LWE iveki, iNkosi ithetha izinto ezinzima kakhulu entliziyweni yam. Ndiyathandaza kwaye ndiyazila ukufumana ulwalathiso olucacileyo. Kodwa ingqiqo yeyokuba "idama" sele liza kugqabhuka. Kwaye kuza nesilumkiso:
"Luxolo, uxolo!" bathi, Akukho luxolo. (Yer 6:14)
Ndiyathandaza ukuba lidama leNceba kaThixo, hayi uBulungisa.
Ngaphandle kweSt. Louis Cathedral, eNew Orleans
UMHLOBO ndibhalele namhlanje, kwesi Sikhumbuzo soBumkanikazi beNtombikazi eyiNtombikazi, ngebali eliqaqambayo:
UMark, isiganeko esingaqhelekanga senzeke ngeCawa. Kwenzeka ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
Mna nomyeni wam sibhiyozele iminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesihlanu sitshatile ukuphela kweveki. Saya eMthendelekweni ngoMgqibelo, emva koko saya kutya isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nomfundisi wethu kunye nabahlobo bethu, kamva saya kumdlalo weqonga ongaphandle othi “ILizwi Eliphilayo.” Njengesipho sokukhumbula isibini esitshatileyo sasinika umfanekiso omhle weLady lethu nomntwana onguYesu.
Ngentsasa yangeCawa, umyeni wam wabeka umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kwindlela yethu yokungena, kumgangatho wesityalo ngaphezulu komnyango wangaphambili. Emva kwexesha, ndiphume ndaya evarandeni ngaphambili ndifunda ibhayibhile. Njengokuba ndandihleli phantsi ndiqala ukufunda, ndajonga ezantsi ebhedini yeentyatyambo kwaye kwakulele umnqamlezo omncinci (andizange ndawubona ngaphambili kwaye ndisebenze kula bhedi yeentyatyambo amaxesha amaninzi!) Ndawuchola ndaya ngasemva Umgangatho wokubonisa umyeni wam. Ndaye ndangena ngaphakathi, ndayibeka kwi-rack, ndaza ndaya evarandeni kwakhona ukuze ndifunde.
Ndithe ndakuhlala phantsi, ndabona inyoka kanye kuloo ndawo bekukho kuyo umnqamlezo.
IPolaris: Inkwenkwezi yaseMantla
ISIKHUMBUZO SOBUKUMKANI
INTOMBI YENTSIKELELO MARIYA
NDINE Itshintshiwe kunye neNkanyezi yaseNtla kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo. Ndiyavuma, bendingazi ukuba iphi de usibali wam wayikhomba kubusuku obunye beenkwenkwezi ezintabeni.
Into ethile kum indixelela ukuba kuya kufuneka ndiyazi ukuba iphi le nkwenkwezi kwixa elizayo. Kwaye ngokuhlwanje, ndaphinda ndakhangela esibhakabhakeni ngengqondo. Emva koko ungene kwikhompyuter yam, ndafunda la magama umzala wayesandula kundithumelela i-imeyile:
Nabani na ozibonayo ngeli xesha lobomi basemhlabeni ukuba uza kukhukula emanzini anenkohliso, ngenceba yomoya kunye namaza, kunokuhamba kumhlaba oqinileyo, musa ukujika amehlo akho kubuqaqawuli benkwenkwezi ekhokelayo, ngaphandle kokuba unqwenela ukuntywiliselwa sisaqhwithi.
Jonga inkwenkwezi, biza uMariya. … Kunye naye njengesikhokelo, awusayi kuphambuka, ngelixa umcela, awusoze uphelelwe lithemba… ukuba uhamba phambi kwakho, awuyi kutyhafa; ukuba ukubonisa ubabalo, uya kufikelela kwinjongo. —St. UBernard waseClarivaux, ocatshulwe kule veki nguPopu Benedict XVI
“Inkwenkwezi Yovangelo Olutsha” -Sihloko sanikwa uMama wethu waseGuadalupe nguPopu John Paul II
Umama noMntwana bafunda iLizwi-uMichael D. O'brien
NGOBA Ngaba "amaKatolika" athi afuna uMariya?
Umntu unokuphendula kuphela ngokubeka omnye umbuzo: kwakutheni ukuze uYesu Ufuna uMariya? Ngaba uKristu ebengenakuba ngumzimba wenyama, evela entlango, evakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo? Ngokuqinisekileyo kunjalo. Kodwa uThixo wakhetha ukuza ngesidalwa esingumntu, eyintombi, intombazana ekwishumi elivisayo.
IXESHA Ingxoxo kule veki nosapho, utata-mkhwe wam ngequbuliso wangenelela,
Kukho ukwahlukana okukhulu okwenzekayo. Ungayibona. Abantu bazenza lukhuni iintliziyo zabo kokulungileyo…
Ndothuswa zizimvo zakhe, kuba eli ibili “lizwi” elalithethwe yiNkosi entliziyweni yam kwakudala (yabona Utshutshiso: Petal Second.)
Kufanelekile ukuliva eli lizwi kwakhona, ngeli xesha liphuma emlonyeni womlimi, njengoko singena kwixesha apho ukudibanisa kuqala ukwahlula ingqolowa kumququ.
Ichibi leFork, Alberta; Nge-Agasti ka-2006
LETHU asizukubanjwa bubuthongo ngoxolo kunye nentuthuzelo. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, la mazwi ayaqhubeka ukubetha entliziyweni yam:
Ukuzola ngaphambi kwesiphango…
Ndibona ukungxamiseka kwakhona ukugcina intliziyo yam ilungile kuThixo ngawo onke amaxesha. Okanye njengokuba umntu omnye abelane nam "ngelizwi" kule veki,
Khawulezani — ziluseni iintliziyo zenu!
