Ngubani na ke onokuyinyamezela imini yakuza kwakhe? Ngubani na ke onokuma ekubonakaleni kwakhe? Kuba unjengomlilo womnyibilikisi… (Mal 3: 2)
NDIYAKHOLWA sisondela kufutshane ekuzeni kokusa Imini yeNkosi. Njengophawu loku, siqala ukuva ubushushu bokusondela Ilanga loBulungisa. Yiyo i, kubonakala ngathi kukho ukukhula okunyanzelekileyo ekucoceni izilingo njengoko sisondela kuMlilo womcoci… kanye njengokuba umntu engadingi ukubamba amadangatye ukuva ubushushu bomlilo.
NGALO MHLA
Umprofeti uZekariya uthetha ngentsalela eya kuthi ingene kwixesha lokubuyiselwa komhlaba, a Isahluko soxolo, phambi kweNkosi Ukubuya kokugqibela:
Yabona, uKumkani wakho uza kuwe. Isaphetha segorha siya kuchithwa, kwaye uvakalisa uxolo ezintlangeni. Ulawulo lwakhe luthabathele elwandle luse elwandle, luthabathele kuwo uMlambo luse eziphelweni zehlabathi. (Zekariya 9: 9-10)
UZekariya ubala le ntsalela malunga nesinye kwisithathu sabemi bomhlaba. Esi sithathu siza kungena kweli xesha nge Ucoceko olukhulu:
Ehlabathini lonke, utsho uYehova, isahlulo sesithathu kubo siya kunqunyulwa sitshatyalaliswe, esinye isahlulo sesithathu sishiyeke. Ndiza kuzisa isahlulo sesithathu emlilweni, kwaye ndiza kuwasulungekisa njengokucocwa kwesilivere, kwaye ndiza kuwavavanya njengoko kuvavanywa igolide. (Zek 13: 8-9)
Ke, njengoko iNgcwele uPeter isitsho, sukuziva ngathi "kwenzeka into engaqhelekanga kuwe." Ngena entlango yokuhlanjululwa, kuba le kuphela kwendlela eya kwiLizwe Lesithembiso. Yonwabela ukuba wenziwe ukuba ubandezeleke ngenxa yeVangeli, ngokunyamezela naziphi na iimvavanyo ezizayo ngelixa uthembela kuThixo kwaye uzamkela njengokuthanda kwakhe, enyanisweni, ukubandezeleka ngenxa yeVangeli.
Musa ukudimazeka.
UKUDIMAZWA
Esinye sezizathu eziphambili zokuba uSathana aphose ingxolo yasemoyeni kuthi (bona Indoda yeshumi elinesithathu) kukuzisa kudideka. Kukule meko yentlupheko apho uninzi lwethu lunikezela kwisilingo sokudimazeka. Ewe, ukudideka kukunyathela kokudimazeka.
Ndiyakholelwa ukuba yayingu-St Pio owathi esona sixhobo siphambili sotshaba kukudimazeka. Abanye abalawuli abakhulu bokomoya abanjengoSt. Ignatius waseLoyola kunye noSt. Alphonsus waseLiguori bafundisa ukuba, okwesibini emva kwesono, ukudimazeka sesona silingo sikaSathana.
Ukuba sicinga ngeengxaki zethu ngaphandle kokuphakamisela amehlo ethu kuThixo, uYise onenceba, siya kudimazeka ngokulula. Ngokuzihlola ngokucokisekileyo, siya kubona ukuba ukudimazeka kuhlala kuvela kwizinto ezimbini ezinxulumene ngokusondeleyo. Eyokuqala yeyokuba sixhomekeke emandleni ethu; ngayo ikratshi lethu wenzakele kwaye ukhohliswe xa siwa. Eyesibini kukuba asinantembelo kuThixo; asicingi ngokubhekisa kuye ngamaxesha empumelelo, kwaye asinakho ukubhenela kuYe xa simsilele. Ngamafutshane, senza ngokwethu: sizama ukuphumelela sodwa, siwa sodwa, kwaye sisodwa sicinga ngokuwa kwethu. Iziphumo zokuziphatha okunjalo zinokudimazeka kuphela. —Fr. UGabriyeli waseMary Magdalene, Ukusondelelana kukaThixo
Ukuba uvumela intliziyo yakho iphinde iphinde ibe njengomntwana omncinci, amafu amnyama okudimazeka aya kuphuma, isiqhu esigqumayo sengxolo yangaphakathi siyakuthula ngokuthe ngcembe, kwaye awusayi kuphinda uzive uwedwa ebaleni ujongene nobunzima obungenakwenzeka. Ukuba ukwimeko engaphaya kwamandla akho kunye nolawulo lwakho, zinikezele kwintando kaThixo, ebonakaliswe kulo mnqamlezo.
Ukuba udimazekile ngenxa yesono sakho, ungaxhomekeki kubuhle bakho okanye kumandla etyala lakho phambi koThixo. Endaweni yokuba uxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kwinceba yakhe, kuba akukho mntu ulilungisa. Sonke singaboni. Kodwa oku ayisosizathu sokudimazeka, kuba uKrestu weza kuboni!
UThixo akaze abalahle abo banyanisekileyo, nokuba banentaba yezono kunye nokusilela kwixesha elidlulileyo. Ngokholo, ubungakanani bembewu yemostade — Oko kukuthi, thembela inceba kaThixo nesipho sesisa sosindiso—ukuhambisa iintaba.
Owu Thixo, umoya wam wonakele; intliziyo etyumkileyo ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela. (INdumiso 51)
Akufanele udimazeke, kuba ukuba kukho umphefumlo oqhubekayo wokuzama ukuphucula, iNkosi iya kukuvuza ekugqibeleni ngokwenza zonke iimpawu ezintle ziqhakaze kuwe njengasegadini egcwele iintyatyambo. —St. IPio
UTHANDO
Okokugqibela, masikhumbule ukuba ekugqibeleni asizukugwetywa kwindlela esiziva sithandwa ngayo, kodwa kukuthanda kwethu. Kukho ingozi kwizilingo zethu zokucinga kakhulu-ukuchitha imini ujonge usizi kunye nelishwa lethu. UYesu usinika olona nyango luphambili lokudimazeka, uloyiko, imeko yokulahlwa kunye nokukhubazeka ngokomoya: uthando.
Singavuya njani eNkosini ukuba ukude nathi? … Ukuba unjalo, yile nto uyenzayo. Uthando, kwaye uya kusondela; uthando, uyakuhlala ngaphakathi kwakho… ingaba uyamangaliswa kukwazi ukuba uza kuba nani kanjani ukuba niyathanda? Uthixo Luthando. —St. UAugustine, evela kwintshumayelo; Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyureUmqulu IV, iphe. 551
Uthando lwenu makube lukhulu, kuba uthando lugubungela inkitha yezono. (1 Pet 4: 8)
