Ngaba ngomnye nje uEva oNgcwele?

NINI Ndivuke kusasa namhlanje, ilifu elingalindelekanga nelingaqhelekanga lixhome umphefumlo wam. Ndeva umoya owomeleleyo Nodlova kwaye ukufa Emoyeni undijikelezile. Njengoko ndandihamba ndisiya edolophini, ndakhupha iRosari yam, ndaza ndacela igama likaYesu, ndathandazela ukukhuselwa nguThixo. Kundithathe malunga neeyure ezintathu kunye neekomityi ezine zekofu ukufumanisa ukuba yintoni endinayo, kwaye ngoba: halloween namhlanje.

Hayi, andizukungena kwimbali yale American “holide” ingaqhelekanga okanye ndiye kwingxoxo mpikiswano malunga nokuba ndithathe inxaxheba kuyo okanye hayi. Ukukhangela ngokukhawuleza kwezi zihloko kwi-Intanethi kuya kubonelela ngokufunda okwaneleyo phakathi kwe-ghouls efika emnyango wakho, isoyikisa amaqhinga endaweni yokuphatha.

Endaweni yoko, ndifuna ukujonga ukuba yintoni iHalloween, nendlela ekuyiyo njengembonakalo, enye "yomqondiso wamaxesha".

UMDANISO NGOKUFA

IHalloween, enyanisweni, ayisathintelwanga nge-31 ka-Okthobha. Ibe ube yinxalenye ye-zeitgeist yenkcubeko yokuphila kwaseMelika mihla le. I-Vampires, i-zombies, ubugqwirha kunye nobugqi zilukiwe ngokuqhubekayo kwimifanekiso, umculo, ulonwabo kunye nemfundo yabemi bayo. Ngaphezu koko, kwaye okukhwankqisayo, kukugcwala kwezihloko eziphambili zokubulawa kwabantu, ukudutyulwa, ukuxhela, ukutya abantu, imatriki, ukungcungcuthekisa, nolunye ulwaphulo-mthetho olunogonyamelo oluye lwaba “yinto eqhelekileyo.” Oko kukuthi, iHalloween "iphila" kwinkcubeko. Njengomsunguli weNdlu yaseMadonna uCatherine de Hueck Doherty wabhalela uThomas Merton:

Ngesizathu esithile ndicinga ukuba udiniwe. Ndiyazi ukuba ndiyoyika kwaye ndidiniwe. Kuba ubuso beNkosana yoBumnyama buya buyacaca ngakumbi kum. Kubonakala ngathi akasakhathali ukuba angahlala "engaziwa kakhulu," "incognito," "wonke umntu." Kubonakala ngathi ungene kweyakhe kwaye uzibonakalisa kuyo yonke into eyintlekele. Bambalwa ke abakholelwa kubukho bakhe kangangokuba akukho mfuneko yokuba azifihle kwakhona! -Imfesane yoMlilo, iileta zikaThomas Merton kunye noCatherine de Hueck DohertyMatshi 17, 1962, Ave Maria Press (2009), iphe. 60.

Ewe, abantu abaninzi babonakala bekholelwa kwiziporho — kodwa hayi uMtyholi, lowo uYesu wambiza ngokuba “ngumbulali kwasekuqaleni.” ^[1]John 8: 44 Kwaye yile nto iphazamisayo: ngelixa ulwaphulo-mthetho olunobundlobongela lukhula eMelika; ^[2]www.usatoday.com njengokuba urhulumente wakhe eqhubeka nokubeka izixhobo ezandleni zabathengisi beziyobisi kunye nabanqolobi; ^[3]www.foxinsider.com; www.whse.cz.uk Nanjengoko abemi beqhubeka bexhobile ngamanani eerekhodi; ^[4]imali.msn.com njengoKhuseleko lwaseKhaya luqhubeka nokulungiselela isiphithiphithi sasekhaya kunye nomthetho wemfazwe… ^[5]www.fbo.gov abantu bayaqhubeka nokuchitha amawaka ezigidi zeedola kunye nezigidi zeeyure, betyhubela imidlalo yevidiyo, iifilimu, kunye nomabonwakude. Abantu abasabuqondi ububi xa bebubona. Njengoko iMelika ihamba, kubonakala ngathi iya kulo lonke ihlabathi. Nakumazwe apho ubuKatolika buqhushumbe khona, njenge-India kunye neendawo zase-Afrika, ubundlobongela bamahlelo buyaqhubeka nokuzinzisa imimandla.

