INTONI umntwana akayithandi ilekese? Kodwa myeke umntwana omnye akhulule kwivenkile yeelekese ayokutya nakweyiphi na into ayifunayo… kwaye kungekudala uza kulangazelela imifuno.
IVACUUM OMKHULU
Xa uArchbishop Chaput wasePhiladelphia wayetyelele eCanada kwiminyaka elishumi eyadlulayo, wenza ulwamkelo olumangalisayo:
… Akukho ndlela ilula yokuyithetha. Icawe eMelika iwenzile umsebenzi ombi wokudala ukholo kunye nesazela samaKatolika ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40. Kwaye ngoku sivuna iziphumo-kwindawo kawonke-wonke, kwiintsapho zethu nakwisiphithiphithi sobomi bethu. -Ubhishophu omkhulu uCharles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., Ukunikezela kuKesare: Ubizo lwezopolitiko lwamaKatolika, NgoFebruwari 23, 2009, eToronto, eCanada
Kodwa ayisiyiyo iUnited States kuphela:
Ingxaki yokomoya ibandakanya umhlaba wonke. Kodwa umthombo wayo useYurophu. Abantu baseNtshona banetyala lokumlahla uThixo… Ukuwa ngokwasemoyeni kunesimo saseNtshona. -Ukhadinali Robert Sarah IHerald yamaKatolika, Epreli 5th, 2019
Kangangamashumi eminyaka, inkoliso yokushumayela nokufundisa epulpitini, ngaphandle nje kokuqinisekisa ngokuqinisekileyo, ibiyi“lekese”—iikhalori ezingenanto zezinto ezintsha zale mihla eziye zaphelisa ubutyebi beSithethe esiNgcwele sazo zonke izinto eziyimfihlelo nezingaphaya kwamandla endalo. Imimangaliso kaKristu? Ngamabali nje. Iimbonakalo zeNenekazi Lethu? Iimbono ezibonisa ukholo. Umthendeleko? Isimboli nje. Idini leMisa? Umbhiyozo, hayi iDini. Izenzo zoMoya oyiNgcwele? I-hype yeemvakalelo.
UNQULO NGEMVELO
Kodwa umntu, ngokwendalo, ungumntu womoya. Sidalelwe izinto ezingaqondakaliyo kwaye simiselwe amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. “Usenzela wena, Owu Nkosi, kwaye iintliziyo zethu aziphumli de zifumane ukuphumla kuwe,” watsho uAugustine. Yi le isitshixo ukuqonda ikamva elikufutshane leBandla kunye nehlabathi ekupheleni kweli xesha.
Umnqweno wokufuna uThixo ubhalwe entliziyweni yomntu, kuba umntu udalwe nguThixo yaye udalelwe nguThixo… Ngeendlela ezininzi, ukutyhubela imbali ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, abantu baye babonakalisa iphulo labo lokufuna uThixo kwiinkolelo zabo zonqulo nakwindlela yokuziphatha: imithandazo yabo, imibingelelo, izithethe, ukucamngca, njalo njalo. Ezi ntlobo zentetho yonqulo, phezu kwazo nje izinto ezingaqondakaliyo ezidla ngokuza nazo, zikho jikelele kangangokuba umntu usenokuthi umntu unqulo. -IKatekism yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. Ngama-27-28
Ndisoloko ndimangaliswa yindlela abantu abangayiyo icawa abakwazi ngayo ukuncokola ngezinto zokomoya. Ngokwenene, kwasekuqalekeni kwendalo, umntu uye wafuna okugqwesileyo: sifuna ukumbona uThixo.
UKUZALISEKA
Ukuzalisekiswa kwalo mnqweno kweza ngendlela yoKuvela kunye nesityhilelo sikaYesu Krestu. Xa iCawa yokuqala yaphuma kwiGumbi eliPhezulu, lizaliswe nguMoya oyiNgcwele, ubuKristu bagqabhuka ngobusuku nje obunye. Amawaka aguquka kubuYuda nobuhedeni aguqukela kubuKatolika—unqulo lwemiqondiso nemimangaliso, lwemiqondiso emnandi neengoma ezithanjisiweyo, intanda-bulumko ephilileyo nemfundiso yezakwalizwi enzulu eyathi ekugqibeleni yabuguqula uBukhosi baseRoma. Kwiinkulungwane ezalandelayo, le nyaniso ingaqondakaliyo yagqunywa kubugcisa obungcwele, iicathedral eziphakamileyo, amaculo okudumisa neenkonzo ezingcwele ezazihambisa umphefumlo ngesiqhumiso esinyukayo, amakhandlela avuthayo nakwiholo yeqonga ezukileyo. Mingaphi imiphefumlo eyadibana neDivine Spark ngokungena nje kwiCawa yamaKatolika!
