Prowling for Thandaza

Yibani nobungcathu kwaye nilumke. Umchasi wenu, uMtyholi, uhamba njengengonyama egqumayo, efuna ubani angamginyayo. Mchaseni lowo, nizimasekile elukholweni, nisazi ukuba kwaezo ntlungu ziyenzeka kubo abazalwana benu abasehlabathini. (1 Pet.5: 8-9)

Amagama eSt. Kuya kufuneka bavuse ngamnye kuthi kwinyani eqinisekileyo: sizingelwa yonke imihla, ngeyure, mzuzwana ngamnye yingelosi ewile kunye nabalandeli bakhe. Bambalwa abantu abaluqondayo olu hlaselo lungapheliyo kwimiphefumlo yabo. Ngapha koko, siphila kwixesha apho abanye abafundisi bezakwalizwi nabefundisi bengakhange bayithathe kancinci indima yeedemon, kodwa babukhanyela ubukho babo ngokupheleleyo. Mhlawumbi kukubonelela kukaThixo ngendlela xa iifilimu ezinje nge Ukukhutshelwa ngaphandle kukaEmily Rose or Okudibanayo ngokusekwe "kwimicimbi yokwenyani" evela kwiscreen sesilivere. Ukuba abantu abakholelwa kuYesu ngomyalezo weVangeli, mhlawumbi bayakukholwa xa bebona utshaba lwaKhe lusebenza. ^[1]Isilumkiso: ezi bhanyabhanya zimalunga nokubanjwa kweedemon kunye nokuhlaselwa kwaye kufuneka zibukelwe kuphela kwimeko yobabalo kunye nomthandazo. Andikaboni Okudibanayo, kodwa ndincoma kakhulu ukubona Ukukhutshelwa ngaphandle kukaEmily Rose ngesiphelo sayo esimangalisayo nesisiprofeto, kunye namalungiselelo akhankanywe apha ngasentla.

Kodwa uPetros akothuki. Endaweni yoko, uthi, "hlaziani, phaphani." Ngapha koko, ngusathana lowo woyikayo, ebalekela kude kuye nawuphi na umphefumlo olwalamano noThixo. Kuba umphefumlo onjalo unikwe amandla ngoBhaptizo ukuba unganeli nje ukuhlaselwa kodwa utshabalalise utshaba:

Yabonani, ndininike amandla 'okunyathela phezu kweenyoka' noonomadudwane naphezu kwawo onke amandla otshaba kwaye akukho nto inokuze ikwenzakalise. Nangona kunjalo, musani ukuvuya kuba oomoya benithobela, kodwa vuyani ngenxa yokuba amagama enu ebhaliwe ezulwini. (ULuka 10: 19-20)

Nangona kunjalo, ubulumko babaPostile buza xa uPetros elumkisa ukuba nkqu namaKristu afakwe ngamandla kaThixo awanqobeki, angenakoyiswa. Ukubakho kokungabuyi umva kuphela, kodwa ukuphulukana nosindiso lomntu kuhlala kuhleli:

… Umntu ulikhoboka layo nantoni na emoyisayo. Kuba xa bathi, besindile nje kuzo izidyobho zehlabathi ngokuyazi iNkosi yethu, uMsindisi uYesu Kristu, babuya ke babambeka, boyiswe zizo, imeko yabo yokugqibela imbi kunesokuqala. Kuba ngekubalunge ngakumbi ukuba bebengayazanga indlela yobulungisa kunokuba bathi emva kokuba beyazi babuye umva kumyalelo ongcwele abawunikwayo. (2 Pet 2: 19-21)

