THE Umhlaba unxanelwe ukuva uThixo, ukufumana ubukho obuphathekayo baLowo wabadalayo. Uluthando, ke ngoko, bubukho boThando ngoMzimba waKhe, iBandla laKhe, olunokuzisa usindiso kuluntu olulilolo nolonzakalisayo.
Isisa sodwa siza kusindisa umhlaba. —St. U-Luigi Orione, L'Osservatore RomanoNge-30 kaJuni ngo-2010
UYESU, UMZEKELO WETHU
Xa uYesu weza emhlabeni, akazange achithe lonke ixesha lakhe encotsheni yentaba eyedwa, encokola noBawo, esibongoza. Mhlawumbi wayenako, emva koko wenza inzala yaKhe eYerusalem ukuba abingelelwe. Endaweni yoko, iNkosi yethu yayihamba phakathi kwethu, yasichukumisa, yasanga, yasimamela, kwaye yajonga umphefumlo ngamnye wasondela emehlweni. Uthando lunike uthando ubuso. Uthando lwangena ngokungenaloyiko kwiintliziyo zamadoda-emsindweni wabo, ukungathembani, ubukrakra, inzondo, ukubawa, inkanuko nokuzingca- kunyibilikisa uloyiko lwabo ngamehlo nentliziyo yothando. Inceba yazalwa, Inceba yathatha inyama, inceba yayinokuchukumiseka, ive, ibonwe.
INkosi yethu ikhethe le ndlela ngezizathu ezithathu. Inye yayikukuba wayefuna ukuba sazi ukuba usithanda ngokwenyani, ewe, njani Usithande kakhulu. Ewe, uthando luzivumela ukuba lubethelelwe emnqamlezweni sithi. Okwesibini, uYesu wafundisa abalandeli baKhe-benzakaliswa sisono-ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuba ngokwenyani umntu. Ukuba ngumntu opheleleyo kuku uthando. Ukuba ngumntu opheleleyo nako kufanele ukuthandwa. Kwaye uYesu uthi ngobomi baKhe: "Ndim iNdlela ... iNdlela yothando ngoku eyiNdlela yakho, indlela eya eBomini ngokuphila iNyaniso ngothando."
Okwesithathu, umzekelo wakhe ngulowo kufuneka uxeliswe ukuze nathi sibe bubukho baKhe kwabanye… ukuze sibe zizibane ezithwala "ukukhanya kwehlabathi" kubumnyama bube "yityuwa nokukhanya" ngokwethu.
Ndikunikile umzekelo ukuba ulandele, ukuze, njengoko ndenze ngako kuwe, nawe wenze. (UYohane 13:15)
YIYA NGAPHANDLE KOKOYIKA
Umhlaba awuyi kuguqulwa ziintetho, kodwa ngo mangqina. Amangqina othando. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndibhalile kwi Intliziyo kaThixo ukuba kufuneka uzishiye kolu Thando, uzibeke kulo, ukholelwa ukuba unenceba nakwezona zihlandlo zakho zobumnyama. Ngale ndlela, uya kuthi uyazi ukuba kuthetha ntoni ukuthanda ngothando lwaKhe olungenamiqathango kuwe, ukuze ukwazi ukubonisa ilizwe ukuba ngubani Uthando. Kwaye kunokubakho njani indlela esebenzayo yokuba bubuso boLuthando kunokujonga ngqo kobo Buso xa kunokwenzeka kwi-Ekaristi Engcwele?
… Phambi kweyona Sacramente isikelelekileyo sifumana indlela ekhethekileyo ethi "ukuhlala" kuYesu, athe yena, kwincwadi yeVangeli kaYohane, wayibeka njengemfuneko yokuthwala isiqhamo esininzi (jn Jn 15: 5). Yiyo loo nto sikuthintela ukuncitshiswa kwesenzo sethu sobupostile kubutshabalalisi obungenantlonelo kwaye endaweni yoko siqinisekise ukuba kungqina ngothando lukaThixo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, kwiNtetho kwiNgqungquthela yeDayosisi yaseRoma, nge-15 kaJuni, 2010; I-L'Osservatore yamaRoma [IsiNgesi], ngoJuni 23, 2010
Xa ugqibile ukholo uyayamkela into yokuba uluthando ngenene, emva koko nawe unokuba nguBuso ojonge kubo ngexesha lakho lokudinga: ubuso obabuxolelayo xa wawungafanelanga ukuxolelwa, uBuso ngeloxesha baphinde babonise inceba xa usenza ngakumbi njengotshaba lwaKhe. Uyabona indlela uKristu ahamba ngayo engenaloyiko entliziyweni yakho, ezele sisono kunye nokungasebenzi kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zokuphazamiseka? Ngoko ke nawe yenza into efanayo. Musa ukoyika ukuhamba ungene ezintliziyweni zabanye, ubatyhilele ubuso boLuthando oluhlala kuwe. Bajonge ngamehlo kaKristu, thetha nabo ngemilebe yakhe, ubamamele ngeendlebe zakhe. Yiba nenceba, ululame, ulunge kwaye uthantamise ngentliziyo. Njalo inyani.
