Owesifazane Wembethe ILanga, nguJohn Collier
NGOMKHOSI WENKOSIKAZI YETHU YE-GUADALUPE
Lokhu kubhala kuyinto engemuva ebalulekile kulokho engifuna ukukubhala ngokulandelayo ku "isilo". Opapa abathathu bokugcina (noBenedict XVI noJohn Paul II ikakhulukazi) bakhombise ngokusobala ukuthi siphila eNcwadini yeSambulo. Kodwa okokuqala, ngithole incwadi evela kumpristi omuhle osemusha:
Ngivame ukuphuthelwa okuthunyelwe kwe-Now Word. Ngithole ukubhala kwakho kulinganiswe kahle, kucwaningwe kahle, futhi kukhomba umfundi ngamunye entweni ebaluleke kakhulu: ukwethembeka kuKristu naseBandleni Lakhe. Ngokuhamba konyaka odlule ngike ngabhekana (angikwazi ukukuchaza ngempela) umqondo wokuthi siphila ezikhathini zokuphela (ngiyazi ubulokhu ubhala ngalokhu okwesikhashana kepha bekungokugcina kuphela unyaka nohhafu obekungishaya). Kunezimpawu eziningi kakhulu ezibonakala zikhomba ukuthi kukhona okuzokwenzeka. Okufanele kukhulekelwe uLoti ngalokhu kuqinisekile! Kepha umqondo ojulile ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuthembela nokusondela eNkosini nakumama wethu obusisiwe.
Okulandelayo kwashicilelwa okokuqala ngoNovemba 24, 2010…
ISAMBULO Izahluko 12 no-13 zicebile ngokufanekisa, zinobubanzi bencazelo, kangangokuba umuntu angabhala izincwadi ezihlola ama-engeli amaningana. Kepha lapha, ngifuna ukukhuluma ngalezi zahluko maqondana nezikhathi zanamuhla kanye nombono woFata oNgcwele wokuthi lemiBhalo ethile ibaluleke futhi ihlobana nosuku lwethu. (Uma ungazazi lezi zahluko ezimbili, kungakuhle ukuvuselelwa ngokushesha kokuqukethwe kwazo.)
Njengoba ngibonisile encwadini yami Ubuso bokugcina, INkosikazi yethu yaseGuadalupe yavela ngekhulu le-16 maphakathi ne- a isiko lokufa, isiko lama-Aztec lokunikela ngabantu. Ukubonakala kwakhe kwaholela ekuguqulweni kwezigidi enkolweni yamaKatolika, empeleni kwacindezela phansi isithende sakhe "isimo" esasiqhutshwa ukubulawa kwabamsulwa. Lokho kubonakala kwakuyi-microcosm futhi uphawu yalokho obekuza emhlabeni futhi manje okufinyelela emvuthwandaba ezikhathini zethu: isiko lokufa eliqhutshwa umbuso elisabalele umhlaba wonke.
IZIMPAWU EZIMBILI ZESIKHATHI SOKUPHELA
USt. Juan Diego uchaze ukubonakala kuka-Lady of Guadalupe:
… Izingubo zakhe zazicwebezela njengelanga, sengathi zithumela amaza okukhanya, futhi itshe, idwala ayemi kulo, kwabonakala sengathi likhipha imisebe. —USt. UJuan Diego, UNican Mopohua, UDon Antonio Valeriano (c. 1520-1605 AD,), n. 17-18
Lokhu, kunjalo, kuyafana neSamb 12: 1, “umfazi embethe ilanga. ” Futhi njengo-12: 2, wayekhulelwe.