Inene eli lixesha lokususa iinkanuko zenyama ezisemlweni noMoya. Rhoqo Ukuvuma kwaye i Umthendeleko zifana neencakuba ezimbini zesikere sokomoya.
Yabonani, kuza ilixa, kwaye selifikile, lokuba nonke nichithakale… Ehlabathini niya kuba neengxaki, kodwa yomelelani, mna ndiloyisile ihlabathi. (UJohn 16: 33)
Yambathani iNkosi uYesu Kristu, kwaye ningenzi malungiselelo ngeminqweno yenyama. (Roma 13:14)
Iinkedama ezilahliweyo zaseRomania
UMNYHADALA WOKUGQIBELA
Kunzima ukuyilibala imifanekiso ka-1989 xa kwakulawula ngolunya uzwilakhe waseRomania UNicolae Ceaucescu wawa. Kodwa imifanekiso ebambelele engqondweni yam yeyona ikumakhulu abantwana kunye neentsana ezikumakhaya eenkedama.
Bevalelwe kwizitya zesinyithi, abo bangavumiyo ukuba ngamanqakwana bahlala bekhe bashiyeke iiveki bengakhange bachukunyiswe ngumphefumlo. Ngenxa yoku kunxibelelana nomzimba, uninzi lwabantwana lwaluya kuba nemvakalelo, luzinyikimise ukuze zilale kwiibhedi zazo ezimdaka. Ngamanye amaxesha, abantwana babulawa nje ukungabikho kothando lomzimba.
UEliya entlango, uMichael D. O'Brien
NOT Kudala-dala, iNkosi yathetha ilizwi elinobulali kodwa elinamandla elihlaba umphefumlo wam:
"Bambalwa kwiCawa yaseNyakatho Melika bayaqonda ukuba bawele kude kangakanani."
Xa bendicinga ngale nto, ngakumbi ebomini bam, ndiyifumene inyaniso kule.
Uthi, Ndisisityebi, ndizityebisile, andiswele nto; ungazi ukuba uludwayinge, ulusizana, ulihlwempu, uyimfama, uhamba ze; (ISityhi. 3: 17)
NGAPHAMBILI Enye yeekonsathi zam, umfundisi osindeleyo wandimemela kwindlu yoogogo kwisidlo sangokuhlwa.
Kwidessert, uqhubeke nokuqhayisa ngendlela angakhange ave ngayo ukuvuma izono kwiparadesi yakhe emibini iminyaka. "Uyabona," wagqabhuka, "ngexesha lomthandazo wokuzisola eMisa, umoni uyaxolelwa. Kananjalo, xa umntu efumana uMthendeleko, izono zakhe ziyasuswa. ” Ndandivumile. Kodwa emva koko wathi, “Umntu kufuneka eze kuvuma izono xa enze isono esibi. Ndiye ndanamalungu amarhamente eze kuvuma izono ngaphandle kwesono sokufa, ndaza ndabaxelela ukuba bahambe. Ngapha koko, ndiyathandabuza ukuba naliphi na ibandla lam elinalo ngempela wenze isono esibi… ”
URembrandt van Rijn, “Ukubuya konyana wolahleko”; Malunga no-1662
OF kunjalo, umntu unokucela kuThixo ngqo ukuxolela izono zomntu, kwaye uya kuthi (ukuba kunjalo, siyabaxolela abanye. UYesu wayecacile koku.) Singakwazi, kwangoko, kwangoko, ukunqanda ukopha kwilonda lokona kwethu.
Kodwa kulapho iSakramente sokuVuma siyimfuneko. Inxeba, nangona lingophi, lisenokosulelwa ngu "self". Ukuvuma izono kutsala isiziba seqhayiya kumphezulu apho uKrestu, ebusweni bombingeleli (UJohn 20: 23), uyayisula kwaye asebenzise ioyile yokuphilisa kaBawo ngala mazwi, “… Wanga uThixo anganinika uxolo noxolo, kwaye ndiyanixolela ezonweni zenu…” Iimpawu ezingabonakaliyo zihlamba ukwenzakala njengoko-kunye noMqondiso woMnqamlezo-umbingeleli efaka ukunxiba kwenceba kaThixo.
Xa usiya kugqirha ukuze usikwe kakubi, ngaba uyeka kuphela ukopha, okanye ngaba akaluthungi, alicoce, aze alinxibe inxeba lakho? UKristu, uGqirha oMkhulu, wayesazi ukuba sizakuyidinga loo nto, kwaye siqwalasele ngakumbi amanxeba ethu okomoya.
Yiyo loo nto le Sacramente yayilichiza kwisono sethu.
Ngeli xesha esenyameni, umntu akanakunceda kodwa ubunezono ezithile ezilula. Kodwa sukuzijongela phantsi ezi zono sizibiza ngokuba “kukukhanya”: ukuba uzithatha njengokukhanya xa uzilinganisile, ungcangcazele xa uzibala. Inani lezinto ezikhanyayo lenza ubunzima obukhulu; amathontsi aliqela azalisa umlambo; inani leenkozo lenza imfumba. Liyintoni na ke ithemba lethu? Ngaphezu kwako konke, ukuvuma izono. —St. UAugustine, IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1863
Ngaphandle kokufuneka ngokungqongqo, ukuvuma iziphoso zemihla ngemihla (izono zaselwandle) kuyacetyiswa ngamandla yiCawa. Ngokwenene ukuvuma izono zethu zaselwandle kusinceda ukuba sakhe izazela zethu, silwe notyekelo olubi, masiphiliswe nguKristu kwaye siqhubeke ebomini bukaMoya.- Ikatekizim yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-1458
USteresa waseAvila
Ileta eya kumhlobo wakho ithathela ingqalelo ubomi bokungcwalisela…
SISI OTHANDWAYO,
Ndiyayiqonda indlela oziva ngayo ngokulahla ubomi bakho… bokungaze ube yile nto ebekufanele ukuba ubuyile… okanye ocinga ukuba ubuyiyo.
