Impendulo ethe cwaka

 
UYesu UgwetyiweNguMichael D. O'Brien

 

 Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngo-Epreli 24, 2009. 

 

PHA Liyeza ixesha apho iCawe izakuxelisa iNkosi yayo ebusweni babamangaleli bayo, apho usuku lwengxoxo-mpikiswano nokukhusela luza kuthabatha indawo Impendulo ethe cwaka.

“Ngaba akunampendulo? Bangqina ntoni aba bantu ngawe? ” Wahlala yena uYesu wathi tu. (UMarko 14: 60-61)

 

UKUKHUMBULA INYANISO

Ndibhale kutshanje malunga nokuza Revolution. Abaninzi abakholelwa ukuba oku kunokwenzeka. Kodwa into esiyicingayo nesiyibonayo zizinto ezimbini ezahlukeneyo: imiqondiso yamaxesha ijikelezile. Nokuba ngumgqatswa ka-Miss USA omele umtshato wesintu, okanye uBawo Oyingcwele eveza ubuxoki malunga neekhondom, impendulo iya isanda engathintelwanga. Olunye lweyona miqondiso mikhulu, ubuncinci kwimeko kaBawo oyiNgcwele, kukuba uya esiba nokubethwa ngakumbi abanye oobhishophu kwaye ababingeleli. Ndicinga ngoMama wethu ka-Akita:

Umsebenzi womtyholi uya kungena naseCaweni ngendlela yokuba umntu abone amakhadinali aphikisana neekhadinali, oobhishophu nxamnye noobhishophu. Ababingeleli abandihlonelayo baya kugculelwa baphikiswe yimikhosi yabo… - UMama wethu ka-Akita ku-Sr. Agnes, owesithathu kunye nomyalezo wokugqibela, nge-13 ka-Okthobha u-1973; yamkelwe ngubhishophu wendawo

Ukuya emva phayaa ngo-1990, ndenza i-mini-documentary ye-newscast ebonisa ukuba iikhondom azenzi nto ukuthintela izifo ezidluliselwa ngeentlobano zesini zeChlamydia kunye neHuman Papilloma Virus (enxulunyaniswa nomhlaza womlomo wesibeleko). Ngapha koko, bukhona ubungqina bokuba iikhondom zikhokelela ekwandeni kwezesondo, zisandisa ubhubhane we-AIDS:

Kukho umbutho ongaguquguqukiyo oboniswe zizifundo zethu eziphambili, kubandakanya ne-US 'yeDemographic Health Surveys,' phakathi kokufumaneka okukhulu kunye nokusetyenziswa kweekhondom kunye namazinga aphezulu osulelo lwe-HIV. -U-Edward C. Green, uMlawuli weProjekthi yoPhando ngoGawulayo e-Harvard Centre for Population and Development Studies; I-LifeSiteNews.comMatshi 19, 2009

Kodwa imihla ifikile kwaye iza apho ubungqina bungabalulekanga kangako; apho inyaniso ixhomekeke khona; apho imbali ibhalwa ngokutsha; apho ubulumko bexesha buhlekiswa; apho isizathu sithathelwa indawo yimvakalelo; inkululeko yokufuduswa ngenkani. 

Kwenye yemibhalo yam yokuqala, ndibhale:

Ukunganyamezelani "kokunyamezelana!" Kuyathakazelisa ukuba abo batyhola amaKristu ngentiyo kunye nokunganyamezelani bahlala bezona zinobungozi kwithoni kunye neenjongo. Yeyona nto icacileyo — kwaye kulula ukujonga ukuhanahanisa kwamaxesha ethu.

