Ukuma noKristu

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THE Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo, ndithathe ixesha, njengoko benditshilo, ukuba ndicinge ngobufundisi bam, umkhomba-ndlela wam, kunye nohambo lwam. Ndifumene iileta ezininzi ngelo xesha zigcwele inkuthazo kunye nomthandazo, kwaye ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngothando nenkxaso yabazalwana noodade abaninzi, uninzi lwabo endingazange ndadibana nalo uqobo.

Ndibuze iNkosi umbuzo: Ndiyenza le nto uyifunayo? Ndive ngathi lo mbuzo ubalulekile. Njengoko ndibhalile Kubulungiseleli bamUkurhoxiswa kukhenketho olukhulu lwekhonsathi kube nefuthe elikhulu kumandla okwenzela usapho lwam. Umculo wam uyafana “nokwenza iintente” kukaSt. Kwaye ekubeni ubizo lwam lokuqala ngumfazi wam othandekayo nabantwana kunye nolungiselelo lokomoya kunye nolwasemzimbeni lweemfuno zabo, kuye kwafuneka ndime okomzuzwana ndibuze kuYesu ukuba yintoni ukuthanda kwakhe. Okwenzekayo emva koko, ndandingakulindelanga…

 

ENGCWABENI

Ngelixa abaninzi babebhiyozela uVuko, iNkosi yandithatha yandifaka engcwabeni… ukuba akunzulu kunye nayo eHadesi ngokwayo. Ndahlaselwa ngokungathandabuzeki kunye nezilingo endingazange ndibone ngaphambili. Ndalubuza lonke ubizo lwam, ndade ndabuza nothando losapho kunye nabahlobo Eli tyala laveza uloyiko kunye nokugwetywa. Iyaqhubeka ukundityhilela iindawo ezifuna inguquko engaphezulu, ukuyeka, kunye nokunikezela. Isibhalo esithetha ngokunzulu kum ngeli xesha ngamazwi eNkosi yethu:

Kuba othe wathanda ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; ke othe wawulahla umphefumlo wakhe ngenxa yam, nangenxa yeendaba ezilungileyo ezi, wowusindisa. (UMarko 8:35)

UYesu ufuna ndincame yonke into. Kwaye ngale nto ndithetha konke ukuncamathela, uthixo ngamnye, yonke into eyenzelwa ukuthanda kwam ukuze andinike yonke into ngaye. Oku kunzima ukwenza. Andazi ukuba kutheni ndibambelele. Andazi ukuba kutheni ndibambelele enkunkumeni xa endinika igolide. Undibonisa ngelizwi elinye ukuba ndinguye uyoyika.

 

Ixhala

Kukho amanqanaba amabini oyiko asebenzayo namhlanje. Eyokuqala yeyokuba wonke umKristu, kwaye enyanisweni lonke inani leTestamente eNdala kwafuneka lijongane nalo: uloyiko lokuthembela ngokupheleleyo kuThixo. Kuthetha ukuphulukana ulawulo. UAdam noEva baluqonda ulawulo loMyezo kaEva kwaye baphulukana nenkululeko yabo. Inkululeko yokwenene ke ngoko ukunika uThixo ulawulo lobomi bethu ngokupheleleyo. Oku sikwenza ngokulandela kungekuphela iMiyalelo yaKhe, kodwa ngokuphila ubomi bethu ngokuxelisa iNkosi yethu eyayithanda, yathanda, yasithanda de kwaba sekupheleni. Akazange afune ntuthuzelo; Akazange afune ukulungelwa kwakhe; Akazange abeke ezakhe izilangazelelo kuqala. Uyabona, ngaphambi kokuba uYesu anikele ngomzimba wakhe emnqamlezweni, waqala wanikela ngentando yakhe yobuntu kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu yokuyeka ngokupheleleyo ukuthanda kukaYise.

IGetsemane yayilixa elinzima leNkosi yethu. Yayingumnyhadala opheleleyo wentando yaKhe yobuntu kuba, kude kube lelo xesha, Wemka kubatshutshisi baKhe, emaphethelweni eengxondorha, kwiziphango ezaziza kutshona ngomnye umntu. Kodwa ngoku wayejongile le Isaqhwithi. Kwaye ukwenza njalo, kwakudinga ukuthembela okupheleleyo kwicebo likaYise-ukuthembela kwindlela edlula ekuhluphekeni. Asimthembi uThixo kuba asifuni ukubandezeleka. Ewe, inyani yile yokuba siza kuva ubunzima kobu bomi nokuba sihlupheka kunye okanye ngaphandle kukaThixo. Kodwa kunye naye, ukubandezeleka kwethu kuthatha amandla oMnqamlezo kwaye kusebenza rhoqo ekuVukeni kobomi baKhe ngaphakathi kuthi nokusingqongileyo.

