Umthendeleko woLuntu

ILIZWI NGOKU NGOKUFUNDA KWENKOSI
ka-Epreli 29th, 2014
Isikhumbuzo sikaSanta Catherine waseSiena

Inenekazi lethu laseCombermere liqokelela abantwana-eMadonna House Community, Ont., Canada

AKUKHO kwiiVangeli sifunda ngoYesu eyalela abaPostile ukuba, xa athe wemka, baya kuba ngabahlali. Mhlawumbi uYesu osondeleyo uza kuye xa esithi, Ngayo le nto baya kwazi bonke, ukuba ningabafundi bam, ukuba nithe nathandana. ^[1]cf. Yoh 13:35

Ukanti, emva kwePentekoste, into yokuqala amakholwa ayenzayo yayiluluntu oluhleliweyo. Phantse ngokwemvelo…

… Abo babenempahla okanye izindlu babezithengisa, bazise ingeniso yentengiso, bazibeka ezinyaweni zabaPostile, zaza zanikwa umntu ngamnye ngokweemfuno zakhe. (Ufundo lokuqala)

Olu luntu lwamaKristu lwaba yindawo apho iimfuno zokomoya nezokwenyama zahlangatyezwa khona ukusukela, Akukho namnye owathi into eyeyakhe yeyakhe. Babesabelana ngayo yonke into, Kwakungekho usweleyo phakathi kwabo.”Kule mimandla, babethandaza, baqhekeze isonka, besabelana ngeSidlo seNkosi sangokuhlwa, bafunde iimfundiso zabaPostile, kwaye badibana nazo uthando. Njengoko isitsho kwiNdumiso yanamhlanje, "ubungcwele buyifanele indlu yakho." Ewe, amaKrestu okuqala aba luphawu olugqithisileyo kwihlabathi elibangqongileyo njengoko beshiya yonke into ngenxa yeVangeli, kwanakubomi babo. Bawubonile lo moya wentlupheko kunye nokuqina ngobunye babo, ukuhlala bodwa kwabampofu, inceba kuboni, kunye nokubonakaliswa kwamandla kaThixo ngemiqondiso nemimangaliso:

Abahlali bamakholwa babenentliziyo enye nengqondo enye… Ngamandla amakhulu abaPostile bangqina ngovuko lweNkosi uYesu…

Unamandla ke waba lingqina leNkosi umphakathi, ukuba isakhiwo sayo saba sisiseko sokukhula kweCawa. Kanti ke, uthetha phi uYesu ngezi ndawo?

Ewe, yena wenza yalatha kumandla nakwimfuneko yoluntu ngokuzalwa kwindawo enye: usapho. Kwaye xa wavela entlango “Ngamandla omoya” ^[2]cf. Luk 3:14 UYesu wenza uluntu lwabaPostile Abalishumi Elinambini. Ngapha koko, eli qela lincinci lamadoda lalingumboniso wokuza umthendeleko Indalo eya kuba yeyamaKrestu:

Kuba apho bahlanganisene khona egameni lam, nokuba babini nokuba bathathu, ndikho mna apho phakathi kwabo. (Mat 18: 20)

Kungoko umntu anokuthi uluntu "ngumthendeleko wesibhozo" kuba iNkosi yethu ithi izakuba “phakathi kwabo.”

Icawe kweli hlabathi ngumthendeleko wosindiso, umqondiso kunye nesixhobo sobudlelane bukaThixo nabantu. -Katekisiki yeCawa yamaKatolika, n. I-780

Konke oku kuthetha ukuba ingxaki ekhoyo kwiCawe namhlanje, ngakumbi kumazwe aseNtshona, yingxaki Kuluntu. KwiBhunga lesiBini leVictoria lifundisile:

… Uluntu lwamaKrestu luya kuba ngumqondiso wobukho bukaThixo emhlabeni. -IiNtlanga zeDivinitus, IVictoria II, n. 15

Ukungabikho koluntu oluyinyani, ke, kungumboniso wemeko yokholo lweCawa.

