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 I-COLLAPSE YOKU-oda

Ngenkathi ngihamba ngemoto ngidlula e-United States eminyakeni emibili eyedlule ngivakashile ekhonsathini, ngamangala ngezinga lempilo engangilibona cishe kuzo zonke izifundazwe, kusukela ezingeni lemigwaqo, kuya kobuningi bezinto ezibonakalayo. Kepha ngamangazwa amazwi engiwazwile enhliziyweni yami:

Kuyinkohliso, indlela yokuphila ebolekwe.

Ngasala nginomqondo wokuthi konke kwase kuzofika eshayeka phansi.

 

Ngiyakwazi okushiwo ngabezindaba namuhla: izibikezelo zokwehla komnotho okujulile, ukwehla kancane kwezomnotho, ukulungiswa okukhulu kwezimakethe zamasheya, njll. hhayi engikholwa ukuthi kulapha futhi kuyeza. Manje, mangisho ngqo ukuthi ngingahle ngibe nephutha; ukuthi lobu buphostoli bokubhala beminyaka emithathu edlule buphazamisekile; ukuthi ngiyisiwula esikhohlisayo esingenalo iqiniso. Kepha, ake okungenani ngibe yisilima esizibophezele. Ngikholwa ukuthi iNkosi ibingibhalela ukuthi ngikubhale, ingilungiselela ukuthi ngikhulume, futhi ingigqugquzela ukuthi ngikhulume yilokho ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi kuphezu kwethu. I-oda elidala, kusukela cishe esikhathini se-French Revolution kuze kube manje, liyabhidlika njengendlu eyakhiwe esihlabathini, futhi imimoya yenguquko seziqala ukumuka nazo.

 

Ukuqoqwa KOMNOTHO

Into yokuqala yokuwa — lokho esikubonayo njengamanje — umnotho. Yisakhiwo sesimanjemanje esakhelwe ukuhaha, ekubolile kokubola kongxiwankulu. Umsele wayo ugcwele igazi labangenacala, umntwana ongakazalwa obhujiswe esibelethweni. Ngokombono womnotho nje, ukukhishwa kwezisu okungaba yizigidi ezingama-50.5 kusukela ngo-1970 kubize ama-US $ 35 isigidintathu amadola eMkhiqizo Womhlaba Olahlekile (LifeSiteNews.com, Okthoba 20, 2008). Futhi manje iMelika isilungele ukukhetha umongameli okhipha isisu kakhulu emlandweni wayo okurekhodiwe ngokufuna ukugcina ngokusemthethweni izindlela ezimbi kakhulu zokubulawa kwezinsana ezifana ukukhipha isisu okuyingxenye futhi ukukhipha isisu bukhoma. 

Futhi, angisuye isazi sezomnotho; okungenani umvangeli olula. Kepha ngikholwa wukuthi sizobona ukuwohloka ngokuphelele kwemali yaseMelika eqhuba kakhulu umnotho womhlaba — futhi ngokushesha okukhulu kunalokho abantu abaningi abakubonayo. (Ekupheleni kwalombhalo ongezansi, nginamathisele ividiyo ongafuna ukuyibuka yengxoxo kuthelevishini ejwayelekile (i-CNN) enezinkulumo ezithile ezingagunci ezivumelana nezinto ezixwayiswe ngazo lapha.) Lapho lokhu kwenzeka, idola lizoba yize, bese kuthi into yesibili yokuwa iqale ukuvela: leyo yokuhleleka komphakathi…

 

UKUHAMBA NGOKOMPHAKATHI 

Kunzima kimina ukubhala lezi zinto ngoba akuyona inhloso yami ukwethusa noma ngubani. Kepha uma uzilungiselele, ngeke uthuke lapho lezi zinto ziqala ukwenzeka. Kunalokho, kuyithemba lami ukuthi uzothembela kuJesu ngokuphelele njengoba ama-Israyeli athembela kuYe phakathi ehlane ukuze abondle imana yasezulwini. 

