ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
ngolwesiThathu, Agasti 19, 2015
Khetha. Isikhumbuzo sikaSt. John Eudes
Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha
IT Iyachukumiseka: Umzimba kaKristu ndidiniwe. Mininzi kakhulu imithwalo abaninzi abayithweleyo ngeli lixa. Okokuqala, izono zethu kunye nezilingo ezininzi esijamelana nazo kuluntu olunabathengi, inkanuko, kunye nokunyanzela uluntu. Kukho uloyiko kunye noxinzelelo malunga nokuba Uqhwithela olukhulu kusafuneka izise. Kwaye ke kukho zonke izilingo zobuqu, ngokukodwa, ukwahlukana kosapho, uxinzelelo lwezezimali, ukugula kunye nokudinwa kwemihla ngemihla. Zonke ezi zinto zinokuqala ukufumba, zityumze, ziqhekeze kwaye zichaphazele ilangatye lothando lukaThixo olugalelwe ezintliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.
… Sikwaqhayisa ngeembandezelo zethu, sisazi ukuba ukubandezeleka kuvelisa unyamezelo, unyamezelo, isimilo esiqinisekisiweyo, isimilo esiqinisekisiweyo, ithemba nethemba alidanisi, kuba uthando lukaThixo luthululelwe ezintliziyweni zethu ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. sinikwe thina. (KwabaseRoma 5: 3-5)
Kodwa uyabona, uSt.Paul wakwazi ukunyamezela, ukubonisa isimilo sakhe, ukutshisa ngethemba ngokuchanekileyo kuba uligcine lidangatye uthando. Nje ukuba eli dangatye lisweleke, ngokunjalo nokunyamezela, isimilo, kunye nethemba elihamba nayo. Isitshixo solonwabo olulahlekileyo kwiintliziyo ezininzi zamaKristu namhlanje kukuba siphulukene nothando lwethu lokuqala. Asikuko ukuba simlahlile ngokupheleleyo uThixo; hayi, icace ngakumbi. Kukuba sivumele iziphazamiso, ukuzifunxa ngokwakho, unxunguphalo, ukuthanda okungapheliyo ulonwabo-ngegama, ubume behlabathi—ukungena ezintliziyweni zethu. Isimanga kukuba sithwala ezi zinto emagxeni ngathi ngumnqamlezo-kodwa luhlobo olungalunganga lomnqamlezo. Umnqamlezo womKristu wenzelwe ukuba ube ngumnqamlezo ukuzincama, ingazifuneli iziqu zayo. Ngumnqamlezo wokuthanda ngaphandle kweendleko, ukungazithandi nangayiphi na indleko.
Ke ngoku? Nantsi indlela yokuqalisa kwakhona. Thatha umnqamlezo “wobuxoki” obe uwuphethe kwaye uwusebenzisele ukuvuthisa uthando oluhlaziyiweyo lweNkosi. Njani?
Into yokuqala ekufuneka uyenzile, zintanda, kukuthululela intliziyo yakho phambi kweNkosi. Jonga, sele ezazi izono zakho, nkqu nezo ungazaziyo wena, ukanti usakuthanda. Jonga umnqamlezo namhlanje kwaye uzikhumbuze ukuba uhambe kangakanani kuwe. Ngaba ucinga ukuba emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngoku uzakususa uthando lwaKhe? Andicingeli kwaphela! Enye into, usebenzise kuphela ithontsi elinye lenceba yaKhe. USathana ufuna ukuba ucinge ukuba ekugqibeleni ulutshisile ulwandle lothando lwaKhe! Bubuxoki obo!
O Yesu, musa ukuzifihla kum, kuba andinakuphila ngaphandle kwakho. Mamela ukukhala komphefumlo wam. Inceba yakho ayiphelanga, Nkosi, ngoko yiba novelwano ngam. Inceba yakho idlula ukuqonda kwazo zonke iingelosi kunye nabantu abadityanisiweyo; kwaye ke, nangona kubonakala kum ukuba awundimameli, ndibeka ithemba lam kulwandle lwenceba yakho, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ithemba lam aliyi kulahlekiswa. -Inceba kaThixo kumphefumlo wam, Kwidayari, uSt. Faustina kuYesu, n. 69
Ewe, sityhile kuye sonke isono, ubenaso, emva koko ubacele uxolelo. Ufuna ukugqibelela, yiyo loo nto ulusizi-awuyongcwele onqwenela ukuba wonke umntu acinge ukuba unguye. Kulungile. Uya kuba nekratshi kwaye unganyamezeleki ukuba ubukho. Ngoku, qala ukuba ngcwele UThixo ufuna ukuba ube. Ingcwele ayingomphefumlo ongazange uwe, kodwa ngulowo uqhubeka ephakama kwakhona. Vuselela uthando lwakho ngoThixo ngokusebenzisa izono zakho, ngokuzithoba okukhulu kunye nokunyaniseka, njengokuvutha. Thandaza INdumiso 51 ngokusuka entliziyweni ungathandabuzi okomzuzwana ithontsi elilandelayo leNceba kaThixo elilindele ukuthululwa phezu kwakho.
