UMhlanguliNguMichael D. O'Brien
PHA Zininzi iintlobo zothando emhlabeni wethu, kodwa ayizizo zonke uloyiso. Luthando kuphela olunikezela ngokwalo, okanye mandithi, uyazifela ethwele imbewu yokuhlawulelwa.
Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, Ngaphandle kokuba ukhozo lwengqolowa luwele emhlabeni luze lufe, luhlala lukhozo nje; kodwa ukuba iyafa, ivelisa isiqhamo esininzi. Lowo uwuthandayo umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; lowo uwuthiyayo umphefumlo wakhe kweli hlabathi, wowulondolozela ubomi obungunaphakade. (UYohane 12: 24-26)
Le nto ndiyithethayo apha ayilulanga- ukufela kwintando yethu akukho lula. Ukuyeka imeko ethile kunzima. Ukubona abantu esibathandayo behla kwindlela eyonakalisayo kubuhlungu. Ukuvumela imeko ijike kwelinye icala esicinga ukuba kufanele ukuba ihambe, kukufa ngokwakho. Kuphela ngoYesu kuphela apho sikwazi ukufumana amandla okuzithwala ezi mbandezelo, ukufumana amandla okunika kunye namandla okuxolela.
Ukuthanda ngothando olunqoba.
UMTHETHO WAMANDLA: UMnqamlezo
Ukuba umntu uthi andikhonze, makandilandele; apho ndikhona mna, woba khona apho nondikhonzayo; (UYohane 12:26)
Simfumana phi ke uYesu, uwafumana phi la mandla? Yonke imihla, uyaboniswa esibingelelweni sethu;IKalvari yenziwe yangoku. Ukuba uyakumfumana uYesu, yibanaye khona, apho phezu kwesibingelelo. Yiza nesakho umnqamlezo, usidibanise nesakhe. Ngale ndlela, uyakuba naye apho ahlala khona ngonaphakade: ngasekunene kukaYise, woyisa ububi nokufa. Amandla okunqoba ububi kwimeko yakho yangoku ayihambanga ngamandla akho, kodwa kwi-Ekaristi Engcwele. Ukusuka kuYe, uyakufumana umzekelo kunye nomzekelo, kunye nokholo lokoyisa:
Kuba wonke umntu ozelweyo nguThixo uyaleyisa ihlabathi. Kwaye uloyiso oloyisa umhlaba lukholo lwethu. (1 Yohane 5: 4)
Oku koko sikufundayo kwiMizekeliso kaSolomon: Ukuba uhlala phantsi ukuze udle etafileni yomlawuli, gcina izinto ezibekwe phambi kwakho; ke wolula isandla sakho, usazi ukuba kufuneka ubonelele ngokwalo hlobo lokutya. Itafile yomlawuli yeyiphi ukuba ayisiyiyo le sifumana kuyo uMzimba neGazi laKhe owasincamela ubomi bakhe? Kuthetha ntoni ukuhlala kule tafile ukuba awusondeli kuyo ngokuzithoba? Kuthetha ukuthini ukugcina ngononophelo okubekwe phambi kwakho ukuba ungacamngci ngokuzinikela kwisipho esikhulu kangaka? Kuthetha ukuthini ukolula isandla sakho, usazi ukuba umntu kufuneka azibonele ngokwakho ukutya, ukuba ayisiyiyo le ndiyithethileyo: njengokuba uKristu wanikela ngobomi bakhe ngenxa yethu, nathi ke nathi kufuneka sibeke ubomi bethu kubazalwana bethu? Oku koko umpostile uPawulos wathi: UKristu wabandezeleka ngenxa yethu, esishiya nomzekelo, ukuze silandele emkhondweni wakhe. —St. UAugustine, “Ingxelo kaJohn”, Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyure, Umqulu II., NgoLwesithathu weNgcwele, iphe. 449-450
“Kodwa sele ndiyenza le nto!” usenokuthi. Ke kuya kufuneka uqhubeke usenza. Emva kokuba uYesu ethweswe isithsaba ngameva, akazange athi, “Kulungile, kwanele! Ndilubonakalisile uthando lwam! ” Okanye xa efika encotsheni yeGolgotha, akazange ajike kwizihlwele abhengeze athi, “khangela, Ndizibonakalisile kuwe! ” Hayi, uYesu wangena kuloo ndawo yobumnyama bodwa, yokushiywa ngokupheleleyo: ingcwaba apho konke kubonakala ngathi kusebusuku. Ukuba uThixo uvumele lo mnqamlezo, kungenxa yokuba womelele kunokuba ucinga; aNgolu vavanyo, uya kukubonelela ngento osilelayo kuyo, njengoko lOng njengoko ugcina intliziyo yakho ivulekile kuye ukuze ayigcwalise ngento oyifunayo. Kuba isilingo siyakuba kukubaleka-ukubaleka ungene kwindawo yokuzisizela, umsindo, nentliziyo elukhuni; ukuphila ngokugqithiseleyo, ukuya ezivenkileni nokuzonwabisa; ukusela utywala, ukubulala iintlungu, okanye iphonografi — nantoni na ethomalalisa iintlungu. Ewe, yongeza kuphela kwintlungu ekugqibeleni. Endaweni yokuba, kwezi zilingo ziqatha, jika kuye owaziyo isilingo kunye nokubandezeleka ngokungafaniyo nomnye umntu:
