Lapho ubhekene nobushiqela…
Kuthunyelwe ekuqaleni ngoMeyi 23, 2006:
A incwadi evela kumfundi:
Ngifuna ukuzwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngalokhu okubhalayo kusayithi lakho. Uqhubeka usho ukuthi “Ukuphela [kwenkathi] Kuseduze.” Uqhubeka usho ukuthi Umphik'ukristu ngokuqinisekile uzofika esikhathini sokuphila kwami (ngineminyaka engamashumi amabili nane). Uqhubeka usho ukuthi sekwephuze kakhulu ukuba [ukujeziswa kunganqandwa]. Ngingahle ngibe lula, kepha lowo umbono engiwutholayo. Uma kunjalo, pho yini iphuzu lokuqhubeka?
Isibonelo, ngibheke. Kusukela ekubhapathizweni kwami, bengiphupha ngokuba ngumbalisi wezindaba ngenkazimulo enkulu kaNkulunkulu. Muva nje nginqume ukuthi ngingcono kakhulu njengombhali wamanoveli nokunye okunjalo, ngakho-ke manje sengiqale ukugxila ekuthuthukiseni amakhono wephrozi. Ngiphupha ngokwenza imisebenzi yokubhala ezothinta izinhliziyo zabantu emashumini eminyaka ezayo. Ngezikhathi ezinjengalezi ngizizwa sengathi ngizalwe ngesikhathi esibi kakhulu. Ngabe uyancoma ukuthi ngilahle iphupho lami? Ngabe uncoma ukuthi ngilahle iziphiwo zami zokudala? Ngabe uyancoma ukuthi angikaze ngilangazelele ikusasa?
Mfundi Othandekayo,
Ngiyabonga ngencwadi yakho, ngoba iphendula imibuzo engiyibuze enhliziyweni yami. Ngifisa ukucacisa imiqondo embalwa oyivezile.
Ngikholwa ukuthi ukuphela kwenkathi yethu sekusondele. Engikushoyo uma ngithi inkathi umhlaba njengoba siwazi—hhayi ukuphela komhlaba. Ngikholwa ukuthi kuyeza"I-Era Yokuthula” (okukhulunywe ngabo oFata beSonto LokuQala kanye neNkosazana Yethu kaFatima abathembisa yona.) Kuyoba isikhathi esihle lapho imisebenzi yenu yezincwadi ingase ihlanganise imbulunga yonke njengoba izizukulwane ezizayo “zifunda kabusha” ukholo nobuhle lesi sizukulwane samanje esilahlekile. ukubona kwe. Le nkathi entsha izozalwa ngosizi olukhulu nokuhlupheka, njengasekubelethweni komntwana.
Nansi imfundiso yeBandla lamaKhatholika evela kuKhathekhizimu:
Ngaphambi kokubuya kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule ovivinyweni lokugcina oluzozamazamisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi. Ukushushiswa okuhambisana nokuhambela kwakhe emhlabeni kuyokwembula imfihlakalo yobubi ngendlela yenkohliso yenkolo enikeza amadoda ikhambi elisobala lezinkinga zabo ngentengo yokuhlubuka eQinisweni. Inkohliso yenkolo ephakeme kakhulu yileyo kaMphik’ukristu, ubumesiya mbumbulu lapho umuntu ezikhazimulisa esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu noMesiya wakhe oze enyameni. —Ikhathekhizimu yeBandla lamaKhatholika (CCC), 675
ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuvukeni kwalo. -CCC, 677
Lokhu kubuye kuthathelwe ukuthi ukuvalwa kwalesi sikhathi samanje kuhambisana nokubukeka kwe Ukristu. Uzovela empilweni yakho noma eyami? Ngeke sikuphendule lokho ngokuqinisekile. Sazi kuphela ukuthi uJesu wathi izibonakaliso ezithile zaziyokwenzeka eduze nokuvela koMphikukristu (Mathewu 24). Akunakuphikwa ukuthi izenzakalo ezithile ezenzeka eminyakeni engu-40 edlule zenza lesi sizukulwane samanje sibe ummeleli wamazwi kaKristu angokwesiprofetho. Opapa abaningana basho okufanayo ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule:
Kukhona indawo yokwesaba ukuthi sibhekene nokunambitha ububi obuzofika ekupheleni kwesikhathi. Nokuthi iNdodana yokuLahlwa abaphostoli abakhuluma ngayo isifikile emhlabeni. -UPAPA ST. I-PIUS X, Suprema Apostolatus, 1903
"Intuthu kaSathane ingena eSontweni LikaNkulunkulu ngokuqhekeka kwezindonga." Ngo-1976 esabelweni: “Umsila kadeveli usebenza ekuhlakazweni kwezwe lamaKatolika.” -UPAPA PAUL VI, isicaphuna sokuqala: Ukuzijabulisa ngesikhathi seMisa likaSt. UPeter noPaul, Juni 29, 1972,
Manje simi lapho sibhekene nokungqubuzana okukhulu komlando isintu esidlule kukho. Angicabangi ukuthi imibuthano ebanzi yomphakathi waseMelika noma imibuthano ebanzi yomphakathi wamaKrestu iyakubona lokhu ngokugcwele. Manje sesibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweBandla nabamelene neBandla, iVangeli kanye nabamelene neVangeli. Lokhu kungqubuzana kungaphakathi kwezinhlelo zokuphatha kukaNkulunkulu. Kuyisivivinyo okufanele iBandla lonke…
— UKhadinali Karol Wotyla, eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokuba abe nguPapa John Paul II, enkulumweni yakhe eya kubaBhishobhi baseMelika.; yanyatheliswa kabusha kumagazini kaNovemba 9, 1978 we-Wall Street Journal)
Qaphela ukuthi uPius X wayecabanga ukuthi Umphik'ukristu uselapha. Ngakho uyabona, ukuthuthuka kwezikhathi esiphila kuzo akukho ngaphansi kohlaka lokuhlakanipha komuntu kuphela. Kodwa ngezikhathi zikaPiux X, izithombo zalokhu esikubona ziqhakaza namuhla zazikhona; ngempela ubonakala ekhuluma ngokwesiprofetho.