… Sibona imisitho yemihla ngemihla apho abantu babonakala bekhula ngokukrakra nangakumbi… —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, ngePentekoste Homily, ngoMeyi 27, 2012

Kukuzaliseka kwe Isiprofeto sikaYuda. ^[6]Isiprofeto sikaYuday

Ngenxa yale meko imbi kangaka, kufuneka ngoku kunakuqala ukuba nesibindi sokujonga inyaniso emehlweni kwaye sibize izinto ngegama labo, ngaphandle kokunikezela kulungelelwaniso olufanelekileyo okanye kwisilingo sokuzikhohlisa. Kule meko, ungcikivo loMprofeti luthe ngqo: "Yeha ke abo bathi okubi kulungile okulungileyo nokubi, abathi ubumnyama bube kukukhanya nokukhanya endaweni yobumnyama" (Is 5:20). —UPOPU JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, "IVangeli yoBomi", n. 58

Ukungabi nathemba kweMelika, kwaye ekugqibeleni ilizwe elingenisa inkcubeko yalo njenge "mgangatho" "wenkululeko", Ukulungiselela. Njengoko ndibhalile Isilumkiso eMoyeni, Inenekazi lethu lavela e-Afrika, kwiminyaka eli-12 phambi kwembubhiso yaseRwanda, elumkisa ukuba kuza kubakho uphalazo-gazi. Njengobungqina kuye wonke umntu ongakholwayo, ongakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo, kunye nomKristu ongenamdla, waveza emibonweni kubantwana abaliqela izinto ezoyikisayo ezazisondela ukuba abantu abaguquki (kwaye zazaliseka ekugqibeleni, njengoko kwakuprofetiwe). Nangona kunjalo, izilumkiso zakhe, uMama wethu uthe, bezingezizo ezase-Afrika kuphela, kodwa zezo Umhlaba wonke:

Ihlabathi likhawuleza ukuya entshabalalweni, liya kuwela enzonzobileni. Umhlaba unemvukelo kuThixo, wenza izono ezininzi kakhulu, awunalo uthando noxolo. Ukuba awuguquki kwaye ungaguquki iintliziyo zakho, uya kuwela enzonzobileni. -www.kibeho.org

MALUNGA nokupheka

Kule veki iphelileyo, iNkosi iqhubekile ibeka phambi kwentliziyo yam umfanekiso webhekile okanye imbiza yamanzi abilayo. Iza kuhlala apho imizuzu, kubonakala ngathi akukho nto iyenzayo ngaphandle kokukhupha ingxolo encinci okanye ukukhupha amaqamza amancinci. Ngesiquphe, amanzi aqala ukubhobhoza agqabhuke, kwaye kwimizuzwana nje, imbiza iphela sele ifikelele kwinqanaba lokubila. Esi sisikweko esinamandla sento eyakhokelela eRwanda, emva koko kwaqhuma ngequbuliso ngobusuku.

Lo mfanekiso wembiza sisilumkiso eluntwini ukuba asinakuqhubeka nokudanisa ngokufa. Ihlabathi liphela lifikelela kwinqanaba lokubila. Ukwanda kokunqongophala kokutya (kumazwe wesithathu ehlabathi), ukutshintsha kwemozulu okumangalisayo, ukungalawuleki kwamatyala abantu kunye nelizwe, iindleko eziphezulu zokuphila, ukuwohloka kosapho, ukonakala kokuthembana phakathi kwamazwe, kunye nokuthotywa kwesidima ngokujonga iphonografi kunye neenkanuko ezingalawulekiyo, kukhokelela Ihlabathi lifikelela esiphelweni sesiphithiphithi. Iimaski zeHalloween zezinye iindlela ukuveza imeko eyiyo yemiphefumlo yethu, eyonakele kwaye yagqwethwa sisono.

Hayi, le ayisiyiyo enye “imini engcwalisiweyo” Uqhushululu olungalawulekiyo, uloyiko, nobubi kwizinxibo kulo nyaka ^[7]cf. www.uhndube.ca “Umqondiso wamaxesha” ngumculo onogonyamelo esiwumamelayo, ezoyikisayo esizijongayo kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya neemfazwe esizikhuthazayo. ^[8]cf. Ukuqhubela phambili koMntu Kodwa kuyo yonke le nto… kuyo yonke le nto… ndibona uYesu esolula isandla ngoyena uncumo lunemfesane kwaye ukulangazelela. Ngokuya lisonakala ilizwe lethu, kokukhona, inceba nemfesane yeNkosi yethu ivuseleleka de ibe ngathi ngumlilo ovuthayo, ulangazelela ukuchitha.