Mntwana wam, yazi ukuba eyona miqobo mikhulu kubungcwele kukudimazeka kunye nexhala elibaxiweyo. Oku kuya kuthintela ekubeni ube nakho ukusebenzisa isidima. Zonke izilingo ezimanyene kunye akufuneki ziphazamise uxolo lwakho lwangaphakathi, nokuba kungomzuzwana. Ubuntununtunu kunye nokudimazeka sisiqhamo sothando lwakho. Akufanele udimazeke, kodwa zama ukwenza uthando lwam lubuse endaweni yokuzithanda kwakho. Yiba nokuzithemba, mntwana wam. Sukutyhafa xa ndicela uxolo, kuba ndihlala ndikulungele ukukuxolela. Rhoqo xa uyicela, uyayizukisa inceba yam. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 1488
Jonga, ukuba ukujikelezo olungapheliyo lokuzibetha ngenxa yeempazamo zakho, lelo liphoso lakho. Isibhalo sicacile:
Ukuba siyazivuma izono zethu, uthembekile, ulilungisa; uya kuzixolela izono zethu, asihlambulule kuko konke ukungalungisi. (1 Yohane 1: 9)
Usebenza noThixo wenceba, ongenakukuphelisa ukubandezeleka kwakho. Khumbula, andizange ndenze kuphela inani elithile lokuxolelwa. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 1485
Ewe, eyona ndlela ikhawulezayo yokuphelisa ilangatye lothando entliziyweni yakho kukuluntywilisela kukuzisizela — kanye le nto ifunwa nguSathana. Ukuba akanawo umphefumlo wakho, uya kuluthabatha uvuyo lwakho. Ubuncinci ngale ndlela, unokukuthintela ekubeni kukukhanya kunye nendlela eya kwabanye abafuna uYesu. Njengoko uPapa Francis watsho,
… Umshumayeli akufuneki abonakale njengomntu osandul 'ukubuya emngcwabeni! Masiphinde sihlaziye inzondelelo yethu, olo “vuyo luyolisayo noluthuthuzelayo lokushumayela, naxa kulinywa kulila iinyembezi…” Kwaye kwanga eli xesha lethu, elikhangelayo, ngamanye amaxesha linxunguphalo, ngamanye amaxesha linethemba, Benza ukuba bamkele iindaba ezilungileyo hayi ezivela kubavangeli abaphelelwe lithemba, abadimazekileyo, abangakhathaliyo okanye abaxhalabileyo, kodwa ngabaphathiswa beVangeli abaphila ubomi babo bukhazimla, abafumene kuqala uvuyo lukaKrestu. -U-Evangelii Gaudium, n. I-10
Zithobeni phantsi kwesandla esinamandla sikaThixo, ukuze aniphakamise ngexesha elililo. Liphoseni kuye lonke ixhala lenu, kuba unikhathalele. (1 Pet 5: 7)
Into yokuqala, utshilo uSt.Peter, kukubuyela eqongeni lobuhlobo noThixo thobeka noxolelwaniso. Ukuba ufuna ukusinda kula maxesha, yenza Ukuvuma rhoqo kubaluleke kakhulu ekuhambeni kwakho kokomoya. Ndihamba veki nganye, njengoko uSt. John Paul II endicebisayo. Enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo ebomini bam. Yiya, uzifumanele ngokwakho uvimba wobabalo olindele wena.
Into yesibini kukuba “liphose kuye lonke ixhala lakho, kuba ukukhathalele.” Kutheni uthwele imithwalo ongenakukwazi ukuyithwala? Oko kukuthi, zininzi izinto ezingaphaya kolawulo lwakho, kwaye ewe, ezinye zezinto ongakhange uzilawule kwaye ngoku usokola ngenxa yazo.
Kuba okulungileyo endikuthandayo, andikwenzi; khona okubi, ndifuna ukukwenza. (Roma 7:19)
Kodwa nokusilela oku kufuneka unike iNkosi. Uyazi ukuba umncinci kangakanani, kwaye awunako ukuphatha ezi zinto wedwa.
Sukuzixakekisa ngembandezelo yakho-usabuthathaka kakhulu ukuba ungathetha ngayo-kodwa, endaweni yoko, jonga kwiNtliziyo yam ezaliswe kukulunga, kwaye uzaliswe ziimvakalelo zam. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 1486
Ngomzuzu wokukhathazeka, usizi, unxunguphalo, okanye umsindo osongayo kuwe, kunzima ukuthandaza. Nako oku bubuthathaka ekufuneka ubunikele kuThixo ngokurhoxa. Kodwa xa isiqhwithi sangaphakathi sidlulile, nika uYesu iimeko. Mmeme ukuba angene nabo. Hayi ngomso. Ngubani othe uzophila ngomso? Akwazi na ukuba ngobu busuku inkosi iya kuthi yakubiza? Hayi, yithi “Yesu, ndincede kulo mzuzu uzayo, kule yure izayo ukuthwala lo mnqamlezo unganyamezelekiyo.” Kwaye uthi, kulungile, malunga nexesha olibuzileyo.
