LAPHO Ukuzindla "esikoleni sikaMariya", igama elithi "ubumpofu" laphinde laba yimisebe emihlanu. Okokuqala…

IN i-Joyful Mystery yokuqala, umhlaba kaMary, amaphupho akhe nezinhlelo zakhe noJoseph, zashintshwa ngokuzumayo. UNkulunkulu wayenecebo elehlukile. Wethuka futhi wesaba, futhi wazizwa ngokungangabazeki engakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kangaka. Kepha impendulo yakhe inanela iminyaka engu-2000:

Kwangathi kungenziwa kimi ngokwezwi lakho.

Ngamunye wethu uzalwa enecebo elithile lezimpilo zakhe, futhi unikezwa izipho ezithile zokukwenza. Futhi-ke, kukangaki sizithola sifisa umona ngamathalente omakhelwane bethu? "Ucula kangcono kunami; uhlakaniphile; ubukeka kangcono; ukhuluma kakhulu…" njalo njalo.

Ubumpofu bokuqala okufanele sibuthathe ngokulingisa ubumpofu bukaKrestu yilo ukuzamukela kwethu nemiklamo kaNkulunkulu. Isisekelo sokwamukelwa lokhu ukwethemba-ukwethemba ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungidalele inhloso, okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu, ukuthandwa Nguye.

Kuyakwamukela futhi ukuthi ngimpofu ebuhleni nasebungcweleni, ngiyisoni empeleni, ngincike ngokuphelele engcebweni yesihe sikaNkulunkulu. Ngokwami, angikwazi, ngakho-ke thandaza, "Nkosi, ngihawukele mina soni."

Lobuphofu bunobuso: buyabizwa ukuthobeka.

Blessed are the poor in spirit. (Mathewu 5: 3)