Akukho sihendo sinifikeleyo engaqhelekanga emntwini. UThixo uthembekile, kwaye akayi kukuyekela uhendwe ngaphaya kwamandla akho, kodwa kunye nesihendo siya kunika indlela yokuphuma, ukuze ukwazi ukunyamezela ... Kuba asinambingeleli omkhulu ongenako ukuvelana nathi kunye nobuthathaka bethu, kodwa oye wavavanywa ngendlela efanayo, kodwa engenasono. Masisondele ngokuzithemba kwitrone yobabalo ukuze sifumane inceba kwaye sifumane ubabalo ngoncedo olufike ngexesha elifanelekileyo. (1 Kor 10:13; Heb 4: 15-16)
UTHANDO OLUPHAKAMILEYO
Le yiuhlobo oluphezulu lothando”Le nto uYesu abizela umntu ngamnye kuni: ukuba aninike nina, ingekuko ukuba nihluthi, kodwa nide nide khuliswe phezulu — phezulu emnqamlezweni. Oku akuthethi ukuba ibali lakho liyakuphela njengale bendiyixelele Uthando oloyisayo. Kungenzeka ukuba lowo ubandezeleka ngenxa yakhe akazukuguquka de kube ngumzuzwana wokugqibela (bona Inceba kwi-Chaos), okanye mhlawumbi bayala kwaphela uxolelwaniso. Nokuba injani imeko yakho, ayinakuphela ngendlela othanda ngayo (kwaye akufuneki uzive ukuba kufuneka uhlale kwimeko apho wena okanye usapho lwakho nisengozini, okanye iyadodobalisa ngaphaya kwamandla akho okusebenza, njl njl.) , Ukubandezeleka kwakho akuyi kuhlala kungaziwa okanye kungamoshi. Kuba ngale nto ingcwele, uKristu uya kungcwalisa akho umphefumlo. Kwaye esi sisipho esingenakulinganiswa esiya kuthwala isiqhamo esikhulu ebomini bakho bonke kwaye ngonaphakade.
Zingaphi izilingo ebendikhe ndazifumana kwixesha elidlulileyo, ngela xesha, ndinqwenela ukuba ngeze zanyamalala, njengokufa kwamalungu osapho.Kodwa xa ndijonga emva, ndiyabona ukuba ezi zilingo beziyinxalenye yendlela yobukhosi eya ebungcweleni, Ungabanikeli ngenxa yanto, kuba bavunyelwe ngentando kaThixo. Indlela eya ebungcweleni ayinamigca yeentyatyambo, kodwa ligazi labafeli-nkolo.
Ukuba ityala lakho likwenza ube nomsindo, yitsho kuThixo ukuba unomsindo. Angayithatha. Ungathandaza ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ityala lisuswe:
Bawo, ukuba uyavuma, yithabathe le ndebe kum; okwangoku, hayi ukuthanda kwam kodwa okwakho makwenziwe. (ULuka 22:42)
Kufuna ukholo ukuthandaza ngale ndlela. Ngaba uyasilela? Emva koko mamela indinyana elandelayo:
Kwaye kubonakala kuye ingelosi evela ezulwini. (indima 43)
Le ndiyithetha apha izobanomsindo. “Awuqondi!” Hayi, mhlawumbi andenzi njalo. Zininzi izinto endingaziqondiyo. Kodwa ndiyayazi le nto: konke ukubethelelwa emnqamlezweni ebomini bethu kuya kulandelwa luvuko ukuba siyanyamezela ekubekeni phantsi ukuthanda kwethu kwaye samkele awakhe. Xa ndayeka emsebenzini, xa ndaye ndaliwe kulungiselelo lwam, xa udadewethu endimthandayo wasweleka kwingozi yemoto, xa umama wam omhle wathathwa ngumhlaza, xa amathemba am namaphupha am ewa phantsi… yayinendawo enye hamba: ungene ebumnyameni bethuna ulinde ukuKhanya kokuKhanya. Kwaye ngalo lonke ixesha ngobo busuku bokholo—ngalo lonke ixesha—UYesu wayelapho. Wayehlala apho engcwabeni kunye nam, elindile, ebukele, ethandaza kunye nam, kwaye endixhasa de usizi lwaphenduka uxolo, nobumnyama ekukhanyeni. NguThixo kuphela onokwenza oko. Lubabalo olungaphaya kwendalo oluvela kwiNkosi ephilayo olunokoyisa ubumnyama obungqonge mna. WayenguMhlanguli wam… Yena is uMhlanguli wam.
Kwaye ukho ukuhlangula nawuphi na umphefumlo oza kuye ngokholo lomntwana.
Ewe, eli lixesha lokulingwa kuninzi lwenu, ukuba nithembele kuYesu, okanye nibaleke. UkuMlandela ngoku kwi-Passion yakhe-ukuthanda kwakho-okanye ukujoyina izihlwele eziMgculela kunye nokusala ihlazo loMnqamlezo. NguLwesihlanu onguLwesihlanu oLungileyo, uMgqibelo wakho oNgcwele… kodwa ukuba uyanyamezela… intsasa yePasika izakufika ngenene.
Ukufumana ubungcwele, ke, akufuneki siphile ubomi bethu kuKristu ngokuba nobulali, ukuthobeka nokuba nomonde, kufuneka simxelise ekufeni kwakhe. —St. Basil, "kuMoya oyiNgcwele", Unqulo lweeyure, Umqulu II, iphe. 441
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