Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Okthoba 4, 2010.
Bathandekayo abasha, iNkosi ikucela ukuba nibe ngabaprofethi balonyaka omusha… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, Ngasekhaya, Usuku Lomhlaba Wentsha, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008
Ngifisa ukukhuluma kabanzi ngale 'nkathi entsha' noma inkathi ezayo. Kepha ngifuna ukuma isikhashana ngibonge uNkulunkulu, idwala lethu, nesiphephelo sethu. Ngoba ngesihe saKhe, ngokwazi ubuthakathaka bemvelo yomuntu, usinike a eziphathekayo itshe lokuma phezu kwalo, iBandla laKhe. UMoya othenjisiwe uyaqhubeka nokuhola futhi embule amaqiniso ajulile aleyo diphozi yokholo Ayiphathise abaPhostoli, futhi eqhubeka nokudluliswa nanamuhla ngabalandelayo. Asilahliwe! Asishiywanga ukuthi sithole iqiniso sisodwa. INkosi iyakhuluma, futhi ikhuluma ngokusobala ngeBandla Layo, noma ngabe inesibazi futhi ilimele.
INkosi uJehova ayenzi lutho ingambulanga icebo layo ezincekwini zayo, abaprofethi. Ingonyama ibhonga — — ngubani ongeke esabe! INkosi uNkulunkulu iyakhuluma — ukuthi ngubani ongeke aprofethe! (Amose 3: 8)
IMINYAKA YOKHOLO
Ngenkathi ngizindla ngalesi sikhathi esisha esizayo uBaba beSonto abakhuluma ngaso, kwafika amazwi kaSt Paul:
Ngakho-ke ukholo, ithemba, uthando kusala, lokhu kokuthathu; kepha okukhulu kulokho luthando (1 Kor 13:13).
Ngemuva kokuwa kuka-Adamu no-Eva, kwaqala i- Iminyaka Yokholo. Lokhu kungabonakala kungajwayelekile ukusho ekuqaleni selokhu kwamenyezelwa ukuthi siyikho “Sisindiswe ngomusa ngokukholwa” (Efe 2: 8) bekungeke kuze kufike ukuthunywa kukaMesiya. Kepha kusukela ngesikhathi sokuwa kuze kufike ukufika kukaKristu okokuqala, uBaba wayelokhu emema abantu Bakhe ebudlelwaneni besivumelwano sokholo ngokulalela, njengoba kwakhulunywa ngumprofethi uHabbakuk:
… Olungileyo, uyakuphila ngokukholwa kwakhe. (Hab. 2: 4)
Ngasikhathi sinye, Wayekhombisa ubuze bemisebenzi yabantu, njengokuhlabela isilwane nezinye izinto zomthetho wesiHeberu. 
Okwakubaluleke kakhulu kuNkulunkulu kwakungezabo ukholo—Isisekelo sokubuyisa ubuhlobo Naye.
Ukholo ukugcwaliseka kwalokho okulindelwe kanye nobufakazi bezinto ezingabonwayo… Kepha ngaphandle kokholo akwenzeki ukumthokozisa… Ngokholo uNowa, waxwayiswa ngalokho okwakungakabonwa, ngenhlonipho wakha umkhumbi wokusindisa indlu yakhe. Ngalokhu walahla umhlaba futhi wadla ifa lokulunga okuza ngokukholwa. (Heb 11: 1, 6-7)
USt. Paul uyaqhubeka, esahlukweni sonke seshumi nanye samaHeberu, echaza ukuthi ukulunga kuka-Abrahama, uJakobe, uJoseph, uMose, uGideyoni, uDavida, njll. Kwavunyelwa kanjani kubo ngenxa ukholo.
Kepha bonke laba, noma bevunyelwe ngenxa yokholo lwabo, abakutholanga okwakuthenjisiwe. UNkulunkulu wayesibonele kusengaphambili okungcono ngathi, ukuze ngaphandle kwethu bangenziwa baphelele. (Heb 11: 39-40)
INkathi Yokholo, ngaleso sikhathi, yayiyi- ukulindela noma imbewu yonyaka olandelayo, i- Iminyaka Yethemba.
