UKristu Usizi ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
UKristu uhlanganisa umhlaba wonke, kepha izinhliziyo sezibandile, ukukholwa kugugile, udlame luyanda. Ama-cosmos reels, umhlaba usebumnyameni. Izindawo zamapulazi, ihlane, kanye nemizi yabantu ayisalalihloniphi iGazi leWundlu. UJesu udabuka ngomhlaba. Isintu siyovuka kanjani? Yini ezothatha ukuqeda ukungabi nandaba kwethu? -Ukuphawula komculi
HE ivutha uthando ngawe njengomkhwenyana ohlukaniswe nomlobokazi wakhe, elangazelela ukumgona. Ufana nebhere elingumama, livikela ngokunamandla, ligijimela amawundlu alo. Ufana nenkosi, igibela amahhashi ayo futhi igijimisa amabutho ayo emaphandleni ukuze ivikele ngisho nabantu abaphansi kunabo bonke.
UJesu unguNkulunkulu onomona!
UNKULUNKULU ONOMONA
Njengamanje uzwile ukuthi u-Oprah Winfrey uthe isizathu esenza aqale ukubuza inkolo yakhe yobuKrestu yingoba wezwa amagama athi “UNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu onomhawu ” (Eksodusi 34:14). UNkulunkulu angaba kanjani nomona ngami, ebuza.
Othandekayo Oprah, awuqondi yini? UNkulunkulu uvutha ngothando olukhulu ngathi! Ufuna LONKE uthando lwethu, hhayi uthando oluhlukanisiwe. Ufuna konke ukubuka kwethu, hhayi ukubheka okuphazamisekile. Jabula ngalamazwi! UNkulunkulu unithanda kakhulu, unifuna nonke. Ufuna ukuthi udanse njengelangabi esithandweni senhliziyo yaKhe… umlilo uxubene noMlilo, nithande ukuhlangana nothando lwaphakade.
Yebo, Oprah othandekayo! UNkulunkulu unomona ngoba wena, futhi ikakhulu, manje njengoba umfune kwenye indawo.
Kepha inqwaba yeSonto injalo. Esikhundleni sokugijimela kuMthandi wayo, iye yagaqa embhedeni nonkulunkulu wezinto ezibonakalayo. Esikhundleni sokugxilisa amehlo akhe kuKristu, usethathwe umoya wezwe. Sishaya uKristu futhi! Ngenkathi izono zethu zigcwalisa indebe yezobulungiswa zichichime, kungu uthando olunomona okuqeda uNkulunkulu wethu!
Amalangabi omusa ayangishisa — ekhala ngokuthi makasetshenziswe; Ngifuna ukuwathululela phezu kwale miphefumulo. -Idayari kaSt. Faustina,n. 50
UKUZAMISHA KAKHULU!
Ohambweni lwethu lwenkonzo lapha e-United States, kwenzeka izimangaliso e Ukuhlangana NoJesu sethula. Ngabhala emasontweni ambalwa edlule ngowesifazane owabona uJesu futhi imisebe yokukhanya okuvela kuMthendeleko. Omunye wesifazane wezwa ukuphulukiswa emzimbeni. Omunye osehluleke ukuguqa iminyaka emibili, ukwazile ukuguqa ngesikhathi sokuKhulekelwa. Omunye umpristi wezwa ukushisa okukhulu okuqhamuka kulesi sigameko. Inqwaba yabanye, kufaka phakathi abaningi abamthanda ngokwethembeka uKristu ku-Eucharist, bathe abakaze babone ukuba khona kukaJesu ngamandla amakhulu kangaka. Abanye abakwazi ukukubeka ngamagama lokho abahlangabezane nakho… izinyembezi zabo zibakhulumela.
