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kaDisemba wesi-3, 2013
Isikhumbuzo sikaSt. Francis Xavier

Imibhalo yeLigugu Apha

ISIAYA inika umbono othuthuzelayo wekamva kangangokuba umntu angaxolelwa ngokucebisa ukuba "liphupha nje". Emva kokucocwa komhlaba "ngentonga yomlomo [weNkosi], nangomoya wemilebe yakhe, u-Isaya ubhala athi:

Ingcuka iya kundwendwela itakane, ingwe ihle netakane lebhokhwe… ngokuba umhlaba uya kuzaliswa kukwazi iNkosi, njengamanzi egubungele ulwandle. (UIsaya 11)

Olu lulwimi lokomfuziselo ukuchaza umbono wakhe, apho iNkosi imisela ulawulo loxolo emhlabeni, kangangokuba abantu baphose phantsi iingalo zabo kwaye indalo ingene kwimvisiswano ehlaziyiweyo. AyingoBaseki beCawa bamandulo kuphela, kodwa oopopu banamhlanje baye bema ngakumbono kaIsaya “ngokholo olungagungqiyo” (bona ukuFunda Okuhlobene ngezantsi). Kuthekani ngoPopu uFrancis? Ewe, naye, enxulumana nabamanduleli bakhe, usalatha “kumbono wethemba” kanye kuba “yiNkosi ngokwayo ekhokelayo kuhambo lwethu” kwaye…

… [Uhambo] lwabo bonke abantu bakaThixo; ngokukhanya kwayo nkqu nabanye abantu banokuhamba besinga eBukumkanini bezobulungisa, besinge eBukumkanini boxolo. Uyakuba lusuku oluhle kakhulu, xa izixhobo ziya kudilizwa ukuze kuguqulwe kwenziwe izixhobo zokusebenza! Kwaye oku kunokwenzeka! Sibheja ethembeni, kwithemba loxolo, kwaye kuyakwenzeka. —UPOPA UFRANCIS, ngeCawa u-Angelus, nge-1 Disemba 2013; I-Catholic News Agency, Ngomhla wesi-2, 2013

Ekugqibeleni kuya kwenzeka ukuba amanxeba amaninzi aphiliswe kwaye bonke ubulungisa buvele kwakhona ngethemba lokubuyiselwa kwegunya; ukuba ubukhazikhazi boxolo buhlaziyeke, neenkemba neengalo ziwe phantsi kwaye xa bonke abantu beya kubamkela ubukumkani bukaKrestu kwaye bathobele ilizwi lakhe ngokuzithandela, zize zonke iilwimi zivume ukuba iNkosi uYesu ikuZuko lukaYise. -UPOPE LEO XIII, Ukungcwaliswa kweNtliziyo eNgcwele, ngoMeyi 1899

Oku kunokwenzeka ngenxa yokuba Lowo ufika ekhwele ihashe elimhlophe ukuza kucoca umhlaba uchazwa nguYohane oNgcwele ‘njengoThembekileyo noNyaniso. ^[1]Rev 19: 11 UYesu ngothembekileyo. Nguye okhokela imbali yoluntu. Akasilibalanga! Akalibalanga wena… nangona unokuziva njengoJohn Paul II xa wayekhala ngo-2003:

Ubunzima obukwilizwe jikelele, obukhoyo ekuqaleni kweliwaka leminyaka elitsha, busikhokelela ekubeni sikholelwe ukuba sisenzo esivela phezulu kuphela esinokusenza sibe nethemba kwikamva elingemfiliba kangako. —I-Reuters News Agency, ngoFebruwari 2003

Yaye esi ‘senzo sivela phezulu’ sasiza kukwazi njani ukuzisa ikamva eliqaqambileyo?

Imiceli mngeni emikhulu ejongene nehlabathi ekuqaleni kweMillenium entsha ikhokelela ekubeni sicinge ukuba kuphela ngongenelelo oluvela phezulu, olunakho ukukhokela iintliziyo zabo bahlala kwiimeko zongquzulwano kunye nabo balawula iinjongo zelizwe, abanokunika isizathu sethemba ngekamva eliqaqambileyo. Inkqubo ye- IRosari ngendalo yayo kukuthandazela uxolo.—USIKELELWE UJOHANE PAUL II, URosarium Virginis Mariae, n. I-40

Kwaye kutheni sisothuswa kukuba uBawo oNgcwele aguqukele kuMama wethu osikelelekileyo kule mihla yembandezelo, xa kwa iLizwi likaThixo lingqina ukuba umfazi uya kuyityumza inyoka ngesithende sakhe? ^[2]cf. IGenesis 3:15 Yaye uza kuyenza njani le nto? Ngokuvelisa umkhosi omthanda kangaka uYesu, onyanisekileyo kuye, okulungeleyo ukuthanda kwawo ummelwane, ukuze amandla okukhanya kwaKhe nothando olukhanya ngabo abuchithachithe ubukumkani bobumnyama ngabo ubungqina kwaye igama.

