Zilungiselele ukubeka ubomi bakho emgceni ukuze ukhanyisele umhlaba ngenyaniso kaKrestu; ukuphendula ngothando kwintiyo kunye nokungakhathaleli ubomi; ukubhengeza ithemba likaKrestu ovukileyo kuzo zonke iimbombo zomhlaba. -IPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Umyalezo kubantu abancinci beLizwe, USuku loLutsha lweHlabathi, ngo-2008
Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoSeptemba 25, 2007:
I-BASTION: Inxalenye yesakhiwo esakhiwe elulwalweni okanye kwinqaba evumela umlilo okhuselayo kwiindlela ezininzi.
IYAQALA
La mazwi eza kumhlobo wethu othandekayo ngexesha lomthandazo, ngelizwi eliphantsi elalithetha naye:
Xelela uMarko ukuba lixesha lokuba ubhale malunga ne-bastion.
Ndichithe iintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ndinyuka ngentsingiselo yoku. Ligama eli lindongamele kwaye landigcwalisa ngovuyo olukhulu kunye nolindelo. Ukuhamba nelo lizwi zezi entliziyweni yam:
Iqala.
Ewe, uKristu uliLiwa esakhelwe phezu kwalo — loo nqaba inamandla yosindiso. Isiseko sayo igumbi eliphezulu. Yindawo apho abantwana kufuneka bahlanganisane khona kwaye bathandaze ngamandla. Yinqaba yomthandazo, ukuzila ukutya, kunye nokulinda-kwaye ukwenza oko ngokuzinikela, ngamandla, nangokubaluleka konke. Kuba iyeza. Utshintsho olukhulu endikhe ndathetha ngalo apha enyakeni ngoku silapha. Abo bangena kweli gumbi liphezulu, oko kukuthi, besabela kubizo lweVangeli ngokulula, ukuthembela okufana nomntwana, kunye nomthandazo banokukuva: imigqomo ekude kunye Ukuqhubela phambili komkhosi.
Ndinqwenela ukukhwaza kwiCawa namhlanje:
UTSHINTSHO LWAMAXESHA LUSENXENZINI!
Ilixesha lokuba ubaleke uye kwi-bastion, kwi igumbi eliphezulu Apho uMariya akulindeleyo, uthandaze njengoko wenzayo kwiminyaka engama-2000 eyadlulayo kunye nabaPostile ngokuza koMoya oyiNgcwele. Njengokuba iPentekoste yafika ke ngomoya omkhulu, kwangokunjalo nomoya omkhulu uya kwandulela ukuthululwa kukaMoya oyiNgcwele. Umoya wotshintsho sele uvuthuza. Imimoya yemfazwe. Ndiva ilizwi elipholileyo likhwela phezulu-ilizwi leNenekazi:
Lungiselela! Imfazwe eNkulu ulapha.
IMFAZWE ENKULU
Ewe ndibona emphefumlweni wam an Ukuqhubela phambili komkhosi, abanekratshi, abanogonyamelo nabavukeli. Umnxeba oya kwi-bastion, ke, ikwangumnxeba wokulungiselela.
Lungiselela umphefumlo wakho ukutshutshiswa. Lungiselela ukufela ukholo.
Kodwa bahlobo, ndibona into engakholelekiyo uvuyo kweli gama. Kunjengokungathi siza kuva ngaphakathi kwabantu bethu ulindelo olukhulu lwesithsaba esisilindeleyo. Ukuba siya kuthi, ngobabalo obungaphezu kwendalo, nkqu umnqweno ukholo. Kwaye ke kufuneka sizilungiselele ngokushiya ngasemva eli hlabathi, ngokungathi kunjalo:
AmaKristu kufuneka alingise ukubandezeleka kukaKristu, angazibeki iintliziyo zawo kulonwabo. -Unqulo lweyure, iVol IV, Iphe. 276
Kufuneka silindele intshutshiso, silindele ukuthiywa, silindele imfazwe yokomoya kunye nobunzima. Yindlela emxinwa. Kuba ngokuzincama kwethu, siyakufumana ukuthanda kukaThixo, okukukutya kwethu, ukutya kwethu, ubomi bethu, kunye neRoyal Road ekhokelela kwisithsaba sobuqaqawuli obungunaphakade. Yamkela ukubandezeleka kwakho…
Bonke abanqwenela ukuphila ubomi obungcwele kuKrestu baya kutshutshiswa. (2 Tim.3: 12)
Umnxeba oya kwi-bastion yindlela ekhuselayo yezulu. Sicelwe ukuba ngokuzithandela uhlutha umhlaba thina ngokwethu kwezo zinto asizidingiyo-imeko yentliziyo egxile ezulwini, kunezinto. Isizathu kukuba ngoku lixesha lokuba run kwi-bastion. Kufuneka sihambe ukukhanya. Iintliziyo zethu kufuneka zikwazi ukubhabha ngaphezulu kwezinto eziphathekayo kunye neenkxalabo zeli hlabathi.
