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Ukuba ngumKristu akusosiphumo sokhetho lokuziphatha okanye umbono ophakamileyo,
kodwa ukuhlangana nomsitho, umntu,
enika ubomi umbono omtsha kunye nesikhokelo sokuthatha isigqibo. 
—UPOPE BENEDICT XVI; Ileta Encyclical: UDeus Caritas Est, “uThixo uluthando”; 1

 

NDINGU i-Katolika yokuzalwa. Maninzi amaxesha aphambili athe alwenza nzulu ukholo lwam kule minyaka ingamashumi amahlanu idlulileyo. Kodwa ezo zavelisa ithemba xa ndadibana nobukho namandla kaYesu. Oku, kwandikhokelela ekubeni ndimthande nabanye ngakumbi. Rhoqo, ezo ntlanganiso zenzeka xa ndaya eNkosini njengomphefumlo owaphukileyo, kuba njengoko uMdumisi esitsho:

Umbingelelo owamkelekileyo kuThixo ngumoya owaphukileyo, Intliziyo eyaphukileyo, ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela. (Iindumiso 51:17)

UThixo uyasiva isikhalo samahlwempu, ewe… kodwa Uzityhila kubo xa isikhalo sabo sithwalwa kukuthobeka, oko kukuthi, ukholo lwenene. 

Ufunyanwa ngabo bangamvavanyi, kwaye uzibonakalisa kwabo bangakholelwayo kuye. (Ubulumko bukaSolomon 1: 2)

Ukholo ngohlobo lwalo oluthile kukuhlangana noThixo ophilayo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI; Ileta Encyclical: UDeus Caritas Est, “uThixo uluthando”; 28

Kukubonakaliswa kothando lukaYesu namandla "okunika ubomi umbono omtsha", umbono ophakamileyo ithemba. 

 

NGUMNTU

Maninzi kakhulu amaKatolika akhule esiya kwiCawa yeMisa engakhange eve ukuba kufuneka zivule iintliziyo zabo kuYesu… Kwaye ke, ekugqibeleni bakhula ngaphandle kweMisa ngokupheleleyo. Kungenxa yokuba abafundisi babo khange bafundiswe le nyaniso isisiseko nakwi-seminari. 

Njengoko usazi kakuhle ayingombandela wokudlulisa nje imfundiso, kodwa yintlanganiso yobuqu kunye nenzulu noMsindisi.   -UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Ukuyalela iiNtsapho, Neo-Catechumenal Way. Ngo-1991

Ndithi "esisiseko" kuba is imfundiso yeCawa yamaKatolika:

"Imfihlelo yokholo inkulu!" Icawa iyayichaza le mfihlakalo kwiNkolelo yabaPostile kwaye iyibhiyozela kwimfundiso yomthendeleko, ukuze ubomi babathembekileyo bufaniswe noKristu kuMoya oyiNgcwele kuzukiswe uThixo uYise. Le mfihlakalo ke ifuna ukuba abathembekileyo bakholelwe kuyo, bayibhiyozele, kwaye baphile kuyo kubudlelwane obubalulekileyo nobobuqu noThixo ophilileyo noyinyaniso. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika (CCC), 2558

 

ITHEMBA LIHLALE

Kwisahluko sokuqala sikaLuka, imitha yokuqala yokusa yaqhekeza ubumnyama boluntu xa iNgelosi uGabriyeli yathi:

… Uya kumthiya igama elinguYesu, kuba uya kusindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo… baya kuthi nguEmanuweli, Oko kukuthi, uThixo unathi. (Mat 1: 21-23)

UThixo akakude kude. Ngu unathi. Kwaye isizathu sokuza kwakhe asikukohlwaya kodwa ukusihlangula esonweni. 

INkosi isondele. Esi sizathu sokuvuya kwethu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, nge-14 kaDisemba, ngo-2008, kwisiXeko saseVatican

Kodwa awuyi kulufumana olu vuyo, eli themba lenkululeko kubukhoboka besono, ngaphandle kokuba uyivule ngesitshixo sokholo. Ke nantsi enye inyaniso esisiseko ekufuneka yenziwe isisiseko sokholo lwakho; Iliwa ke apho ubomi bakho bonke bomoya buya kwakhiwa khona: Uthixo Luthando. 

Khange nditsho ukuba "uThixo unothando." Hayi, UTHANDO. Owona mongo wakhe uluthando. Kananjalo-ngoku uyakuqonda oku, mfundi othandekayo-indlela oziphethe ngayo ayiluchaphazeli uthando lwaKhe kuwe. Ngapha koko, akukho sono emhlabeni, nokuba sikhulu kangakanani na, esinokukuhlukanisa nothando lukaThixo. Yile nto ibhengezwa nguSt.

