Luhleli ke ukholo, ithemba, uthando, ezi zinto zontathu;
eyona inkulu ke kuzo apho luthando. (1 kwabaseKorinte 13:13)
UKHOLO isitshixo, esivula umnyango wethemba, esivula uthando.
Oko kunokuvakala njengekhadi lokubulisa eliseHallmark kodwa sisizathu sokuba ubuKristu businde kwiminyaka engama-2000. Icawa yamaKatolika iyaqhubeka, hayi ngenxa yokuba ibigcwele kakuhle ukutyhubela iinkulungwane nabaphengululi bezakwalizwi okanye abalawuli abangoovimba, kodwa iingcwele “Ngcamlani nibone ukulunga kweNkosi.” [1]INdumiso 34: 9 Ukholo lwenene, ithemba nothando zizizathu ezibangele ukuba izigidi zamaKristu zibulawe ngokufela ukholo okanye ziyeke udumo, ubutyebi, namandla. Ngokwale mikhwa mihle yezakwalizwi, badibana noMntu omkhulu kunobomi kuba wayenguBomi uqobo; Umntu owayekwazi ukuphilisa, ukuhlangula nokubakhulula ngendlela engenanto okanye akukho namnye umntu onako. Abalahlekanga ngokwabo; ngokuchaseneyo, bazifumana bebuyiselwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo ababedalwe ngawo.
Lowo wayenguYesu.
UTHANDO LOKWENENE LUNOKUTHULA
AmaKristu okuqala angqina:
Akunakwenzeka ukuba singathethi ngento esiyibonileyo nesiyivileyo. (IZenzo 4: 20)
Kukho ubungqina obungenakubalwa obuvela kwiintsuku zokuqala zeCawa ezithetha ngemiphefumlo — nokuba ngoosomashishini, oogqirha, amagqwetha, izithandi zobulumko, amakhosikazi asendlwini, okanye abarhwebi — abadibana nothando lukaThixo olungenamiqathango. Yabatshintsha. Yanyibilika ubukrakra babo, ukwaphuka, umsindo, intiyo, okanye ukungabi nathemba; ibakhulule kwizikhoboka, iziqhoboshelo nakwimimoya emdaka. Xa bejongene nobungqina obunje ngoThixo, bobukho bakhe namandla akhe, bona Ndinikele ngothando. Bazinikela ekuthandeni kwakhe. Kwaye ngenxa yoko, bakufumanisa kungenakwenzeka ukuba bangathethi ngezinto abazibonileyo nabazivileyo.
UTHANDO LOKWENENE LUTSHINTSHA
Eli, nalo, libali lam. Kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, ndazifumana ndilikhoboka lokungcola. Ndaya kwintlanganiso yomthandazo apho ndandiziva ngathi ndingoyena mntu uphila. Ndandineentloni nosizi, ndiqinisekile ukuba uThixo uyandidelela. Xa babesondeza iingoma zamaculo, ndandiziva ndingenakwenza nto ngaphandle kokucula. Kodwa bendinokholo… nokuba belilingana nokhozo lwemostade, nokuba beligqunyelelwe ngeminyaka yomgquba (kodwa 
Ngaba umgquba awenzi ngesichumiso esifanelekileyo?). Ndiqale ukucula, ndathi xa ndisenza njalo, kwaqala amandla ukuphuma emzimbeni wam ngokungathi ndibanjwe ngumbane, kodwa ngaphandle kwentlungu. Ndaze ndaluva olu thando lungaqhelekanga luzalisa ubukho bam. Xa ndaphuma ngobo busuku, amandla endandinawo aphulwe. Ndizaliswe lithemba elinjalo. Ngapha koko, ndingathini ukuba ndingabelani ngothando endandisandula ukulufumana?
Abakholelwa kuThixo bayathanda ukucinga ukuba abantu abahluphekayo njengam bavelisa ezi mvakalelo. Kodwa enyanisweni, ekuphela "koluvo" endandicinga ngalo kumzuzu odlulileyo yayikukuzonda kunye nengqondo yokuba uThixo wayengandifuni kwaye wayeza kundifuna ze Uzibonakalise kum. Ukholo sisitshixo, esivula umnyango wethemba, oluvula uthando.
