Ngubani oSindiswayo? Icandelo I

 

 

CAN uyayiva? Ngaba uyayibona? Kukho ilifu lesiphithiphithi elihlayo emhlabeni, kwaye namacandelo eCawa, asitha ukuba luyintoni na usindiso lokwenene. NamaKatolika aqala ukuthandabuza imigaqo yokuziphatha nokuba iCawe ayinyamezelani na — iziko elidala eliye lawa ngasemva kwinkqubela phambili kwezengqondo, ibhayoloji kunye nobuntu. Oku kuyila into uBenedict XVI ayibize ngokuba “kukunganyamezeli izinto ezimbi” ukuze “ungakhubekisi mntu,” iyapheliswa nantoni na ethathwa njengeyonyanyekayo. Kodwa namhlanje, into ezimisele ukuyicaphukisa ayisekelwanga kumthetho wemvelo wokuziphatha kodwa iyaqhutywa, utshilo uBenedict, kodwa "kukukholelwa kubukho, oko kukuthi, ukuziyekela uphoswe kwaye 'utsalwa ngumoya wonke wemfundiso',” ^[1]Ikhadinali Ratzinger, pre-conclave Homily, nge-18 ka-Epreli 2005 oko kukuthi, nantoni naichanekile kwezopolitiko.”Kwaye,

Ukunganyamezelani kuyanda, oko kuyacaca. Kukho imigangatho yokucinga emiselweyo emele ukuba inyanzeliswe wonke umntu… Ngale nto ke sisokola ukupheliswa kokunyamezelana… inkolo engenabungqina, nengekhoyo iyenziwa ibe ngumgangatho wobuzwilakhe ekufuneka wonke umntu awulandele. —UPOPE BENDICT XVI, Ukukhanya kweLizweIngxoxo noPeter Seewald, iphe. 52

Ingozi, ngokuhlekisayo, kukuba abantu abasayiboni ingozi. Ubunyani besono, unaphakade, izulu, isihogo, iziphumo, uxanduva, njl njl. Abafundiswa kwaphela, kwaye ukuba kunjalo, badlalwa phantsi okanye bajojowe ngethemba lobuxoki-njengobutsha bokuba isihogo, ngenye imini, siyakuba lilize kwaye wonke umntu ekugqibeleni ube seZulwini (yabona Isihogo siyinyani). Elinye icala lengqekembe kukuzibandakanya kule meko yokuziphatha apho abanye abahlalutyi bamaKatolika baziva ngathi akukho ncoko igqityiweyo ngaphandle kwesilumkiso esiqinisekileyo kubaphulaphuli babo ukuba baya kugwetywa ngaphandle kokuba bayaguquka. Ke, inceba nokusesikweni kukaThixo kuyadanjiswa.

Injongo yam apha kukushiya ngokucacileyo, ngokulinganayo nangokwenyani ngokunokwenzeka ukuba ngubani na umntu usindiswa njani ngokweSibhalo kunye neNkcubeko eNgcwele. Ndiza kuyenza le nto ngokuchaseneyo nokuchazwa kwe-relativist yesiBhalo kwaye ndinike imfundiso eyiyo neqhubekayo yeCawa yamaKatolika.

 

NGUBANI OSINDISWAYO?

I. Umthetho wentando, isenzo sokholo

In iVangeli yanamhlanje, sifunda indinyana entle yomalusi eshiya wonke umhlambi ukuze ahlangule “imvu elahlekileyo.” Xa eyifumene, uyibeka emagxeni akhe, abuyele ekhaya, abhiyoze kunye neyakhe abamelwane kunye nabahlobo. Ukutolikwa komntu oqinisekileyo ukuba uThixo uyangena kwaye wamkela ekhayeni lakhe zonke "Iigusha ezilahlekileyo," nokuba ngoobani okanye benze ntoni, kwaye wonke umntu ekugqibeleni ungena ezulwini. Ngoku, jonga ngakumbi esi sicatshulwa kwaye uthini uMalusi Olungileyo kubamelwane bakhe xa ebuyela ekhaya:

Vuya kunye nam kuba ndiyifumene imvu yam elahlekileyo. Ndithi kuni, ngokukwanjalo kuya kubakho uvuyo emazulwini ngomoni eba mnye oguqukayo, kunamashumi asithoba anesithoba amalungisa, angaswele nguquko. (ULuka 16: 6-7)

Imvu elahlekileyo "ifunyenwe," kungekuphela ngenxa yokuba uMalusi eye wayikhangela, kodwa ngenxa yokuba iigusha zazifunyenwe uzimisele ukubuyela ekhaya. Oko "kubuyela" ngokuzithandela kule ndawo kuchazwa "njengomoni oguqukayo."

