Abakhonzi benyaniso

ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
ngolwesiThathu weVeki yesiBini yeLente, nge-4 kaMatshi 2015

Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha

U-Ecce HomoNguMichael D. O'Brien

UYESU akazange abethelelwe emnqamlezweni ngenxa yothando lwaKhe. Wayengatywatyushwa ngokuphilisa abantu abafe imizimba, ukuvula amehlo eemfama, okanye ukuvusa abafileyo. Ngokunjalo, kunqabile ukuba ufumanise ukuba amaKristu abekelwe bucala ekwakheni indawo yokuhlala yabasetyhini, ukondla amahlwempu, okanye ukutyelela abagulayo. Endaweni yoko, uKristu nomzimba waKhe, iBandla, babetshutshiswa ngenxa yokubhengeza iqiniso.

Ke kaloku, umgwebo nguwo lo, ukuba ukhanyiso lufikile ehlabathini, baza abantu bathanda ubumnyama ngaphezu kokhanyiso; kuba imisebenzi yabo ingendawo. Kuba bonke abenza izinto ezimbi bayaluthiya ukhanyiso, bangezi elukhanyisweni, ukuze imisebenzi yabo ingabonakaliswa. Kodwa lowo uyiphilayo inyaniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ibonakale ukuba yenziwe kuThixo. (UYohane 3: 19-21)

Abaprofeti bobuxoki bathi yonke into ilungile. Ukuba ulungile, ndilungile, kwaye yonke into ilungile. Bashiya abantu ebumnyameni, bengayikhathaleli inyaniso, begcina imeko ekuyo, begcina uxolo-a amanga uxolo. ^[1]cf. AbaXolelanisi abasikelelekileyo UYeremiya wayengeyondoda injalo. Wayethetha inyani, ngamanye amaxesha inyani enzima, kuba wayesazi ukuba yinyani kuphela enokusikhulula. Ngelishwa, Inyaniso lolona thando lukhulu kuba kulungile ntoni ukondla umzimba kuphela kodwa ushiye umphefumlo uye entshabalalweni? UYeremiya wayiqonda le ntsingiselo ngokugqibeleleyo:

Ngaba kufanelekile ukubuyekezwa ngokulungileyo xa bembele umngxuma ukuze bathathe umphefumlo wam? Khumbula ukuma kwam phambi kwakho, ukuba ndibathethelele, ubuyise ubushushu bakho kubo. (Ufundo lokuqala)

Ngokwenza njalo, ngokuthetha inyani, umKristu kufuneka akulungele ukutshutshiswa, nkqu nangamalungu osapho. Inyaniso, ekugqibeleni, ayisiyiyo imigaqo okanye iimfundiso, kodwa nguMntu: “Ndiyinyaniso,” watsho uYesu. ^[2]cf. Yohane 14:6 Xa abantu bekugatya ngenxa yokubambelela kwinyaniso eyiyo, bamgatya uKristu.

Ndiva intlebendwane yesihlwele, endoyikisayo macala onke, xa becebisana ngam, beceba ukundibulala. Ke mna ndikholose ngawe, Nkosi yam; (INdumiso yanamhlanje)

Umntu angaxolelwa ngokucinga ukuba esi sizukulwana sangoku singumgqatswa wowexuko olukhulu athetha ngalo uSt. ^[3]cf. Isivumelwano: Uwexuko olukhulukwaye Olona Nyango lukhulu Aphi, egameni likaThixo, aphi amadoda namakhosikazi angayigciniyo inyaniso, angalalanisi, athobekileyo kwaye alithobelayo iLizwi likaThixo njengoko lityhilwe ngokupheleleyo kwinkolo yobuKatolika? Ngokwazi oku: ithambo lobubi elihamba nowexuko olukhulu luthintelwe, ngokuyinxenye, ngamadoda nabafazi abakhaliphileyo abaya kuthi, njengoYeremiya, bathethe inyani kwanaxa ubomi babo busemngciphekweni.

Icawe ihlala icelwa ukuba yenze oko kufunwa nguThixo ku-Abraham, okukuqinisekisa ukuba kukho amadoda amalungisa aneleyo okuphelisa ububi kunye nentshabalalo. -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ukukhanya kweLizwe, iphe. 166, Incoko noPeter Seewald

Ke uYesu ujikela kuwe nam namhlanje kwaye ubuze umbuzo:

“Ungasisela indebe endiza kuyisela?” Bathi kuye, Sinako. Uphendule wathi, “Uyakusela ikomityi yam…” nabani na onqwenela ukuba mkhulu phakathi kwenu makabe sisicaka senu…

… Isicaka ku Nyaniso.

Ihlabathi lahlulwe ngokukhawuleza laba ziinkampu ezimbini, ubuqabane bokuchasa uKristu kunye nobuzalwana bukaKristu. Imigca phakathi kwezi zimbini iyatsalwa…. kungquzulwano phakathi kwenyaniso nobumnyama, inyaniso ayinakuphulukana nayo. -Feneron Fulton uJohn Sheen, uBhishophu, (1895-1979); umthombo awaziwa, mhlawumbi “ilixa lamaKatolika”