Kusihlwa okumbalwa, intombazane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ubudala yakhothama ngobuso phansi futhi yabonakala inamathele kuleso simo. Lapho ebuzwa ngemuva kwalokho ukuthi yini ejabulisayo, wathi, “Ngoba bekukhona izinkulungwane wamabhakede othando athelwa phezu kwami. Angikwazi ukunyakaza! ”
UNkulunkulu ukulungele ukuthululela i-Ocean of Mercy phezu kwethu! Yize kunjalo, emabandleni amaningi esike saya kuwo, yipesenti elincane kakhulu kuphela lebandla elihambile, okushiya iningi lezikhulu lingenalutho. Emicimbini yethu yesikole, kuba nobulukhuni benhliziyo nokungakholwa phakathi kwabafundi asebekhulile okuphula inhliziyo. Ngiye ngakhala izikhathi eziningana: “Laba bangabantu abantamo-lukhuni!”
Futhi la mazwi afika kimi:
Kuza ukuzamazama okukhulu!
Yebo! Kuyeza, futhi it uyeza ngokushesha! Laba bantu badinga ukuzanyazanyiswa ngoba abaningi abazi nokuthi balele! Ukungazi kwabo ngandlela thile kungumusa osindisayo: kunciphise icala labo. Kodwa-ke, futhi iyindikindiki yemiphefumulo, ifiphaza onembeza bayo, okungabaholela esonweni esikhulu ngokwengeziwe esiletha usizi phezu kosizi, nokuqhubeka nokuhlukana noNkulunkulu.
Isono sekhulu leminyaka ukulahleka komuzwa wesono. —UPOPI PIUS XII, Ikheli Lomsakazo eliya e-United States Catechetical Congress ebanjelwe eBoston [26 Oct., 1946: I-AAS Discorsi e Radiomessaggi, VIII (1946), 288]
Kukhona ukuzamazama okukhulu okuzayo ukuvusa futhi umuzwa wethu wesono, kepha ngokuningi kakhulu, ukuvusa ulwazi ngobukhona nobukhona ukuthanda kaNkulunkulu! Kuyindlela ye- ukuza lowasithanda kwaze kwaba sekufeni!
Ngaphambi kokuba ngize njengeJaji elilungile, ngiza kuqala njengeNkosi yoMusa. —Idayari kaSt. Faustina,n. 83
UTHANDO LUYAVUSA
Ngikholwa ukuthi sisengcupheni yesinye sezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu zokushumayela ivangeli kusukela ngePhentekoste, noma ngabe lifushane. Izono zethu zifuna ubulungiswa… kepha umhawu kaNkulunkulu uphikelela kuMusa.
Isintu siyovuka kanjani? Yini ezothatha ukuqeda ukungabi nandaba kwethu? —I-Commentary Yomdwebi evela kumdwebo ongenhla
Akusilo uthando evusa inhliziyo yomuntu? Akunjalo ukuthanda okuncibilikisa ukunganaki kwethu? Akunjalo ukuthanda esikulangazelelayo? Futhi yiluphi uthando olukhulu olukhona kunalowo obeke phansi impilo yakhe ngenxa yomunye?
Ngaphambi kokuthi kufike usuku lokwahlulela, abantu bazonikezwa isibonakaliso emazulwini salolu hlobo: Konke ukukhanya emazulwini kuzocinywa, futhi kuzoba khona ubumnyama obukhulu phezu komhlaba wonke. Lapho-ke isibonakaliso sesiphambano sizobonakala esibhakabhakeni, kuthi lapho kuvuleka khona izandla nezinyawo zoMsindisi kuphume izibani ezinkulu ezizokhanyisa umhlaba isikhathi esithile. Lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngaphambi nje kosuku lokugcina. —Idayari kaSt. Faustina,n. 83
Yebo… sizovuswa Uthando. Uthando olunomona.
Onembeza balaba bantu abathandekayo kumele bazanyazanyiswe ngodlame ukuze “bakwazi ukulungisa izindlu zabo”… Umzuzu omkhulu usondele, usuku olukhulu lokukhanya… yihora lesinqumo lesintu. —UMarieri Esperanza (1928-2004) ongumKatolika, Umphik'ukristu Nezikhathi Zokuphela nguFr. UJoseph Iannuzzi ku-P. 37, (Volumne 15-n.2, Article efakiwe evela ku-www.sign.org)
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