Kwaye oko kundikhokelela kuloyiko lwesibini esijamelene nalo kanye ukuza kuthi ga ngeli xesha nakwisizukulwana: ngokoqobo a idemon yokoyika ekhutshelwe kwilizwe liphela ukuba ibaleke amadoda, abenze baphelelwe lithemba, kwaye bathulise ngenye indlela amadoda nabafazi abalungileyo xa bejamelene nobubi obukhulu. Amaxesha aliqela ukusukela ngePasika, umbono obhinqileyo kunyaka ophelileyo uye wafika engqondweni. Umama wakhe, endimaziyo, uthe le ntombi yakhe iphiwe ifestile kwinto engaphaya kwendalo. Kwi Isihogo savulwa-Ukubhala ndicebisa ukuba kufundwe kwakhona- ndicaphule umbono walo mfazi, njengoko udluliselwe ngunina:

Intombi yam endala ibona izinto ezininzi zilungile kwaye zibi [iingelosi] emfazweni. Uthethile kaninzi malunga nokuba yeyiphi na imfazwe kwaye iya isiba nkulu kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zezidalwa. UMama wethu wabonakala kuye ephupheni kunyaka ophelileyo njengoMama waseGuadalupe. Wamxelela ukuba idemon ezayo inkulu kwaye inoburhalarhume kunabo bonke abanye. Ukuba akazukubandakanya le demon okanye ayimamele. Yayiza kuzama ukuthatha ihlabathi. Oku yi idemon yokoyika. Kwakungokoyika ukuba intombi yam yayisithi izogubungela wonke umntu nayo yonke into. Ukuhlala kufutshane neSigramente kwaye uYesu noMariya kubaluleke kakhulu.

Into emangalisa kukuba ezinye iinkokheli endizaziyo nazo ziye zafumana le demoni ukusukela nge-Ista, behamba namava abo bonke ngokufanayo babalisa ngokuba "baya esihogweni kwaye babuye." Emva kokuthetha ngako, kwaye sifumanisa ukuba sonke sihlangabezana nento engaqhelekanga, kusinike ukhuthazo kwimigca yokukhuthaza kukaPeter:

Zintanda, musani ukumangaliswa kukulingwa ngomlilo phakathi kwenu, ngokungathi kukho into engaqhelekanga eyenzekayo. Yithini, njengoko ningamadlelane ngeentlungu zikaKristu, nivuye; ukuze, nasekutyhilekeni kobuqaqawuli bakhe, nivuye nigcoba. (1 Pet 4: 12-13)

Kwaye kwakhona:

Nyamezela izilingo zakho "njengoqeqesho"; UThixo uniphatha njengoonyana bakhe. (Heb 12: 7)

Ndisibona ngokucacileyo isandla sikaThixo kuyo yonke le nto. Akasilahli, okanye endaweni yoko asilahle kuthi. Endaweni yokuba usizisa ngobuqhetseba, ukukhulula ukuthanda kwethu ukuze nathi singene kulangazelelo lwaKhe, kwaye ngaloo ndlela sifumane lonke ubabalo loVuko lwaKhe oluzukileyo. Uyasilungiselela, kunye nani nonke, ukuba nilawule izizwe ngentonga yokuthanda kwakhe okungcwele (eyona nto intle kakhulu yabasebenzi babalusi)…

Besohlwaywa kancinane, baya kusikelelwa kakhulu, kuba uThixo wabalinga wabafumana befanele yena. Njengegolide esithandweni, wazingqina, kwaye wazizisa kuye njengeminikelo. Ngexesha lomgwebo baya kukhanya kwaye bahamba-hambe njengeentlantsi emhlana; Baya kugweba phakathi kwezizwe, balawule izizwe; Abo bathembela kuye baya kuyiqonda inyaniso, kwaye abathembekileyo baya kuhlala naye eluthandweni: Ngenxa yokuba ubabalo nenceba zikunye nabangcwele bakhe, kwaye nenkxalabo yakhe ikwabanyulwa. (Ubulumko 3: 5-9)

 

IZIBONELELO ZIKATHIXO

Kwakukho nomnye umxholo oqhelekileyo ovele phakathi kwethu njengoko besithetha ngezilingo zethu kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo: ukuphilisa ngeSakramente. Njengokuba intombi isitsho ngentla, ithetha ngobulumko obuvela ngaphesheya kweli hlabathi: "Ukuhlala kufutshane neSigramente kwaye uYesu noMariya kubaluleke kakhulu." Kum, njengenye inkokeli, yayiyiSigramente sokuVuma kwaye Umtshato oweza nonyango. Okwangoku, njengoko ndithetha ngale nto, ndichukunyiswe ngokunzulu luthando olungenamthetho umfazi wam andinike lona ngeli xesha. Uthando olugqibeleleyo lulukhuphela ngaphandle uloyiko. ^[1]1 John 4: 18 Ngaye, uKristu wandithanda, kwaye ngokuvuma izono, wandixolela. Andicocekanga kuphela ezonweni zam, kodwa undihlangule kubumnyama obucinezelayo bale demoni yokoyika (osakhonkothayo, kodwa ngoku ubuyile kwi-leash yakhe).