IMINYAKA YETHEMBA
“Okungcono” okwakubalindile kwakuwukuzalwa kabusha okungokomoya komuntu, ukufika kombuso kaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi enhliziyweni yomuntu.
Ukufeza intando kaYise, uKristu wethula uMbuso wezulu emhlabeni. ISonto “ukuBusa KukaKristu osekuvele kumfihlakalo.” -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, 763
Kepha bekuzobiza ngoba umthetho wesono ubusuvele uqalile ukusebenza:
Ngokuba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa….
UNkulunkulu, ngesenzo sothando esikhulu kunazo zonke, wakhokha inkokhelo uqobo Lwakhe. Kodwa uJesu wadla ukufa esiphambanweni! Okubukeka kumnqoba 
yagwinywa yona ethuneni. Wenza lokho uMose no-Abraham no David abakwazanga ukukwenza: Wavuka kwabafileyo, ngaleyondlela wanqoba ukufa ngokufa ngomhlatshelo Wakhe ongenabala. Ekuvukeni Kwakhe, uJesu waqondisa kabusha imisinga yokufa ebulalayo isuka emasangweni esihogo iye emasangweni ezulu. Ithemba elisha yilokhu: ukuthi lokho umuntu ayekuvumele ngentando yakhe yokuzikhethela — ukufa — manje kwase kuyindlela entsha eya kuNkulunkulu ngePassion yeNkosi Yethu.
Ubumnyama obethusayo balelo hora bukhombisa ukuphela "kwesenzo sokuqala" sendalo, sidonswa yisono. Kwakungathi ukunqoba ukufa, ukunqoba kobubi. Esikhundleni salokho, ngenkathi ithuna lilele kuthule cwaka, icebo losindiso lalifinyelela ekugcwalisekeni kwalo, futhi "indalo entsha" yayisizoqala. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Umlayezo we-Urbi et Orbi, NgeSonto lePhasika, ngomhlaka 15 Ephreli 2001
Noma manje "siyindalo entsha" kuKristu, kunjengokungathi le ndalo entsha ibikhona wakhulelwa kunokuba kwakheke ngokuphelele futhi azalwe. Impilo entsha manje kungenzeka ngeSiphambano, kepha kuhlala esintwini ukuthi ukuthola lesi sipho ngokholo futhi ngaleyo ndlela ukhulelwe le mpilo entsha. “Isizalo” yisakhiwo sobhapathizo; “imbewu” yiZwi laKhe; kanye neyethu fiat, yebo wethu ngokukholwa, "iqanda" elilindele ukukhulelwa. Ukuphila okusha okuvela ngaphakathi kwethu nguKristu uqobo:
Awazi yini ukuthi uJesu Kristu uphakathi kwakho? (2 Kor 13: 5)
Futhi ngenxa yalokho sisho kufanele ngoSt. Paul: “Ngoba ngethemba sasindiswa”(Rom 8:24). Sithi “themba” ngoba, noma sesihlengiwe, asikapheleliswa. Asikwazi ukusho ngokuqiniseka ukuthi “akuseyimi ophilayo, kodwa nguKristu ophila kimi”(Gal 2: 20). Le mpilo entsha iqukethwe “ezitsheni zobumba” zobuthakathaka bomuntu. Sisalwa nokulwa "nekhehla" elisidonsayo futhi lisibuyisele emuva emhosheni wokufa futhi limelane nokuba yindalo entsha.