Nangona kunjalo, sazi njani ukuba oku akukho ngaphakathi kwecebo likaThixo? Ngaba uvumele ubomi bethu ukuba buhambe ikhondo abanalo ukuze bamzukise ngakumbi ekugqibeleni?
Kumangalisa kangakanani ukuba umfazi ongangaminyaka yakho, oqhele ukufuna ubomi obumnandi, ulonwabo lomntwana, iphupha likaOprah… unikela ngobomi bakhe ukuze afune uThixo yedwa. Wowu. Obunjani ubungqina. Kwaye inokuba neziphumo zayo ezizeleyo ezizayo ngoku, kwinqanaba okulo.
TODAY, usapho lwethu wema ngakuThixo itshizili.
Abasithoba kuthi basiwa kwiincopho zeAthabasca Glacier eCanada. Kwakuyi-surreal njengoko sasimi emkhenkceni ubunzulu njengoko inqaba ye-Eiffel iphakamileyo. Ndithi "i-chisel", kuba kubonakala ngathi ngumkhenkce omkrola umhlaba njengoko siwazi.
AS Ndijongene nobuthathaka entlokweni yam ngobu busuku, njengoko yonke ingcinga kaThixo iphela, njengoko ubumnyama buwela engqondweni yam, kwaye uxolo luphepha entliziyweni yam…. Inye kuphela into eseleyo yokwenza: khala, njengomngqibi,
Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me! (Luka 18: 38)
Kwakungekhona entlango apho kuvavanywa khona amaSirayeli? Ngaba ukholo luka-Abraham aluzange lucoceke xa waphakamisa ikrele ngonyana wakhe, uIsake? Kwaye akangenguye na uKrestu ngokwakhe obethelelwa emnqamlezweni wentobeko eGadini yaseGetsemane?
Nkosi Yesu… Ndiyakudinga. Ndenzele inceba.
THE ihlabathi akakwazi qhubeka kule ndlela yokutshabalalisa iimbumba zabantu kuphando lweseli ye-stem.
Njengoko ipensile ewa etafileni ithobela umthetho womxhuzulane, kukwanjalo nomthetho womoya: "what you sow, you will reap." Ngomthandazo, ukuzila ukutya, kunye nongenelelo lukaMama kaThixo, esi sivuno sibi siye salibaziseka.
Kodwa oh, bangaphi oorhulumente kunye nemibutho yesayensi ebonakala ngathi ijonge ukukhawulezisa usuku. Baziva bencama ubomi ngoku, baya kuba nempilo kunye nentlalo-ntle yabo kwixa elizayo. Kukuphambana. Bathatha kwenye — egazini – ukuze banikele ngokwabo.
EsiBhalweni, uKumkani uAhabhi kunye nenkosikazi yakhe bambulala uNabhoti ukuze bathathe isidiliya sakhe. Ithe ke iNkosi yakukubona oko,
After murdering, do you also take possession? For this, the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.(I OoKum 1)
UPopu Benedict XVI, kwikhaya lakhe lokuvula iSinodi yeeBhishophu eRoma kunyaka ophelileyo wathi,
Kodwa uThixo akafuni ukusiphatha ngokwezono zethu. Yena owasithandayo sada sesa ekufeni Ndinqwenela ukuba siphendule kwesi silumkiso njengoko wenzayo uKumkani uAhabhi:
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh... Then the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time..."
UXOLELO yiglue ebambe usapho ngokudibeneyo. Kodwa ukuthobeka kumisela ukuba ilunge kangakanani iglu.
Mamela ngononophelo,
Ngoko ke bhinqani izinqe zengqondo yenu, niphile, ninobungcathu, niluthemba ngokugqibeleleyo ubabalo oluziswa ekutyhilekeni kukaYesu Kristu (1 Pet. 1:13)
Cinga ngento ephezulu, hayi eyasemhlabeni. (Kol 3: 2)
La magama angcwele eSibhalo esingcwele agxininisa a kutsha ilizwi entliziyweni yam kule mihla:
KUFUNEKA UBE RADICAL!
UPeter usixelela ukuba sibeke ithemba lethu “ngokupheleleyo” kubabalo oluziswa kuthi. Ngokupheleleyo! Isalathiso sayo yonke ingcinga, ilizwi, kunye nokwenza kwethu kufuneka kube kuKristu, umzuzu ngamnye- hayi imizuzu engama-58 kuphela ngeCawe. Owu, yeka indlela abakhohliswe ngayo abaninzi abacinga ukuba ubukho babo kwitew kunye nenkunzi yebhasikiti kulitikiti laseZulwini! Hayi indlela esiqhatheke ngayo kula mazwe afumileyo aseNtshona! Qhubekeka ukufunda
UYESU uphuma kwindlela yakhe yokugxininisa isidingo sokuba "babukele kwaye bathandaze" kuzo zonke iincwadi zeVangeli. Kwakuqhelekile kwimeko yokubuya kwaKhe. Ukujonga nokuthandaza “kukuphila ngokoMoya,” utsho umpostile uPawulos.