Ndifuna ukukuxelela ukuba oku kubaluleke kakhulu: ukuba sihlale kufutshane noYesu kuVumo kunye ne-Ekaristi. Jonga, ezi Sakramente zenziwa nguYesu ngokwakhe ukuze iBandla lidibane naye a siqu kwaye obusondeleyo indlela ngexesha lokuphambukela kwethu. Izicatshulwa zeBhayibhile zicacile malunga nomnqweno kaKristu wokondla nokusixolela ngobubingeleli bomthendeleko. Igunya lokuxolela izono laphuma ngqo emlonyeni wakhe ^[2]cf. Yoh 20:23 njengoko kwenziwe iziko leDini leMisa. ^[3]cf. 1 Kor 11:24 Nguwuphi umKristu onokufunda ezi ndima ukanti aqhubeke nokuya ecaweni etyeshela ezi zipho zivela kwiNkosi yethu? Nditsho ngenene ukuba ndinengxaki ngendlela enobuhlobo abafundi bam abathandekayo abangamaProtestanti. Kodwa nangakumbi ukubakhathaza abo bafundi bamaKatolika bangasoloko bevuma izono okanye basebenzise ithuba lokunikwa kweSonka soBomi imihla ngemihla.

Ngapha koko, isitshixo sikaThixo kunye necebo lakhe loloyiso kumaxesha ethu nguMariya. Nako oku kucacile kwiZibhalo eziNgcwele. ^[4]qala ngeGenesis 3:15; ULuka 10:19; nesiTy. 12: 1-6…

Kule nqanaba lehlabathi, ukuba uloyiso luza kuza noMariya. U-Kristu uza koyisa ngaye kuba ufuna uloyiso lweCawe ngoku nakwixesha elizayo luxhumeke kuyo. —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Ukuwela uMda weThemba, iphe. 221

Ndachukunyiswa ngokunzulu bubungqina bukabhishophu waseNigeria ilizwe lakhe liphethwe sisibetho semfazwe yamaSilamsi ngeBoko Haram. ^[5]cf. Isipho saseNigeria Wachaza indlela uYesu abonakala ngayo kuye embonweni:

“Ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo bendikwindlu yam yecawa phambi kweSidlo Sentsikelelo… ndithandaza iRosari, kwaza ngequbuliso kwavela iNkosi.” Embonweni, uthethathethwano wathi, uYesu akazange athethe nto ekuqaleni, kodwa wolulela ikrele kuye, naye ke wolula isandla. Ngokukhawuleza ndakuba ndifumene ikrele, lajika laba yiRosari. ”

Emva koko uYesu wamxelela kathathu: “IBoko Haram ihambile.”

“Bendingadingi mprofeti ukuba andinike ingcaciso. Kwakucacile ukuba xa sisebenzisa iRosari siza kukwazi ukugxotha iBoko Haram. ” -UBhishophu u-Oliver Dashe Doeme, iDiocese yaseMaiduguri, I-Arhente yeendaba yamaKatolika, ngo-Epreli 21, 2015

Xa uMama wethu waseFatima watsho "Intliziyo yam engenasiphelo iya kuba yindawo yakho yokusabela kunye nendlela eya kukukhokelela kuThixo," Wayengekho umbongo okanye umfuziselo: wayethetha ngokoqobo. Inenekazi lethu lithunyelwe lizulu ukukhusela abantwana bakaThixo njengohlobo "lweTyeya entsha." Zingcwalise, uhlaziye ukuzahlulela kwakho ^[6]cf. Isipho Esikhulu kulo mfazi ngubani “Iya kukusa kuThixo.” Thandaza iRosari yakhe, kuba ngayo unokumisa iimfazwe-ngakumbi ezo zisentliziyweni yakho nasekhaya. Yenza le nto ayicelayo kuthi: umthandazo, ukuzila ukutya, ukufunda iZibhalo, kunye nokwenza rhoqo iSakramente. Cinga ubuhlalu beRosari njengesandla sikaMama wethu: yibambe, kwaye ungayiyeki ihambe.

Kuba isiqhwithi silapha.

 

AMALUNGISELELO OKUGQIBELA KWISAqhwithi

Ngelixa ndibhalayo, umfundi wafunda nge-imeyile ebuza:

Yiyiphi inqaku esikulo? Amahashe? Amaxilongo? Amatywina?

Ewe. Zonke ezi zingentla.