Amalangatye enceba ayanditshisa — ekhwaza ukuba achithwe; Ndifuna ukuqhubeka ndibathululela emiphefumlweni; imiphefumlo ayifuni nje ukukholelwa ekulungeni kwam. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 177

Umnqa wothando lukaThixo kukuba, imeko imbi kakhulu yomphefumlo kabani, kokukhona uthando lufuna ukubonisa inceba kulo. ^[9]cf. Indawo yokubaleka enkulu kunye neZiko eliKhuselekileyo

Mphefumlo utyhafileyo ebumnyameni, ungalahli ithemba. Konke akukalahleki. Yiza uzityand 'igila kuThixo wakho, oluthando nenceba… Makungabikho soyika umphefumlo ukusondela kum, nangona izono zawo zibomvu krwe. Ngokuchasene noko, ndiyamgwebela kwinceba yam engenakulinganiswa nengenakuqondakala. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamKwidayari, n. Ngo-1486, 699, ngo-1146

Le ayisiyondlwana ilula yokubhala. Ngapha koko, ndifuna ukubaleka ngenye indlela, ndenze ngathi ubomi abuzukutshintsha; ukuba ndizakubukela abantwana bam beguga kwilizwe elifana nezolo. Nangona kunjalo, akukho themba ukuba lithemba lobuxoki-ukuba siyasilela ukuqonda imiqondiso yamaxesha kwaye mamela kubo. Njengoko uSt. Paul wabhala:

Zama ukufunda oko kukukholisa iNkosi. Musa ukuthatha inxaxheba kwimisebenzi yobumnyama engenasiqhamo; kunokuba zibhence. (Kwabase-Efese 5: 10-11)

SENZA NTONI?

Into yokuqala kukuba ulumke kakhulu ukuze ungavuseleli kwaye uwele kumoya wokuphelelwa lithemba. Upopu uFrancis ufana nesibane sokukhanya kula maxesha ethu. Endaweni yokufihla eVatican, ^[10]… Nangabo bangaphambili. ukhethe ukuhamba phakathi "kwababuthi berhafu namahenyukazi", ebakhumbuza ukuba bayathandwa. Sonke siyazi ukuba iintloko-ndaba zimbi. Kwa manqaku anje kufuneka afundwe ngolungelelwano oluthile, ukugcina idangatye lethemba liphila.

Asinakuyifihla into yokuba amafu amaninzi asoyikisayo ahlanganisene esiphelweni. Akufuneki, nangona kunjalo, siphelelwe ngamandla, endaweni yoko kufuneka sigcine ilangatye lethemba liphila ezintliziyweni zethu. -UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, kwiArhente yeendaba zamaKatolika, nge-15 kaJanuwari ka-2009

Ewe, ibhlog yam yenzelwe ukukulungiselela, hayi uMchasi-Kristu, kodwa uYesu Kristu! UkuMamkela ngoku, kumzuzu wangoku. Ukulungiselela ukuba ungene kuVuyo lwentliziyo yakhe eNgcwele. Kodwa uloyiso lukaYesu lokugqibela yayinguMnqamlezo-kwaye ayizukuhluka eCaweni. Uya kuphumelela ngentshutshiso yakhe emanyene naKhe.

Xa kufika uKwindla, sinokuhendeka ekuphelelweni lithemba njengoko ubuhle behlobo busondela kurhwaphilizo lokuwa, xa amagqabi esifa, utyani lunyamalale, kwaye umhlaba uphumle ngaphantsi kwengqele yasebusika. Kodwa yile kufa kakhulu okulungiselela ixesha elitsha lasentwasahlobo. Oko kukuthi, imiqondiso ejikeleze oku kule nto inkcubeko yokufa ayizompawu zoloyiso lukaSathana, kodwa zezoloyiso lwangoku noluzayo. Ngoku uThixo uyayibhenca imisebenzi yokonakala nobumnyama; Uzisa ekukhanyeni ukuze zisuswe ebusweni bomhlaba. Ukupeyinta ikamva elizele iintyatyambo kunye nolonwabo kuphela ngaphandle kombuzo, ngaphandle kwenyani ngokwenyani yeVangeli. Sibizelwe ukuba silandele iNkosi yethu ngokufel 'ukholo lomntu ongeyonyani, ukuba ayilophalazi lwegazi lethu.