Kodwa udrako naye uvela ngasikhathi sinye. USt. John ukhomba lo drako ngokuthi “inyoka yasendulo ebizwa ngoDeveli noSathane, owakhohlisa umhlaba wonke…”(12: 9). Lapha, uSt. John uchaza isimo sempi phakathi kowesifazane nodrako: kuyimpi yokulwa iqiniso, kuSathane “wakhohlisa umhlaba wonke… ”
ISAHLUKO 12: USATHANE OTHOBEKAYO
Kubalulekile ukuqonda umehluko phakathi kweSahluko 12 neSahluko 13 seSambulo, ngoba noma bechaza ngempi efanayo, baveza ukuqhubeka kobusathane.
UJesu wachaza isimo sikaSathane, wathi,
Wayengumbulali wabantu kwasekuqaleni… ungumqambimanga noyise wamanga. (Johane 8:44)
Ngokushesha nje emva kokubonakala kuka-Our Lady of Guadalupe, kwavela udrako, kodwa esimweni sakhe esijwayelekile, “njengomqambimanga”. Inkohliso yakhe yeza ngendlela ka ifilosofi eyiphutha (bheka iSahluko 7 se- Ubuso bokugcina lokho kuchaza ukuthi le nkohliso yaqala kanjani ngefilosofi ye deism okuyinto yathuthuka osukwini lwethu ku ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo ezingakholelwa kuNkulunkulu. Lokhu kudale i- ukuzimela lapho umhlaba ophathekayo ungokoqobo lokugcina, ngaleyo ndlela kuzala isiko lokufa elibhubhisa noma isiphi isithiyo enjabulweni yomuntu.) Ngesikhathi sakhe, uPapa Pius XI wabona izingozi zokholo oludikidiki, futhi waxwayisa ukuthi okuzayo kwakungekhona nje kuphela leli noma lelo zwe, kepha umhlaba wonke:
UmKhatholika ongaphili ngokweqiniso nangobuqotho ngokholo alushoyo ngeke ahlale ezilawula kulezi zinsuku lapho kuvunguza imimoya yezingxabano nokushushiswa okukhulu, kepha uzokhukhuleka angakwazi ukuzivikela kulozamcolo omusha osongela umhlaba . Futhi-ke, ngenkathi elungiselela incithakalo yakhe, wembula ukugcona lona kanye igama lomKristu. —I-POPE PIUS XI, I-Divini Redemptoris “KubuKhomanisi Obungakholelwa KuNkulunkulu”, n. 43; Mashi 19, 1937
Isahluko 12 seSambulo sichaza a ukubhekana ngokomoya, impi yezinhliziyo, eyalungiselelwa ukuqhekeka kabili ngekhulu lokuqala nengxenye yeSonto, yahluma ngekhulu le-16. Kuyimpi yokulwa ne- Iqiniso njengoba kufundiswe iSonto futhi kwahlakazwa yizazi eziyinkimbinkimbi nokucabanga okuyiphutha.
Lona wesifazane umele uMariya, uMama woMhlengi, kepha umele ngasikhathi sinye iBandla lonke, Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bazo zonke izikhathi, iBandla okuthi ngezikhathi zonke, elinobuhlungu obukhulu, liphinde lizale uKristu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI kubhekiswe kuMfu 12: 1; UCastel Gandolfo, e-Italy, u-AUG. 23, 2006; I-Zenit
UJohn Paul II unikeza umongo weSahluko 12 ngokwambula ukuthi uhlelo lukaSathane lube kanjani ukukhula kancane kancane nokwamukelwa kobubi emhlabeni:
Asikho isidingo sokwesaba ukubiza umenzeli wokuqala wobubi ngegama lakhe: Omubi. Isu alisebenzisile futhi aqhubeka nokulisebenzisa lelo lokungazivezi, ukuze okubi akufake kuye kwasekuqaleni kutholakale ukuthuthukiswa okuvela kumuntu uqobo, ezinhlelweni nakubudlelwano phakathi kwabantu, ezigabeni nezizwe — ukuze futhi sibe isono "esakhiwe" ngokwengeziwe, esingabonakali kangako njengesono "somuntu". Ngamanye amagama, ukuze umuntu azizwe ngomqondo othile ukuthi "ukhululiwe" esonweni kodwa ngasikhathi sinye acwiliswe ngokujulile kuso. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Incwadi Yabaphostoli, UDilecti Amici, “Kubasha Bomhlaba”,n. 15
Kungumgibe wokugcina: ukuba yizigqila ngaphandle kokukuqaphela ngokugcwele. Esimweni esinjalo senkohliso, imiphefumulo izovuma ukwamukela, njengokuhle okubonakalayo, okusha inkosi.
