwelo likaBawo oyiNgcwele lokuba "ngumlindi" wamaxesha ethu.

Nyana womntu, ndikwenze umboniseli kwindlu kaSirayeli; Qaphela ukuba indoda eyathunyelwa yiNkosi njengomshumayeli ibizwa ngokuba ngumlindi. Umlindi uhlala emi endaweni ephakamileyo ukuze abone kude kude oko kuza. Nawuphi na umntu omiselwe ukuba abe ngumlindi wabantu makaphakamise ubomi bakhe bonke ukuze abancede ngokubona kwangaphambili.

Kunzima kangakanani kum ukuthetha oku, kuba ngawo la magama ndiyazigxeka. Andikwazi ukushumayela ngobuchule, kwaye nangona ndiphumelela, kunjalo nje andibuphili ubomi bam ngokushumayela kwam.

Andilukhanyeli uxanduva lwam; Ndiyaqonda ukuba ndiyonqena kwaye andikhathali, kodwa mhlawumbi ukuvuma kwesiphoso sam kuya kundenza ndixolelwe ngumgwebi wam olungileyo. —St. UGregory Omkhulu, usapho, Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyure, Umqu. IV, iphe. 1365-66

Njengokuba ndandithandaza phambi kweSakramente elisikelelekileyo, ndicela iNkosi ukuba indincede ndiqonde ukuba kutheni ndisisono kangaka emva kwemizamo emininzi kangaka, ndajonga phezulu emnqamlezweni ndayiva iNkosi ekugqibeleni iphendula lo mbuzo uqaqambileyo nosasazekayo…

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Ukufumana etempileni, nguMichael D. O'Brien

DO Ufuna ngokwenene ukubona utshintsho ebomini bakho? Ngaba uyafuna ngokwenene ukufumana amandla kaThixo aguqula aze akhulule umntu kumandla esono? Ayenzeki yodwa. Njengokuba isebe lingenako ukukhula ngaphandle kokuba livele emdiliyeni, okanye usana olusandul 'ukuzalwa lunokuphila ngaphandle kokuba lunyise. Ubomi obutsha kuKristu ngoBhaptizo ayisosiphelo; sisiqalo. Kodwa mingaphi imiphefumlo ecinga ukuba yanele!

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THE Umhlaba unxanelwe ukuva uThixo, ukufumana ubukho obuphathekayo baLowo wabadalayo. Uluthando, ke ngoko, bubukho boThando ngoMzimba waKhe, iBandla laKhe, olunokuzisa usindiso kuluntu olulilolo nolonzakalisayo.

Isisa sodwa siza kusindisa umhlaba. —St. U-Luigi Orione, L'Osservatore RomanoNge-30 kaJuni ngo-2010

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IF Ndingaphinda ndiwubonakalise umphefumlo wam kuni, ukuze nizuze okuthile kubuthathaka bam. Njengokuba watsho uPaulos, "Ndiya kuthi ndiqhayise ngovuyo olungenamsebenzi, ukuze amandla kaKristu ahlale nam." Ewe, angahlala nani!

INDLELA YOKUPHELEKA

Oko usapho lwam lwafudukela kwifama encinci kumathafa aseCanada, siye saqubisana nengxaki yemali emva kwenye ngenxa yokonakala kwezithuthi, izaqhwithi zomoya, nazo zonke iintlobo zeendleko ebezingalindelwanga. Kundikhokelele ekubeni ndidimazeke kakhulu, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ndide ndiphelelwe lithemba, de ndiye kufika kwinqanaba lokuziva ndilahliwe. Xa ndisiya kuthandaza, ndibeka ixesha lam… kodwa ndaqala ukuthandabuza ukuba ingaba uThixo undiqwalasele kakhulu- indlela yokuzisizela.