Kodwa ufundo lwanamhlanje, kumlindo we-All Saint's, lusikhumbuza ukuba uthando lukaThixo lukhulu kunokufa, lukhulu kunorhwaphilizo olubonakala luphumelela kumaxesha ethu.

Ndiqinisekile ukuba nakukufa, nakubomi, nazingelosi, nazilawuli, nazinto zangoku, nazinto zizayo, namandla, nobude, nobunzulu, nasiphi na esinye isidalwa, aziyi kuba nako ukwahlula eluthandweni lukaThixo sikuKristu UYesu iNkosi yethu. (KwabaseRoma 8: 38-39)

Siyathandwa. Kwaye kuba sithandwa kakhulu, sinokuqiniseka ukuba uThixo uyakuba nathi kwelona xesha linzima nelinzima; ukuba ubabalo lwaKhe lusizisele ebuqaqawulini obukhulu kunokuba sinokucinga. Sidinga ukholo lokuba ubusika buza kulandelwa yintwasahlobo, nokuba luvavanyo olubi lunokubonakala ngathi lumnyama kwaye lubanda kangakanani. Ngamafutshane, uvuko.

Ewe, nam ndiyayibona ilapha phezulu…. Kukho ukuthululwa kwamandla kunye nobabalo oluzayo eCaweni oluya kusinika amandla angaphezu kwendalo amaxesha anzima azayo. Yiyo loo nto uMama wethu eza phakathi kwethu, ukusilungiselela ukuza koMoya oyiNgcwele. "Musa ukoyika, ”Utsho ngovuyo. "Into entle ezayo kwiCawa!"

Okokugqibela, njengoko ndibhale amatyeli aliqela, asizukuba ngababukeli kodwa sithathe inxaxheba kwi Uqhwithela olukhulu ngoku iyaqala ukubila emhlabeni. Sibizelwe ukuba sizikhanyele, silahle izinto esinazo, kwaye sibuze, “Uyintoni ngoku, Yesu? Undifuna ntoni ngeli lixa emhlabeni? ”

Kwaye ndimva esithi,

Yiba kukukhanya kwam ebumnyameni; Yiba liThemba lam kwabangenathemba; Yiba likhusi lam kwabalahlekileyo. ube luthando lwam kwabangathandwayo.

Yinto esinokuyenza mihla le, nokuba siphi na, kuba ubumnyama, ukungabi nathemba, ukuphelelwa lithemba kunye nokubanda zijikeleze umhlaba wethu owaphukileyo. 

Ndibona ngokucacileyo ukuba eyona nto ifunwa yicawe namhlanje kukukwazi ukupholisa amanxeba kunye nokufudumeza iintliziyo zabathembekileyo; idinga ukusondela, ukusondela. Ndibona icawa njengesibhedlele sasentsimini emva kwedabi. —UPOPA UFRANCIS, udliwanondlebe, www., ehamb; yayNgoSeptemba 30th, 2013

Ngapha koko, ngokuthandaza nangokuzila ukutya, njengoko uMama wethu ecele, sinokwaphula iindawo zikaSathana, sisuse iimaski eziphazamisa ubuso bomntu, kwaye sincede ukubuyisela ubuso bukaYesu kwabanye. Unganikezeli. Okuya kusiba mnyama, siya kukhanya ngakumbi mna nawe.ngeke kuba, ukuba sizinikela ngokupheleleyo kuYesu.

… Nibe ngabangenakusoleka nabamsulwa, bantwana bakaThixo abangenasiphako phakathi kwesizukulwana esigwenxa esigwenxa, enithi phakathi kwenu nikhanye njengezikhanyiso ehlabathini. KwabaseFilipi 2:15.

Hayi, ayiyiyo enye iHalloween le… kodwa ingangomnye uEva oyiNgcwele ngokuchasa amandla obumnyama ngothando kunye nokukhanya kukaYesu ngoncumo lwakho, ububele bakho, ukubonisa kwakho ubuso bukaKristu…. hayi imaski, kodwa isipili.