ISAHLUKO 13: ISILO ESIVUKAYO
Izahluko 12 no 13 zihlukaniswe ngomcimbi wokuthatha isinqumo, uhlobo oluthile lokuqhubeka nokuphulwa kwamandla kaSathane ngosizo lukaSt. Michael ingelosi enkulu lapho uSathane ephonswa esuka “ezulwini” aphonswa “emhlabeni”. Cishe ithwala bobabili ubukhulu bokomoya (bheka Ukukhipha amadlozi kweSilo) nobukhulu bomzimba (bona Icala Leminyaka Eyisikhombisa - Ingxenye IV.)
Akukona ukuphela kwamandla akhe, kepha ukugxila kwawo. Ngakho-ke amandla aguquka ngokuzumayo. USathane akasazifihli ngemuva kobuhlakani bakhe namanga (ngoba “uyazi ukuthi unesikhathi esifushane”[12:12]), kepha manje wembula ubuso bakhe njengoba uJesu emchaza: a “Umbulali. ” Isiko lokufa, kuze kube manje lifihlwe “amalungelo abantu” kanye "nokubekezelelana" lizothathwa linikezwe lowo uSt. John amchaza "njengesilo" ngokwayo ukunquma ukuthi ubani onamalungelo esintu futhi ubani it 'izobekezelela.'
Ngemiphumela ebuhlungu, inqubo ende yomlando ifinyelela ekuguqukeni. Inqubo eyake yaholela ekutholeni umqondo “wamalungelo abantu” —amalungelo atholakala kuwo wonke umuntu nangaphambi kwanoma yimuphi umthetho-sisekelo noMbuso — namuhla imakwe ngokuphikisana okumangazayo. Empeleni esikhathini lapho amalungelo angenakuvinjelwa omuntu amenyezelwa ngokuqinile futhi nenani lempilo liqinisekiswa esidlangalaleni, ilungelo lokuphila liyenqatshwa noma linyathelwe, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuphila: umzuzu wokuzalwa kanye umzuzu wokufa… Nakhu okwenzekayo futhi nasezingeni lezepolitiki kanye nohulumeni: ilungelo lokuqala nelingenakuphikwa lempilo liyabuzwa noma liyanqatshwa ngesisekelo sevoti lephalamende noma intando yengxenye eyodwa yabantu — noma ngabe intando yeningi. Lokhu kungumphumela omubi wobumbano olubusa ngaphandle kokuphikiswa: "ilungelo" liyayeka ukuba njalo, ngoba alisasekelwa ngokuqinile kwisithunzi somuntu esingaphunyuki, kepha lenziwa lithobele intando yengxenye enamandla. Ngale ndlela intando yeningi, ephikisana nemigomo yayo, ihamba ngempumelelo ifike ohlotsheni lobushiqela. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli Lokuphila",n. 18, 20
Yimpi enkulu phakathi "kwesiko lempilo" kanye "nesiko lokufa":
Lo mzabalazo ufana nempi yokubhubhisa echazwe ku- [IsAm 11: 19-12: 1-6, 10 empini phakathi "kowesifazane owembethe ilanga" kanye "nodrako"]. Izimpi zokufa ezilwa nokuPhila: “isiko lokufa” lifuna ukuzibophezela esifisweni sethu sokuphila, futhi siphile ngokugcwele… Imikhakha emikhulu yomphakathi ididekile ngokuthi yini elungile nengalungile, futhi isemseni walabo amandla "okudala" umbono nokuwufaka kwabanye. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, eCherry Creek State Park Homily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993
UPapa Benedict naye uvusa isahluko seshumi nambili sesAmbulo njengokugcwaliseka ezikhathini zethu.