Yintoni eya kwahlula eluthandweni lukaKrestu… ndiqinisekile ukuba nakufa, nabomi, nazingelosi, nazilawuli, nazinto zangoku, nazinto zizayo, namandla, nakuphakama, nabunzulu, naso nasiphi na esinye isidalwa aziyi kuba nako ukuba sahlule eluthandweni lukaThixo olukuye uKristu Yesu, iNkosi yethu. (Roma 8: 35-39)

Ke ungaqhubeka nokona? Ewe akunjalo, kuba isono esinzulu unako Yahlula kwaKhe ubukho, nangonaphakade kuloo nto. Kodwa hayi uthando lwaKhe. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba yayingu-St. Catherine waseSiena owakha wathi uthando lukaThixo lufikelela nakumasango esiHogo, kodwa phaya, iyaliwa. Into endiyithethayo kukuba ukusebeza endlebeni yakho kukuxelela ukuba awuthandwa nguThixo bubuxoki obucacileyo. Ngapha koko, yayi kanye xa umhlaba wawuzaliswe yinkanuko, ukubulala, intiyo, ukubawa, nayo yonke imbewu yentshabalalo uYesu aweza kuthi. 

UThixo uqondakalisa uthando lwakhe kuthi ngokuthi, sakubon 'ukuba sisengaboni, uKristu asifele. (KwabaseRoma 5: 8)

Eli lithemba lokusa entliziyweni yalowo unokulamkela. Kwaye namhlanje, ngeli "xesha lenceba" eliphuma kwihlabathi lethu, Uyasicenga ukuba siyikholelwe:

Bhala oku ukuze kuzuze imiphefumlo edandathekileyo: xa umphefumlo ububona kwaye ubuqonda ubunzulu bezono zawo, xa yonke inzonzobila elalifaka kuyo iboniswa phambi kwamehlo ayo, mayingalahli themba, kodwa mayilahle ngokuzithemba. uqobo kwiingalo zenceba yam, njengomntwana kwizandla zikamama wakhe amthandayo. Le miphefumlo inelungelo lokuphambili kwiNtliziyo yam enovelwano, inofikelelo lokuqala kwinceba yam. Baxelele ukuba akukho mphefumlo ubize inceba yam oye waphoxeka okanye wehliswa. Ndonwabe ngakumbi emphefumlweni othembele ekulungeni kwam… Makungabikho mntu woyikayo ukusondela kum, nangona izono zawo zingqombela… -UYesu kuSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo emphefumlweni wam, idayari, n. I-541, 699

Kukho ezinye izinto endinokuzibhala malunga nethemba namhlanje, kodwa ukuba awubhali ngempela kholelwa kule nyaniso isisiseko-yokuba uThixo uBawo uyakuthanda okwangoku, kwimeko eyaphukileyo onokuba yiyo nokuba yena unqwenela ukonwaba kwakho-ke uya kuba njengesikhephe esiqhutywa ngumoya waso sonke isilingo nesilingo. Ngeli themba kuthando lukaThixo yiankile yethu. Ukholo oluthobekileyo noluyinyaniso luthi, “Yesu ndiyazinikela kuwe. Uhoye yonke into! ” Kwaye xa sithandaza oku ngokusuka entliziyweni, ukusuka kwisibindi, ngokuthetha, emva koko uYesu uya kungena ebomini bethu kwaye enze imimangaliso yenceba. Loo mimangaliso, emva koko, iya kutyala imbewu yethemba apho usizi lwalukhula nje. 

Ithemba, itsho iCatechism, “yi-ankile eqinisekileyo neqinileyo yomphefumlo… engena… apho uYesu waba ngumanduleli endaweni yethu.” ^[1]cf. ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. Ngo-1820; cf. Hayi 6: 19-20

Ilixa lifikile xa umyalezo weNceba kaThixo ukwazi ukuzalisa iintliziyo ngethemba kwaye ube yintlantsi yempucuko entsha: impucuko yothando. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Homily, Krakow, Poland, Agasti 18, 2002; IVatican.va

UThixo uthanda bonke abesilisa nabasetyhini emhlabeni kwaye ubanika ithemba lexesha elitsha, ixesha loxolo. Uthando lwakhe, olutyhilwe ngokupheleleyo kuNyana ongumntu, lusisiseko soxolo kwindalo iphela. -UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo kaPopu John Paul II woMbhiyozo woSuku lweHlabathi lweXolo, nge-1 kaJanuwari 2000

 

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Usikelele, kwaye enkosi. 

 

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