UKristu uvusa uLazaro, Caravaggio
IT yayikukuphela koluhlu lwee-konsathi ezintandathu kwiidolophu ezincinci kwiindonga zaseCanada. Abathathi-ntweni babehlwempuzekile, ihlala ingaphantsi kwabantu abangamashumi amahlanu. Ngekhonsathi yesithandathu, ndandisele ndiqala ukuzisizela. Njengokuba ndandiqala ukucula ngobo busuku kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, ndajonga kubaphulaphuli. Ndingafunga ukuba wonke umntu owayekhona wayengaphaya kwamashumi alithoba! Ndacinga ngaphakathi kwam, "Mhlawumbi abawuva nomculo wam! Ngapha koko, ngaba ngenene ngabona bantu ufuna ndibashumayele, Nkosi? Uthini ngolutsha? Kwaye ndiza kulondla njani usapho lwam….?" Kwaye kwaqhubeka ukukhala, ngalo lonke ixesha bendiqhubeka nokudlala ndincumile kubaphulaphuli abathe cwaka.
Emva koko, ndandifanele ukulala ubusuku kwindlu engenanto. Kodwa ndandicaphukile kangangokuba ndapakisha yonke into ndaza ndaqalisa iiyure ezintlanu ukuya ekhaya ebusuku. Bendingekho kwiikhilomitha ezimbini ngaphandle kwedolophu xa ngequbuliso Ndabuva ubukho beNkosi kwisihlalo ecaleni kwam. Bendikwazi "ukumbona" engqiyame ejonge ngqo kum. Wathetha ngamandla ukuba unanamhla ushukumisa umphefumlo wam.
UMarko — sukujongela phantsi ixabiso lomphefumlo OMNYE.
Amagama ayenamandla, egcwele uthando, kangangokuba ndade ndalila. Kuba ngequbuliso ndakhumbula… kukho inenekazi elinye elincinane elathi lathetha nam emva kwekhonsathi. Wayechukumiseka ngokubonakalayo. Ndathetha naye ndazama ukuphendula imibuzo yakhe, kodwa ndaqhubeka ndipakisha izixhobo zam, ndicaphukile, ndizisizela endaweni yokuqonda ukuba umphefumlo omnye uYesu wayezokwehlela emhlabeni ukuzokufela uwedwa, wayemi phambi kwam.
Ukuze ndingaze ndilibale into ayithethileyo--oko wakufelayo—Waphinda loo magama kwakhona, ngothando olushiye iinyembezi zam, njengoko ndibhalayo:
Sukujongela phantsi ixabiso lomphefumlo OMNYE.
Ndiguqukile, kwaye ukusukela ngala mhla ukuya phambili ndaqonda ukuba uYesu wayengasalobi ngeminatha, kodwa wayesebenzisa amagwegwe… ngoku ndikhangela umphefumlo omnye apha, umphefumlo omnye phaya, phambi kokufika Uqhwithela olukhulu.
IZANDLA NEENYAWO ZIKAKRISTU
Emva kokuba uYesu evuse uLazaro kwabafileyo, wathi kubantu ababemi apho:
Mkhululeni, nimyeke ahambe. (UYohane 11:44)
Uyabona, ngokusebenzisa Ukukhanya leyo izayo, uYesu uya kuvusa imiphefumlo emininzi ebomini. Nangoku, wenza njalo. Kodwa ziya kufuneka ukhulule, uzikhulule. Oko kukuthi, baya kudinga ukufundiswa, iSakramente, kunye nokuhlangulwa ukuze bakhululeke ngokupheleleyo (yabona Ukukhutshelwa ngaphandle kwenamba). Nokuba ungubhishophu, umfundisi, unqulo okanye umntu nje, uYesu ufuna ukuba ukulungele ukuVuna.
Akasoze akushiye kwesi saqhwithi. Kodwa uyabuza ngoku, ngentliziyo ezele lusizi nothando, ungamnceda ukuba afumane loo mphefumlo MNYE? Ngaba uya kumnika eyakho Omkhulu ewe? Okanye uya kuzifihla iitalente zakho? Ngaba uya kulala egadini, okanye uza kuhlala naye ubukele uthandaze?
Nokuba uyayiqonda okanye awuyikholelwa, okanye uyayikholelwa okanye awuyikholelwa, iingelosi nazo zonke izulu zihamba phezu kwakho ngoku, zilindele impendulo yakho. Kuba bayawubona umphefumlo osindiso lwawo lwanaphakade luxhomekeke kwisikali, silindele "ewe" wakho…
Uvile, ntombindini, ukuba uya kumitha, uzale unyana; uvile ukuba ayizukwenziwa ngabantu kodwa ngoMoya oyiNgcwele. Ingelosi ilindele impendulo; Lixesha lokuba abuyele kuThixo omthumileyo. Nathi silindile, O Nenekazi, ngelizwi lakho lemfesane; isigwebo sokugwetywa sinzima kakhulu kuthi. Phendula ngokukhawuleza, Ntombi enyulu. Phendula ngokukhawuleza kwingelosi ... Kutheni ulibazisa, kutheni usoyika? Kholwa, nika indumiso, kwaye wamkele. Vumela ukuthobeka kube nesibindi, ukuthozama kuthembeke… Uyabona, umnqweno weentlanga zonke usemnyango wakho, unkqonkqoza ukungena. Ukuba angadlula ngenxa yokulibaziseka kwakho, uya kuqala ukumfuna unxunguphalo, Lowo uthandwa ngumphefumlo wakho. Vuka, ngxama, vula! Vuka ngokholo, khawuleza ekuzinikeleni, uvule indumiso nombulelo.
Nanko umkhonzazana weNkosi, uthi, makwenzeke kum ngokwelizwi lakho. —St. UBernard, Umqu. Mna, Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyure, iphepha. 345
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Kwangathi bonke abafundi bam bangafumana iKrisimesi esikelelekileyo nothando olukhulu lukaYesu ngamnye kuni. Kuba nawe ungumphefumlo OMNYE… Ngokusuka emazantsi entliziyo yam, ndiyabulela kuni nonke nibhalileyo, nindixhasa olu kholo, kwaye nindixhasa ngomthandazo. Uhlala, rhoqo, entliziyweni yam nasemithandazweni.
