Uthando lwethu lokuqala

 

NYE yamazwi “ngoku” iNkosi eyayibeke entliziyweni yam kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine eyadlulayo yayikukuba a “Isaqhwithi esikhulu siza njengesitshingitshane emhlabeni” kwaye ukusondela kwethu kufutshane Iliso leSiphangokokukhona kuya kubakho isiphithiphithi nokudideka. Ewe, imimoya yesi saqhwithi iya isantya ngoku, iziganeko ziqala ukwenzeka njalo ngokukhawuleza, Kulula ukudideka. Kulula ukuyilibala eyona nto ibalulekileyo. Kwaye uYesu uxelela abalandeli baKhe, baKhe uthembekile abalandeli, yintoni leyo:

Unyamezelo kwaye ubandezelekile ngenxa yegama lam, kwaye awuzange utyhafe. Kodwa ndinento le kuwe: Ulahlekelwe luthando owawunalo kuqala. Qaphela ukuba uwe kude kangakanani. Guquka, kwaye wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Kungenjalo, ndiya kuza kuwe ndize ndisuse isiphatho sezibane sakho endaweni yaso, ngaphandle kokuba uyaguquka. (ISityhi. 2: 3-5)

Esi Sikhumbuzo saMiphefumlo Yonke namhlanje, sibhaptiziwe kubunyani babo bonke abo sibathandayo abahambe phambi kwethu, kunye nengcinga yokuba baphi. Siyabathandazela, abo basekhoyo nangoku icocwe kwimililo ye i purgatory, ukuze bakhawuleze baye ngokupheleleyo Ukunxibelelana neNkosi. Kodwa kule nyaniso siyayiqonda inyani eqinisekileyo: yonke le miphefumlo ihambileyo ishiye ngasemva izinto zayo, imihlaba yabo, ubukhosi babo; amaphupha abo, ezopolitiko, izimvo zabo. Bemi ngoku phambi koMdali kubuze obubalaseleyo buka-Adam. Kubo, akukho nto ibaluleke ngakumbi, ebaluleke ngakumbi, ebaluleke ngakumbi ngoku kunokuba ibe yekaThixo ngokupheleleyo. Bayakhala, bayalila, bayazisola; bayancwina, banqwenela, kwaye banqwenela ukuhlala ngokupheleleyo esifubeni sikaYise. Ngamafutshane, bona kutshisa ngothando, nangentando, kude kube kuhlanjululwe konke ukungafezeki ababekwenza ebomini obulandelayo 

Ekuhluphekeni kweCawe (igama elisetyenziselwa ukuchaza imiphefumlo kwi i purgatory), sibona umzekeliso ophilayo wobomi: sidalelwe ukuba siyithande iNkosi uThixo wethu ngengqondo, ngentliziyo, ngomphefumlo nangamandla ethu onke. Nantoni na engaphantsi kuku ungaphili ngokupheleleyo. Kule nyaniso kukho imfihlo, hayi yolonwabo (oko kuvakala kuyinto eqhelekileyo), kodwa yovuyo olusulungekileyo, injongo kunye nokuzaliseka. Abangcwele ngabo bakufumeneyo oku ngexa wayesemhlabeni. Bafuna uYesu ngendlela uMtshakazi alangazelela ngayo uMyeni wakhe. Bawenza wonke umsebenzi wabo kunye nokuzibhokoxa kwabo besenzela Yena. Bavuma ukuphathwa gadalala, ubunzima kunye nentshutshiso ngenxa yokumthanda. Kwaye ngokuzonwabisa bazibandeza ulonwabo oluncinci ngenxa yokumazi yena. Kuhle kangakanani ukuba uSt.Paul wabhala la mazwi kuthi ngomzuzu wothando oluvuthayo:

Zonke izinto ndizibalela ekuthini ziyilahleko ngenxa yokulunga kakhulu ekumazini uKristu Yesu iNkosi yam. Ngenxa yakhe ndamkele ukulahleka kwezinto zonke kwaye ndizithatha njengenkunkuma, ukuze ndimzuze uKrestu kwaye ndifumaneke kuye… (Phil 3: 8-10)

Unyulo lwaseMelika ayisiyiyo eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu; ayikuko nokuba iMisa yesiLatin iyabuyiselwa okanye cha; ayisiyiyo le nto yathethwa okanye ayithethwanga ngu-Pope Francis, njlnjl. KumaKristu amaninzi, ezi zinto ziye zaba sisikhalo sedabi, induli apho bazimisele ukufela khona. Ngelixa oku kunokuba kubalulekile, ayizizo iblorho ibalulekile. Into ebalulekileyo kukuba sifumane uthando ebesinalo ekuqaleni, inzondelelo evuthayo eyayifuna iNkosi, eyayinxanelwe ukufunda iLizwi laYo, eyayinqwenela ukuyichukumisa kwi-Ekaristi, eyakha yaphakamisa ilizwi layo kwiingoma zonqulo kunye indumiso. Kwaye ukuba uziva ukuba awuzange wakhe wadibana noLuthando, ukuba akukho mntu ukuxelele ukuba uYesu unqwenela oku naye… ke namhlanje lusuku olulungileyo njengalo naluphi na lokuthandazela lo Mlilo ungcwele ukuba umiswe emphefumlweni wakho. Ewe, thandaza nam ngoku,

