NYE Okwangoku babengamagwala, ngokulandelayo banesibindi. Omnye umzuzu babethandabuza, olandelayo babeqinisekile. Ngomzuzu nje babemathidala, olandelayo, babaleka ngokungxama ukuya kufelokholo. Yintoni eyenza umahluko kwabo Bapostile owabenza baba ngamadoda angenaloyiko?
UMoya oyiNgcwele.
Hayi intaka okanye amandla, hayi amandla e-cosmic okanye uphawu oluthandekayo-kodwa nguMoya kaThixo, uMntu wesiThathu kuBathathu Emnye oyiNgcwele. Kwaye xa Esiza, itshintsha yonke into.
Hayi, asinakuba ngamagwala kule mihla yethu-ngakumbi nina madoda eningootata, nokuba nibe ngabefundisi okanye abazali. Ukuba singamagwala, siya kuphulukana nokholo lwethu. Isaqhwithi esiqala ukusasazeka kwihlabathi lonke sisiphango se Ukuhluza. Abo bazimisele ukuyekelela kwinkolo yabo baya kuphulukana nayo, kodwa abo bazimisele ukuphulukana nobomi babo ngenxa yokholo lwabo baya kuyifumana. Kufuneka sinyaniseke malunga nezinto esijamelene nazo:
Abo bacela umngeni kobuhedeni butsha bajongene nokukhetha okunzima. Nokuba bayavumelana nale ntanda-bulumko okanye bayiyo ejongene nethemba lokufela ukholo. —UMkhonzi kaThixo Fr. UJohn Hardon (1914-2000), Unganyaniseka njani kwiKatolika namhlanje? Ngokunyaniseka kwiBhishophu yaseRoma; Umthembasbd.org
Ewe, mhlawumbi oko kukwenza uzive usoyika. Kodwa ke le nto uMama wethu ethunyelweyo njengeTyeya kwesi sizukulwana. Hayi ukusifihla, kodwa ukusilungiselela; hayi ukusisusa kude, kodwa ukusixhobisela ukuba sibe semgceni ophambili weyona mfazwe inkulu eyakha yaziwa lihlabathi. Njengoko uYesu watshoyo kwimiyalezo evunyiweyo eya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann:
Bonke bayamenywa ukuba bajoyine umkhosi wam okhethekileyo wokulwa. Ukuza kobukumkani bam kufuneka kube yeyona njongo yakho ebomini… Musa ukuba ngamagwala. Sukulinda. Ukujongana neqhwithi ukuze usindise imiphefumlo. —UYesu ukuya kuElizabeth Kindelmann, Idangatye Lothando, pg. 34, epapashwe nguBantwana bakaBawo iSiseko; nangemvume Ngu-Archbishop Charles Chaput
Ukuba uziva usoyika entliziyweni yakho, oko kuthetha ukuba ungumntu; yile nto uyenzayo ukoyisa olo loyiko olugqiba uhlobo lwendoda okanye umfazi oyindoda. Kodwa mKristu othandekayo, andithethi ngokwazi kwakho ukoyisa uloyiko ngokusebenzisa imithambo yengqondo okanye ukuzama ukuzibetha ukuze ube ngumsindo. Endaweni yokuba ubenakho ukuguqukela kuLowo ulahla lonke uloyiko-Lowo uluthando olugqibeleleyo, uMoya oyiNgcwele. Ye…
… Uthando olugqibeleleyo lulukhuphela ngaphandle uloyiko. (1 Yohane 4:18)
Into embi yoyike yenzeka kwiCawe kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo. Kubonakala ngathi silibale ukuba uThixo usafuna ukuthulula uMoya oyiNgcwele kuthi! UBawo akazange ayeke ukusinika esi Sipho SikaThixo emva kwePentekoste; Akayekanga ukusinika Ubhaptizo kunye noQinisekiso; Ngapha koko, uThixo unqwenela ukusizalisa ngoMoya nanini na xa sicela!
Ukuba ke ngoko nina, nikhohlakele nje, niyakwazi ukunika abantwana benu izipho ezilungileyo, wobeka phi na ke yena uYihlo osezulwini ukugqithisela ukubapha uMoya oyiNgcwele abo bamcelayo? (ULuka 11:13)
Ukuba ucinga ndiyayenza le nto, jonga esi sicatshulwa kwiZenzo zabaPostile:
"Kwaye ngoku, Nkosi, qaphela izoyikiso zabo, wenze abakhonzi bakho ukuba balithethe ilizwi lakho ngayo yonke inkalipho, njengokuba wolula isandla sakho ukuba uphilise, kwaye imiqondiso nemimangaliso iyenziwa ngegama lomkhonzi wakho oyingcwele uYesu." Bathandaza, kwashukuma indawo ababehlanganisene kuyo, bazaliswa bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, baqhubeka belithetha ilizwi likaThixo ngokungafihlisiyo. (IZenzo 4: 29-31)
Nantsi inqaku. Oko kwakungekho IPentekoste- iPentekoste yenzeke kwizahluko ezibini ngaphambili. Ke siyabona ukuba uThixo unako kwaye usinika uMoya wakhe xa sibuza.
Yivulekele kuKristu, wamkele uMoya, ukuze iPentekosti entsha yenzeke kuluntu lonke! Kuya kuvela umntu omtsha, owonwabileyo phakathi kwakho; uya kuwafumana kwakhona amandla okusindisa eNkosi. —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, kwiLatin America, 1992
Mhlawumbi bekufanele ukuba ndiyekile kudala kule nkonzo. Izithuko, intshutshiso, amagxa angenabubele, ukwaliwa, ukugculelwa, nokuzikhetha, ndingasathethi ke ngokoyika ukoyisakala okanye ukulahlekisa abanye… Ewe Isihendo sokuba siqheleke. Kodwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele oye waba ngumthombo wam wamandla kunye namandla okuqhubeka, ngakumbi ngezi zitya:
• umthandazo. Emthandazweni, ndidityaniswe noKristu, umdiliya, ozisa incindi yoMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba uqukuqele ngaphakathi kwentliziyo yam. Owu, kaninzi kangakanani uThixo ehlaziya umphefumlo wam emthandazweni! Kukangaphi na ndingena emthandazweni, ndirhubuluza emhlabeni, emva koko ndizibone ndiphaphazela okokhozi!