Kukho olunye ubabalo oluvelileyo kum kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo: ukucaca okunzulu kunye ntembelo ngamazwi endikubhalele wona ngokunxulumene namaxesha ethu. Kwakhona, ndithetha kakhulu malunga nexesha. Ngaba asikaze sifunde kumprofeti uYona okanye "uFr. Gobbi '' wehlabathi ukuba inceba kaThixo iyimfihlakalo emangalisayo engazi mida okanye mida, ngakumbi ixesha? Okwangoku, ndiva kwilizwe lehlabathi kunye nelomoya ukuba lo kaSeptemba unakho ukuzisa olona lawulo lukhulu lwezoqoqosho emhlabeni. Bonke ubomi bethu buya kutshintsha phantse ubusuku bonke nanini na kusiza. Kwaye is iyeza. ^[7]cf. 2014 kunye nerhamncwa eliKhulayo

Xa ndiphinda ndiyifunda AmaTywina aSixhenxe oVukelo or Isihogo savulwa, ndize emva koko ndikhangele imixholo, ndishiyeke ndingathethi. Inkqubo ye- Ingxelo yeDrudge ifunda njengephupha elibi mihla le. Andikwazi ukuqhubeka nokuqhuma okubonakalayo kweziganeko ezixhalabisayo kunye neendlela-kwaye ndizifunda mihla le. Ndiyathetha, abantu abasacingi nokuqhwanyaza kwizihloko ezineminyaka nje elishumi eyadlulayo abantu bebeya kujonga isiqhulo sobuwula sika-Epreli. Ngokwenene siphila kwimihla kaNowa noLote, “Ukutya, ukusela, ukuthenga, ukuthengisa, ukutyala, ukwakha” ^[8]cf. ULuka 17:28 Ngelixa ukukhanya kwezulu ngamafu amnyama (nangona, kuMbindi Mpuma, iindudumo, imvula, isichotho nemibane ziye zayichitha iCawa ngamandla azo onke).

Asinakuyifihla into yokuba amafu amaninzi asoyikisayo ahlanganisene esiphelweni. Akufuneki sityhafe, koko kufuneka sigcine ilangatye lethemba liphila ezintliziyweni zethu… -UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, kwiArhente yeendaba zamaKatolika, nge-15 kaJanuwari ka-2009

Nanku umsebenzi woGqirha oGqirha: ukusika i-wax yehlabathi eyakhelwe ezintliziyweni zethu ukuze sibe amadangatye aphilayo othando kuvutha ngokuqaqambileyo ebumnyameni. Ndiyaqala ukukholelwa ukuba ubizo lukaPopu Francis lokuba iCawe ibe “sisibhedlele sentsimi” ^[9]cf. Isibhedlele Somhlaba lelona lizwi lingomso kunangoku. Uyabona, kwibali loNyana wolahleko, le nkwenkwe yayingakulungelanga ukuphiliswa de yaphuke ngokupheleleyo. Kuphela emva koko Ngaba iingalo zikayise zaziwa ngokuba ziyintoni: ikhaya labonzakeleyo. Ngokunjalo nehlabathi elikuyo ngoku linokuba njalo phukile (nzulu nzulu umoya wemvukelo). Kwaye emva koko, xa konke kubonakala kulahlekile, ngaba iingalo zikaBawo ziya kuba sisibhedlele sentsimi esiyinyani. Oko kukuthi, iingalo zam nezam—Nye kunye naKhe. Silungiselelwa ukulandelwa kwemilinganiselo ye-epochal, kwaye oku kufuna ukuba nathi saphulwe…

Ndithethile ngokwaneleyo okwangoku. Ke mandiqukumbele ngokwabelana ngempendulo kumbuzo wam: Ufuna ntoni kum, Nkosi? Kwaye impendulo, ngawe, umlawuli wam wokomoya, kunye nobishophu wam, kukuba Qhubeka uhamba. Kwaye ke ndiya kuthi. Eli lixesha lokuba sikhethe ukuma noYesu, sibe lilizwi lakhe, sibe njalo ukhaliphe. Hayi, sukumamela le demon yoloyiko. Sukuzibandakanya "nengqiqo" yakhe-umlambo wobuxoki kunye nokugqwetha. Endaweni yoko, khumbula endikubhalele kona ULWESIHLANU olungileyo: uyathandwa, kwaye akukho nto, akukho balawuli okanye amandla anokutshintsha oko. Khumbula esi sibhalo sihlobo:

… Uloyiso oloyisa umhlaba lukholo lwethu. (1 Yohane 5: 4)

Mna nawe siyacelwa ukuba sihambe ngokholo hayi ngokubona. Singakwenza oku; Ngoncedo lwaKhe, siza koyisa.

Ndinawe, bazalwana noodade wethu abathandekayo, lo gama uYesu efuna…