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Iperile yeXabiso eliKhulu ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nobutyebi obufihlwe entsimini, athi umntu akufumana ayifumane ayifihle, aze ngenxa yovuyo lwakhe aye athengise ngeento zonke anazo, ayithenge loo ntsimi. Ubukumkani bamazulu bufana nomrhwebi okhangela iiperile ezintle. Akuba efumene iperile, exabiso likhulu, uyaothengisa konke anako, ayithenge. (Mat 13: 44-46)

IN Imibhalo yam emithathu yokugqibela, sithethile ngokufumana uxolo ekubandezelekeni kunye novuyo kumfanekiso omkhulu kunye nokufumana inceba xa singafanelekanga. Kodwa ndingayishwankathela yonke le nto: ubukumkani bukaThixo bufunyenwe ngentando kaThixo. Oko kukuthi, ukuthanda kukaThixo, iLizwi laKhe, kuvulela ikholwa zonke iintsikelelo zokomoya ezivela ezulwini, kubandakanya uxolo, uvuyo kunye nenceba. Ukuthanda kukaThixo yeperile yexabiso elikhulu. Qonda oku, khangela oku, fumana oku, kwaye uya kuba nayo yonke into.

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UKUSUKA umfundi:

Kubomi bam bokuthandazela nasekuthandazeni izinto ezithile, ngakumbi ukuphathwa gadalala komyeni wam iphonografi kunye nazo zonke izinto ezibangelwa lolu xhatshazo, ezinje ngesizungu, ukungathembeki, ukungathembani, ukuhlala wedwa, uloyiko, njl.njl. UYesu undixelela ukuba ndonwabe kwaye umbulelo. Ndifumana ukuba uThixo usivumela imithwalo emininzi ebomini ukuze imiphefumlo yethu ihlanjululwe kwaye ifezeke. Ufuna ukuba sifunde ukuqaphela ukuba kwethu nesono kunye nokuzithanda kwaye siqonde ukuba asinakwenza nto ngaphandle kwakhe, kodwa ukwandixelela ngokuthe ngqo ukuba ndiyithwale. injabulo. Oku kubonakala ngathi kuyandiphepha… andazi ukuba ndonwabe njani phakathi kwentlungu yam. Ndifumana ukuba le ntlungu lithuba elivela kuThixo kodwa andiqondi ukuba kutheni uThixo evumela olu hlobo lobubi ekhayeni lam kwaye kulindelwe njani ukuba ndivuye ngalo? Uhlala endixelela ukuba ndithandaze, ndibulele kwaye ndonwabe kwaye ndihleke! Naziphi na iingcinga?

Mfundi othandekayo. NguYesu is inyaniso. Akasoze, ke ngoko, asibuze ukuba sihlale ebuxokini. Akasoze afune ukuba "sibulele kwaye sonwabe kwaye sihleke" malunga nento ebuhlungu njengokukhotyokiswa ngumyeni wakho. Kwaye Akalindelanga ukuba umntu ahleke xa umntu amthandayo esifa, okanye aphulukane nendlu yakhe emlilweni, okanye aphelelwe ngumsebenzi. Iincwadi zeVangeli azithethi ngokuhleka kweNkosi okanye ukuncuma ngexesha lokuNqwenela kwakhe. Endaweni yoko, babalisa ngendlela uNyana kaThixo anyamezele ngayo imeko enqabileyo yezonyango ebizwa isifo seematidrosis apho, ngenxa yokubandezeleka okukhulu kwengqondo, ii-capillaries zegazi zagqabhuka, kwaye ke amahlwili egazi alandelayo ahanjiswe asuswe kumbilo wolusu ngumbilo, abonakala njengamathontsi egazi (Luka 22:44).

Ke, zithetha ntoni ezi ndima zezibhalo:

Vuyani eNkosini amaxesha onke; Ndiyaphinda ndiyaphinda ndithi, yibani nemihlali! KwabaseFilipi 4: 4.