Kodwa ubuKristu abukho malunga neemvakalelo. Imalunga nokuguqula indalo ewayo ibe lizulu elitsha nomhlaba omtsha ngentsebenziswano noMoya oyiNgcwele. Kwaye ke, Uthando kunye neNyaniso ziyahambelana. Inyaniso iyasikhulula-sikhululekile ukuba sithande, kuba yile nto sasenzelwe yona. Uthando, uYesu watyhila, lumalunga nokunikela ngobomi bakho ngenxa yomnye umntu. Ngapha koko, uthando endaye ndalufumana ngala mhla lwalunokwenzeka kuphela kuba u Yesu wagqiba kwiminyaka engama 2000 eyadlulayo ukuba anikele ngobomi bakhe ngenjongo yokukhangela abalahlekileyo ugcine kubo. Kwaye ke, waguqukela kum ngoko, njengoko esenza nakuwe ngoku, kwaye uthi:
Ndininika umyalelo omtsha: thandanani. Njengoko ndinithandileyo mna, yenzani ngokunjalo nani. Ngayo le nto baya kwazi bonke, ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba nithe nathandana. (UYohane 13: 34-35)
Umfundi kaKrestu akufuneki agcine inkolo kwaye aphile kuyo kuphela, kodwa kufuneka ayivume, azingqinele, kwaye ayisasaze… -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1816
UTHANDO LOKWENENE LUYENDLULA
Namhlanje, ihlabathi liye laba njengenqanawa enekhampasi eyaphukileyo kulwandle olulwayo. Abantu baziva; siyayibona indlela edlala ngayo ezindabeni; sijonge inkcazo eyoyikisayo kaKristu "yamaxesha okuphela" evuleka phambi kwethu: "Ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabaninzi luya kuphola."[2]I-Matt 24: 12 Kananjalo, yonke imilinganiselo yokuziphatha iye yajikwa yajongisiswa. Ukufa ngoku bubomi, ubomi kukufa; okulungileyo kukubi, okubi kulungile. Yintoni enokuqala ukujika kuthi? Yintoni enokusindisa umhlaba ekukhukulisekeni ngokungakhathali kungena kwintshabalalo yokuzitshabalalisa?
Uthando. Kuba Uthixo Luthando. Umhlaba awusakwazi ukuva ukuba iBandla lishumayela ngemithetho yokuziphatha, ngokuyinxenye, kuba siphulukene nokuthembeka kwethu ukwenza njalo kumashumi eminyaka yehlazo kunye nehlabathi. Kodwa yintoni umhlaba unako ukuva kwaye 'ungcamle ubone' luthando oluyinyani, uthando "lobuKristu" -kuba uThixo uluthando-kwaye "uthando soze lwehluleka." [3]I-1 Cor 13: 8
Ongasekhoyo uThomas Merton wabhala intshayelelo enamandla kwimibhalo yeentolongo ka-Fr. UAlfred Delp, umbingeleli owayebanjwe ngamaNazi. Zombini iincwadi zakhe kunye nokwaziswa kukaMerton kufanelekile kunakuqala:
Abo bafundisa inkolo kwaye bashumayele iinyaniso zokholo kwilizwe elingakholwayo mhlawumbi banomdla wokuzibonakalisa belungile kunokuba befumanise kwaye banelise indlala yokomoya yabo bathetha nabo. Kwakhona, sikulungele kakhulu ukucinga ukuba siyazi, ngcono kunongakholwayo, yintoni emhlelayo. Sithatha ngokungakhathali ukuba ekuphela kwempendulo ayifunayo iqulethwe kwiifomula eziqhelekileyo kuthi kangangokuba sizithetha ngaphandle kokucinga. Asazi ukuba umamele hayi amagama kodwa ubungqina be ukucinga kunye nothando ngasemva kwamagama. Ukanti ukuba akaguquki ngephanyazo ngeentshumayelo zethu siyazithuthuzela ngengcinga yokuba oku kungenxa yokuqaqadeka kwakhe okusisiseko. -Isusela UAlfred Delp, SJ, Imibhalo yeNtolongo, (Iincwadi zeOrbis), iphe. xxx (eyam yoxinzelelo)
Yiyo le nto uPope Francis (ngaphandle kwako konke ukubhideka kwisikhundla sakhe sobupapa) wayeyisiprofeto xa wayebiza iCawe ukuba ibe sisibhedlele sentsimi. Into efunwa lihlabathi kuqala yile
uthando olunqanda ukopha kwamanxeba ethu, okusisiphumo senkcubeko engenabuthixo-kwaye ke sinokuhambisa iyeza lenyaniso.