UKUBIWA UMTHANDAZO WAKHO

Ukutshabalalisa nya niseka Umkristu-oko kukuthi, amkhokelele esonweni esibi- ngu umsebenzi onzima ngakumbi. Ndikhumbula ndidibana noMninimzi uJohn Essef, owayengumfundisi, owayekhupha iidemon, kunye nomhlobo waseSt. Unqumame ngelinye ixesha, wajonga kakhulu emehlweni wam wathi, "USathana uyazi ukuba akanakukuthatha ukusuka ku-10 ukuya ku-1. Kodwa ufuna ukukusa ku-10 ukuya ku-9-ukukuphazamisa ngokwaneleyo ukuba awunguye ndiva ilizwi leNkosi ixesha elide. ”

Lawo magama achaza idabi lokomoya elijikeleze iiyure ezili-18 zosuku. Kwaye isebenza kuninzi lwethu, ndiyakholelwa. Endle, ingonyama ihlala ifika ize ibambe ixhoba lenye irhamncwa. Kubomi bokomoya, uMtyholi uyeza eze wakho thandaza. Kuba xa umKristu eyekile ukuthandaza, uba lixhoba.

Omnye umfundisi wathumela ukuba ubishophu wakhe wakhe wathi wayengazi mfundisi-ntsapho wakhe owayeshiye ubufundisi ngaphandle Ekuqaleni eshiya ubomi bakhe bokuthandaza. Nje ukuba bayeke ukuthandaza iOfisi, wathi, konke okunye kuyimbali.

UKONGA UBABALO

Ngoku, le nto ndiyibhala apha yeyona nto ibalulekileyo endinokuyithetha nawe ngeli xesha ehlabathini — kwaye ithe ngqo kwiCatechism:

Umthandazo bubomi bentliziyo entsha. Kuya kufuneka ukuba siphile ngalo lonke ixesha. Kodwa sihlala simlibala obubomi bethu kunye nakho konke. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-2697

Ngamafutshane, ukuba umKristu akathandazi, intliziyo yakhe iyathandaza bayafa. Kwenye indawo, iCatechism ithi:

… Umthandazo lulwalamano oluphilayo lwabantwana bakaThixo kunye noTata wabo… -CCC, 2565

Ukuba asithandazi, asinabudlelwane noThixo. Ke singobani Ndinobudlelwane kunye kodwa umoya wehlabathi? Kwaye esi siqhamo siqala ukuvelisa kuthi ngaphandle kwesiqhamo sokufa?

Ndithi, ke, phila ngoMoya kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo awuyi kuyanelisa inkanuko yenyama. (Gal 5:16)

Ukuphila ngoMoya kukuba ngumntu othandazayo. Umkhonzi kaThixo uCatherine de Hueck Doherty uthe:

Ngokucothayo, siqala ukuqonda ukuba inkolo yamaKatolika ayisiyonto nje yokuya kwiMisa ngeeCawe nokwenza nje ubuncinci obufunwa yiCawa. Ukuphila inkolo yamaKatolika a indlela yobomi eyamkela umzuzu ngamnye weeyure zethu zokuvuka nokulala kwaye ungene ebomini bethu emsebenzini, ekhaya, esikolweni, ngomhla, ukusukela ekuzalweni ukuya engcwabeni. -Isusela Bazali abathandekayo; phakathi Amaxesha oBabalo, Julayi 25th

Ndiyamthanda umfazi wam kwaye ndicinga ngaye ngalo lonke ixesha kuba uyandithanda kwaye umnike "ewe" kum. Izigqibo endizenzayo, ke, zibandakanya yena, ukonwaba kwakhe, nokuba yintoni ukuthanda kwakhe. UYesu undithanda ngokungapheliyo wandinika "ewe" kum emnqamlezweni. Kwaye ke ndifuna ukumthanda ngentliziyo yam yonke. Oku koko kuthetha ukuthandaza, ke. Kukuphefumla ebomini bukaYesu ngalo mzuzu, kwaye uphefumle uYesu olandelayo. Ukwenza izigqibo umzuzu nomzuzu ezibandakanya yena, yintoni emonwabisayo, yintoni ukuthanda kwakhe. "Ke nokuba uyatya okanye uyasela, okanye nantoni na oyenzayo, Utshilo uSt.yonke into zenzele uzuko lukaThixo. " ^[2]I-1 Cor 10: 31