(Gal 6: 16-17)
I say then: live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh...
Umzuzu uninzi lwethu oluqala ukuphila "ngokwasenyameni" yinto yokuqala kusasa. Ngoba? Kuba siyaphakama, sihamba ngemini, kwaye singacingi nto ngoThixo. Kwaye ke, siqala ngokwasenyameni, kwaye sihlala sinexhala. Siyazivumela ukuba sikhokelwe ngeempumlo kwizono "ezincinci".
Kodwa uPetros uthi,
Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.(1 Pet 1: 13)
Xa uvuka kusasa, vuma uThixo, ucele uncedo lwaKhe, kwaye uxhomeke ngokuqinileyo esandleni sakhe-oko kukuthi, qhubeka uthetha naye imini yonke. Kufuneka sisebenze, kwaye ngokuzithandela sibeke iingqondo zethu kwizinto zikaThixo, kunye nokuba yintoni ayifunayo kuwe ngalo mzuzu wangoku. Njengoko uPawulos esithi,
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.(Kol 3: 2)
Ndinezinto ezininzi zokuthetha ngale nto ngomso, igama ebeligcwele entliziyweni yam iiveki ngoku. Kodwa ukuba besinokugxila kule nto inye-Ukuphila ngoMoya kaThixo ngokujolisa ngokuzithandela iingqondo zethu kubukho bukaThixo kunye nomyalelo waKhe wothando-asinakudinga ngomso.
Ayizukuqinisekisa ukuba awuyi kujamelana nezilingo, iingxaki, okanye ukhubeke. Kodwa ukuba ukufutshane kuKristu, uyakuvuka ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, kuba Yena buqu uyakukuchola.
...take every thought captive in obedience to Christ...(2 Kor. 10: 5)
PHA soloko ibubutsha kulutsha. Kodwa kukho into ebangela umoya wenkcubeko yolutsha namhlanje engaphaya kolonwabo olubi.
Ndiyakholelwa ukuba ibinguJohann Strauss othe, ukuba uyafuna ukwazi imo yezulu yenkcubeko, jonga umculo wayo.
Umculo wanamhlanje uguquke waba lihlabathi lemvukelo, umculo werap uthatha indawo ephambili. Ngamazwi aquka esidlangalaleni ukuzibulala, ukubulala, ukuziphatha kakubi, iziyobisi, ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo, ukuvukela, ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, ukuzonwabisa, kunye negama lakho, iingoma ze-rap ziye zaba yinto endiyibiza ngokuba yi "anti-indumiso".
Ndikhunjuzwa nge-documentary endayenzela i-CTV-Edmonton ngo-1998. Phakathi kolutsha, izinto eziphazamisayo zibandakanya ukwanda ngokukhawuleza kobundlobongela kulutsha, ukuzibulala, ukusebenzisa iziyobisi, kunye nokwanda kwezifo ezikhuselana ngesondo. Kodwa kukho ubalo-manani olutsha: okokuqala ngqa, oontanga – abasengabo abazali — zezona mpembelelo ziphambili kubomi bolutsha.
Abantu abaninzi bathetha ngayo Matewu 24 kunye neendlela ezingaqhelekanga zemozulu njl. xa bethetha "ngamaxesha okuphela". Kodwa bambalwa abaphawuleyo 2 Timothy 3: 1-5. Ingcaciso eyoyikisayo yesi sizukulwana:
But understand this: there will be terrifying times in the last days. People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreligious, callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power.
KUKHO Ukuba sisithethe: usuku lokuqala kukhenketho lwekonsathi luhlala lungumdlalo omkhulu.
Namhlanje ibikhona emangalisa.
Ngehlobo ephelileyo, ngequbuliso saba neengxaki zombane ngobusuku esasihamba ngabo. Ngobu busika, izixhobo zokukhanyisa izandi kunye nezibane azifumaneki kwibhasi yokhenketho. Sifumene ngengomso – kwesinye isixeko. Kwaye izolo, iiyure ezimbini ukusuka ekhaya, safumanisa ukuba isifudumezi-manzi sebhasi sasiyi-kaput.
Bekufanele ukuba ndiyilindele. Ngapha koko ndenzile. Kodwa ndisathathwe. Ndikhalaza, ndijike ibhasi, ndaya kwivenkile yokulungisa, iyure enye kude. Simise kwilori yokumisa indlela.
Ngale ntsasa, emva kokulala kancinci, ndivuke ndisiya kwialam… kwaye ilizwi elicacileyo lithetha entliziyweni yam:
IF UMthendeleko ngokwenene Yesu, kutheni le nto uninzi lwethu lubonakala lungatshintshi emva kokufumana uMthendeleko oNgcwele?Qhubekeka ukufunda
UKUGCINA Imiyalelo kaKristu yindlela esihlala ngayo eluthandweni lwaKhe (Yohane 15:10), kwaye ukuba sihlala kuye, siya "kuthwala isiqhamo esihle" (15: 5).
Kodwa uYesu wathi,
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
-Yohane 6:56
Singasilela njani ukusebenzisa esi sipho sixabisekileyo sinikwe kwi-Ekaristi eNgcwele? NguYesu ngokwakhe!
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.–6: 55
Ukuba sizifumana silambele ulonwabo, sinxanelwe uxolo, silambele ukulunga, kwaye siswele uthando, kutheni singezi kwiTheyibhile apho "umthombo kunye nengqungquthela" yeemfuno zethu zibonelelwa mihla le?