Ubufundisi beCawe abunakuze buthathwe kukuhanjiswa kwenqwelomoya yeemfundiso ukuba inyanzeliswe. Isibhengezo kwisitayile sobufundisi sigxile kwizinto eziyimfuneko, kwizinto eziyimfuneko: yile ikwanomdla kwaye inomdla ngakumbi, yintoni eyenza intliziyo ivuthe, njengoko yenzayo kubafundi base-Emawusi. Kufuneka sifumane ibhalansi entsha; Ngaphandle koko, nokuba isimilo seCawe sinokuziphatha njengendlu yamakhadi, siphulukane nokutsha kunye nevumba leVangeli. Isindululo seVangeli kufuneka sibe lula ngakumbi, sinzulu, siqaqambe. Kuvela kwesi sicelo ukuba iziphumo zokuziphatha zihamba. -IPOPE FRANCIS, Ngomhla we-30 Septemba, 2013; americamagazine.org
Ewe, ngoku sijonge iCawe iqala ukuwa njengendlu yamakhadi. Umzimba kaKristu kufuneka ucoceke xa ungaphumi kukholo lwenene, ithemba nothando-ngakumbi uthando-oluvela kwiNtloko. AbaFarisi babelungile ekugcineni umthetho kwileta, kwaye beqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu uyayiphila… kodwa babengenalo uthando.
Ndingafanelana ndinabo nobuprofeto, ndizazi iimfihlelo zonke, ndinako konke ukwazi; ukuba ndinalo lonke ukholo lokususa iintaba kodwa ndingenalo uthando, andinto yanto. (1 Kor. 13: 2)
Ngomdibaniso oqondakalayo wezengqondo kunye neenqununu zokuhambisa ivangeli, uPopu uFrancis ucacise ngoSuku loLutsha lweHlabathi namhlanje ngendlela thina njengamaKristu esinokubatsalela ngayo abanye kuKristu siqu dibana 
noThixo ongalahli nkqu noyena moni mkhulu.
Uvuyo nethemba lomntu wonke ongumKristu — sonke, noPapa ngokunjalo — livela ekufumaneni le ndlela kaThixo, osijongileyo athi, “Uyinxalenye yosapho lwam kwaye andinakukushiya ngaphandle kubanda ; Andinakuphulukana nawe apha endleleni; Ndilapha ecaleni kwakho ”… Ngokutya nabaqokeleli berhafu naboni… uYesu uyayichitha ingqondo eyohlula, ingabakhupheli ngaphandle, ibakhethe ize yahlule ngokuxoka“ okulungileyo nokubi ”. Akenzi oku ngummiselo, okanye ngeenjongo ezintle, okanye ngeziqubulo okanye iimvakalelo. Uyenza ngokudala ubudlelwane obunakho ukwenza iinkqubo ezintsha; ukutyala imali kunye nokubhiyozela onke amanyathelo anokuvela. -UPOPA uFRANCIS, uMlohlwayo woLuleko kunye nokuvuma izono e-Juvenile Detention Centre, ePanama; NgoJanuwari 25th, 2019, Zenit.org
Uthando olungenamiqathango. Abantu kufuneka bazi ukuba bayathandwa kuba bekho. Oku, kuvula ithuba lokuba kubekho uThixo obathandayo. Kwaye oku kuya kuvula kuloo nto iqiniso loo nto iya kubakhulula. Ngale ndlela, ngokwakha ubudlelwane nabaphukileyo kwaye ubuhlobo nabawileyo, sinokumenza uYesu abekhona kwakhona, kwaye ngoncedo lwaKhe, sibeke abanye kwindlela yokholo, ithemba nothando.
Kwaye eyona inkulu kwezi luthando.
I-EPILOGUE
Njengoko bendigqibezela ukubhala nje ngoku, umntu othile undithumelele umyalezo ophuma eMedjugorje ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesihlanu kwinyanga nganye, kuthiwa uvela kwiNkosikazi yethu. Kuya kusebenza njengesiqinisekiso esomeleleyo sento endiyibhalileyo kule veki, ukuba akukho enye into:
Bantwana abathandekayo! Namhlanje, njengomama, ndikubizela enguqukweni. Eli lixesha lenu, bantwana abancinci, ixesha lokuthula kunye nomthandazo. Ke ngoko, kubushushu bentliziyo yakho, ngamana ukhozo lwe ithemba kwaye ukholo khula kwaye wena, bantwana abancinci, niya kuthi imihla ngemihla nive isidingo sokuthandaza ngakumbi. Ubomi bakho buya kuba nocwangco kunye noxanduva. Uya kuqonda, bantwana abancinci, ukuba niyadlula apha emhlabeni kwaye niyakuva imfuneko yokusondela kuThixo, kwaye uthando uya kungqina amava okudibana kwakho noThixo, oya kwabelana ngawo nabanye. Ndinawe kwaye ndiyakuthandazela kodwa andikwazi ngaphandle ko-ewe wakho. Enkosi ngokuphendula umnxeba wam. —Januwari 25, 2019
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