Izimo zezwe namuhla, zezombangazwe, zezomnotho, nezenhlalo zinjalo evuthiwe ukuze kufike umholi onjalo. Lesi akusona isitatimende esingokwesiprofetho—labo abanamehlo okubona bangabona ukuqoqana kwamafu esiphepho. Abaholi abaningi bomhlaba, kuhlanganise nomongameli abambalwa baseMelika ngisho nopapa baye bakhuluma “ngohlelo lwezwe olusha.” Nokho, umqondo weBandla ngohlelo lwezwe elisha wehluke kakhulu kunalowo amandla obumnyama awuhlosile. Akungabazeki ukuthi kukhona amandla ezombusazwe nezomnotho asebenzela kulo mgomo. Futhi siyazi ngokusuka emiBhalweni, ukubusa okufushane komphik'ukristu kuzoqondana namandla omhlaba wezomnotho/ezombusazwe.
Ingabe lezi zinsuku ezinzima, futhi zikhona izinsuku ezinzima ezizayo? Yebo, ngokusekelwe emaqinisweni, asekelwe kwezezwe kubizwe umkhuba ngokumelene neBandla, ngokusekelwe kulokho uMoya okushoyo ngokwesiprofetho (okufanele sihlale sikuqaphela), futhi ngokusekelwe kulokho imvelo esitshela yona.
Badukise abantu bami, bethi, 'Ukuthula,' kube kungekho ukuthula. ( Hezekeli 13:10 )
IZINSUKU ZOKULINGWA, IZINSUKU ZOKUNQOBA
Kodwa lezi futhi izinsuku zenkazimulo. Futhi nansi into ebaluleke kakhulu okumelwe uyikhumbule: UNkulunkulu uthandile ukuba nizalwe NGALESI SIKHATHI. Ungakholwa, sosha elincane, ukuthi amaphupho akho nezipho azinamsebenzi. Kunalokho, uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe ubahlanganise bafana nawe. Ngakho-ke nanku umbuzo: ingabe izipho zakho kufanele zisetshenziswe ngokwesibonelo somhlaba “sokuzijabulisa” usebenzisa imimoya ekhona, noma ingabe uNkulunkulu uzosebenzisa lezi zipho ngezindlela ezintsha, futhi mhlawumbe ezinamandla kakhudlwana? Impendulo yakho kufanele ibe yilena: ukholo. Kumelwe uthembele ukuthi uNkulunkulu empeleni ukufisela okuhle kakhulu, njengoba nawe uyindodana Yakhe ethandekayo. Unecebo ngawe. Futhi uma ngingase ngikhulume ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, ngezinye izikhathi izifiso zenhliziyo yethu zivela ngezindlela esingalindelekile. Okungukuthi, ungacabangi ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi isibungu simnyama ukuthi ngelinye ilanga amaphiko ovemvane ayoba nombala ofanayo!
Kodwa kufanele futhi siqaphele ngakho konke ukuhluzeka kwengqondo ukuthi kuyoba khona isizukulwane ngolunye usuku, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngesethu noma cha, esiyoba isizukulwane esizodlula ezinsukwini zosizi olwabikezelwa uKristu. Ngakho, amazwi kaPapa John Paul II asankeneneza enhliziyweni yami manje ngawo wonke amandla awo namasha: “UNGASABA!” Ungesabi, ngoba uma wazalelwa lolu suku, khona-ke uzothola umusa wokuphila lolu suku.
Akufanele sizame ukubikezela isikhathi salokho okuzayo; Nokho, uNkulunkulu uvusa abaprofethi nabalindi, labo abayala ukuba basixwayise lapho sesihlubukile kuYe, nalabo abamemezela izindaba ezinhle. ukuba seduze ngesenzo Sakhe. Lokhu ukwenza ngenxa yesihe nozwelo. Kudingeka siwaqonde la mazwi angokwesiprofetho—ukuqonda, singawadeleli: “Hlola konke“, kusho uPawulu (1 Thesalonika 5:19-21).