Umehluko phakathi “kokudangala” okuzayo noKuwohloka Okukhulu Kwezomnotho kwekhulu elidlule ukuthi abantu abaningi emuva ngaleso sikhathi babengancikile ngokuphelele ezinhlakeni zomphakathi noma kuhulumeni ukuze bathole okondlayo. Abaningi babengabalimi abaqhubeka nokuziphilisa ngomhlaba, noma ngabe babenemali encane. Kepha namhlanje, kunokuncika okukhulu kuhulumeni ngezidingo eziyisisekelo ezifana namanzi, ugesi, negesi yemvelo yokufudumeza. Awekho amaphampu ezandla okudonsa amanzi; kunamalambu ambalwa okukhanyisa kusihlwa; futhi noma ngabe umuntu enendawo yokubasa umlilo noma isitofu, indlela amakhaya akhiwe ngayo namuhla ayenza icishe ingakwazi ukufudumala ngaphandle kwekamelo elilodwa noma amabili.

Futhi-ke kukhona ukuthembela okuyingozi ezinkampanini ezinkulu ukuthi zinikeze ukudla kwethu, kunokuba kunikezwe abalimi bendawo. Lapho imali iwa, amabhizinisi nengqalasizinda kuvame ukulandela. Ukuthumela kungama okwesikhashana, ukudla kuzoncipha ngokushesha, futhi izidingo eziyisisekelo ezifana nemithi kadokotela nephepha langasese kungaba nzima ukuzithola. 

Abantu sebevele bafinyelela iphuzu lokubilisa. Kukhona intukuthelo nokukhungatheka okuvela ngaphansi kwalesi sizukulwane… isizukulwane esikhuliswe ngotshani lokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okusishiya singondlekile ngokomoya. Sibona lokhu kubonakala ekuhlukaneni kwemindeni, ukwanda kobugebengu obunodlame, kanye namazinga aphezulu okuzibulala. Akuhlukaniswanga ngokwesiko kuphela, kepha nasesontweni uqobo. Kungumphakathi osuswe kancane kancane kwinkululeko ukuzimela ngokuphelele kuhulumeni. Ukukholeka kokuhleleka komphakathi endaweni ebucayi kangaka yokuba sengozini, ngiyakholelwa, yilokho uKhadinali John Henry Newman akubona kusengaphambili:

… Uma kuzoba noshushiso, mhlawumbe luyobe selukhona; khona-ke, mhlawumbe, lapho sonke sonke kuzo zonke izingxenye zeLobukholwa sihlukene phakathi, futhi sinciphe kangaka, sigcwele uqhekeko, sisondele kakhulu ekuhlubukeni. Lapho sesiziphonse emhlabeni futhi sincike ekuvikelekeni kuwo, futhi siyeke ukuzimela namandla ethu, khona-ke [uSathane] angaqhuma phezu kwethu ngokufutheka aze afike lapho uNkulunkulu emvumela khona. Ngemuva kwalokho uMbuso WaseRoma ungahle uqhekeke, uMphikukristu abonakale njengomshushisi, bese izizwe ezinonya ezizungezile zingene. —UJohn Henry Newman onamandla Intshumayelo IV: Ukushushiswa Komphik'ukristu

Lokhu ukuwa kwenhlangano yezenhlalo okuvula indlela yokuhleleka okusha kwezepolitiki…

 

Ukugoqwa KWEZOMBUSAZWE

Lapho ukudla kuyindlala, imingcele isengozini (uma ingaphuliwe), futhi ukuhleleka komphakathi kusesiphithiphithini, izimo sezilungele uhlelo olusha lwezepolitiki. Umthetho wezempi uba yindlela yokulawula umphakathi. Izinyathelo ezejwayelekile zokulwa nezakhamizi zesizwe uqobo zingathethelelwa kalula. Kepha uma lesi siphithiphithi sidlulela ngale kwemingcele yezwe futhi sigubuzela izingxenye eziningi zomhlaba, mhlawumbe kuyadingeka I-World Order Order.