Bazalwane noodade bam, kukangaphi ndizaliswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ndathuthuzelwa emphefumlweni, ndavuselelwa luthando oluvuthayo emva kokufumana uYesu kwi-Ekaristi- eMthendelekweni, ebelihamba iqaqobana labantu!
I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
–6: 35
Ukuba icawe ebanzi ibisazi ukuba loluphi ubabalo abanokulufumana ukoyisa iimpazamo, ukumelana nesilingo, ukukhula kwisidima, kwaye bazi uthando ngokwalo ngoMthendeleko oNgcwele!
NINI Sihambile saya kweyona mimandla imbi kakhulu yenkanyamba eyonakaliswe yiLouisiana kutshanje, sabona iintlobo ezimbini zezindlu: ezakhiwe ngamaplanga, nezezitena.
Ezinye izindlu ezenziwe ngomthi zazichithakele emhlabeni. Kwakungekho nto iseleyo ngaphandle kweeplanga ezimbalwa. Kwelinye icala, izindlu zezitena ezazisendleleni kaKatrina zatshiswa, zineefestile ezaphukileyo nophahla olonakeleyo. Kodwa izindlu zazimi. Okanye, wamelana.
Umntu angamelana njani nemikhosi adibana nayo kobu bomi – imikhosi yokufa, yokugula, yentswela ngqesho, yokungaqiniseki, yentiyo, yesilingo?
Mamela ngononophelo,
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? ...faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.–Yakobi 2:14
Imisebenzi elungileyo injengezitena. Ukholo ludaka (yintoni enye engenayo enye?)
Umntu owakha ubomi bakhe ngezi zinto, uya kungqina ukuba umntu akanako nje ukusinda kwiimpembelelo zobu bomi, kodwa nokuba uzithwale ngoxolo novuyo.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing... If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love... I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.–Yoh 15: 5, 10-11
Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse....–Mt 7: 24-25
ZI ayizizo ezinye zezinto ezilungileyo ebomini ezifihliweyo?
Awona manzi apholileyo nacocekileyo afumaneka nzulu emhlabeni. Igolide, isilivere kunye namatye anqabileyo afihlwe ngamatye arhabaxa kunye neeminerali. I-Nebulae, iinkwenkwezi zokuzalela, kunye nemithala enemibala zinokubonwa kuphela ngeeteleskopu. Ke kukho iperile ngaphakathi kwembatyisi; ubisi ngaphakathi kwekhokhonathi; incindi ngaphakathi kwentyatyambo.
Kodwa ngaba siyasamkela isipho esikhulu esifihlwe ngaphakathi kokubandezeleka?
Xa siphathwa kakubi ngumntu esisebenza naye okanye umthengisi wevenkile, ngaba siyaqonda le lithuba lokufa kum? Xa ukucaphuka okuncinci kusihlela, ngaba siyakubona oku le ithuba lokukhula kwisidima? Xa siziva somile kwaye siyinkangala, ngaba siyakuqonda oku njenge le umzuzu wokusebenzisa ukholo?
Ubomi bokomoya bubonakaliswa kwindalo. Ngaphantsi kwe-bland, erhabaxa, kunye nomhlaba ongummangaliso we umzuzu wangoku, ilele iPearl yoBabalo ukuze isiguqule.
...although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.–IMat. 11:25
ENYE Igama ebelilele ngaphantsi komgangatho wengcinga kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo lithi "TOTALITARIANISM".
Itotalitarianism yenzeka xa urhulumente efuna njalo epheleleyo ukuthobela izifundo zayo, ezibandakanya indawo ye ukuziphatha.
UPopu Benedict ulumkisile ngale nto “Ulawulo lobuzwilakhe.” Kodwa ke unomprofeti omncinci owaziwayo, UMichael D. O'Brien, kuthotho “lweenoveli” zakhe: Bantwana bemihla yokugqibela. (Ukuba ujonga iinoveli ezinamandla zamaKatolika ngomyalezo oqinisekileyo kunye novavanyo, qala Apha.)
Ubuzwilakhe – nangona bungalungelelaniswanga ngokwemiqathango yolawulo olusesikweni –iqala ukuziveza elubala kwimigaqo-nkqubo yeli, enje ngeenkampani kunye neebhodi zesikolo zohlwaya abasebenzi abachasayo ubufanasini. Njengomhlaza, le ngcinezelo yobuzwilakhe ngoku iyangena emthethweni njengoko oorhulumente bedlulisa imimiselo "yolwaphulo-mthetho lwentiyo". Amanyathelo alandelayo aya kuba kukuhlutha iBandla kwisikhundla esisemthethweni (kunye nerhafu); emva koko wathula ipulpiti; ke ekugqibeleni, intshutshiso evulekileyo – enokuba iyinyani le Intshutshiso. Qhubekeka ukufunda
THE ingxaki enkulu kwaye icinezelayo kwiCawa yaseNyakatho Melika kukuba baninzi abakholelwa kuYesu Krestu, kodwa bambalwa abamlandelayo.
Even the demons believe that and tremble.–Yakobi 2:19
Kufuneke si ukwimo yomntu inkolelo yethu-yibeka inyama kumazwi ethu! Kwaye le nyama kufuneka ibonakale. Ubudlelwane bethu noKrestu bobobuqu, kodwa ayingobungqina bethu.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.–IMat. 5:14
UbuKristu yile: ukubonisa ubuso bothando kummelwane wethu. Kwaye kufuneka siqale kwiintsapho zethu-nabo kulula kakhulu ukubabonisa "obunye" ubuso.