Futhi mfowethu, akukephuzi kakhulu ukuphenduka. UNkulunkulu uhlale ephakamisa igatsha lomnqumo lokuthula—okungukuthi, isiphambano sikaKristu. Uhlala esibiza ukuthi sibuyele Kuye, futhi kaningi Akakwenzi “usiphathe ngokwezono zethu” ( IHubo 103:10 ). Uma iCanada neMelika kanye nezizwe ziphenduka futhi zifulathele izithixo zazo, pho kungani uNkulunkulu engeke azisole? Kodwa futhi uNkulunkulu, ngiyakholwa, ngeke aqhubeke nokuvumela lesi sizukulwane ukuthi siqhubeke njengoba sibhekene nempi yenuzi engenzeka kakhulu, njengoba ukubulawa okungenasihawu kwezingane ezingakazalwa kuba "ilungelo lomhlaba wonke", njengoba ukuzibulala kwanda, njengoba i-STD iqhuma phakathi kwentsha, njengoba Amanzi ethu kanye nokudla kwethu kuya ngokuya konakaliswa, njengoba abacebile beceba nabampofu beswela…. njalo njalo. Okuqinisekileyo ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyabekezela. Kodwa ukubekezela kunomkhawulo lapho kuqala khona ukuhlakanipha. Angingeze: akukephuzi kakhulu ukuba izizwe zithole isihe sikaNkulunkulu, kodwa kungase kuphuze kakhulu ukuba umonakalo owenziwe endalweni ngesono sesintu ulungiswe ngaphandle kokungenela kukaNkulunkulu, okungukuthi, Ukuhlinzwa Kwezimonyo. Ngempela, kunenkolelo yokuthi iNkathi Yokuthula nayo iyoletha ukuvuselelwa kwengcebo yomhlaba. Kodwa izidingo zokuvuselelwa okunjalo, uma kubhekwa isimo samanje sokudala, zizodinga ukuhlanzwa okukhulu.
UZALWE NGALESI SIKHATHI
Wazalelwa lesi sikhathi. Wenziwe waba ufakazi Wakhe othile ngendlela Yakhe ethile. Mthembe. Futhi okwamanje, yenza njengoba uKristu eyala:
…funani kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokulunga kwakhe, khona konke lokho kuyakwenezelwa nina. Ningakhathazeki ngekusasa; kusasa izozinakekela. Banele usuku ububi balo (Math 6:33-34).
Ngakho, sebenzisa izipho zakho. Bacwengisise. Bathuthukise. Ziqondise njengokungathi uzophila eminye iminyaka eyikhulu, ngoba ungase uhambe kahle kakhulu. Kodwa, ungase futhi udlule ebuthongweni bakho kulobubusuku njengoba abanye abaningi ababenezipho namaphupho benakho. Konke kungokwesikhashana, konke kunjengotshani basendle… Kodwa uma ubufuna umbuso kwasekuqaleni, uyobe ususitholile isifiso senhliziyo yakho noma kunjalo: UNkulunkulu, umniki wezipho, noMdali wobuntu bakho.
Umhlaba usekhona, futhi udinga amakhono akho kanye nokuba khona kwakho. Yiba usawoti nokukhanya! Landela uJesu ngaphandle kokwesaba!
Ngempela singabona okuthile ngecebo likaNkulunkulu. Lolu lwazi ludlulela ngalolo lwami lwami nendlela engiyithandayo. Ngokukhanya kwayo singabheka emuva emlandweni wonkana bese sibona ukuthi lokhu akuyona inqubo engahleliwe kepha umgwaqo oholela enhlosweni ethile. Singakwazi ukwazi umqondo ongaphakathi, umqondo kaNkulunkulu, ngokwenzeka okungenzeka kwenzeke ngengozi. Noma lokhu kungasenzi sikwazi ukubikezela okuzokwenzeka ngalesi sikhathi noma ngalelo phuzu, noma kunjalo singahlakulela ukuzwela okuthile ngezingozi eziqukethwe yizinto ezithile — namathemba akwezinye. Umqondo wekusasa uyavela, ngoba ngibona okubhubhisa ikusasa — ngoba kuphambene nomqondo wangaphakathi womgwaqo — futhi ngakolunye uhlangothi, kuholela phambili — ngoba kuvula iminyango emihle futhi kuhambelana nokwangaphakathi ukwakheka kwakho konke.
Kulelo banga ikhono lokuthola ikusasa lingakhula. Kuyafana nangabaprofethi. Akufanele baqondwe njengababoni, kepha njengamazwi aqonda isikhathi ngombono kaNkulunkulu futhi-ke angasixwayisa ngokulimazayo — ngakolunye uhlangothi, asibonise indlela eyiyo eya phambili. —UKhadinali Ratzinger, (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI), Ingxoxo noPeter Seewald ku UNkulunkulu noMhlaba, i-61-62
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