Ezintweni zonke bulelani; kuba oko kukuthanda kukaThixo ngani kuKristu Yesu. (1 Tes.5: 18)

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UKUSUKA umfundi:

Ke ndenza ntoni xa ndilibale ukuba ukubandezeleka ziintsikelelo zaKhe zokundisondeza kuye, xa ndiphakathi kwazo ndize ndiphelelwe ngumonde, ndinomsindo, ndikrwada kwaye ndicaphuka msinya… xa engasoloko ehamba phambili engqondweni yam kwaye Ndibambeka kwiimvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo kunye nehlabathi kwaye ke ithuba lokwenza into elungileyo lilahlekile? Ndihlala ndimgcina njani ngaphambili kwintliziyo yam kunye nengqondo yam kwaye ndingenzi (re) ukwenza njengalo lonke ihlabathi elingakholelwayo?

Le leta ixabisekileyo ishwankathela inxeba elisentliziyweni yam, umzabalazo oyingozi kunye nemfazwe yokoqobo ethe yaqhuma emphefumlweni wam. Kuninzi kakhulu kule leta evula umnyango wokukhanya, uqala ngokunyaniseka kwayo okuluhlaza…

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KUNYE kwinyanga ephelileyo, bekukho imibuzo eliqela endiziva ndiphefumlelwe ukuba ndiyiphendule apha… yonke into ukususela koloyiko lwesiLatin, ukugcina ukutya, amalungiselelo emali, isikhokelo somoya, imibuzo yababonisi kunye neemboni. Ngoncedo lukaThixo, ndiza kuzama ukubaphendula.

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Ifoto nguMartin Bremmer Walkway

Cwaka. Ngumama ka Uxolo.

Xa sivumela inyama yethu ukuba ibe "nengxolo," inikezele kuzo zonke iimfuno zayo, siphulukanauxolo olugqithisele kuko konke ukuqonda.”Kwathi cwaka uNdikhoyo ulwimicwaka ka inkanuko, Nokuthula kuka amehlo unjenge-chisel, eqhawula inkanuko yenyama, de umphefumlo uvuleke kwaye ungenanto njengesitya. Kodwa ayinanto, kuphela ukuze uzaliswe nguThixo.

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    UMNYHADALA WE-EPIPHANY

Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoJanuwari 7, 2007.

OoMagi abavela empuma bafika… baqubuda baqubuda kuye. Baza bavula ubuncwane babo bamnika izipho zegolide, intlaka yokuqhumisa nemore.  (Mat 2: 1, 11)

OH uYesu wam.

Ndifanele ukuza kuwe namhlanje ngezipho ezininzi, njengemagi. Endaweni yokuba izandla zam zingenanto. Ndinqwenela ukuba ndingakunika igolide yemisebenzi elungileyo, kodwa ndithwele kuphela usizi lwesono. Ndizama ukutshisa intlaka yokuqhumisa yomthandazo, kodwa ndinokuphazamiseka kuphela. Ndifuna ukukubonisa imore yesidima, kodwa ndambathiswe ngokubi.

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A Ilizwi alizange liqhume esibhakabhakeni…. yayingengombane, inyikima, okanye umbono wamazulu evuleka ngesityhilelo sokuba uThixo uyamthanda umntu. Endaweni yoko, uThixo wehla wangena esibelekweni somfazi, kwaye uthando ngokwalo lwaba ngumzimba womntu. Uthando lwaba yinyama. Umyalezo kaThixo waba uphilile, uyaphefumla, uyabonakala.Qhubekeka ukufunda →

UkufikaNguMichael D. O'Brien

Kubhalwe kuhambo oluya ekhaya…

AS Inqwelomoya yethu inyuka namafu amdaka aya emoyeni apho kuhlala khona iingelosi nenkululeko, ingqondo yam iqala ukubuyela emva ngexesha lam eYurophu…

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Khange kube kudala ngokuhlwa, mhlawumbi iyure enesiqingatha. Ndicule iingoma ezimbalwa, ndathetha umyalezo owawusentliziyweni yam kubantu baseKillarney, eIreland. Emva koko, ndathandaza malunga nabantu ababeze ngaphambili, ndicela uYesu ukuba athulule uMoya wakhe kwakhona kubantu abakhulileyo nabadala abeza ngaphambili. Beza, njengabantwana abancinci, iintliziyo zivulekile, zilungele ukwamkela. Xa ndithandazayo, indoda endala yaqala ukukhokela iqela elincinci kwiingoma zokudumisa. Kwakugqityiwe konke, sahlala sijongile, imiphefumlo yethu igcwele uSpirt novuyo. Babengafuni ukuhamba. Nam andizange. Kodwa ndanyanzeleka ukuba ndiphume neengcango zangaphambili kunye neqela lam elilambileyo.