Ubukhulu:  UThixo ufuna yonke imiphefumlo “elahlekileyo” emhlabeni. Imeko yokubuyela ekhaya ezandleni zikaMsindisi sisenzo sentando eshiya isono size sizinikele kuMalusi Olungileyo.

 

II. Ukushiya okudlulileyo ngasemva

Nanku umzekeliso ochaseneyo nalapho ophambili engahambiyo ekhangela “abalahlekileyo.” Kwibali lonyana wolahleko, utata uvumela inkwenkwe yakhe ukuba ikhethe ukulishiya ikhaya iye kuzibandakanya kubomi besono iziyolo. Utata akamkhangeli kodwa uvumela inkwenkwe ukuba isebenzise inkululeko yayo, exakayo, emkhokelela ebukhobokeni. Ekupheleni kwalo mzekeliso, xa inkwenkwe iqala uhambo lwayo egodukayo, utata uyabaleka aye kuye aze amwonge. I-relativist ithi obu bubungqina bokuba uThixo akagwebi okanye akhethe mntu.

Ukuwuqwalasela ngokusondeleyo lo mzekeliso kutyhila izinto ezimbini. Inkwenkwe ayikwazi ukufumana uthando kunye nenceba katata ade yena uthatha isigqibo sokushiya elidlulileyo ngasemva. Okwesibini, inkwenkwe ayambathiswanga ngengubo entsha, iimbadada ezintsha kunye nomsesane womnwe kude uyalivuma ityala lakhe:

Unyana wathi kuye, Bawo, ndonile kuwo amazulu, nasemehlweni akho; Andisafanele kubizwa ngonyana wakho. (ULuka 15:21)

Ukuba siyazivuma izono zethu, uthembekile, ulilungisa, uya kusixolela izono zethu, asihlambulule kuko konke ukungalungisi… Ngoko ke, vumani izono omnye komnye nithandazelane, ukuze niphiliswe… (1 Yohane 1: 9, EkaYakobi 5:16)

Vuma kubani? Kulawo ane Igunya ukuxolela isono: Abapostile kunye nabalandeli babo awathi kubo uYesu:

Izono ozixolelayo zixolelwe, kwaye izono ozigcinileyo zigciniwe (Yohane 20:23)

Ubukhulu: Singena kwiNdlu kaTata xa sikhetha ukushiya ngasemva eso sono sisahlulayo kuye. Sifunyanwa singcwele xa sivuma izono zethu kwabo banegunya lokuzixolela.

 

III. Ayigwetywanga, kodwa ayikhuthazwa

U-Yesu wolulela ezantsi eluthulini kwaye waphakamisa iinyawo zakhe umfazi obanjwe ekrexeza. Amagama akhe ayelula:

Nam andikugwebi. Yiya, kwaye ukususela ngoku ungabi saphinda wenze isono. (UYohane 8:11)

I-relativist ithi obu bubungqina bokuba uYesu akabagxeki abantu abaphila, umzekelo, kwezinye iindlela “zokuphila” ezinje ngobufanasini okanye abo bahlala phambi komtshato. Nangona kuyinyani ukuba uYesu akazelanga kugweba umoni, oko akuthethi ukuba aboni abazigwebi. Njani? Ngokufumana inceba kaThixo, ukuqhubeka ngabom esonweni. Ngamazwi kaKristu:

Kuba uThixo akamthumanga uNyana wakhe ehlabathini ukuba aligwebe ihlabathi, kodwa ukuze ihlabathi lisindiswe ngaye… Othe wakholwa kuNyana, unobomi obungunaphakade; ke yena ongamthobeliyo uNyana akayi kububona ubomi; ingqumbo kaThixo ihleli. phezu kwakhe. (Yohane 3:17, 36)

Ubukhulu: Nokuba isono sibi kangakanani okanye umoni, ukuba siyaguquka kwaye “Ungoni kwakhona,” sinobomi obungunaphakade kuThixo.

 

IV. Wonke umntu umenyiwe, kodwa ayinguye wonke umntu owamkelekileyo

In IVangeli yangoLwesibini, UYesu ubuchaza uBukumkani bukaThixo njengesidlo. Izimemo zithunyelwa (kumaJuda), kodwa bambalwa abaphendulayo. Kwaye ke, abathunywa bathunyelwa kude nakude ukuba bameme wonke umntu kwitafile yeNkosi.