Ekubeni ke uKristu weva ubunzima esenyameni, zixhobeni nani ngokwaloo ngcinga… (1 Pt 4: 1)
Kufuneka sikulungele ukuhamba. Imiyalelo iza kuza ngokukhawuleza, kwaye kufuneka sibe njalo phu laphule. Umnxeba oya kwi-bastion ngumnxeba oya kuwo umthandazo onzima wemihla ngemihla. Kufuneka siqwalasele ngoku, sishiya ubulumko babantu kunye nezixhobo emnyango. UMary sele eza kunika umntwana ngamnye wabantwana amaphepha abo emishini.
Ewe, i-bastion yindawo yokuthandaza, yokuzila ukutya, kunye nokumamela, ulinde iseti yemiyalelo yakho.
Khawuleza, baleka kwi-bastion!
ILIZWI LANGAPHAMBILI NALONA NGOKU
Ngendlela yokuqinisekisa olu bizo lwedabi, iqabane lam kuKristu, uFr. UKyle Dave-engazi ngeli gama ndilifumene ngaphezulu-undithumele ngaxeshanye. Ivela kuMama wethu waseLa Salette, umyalezo osuka ngoSeptemba 19, 1846:
Ndenza isibongozo esingxamisekileyo emhlabeni. Ndibiza bonke abafundi bokwenene boThixo ophilayo olawula ezulwini. Ndibiza bonke abalingisi bokwenene bakaKrestu abenziwe umntu, okuphela koMsindisi wokwenene woluntu. Ndibiza bonke abantwana bam, bonke abo bazinikele ngokwenene, bonke abo bazishiyileyo kum ukuze ndibakhokelele kuNyana wam ongcwele. Ndibiza bonke abo ndibaphethe ngeengalo zam, oko kukuthi, abo bahlala emoyeni wam. Okokugqibela, ndibiza bonke abaPostile bexesha lokuphela, bonke abafundi abathembekileyo bakaYesu Krestu, abaphila ngokulijongela phantsi ihlabathi nabo ngokwabo, behlwempuzekile kwaye begculelwa, kubomi bokuthula, ukuthandaza nokubulawa, bunyulu kwaye umanyene noThixo, ekubandezelekeni nasekungaziwa lihlabathi.
Lixesha lokuba baphume bayokukhanyisa umhlaba.
Hambani niyokuzibonakalalisa njengoko abantwana bam endibathandayo befanele ukuhamba. Ndikunye nawe kwaye ndikuwe, ukuba ukholo lwakho kukuKhanya okukukhanyisayo ngala maxesha osizi. Inkuthalo yakho ingakwenza ulambele uzuko nembeko kaYesu Krestu.
Ngenani emfazweni, Bantwana bokuKhanya, kwinani nje elincinane onalo; ngokuba ixesha lifikile; isiphelo sikufuphi. -Isicatshulwa esivela kumbhalo wesandla wokugqibela wemfihlo kaLa Salette obhalwe nguMelanie nge-21 kaNovemba ngo-1878 kwaye uxelelwe ngu-Fr Laurentin no-Fr Corteville e Imfihlelo yaseLa Salette ifunyenwe -Fayard 2002 ("Découverte du Imfihlo de La Salette")
… Uphile ubomi bakho bonke obusemhlabeni, ungasazenzi iinkanuko zabantu, kodwa ngentando kaThixo. (1 Pet 4: 2)
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