Yizani kum nonke nina nibulalekayo, nisindwayo ngumthwalo, ndoninika ukuphumla. Thabathani idyokhwe yam niyithwale, nifunde kum; ngokuba ndinobulali, ndithobekile ngentliziyo; noyifumanela ukuphumla imiphefumlo yenu. Kuba idyokhwe yam imnandi, nomthwalo wam ulula. (Mat 11: 28-29)
Yintoni idyokhwe yakhe? Yidyokhwe yokuthanda kwakhe okungcwele, kwaye ukuthanda kwakhe kukwenza umthande ummelwane wakho. Ewe, ngoku uzibeke elungelweni noThixo (kwakhona), ngoku ukuba ubeke inkxalabo yakho kuye, kufuneka "uphume" kuwe. Ukuba ugcina amehlo akho ejonge kuwe, intando yakho, iminqweno yakho, iingxaki zakho, uya kuvuna kanye le nto uyihlwayelayo: usizi olungakumbi, ukoyikeka ngakumbi, ukungabi nanto.
… Ngokuba lowo uhlwayelela eyakhe inyama, wovuna ukonakala ngokwasenyameni; lowo uhlwayelela uMoya ke, wovuna ubomi obungunaphakade ngokwaseMoyeni. Masingadinwa kukwenza okulungileyo, kuba ngexesha elililo siya kuvuna isivuno sethu, ukuba asityhafi. Ngoko ke masisebenzele ukulungelwa komntu ngalo lonke ixesha. (Gal 6: 8-10)
Lowo ulilungisa noThixo, kodwa amlibale ummelwane wakhe ufana nomyeni onxiba isuti yomtshato wakhe aze ahlale nje emotweni, ajonge ukubukeka kwakhe okuhle esipilini. Ubonakala ngathi uyindoda ebufundisini, kodwa eneneni, uyilibele imishini yakhe: ukudibana nesithandwa sakhe. Kwaye uKristu othandekayo ufuna ukuba udibane nommelwane wakho, ukudibana UKristu kubo. Bazalwane noodade, uninzi lweengxaki zakho zingaphela kwimvelaphi ukuba unokuzilibala kwaye ubeke ummelwane wakho kuqala-beka iimfuno zomfazi okanye zomyeni wakho ngaphambi kwezakho; Abantakwenu, oogxa bakho, abazali bakho asebekhulile, iimfuno zerhamente lakho, njl. Vumela ukuthanda amanxeba abamelwane bakho kukufamekise kuwe.
… Uthando lwenu makube lukhulu, kuba uthando lugubungela inkitha yezono. (1 Pet 4: 8)
...lapha sifumanisa umthetho onzulu wenyani: ukuba ubomi bufunyenwe kwaye buvuthwa kumlinganiselo obunikezelweyo ukunika ubomi kwabanye. -IPOPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, n. I-10
Ke ukuqukumbela, thula imithwalo yakho kwaye uyilayite ngomlilo ngokuyntywilisela kwintliziyo eNgcwele evuthayo kaYesu. Zivume izono zakho ngokuthobeka ngokunyanisekileyo, ziphose kuye iingxaki zakho, kwaye uqale ukuthanda kwakhona. Kungenxa yalo mnqweno uhlaziyiweyo kunye nomzamo omncinci wakho wokuthanda uThixo ukuze uthando luphile kwakhona, kuwe.
Ngaba konke oku kunxulumene nokufundwa kweMisa yanamhlanje?
KwiVangeli yanamhlanje, uYesu uxela umzekeliso wabasebenzi, kwaye kwanokuba abo baqala ukusebenza ngosuku ngentsimbi yesi-5 babesabhatalwa umvuzo ofanayo nowabo bafaka usuku olupheleleyo. Inqaku yile: akukaze kube semva kwexesha ukuqala kwakhona. [1]cf. Ukuqala kwakhona kwaye Qalisa kwakhona UThixo unesisa esingaphaya kokuqonda, kwaye ulindele ukukungqina oko…
Ngokunjalo abokugqibela baya kuba ngabokuqala, nabokuqala, baya kuba ngabokugqibela; (IVangeli yanamhlanje)
Amalangatye enceba ayanditshisa — ekhwaza ukuba achithwe; Ndifuna ukuqhubeka ndibathululela emiphefumlweni; imiphefumlo ayifuni nje ukukholelwa ekulungeni kwam. —UYesu ukuya eSt Faustina, Inceba kaThixo kuMphefumlo wamIidayari, n. 177
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| ↑1 | cf. Ukuqala kwakhona kwaye Qalisa kwakhona |
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