Yiza Moya oyiNgcwele! Yiza ugcwalise intliziyo yam. Ndivuselele ngomlilo wothando lwakho. Ndibase! Yitshise into engekhoyo engqondweni yam kunye nezinto eziqhotyoshelweyo entliziyweni yam endigcina kuThixo. Yiza kumkhonzi wakho ohluphekileyo ngale yure kwaye undiphakamisele entliziyweni kaBawo. Ndibeke ezingalweni zakhe ezinothando ukuze ndazi ukulunga kwakhe okungapheliyo. Bopha umntu wam omdala emnqamlezweni ngezikhonkwane ezifanayo zikaKristu ukuze ndimanyane naye ekufeni, ukufa kuye, njengokuba ndinjalo ebomini — ngokumphila. Yiza ngoku, Moya oyiNgcwele, yiza ngoncedo olunamandla lwentliziyo engafezekanga kaMariya, isibane esikhulu seLangatye loLuthando. 

Owu, mzalwana nodade othandekayo, kutheni ubhala ngaphezulu? Zininzi iincwadi ezibhaliweyo kubomi bangaphakathi, kubomi bomphefumlo, nakolu hambo oluya kumanyano nobuthixo. Ke mandingaphindi into esele ithethwe ziingqondo. Endaweni yokuba, namhlanje lusuku lokuvuka umnqwenoUkuza kuYesu kunye umnqweno. Ukuthi kuye, 

Owu Nkosi, uyabubona ubuhlwempu bam. Ndifana ne-ember eguqukileyo yaba luthuthu-idangatye lothando licinywe ziinkxalabo, inkxalabo kunye namaxhala eli hlabathi. Owu Nkosi, ndilandele izithixo, ndafuna ubuncwane obungenanto, ndathengisa iimpahla zentliziyo yakho enenceba ngeziyolo zokomzuzwana neziphelayo zeli hlabathi lidlulayo. Yesu, ndibuyise. Yesu, sukuma ngaphandle komnyango wentliziyo yam, unkqonkqoza, ulindile. Musa ukulinda! Andinakwenza nto ngaphandle kokuba, ngesitshixo somnqweno, ndivulele ucango lwentliziyo yam kwakhona. Nkosi, andinanto ndingakupha yona ngaphandle komnqweno. Nceda, ngenisa intliziyo yam, usete ikhaya lakho, kwaye sibe yiLangatye elinye kwakhona. 

Nika ixesha lakho elidlulileyo kuYesu, kwaye lihlale lixesha elidlulileyo. Ukuvuma izono lelona cwecwana lisikelelekileyo emhlabeni. Namhlanje, vumela uMoya wothando ube yintsingiselo yoMhla oMtsha. Imimoya kaSathana sele iza kugqobhoza kulo mhlaba, ifuna ukuqhushumbisa intsalela yokholo kunye nokuthembela kuThixo. Makungabi njalo kuwe; Ibali leNenekazi lethu elincinci. Uthembele kuwe, ucenga ngeenyembezi zothando. Kuba uya kuba ngabathwali bokuqala beLangatye loThando kwihlabathi eliya kuthi lenzakaliswe sisono ukuba bekungekho ngenxa yokholo lwakho oluphilayo, bonke baya kuphelelwa lithemba. Intsalela… intsalela… kuko konke oku kufunwa nguThixo ukulitshisa kwakhona ihlabathi. Kwaye uMama wethu unqwenela ukuba iqale, ngakumbi ngoonyana bakhe abathandekayo, ababingeleli:

Kuyakwenzeka nini, lo mlilo unothando olusulungekileyo oza kuthi ulitshise lonke ihlabathi kwaye uzokuza, ngobunono kodwa ngamandla, ukuze zonke izizwe… zibanjwe ngamadangatye ziguqulwe?… Nini uphefumlela umoya wakho kubo, ziyabuyiselwa kwaye ubuso bomhlaba buhlaziyiwe. Thumela lo Moya odlayo konke emhlabeni ukudala ababingeleli abatsha ngalo mlilo mnye kwaye ubulungiseleli babo buya kuhlaziya ubuso bomhlaba buhlaziye iBandla lakho. -Isuka KuThixo Wedwa: Iincwadi Eziqokelelweyo zaseSt. Louis Marie de Montfort; Epreli 2014, Yimagnificat, iphe. 331

Kodwa sonke, nonke nina nifunda oku, niyamenywa koko uYesu akubiza ngokuba “Umkhosi wam okhethekileyo. ” [1]cf. Ibali leNenekazi lethu elincinciSibizelwe ukuba sijongane nesi saqhwithi- hayi ngomsindo, impoxo, kunye neengxoxo ezikrelekrele- kodwa ngokholo, ithemba nothando namandla kaMoya oyiNgcwele. Kodwa asinakulwa nento esingenayo. Ke ngoko, leli lixa lokuba ucele uNdikhoyo uThixo ukuba atshise intliziyo yakho ngomlilo Idangatye lothando, kunye Isipho sokuphila kwiNtando kaThixo, ukuze ube ngumlilo wasendle ovuthayo kude kuse eziphelweni zehlabathi.