Inyoka… ikhiphe isifufula samanzi siphume emlonyeni wayo ngemuva kokuba owesifazane eyikhukhulele ngamandla ... (Isambulo 12:15)
Le mpi esizithola kuyo… [silwa] namandla abhubhisa umhlaba, kukhulunywa ngayo esahlukweni 12 seSambulo… Kuthiwa udrako uqondisa umfula omkhulu wamanzi kulowo wesifazane obalekayo, ukumshanela… ngicabanga ukuthi kulula ukuhumusha lokho okumelwe ngumfula: yila maqhuqhuva abusa wonke umuntu, futhi afuna ukuqeda ukholo lweBandla, olubukeka lungenandawo yokuma phambi kwamandla ale misinga eziphoqa njengeyona kuphela indlela yokucabanga, ukuphela kwendlela yokuphila. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, umhlangano wokuqala wesigungu esikhethekile eMiddle East, ngo-Okthoba 10, 2010
Lo mzabalazo ugcine usungena esikhundleni sokubusa "kwesilo" esizoba sobandlululo lomhlaba jikelele. UJohn uyabhala:
Udrako walinika amandla alo nesihlalo sobukhosi, kanye negunya elikhulu. (IsAm 13: 2)
Nakhu okushiwo ngubaba oNgcwele ngobuhlakani: lesi sihlalo sobukhosi sakhiwe kancane kancane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kusuka ezintweni zokuhlubuka ngaphansi kwesitatimende esithi "ukukhanyiselwa kwengqondo" nokubonisana ngaphandle ukholo.
Ngeshwa, ukumelana noMoya oNgcwele okugcizelelwa nguSt. Paul ebangeni elingaphakathi nelingaphansi njengokungezwani, umzabalazo nokuhlubuka okwenzeka enhliziyweni yomuntu, kutholakala kuzo zonke izinkathi zomlando futhi ikakhulukazi esikhathini samanje ubukhulu bangaphandle, okuthatha ifomu likakhonkolo njengokuqukethwe kwamasiko nempucuko, njenge uhlelo lwefilosofi, umbono, uhlelo lokusebenza kanye nokwakheka kokuziphatha komuntu. Ifinyelela ekuchazeni kwayo okucacile ngokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, kokubili ngesimo sayo sethiyori: njengohlelo lokucabanga, nangendlela elisebenza ngayo: njengendlela yokuhumusha nokuhlaziya amaqiniso, futhi kanjalo uhlelo lokuziphatha okuhambisanayo. Uhlelo oluthuthukise kakhulu futhi lwaholela emiphumeleni yalo eyedlulele lolu hlobo lomcabango, umbono kanye ne-praxis luyinto ethanda ukuvela futhi engokomlando, esaziwa njengomsuka obalulekile weMarxism. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Dominum et Vivificantem, hhayi. 56
Lokhu yikho kanye okuxwayiswe nguMama wethu kaFatima ukuthi kuzokwenzeka:
Uma izicelo zami zilalelwa, iRussia izoguqulwa, futhi kube nokuthula; uma kungenjalo, uzosabalalisa amaphutha akhe emhlabeni wonke, abangele izimpi nokushushiswa kweSonto. -Nkosikazi wethu waseFatima, Umyalezo kaFatima, www.vatican.va
Ukwamukelwa kancane kancane kwamanga kuholela ohlelweni lwangaphandle oluqinisekisa lokhu kuhlubuka kwangaphakathi. Ngenkathi eyiPrefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, uKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger wakhomba ekutheni lezi zici zangaphandle zithathe kanjani isimo sobushiqela ngenhloso isilawuli.