UYesu waprofeta ngale mihla kwasekuqaleni kobulungiseleli bakhe:

Ke kaloku, umgwebo nguwo lo, ukuba ukhanyiso lufikile ehlabathini, baza abantu bathanda ubumnyama ngaphezu kokhanyiso; Kuba bonke abenza izinto ezimbi bayaluthiya ukhanyiso, bangezi elukhanyisweni, ukuze imisebenzi yabo ingabonakaliswa. (UYohane 3: 19-20)

Nangona kunjalo, kanye njengokuba uYesu wathulayo xa kwaqala ukuTsalela kwakhe, ngokunjalo, iBandla liyakulandela iNkosi yalo. Kodwa uYesu wathi cwaka phambi kweenkundla zonqulo ezazingenamdla kwinyaniso, kodwa ekugwebeni. Kananjalo, uYesu wayethule phambi kukaHerode owayenomdla kwimiqondiso, hayi usindiso. Kodwa uYesu wenza thetha kuPilato kuba ebesafuna inyaniso nokulunga nangona, ekugqibeleni, wazoyikisa. 

Athi uPilato kuye, Yintoni na yona inyaniso? Akuba etshilo, wabuya waphuma waya kumaYuda, athi kuwo, Mna andifumani nalinye ityala kuye. (UYohane 18:38)

Yiyo loo nto singena kwilixa apho kufuneka sibuze uBulumko obuNgcwele ukuba sazi ukuba masithethe nini kwaye singathethi nini; iya kusebenza nini iVangeli kwaye ayiyi kuyenza nini. Ukuthula kunye namazwi angathetha ngamandla. Igwala ayinguye lowo ungathethiyo kodwa uthetha soyika ukuthetha. Lo yayingenguye uYesu, kwaye ayifanele ibe ngathi. 

Kweli xesha lethu kunakuqala kweyona asethi inkulu yabantu ababetyekele ebubini bubugwala kunye nokuba buthathaka kwamadoda alungileyo, kwaye onke amandla olawulo lukaSathana abangelwa bubuthathaka obulula bamaKatolika. Owu, ukuba ndingabuza uMkhululi oNgcwele, njengoko wenzayo umprofeti uZachary emoyeni, 'Ayintoni na la manxeba asezandleni zakho?' impendulo ayizukuthandabuza. 'Ngezi zinto ndenzakele endlwini yabo babendithanda. Ndenzakaliswe ngabahlobo bam abangakhange benze kwanto ukundikhusela kwaye, ngamaxesha onke, bazenza abaxhasi beentshaba zam. ' Olu hlazo lunokuziswa kumaKatolika abuthathaka nawoyikayo kuwo onke amazwe. —IIPOPE ST. IPIUS X, Ukupapashwa koMmiselo weeNdawo eziHorikhi zikaSt.Joan waseArcnjl., Nge-13 kaDisemba, 1908; IVatican.va

 

IXESHA LAMAXESHA

Kwakhona, bazalwana noodade, masingoyiki ukubiza ububi ngegama labo, siqonda ukuba siphila kwidabi elingaqhelekanga, le nto uPopu John Paul II wayibiza ngokuba "ngumlo wokugqibela." Ubukhulu beli dabi baphinda bagxininiswa ngu-Bishop Robert Finn wedayosisi yase Kansas City-St. UYosefu.

Njengokuba ndithetha ilizwi lenkuthazo namhlanje ndifuna ukunixelela ngokuzolileyo, zihlobo ezithandekayo, "Sisemfazweni!" … Imicimbi yanamhlanje izisa "Ubungqongqo kunye nemeko engxamisekileyo kwiinzame zethu ezinokuqubisana nanini na kwixesha elidlulileyo." -Aprili 21, 2009, I-LifeSiteNews.com 

UBhishophu Finn uvumile ukuba imfazwe ihlala iphakathi kwamalungu eCawa ubuqu.

"Idabi eliphakathi kwamakholwa," nelithi "kukho into esivumelana ngayo" nathi, ngaxeshanye, bahlasela ezona mfundiso zisisiseko zeCawe, okanye bawuphikise umthetho wendalo — le nkcaso yenye yezona zinto zidimazayo, iyadida, kwaye iyingozi. —Ibhidi.