Kodwa ngoku, a Umshini omkhulu yenziwe. Ingqondo eyomileyo kunye hyper-rationalism yeCawa yaseNtshona iye yabuphelisa ubuKatolika kumandla angaphezu kwawemvelo. Lupholile uthando lwethu; ukuzinikela kwethu kuye yaqhunyiswa; Idangatye lokholo liyinto nje efitshaneyo kwiindawo ezininzi zomhlaba. Ke ngoko, iCawe inalo ukulinika ntoni ihlabathi ukuba ayilazi ngokwalo? Ngaphandle koqhagamshelo lwamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo (okt. amandla aphilayo, aqukuqelayo oMoya oyiNgcwele), kwanezona cathedrals zethu zigqwesileyo ziba ziimyuziyam.
IKHESI KASATHANA
Kwangelo xesha linye, “iimpazamo zaseRashiya,” njengoko iNenekazi Lethu laseFatima lazibiza njalo, ziye zasasazeka kulo lonke ihlabathi: ukungakholelwa kuThixo, uDarwinism, ukuthanda izinto eziphathekayo, uMarxism, usoshiyali, ubukomanisi, irelativism, ubufazi obugqibeleleyo, 
njl Njengesiqhamo esimenyezelayo kuMthi woLwazi lokuhle nokubi, loo nyoka ithembise umgqomo ozele zizinto ezilungileyo ezingenakuthintelwa: Niya kuba njengoothixo. ” [1]I-X 3: 5 Ke, ukhokele uluntu kancinci kancinci, ishumi leminyaka, ukuya kweyona lekese imnandi kakhulu kuzo zonke: umntu ozimeleyo apho sinokuthi sibe ziinkosi ezingapheleli nje ekuchazeni ubume bethu kodwa ziguqule kwanamalungu ecosmos, kuquka neDNA yethu. "Indoda" entsha kule nto i-anthropological revolution asingomntu kwaphela.
IsiZukulwana esitsha esiza kuzaliswa ngabantu abafezekileyo, abantu abanobugqi abalawula ngokupheleleyo imithetho yendalo yonke. Kule meko, ubuKristu bumele bupheliswe kwaye bunike indawo kunqulo lwehlabathi kunye nolungelelwaniso olutsha lwehlabathi. -UYesu Krestu, UMphathi waManzi oBomi, n. I-4, AmaBhunga ooPopu kwiNkcubeko nakwiNtetho yezeNkolo
Ingxaki isehlabathini lonke!… Sijongana nomzuzwana wokupheliswa komntu njengomfanekiso kaThixo. -UPOPA FRANCIS, Intlanganiso nooBhishophu basePoland kuSuku loLutsha lweHlabathi, nge-27 kaJulayi, 2016; IVatican.va
Noko ke, oku kuthetha ukuba umntu ungoyena uphakamileyo, ukhatshwa ziimpawu ezibonisa ukuba isiqhamo esimenyezelayo sinetyhefu ngaphakathi. Amazinga okuzibulala ayenyuka; ukusetyenziswa kweziyobisi kuphuma kulawulo; zoonografi, yokudlala ividiyo kwaye "ukuzonwabisa" okungenangqondo kuyenza imiphefumlo engenakubalwa njengoko abaninzi befikelela kwii-antidepressants ukuphelisa isicaphucaphu sezithembiso ze-saccharine ezingenanto. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba umntu wasemva kwale mihla uyafana ngokusisiseko: “ngendalo nangobizo ungumntu wonqulo,”[2]CCC, n. 44 kwaye ke, uyaziva ukuba wondliwa ubuxoki-nanjengoko esela i-Koolaid kwaye afikelele kwenye i-dopamine hit. Into, nzulu ngaphakathi, ulangazelela amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo; umoya wakhe unxanelwa ogqithileyo; ingqondo yakhe ilambele injongo kunye nentsingiselo yokuba kuphela umlinganiselo womoya inokubonelela.
Ewe, imiphefumlo namhlanje iyaphaphama. "Abavukileyo" baqalise ukuvukela bume bento. Uhlaziyo olukhulu Bendikulumkisa ngoku kutyhila ngesantya esikhulu ukuya “kungquzulwano lokugqibela.” Esi sizukulwana sikaGreta Thunbergs, uDavid Hoggs, kunye no-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezs baqalisile ukugqobhoza iingcango zeVenkile yeeCandy.
Balungele imifuno kwakhona.
Kodwa baya phi? KwiCawa abathi, ngokwemithombo yeendaba abayijongileyo, ngumsesane wokudlwengula abantwana? KwiCawa ethi, ukuba baya apho, babonakale ngathi kukho umngcwabo? KwiCawe ethi, ngokwandayo, ivakale ngathi ingaphezulu kwegumbi leecho i-spiritus mundi - umoya wehlabathi?
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