• Umthendeleko woLuntu. Asizizo iziqithi. Singabomzimba, uMzimba kaKristu. Yiyo loo nto, ngamnye kuthi engu- umthendeleko siye komnye xa sivumela uthando lukaYesu luqukuqele ngathi: xa sibubuso bakhe, izandla zakhe, uncumo lwakhe, iindlebe zakhe zokumamela, ukuchukumisa kwakhe; xa sikhumbuzana ngeLizwi likaThixo kwaye siqhubeka sibongozana “Cinga ngentla, hayi ngezinto ezisemhlabeni” (KwabaseKolose 3: 2). Sisiphi isipho nina ndibekho ngeeleta nangemithandazo yakho endiye ndaziva ngayo ubabalo lokwenene namandla ebuya.
• ISigramente se-Ekaristi Engcwele. Xa sifumana uYesu kuMthendeleko oNgcwele, sizuza ntoni? ubomi, ubomi obungunaphakade, kwaye obo Bomi bunguMoya kaThixo. Ummangaliso woxolo endihlala ndisiva emva kokufumana uYesu kwi-Ekaristi ingaphezulu kobungqina obaneleyo bokuba uThixo ukhona… kunye namandla aneleyo kwiveki ezayo.
• Umama osikelelweyo. Abantu abaninzi abayiqondi kakuhle iNenekazi lethu. Kulusizi olukhulu kum kuba akukho mntu uthanda nokunqula uYesu njengoko emthanda! Umdla wakhe kuphela kukuba umhlaba uza kumthanda unqule uYesu ngendlela efanayo. Kwaye ke-kwabo bavumela umama wakhe ukuba abanike zonke izipho uThixo amnike zona, ukubanika ukulungelwa kwemiphefumlo. Ukwenza oku ngeqabane lakhe elingcwele, uMoya oyiNgcwele.
• Ukuvuma. Xa ndisilele iNkosi yam, mna, kunye nabo bandingqongileyo, ndiyaqala kwakhona kuba iNkosi ithembisa ukuba ndinako (1 Yohane 1: 9). Zeziphi izinto ezingenakuthelekiswa nanto ezinikiweyo kule Sakramente apho iNceba kaThixo ibuyisela umphefumlo ngomphefumlo ococekileyo woMoya oyiNgcwele.
Into eseleyo yeyokuba singabi ngamavila, singabuthathi lula ubomi bethu basemoyeni. Asinakukwazi ukuhlawula, kungasathethwa ke ukuba ngamagwala.
Ulungiselelo lukaThixo lusilungiselele ngoku. Uyilo lwenceba lukaThixo lusilumkisile ukuba umhla womzabalazo wethu, owethu umlo, usondele. Ngolo thando ekwabelwana ngalo olusibopha ngokusondeleleneyo, senza konke esinako ukukhuthaza ibandla lethu, ukuba sizinikele ngokungagungqiyo ekuzileni ukutya, kwimilindelo nasemithandazweni ngokufanayo. Ezi zixhobo zasezulwini ezisinika amandla okuma siqinile kwaye sinyamezele; zizikhuselo zokomoya, izixhobo ezivela kuThixo ezisikhuselayo. —St. I-Cyprian, ileta eya kuPapa uCornelius; I-Liturgy yeeyure, Umqulu IV, iphe. Ngo-1407
Ukuqukumbela, ndifuna ukwenza “igumbi eliphezulu” nani nonke ngale Cawa yePentekoste. Kwaye njengabaPostile bakudala, masihlangane kunye neNkosikazi yethu kwaye sibongoze uMoya oyiNgcwele kuthi, kwiintsapho zethu nakwihlabathi. Kholelwa into oyicelayo. Yithi omnye Bingelela uMariya nam ngoku (kwaye ndiza kufaka isicelo awasicelayo kwisityhilelo kuElizabeth Kindelmann, ongumthandazo okhethekileyo woMoya oyiNgcwele ngeLangatye lothando lwentliziyo yoMama wethu):
Yibani noMariya uzele lubabalo
INkosi inawe;
Usikelelwe wena phakathi kwabafazi;
kwaye sisikelelekile isiqhamo sesizalo sakho, Yesu.
UMariya oNgcwele, uMama kaThixo
thandazela thina boni
kwaye usasaze isiphumo sobabalo lweLangatye lakho loLuthando
phezu kwalo lonke uluntu
ngoku nakwilixa lokufa kwethu.
Amen.
Ukuba umhla wentshutshiso uyasifumana
ndicinga ngezi zinto uze ucamngce ngawo,
ijoni likaKristu,
baqeqeshwe ngemiyalelo kaKristu,
ayiqali kukoyika xa ucinga ngedabi,
kodwa silungele isithsaba soloyiso.
—St. UCyprian, ubishophu kunye nomfeli-nkolo
Imini yeeYure, IVol II, iphe. Ngo-1769
ILizwi ngoku yinkonzo yexesha elizeleyo leyo
iyaqhubeka ngenkxaso yakho.
Usikelele, kwaye enkosi.
Ukuhamba noMark kwi The Ngoku iLizwi,
cofa kwibhena engezantsi ukuya rhuma.
I-imeyile yakho ayizokwabelwana naye nabani na.