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IS Idabi ebomini bakho lokomoya liyakhula? Njengoko ndifumana iileta kwaye ndithetha nemiphefumlo kwihlabathi liphela, kukho imixholo emibini engqinelanayo:

1. Ukulwa ngokwasemoyeni kuya kusiba nzima kakhulu.
2. Kukho uluvo lwe ubungangamsha ukuba iziganeko ezinzulu sele ziza kwenzeka, ukutshintsha umhlaba njengoko siwazi.

Izolo, xa bendisiya ecaweni ndithandaza phambi kweSakramente, Ndive amagama amabini:

Isono sangabom.

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Ifoto ngu-Eve Anderson 

Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoJanuwari 1, 2007.

KUKHO into efanayo minyaka le. Sijonga emva kwixesha leAdvent neleKrisimesi kwaye sive imbandezelo yokuzisola: “Khange ndithandaze ngokungathi ndiza… nditye kakhulu ... bendifuna lo nyaka ubaluleke… ndiphoswe lelinye ithuba.” 

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I bahlala bebhala kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo yesidingo sokuhlala siphaphile, ukuzingisa kwezi ntsuku zotshintsho. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba sikhona isilingo, nangona kunjalo, sokufunda izilumkiso zesiprofeto kunye namazwi athethwa nguThixo ngemiphefumlo eyahlukeneyo kwezi ntsuku… kwaye emva koko uzilahle okanye uzilibale kuba azikazaliseki emva kweminyaka embalwa okanye imbalwa. Kungoko, umfanekiso endiwubonayo entliziyweni yam wecawe ilele… "Ngaba unyana womntu uya kufumana ukholo emhlabeni xa ebuya?"

Ingcambu yoku kungoneliseki kuhlala kukungaqondi ngendlela asebenza ngayo uThixo ngabaprofeti baKhe. Ithath ababini ixesha hayi kuphela ukuba kusasazwe imiyalezo enjalo, kodwa ukuze iintliziyo ziguqulwe. UThixo, ngenceba yakhe engenasiphelo, usinika elo xesha. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ilizwi lesiprofeto lihlala lingxamisekile ukuze sihambise iintliziyo zethu kwinguquko, nangona ukuzaliseka kwala magama kusenokuba-ngokwembono yomntu-ixesha elithile liphumile. Kodwa xa bezaliseka (ubuncinci loo miyalezo ingenakuncitshiswa), mingaphi imiphefumlo enokunqwenela ukuba ibinenye iminyaka elishumi! Kuba izinto ezininzi ziya kuza "njengesela ebusuku."

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Bahlobo abathandekayo,

Usapho lwam luchithe iveki ephelileyo lisiya kwindawo entsha. Ndinokufikelela okuncinci kwi-intanethi, kunye nexesha elincinci! Kodwa ndiyanithandazela nonke, kwaye njengesiqhelo, ndibala kwimithandazo yenu yokuba nifumane ubabalo, ukomelela, kunye nonyamezelo. Siqala ukwakha istudiyo esitsha sewebhu ngomso. Ngenxa yomthwalo ophambi kwethu, unxibelelwano lwam nawe luya kuba mbalwa.

Nalu ucamngco oluqhubeke ndilungiselela. Yapapashwa okokuqala ngoJulayi 31, 2006. UThixo akusikelele bonke.

NTATHU iiveki zeeholide… iiveki ezintathu zengxaki enye emva kwenye. Ukusuka kwisiqhuma esivuzayo, ukuya kwiinjini ezishushu kakhulu, ukuya kubantwana abaphikisanayo, kuyo nayiphi na into eyaphukileyo enokuthi… ndizifumene ndicaphuka. (Ngapha koko, ngexa ubhala le nto, unkosikazi wam wandibizela ngaphambili ebhasini yotyelelo –njengokuba unyana wam echithe inkonkxa yejusi kulo lonke usofa… oy.)

