UTHIXO ufuna ukusicothisa. Ngaphezu koko, ufuna ukuba senjenjalo kuphumla, nkqu nakwisiphithiphithi. UYesu akazange angxame kuLangazelelo lwaKhe. Wathatha ixesha lokutya isidlo sokugqibela, imfundiso yokugqibela, umzuzu osondeleyo wokuhlamba iinyawo zomnye umntu. EGadini yeGetsemane, Wabeka ixesha lokuthandaza, ukuqokelela amandla aKhe, ukufuna intando kaBawo. Ke njengokuba iBandla lisondela kwiThando lakhe, nathi kufuneka sixelise uMsindisi wethu kwaye sibe ngabantu bokuphumla. Ngapha koko, kungale ndlela kuphela esinokuthi sizinikele njengezixhobo eziyinyani "zetyuwa kunye nokukhanya."
Kuthetha ntoni “ukuphumla”?
Xa usifa, konke ukukhathazeka, konke ukungazinzi, zonke iinkanuko ziyayeka, kwaye umphefumlo unqunyanyisiwe uzolile… imeko yokuphumla. Cinga ngale nto, kuba oko kufanele ukuba kube yimeko yethu kobu bomi, kuba uYesu usibizela kwimeko "yokufa" ngelixa siphila:
Nabani na onqwenela ukundilandela makazincame, athabathe umnqamlezo wakhe, andilandele. Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, wowufumana. Ndithi kuni, Ngaphandle kokuba ukhozo lwengqolowa luwele emhlabeni luze lufe, luhlala lukhozo nje; kodwa ukuba iyafa, ivelisa isiqhamo esininzi. (Mat 16: 24-25; Yohane 12:24)
Ewe, kobu bomi, asinakunceda kodwa silwe neenkanuko zethu kwaye silwe nobuthathaka bethu. Isitshixo, ke, ayikokuzivumela ukuba ubanjiswe yimisinga engxamisekileyo kunye neempembelelo zenyama, kumaza alwayo enkanuko. Endaweni yoko, ungene nzulu emphefumlweni apho aManzi oMoya akhoyo.
Senza oku ngokuhlala kwimeko ye ukuthembela.
NAMHLANJE
Khawufane ucinge iNkosi yethu ithetha nentliziyo yakho into enje…
Ndikunike “namhlanje nje.” Izicwangciso zam ngawe nobomi bakho zibandakanya namhla. Ndibone kwangaphambili ngale ntsasa, ngale njikalanga, ngobu busuku. Kwaye ke Mntwana wam, phila namhlanje, kuba awazi kwanto ngomso. Ndifuna uphile namhlanje, kwaye uphile kamnandi! Yiphile ngokugqibeleleyo. Yiphile ngothando, ngoxolo, ngenjongo, ngaphandle kokukhathazeka.
Into ekufuneka "uyenzile" ayinamsebenzi, ayingomntwana? Ngaba uSt.Paul akabhali ukuba yonke into ayinamsebenzi ngaphandle kokuba yenziwa ngothando? Ke into ezisa intsingiselo kule mini luthando owenza ngalo. Emva koko olu thando luya kuguqula zonke iingcinga zakho, izenzo, kunye namagama kumandla nakubomi obunokungena kwimiphefumlo; iya kubatshintsha ibe sisiqhumiso esiya kuBawo oseZulwini njengedini elinyulu.
Ke ngoko, yeka zonke iinjongo ngaphandle kokuba uhlale othandweni namhlanje. Yiphile kakuhle. Ewe, phila! Kwaye shiya iziphumo, iziphumo-ezilungileyo okanye ezimbi-zayo yonke imizamo yakho kum.
Wamkele umnqamlezo wokungafezeki, umnqamlezo wokunga gqibi, umnqamlezo wokungancedi, umnqamlezo weshishini elingapheliyo, umnqamlezo wempikiswano, umnqamlezo wentlungu engalindelekanga. Bamkele ngentando yam yanamhlanje. Yenze ishishini lakho ukubamkela bazinikezele kwaye ngentliziyo yothando nokuzincama. Iziphumo zazo zonke izinto ayisiyoshishini lakho, kodwa iinkqubo eziphakathi kwazo. Uya kugwetywa malunga nendlela owawuthanda ngayo ngalo mzuzu, hayi kwiziphumo.
Cinga ngalo mntwana: ngeMini yoMgwebo, uza kugwetywa "namhlanje." Zonke ezinye iintsuku ziya kubekelwa bucala, kwaye ndiza kujonga kulo mhla ukuba iyintoni na. Kwaye ke ndiza kujonga usuku olulandelayo nolandelayo, kwaye kwakhona uya kugwetywa “namhlanje nje.” Ke phila suku ngalunye nothando olungaka kum kunye nabo ndibabeka endleleni yakho. Uthando olugqibeleleyo lulugxotha lonke uloyiko, kuba uloyiko luyohlwaya. Kodwa ukuba uhlala kakuhle, kwaye wenza kakuhle "ngetalente" enye yanamhlanje, awuyi kohlwaywa kodwa uvuzwe.
Andiceli nto ingako, mntwana… namhlanje nje.
Marta, Marta, ukhathazekile kwaye ukhathazekile ngezinto ezininzi. Inye kuphela into efunekayo. UMariya ukhethe eyona ndawo ilungileyo… (Luka 10: 41-42)
Lumka ungalahleki naliphi na ithuba ubonelelo lwam ekubonelela ngalo ngokungcwaliswa. Ukuba awuphumeleli ekusebenziseni ithuba, musa ukuphulukana noxolo lwakho, kodwa zithobe kakhulu phambi kwam kwaye, ngokuzithemba okukhulu, zitshonise ngokupheleleyo kwinceba yam. Ngale ndlela, uzuza ngaphezulu kokulahlekileyo, kuba uyawongwa umphefumlo othobekileyo kunokuba umphefumlo ucele ... —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kumphefumlo wam, Iidayari, n. 1361
KUFUNDWA NGOKUBA
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usekela-postulator wesizathu sokuthanjiswa kukaSt Faustina.
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