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"Imfihlakalo Yesine Ejabulisayo" kaMichael D. O'Brien

 

NGOKUSHO kumthetho wamaLevi, owesifazane obelethile kufanele alethe ethempelini:

iwundlu elinonyaka libe ngumnikelo wokushiswa nejuba noma ihobhe lomnikelo wesono ... Uma, kodwa-ke, engenakukwazi ukukhokhela iwundlu, angathatha amahobhe amabili… " (Lev. 12: 6, 8)

Ku-Fourth Joyful Mystery, uMary noJoseph banikela ngezinyoni. Ngobumpofu babo, kwaba yikho konke ababekwazi ukukukhokhela.

UmKrestu oyiqiniso ubizelwe futhi ukunikela, hhayi isikhathi kuphela, kepha nezinsizakusebenza — imali, ukudla, impahla— "kuze kube buhlungu", UMama Teresa obusisiwe angathi.

Njengesiqondiso, ama-Israyeli ayezonikeza okweshumi noma amaphesenti ayishumi "othelo lokuqala" lomholo wabo "endlini yeNkosi." ETestamenteni Elisha, uPawuli akagunci ngamagama ngokusekela iSonto nalabo abakhonza iVangeli. Futhi uKristu ubeka ukugqama kwabampofu.

Angikaze ngihlangane nomuntu owayekhipha okweshumi kwamaphesenti omholo wakhe owayeswele lutho. Kwesinye isikhathi "izinqolobane" zabo zichichima lapho behambisa kakhulu.

Nika futhi uphiwe izipho, isilinganiso esihle, esipakishwe ndawonye, ​​esinyikinyiswayo nesichichimayo, sizothelwa ethangeni lakho " (Luk 6:38)

Ubumpofu bokuzidela bungesinye lapho sibheka khona ukweqisa kwethu, kungabhekwa njengemali yokudlala, futhi ngaphezulu njengesidlo "somfowethu" esilandelayo. Abanye babizwa ukuthi bathengise yonke into banikeze abampofu ( Mathewu 19:21 ). Kepha sonke sibizelwe "ukulahla konke esinakho" - ukuthanda kwethu imali nokuthanda izinto ezingazithenga — nokunikela, ngisho, kulokho esingenakho.

Kakade, singakuzwa ukungabi nalukholo kwethu ekuhlinzekweni uNkulunkulu.

Okokugcina, ubumpofu bokuzidela isimo somoya engihlala ngikulungele ukuzinikela ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngithi ezinganeni zami, "Phathani imali esikhwameni sakho semali, uma kwenzeka uhlangana noJesu, ezifihle kwabampofu. Yiba nemali, hhayi imali ongayisebenzisa, njengokunikela."

Lolu hlobo lobumpofu lunobuso: bunjalo ukuphana.

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the Lord: Shall I not open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?  (Mal 3:10)

...this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood. (Mar 12: 43-44)

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