Ubusuku obudlulileyo, ndiziva ngathi ilifu elimnyama liyandityumza, ndaya emfazini wam kwi-vitriol kunye nomsindo. Yayingeyompendulo yobuthixo. Kwakungekho ukuxelisa uKristu. Ayisiyiyo le uyilindeleyo kumvangeli wasemazweni.

Kwintlungu endikuyo, ndiye ndalala esofeni. Kamva ngobo busuku, ndaphupha:

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IVeronicaNguMichael D. O'Brien

UKUPHELELWA KWENTLIZIYO ENGCWELE

WE uhlala enayo ngasemva. Sifuna ukwazi uloyiso lukaKrestu, intuthuzelo yaKhe, namandla oVuko lwaKhe-phambi kokuba Ukubethelelwa kwakhe. U-St. Paul uthe ufuna…

… Ukumazi namandla ovuko lwakhe kunye nokwabelana ngeembandezelo zakhe ngokumilisa ukufa kwakhe, ukuba ngandlela thile ndingafikelela eluvukweni lwabafileyo. KwabaseFilipi 3: 10-11.

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Owu Yehova, Ndifuna ukuhamba ngenqanawa phambi kwakho… kodwa xa ulwandle lusiba mandundu, xa umoya woMoya oyiNgcwele uqalisa ukundivuthuvuthuza kwisaqhwithi setyala, ndikhawulezisa ukuthoba iiseyile zokholo lwam, kunye nokuqhankqalaza! Kodwa xa amanzi ezolile, ndiyawavuyisa. Ngoku ndiyibona ngokucacileyo ingxaki—kutheni ndingakhuli ebungcweleni. Nokuba ulwandle lurhabaxa okanye luzolile, andihambi phambili kubomi bam bokomoya ndisiya kwiZibuko lobuNgcwele ngenxa yokuba ndiyala ukuhamba ngenqanawa ndisiya kwiimvavanyo; okanye xa kuzolile, ndimile. Ndiyabona ngoku ukuba ndibe yi-Master Sailer (i-saint), kufuneka ndifunde ukuhamba ngesikhephe kulwandle oluphakamileyo lokubandezeleka, ukuhamba ngeenkqwithela, kwaye ngomonde vumela uMoya wakho ukhokele ubomi bam kuyo yonke imicimbi kunye neemeko, nokuba ziyathandeka na kum. okanye hayi, kuba bayalelwe ubungcwele bam.

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IXESHA Utyelelo lokuthetha eMelika, isilumkiso esingaguquguqukiyo sihlala sinyuka siye phambili kwiingcinga zam: uyalazi ilizwi likaMelusi? Ukusukela ngoko, iNkosi yathetha nzulu entliziyweni yam ngeli lizwi, umyalezo obalulekileyo ngeli xesha langoku nelizayo. Ngeli xesha emhlabeni xa kukho uhlaselo oluhlangeneyo lokujongela phantsi ukuthembeka kukaBawo Oyingcwele, kwaye ngaloo ndlela kushukumise ukholo lwamakholwa, lo mbhalo uba lixesha elifanelekileyo.

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UKristu eGetsemane, UMichael D. O'Brien

THE Icawa, ndiyakholelwa, ikwiyure yesilingo.

Isihendo sokulala egadini. Isilingo sokulala njengoko ukubetha kobusuku bobusuku kusondela. Isilingo sokuzithuthuzela kulonwabo nakwimigibe yehlabathi.

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wokubethelwaNguMichael D. O'Brien

SO Uninzi lwenu lundibhalele, luyoyiswa kukwahlukana kwimitshato nakwiintsapho, yintlungu nokungabikho kokusesikweni kwale meko yenu. Emva koko kuya kufuneka uyazi imfihlo yokoyisa kwezi zilingo: ikuku uthando oloyisayo. La mazwi eza kum phambi kweSakramente eliSikelelweyo:

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INTONI ngokuchanekileyo kuya kwenzeka ngexesha le Isikhanyiso seSazela? Sisiganeko apho imiphefumlo iya kudibana nedangatye eliphilayo loLuthando inyaniso.