Walandelwa ngumkhosi wamazulu, ukhwele amahashe amhlophe, unxibe ilinen emhlophe ecocekileyo, emhlophe. ukuthanda ubomi akuzange kubathintele ekufeni. ( ISityhilelo 12:11 )

Kwaye ngoku, bazalwana noodade, ndiyanithandazela ukuba niqonde ngcono ukuba uyintoni na lo Popu mtsha, ukuba nguwuphi umsebenzi awunikiweyo kumaxesha ethu. Isibongozo sakhe esitsha sabapostile, U-Evangelii Gaudium, ngokuyimfuneko a iplani yedabi ukulungiselela iBandla ukuba lingene ehlabathini ngobulula obuhlaziyiweyo nangokunyaniseka:

—Ihlaziywe Lula ngokubuyela kwakhona kundoqo weVangeli, eluthando nenceba kaYesu;

— ihlaziywe ukuthembeka apho sizisa abanye, ngakumbi abo bangamahlwempu, ukuba badibane noYesu ngokwenyani ngokubavumela ukuba badibane naye kuthi.

Oku kunokwenzeka kuphela ukuba siye sadibana noYesu, kwaye ke, utsho uBawo oyiNgcwele, vumela uYesu ahlangane nathi.

Ukuzivumela ukuba sidibane noThixo kuthetha oku kanye: ukuzivumela ukuba sithandwe yiNkosi! —UPOPE FRANCIS, iHomily, ngoMvulo, Disemba 2, 2013; I-Catholic News Agency

Kungenxa yoko le nto ndisanda kubhala Ndinike Ithemba! ngenxa yokuba kanye kanye xa ndithanda uYesu, ndithetha ukuba, ndimthanda ngokwenene Yena kwaye ndimvumele ukuba andithande—oko “uthando olugqibeleleyo lulugxotha lonke uloyiko.” Kulowo ukhangela ihlabathi namaxesha ethu ngamehlo oloyiko, amehlo enyama… ikamva libonakala limfiliba ngokwenene. Ewe, kufuneka sijonge imiqondiso yamaxesha, kodwa ngendlela eyiyo!

INkosi ifuna ukuba siqonde okwenzekayo, okwenzekayo entliziyweni yam, okwenzekayo ebomini bam, okwenzekayo ehlabathini, kwimbali. Iyintoni intsingiselo yoko kwenzekayo ngoku? Yiyo le imiqondiso yamaxesha!… sidinga uncedo lweNkosi [ukuze] siqonde imiqondiso yamaxesha. —UPOPE FRANCIS, iHomily, ngoNovemba 29, 2013; I-Catholic News Agency

NguMoya Oyingcwele, watsho uPopu, “osinika esi sipho, isipho: ubulumko bokuqonda.” Ke obo bulumko asibubo obeli hlabathi. Njengoko uYesu watshoyo kwiVangeli namhlanje:

... kuba ezi zinto uzifihlile kwizilumko nakwiingqondi, wazityhilela imfundiso njengomntwana. (ULuka 10)

Bazalwane noodade, sisondela kwinto eyayibizwa nguMseki weCawa waseSt. Irenaeus waseLyons, “ixesha loBukumkani Bakhe” xa, njengoko iNdumiso isitsho namhlanje, “Ubulungisa buya kutyatyamba ngemihla yakhe, noxolo olukhulu…” Kodwa uYesu wathi, ngaphandle kokuba sibe njengomntwana omncinane, asinakungena eBukumkanini. Abaninzi benu bakhathazekile; uyoyika njengoko ubona ihlabathi likuvalela, ukhuseleko lwakho lusiba ngumphunga, kunye neziprofeto zihleli zingazalisekanga. Ulingeka ukuba ulale. Iyeza lokunqanda oku kuphelelwa lithemba ukholo lomntwana ukuba uzinikele ekuthandeni kukaThixo njengoko uYesu wenzayo emnqamlezweni.

Masiphinde kwakhona sigxininise amehlo ethu kumda wethemba, kwaye sizilungiselele. KuYesu-kunye noMariya-banomsebenzi kuwe.

Masikhokelwa nguye, ongumama, 'umama' kwaye uyakwazi ukusikhokela. Masikhokelwe nguye kweli xesha lokulinda kunye nokusebenza siphaphile. —UPOPA UFRANCIS, ngeCawa u-Angelus, nge-1 Disemba 2013; I-Catholic News Agency, Ngomhla wesi-2, 2013

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