Ingabe lokhu kuyinto embi? UPapa John Paul II wake washumayela:

Ungesabi! Vula, vula yonke iminyango kuKristu. Vula imingcele yamazwe, izinhlelo zezomnotho nezepolitiki… -UPapa John Paul II: A Life in Pictures, iphe. I-172

Lokhu kuzwakala njengocingo lwe-oda lomhlaba omusha. Kepha ukhiye wakho kulokhu: ukuvulwa kwezizwe, ezomnotho, kanye nezinhlaka zepolitiki "kuKristu." Ingozi, aqhubeka ukuzwakala umlandeli wakhe uPapa Benedict XVI, ukuthi ukushiya uKristu ngaphandle kwezizwe zethu, izinqubomgomo zethu zezomnotho, kanye nentando yeningi ngeke kuholele enkululekweni, kepha ekusetshenzisweni kabi kwenkululeko. Yikho kanye lokhu kuxhashazwa kwenkululeko ku- a grand Isikali, ngokwengxenye, icilongo lesixwayiso engizwa sengathi iNkosi lingibizele ukuba ngilishaye kulezi zinsuku. Ngikholwa ukuthi yisizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi uNkulunkulu athumele umama wakhe, "Owesifazane owembethe ilanga," njengokugcwaliseka kwesambulo (bheka izahluko 12 & 13), izibuko ezaqala noSt. Catherine Labouré ngemuva nje kwembubhiso yaseFrance. Ngesikhathi sokuvela kowesifazane kunempi enkulu “nodrako” —uSathane, onika amandla akhe “isilo” esilwa neBandla, bese edonsela umhlaba wonke kuye kwi-eco-politics yezwe inhlangano yenkolo (bheka Isivivinyo Seminyaka Eyisikhombisa uchungechunge). 

 

UNKULUNKULU UYISiphephelo Sethu

Sikuphi-ke isiphephelo sethu kulezi zinsuku? Igolide?

Isiliva labo negolide labo ngeke likwazi ukubasindisa… (Zefaniya 1:18)

Ngezimali zakwamanye amazwe?

Ningazibekeli ingcebo emhlabeni… (Math 6:19)

Emabophini kahulumeni?

Tshela abacebile kulesi sikhathi samanje ukuthi bangaziqhenyi futhi bangathembeli entweni engaqinisekile kangako njengengcebo kodwa bathembele kuNkulunkulu… (1 Thim 6:17)

Ngoba lapho udrako, esephuce iSonto ukuthembela kwalo ezisekelweni zaleli zwe, esemi ngomumo ukulishwabadela, umBhalo uthi:

Owesifazane uqobo wabalekela ehlane lapho ayenendawo ayilungiselelwe nguNkulunkulu, ukuze anakekelwe lapho izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi amabili nambili. (IsAm 12: 6)

UNkulunkulu kumele abe yisiphephelo sethu kulezi zinsuku zeSiphepho Esikhulu esesimboze umhlaba manje. Lesi akusona isikhathi senduduzo, kodwa isikhathi sezimangaliso. Kulabo abalahla impahla yabo yasemhlabeni futhi bathembele kuNkulunkulu, uJesu Kristu uzoba yingcebo yabo. Yebo, gcina intwana yokudla, izinto ezithile ezingokoqobo, bese ugcina noma iyiphi imali onayo hhayi eyasebhange. Ungazibekeli izimpahla, futhi uma othile ekucela usizo, zinike ngokukhululeka nangenjabulo. 

Ngaphandle kokungabaza, ngokuqinisekile kuzoba nobunzima esizoza ngabo sonke. Kepha uma iBhabhiloni liwa nxazonke zakho, ngeke likulethele okubi, ngoba inhliziyo yakho ayikho lapha ukuqala ... 

UNkulunkulu uyisiphephelo sethu namandla ethu, umsizi wethu oseduze ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka, ngakho-ke asiyikwesaba noma umhlaba ungazamazama, noma izintaba ziwela ekujuleni kolwandle, noma amanzi alo evutha nolaka. , noma izintaba zinyakaziswa amagagasi. UJehova Sebawoti unathi, uNkulunkulu kaJakobe uyinqaba yethu… (AmaHubo 46: 2-4)

 

 

 

 

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