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Intliziyo Engcwele, NguLea Mallett  

NGAPHAMBI iSigramente esikelelekileyo, ndeva:

Hayi indlela endirhalela ngayo ukubona intliziyo yakho igqabhuka! Kodwa intliziyo yakho kufuneka ikulungele ukuthanda njengoko ndibathandayo. Xa umncinci, uphepha ukunxibelelana neli, okanye ukudibana naloo nto, uthando lwakho luyathandwa. Ayiluthando konke konke, kuba ububele bakho kwabanye bunokuphela ukuzithanda.

Hayi, Mntwana wam, uthando luthetha ukuzibhokoxa, nkqu neentshaba zakho. Ngaba ayingomlinganiselo wothando endiwubonakalisileyo emnqamlezweni? Ndithathe isibetho kuphela, okanye ameva-okanye uLuthando uzidinise ngokupheleleyo? Xa uthando lwakho ngomnye lubethelelwe emnqamlezweni ngesiqu sakho; xa ikugoba; xa uvutha njengesibetho, xa uhlaba njengameva, xa ushiya ungakhuselekanga-ke, sele uqalisile ukuthanda.

Ungandiceli ukuba ndikususe kule meko ukuyo. Sisikolo sothando. Funda ukuthanda apha, kwaye uyakulungela ukugqibezela uthando. Vumela Intliziyo yam eNgcwele egqobileyo ukuba ibe sisikhokelo sakho, ukuze nawe ugqabhuke ube lidangatye lothando. Uthando lwakho luqinisa uthando lukaThixo ngaphakathi kwakho, kwaye lwenze intliziyo ibande.

Emva koko ndakhokelelwa kwesi Sibhalo:

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MBINI Kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, umfana othile wandithumelela incwadi yosizi kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba endiye ndayiphendula. Abanye benu babhale bebuza "kwenzeke ntoni kula mfana?"

Ukusukela ngala mini, sobabini siye saqhubeka nokubhalelana. Ubomi bakhe buqhakaze ubungqina obuhle. Apha ngezantsi, bendibhale kwakhona imbalelwano yethu yokuqala, ilandelwa yileta andithumelele yona kutshanje.

Marko othandekayo,

Isizathu sokuba ndikubhalele kukuba andazi ukuba mandithini.

[Ndingumfana] kwisono sokufa ndicinga, kuba ndinomfana endithandana naye. Ndiyazi ukuba andinakuze ndiye kule ndlela yokuphila ubomi bam bonke, kodwa emva kwemithandazo emininzi kunye noovenas, umtsalane awuzange uhambe. Ukwenza ibali elide lifutshane, ndaziva ndingenandawo yokujikela kwaye ndaqala ukudibana nabafana. Ndiyazi ukuba ayilunganga kwaye ayenzi ngqondo ingako, kodwa ndiziva ngathi yinto endiyiphosileyo kwaye andazi ukuba ndenzeni kwakhona. Ndiziva nje ndilahlekile. Ndiziva ndoyisiwe edabini. Ndinezinto ezininzi zokuphoxeka kwangaphakathi kunye nokuzisola kwaye ndiziva ndingenako ukuzixolela kwaye noThixo ngekhe. Ndikhe ndicaphuke kanobom ngoThixo ngamanye amaxesha kwaye ndiziva ngathi andimazi ukuba ungubani. Ndivakalelwa kukuba ebendiphathele oko ndisemncinci kwaye nokuba kunganjani, akukho thuba lam.

Andazi ukuba yintoni enye endinokuyithetha ngoku, ndiyathemba ukuba unokwazi ukuthandaza. Ukuba kukhona, enkosi ngokufunda nje oku…

Umfundi.

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INTONI Ngaba kuthetha ukuba ube ukuhlala kakuhle?