Olu thando asilulo uvakalelo. Inesikhumba. Inamathambo. Inobukho. Iyabonakala ... Unomonde, unobubele, awunamona, awuzigwagwisi, awunamabhongo okanye krwada. Ayikhathaleli izilangazelelo zayo, okanye ikhawuleze ukucaphuka. Alukhumbuli okubi, aluvuyeli nasekwenzeni okubi. Luthwala iinto zonke, lukholelwa zonke izinto, luthemba izinto zonke, luze lunyamezele zonke izinto. (1 Kor. 13: 4-7)
Ngaba ndingaba bubuso bukaKristu komnye? UYesu uthi,
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.–Yoh 15: 5
Ngomthandazo kunye nenguquko, siyakufumana amandla okuthanda. Singaqala ngokwenza izitya ngokuhlwanje, ngoncumo.
PHI ndicinga ngoYesu kwiiMfihlelo eziZukileyo phezolo, bendicinga ngento yokuba ndihlala ndinomfanekiso kaMariya emi ngeenyawo ngelixa uYesu ethwesa isithsaba sokuba nguKumkanikazi weZulu. Ezi ngcinga zeza kum…
UMariya waguqa enqula uThixo wakhe noNyana wakhe, uYesu. Kodwa xa uYesu wasondela ukumthwesa isithsaba, wamtsala ngobunono ezinyaweni zakhe, ehlonipha uMyalelo wesihlanu "Wokubeka uyihlo nonyoko."
Kwaye kuvuyo lweZulu, wabeka itrone yabo njengoKumkanikazi.
ICawa yamaKatolika ayimnquli uMariya, isidalwa esinjengam nawe. Kodwa sihlonipha abangcwele bethu, kwaye uMariya ungoyena mkhulu kubo bonke. Kuba wayengenguye nje umama ka-Kristu (cinga ngayo- Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wayenempumlo entle yamaJuda kuye), kodwa wayengumzekelo wokholo olugqibeleleyo, ithemba eligqibeleleyo nothando olugqibeleleyo.
Aba abathathu bahlala (1 Kor. 13: 13), kwaye bazezona zixhobo zinkulu kwisithsaba sakhe.
EZI Imitha emihlanu yokukhanya, ephuma entliziyweni yomKristu,
unokugqobhoza ubumnyama bokungakholelwa kwihlabathi elinxanelwe ukukholelwa:
UBUhlwempu KARHULUMENTE
UBUhlwempu BOKUZITHANDA
UBUhlwempu BULULA
UBUhlwempu BOMNIKELO
UBUhlwempu BOKUZINIKELA
Ubungcwele, umyalezo oqinisekisa ngaphandle kwesidingo samazwi, bubonakaliso obuphilayo bobuso bukaKristu. —YOHANE PAUL II, Novo Millennio Ineunte
NGENYE ukuba noNyana kaThixo njengomntwana wakho akusosiqinisekiso sokuba konke kuya kulunga. Kwimfihlakalo yesihlanu evuyisayo, uMariya noJoseph bafumanisa ukuba uYesu ulahlekile kulayini wabo. Emva kokumkhangela, bamfumana etempileni eYerusalem. Isibhalo sithi "bothuka" kwaye "abayiqondi into awayeyithetha kubo."
Intlupheko yesihlanu, enokuba yeyona inzima, yile KunikaUkwamkela ukuba asinamandla okuphepha ubunzima, iingxaki kunye nokubuyisela umva umhla ngamnye. Bayafika — kwaye siyothuka — ngakumbi xa bengalindelanga kwaye bebonakala ngathi abafanelekanga. Kulapha kanye apho sifumana khona ubuhlwempu bethu… ukungakwazi kwethu ukuqonda ukuthanda kukaThixo okungummangaliso.
Kodwa ukwamkela ukuthanda kukaThixo ngentobeko yentliziyo, ukunikela njengamalungu obubingeleli basebukhosini ukubandezeleka kwethu kuThixo ukuba kuguqulwe kube lubabalo, ikwayindlela efanayo uYesu awamkela ngayo uMnqamlezo, esithi, "Hayi intando yam kodwa eyakho." Hayi indlela awaba lihlwempu ngayo uKristu! Sisityebi kangakanani ngenxa yaso! Uya kutyeba kangakanani umphefumlo womnye umntu xa igolide yokubandezeleka kwethu Unikezelwa ngenxa yabo kwintlupheko yokuzinikela.
Ukuthanda kukaThixo kukutya kwethu, nokuba ngamanye amaxesha kungcamla ubukrakra. Umnqamlezo wawukrakra ngenene, kodwa kwakungekho Vuko ngaphandle kwawo.
Intlupheko yokunikezela inobuso: nomonde.
I know your tribulation and poverty, but you are rich... Do not be afraid of anything you are going to suffer... remain faithful until death, I will give you the crown of life.(ISityhi. 2: 9-10)
NGOKUTSHA kumthetho wabaLevi, umfazi ozele umntwana makazise itempile:
itakane elinonyaka, libe lidini elinyukayo, nehobe, nokuba liyihobe elisindiswa ngenxa yesono… (Lev. 12: 6, 8)
Kwimfihlakalo yesine evuyisayo, uMary noJoseph banikela ngeentaka ezimbini. Kwintlupheko yabo, babenako ukufikelela kuko konke.
UmKrestu oyinyani ukwabizwa ukuba anike, kungekuphela ixesha, kodwa kunye nezixhobo-imali, ukutya, izinto-ide ibabuhlungu", Usikelelwe uMama Teresa angatsho.