Ukuba andisiqondi esi sipho sigqibeleleyo, kusenokwenzeka ukuba andithandazi! Kuba kanye ngomthandazo, ngaphakathi ulwalamano, ukuba ndifunde ukuthanda uThixo kwaye ndivumele ukuba andithande-njengokuba ndiye ndathandana kakhulu nomfazi wam kule minyaka idlulileyo kuba sine ubudlelwane. Kwaye ke, umthandazo-njengomtshato- wenza isenzo sentando.

Yiyo loo nto ooTata bobomi bokomoya… bema ngelithi umthandazo sisikhumbuzo sikaThixo esivame ukuvuswa yinkumbulo yentliziyo: "Simele simkhumbule uThixo rhoqo kunokuba siphefumla." Kodwa asinako ukuthandaza “ngamaxesha onke” ukuba asithandazi ngamaxesha athile, ngokuzithandela. -CCC, 2697

Uyabona, uSathana uhambahamba njengengonyama egqumayo efuna ukuba thandaza. Ngokwenza njalo, uqala ukulambisa ubabalo olifunayo ukuze wenze ukuthanda kukaThixo. Ngokuba,

Umthandazo uya kubabalo esilufunayo kwizenzo ezifanelekileyo. -I-CCC, 2010

Xa ungasekho “funa kuqala ubukumkani bamazulu, "U ^[3]cf. Mat 6:33 USathana ngoku ukuthabathe ukusuka ku-10 ukuya ku-9. Ukusuka apho, u-9 ukuya ku-5 akunzima kangako, kwaye u-5 kuye ku-1 kuba lula ngokulula.

Ndiza kuthetha gwenxa: ukuba awuhlakuli ubomi bokuthandaza ngokunyanisekileyo noThixo, uya kuphulukana nokholo lwakho kwezi ntsuku zembandezelo. Umoya wehlabathi — umchasi kristu — unamandla kakhulu, uxhaphake kakhulu, uquka konke phantse kuzo zonke iinkalo zoluntu namhlanje, kangangokuba ngaphandle kokugxila kuMdiliya, usengozini yokuba lisebe elifileyo eliya kuthenwa lilahlwe. emlilweni. Kodwa oku ayisosisongelo! Akunakuze! Kunoko, kunjalo isimemo ungene entliziyweni kaThixo, kwiNtengiso eNkulu yokuba nothando kunye noMdali wendalo iphela.

Ngumthandazo ondisindisileyo — mna, ekuqalekeni kobufundisi bam, ndikufumanise kunzima ukuhlala phantsi ndizolile, ndingasathethi ke ngokuthandaza. Ngoku umthandazo uluncedo lwam lobomi… ewe, ubomi bentliziyo yam entsha. Kwaye kuyo, ndifumana Lowo ndimthandayo nangona, okwangoku, ndingamboni. Ngamanye amaxesha umthandazo usenzima, womile, uyenyanyeka (njengokuba inyama ichasa uMoya). Kodwa xa ndivumela uMoya, kunokuba ndikhokelwe yinyama, ndilungisa umhlaba wentliziyo yam ukuthwala isiqhamo soMoya: uthando, uxolo, umonde, ububele, ukuzeyisa… ^[4]cf. Gal 5: 22

UYesu ulindele wena ngomthandazo! Hlalani niphaphile, hlalani niphaphile, nikhangele, nithandaze; Kwaye le ngonyama ijikelezayo ayizukude. Ngumba wobomi bokomoya kunye nokufa.

Zithobe kuThixo. Mchaseni ke uMtyholi, wonibaleka. Sondelani kuye uThixo, wosondela kuni. Hlambululani izandla, boni, nenze nyulu iintliziyo, nina zingqondo zimbini. (Yakobi 4: 7-8)