Uyakuba ngummangaliso omkhulu wokukhanya okumfamekisa uSathana… Isikhukula seentsikelelo esiza kuzamazamisa umhlaba kufuneka siqale ngenani elincinci lemiphefumlo ethobekileyo. -UMama wethu kuElizabethewww.lifumaty.org

Wanga [uMariya] angaqhubekeka esomeleza imithandazo yethu kunye neevoti zakhe, ukuze, phakathi koxinzelelo kunye nengxaki yamazwe, ezo zinto zintle zingavuselelwa ngovuyo nguMoya oyiNgcwele, owaxelwa kwangaphambili ngamazwi kaDavide: “ Thumela uMoya wakho, ziyakudalwa, ubuhlaziye ubuso bomhlaba ”(Nd. Ciii., 30). —UPOPE LEO XIII, I-Divinum Illud Munus, n. I-14

Ke ngoko, bazalwana noodadewethu abathandekayo, cela uSt.Joseph aniphakamise eluthulini lokudimazeka; Cela uMongameli wethu namhlanje ukuba asule iinyembezi zangomso; kwaye umeme uYesu ukuba abe yiNkosi yobomi bakho ukusukela ngalo mzuzu uye phambili. Kwelakho icala, mthande ngentliziyo yakho yonke, nangomphefumlo wakho wonke, nangamandla akho onke. Kwaye thanda ngokuthanda ummelwane wakho-thanda ngenene-njengoko ubuya kuthanda. Nangona oku kungenakwenzeka kubantu, akukho nto ingenakwenzeka kuThixo. Ke,

Ngokuthobekileyo sicela uMoya oyiNgcwele, uParaclete, ukuze "athi ngobabalo anike iBandla izipho zobunye noxolo," kwaye ahlaziye ubuso bomhlaba ngokuthululwa ngokutsha kothando lwaKhe losindiso lwabo bonke. —UPOPE BENEDICT XV, ngoMeyi 3, 1920, I-Pacem Dei Munus Pulcherrimum

Hlaziya imimangaliso yakho kule mihla yethu, ngokungathi yiPentekoste entsha. Nika iCawe Yakho ukuba, ukuba unengqondo enye kwaye uqinile emthandazweni kunye noMariya, uMama kaYesu, kwaye ulandela ukukhokelwa nguPeter osikelelweyo, ingaqhubela phambili ulawulo loMsindisi wethu oNgcwele, ulawulo lwenyaniso nobulungisa, ulawulo luka uthando noxolo. Amen. —IPOPA ST. JOHN XXIII xa kuvulwa iBhunga lesiBini laseVatican  

… Zinkulu kakhulu iimfuno kunye neengozi zeli xesha langoku, bukhulu kakhulu ubume boluntu obutsalelekileyo ukuhlalisana kwehlabathi kwaye akunamandla okukufezekisa, ukuba akukho lusindiso kuyo ngaphandle kwe ukuthululwa okutsha kwesipho sikaThixo. Makhe eze, uMoya oDalayo, Ukuhlaziya ubuso bomhlaba! —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Gaudete eDomino, Meyi 9th, 1975
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… Isoyikiso somgwebo siyasichaphazela, iBandla lase-Yurophu, i-Yurophu kunye ne-West ngokubanzi… INkosi ikwakhuza ezindlebeni zethu amazwi athi kwiNcwadi yeSityhilelo awabhekisa kwiCawe yase-Efese: “Ukuba niyayenza ndingaguquki. Ndiza kuza ndisisuse isiphatho sezibane sakho endaweni yaso. Ukukhanya kungasuswa kuthi kwaye senza kakuhle ukuvumela esi silumkiso ukuba siphume kunye nokuzimisela okupheleleyo ezintliziyweni zethu, ngelixa sikhala eNkosini: “Sincede siguquke! Sinike sonke ubabalo lohlaziyo lwenene! Sukuvumela ukukhanya kwakho kuphakathi kwethu kuphume! Qinisa ukholo lwethu, ithemba lethu nothando lwethu, ukuze sikwazi ukuthwala isiqhamo esihle! ” —UBENEDICT XVI, Ukuvula iHomilyIsinodi yoBhishophu, Okthobha 2, 2005, eRoma.

 

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