Njengesikhokelo, amaSirayeli ayenokunika i isishumi okanye ishumi leepesenti "kwiintlahlela" zengeniso yabo "endlwini yeNkosi." KwiTestamente eNtsha, uPawulos akagwegwelezi malunga nokuxhasa iBandla kunye nabo balungiselela iVangeli. Kwaye u-Kristu ubeka ubungangamsha kumahlwempu.
Andizange ndadibana nomnye umntu owayesenza isishumi sepesenti yomvuzo wakhe owayeswele nto. Ngamanye amaxesha "oovimba" babo bayaphuphuma kokukhona benikezela.
Nika kwaye nezipho uya kunikwa, umlinganiso olungileyo, upakishwe ndawonye, ushukunyiswe, uphuphume, uya kugalelwa emathangeni akho " ( Luka 6:38 )
Intlupheko yokuzincama yenye apho sijonga ukugqitha kwethu, kancinci njengemali yokudlala, nangaphezulu "njengesidlo somntakwethu" esilandelayo. Abanye babizwa ukuba bathengise yonke into bayinike amahlwempu ( Mateyu 19:21 ). Kodwa yethu sonke sibizelwe ukuba "sizilahle zonke izinto esinazo" -uthando lwethu lwemali nokuthanda izinto elinokuzithenga-kunye nokunikela, nkqu, kwizinto esingenazo.
Sele siva ukuba ukuswela kwethu ukholo kulungiselelo lukaThixo.
Okokugqibela, intlupheko yokuzincama sisikhundla somoya endihlala ndikulungele ukuzinikela. Ndixelela abantwana bam, "Phatha imali kwisipaji sakho, hleze udibane noYesu, efihlwe kwabahlwempuzekileyo. Yiba nemali, hayi eyokuchitha, njengokupha."
Olu hlobo lwentlupheko lunobuso: kunjalo isisa.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the Lord: Shall I not open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?( Mal 3:10 )
...this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.(Mar 12: 43-44)
WE Cinga ngemfihlelo yesithathu evuyisayo yokuba uYesu wazalelwa kwisibhedlele esinzalo okanye kwibhotwe. UKumkani wethu wabekwa emkhumbini "kuba babengenandawo endlwini yabahambi."
Kwaye uYosefu noMariya khange banyanzelise intuthuzelo. Abakhange bafune ezona zibalaseleyo, nangona bebefanele ukuba babeyifunile. Banelisekile ngokulula.
Ubomi bobuKrestu obuyinyani kufuneka bube yinto elula. Umntu unokuba sisityebi, kodwa aphile ubomi obulula. Kuthetha ukuhlala kunye nento oyifunayo, kunokuba ufune (ngaphakathi kwesizathu). Ii-closets zethu zihlala ziyi-thermometer yokuqala yokulula.
Kwaye akukho lula oko kuthetha ukuba kufuneka uhlale kwishelal. Ndiqinisekile ukuba uJoseph wawucoca umkhumbi, nokuba uMariya wawufaka ngelinen ecocekileyo, kwaye neendawo zabo zokuhlala zacocwa kangangoko xa kufika uKrestu. Kanjalo iintliziyo zethu mazilungiselelwe ukuza koMsindisi. Intlupheko yokulula yenza indawo yakhe.
Ikwanobuso: ulwaneliseko.
I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and being in need. I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me.(Fil 4: 12-13)
IN Imfihlakalo yesiBini evuyisayo, uMary uhamba wayokuncedisa umzala wakhe uElizabhete naye okulindele ukuba abe ngumntwana. Isibhalo sithi uMariya wahlala apho "iinyanga ezintathu."
Ikota yokuqala ihlala idinisa kakhulu abasetyhini. Ukukhula ngokukhawuleza kosana, utshintsho kwihomoni, kuzo zonke iimvakalelo… kanti, ngeli xesha uMary wayehluphekisa iimfuno zakhe zokunceda umzala wakhe.
UmKristu oyinyani ngulowo uzidinisa ngokusebenzela omnye.
UThixo ungowokuqala.
Ummelwane wam ungowesibini.
Ndingowesithathu.
Olu lolona hlobo lwentlupheko lunamandla. Ubuso bubuso be uthando.
...he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave... becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.(BFil 2: 7)
PHI Ukucamngca "kwisikolo sikaMariya", igama elithi "intlupheko" laphinde laba yimitha emihlanu. Eyokuqala…
IN Imfihlelo yokuqala evuyayo, umhlaba kaMariya, amaphupha akhe kunye nezicwangciso zakhe noJosefu, zatshintshwa ngesiquphe. UThixo wayenecebo elahlukileyo. Wothuka kwaye woyika, kwaye waziva ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba akanako ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kangako. Kodwa impendulo yakhe ivakalise iminyaka engama-2000:
Ngamana kungenzeka kum ngokwelizwi lakho.
Ngamnye wethu uzalwe enesicwangciso esithile sobomi bakhe, kwaye wanikwa izipho ezithile zokwenza. Ukanti, kukangaphi siziva simonela iitalente zabamelwane bethu? "Ucula ngcono kunam; ukrelekrele; ubukeka ngcono; uliciko…" njalo njalo.
Intlupheko yokuqala ekufuneka siyamkele ngokuxelisa ubuhlwempu bukaKristu yile ukwamkeleka kwethu Uyilo lukaThixo. Isiseko sokwamkelwa kukuthembela-ukuthemba ukuba uThixo undenzele injongo, eyokuqala nokuphambili, kukuthandwa nguye.
Kukwamkela ukuba ndilihlwempu ngokulunga nangobungcwele, umoni ngokwenyani, ndithembele ngokupheleleyo kubutyebi benceba kaThixo. Ngokwam, andikwazi, kwaye ke thandaza, "Nkosi, ndenzele inceba kum moni."
