IT yayikukuhamba iiyure ezintlanu ezinesiqingatha ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuya kwindawo ekude eUpper Michigan apho ndandizakubuyela khona. Ndawazi lo msitho iinyanga, kodwa kwade kwaqala uhambo lwam ukuba umyalezo endibizelwe ukuba ndithethe kuwo wagcwalisa intliziyo yam. Kwaqala ngamazwi eNkosi yethu:
… Xa uNyana woMntu efika, wolufumana na ukholo ehlabathini? (ULuka 18: 8)
Umxholo wala mazwi ngumzekeliso uYesu awawubalisayo "malunga nemfuneko yokuba bathandaze rhoqo ngaphandle kokudinwa"(Lk 18: 1-8) Okumangalisayo kukuba uphetha umzekeliso ngalo mbuzo uphazamisayo nokuba uza kufumana ukholo emhlabeni na xa ebuya. Umxholo kukuba ingaba imiphefumlo iya nyamezela okanye hayi.
YINTONI UKHOLO?
Kodwa uthetha ukuthini ngokuthi “ukholo”? Ukuba uthetha ukukholelwa kubukho Bakhe, ukuzalwa Kwakhe, ukufa, nokuvuka Kwakhe, kusenokwenzeka ukuba kuya kubakho imiphefumlo emininzi evuma ngokwengqondo oku, ukuba kuphela ngasese. Ewe, nosathana uyakukholelwa oku. Kodwa andikholelwa ukuba le yile nto yayithethwa nguYesu.
UJames uthi,
Ndibonise ukholo lwakho olungenamisebenzi; nam ndokubonisa ngokwasemisebenzini yam ukholo lwam. ( Yakobi 2:18 ).
Kwaye imisebenzi uYesu ayifunayo kuthi inokushwankathelwa kumthetho omnye:
Nguwo lo umthetho wam, wokuba nithandane, njengoko ndinithandayo nina. ( Yohane 15:12 )
Uthando luzeka kade umsindo, lunobubele. Alunakhwele, (uthando) aluziphakamisi, alukhukhumali, alunanzondo, alufuni ezalo izilangazelelo, alucaphuki, alucaphuki; ke uvuyisana nenyaniso. Luthwala iinto zonke, lukholelwa izinto zonke, luthemba iinto zonke, lunyamezela iinto zonke. (Funda eyoku-1 kwabaseKorinte 13:4-7.)
UBawo Oyingcwele, kweyona ncwadi yakhe yamvanje Caritas In Veritate (Uthando ngenyaniso), ilumkisa ngelithi uthando olungabotshwanga enyanisweni lunemiphumo ebuhlungu kuluntu. Aba babini abanako ukuqhawula umtshato. Singenza egameni lobulungisa bentlalo kunye nothando, kodwa xa ingathintelwa "kwinyaniso esikhululayo," sinokukhokelela abanye ebukhoboka, enoba kuphakathi kolwalamano lwethu lobuqu okanye kwizenzo zezoqoqosho nezobupolitika zezizwe namaqumrhu alawulayo. Umbhalo wakhe osexesheni nongokwesiprofeto waphinda wabalaselisa abaprofeti bobuxoki abaye bavela, nkqu ngaphakathi kwiCawa ngokwalo, abathi benza egameni lothando, kodwa bemka eluthandweni lokwenyani kuba alukhanyiselwanga yinyaniso “evela kuThixo, Uthando olungunaphakade neNyaniso ePheleleyo” (encyclical, n. 1). Imizekelo ecacileyo ngabo bakhuthaza ukufa komntwana ongekazalwa okanye bakhuthaze umtshato wamafanasini ngelixa bebanga ukuba baxhasa "amalungelo oluntu." Kanti la “malungelo” kanye avula indlela yobubi obunzulu obubeka esichengeni ubomi bawona malungu abuthathaka eluntwini aze abhukuqe iinyaniso zendalo nezingenakophulwa mayela nesidima somntu nesini somntu.
Yeha, abathi okubi kulungile, okulungileyo kubi, abaguqulela ubumnyama bube kukukhanya, ukukhanya kube bubumnyama, abaguqulela ubukrakra ekubeni bubumnandi, ubumnandi bube bukrakra! ( Isaya 5:20 )
UKHOLO: UTHANDO NENYANISO
Njengoko ndibhalile Ikhandlela elitshisayo, ukukhanya kweNyaniso kuya kusiba mnyama, ngaphandle kwabo bathi, njengeeNtombi Ezintlanu Ezilumkileyo, bazalisa iintliziyo zabo ngeoli yokholo. Luyaphola uthando ngenxa yokwanda kobubi; izenzo ezinenjongo okanye ezibanga ukuba zilungile kodwa zimbi ngokwasengqondweni. Hayi indlela okuyingozi nokubhida ngayo oku, yaye bangaphi abalahlekiswayo!
Ingxaki yokwenyani ngalo mzuzu wembali yethu kukuba uThixo uyanyamalala ebantwini, kwaye, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuThixo, uluntu luphulukana nokuthwala, kunye neziphumo ezibonakala zonakalisayo. -Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa uBenedict XVI oya kubo bonke oBhishophu beHlabathi, NgoMatshi 10, 2009; Katolika kwi-Intanethi
Kuya kuvela abaprofeti ababuxoki babe baninzi, balahlekise abantu abaninzi. Nangenxa yokwanda kokubi, luya kuphola uthando lwabaninzi. (Mat 24: 11-12)
Ukholo, ke, lunokuqwalaselwa ngolu hlobo: uthando kwaye iqiniso in inyathelo. Xa enye yeziqalelo ezintathu zokholo ilahlekile, lukholo olubuthathaka okanye olungekhoyo.
Ngaphezu koko, uye wanyamezela waza wabandezeleka ngenxa yegama lam, akwadinwa. Kodwa ke ndinale nto ngakuwe: uphulukene nothando owawunalo kuqala. Qonda ukuba uwe kangakanani na. Guquka, wenze imisebenzi owayenzayo kuqala. okanye ndoza kuwe ndisisuse isiphatho sesibane sakho endaweni yaso, ukuba akuthanga uguquke. ( ISityhilelo 2:3-5 )
UKUNYAMEZELA
Ngalo mhla xa inyaniso ichazwa ngokutsha, xa uthando lokwenyani lusihla, nokulalanisa kungubhubhani, kubalulekile ukuba thina, njengomfazi okumzekeliso kaKristu, nyamezela. UYesu walumkisa ngolu hlobo:
Nina nonke niya kugungqiswa ukholo lwenu, kuba kubhaliwe kwathiwa, Ndiya kumbetha umalusi, zichithwachithwe izimvu…” Lindani nithandaze, ukuze ningahendwa. Umoya unentumekelelo, yona inyama ithambile. ( Marko 14:27, 38 )
Ukuba unjengam, nangona kunjalo, uya kuba nesizathu esihle sokuthandabuza amandla akho. Oku Kulungile. UThixo ufuna sixhomekeke kuye ngokupheleleyo (kwaye kufuneka, kuba siyizidalwa eziwileyo ezidinga ubabalo ukuze siguqulwe sibe ngabantu abapheleleyo). Enyanisweni, uyasilungiselela kula maxesha angaqhelekanga an ulwandle lwenceba ngokuchanekileyo kuba ukuzingisa. Ndiza kucacisa oku kukucamngca kwam okulandelayo.