NGCONO UBONE

Uthini ngemiphefumlo ethe yafikelela kwinqanaba lobungcwele? Kukho umgangatho apho, "into" umntu afuna ukuhlala kuyo. Uninzi luye lwashiya abantu batshintshile emva kokudibana noMama oSikelelweyo uTeresa okanye uJohn Paul II, nangona ngamanye amaxesha kwakuthethwa kancinci phakathi kwabo. Impendulo yile yokuba le miphefumlo engaqhelekanga yayisele amaqula aphilayo.

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MTHANDO sisimemo solwalamano lobuqu noThixo. Inyaniso,

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

Kodwa apha, kufuneka silumke ukuba singaqapheli okanye ngokungazi siqala ukulujonga usindiso lwethu njengombandela wobuqu. Kukwakho nesilingo sokubaleka emhlabeni (ukudideka kumdi), Ukuzifihla kude kudlule iSaqhwithi, lonke eli xesha abanye bayabhubha ngenxa yokunqongophala kwesikhanyiso esikhokelela kubumnyama babo. Ngokuchanekileyo ezi zimvo zobuqu ezilawula ubuKristu banamhlanje, nkqu nakwizangqa ezinamandla zamaKatolika, kwaye kukhokelele uYise oyiNgcwele ukuba awuthethe kule ncwadana yakhe intsha:

Yayinokwenzeka njani into yokuba umbono kaYesu ungabantu abodwa kwaye ujolise kumntu ngamnye kuphela? Silufike njani olu toliko "losindiso lomphefumlo" njengendawo yokusaba uxanduva luphela, kwaye kwenzeka njani ukuba siyibone le projekthi yobuKristu njengokhangelo lokuzingca losindiso oluchasa ingcamango yokukhonza abanye? -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Thetha uSalvi (ugcinwe ethembeni), n. I-16

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Ukuphika kukaPeter, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

Isuka kumfundi:

Ixhala lam nombuzo wam uphakathi kwam. Ndikhule ndingumKatolika kwaye ndenze okufanayo nakwiintombi zam. Ndizamile ukuya ecaweni phantse yonke iCawa kwaye ndizamile ukubandakanyeka kwimisebenzi ecaweni nakwindawo endihlala kuyo. Ndizamile "ukulunga." Ndiya kwi-Confession kunye noMthendeleko kwaye ndithandaze iRosari ngamanye amaxesha. Ukukhathazeka kwam kunye nosizi lwam kukuba ndifumana ukuba kude kakhulu noKristu kuyo yonke into endiyifundayo. Kunzima kakhulu ukufikelela kulindelo lukaKristu. Ndiyamthanda kakhulu, kodwa andisondeli kule nto ayifunayo kum. Ndizama ukufana nabangcwele, kodwa kubonakala ngathi kuhlala umzuzwana okanye emibini, kwaye ndibuyele ekubeni ngumntu wam ophakathi. Andikwazi ukugxila xa ndithandaza okanye xa ndiseMiseni. Ndenza izinto ezininzi eziphosakeleyo. Kwiileta zakho zeendaba uthetha ngokuza [komgwebo onenceba kaKrestu], ukohlwaya njlnjl. Uthetha ngendlela yokulungela. Ndiyazama kodwa, andibonakali ngathi ndisondele. Ndiva ngathi ndiza kuba esiHogweni okanye emazantsi ePurgatory. Ndenze ntoni? Ucinga ntoni uKrestu ngomntu onjengam osisidibi nje sesono kwaye uhlala ewa phantsi?

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UKristu uvusa uLazaro, Caravaggio

IT yayikukuphela koluhlu lwee-konsathi ezintandathu kwiidolophu ezincinci kwiindonga zaseCanada. Abathathi-ntweni babehlwempuzekile, ihlala ingaphantsi kwabantu abangamashumi amahlanu. Ngekhonsathi yesithandathu, ndandisele ndiqala ukuzisizela. Njengokuba ndandiqala ukucula ngobo busuku kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, ndajonga kubaphulaphuli. Ndingafunga ukuba wonke umntu owayekhona wayengaphaya kwamashumi alithoba! Ndacinga ngaphakathi kwam, "Mhlawumbi abawuva nomculo wam! Ngapha koko, ngaba ngenene ngabona bantu ufuna ndibashumayele, Nkosi? Uthini ngolutsha? Kwaye ndiza kulondla njani usapho lwam….?" Kwaye kwaqhubeka ukukhala, ngalo lonke ixesha bendiqhubeka nokudlala ndincumile kubaphulaphuli abathe cwaka.

