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NgoLwesine emva koLwesithathu we-Ash, ngoFebruwari 19, 2015

Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha

IT icacile, nokuba kukujonga nje ngesihloko kwiindaba eziphambili, ukuba uninzi lwehlabathi lokuqala likwindawo ekhululekile yokungena kwi-hedonism engalawulekiyo ngelixa ilizwe liphela lisongelwa kwaye lihlaselwa ngogonyamelo lwengingqi. Njengoko ndibhalile kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, i ixesha lesilumkiso iphelelwe lixesha. ^[1]cf. Iyure yokugqibela Ukuba umntu akakwazi ukuqonda "imiqondiso yamaxesha" ngoku, ekuphela kwelizwi elishiyekileyo "ligama" lokubandezeleka. ^[2]cf. Ingoma Yomlindi

Izolo, ndibhale ngovuyo esilindele lona kwiindlela zokuzila. Kodwa kukho umxholo omkhulu endingenakukunceda kodwa ngokuqhubekayo ndikhombe kuwo. Kwaye kunjalo ICawe ngokwayo ilungiselela inkanuko yayo njengokuba abatshutshisi bakhe beqhubeka bemrhangqile — bobabini abo babezimisele ukumthulisa "ngolawulo lobuzwilakhe", kunye nabo babeza kumthulisa ngekrele-ngokoqobo. Kodwa kungale meko kanye apho indlela yovuyo ivulekile kuthi:

Ngenxa yovuyo olwaluphambi kwakhe, wawunyamezela umnqamlezo. (Heb 12: 2)

Akukaze nanini na ngaphambili kubekho ithuba lokuba ngcwele. Kuba njengoko kubhalwe nguSt. “Apho isono saye sanda, lwaphuphuma ngakumbi ubabalo.” ^[3]I-Rom 5: 20 Kukho into etshintshileyo entliziyweni yam — ngokungathi sisaqhwithi ^[4]cf. AmaTywina aSixhenxe oHlaziyo Lowo uphezu kwethu ngumsindo wokugqibela wobusika obude ungenakunceda ukutyhala ixesha elingenakuphepheka lentwasahlobo. Ixesha "loxolo" liyeza, ^[5]cf. Iipopu kunye neXesha lokuKhangela kwaye umchasi akancedi ukuyinqanda.

Baza kuvalela abantu abaninzi, kwaye baya kuba netyala lokubulala ngakumbi. Baza kuzama ukubulala bonke abefundisi nabo bonke abakholwayo. Kodwa oku akuyi kuhlala ixesha elide. Abantu baya kucinga ukuba konke kulahlekile; kodwa uThixo olungileyo uyabasindisa bonke. Iyakuba njengophawu lomgwebo wokugqibela… Inkolo iyakuphinda ichume kwakhona kunangaphambili. —St. UJohn Vianney, IXilongo LamaKristu 

Akufuneki siyiphathe le Lent njengoko besisenza njalo ngaphambili-sinike ingqwalaselo encinci kwimiphefumlo yethu (“Kulungile ke, kusoloko kukho unyaka ozayo!”). Amagama okufundwa kokuqala kwanamhlanje avakala njengexilongo:

Ndibeke phambi kwakho ubomi nokufa, intsikelelo nesiqalekiso. Nyula ke ubomi, ukuze uphile, wena nembewu yakho, ngokuthi umthande uYehova uThixo wakho, uliphulaphule izwi lakhe, unamathele kuye;

Enye indlela yokuyithetha namhlanje yile:

Akukho ngaphantsi kwamaKatolika aqhelekileyo anokuphila, ke iintsapho eziqhelekileyo zamaKatolika azinakuphila. Abanakukhetha. Kufuneka babe ngcwele-oko kuthetha ukuba bangcwalisiwe-okanye baya kutshabalala. Iintsapho zamaKatolika kuphela eziza kuhlala ziphila kwaye zichuma kwinkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye ziintsapho zabafeli-nkolo. —UMkhonzi kaThixo, uFr. UJohn A. Hardon, SJ, Intombi Enyulu Ebusisiweyo kunye nokuNgcwaliswa koSapho

Asinakho ukuba ngamaKristu amele umgca Amathunzi angamashumi amahlanu nantlanu kagreyi okanye ufunde ngokufihlakeleyo incwadi. Asinakho ukuba ngamaKristu abemi emgceni weSidlo, kodwa ayikhathaleli indlala ebhuqayo yamahlwempu ngokomoya nangokwenyama. Asinakho ukuba ngamaKristu anyamezelayo yonke into engemi nganto. UmKristu onjalo akalulo ukhozo lwengqolowa koko ulikhoba elingenanto eliya "kunyamalala" ngococeko olulapha noluzayo. Njengoko omnye umvakalisi watsho, “Abo bakhetha ukutshata nomoya wehlabathi kwesi sizukulwana, bazokuqhawula umtshato kwelizayo.” 

Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, wowusindisa lowo. Unalungelo lini na umntu ukuba azuze ihlabathi liphela kodwa aphulukane nobomi bakhe? ” (IVangeli yanamhlanje)

Imfihlelo yovuyo uYesu alunikelayo yile: ukuzincama
kwaye uthabathe umnqamlezo wakhe yonke imihla umlandele-yona namhlanje, ichasene ngqo nomsinga onamandla we umoya womchasi kristu. Yiyo loo nto amazwi eNdumiso yanamhlanje ephethe into engxamisekileyo nesilumkiso ukulalanisa:

Hayi, uyolo lomntu ongahambiyo ngecebo labangendawo, Ohamba ngendlela yaboni, Ongahlaliyo phakathi kwabakhukhumeleyo, onwabele umthetho kaYehova…

Ukuba kukho iLent ukucima umabonwakude wobuhedeni, uphephe iiwebhusayithi ezingcolileyo, kwaye ucamngce ngeLizwi likaThixo, yile. Kuba eLizwini lakhe, siya kuyifumana i indlela yovuyo…

Ukuba nithi niyigcine imithetho yam, hlalani eluthandweni lwam; njengokuba mna ndayigcinayo imithetho kaBawo, ndahlala eluthandweni lwakhe. Ezi zinto ndizithethile kuni, ukuze uvuyo lwam luhlale kuni, luthi novuyo lwenu luzaliseke. (UYohane 15: 10-11)