… Iminyaka yethu ibone ukuzalwa kwezindlela zobushiqela kanye nezinhlobo zobushiqela obekungeke kwenzeke ngesikhathi ngaphambi kokudlulela phambili kwezobuchwepheshe… Namuhla isilawuli kungangena empilweni yangaphakathi yabantu, futhi nezindlela zokuncika ezenziwe yizinhlelo zokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi zingamela izinsongo ezingaba khona zengcindezelo. -Cardinal Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Imiyalelo yenkululeko yobuKristu nenkululeko,n. 14
Bangaki abantu namuhla abemukela ukwephulwa “kwamalungelo” abo ngenxa yokuphepha (njengokuhambisa imisebe eyingozi noma “ukuhlaselwa okuthuthukile” ezikhumulweni zezindiza)? Kepha uSt. John uyaxwayisa, kuyi- bamanga ukuphepha.
Bakhonza udrako ngoba wanika isilo amandla aso; bakhonza isilo, bathi: “Ngubani ongalingana nesilo, ngubani ongalwa naso na?” Isilo sasinikwa umlomo washo ukuzikhukhumeza nokuhlambalaza, sanikwa igunya lokusebenza izinyanga ezingamashumi amane nambili. (IsAm 13: 4-5)
Lapho abantu bethi, “Ukuthula nokuhlala kahle,” khona inhlekelele engazelelwe ifika phezu kwabo, njengezinhlungu zokubeletha owesifazane okhulelweyo, abasoze baphunyuka. (1 Thes. 5: 3)
Futhi ngaleyondlela sibona namuhla ukuthi kanjani I-chaos emnothweni, ekusimeni kwezepolitiki, kanye nokuphepha kwamazwe omhlaba kungenzeka kube kuvule indlela i-oda elisha ukuvuka. Uma abantu belambile futhi besatshiswa yiziyaluyalu zomphakathi nezamazwe omhlaba, nakanjani bazophendukela kuhulumeni ukuze babasize. 
Lokho-ke, kungokwemvelo futhi kulindelekile. Inkinga namuhla ngukuthi umbuso awusamhloniphi uNkulunkulu noma imithetho Yakhe njengengaphenduki. Ukuhleleka kokuziphatha ushintsha ngokushesha isimo sezepolitiki, isishayamthetho, futhi ngenxa yalokho, umbono wethu weqiniso. Ayisekho indawo kaNkulunkulu ezweni lanamuhla, futhi lokho kunemiphumela emibi ngekusasa noma ngabe izixazululo zesikhashana nje zingavela zinengqondo.
Othile ungibuze muva nje ukuthi ngabe I-RFID chip, manje esingafakwa ngaphansi kwesikhumba, "uphawu lwesilo" oluchazwe eSahlukweni 13: 16-17 seSambulo njengendlela yokulawula ezentengiselwano. Mhlawumbe umbuzo kaKhadinali Ratzinger kwi-Instruction yakhe, owavunywa nguJohn Paul II ngo-1986, ubaluleke kakhulu kunakuqala:
Noma ngubani onobuchwepheshe unamandla phezu komhlaba nabantu. Njengomphumela walokhu, kuze kube manje, izinhlobo ezingaziwa zokungalingani sezivele phakathi kwalabo abanolwazi nalabo abasebenzisa kalula ubuchwepheshe. Amandla amasha ezobuchwepheshe axhumene namandla ezomnotho futhi aholela ku ukuhlushwa kuwo… angavinjelwa kanjani amandla ezobuchwepheshe ekubeni abe ngamandla okucindezela amaqembu abantu noma abantu bonke? -Cardinal Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Imiyalelo yenkululeko yobuKristu nenkululeko,n. 12
IBHEKI ELIKHUBEKAYO
Kuyathakazelisa ukuphawula ukuthi eSahlukweni 12, udrako ulandela owesifazane kepha akakwazi ukumcekela phansi. Unikwa “amaphiko amabili