… Kufanele nilahle ubuntu obudala bendlela yenu yokuphila yangaphambili, bonakaliswe yizifiso ezikhohlisayo, futhi nenziwe basha emoyeni wezingqondo zenu, nigqoke umuntu omusha, owadalwa ngendlela kaNkulunkulu ngokulunga nangobungcwele beqiniso. (Efe 4: 22-24)
Ngakho-ke, ubhapathizo luyisiqalo nje. Uhambo esibelethweni manje selufanele luqhubeke kuyo kanye le ndlela uKristu ayembula: Indlela Yesiphambano. UJesu wakubeka ngokujule kangaka:
… Ngaphandle kokuthi uhlamvu lukakolweni luwele phansi lufe, luhlala luwuhlamvu nje lukakolweni; kodwa uma ifa, ithela izithelo eziningi. (Johane 12:24)
Ukuze ngibe yilokho enginguye ngempela kuKristu, kufanele ngishiye ngemuva engingeyona. Kuluhambo ku ubumnyama yesibeletho, ngakho-ke luhambo lokholo nomzabalazo… kepha ithemba.
… Sithwele njalo emzimbeni wethu ukufa kukaJesu, ukuze impilo kaJesu ibonakaliswe nasemzimbeni wethu… Ngokuba ngenkathi sikulelo tende siyabubula futhi siyasindwa, ngoba asifisi ukungagqokiwe kepha gqokani ukugqoka, ukuze okufayo kugwinywe yimpilo. (2 Kor 4:10, 2 Kor 5: 4)
Siyabubula ngokuzalwa! Umama weSonto uyabubula ukuzala abangcwele!
Bantwana bami, engibuye ngiphange ngenxa yabo, aze uKristu abunjwe kini. (Gal 4:19)
Njengoba sivuselelwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu uqobo, onguye ukuthanda, umuntu angasho ukuthi yonke indalo ilindele i- ngokugcwele isambulo soThando:
Ngoba indalo ilindele ngokulangazela okukhulu ukwambulwa kwabantwana bakaNkulunkulu… Siyazi ukuthi yonke indalo ibubula ngezinhlungu zokubeletha kuze kube manje… (Rom 8: 19-22)
Ngakho-ke, i-Age of Hope nayo iyinkathi ye- ukulindela kokulandelayo... an Iminyaka Yothando.
IMINYAKA YOTHANDO
UNkulunkulu, ocebile ngesihawu, ngenxa yothando olukhulu ayenalo ngathi, noma safa ngeziphambeko zethu, wasivusa kanye noKristu (ngomusa usindisiwe), wasivusa kanye naye, sahlala phansi nathi naye emazulwini kuKristu Jesu, lokho ezikhathini ezizayo ukuze abonise ingcebo engenakulinganiswa yomusa wakhe ngomusa wakhe kithina kuKristu Jesu. (Efe 2: 4-7)
"… Ezikhathini ezizayo…“, Kusho uSt. ISonto lokuqala laqala ukubona ukubekezela kukaNkulunkulu njengoba ukubuya kukaJesu kwakubonakala kubambezelekile (cf. 2 Pt 3: 9) futhi abakholwa nabo baqala ukudlula. USt. Peter, umalusi omkhulu weSonto lamaKrestu, ngaphansi kokuphefumulelwa nguMoya oNgcwele, wakhuluma izwi eliqhubeka nokondla izimvu kuze kube namuhla:
… Ungalinaki leli qiniso elilodwa, bathandekayo, lokuthi eNkosini usuku olulodwa lunjengeminyaka eyinkulungwane neminyaka eyinkulungwane injengosuku olulodwa. (2 Pet. 3: 8)
Ngempela, "isenzo sesibili" sendalo akusona esokugcina. KwakunguJohn Paul II owabhala ukuthi manje “siwela umkhawulo 
ithemba. ” Kuya kuphi? Ku Iminyaka ka-Lovngu…
… Okukhulu kulokho luthando… (1 Kor 13:13)
Njengabantu eSontweni, siyakhulelwa, sizifela thina, futhi sikhuliselwe impilo entsha kuwo wonke la makhulu eminyaka. Kepha iSonto lilonke lisemsebenzini. Futhi kufanele alandele uKristu kusukela ebusika obude bamakhulu eminyaka amuva kuze kufike “entwasahlobo entsha.”
Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iSonto kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi… ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela khona iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuVukeni kwalo. -CCC, 675, 677
Kepha njengoba uSt. Paul esikhumbuza, siba "aguqulwa asuke enkazimulweni aye enkazimulweni”(2 Kor 3:18), njengengane ekhula kusuka esigabeni kuya esigabeni esiswini sikanina. Ngakho-ke, sifunda eNcwadini yeSambulo ukuthi “owesifazane embethe ilanga, ” lowo uPapa Benedict athi uwuphawu lwazo zombili iMary and Mother Church…
… Wakhala kakhulu ngezinhlungu njengoba wayesebenza kanzima ukuba abelethe. (IsAm 12: 2)
Lo “mntwana wesilisa” ozovela kwaba ”okumiselwe ukubusa zonke izizwe ngenduku yensimbi. ” Kodwa-ke uSt. John uyabhala,
Ingane yakhe yathathwa yaya kuNkulunkulu nasesihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. (12: 5)
Impela, lokhu kubhekiswe ekukhuphukeni kukaKristu. Kepha khumbula, uJesu unomzimba, a Umzimba ongaqondakali ukuzalwa! Ingane ezozalwa ngeNkathi Yothando, ngakho-ke, ingu "Kristu wonke," uKristu "ovuthiwe," okungukuthi:
… Size sonke sifinyelele ebunyeni bokholo kanye nolwazi lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ebudodeni obuvuthiwe, kuze kube sesilinganisweni esigcwele sikaKristu. (Efe 4:13)
ENkathini Yothando, iSonto ekugcineni lizofinyelela “ekuvuthweni.” Intando kaNkulunkulu kuzoba ukuphatha kwempilo (isib. “Induku yensimbi”) kusukela uJesu athi, “Uma nigcina imiyalo yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami ” (Johane 15:10).
Lokhu kuzinikela [eNhliziyweni Engcwele} bekungumzamo wokugcina wothando lwaKhe azolunika abantu kule minyaka yokugcina, ukuze abakhiphe embusweni kaSathane, ayefisa ukuwuchitha, ngaleyo ndlela abangenise inkululeko emnandi yokubusa kothando Lwakhe, ayefisa ukuyibuyisa ezinhliziyweni zabo bonke labo okufanele bakwamukele lokhu kuzinikela.—USt. UMargaret Mary,www.smegwebazine.com
Imicu yomvini namagatsha izofinyelela kuzo zonke izindawo ezisogwini (cf. u-Isaya 42: 4)…
ISonto lamaKatolika, elingumbuso kaKristu emhlabeni, kulindeleke ukuba lisatshalaliswe phakathi kwabo bonke abantu nezizwe zonke… —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ama-Quas Primas, Encyclical, n. 12, Disemba 11, 1925
… Neziphrofetho ezinde ezabikezelwa maqondana namaJuda nazo zizofezeka ngoba nazo zizoba yingxenye ka "Kristu wonke":
“Ukufakwa ngokuphelele” kwamaJuda ekusindisweni kukaMesiya, ngemuva “kwenani eliphelele labezizwe”, kuzokwenza Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bakwazi ukuthola “isilinganiso sobukhulu bokugcwala kukaKristu”, lapho “ UNkulunkulu angaba yikho konke kubo bonke ”. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 674
Emingceleni yesikhathi, omkhulu kule minyaka nguThando. Kepha futhi kuyinkathi ye- ukulindela lapho ekugcineni sizophumula ezandleni Zothando Olungunaphakade… ku Isikhathi Saphakade Sothando.
Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, owathi ngomusa wakhe omkhulu wasizala kabusha; ukuzalwa kube yithemba elidonsa impilo yalo ekuvukeni kukaJesu Kristu kwabafileyo; ukuzalwa kwefa elingenakonakala, elingakwazi ukubuna noma ukungcola, eligcinelwa ezulwini nina enilondolozwe ngamandla kaNkulunkulu ngokukholwa; ukuzalwa kwensindiso ekulungele ukwambulwa ngezinsuku zokugcina. (1 Pet. 1: 3-5)
Isikhathi sesifikile sokuphakamisa uMoya oNgcwele emhlabeni… Ngifisa ukuthi le nkathi yokugcina ingcweliswe ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu kuloMoya oNgcwele… Yithuba lakhe, kuyisikhathi saKhe, ukunqoba kothando eBandleni Lami endaweni yonke. —UJesu Ngokuya Kubonakale María Concepción Cabrera de Armida; UFr. UMarie-Michel Philipon, UConchita: IDayari kaMoya kaMoya, k. 195-196
Isikhathi sesifikile lapho umlayezo we-Divine Mercy ukwazi ukugcwalisa izinhliziyo ngethemba futhi ube yinhlansi yempucuko entsha: impucuko yothando. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, eHomily, eKrakow, ePoland, ngo-Agasti 18, 2002; www.v Vatican.va
Ah ndodakazi yami, lesi sidalwa sihlala sigijimisana kakhulu nokubi. Mangaki amacebo wencithakalo abalungiselela! Bazofinyelela kude ukuze bazikhandlele ebubini. Kepha ngenkathi bematasa ngokuhamba indlela yabo, Ngizohlala mathupha ngokugcwaliswa kanye nokugcwaliseka Kwami I-Fiat Voluntas Tua (“Intando yakho mayenziwe”) ukuze intando Yami ibuse emhlabeni-kepha ngendlela entsha. Ah yebo, ngifuna ukudida umuntu othandweni! Ngakho-ke, lalelisisa. Ngifuna ukuba nami ngilungiselele le Era ye-Celestial and Divine Divine… —UJesu waya Encekwini KaNkulunkulu, uLuisa Piccarreta, Imibhalo Yesandla, Feb 8th, 1921; kucashunwe kusuka Ubukhazikhazi bendalo, UMfu Joseph Iannuzzi, ikhasi 80
… Nsuku zonke emthandazweni kaBaba Wethu sicela iNkosi: “Intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini” (Math 6:10)…. siyabona ukuthi “izulu” kulapho intando kaNkulunkulu yenziwa khona, nokuthi “umhlaba” uba “yizulu” —eyi, indawo yobukhona bothando, ubuhle, iqiniso nebuhle bukaNkulunkulu — kuphela uma emhlabeni intando kaNkulunkulu yenziwe. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Izethameli Ezijwayelekile, ngoFebhuwari 1, 2012, eVatican City
UNkulunkulu uthanda bonke abesilisa nabesifazane emhlabeni futhi ubanikeza ithemba lesikhathi esisha, inkathi yokuthula. Uthando Lwakhe, olwembulwe ngokugcwele eNdodaneni Eyinyama, luyisisekelo sokuthula komhlaba wonke. —U-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo kaPapa John Paul II Wokugubha USuku Lomhlaba Lomhlaba Lokuthula, Januwari 1, 2000
Kepha nalobu busuku emhlabeni bukhombisa izimpawu ezicacile zokusa okuzayo, kosuku olusha oluthola ukwanga kwelanga elisha nelikhazimula ngokwengeziwe… Emindenini, ubusuku bokunganaki nokuphola kumele bunikeze ilanga lothando. Emafemini, emadolobheni, ezizweni, emazweni okungaqondani nenzondo ubusuku kufanele bukhule bukhanye njengelanga, nox sicut die illuminabitur, umbango uyophela futhi kube nokuthula. — UPOPE PIUX XII, U-Urbi et Orbi ikheli, Mashi 2nd, 1957; v Vatican.va
Sengathi kungakhanya kuwo wonke umuntu isikhathi sokuthula nenkululeko, isikhathi seqiniso, sobulungiswa kanye nethemba. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, umyalezo weRadio, iVatican City, ngo-1981
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