Ukufela ukholo kuka-St. Thomas Becket, nguMichael D. O'Brien
LAPHO "ubuhle" obusha obuyinqaba obuvele esikweni lethu. Kuye kwangena ngobuqili kangangokuthi bambalwa abaqaphelayo ukuthi sekuye kwaqhutshwa kanjani, ngisho naphakathi kwabefundisi abasezingeni eliphezulu. Okungukuthi, ukwenza Ukuthula ngazo zonke izindleko. Iza nesethi yayo yokuvinjelwa nezaga:
"Thula nje ungaligoqi ibhodwe."
"Naka izindaba zakho."
"Uyizibe izohamba."
"Ungayenzi inkinga..."
Bese kuba namazwi athuthukiswe ngokuqondile umKrestu:
"Ungahluleli."
"Ungamgxeki umfundisi/umbhishobhi wakho (bakhulekele nje.)."
"Yiba ngumenzi wokuthula."
"Ungabi negative kakhulu..."
Futhi intandokazi, eyenzelwe wonke amakilasi nomuntu:
"Bekezela."
UKUTHULA—NGAZO ZONKE Izindleko?
Ngempela, babusisiwe abenzi bokuthula. Kodwa ngeke kube khona ukuthula lapho kungekho ubulungisa. Futhi angeke kube khona ubulungisa lapho iqiniso ayihlali. Ngakho, lapho uJesu ehlala phakathi kwethu, Washo into emangazayo:
Ningacabangi ukuthi ngize ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni. angizanga ukuletha ukuthula kodwa inkemba. Ngokuba ngize ukuzophambanisa umuntu noyise, indodakazi nonina, nomalokazana noninazala; futhi izitha zomuntu kuyoba ngabendlu yakhe. ( Mathewu 10:34-36 )
Sikuqonda kanjani lokhu okuphuma emlonyeni waLowo esimbiza ngokuthi iNkosi yokuthula? Ngoba futhi wathi, "Mina ngiyiqiniso." Ngamazwi amaningi, uJesu wamemezela emhlabeni ukuthi impi enkulu iyolandela ezinyathelweni Zakhe. Kuyimpi yemiphefumulo, futhi inkundla yempi "iqiniso elisikhululayo." Inkemba uJesu akhuluma ngayo "izwi" kaNkulunkulu ”…
lingena phakathi komphefumulo nomoya, amalunga nomnkantsha, futhi liyakwazi ukuqonda imicabango nemicabango yenhliziyo (Heb 4:12).
Amandla ezwi Lakhe, eqiniso, afinyelela ekujuleni komphefumulo futhi akhulume nonembeza lapho sehlukanisa khona okuhle nokubi. Futhi lapho, impi iqala noma iphela. Lapho, umphefumulo ulamukela iqiniso, noma uyalenqaba; ubonisa ukuthobeka, noma ukuzidla.
Kodwa namuhla, bambalwa abesilisa nabesifazane abayohosha inkemba enjalo ngokwesaba ukuthi bangase baqondwe kabi, benqatshwe, bangathandwa, noma babe ababhidlizi ‘bokuthula. Futhi izindleko zalokhu kuthula zingabalwa emiphefumulweni.
IYINI INHLOSO YETHU FUTHI?
Umsebenzi Omkhulu weBandla (Math 28:18-20) awukona ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni, kodwa ukuletha iqiniso ezizweni.
Ukhona ukuze ashumayele… —I-POPE PAUL VI, Evangelii nuntiandi,n. 24
Kodwa linda, ungase uthi, izingelosi azizange yini zimemezele ekuzalweni kukaKristu: "Udumo kuNkulunkulu kweliphezulu, nokuthula kubantu abathanda okuhle na? (Luk 2:14). Yebo, bakwenza. Kodwa hlobo luni lokuthula?
Ukuthula ngikushiya kinina; ukuthula kwami nginipha khona. Angininiki njengokupha kwezwe. ( Johane 14:27 )
Akukhona ukuthula kwaleli zwe, okwenziwa “ngokubekezelelana” okuyinkohliso. Akukhona ukuthula okukhiqizwa lapho iqiniso nobulungisa kunikelwa khona ukuze kwenziwe zonke izinto “zilingane.” Akukhona ukuthula lapho izidalwa, emizamweni yokuba “nobuntu,” zinikezwe amalungelo amaningi kunomuntu, umphathi wazo. Lokhu kungukuthula okungamanga. Ukuntuleka kokungqubuzana akulona ngempela uphawu lokuthula. Empeleni kungase kube isithelo sokulawula nokukhohlisa, sokuhlanekezelwa kobulungisa. Yonke imiklomelo yokuthula kanobel emhlabeni ayikwazi ukukhiqiza ukuthula ngaphandle kwamandla neqiniso leNkosi yokuthula.
IQINISO—NGAZO ZONKE Izindleko
Cha, bafowethu nodadewethu, asibizelwanga ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni, emadolobheni ethu, amakhaya ethu ngazo zonke izindlela—kufanele silethe iqiniso ngazo zonke izindleko. Ukuthula esikulethayo, ukuthula kukaKristu, kuyisithelo sokubuyisana noNkulunkulu nokuhambisana nentando Yakhe. Iza ngeqiniso lomuntu, iqiniso lokuthi siyizoni ezigqilazwe isono. Iqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu uyasithanda, futhi ulethe ubulungisa beqiniso ngesiphambano. Iqiniso ngamunye wethu alidingayo ukuba azikhethele ngokwakhe ukuthola isithelo salokhu kulunga—insindiso—ngokuphenduka, kanye nokholo othandweni nomusa kaNkulunkulu. Iqiniso elivela kamuva, njengamacembe erose, ngobuningi bezimfundiso, imfundiso yenkolo yokuziphatha, amaSakramente, kanye nezenzo zomusa. Kufanele silethe leli qiniso emhlabeni ngazo zonke izindlela. Kanjani?
... ngobumnene nangenhlonipho. (Funda eyoku-1 Petru 3:16.)
Sekuyisikhathi sokuhosha inkemba yakho, Mkristu—isikhathi esiphezulu. Kodwa yazi lokhu: kungase kukulahlekisele isithunzi sakho, ukuthula ekhaya lakho, ebandleni lakho, futhi yebo, mhlawumbe kulahlekise ukuphila kwakho.
Labo abaphonsela inselelo lobu buqaba obusha babhekene nenketho enzima. Kuphakathi kokuthi bavumelana nalefilosofi noma babhekene nethemba lokufel 'ukholo. —Fr. UJohn Hardon (1914-2000), Ungaba Kanjani UmKatolika Oqotho Namuhla? Ngokwethembeka KuMbhishobhi WaseRoma; www.halanagce.com
Iqiniso… ngazo zonke izindlela. Ngoba ekugcineni, Iqiniso ngumuntu, futhi Ufanele ukuvikela, ngenkathi nangaphandle, kuze kube sekugcineni!
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Okthoba 9, 2009.
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