Ewe kunjalo, yile nyaniso inokushiya ubuso boThando kwakhona ibethwa, yahlatywa ngameva, yabethwa, yatyunyuzwa, kwaye yatshiselwa. Kodwa nakule mizuzu yokwaliwa, uBuso boLuthando bunokubonakala kwi ukubetha-bethana oko kuziswa ngenceba noxolelo. Ukuxolela iintshaba zakho, ukuthandazela abo bakuphatha gadalala, ukubasikelela abo bakuqalekisayo kukutyhila ubuso boLuthando (Luka 6:27). Ibiyi lo Ubuso, enyanisweni, obuguqule i-Centurion.
IMISEBENZI EMIHLE
Ukuba bubuso boLuthando emakhayeni ethu, ezikolweni zethu nakwiindawo zentengiso asiyongcinga yokuhlonela uThixo kodwa ngumyalelo weNkosi yethu. Kuba asisindiswanga nje ngobabalo, kodwa sidityanisiwe noMzimba wakhe. Ukuba asijongi njengeMzimba wakhe ngomhla womgwebo, siya kuva la mazwi abuhlungu enyaniso,Andazi apho uvela khona ” (ULuka 13:28). Kodwa uYesu ukhetha ukuba sithande, hayi ngenxa yokoyika isohlwayo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba sithanda, siyinyani yethu, senziwe ngokomfanekiselo kaThixo.
UYesu uyafuna, kuba unqwenela ulonwabo lwethu lwenene. —YOHANE PAUL II, Umyalezo woSuku loLutsha lweHlabathi, ICologne, 2005
Kodwa uthando ikwangulungelelwano lwantlandlolo apho umhlaba wadalwa khona, kwaye ke kufuneka sizame ukwenza lo myalelo ukuze kulunge kubo bonke. Ayisiyonto yonxibelelwano lwam noYesu kuphela, kodwa ukuzisa uKrestu ehlabathini ukuze ayiguqule.
Xa ndandithandaza ngenye imini phezu kwenduli ejonge echibini elikufutshane, ndaluva uluvo lozuko lwaKhe ibonakala kuyo yonke into. Amagama athi, “ndiyakuthanda”Khazimla emanzini, zavakala ngokuqhwanyaza kwamaphiko, zaze zavuma kwiingca eziluhlaza. Indalo yayalelwa nguLuthando, kwaye ke, indalo iya kubuyiselwa kuKristu ngokusebenzisa uthando. Oko kubuyiselwa kuqala kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla ngokuvumela uthando lukhokele kunye noku-odola iintsuku zethu ngokobizo lwethu. Kufuneka sifune ubukumkani bukaThixo kuqala kuyo yonke into esiyenzayo. Kwaye xa uxanduva lomzuzu lubonakala kuthi, kufuneka sikwenze ngothando, sisebenzela ummelwane wethu, sibatyhilele ubuso bothando… Intliziyo kaThixo. Kodwa unganeli kukhonza ummelwane wethu, jonga kubo umfanekiso kaThixo abedalwe ngawo, nokuba ungonakalisiwe sisono.
Ngale ndlela, sinegalelo ekuziseni ucwangco lukaThixo kubomi babanye. Singenisa uthando lwaKhe phakathi kwabo. UThixo uluthando, kwaye ke, bubukho baKhe, Uthando ngokwalo, olungena ngalo mzuzu. Kwaye emva koko, zonke izinto zinokwenzeka.
Ngaloo ndlela, ukukhanya kwakho kufuneka kukhanye phambi kwabanye, ukuze babone imisebenzi yakho emihle kwaye bazukise uYihlo osemazulwini. (Mat 5:16)
Musa ukoyika ukukhetha uthando njengowona mthetho uphezulu wobomi… mlandele kule ndlela ingaqhelekanga yothando, uzishiya kuye ngentembeko! —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, kwiNtetho kwiNgqungquthela yeDayosisi yaseRoma, nge-15 kaJuni, 2010; I-L'Osservatore yamaRoma [IsiNgesi], ngoJuni 23, 2010
KUFUNDWA NGOKUBA:
- Ubonakala njani uBuso boLuthando? Funda I-1 Cor 13: 4-7