Kwimihla yethu, xa kwiindawo ezinkulu zehlabathi ukholo lusemngciphekweni wokufa njengelangatye elingasenayo ipetroli, eyona nto iphambili kukwenza uThixo abekhona kweli lizwe nokubonisa amadoda nabafazi indlela eya kuThixo… -Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa uBenedict XVI oya kubo bonke oBhishophu beHlabathi, NgoMatshi 10, 2009; AmaKatolika kwi-Intanethi

Uninzi alusakholelwa ngenxa yokuba abasayi "kungcamla babone ukulunga kweNkosi" ekhoyo phakathi kwabo ngoluntu lwenene lwamaKristu; Kuba umzimba kaKristu ngokwawo uqhekeke ngokuzimela. Iicawa zethu, ngokubanzi, ziye zaba ngamaziko angenabantu ahlala engenanto iveki yonke, engenayo loo miqondiso yabapostile ephawula ubukho boMoya: ubunyani bokwenene, uthando lweLizwi likaThixo, ukusetyenziswa kweesisa, umthunywa wevangeli inzondelelo, kunye nokwanda kweenguqu kunye nobizo. UPope Francis uthi, eli thuba lizalisiwe, 'ngokuthanda izinto zehlabathi' kunye 'neentlobo zobuKristu ezingcolileyo.' ^[3]cf. IVangelii Gaudium, n. I-94

Kwaye, nangokuchasene nentando yethu, ingcinga ivuka engqondweni yokuba ngoku ezo ntsuku zisondele apho iNkosi yethu yaprofeta yathi: “Kwaye ngenxa yokuba isono sanda, uthando lwabaninzi luya kuphola” (Mat. 24:12). —I-POPE PIUS XI, I-Miserentissimus Redemptor, Encyclical on Revenue to the Sacred Heart, n. 17 

Kwaye ke bayeza: uluntu olutsha, olusetelwe ngomlilo nge "nelangatye lothando" kwaye mfuneko oko kuya kuba ngamakhaya enzakalisayo kunye nezibhedlele zentsimi ezaphukileyo. Baza kuza, njengoko ndibhalile Ukudibana kunye neNtsikelelo, ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele ngokuthethelelwa kwentliziyo kaMariya engafezekanga.

Yivulekele kuKristu, wamkele uMoya, ukuze iPentekosti entsha yenzeke kuluntu lonke! Kuya kuvela umntu omtsha, owonwabileyo phakathi kwakho; uya kuwafumana kwakhona amandla okusindisa eNkosi. —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, kwiLatin America, 1992

Baya kuzala phakathi kweembandezelo ezinkulu ^[4]cf. Indawo zokubalekela ezizayo kunye neziqithi kuba kungale ndlela kuphela apho oonyana bolahleko beli xesha lethu ^[5]cf. Ukungena kwiYure yokuPhela iyakwahlula iindawo zobuxoki zehlabathi ^[6]cf. Umanyano Lobuxoki kuba yintoni, ngokuchasene nothando lwendlu kaBawo. Olu luntu luya kumfumana kwakhona uYesu ngothando lwabapostile bokwenyani nasebukhosini be-Eucharist eNgcwele, ^[7]cf. Ukudibana ubuso ngobuso imvelaphi kunye nengqungquthela yazo zonke iinkanuko zomntu.

Ukuvuselelwa kuza. Kungekudala kuyakubakho inkitha yoluntu esekwe ekuthandeni nasekubonakaliseni amahlwempu, enxibelelene kunye noluntu olukhulu lwecawe, ezo ngokwazo ezihlaziyiweyo esele zihamba iminyaka kwaye ngamanye amaxesha iinkulungwane. Inkonzo entsha iyazalwa ngenene… Uthando lukaThixo kukuthamba kunye nokunyaniseka. Umhlaba wethu ulinde uluntu lwethenda kunye nokunyaniseka. Bayeza. -UJean Vanier, Uluntu kunye noHlumo, iphe. 48; umseki we-L'Arche Canada