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I-St Therese de Liseux, Ngu-Michael D. O'Brien; ingcwele ye "Ndlela encinci"

MHLAWUMBI kudala ulandela le mibhalo. Uvile ubizo loMama wethu "kwiBastion "apho elungiselela elowo nalowo kuthi kwimishini yethu ngala maxesha. Nawe uyaqonda ukuba utshintsho olukhulu luza kwihlabathi. Uvusiwe, kwaye uziva ulungiselela ngaphakathi. Kodwa ungajonga esipilini kwaye uthi, "Yintoni endiza kukunika? Andisosithethi sinesiphiwo okanye isifundiswa ... andinanto ingako ndinokuyenza. "Okanye njengoko uMariya waphendulayo xa ingelosi uGabriyeli yathi iyakuba sisixhobo sokuzisa uMesiya ekudala elindelwe emhlabeni, "Ingenzeka njani le nto…? "

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UYESU ityhila isizathu sokuxelela abafundi bakhe ngeembandezelo ezizayo:

Kuza ilixa, nakaloku lifikile, lokuba nichithwe. Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze nibe noxolo kum. (UYohane 16:33)

Nangona kunjalo, umntu unokubuza ngokusemthethweni, "Kwenzeka njani ukuba ukwazi ukuba intshutshiso iza kuza izakundizisela uxolo?" Kwaye uYesu uyaphendula:

Ehlabathini niya kuba nembandezelo; Yomelelani, mna ndiloyisile ihlabathi. (UJohn 16: 33)

Ndiwuhlaziyile lo mbhalo owapapashwa okokuqala ngoJuni 25, 2007.

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NDIYAZI Uninzi lwenu-ngokweeleta zenu-ludlula kumlo omkhulu ngoku. Oku kubonakala kungqinelana naye nabani na endimaziyo ozabalazela ubungcwele. Ndicinga ukuba luphawu olulungileyo, a umqondiso wamaxesha… Inamba, ibetha umsila wayo kwiCawe-yeTyalike njengokuba idabi lokugqibela lingena kwelona xesha libalulekileyo. Nangona oku kubhalelwe uLent, ukucamngca okungezantsi kunokwenzeka kufanelekile ngoku njengokuba kwakunjalo… ukuba akunjalo. 

Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoFebruwari 11, 2008:

Ndifuna ukwabelana nawe ngenxalenye yeleta endisandul 'ukuyifumana:

Bendiziva nditshatyalalisiwe ngenxa yobuthathaka bamva nje… Izinto bezihamba kakuhle kwaye bendinemincili ngovuyo entliziyweni yam ngeLente. Kwaye nje ukuba uLent iqale, ndaziva ndingafanelekanga kwaye ndingafanelekanga ukuba nabuphi na ubudlelwane noKristu. Ndawela esonweni ndaza emva koko ndazithiya. Bendiziva ukuba andinakwenza nto ngeLente kuba ndingumhanahanisi. Ndiqhube indlela yethu kwaye bendiziva ndingento yanto… 

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Ukupapashwa kokuqala kuka-Agasti 11, 2007.

AS uzama ukuphendula ubizo lukaYesu lokuba umlandele kula maxesha aneengxwabangxwaba, ulahle izinto ozithandayo emhlabeni ngokuzithandela uhlutha umhlaba ngokwakho ngezinto ezingafunekiyo kunye nezinto eziphathekayo, ukuxhathisa izilingo ezibhengezwe ngesibindi kuyo yonke indawo, lindela ukungena kwidabi eliqatha. Kodwa ungavumeli oku kukudimaze!

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