THE umzimba uhlala ufuna umthombo wamandla, nokuba wenze imisebenzi elula njengokuphefumla. Kunjalo ke nangomphefumlo. Yiyo loo nto uYesu asiyalelayo:
Thandaza rhoqo. (ULuka 18: 1)
Umoya ufuna ubomi obungapheliyo bukaThixo, ngendlela iidiliya ezixhonywe ngayo emthini, hayi kanye ngemini okanye ngeCawa kusasa ngeyure. Iidiliya mazibe semdiliyeni “zingayeki” ukuze zivuthwe zide zivuthwe.
THANDAZA NJALO
Kodwa kuthetha ntoni oku? Uthandaza njani rhoqo? Mhlawumbi impendulo kukwaqala siqonde ukuba asikwazi ukuthandaza kube kanye ngemini ngokungaguquguqukiyo, singasathethi ke ngokungayeki. Iintliziyo zethu zahlulelene kwaye iingqondo zethu zichithakele. Sisoloko sizama ukunqula bobabini uThixo nobutyebi. Kuba u Yesu wathi uBawo ufuna abo baya kumnqula ngoMoya nangenyaniso, umthandazo wam kufuneka uqale ngenyaniso: Ndingumoni edinga inceba yakhe.
… Ukuthobeka sisiseko somthandazo… Ukucela ukuxolelwa yeyona nto ifunekayo kuzo zombini uMthendeleko we-Liturgy kunye nokuzithandazela. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-2559, 2631
Njengoko ndibhalile okokugqibela (bona Ngomthandazo), Umthandazo lulwalamano noThixo. Ndifuna ukucela uxolo kuba ndenzakalisile ubudlelwane. Kwaye uThixo uyavuya ukusikelela ukuthembeka kwam ngokungaxoleli kwakhe kuphela kodwa nangobabalo olukhulu lokunyuka Intaba Yokholo ngakuYe.
INYATHELO LINYE NGEXESHA
Okwangoku, ndithandaza njani e zonke amaxesha?
Ubomi bomthandazo ngumkhwa wokubakho phambi kukaThixo oyingcwele kathathu kunye nokunxulumana naye. -CCC, n. 2565
Umkhwa yinto eqala ngenyathelo lokuqala, kunye nenye, de umntu ayenze ngaphandle kokucinga.
Asinakho ukuthandaza “ngamaxesha onke” ukuba asithandazi ngamaxesha athile, ngokuzithandela. -CCC, n. 2697
Njengokuba uzongela ixesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa, kufuneka uzenzele ixesha lokuthandaza. Kwakhona, umthandazo bubomi bentliziyo-kukutya kokomoya. Umphefumlo ungaphila ngaphandle komthandazo kanye njengokuba umzimba ungaphila ngaphandle kokutya.
Lixesha lokuba thina maKristu sicime umabonwakude! Rhoqo asinalo ixesha lokuthandaza kuba kubingelelwe "kuthixo onamehlo" embindini wegumbi lokuhlala. Okanye ithole elityhidiweyo silibiza ngokuba yi "khomputha" Ukunyaniseka, la mazwi aphuma kum njengesilumkiso (bona, Phuma eBhabheli!). Kodwa isimemo somthandazo ayisosisongelo; sisimemo sothando!
Ndiyaphinda, njengokuba usika ixesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa, kufuneka uzenzele ixesha lokuthandaza.
Ukuba awuthandazi rhoqo, qala namhlanje ngokuthatha imizuzu engama-20 ukuya kwengama-30 ukuba neNkosi. Mphulaphule ngeZibhalo njengoko uzifunda. Okanye ucamngce ngobomi baKhe ngemithandazo ka iRosari. Okanye thatha incwadi ngobomi bengcwele okanye ebhalwe ngcwele (ndiyacebisa kakhulu Intshayelelo kubomi bokuzinikela nguSt. Francis de Sales) kwaye uqale ngokufunda kancinci, unqumama xa usiva iNkosi ithetha nawe entliziyweni yakho.
Kukho iindlela eziliwaka zokwenza Indlela. Into ephambili kukuba ukhethe enye kwaye uqale ukuthandaza ngokusuka entliziyweni, inyathelo elinye ngexesha, usuku olunye ngexesha. Nantsi into eza kuqala ukwenzeka…
IMIVUZO YONYAMEZELO
Njengoko uqhubeka ukukhokela ubomi bakho phakathi uxanduva lomzuzu kunye nokugcinwa kwemiyalelo kaThixo, efanelekileyo Ukoyika iNkosi, umthandazo uya kutsala emphefumlweni wakho izibabalo ozifunayo zokukuthwalela phezulu naphezulu kwiNtaba. Uya kuqala ukufumana iindawo ezintsha kunye neembonakalo zomhlaba ze ukuqonda, Ukuphefumla ngokutsha kunye nokutsha ulwazi kaThixo, kwaye ikhula ukusuka emandleni ukuya emandleni, iyanda Ukuthamba. Uya kuqala ube nelifa Ubulumko.
Ubulumko sisipho sikaMoya esihambelana nengqondo yakho nesikaKristu ukuze ucinge njengaye kwaye uqale ukuphila njengaye, ngokwenza njalo uthatha inxaxheba kubomi baKhe obungaphaya kwendalo ngeendlela ezinzulu nezinzulu. Obu bomi bangaphezu kwendalo bubizwa Ukuhlonela uThixo.
Umphefumlo onjalo, okhanya ngokukhanya kukaYesu, emva koko unakho ukukhanyisa indlela eya kubantakwabo noodadewabo abalandela emva kwakhe, ebakhokelela ekujikeni okukhohlisayo nakumawa anyukayo. Oku kubizwa Isiluleko.
Umthandazo awukho kangako malunga nento oyinika uThixo njengaleyo afuna ukukunika yona. Nguye onguMnikeli weZipho ezivela kwingxowa-mali yeNtliziyo yaKhe, evulekileyo ivulekele wena emnqamlezweni. Kwaye ulangazelela kangakanani ukuwathululela phezu kwakho!
Cela, uya kunikwa; funani, nofumana; nkqonkqoza uze uvulelwe umnyango. Kuba wonke umntu ocelayo, uyazuza; nalowo ufunayo, uyafumana; nalowo unkqonkqozayo, uya kuvulelwa. Nguwuphi na umntu kuni ongathi, xa ecela isonka, okanye inyoka, acele intlanzi, asinike unyana wakhe ilitye? Ukuba ke ngoko nina, nikhohlakele, niyakwazi ukubapha abantwana benu izipho ezilungileyo, wobeka phi na ke yena uYihlo osemazulwini ukubanika izinto ezilungileyo abo bamcelayo! (Mat 7: 7-11)
KUFUNDWA NGOKUBA:
