Imikhakha emikhulu yomphakathi ididekile ngokuthi yini elungile nengalungile, futhi isemseni walabo abanamandla "okudala" umbono futhi bawuphoqelele kwabanye. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Cherry Creek State Park Homily, EDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993
AS Ngibhale ku Amacilongo Esixwayiso! - Ingxenye V, kunesiphepho esikhulu esiza, futhi sesivele silapha. Isiphepho esikhulu se ukudideka. Njengoba uJesu asho,
… Ihora liyeza, impela selifikile, lapho nizohlakazeka khona. (UJohn 16: 31)
Kakade, kunokwehlukana okunje, isiphithiphithi esinjalo ezinhlwini zeSonto, kwesinye isikhathi kunzima ukuthola abefundisi ababili abavumelana ngento eyodwa! Nezimvu… UJesu Kristu yiba nomusa… Izimvu azifundiswanga kangako, zilambele iqiniso, kangangokuthi lapho kuvela noma ikuphi ukufana kokudla komoya, ziyakudla. Kepha kaningi, igcwele ubuthi, noma ayinakho nhlobo ukondleka okuyimfihlakalo, okushiya imiphefumulo ingondlekile ngokomoya, uma ingafanga.
Ngakho-ke uKristu uyasixwayisa manje “ukuqaphela nokukhuleka” ukuze singakhohliswa; kepha akasishiyi ukuba sihambe sodwa la manzi akhohlisayo. Unikele, uyaphana, futhi uzosinika a indlu yesibani kulesi siphepho.
Futhi igama lakhe ngu "Peter".
UMBANE
UJESU wathi,
Ngingumelusi omuhle, futhi ngiyazazi ezami futhi ezami ziyangazi. Izimvu ziyamlandela, ngoba ziyalazi izwi lakhe…. ” (Johane 10:14, 4)
UJesu unguMalusi Omuhle, futhi umhlaba uhlala umfuna Yena, ngezwi Lakhe eliqondisayo. Kepha abaningi bayenqaba ukukubona, yingakho: ngoba ukhuluma ngoPetru, okungukuthi, uPapa — nalabo babhishobhi ngokuhlanganyela naye. Siyini isisekelo salesi simangalo esiyimpikiswano?
Ngaphambi kokukhuphukela ezulwini, uJesu wathatha uPetru eceleni ngemuva kokudla kwasekuseni futhi wabuza kathathu ukuthi uyamthanda yini. Njalo lapho uPetru ephendula ngoyebo, uJesu wayephendula athi,
… Bese wondla amawundlu ami…. yondla izimvu zami ... wondle izimvu zami. (Jn 21: 15-18)
Ngaphambili, uJesu wayekusho lokho He kwakunguMelusi Omkhulu. Kepha manje, iNkosi icela omunye ukuba aqhubeke nomsebenzi Wakhe, umsebenzi wokondla umhlambi lapho engekho ngokomzimba. UPeter usondla kanjani? Kufanekiselwa esidlweni sasekuseni abaphostoli noJesu abasanda kwabelana ngaso: isinkwa nenhlanzi.
UKUDLA KOKOMOYA
The isinkwa kuwuphawu lwamaSakramente uJesu adlulisa ngalo uthando, umusa, kanye noKwethu uqobo kithi ngezandla zikaPeter nalabo babhishobhi (nabapristi) abamiswe ngokulandelana kwabaphostoli.
The inhlanzi kuwuphawu lwe okufundisa. UJesu wabiza uPetru nabaPhostoli ngokuthi “abadobi babantu”. Babephonsa amanetha abo besebenzisa amagama, okungukuthi, "Izindaba Ezinhle," iVangeli (Mt 28: 19-20; Rom 10: 14-15). UJesu uqobo wathi, “Ukudla kwami ukwenza intando yalowo ongithumileyo” (Joh 4:34). Ngakho-ke, uPeter ukhuluma nathi ngamaqiniso adluliselwe kuye nguKristu ukuze sazi intando kaNkulunkulu. Ngoba yile ndlela thina izimvu okufanele sihlale ngayo kuye:
Uma nigcina imiyalo yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami, njengalokho nami ngigcinile imiyalo kaBaba ngihlala othandweni lwakhe. Ningabangane bami uma nenza lokho enginiyala ngakho. Lokhu nginiyala ngakho: thandanani ... (Johane 15:10, 14, 17)
Singazi kanjani ukuthi siyalwe ngani, okuhle nokuyiqiniso, ngaphandle kokuthi othile asitshele? Futhi-ke, ngaphandle kokwenza amaSakramente, umsebenzi kaBaba Ongcwele ukufundisa ngokukholwa nokuziphatha uKristu akhipha ngokusobala uPetru nabalandela kwakhe ukuthi bakwenze.
UKUNIKEZELWA OKUKHULU
Ngaphambi kokukhuphukela ezulwini, uJesu wayenomsebenzi owodwa wokugcina: ukulungisa indlu.
Nginikwe onke amandla ezulwini nasemhlabeni.
Lokho kusho ukuthi, “Ngiphethe” indlu (noma isifunda okuvela esiGrekini sakudala ama-paraoikos okusho ukuthi “indlu eseduze”). Ngakho-ke, uqala ukudlulisela - hhayi ezixukwini - kepha kubaPhostoli abayishumi nanye abasele:
Ngakho-ke hambani nenze izizwe zonke abafundi, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele, okufundisa ukugcina konke engikuyale ngakho. Bhekani, mina nginani njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe; (UMathewu 28: 19-20)
Kepha masingakhohlwa ukwaba kukaJesu amandla ngaphambili enkonzweni yakhe:
Ngakho ngithi kuwe, wena kukhona uPetru, futhi phezu lokhu idwala ngizokwakha ibandla lami, namasango ethuna lasendle ngeke alinqobe. Ngizonikela wena okhiye bombuso wezulu. Noma yini wena bopha emhlabeni kuzoboshwa ezulwini; nanoma yini wena okuxekethile emhlabeni kuyokhululwa ezulwini. (UMathewu 16: 18-19)
Izimvu zidinga umalusi, noma zingazulazula. Kungokwemvelo yomuntu kanye nesici se-anthropological ukuthi abantu bafise umholi, noma ngabe ungumongameli, ukaputeni, uthishanhloko, umqeqeshi — noma upapa — igama lesiLatini elisho “ubaba”. Akucaci yini, njengoba sihlola uJudas, ukuthi lapho ingqondo izilawula yona ikhohliseka kalula? Futhi-ke, sazi kanjani ukuthi abadobi abangabantu nje ngeke basidukise?
Ngoba uJesu washo njalo.
LIYINI IQINISO?
Uhleli egumbini eliphezulu (futhi nge okhethiwe Abaphostoli), uJesu wabathembisa:
Lapho uMoya weqiniso eza, uzoniholela kulo lonke iqiniso. (UJohn 16: 13)
Kungakho ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uSt. Paul, ekhuluma enhlokweni eseduze kaKristu ngaphambi kokwenyuka kwakhe, uthi:
… Uma ngingabambezeleka, kufanele wazi ukuthi kufanele uziphathe kanjani endlini kaNkulunkulu, eyiBandla likaNkulunkulu ophilayo, insika nesisekelo seqiniso. (I-1 uThimothi 3: 15)
Iqiniso liphuma eSontweni, hhayi nje iBhayibheli. Ngempela, kwaba abalandela uPetru nabanye abaPhostoli abathi eminyakeni engamakhulu amane emva kukaKristu, bahlanganisa iqembu lezincwadi nezincwadi ezagcina zibizwa nge- “Holy Bible.” Kwakungukuqonda kwabo, okuholwa ukukhanya koMoya oNgcwele, okwabona ukuthi imiphi imibhalo eyayiphefumulelwe ngokwaphezulu, futhi okungekho. Ungasho ukuthi iSonto yilona ukhiye ukuvula iBhayibheli. UPapa nguyena uphethe ukhiye.
Lokhu kubalulekile ukukuqonda kulezi zinsuku, nasezinsukwini ezizayo zokudideka! Ngoba kukhona labo abahumusha imiBhalo lapho kukhona imicabango yabo:
Kunezinto ezithile [emibhalweni kaPawulu] okunzima ukuziqonda, lezo abangenalwazi nabangazinzile abazisongele ekubhujisweni kwabo, njengoba benza eminye imiBhalo. Ngakho-ke nina, bathandekayo, nikwazi lokhu ngaphambili, qaphelani, ukuze ningakhuthazwa ngukuphambuka kwabangenamthetho, nilahlekelwe ukuqina kwenu. (2 Petru 3: 16-17)
Ukwazi kahle kamhlophe ukuthi kuzoba nabanye oJuda abazozama ukudala uqhekeko, uJesu wayala uPetru ukuthi avikele abanye abaPhostoli… kanye nababhishobhi besikhathi esizayo:
Uma usubuyile emuva, kufanele uqinise abafowenu. (Luka 22: 32)
Okungukuthi, yiba indlu yesibani.
… ISonto [] lihlose ukuqhubeka nokuphakamisa izwi lalo ekuvikeleni isintu, noma ngabe izinqubomgomo zezwe kanye neningi lombono womphakathi ziya kolunye uhlangothi. Iqiniso, impela, lidonsela amandla kulo hhayi kunani lemvume eliyivusayo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, eVatican, Mashi 20, 2006; LifeSiteNews.com
Ungakhohliswa!
Njengoba nje uJesu “itshe legumbi” laliyisikhubekiso kumaJuda, kanjalo noPetru “idwala” liyisikhubekiso emqondweni wanamuhla. Njengoba namaJuda angaleso sikhathi ayengakwamukeli ukuthi uMesiya wabo angaba ngumbazi nje ingasaphathwa eyokuthi uNkulunkulu “osenyameni”, ngokunjalo nezwe linenkinga yokukholwa ukuthi singaqondiswa ngokungaphezi ngumdobi nje waseKapernawume.
Noma iBavaria, eJalimane. Noma iWadowice, Poland…
Kepha nanka amandla ayisisekelo kaPetru: ngemuva kokuthi uJesu emyalile kathathu ukuthi ondle izimvu zakhe, uJesu wabe esethi, “Ngilandele.” Kungokulandela uKristu ngenhliziyo yonke lapho opapa, ikakhulukazi kulezi zikhathi zanamuhla, bekwazile ukusondla kahle kangaka. Banikela abakunikiwe ngokwabo.
Upapa akayena umbusi ophelele, onemicabango nezifiso ezingokomthetho. Ngokuphambene nalokho, inkonzo kapapa iyisiqinisekiso sokulalela uKristu nezwi lakhe. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, oHomily kaMeyi 8, 2005; I-San Diego Union-Tribune
Kubuthakathaka lapho uKristu enamandla khona. Yize kunopapa abanesono eminyakeni engama-2000 eyedlule, akekho noyedwa kubo owake wehluleka ukufeza umsebenzi wokuqapha iqiniso— “isibambiso sokholo” - uJesu abaphathise lona. Lesi yisimangaliso esiphelele umhlaba osukhohliwe, amaProthestani amaningi awasazi, futhi iningi lamaKatolika alikaze lifundiswe.
Ngokuzethemba eNkosini-ke, bheka kulowo owalandela uPetru ngaye uKristu akhona ngathi; lalela izwi leNkosi likhuluma ngokubhonga kwesivunguvungu nge-vicar yaYo, isiholele ekukhanyeni kweqiniso sidlule emadwaleni nasezimbuzaneni ezikhohlisayo ezingaphambi kwamagagasi esikhathi esinamandla. Ngoba ngisho namanje, amagagasi amakhulu aseqalile ukushaya “idwala”….
Wonke umuntu olalela lawa mazwi ami awenze uzofana nendoda ehlakaniphileyo eyakha indlu yayo phezu kwedwala. Imvula ina, kwafika izikhukhula, kwavunguza imimoya yashaya indlu. Kodwa ayizange iwe; wawubekwe waqina edwaleni.
Futhi wonke umuntu olalela lawa mazwi ami kodwa angawenzi kuwo uyofana nesiwula esakha indlu yaso phezu kwesihlabathi. Imvula ina, kwafika izikhukhula, kwavunguza imimoya yashaya indlu. Yabhidlika yonakala ngokuphelele. (Mathewu 7; 24-27)
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