Okanye ungavumeli umyalezo ophambili weVangeli uqobo? Ukuhlala Usihlalo weNgqungquthela ye-Episcopal yaseJamani, U-Archbishop wase Freiburg, uRobert Zollitsch, kutshanje uthe,

UKristu "akazange afele izono zabantu ngokungathi uThixo unikele ngombingelelo, njengebhokhwe evunyiweyo." Endaweni yoko, uYesu wayebanike "ubumbano" kuphela amahlwempu kunye nabasokolayo. UZollitsch uthe "Le yeyona mbono intle kangaka, umanyano olukhulu." Udliwanondlebe wabuza, "Awungekhe uphinde uyichaze ngendlela yokuba uThixo wanikela ngoNyana wakhe, kuba thina bantu sinesono? Ubungasayi kuphinda uchaze ngoluhlobo?"U UMnumzana Zollitsch uphendule, "Hayi." -I-LifeSiteNews.com, Epreli 21st, 2009

Kuyadimaza, kuyabhidisa, kuyingozi. Nangona kunjalo, kufuneka sithethe inyani ngelixa ilixesha lokuthetha inyani, nokuba u-Bishop Finn uthi, "oko kuthetha ukuba ngamanye amaxesha singangxoliswa ngabo bafuna sithethe kancinci."

Uyazi ukuba wabonakaliswa ukuze asuse izono… Igazi likaYesu uNyana wakhe lisihlambulula kuso sonke isono… Nantso iMvana kaThixo, esusa isono sehlabathi! (1 Yohane 3: 5; 1: 7; Yohane 1:29)

 

BATHWALALI BETHEMBA!

USathana kunye neentshaba zobomi bangathanda ukuba mna nawe sikhase emngxunyeni sithule. Le ayisiyiyo Impendulo ethe cwaka Ndithetha ngo. Nokuba siyathetha okanye sithe cwaka, ubomi bethu mabukhwaze iVangeli kaYesu Krestu nokuba kungamazwi ethu okanye zizenzo zethu; ngokuvakalisa inyaniso okanye ubungqina bothando… uthando olunqoba. UbuKristu abuyonkolo yenkcubeko yefilosofi kodwa iVangeli ye inguqu Apho abo bakholelwa kuYesu, ababuya kubomi besono balandela emanyathelweni eNkosi, “eguqulwe ebuqaqawulini waya ebuqaqawulini”(2 Kor. 3:18) ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. Olu tshintsho kufuneka lubonakale kwihlabathi kuyo yonke into esiyiyo nesiyenzayo. Ngaphandle kwawo, ubungqina bethu abunazintsholongwane, amazwi ethu akanamandla. 

Ukuba amazwi kaKristu ahleli kuthi singasasaza ilangatye lothando awaluphemba emhlabeni; singathwala phezulu itotshi yokholo nethemba esiqhubela phambili kuye. -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Kwasekhaya, IPeter Basilica yaseSt., Epreli 2, 2009; L'Osservatore RomanoNge-8 ka-Epreli ngo-2009

Mhlawumbi uPopu Benedict utyikitye iintsuku zobungqina obuthe cwaka busondela xa, kuhambo lwakhe oluya e-Afrika, ebalisa indlela elula ngayo abapostile ngemihla yabo yentshutshiso abasondela kwihlabathi:

Ndiya eAfrika ndisazi ukuba andinanto ndiza kuyiphakamisa okanye ndiyinike abo ndiza kudibana nabo ngaphandle kukaKristu neendaba ezimnandi zomnqamlezo wakhe, imfihlelo yothando oluphezulu, yothando olungcwele oloyisa konke ukuxhathisa kwabantu luze luxolelane ukuba iintshaba zikabani zinokwenzeka. -Angelus, NgoMatshi 15, 2009, L'Osservatore RomanoMatshi 18, 2009

Njengoko iBandla lingena kwiThando lakhe, umhla uya kufika xa Wathula Answer iya kuba kukushiyeka kokunikwa… xa iLizwi loThando lizakuthetha ngathi. Ewe, cwaka eluthandweni, hayi ngokuchaseneyo.

… Asisayi kushenxiswa emendweni wethu, nangona ihlabathi lisilahlekisa ngoncumo lwalo okanye lizame ukusoyikisa ngezoyikiso ze zezeembandezelo zalo. —St. UPeter Damian, Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyure, Umqu. II, 1778

 

 

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