Phuma uye kuhola wendlela kunye nothango kwaye wenze abantu bangene ukuze indlu yam igcwaliswe (Luka 14:23)

I-relativist ithi obu bubungqina bokuba akukho mntu ukhutshelwe ngaphandle kwiMisa kunye noMthendeleko, ngakumbi uBukumkani bukaThixo, kwaye zonke iinkolo ziyalingana. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba "sibonise," ngenye indlela. Nangona kunjalo, kuhlobo oluhambelanayo lwale Vangeli, sifunda enye inkcukacha ebalulekileyo:

… Akungena ukumkani, eza kukhangela abamenyiweyo, wabona apho umntu ongambethe ngubo yamsitho. Athi kuye, Mfondini, ungene njani apha ungenayo ingubo yomsitho? (Mat 22-11-12)

Undwendwe lwasuswa ngenkani. Iyintoni le ngubo yomtshato kwaye kutheni ibaluleke kangaka?

Ingubo emhlophe ifanekisela ukuba umntu obhaptiziweyo “wambathe uKrestu,” uvukile noKristu… Ukuba ngumntwana kaThixo owambethe ingubo yomtshato, i-neophyte yamkelwe "kwisidlo somtshato seMvana" [uMthendeleko]. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. Ngo-1243-1244

Ubhaptizo, ke ngoko, yinto efunekayo ekungeneni ebukumkanini bukaThixo. YiSakramente elihlambulula zonke izono zethu lize lisimanye, njengesipho sasimahla sobabalo lukaThixo, kumzimba kaKrestu oyimfihlakalo ukuze uthathe uMzimba kaKristu. Nokuba kunjalo, isono esibulalayo Ungasirhoxisa esi sipho kwaye usikhuphele ngaphandle kwi-Banquet, ngokungathi ukhupha ingubo kabani yokubhaptizwa.

Isono sokufa sinokubakho ngokukhululekileyo kwinkululeko yabantu, njengoko lunjalo nothando ngokwalo. Kukhokelela ekuphulukaneni nothando nothando lobungcwalisa, oko kukuthi, kwimeko yobabalo. Ukuba ayihlangulwanga ngenguquko kunye noxolelo lukaThixo, ibangela ukukhutshwa kubukumkani bukaKristu kunye nokufa ngonaphakade esihogweni, kuba inkululeko yethu inamandla okwenza ukhetho ngonaphakade, ngaphandle kokubuya. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1861

Ubukhulu: Wonke umntu emhlabeni uyamenywa ukuba amkele isipho simahla sosindiso olungunaphakade esilunikwa nguThixo, olufunyenwe ngoBhaptizo, kwaye aqinisekiswe ngeSakramente loXolelwaniso ukuba umphefumlo uwile elubabalweni.

 

V. Igama lithetha konke

Ngokwesibhalo, "Uthixo Luthando." Yiyo ke le nto, uThixo akangekhe agwebe okanye agwebe nabani na ongaphantsi kubo. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko kuchaziwe apha ngasentla, siyazigxeka ukwala ukuhamba ngapha kweBhulorho yoSindiso (uMnqamlezo), kwandiswe kuthi ngeSakramente ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yothando olukhulu lukaThixo.

Oko, kwaye uThixo unamanye amagama nawo, ngaphezulu kwako konke: UYESU khristu.

Uya kuzala unyana ke, umbize ngegama elinguYesu; kuba yena eya kubasindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo. (UMateyu 1:21)

Igama elithi Yesu lithetha “uMsindisi.”^[2]I-St. Pius X, Katekisimu, n. I-5 Weza kanye ukuza kusisindisa esonweni. Kuyinto ephikisanayo, ke, ukuthi umntu angahlala esonweni sokufa kodwa athi usindisiwe.

Ubukhulu: UYesu weza kusisindisa ezonweni zethu. Ke, umoni usindiswa kuphela ukuba bayamvumela uYesu abasindise, okufezwa ngokholo, oluvula iingcango zobabalo olungcwalisayo.^[3]cf. Efe 2:8

 

Cotham 'Umsindo, Sityebile ngenceba

Ngamafutshane, uThixo…

… Unqwenela ukuba wonke umntu asindiswe kwaye afikelele ekuyazini inyaniso. (1 kuTimoti 2: 4)