Le ntlupheko inobuso: ibizwa njalo thobeka.
Blessed are the poor in spirit.(UMateyu 5: 3)
THE ihlabathi lizaliswe ‘ngamazwi obuKristu. Kodwa into eyinxanelwayo bubuKristu “bokwenyani” ingqina.
Indoda yanamhlanje iphulaphula ngokuzithandela amangqina kunabafundisi, kwaye ukuba iyabamamela ootitshala, kungenxa yokuba bangamangqina. —UAPOPE PAUL VI, Ukuhambisa ivangeli kwiLizwe lale mihla
UmKristu wale mihla kufuneka abonakale njani?
Umhlaba ufuna kwaye ulindele kuthi ubomi obulula, umoya wokuthandaza, uthando kubo bonke ingakumbi abo bathotyelweyo nabangamahlwempu, ukuthobela nokuthobeka, ukuzimela nokuzincama. Ngaphandle kolu phawu lobungcwele, ilizwi lethu liya kuba nobunzima ekuchukumiseni intliziyo yendoda yanamhlanje. Kusemngciphekweni wokuba lilize nokungabinazintsholongwane. —Ibhidi.
UPaul VI ukhankanya "intlupheko kunye ne-detachment". Lilizwi eli ubuhlwempu ethetha nam ngale ntsasa…
PHI Ndithandaza phambi kweSigramente Esikelelekileyo kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, omnye woogxa bam wayenomfanekiso wewotshi engqondweni yakhe. Izandla zaziphakathi ezinzulwini zobusuku… ze ngequbuliso, zatsiba zibuyela emva kwimizuzu embalwa, zaya phambili, zaza zabuyela emva…
Umfazi wam ngokufanayo unephupha eliphindaphindayo apho simi ebaleni, ngelixa amafu amnyama eqokelelelela phezulu. Njengoko sisiya ngakubo, amafu ayemka.
Asifanelanga ukuwajongela phantsi amandla okulamla, ngakumbi xa sibongoza inceba kaThixo. Kananjalo akufuneki sisilele ukuqonda imiqondiso yamaxesha.
Consider the patience of our Lord as salvation.–2 IPt 3:15
SO okoko uphefumla, iNceba yeyakho.
MVA nje wadibana neqela lezinye iinkokheli zamaKatolika kunye nabathunywa bevangeli eNtshona Canada. Ngexesha lobusuku bethu bokuqala bokuthandaza phambi kweSigramente Esikelelweyo, isibini sethu ngequbuliso sanqotshwa yintlungu. Amagama afike entliziyweni yam,
UMoya oyiNgcwele ukhathazekile ngenxa yokungabi nambulelo ngamanxeba kaYesu.
Emva kweveki okanye emva koko, umntu endisebenza naye owayengekho nathi wabhala wathi,
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa bendinoluvo lokuba uMoya oyiNgcwele uyankqonkqoza, njengokufukamela indalo, ngokungathi sikwixesha elithile lokujika, okanye ekuqaleni kwento enkulu, utshintsho oluthile kwindlela iNkosi ezenza ngayo izinto. Njengokuba ngoku sibona kwiglasi emnyama, kodwa kungekudala siza kubona ngokucacileyo. Phantse ubunzima, njengoMoya ubunzima!
Mhlawumbi le meko yotshintsho esibhakabhakeni kukuba kutheni ndiqhubeka nokuva entliziyweni yam amazwi, “Ngokukhawuleza! Zizaliseni izibane zenu. Kusuka kwibali leentombi ezilishumi eziphume zaya kumkhawulela umyeni (Mat 25: 1-13).
IZOLO Inkolo ibonisa ukuphela kweveki yePentekoste- kodwa hayi isidingo esinzulu ebomini bethu soMoya oyiNgcwele kunye neqabane lakhe, iNtombi enguMariya.
Ngamava am la, ukubangaba ndiye kumakhulu eziqithi, ndidibana namashumi amawaka abantu - loo miphefumlo ivula umsebenzi woMoya oyiNgcwele, idibene nokuzinikela kuMariya, zezinye zezona mpostile zomeleleyo ndizaziyo. .
Kwaye kutheni le nto kufanele kothuse nabani? Ngaba yayingekokuhlanganiswa kwezulu nomhlaba ngaphezulu kweenkulungwane ezingama-20 ezedlulileyo, ezenza ukuba umntu abe yinyama kaThixo esenyameni, uYesu Krestu?
Leyo yindlela uYesu ahlala ekhawulwe ngayo. Yiyo ke le ndlela azalwa ngayo emiphefumlweni… Amagcisa amabini kufuneka avumelane nomsebenzi wobugcisa kaThixo kunye nemveliso ebalaseleyo ebantwini: uMoya oyiNgcwele kunye neyona ntombi ingcwele uMariya… kuba ngabo bodwa abanokuzala uKristu. Ubhishophu omkhulu u-Luis M. Martinez, UMngcwalisi
NINI UPopu John Paul II wayivuselela iRosari ngo-2003, yayingengombono wokulangazelela.
Wayebiza iBandla, ukuthatha idabi lokomoya kunye nezinto ezibonakalayo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweCawa. Wayesikhuthaza ukuba sibize abona bathetheleli-uMama kaYesu-ukuba eze kusinceda. Njengokuba watsho omnye umfundisi, "uMary ulinenekazi… kodwa unxibe izihlangu zomlo." Ewe, kwiGenesis, sisithende sakhe esiya kutyumza intloko yenyoka.