Bonke bayamenywa, kodwa ngokwemiqathango kaThixo (Wasidala; indlela asisindisa ngayo, lilungelo lakhe). Lonke icebo losindiso lelokuba uKristu adibanise yonke indalo kuYe-umanyano olwatshatyalaliswa sisono sokuqala eMyezweni wase-Eden.^[4]cf. Efe 1:10 Kodwa ukuze simanyane kuThixo-okuyinkcazo yolonwabo-kufuneka sibe njalo “Ungcwele njengoko uThixo engcwele,” ^[5]cf. Eyoku-1 kaPetros 1:16 ekubeni kungenakwenzeka ukuba uThixo ahlanganisele kuye nantoni na engcolileyo. Lo ngumsebenzi wobabalo olungcwalisayo kuthi olugqityiweyo ngentsebenziswano yethu xa “Guquka uze ukholelwe kwiindaba ezilungileyo” ^[6]cf. Phil 1: 6, Marko 1:15 (okanye ugqitywe ngo i purgatory kwabo bafa bekwimo yobabalo, kodwa ingekabikho 'Baneentliziyo ezicocekileyo'—Imeko eyimfuneko ukuze “Ubone uThixo” [cf. Mat 5: 8)).

UYesu akafuni ukuba simoyike. Amaxesha ngamaxesha ufikelela kumoni kanye xa bekwimeko yesono, ngokungathi uthi: “Andizelanga bantu basempilweni kodwa ndizele abagulayo. Mna Ndikhangele abalahlekileyo, hayi abo sele befumanekile. Ndiphalaze igazi lam ngenxa yam ukuze ndikuhlambulule ngalo. Ndiyakuthanda. Ungowam. Buyela kum…"

Mfundi othandekayo, sukuvumela izinto zeli hlabathi zikukhohlise. UThixo uqinisekile, yiyo ke loo nto imithetho yakhe igqibelele. Inyaniso ayinakuba yinyani namhlanje nangomso wobuxoki, kungenjalo ayizange ibe yinyaniso kwasekuqaleni. Iimfundiso zeCawe yamaKhatholika, ezinjengaleyo ikhupha isisu, izinto zokuthintela ukukhulelwa, umtshato, ubufanasini, isini, ukuyeka, ukumodareyitha, njl.njl. Kodwa ezi mfundiso zithathwe kwiLizwi likaThixo kwaye azinakuthenjwa kuphela kodwa zixhomekeke ekuziseni ubomi novuyo.

Umthetho kaYehova ugqibelele, uhlaziya umphefumlo; Ummiselo kaYehova unyanisekile, unika abangenamava ubulumko. Imimiselo yeNkosi ilungile, ivuyisa intliziyo. (INdumiso 19: 8-9)

Xa sithobela, sibonisa ukuba sithobekile, njengabantwana abancinci. Kwaye kwabo banjalo, uYesu wathi, bobabo uBukumkani bukaThixo.^[7]I-Matt 19: 4

Mphefumlo uthe tyum ubumnyama, ungalahli ithemba. Konke akukalahleki. Yiza uzityand 'igila kuThixo wakho, oluthando nenceba… Makungabikho soyika umphefumlo ukusondela kum, nangona izono zawo zingqombela… Andinako ukohlwaya nesona sono sikhulu ukuba sicela ububele bam, kodwa Ngokuchasene noko, ndiyamgwebela kwinceba yam engenakulinganiswa nengenakuqondakala. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamKwidayari, n. Ngo-1486, 699, ngo-1146

Ukuba umphefumlo ubufana nesidumbu esibolayo ukuze ngokwembono yomntu, kungabikho [themba] lokubuyiselwa kwaye yonke into sele ilahlekile, akunjalo kuThixo. Ummangaliso weNceba kaThixo [kuVumo] ubuyisela loo mphefumlo ngokupheleleyo. Owu, hayi indlela abalusizi ngayo abo bangayisebenzisiyo imimangaliso yenceba kaThixo! —UYesu waya eSt. Faustina kwiSigramente soXolelwaniso, Inceba kaThixo kumphefumlo wam, Iidayari, n. 1448

Umoni oziva ngaphakathi kwakhe ehluthwe konke okungcwele, okumsulwa, nokunyaniseka ngenxa yesono, umoni ozibona esekumnyameni ngokupheleleyo, ekhutshwe kwithemba losindiso, ekukhanyeni kobomi, naku umthendeleko wabangcwele, inguye umhlobo owamenywa nguYesu esidlweni sangokuhlwa, lowo wayeceliwe ukuba aphume ngasemva kweeheji, lowo wacelwa ukuba abe liqabane emtshatweni wakhe kwaye abe yindlalifa kaThixo… Nabani na ohluphekileyo, olambileyo, isono, ukuwa okanye ukungazi lundwendwe lukaKristu. —UMateyu olihlwempu, UMthendeleko wothando, p.93

 

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