ukhozi olukhulu,”Uphawu lokuhlinzekwa nguNkulunkulu nokuvikelwa nguNkulunkulu. Impikiswano esahlukweni 12 iphakathi kweqiniso namanga. Futhi uJesu wathembisa ukuthi iqiniso lizonqoba:
… UnguPetru, futhi phezu kwaleli dwala ngizokwakha ibandla lami, futhi amandla okufa ngeke alinqobe. (Math 16:18)
Futhi, udrako ukhipha isifufula, a uzamcolo “wamanzi” —amafilosofi ezinto ezibonakalayo, imibono yobuqaba, kanye ukusebenzelana nemimoya-Ukushanela owesifazane. Kepha futhi, uyasizwa (12:16). ISonto alinakubhujiswa, ngakho-ke, liyisithiyo, isikhubekiso ohlelweni lomhlaba olusha olufuna “ukubumba ukuziphatha komuntu” kanye “nokulawula” “ngokungena empilweni yangaphakathi yabantu.” Ngakho-ke, iSonto kumele libe…
… Walwa esebenzisa izindlela nezindlela ezifanele kunazo zonke kuye ngezimo zesikhathi nendawo, ukuze aqedwe emphakathini nasenhliziyweni yomuntu. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Dominum et Vivificantem, hhayi. 56
USathane ufuna ukumchitha ngoba…
… ISonto, ngokwesimo senhlalo nezombusazwe, "liyisibonakaliso futhi qapha ubukhulu obungaphezulu kobuntu bomuntu. —I-Vatican II, IGaudium et spes, hhayi. 76
Kodwa-ke, eSahlukweni 13, sifunde ukuthi isilo enza nqoba abangcwele:
Lavunyelwa futhi ukulwa nabangcwele futhi libanqobe, lanikwa igunya phezu kwazo zonke izinhlanga, abantu, izilimi nezizwe. (IsAm 13: 7)
Lokhu kuzovela, ekuboneni kokuqala, njengokuphikisana neSambulo 12 nokuvikelwa okunikezwe owesifazane. Kodwa-ke, lokho uJesu akuthembisa ukuthi iBandla Lakhe, uMlobokazi Wakhe kanye noMzimba Oyimfihlakalo ngokubambisana nqoba kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi. Kepha njengoba amalungu ngamanye, singase sishushiswe, kuze kube sekufeni.
Ngemuva kwalokho bazokunikela ekushushisweni, futhi bazokubulala. (Math 24: 9)
Ngisho namabandla wonke noma izifunda-bhishobhi zizonyamalala ekushushisweni kwesilo:
… Izinti zezibani eziyisikhombisa ngamabandla ayisikhombisa…
Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Uma kungenjalo, ngizoza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke.
(IsAm. 1:20; 2: 5)
Lokho uKristu akuthembisayo ukuthi iBandla Lakhe lizoba khona ngaso sonke isikhathi kwenye indawo emhlabeni, noma ngabe isimo salo sangaphandle sicindezelwe.
IZIKHATHI ZOKULUNGISELELA
Futhi-ke, njengoba izibonakaliso zezikhathi zivela ngokushesha phambi kwethu, zinikezwe konke lokho oFata abaNgcwele abaqhubeka nokusho ngezinsuku zethu, senza kahle ngokwazi okwenzekayo. Ngibhalile mayelana I-Tsunami Yokuziphatha, lowo olungiselele indlela yesiko lokufa. Kepha kuyeza a I-Tsunami Engokomoya, futhi lokhu kungalungisa kahle indlela yokuba isiko lokufa libe yinyama ku a isilo.
Ukulungiselela kwethu-ke akusiyo eyokwakha izindlu ezingaphansi komhlaba nokugcina iminyaka yokudla, kepha kwaba njengalowo wesifazane weSambulo, lowo wesifazane waseGuadalupe, owathi ngokukholwa kwakhe, ngokuthobeka, nangokulalela, wehla izinqaba, wachitha ikhanda inyoka. Namuhla, isithombe sakhe sihlala simile ngendlela eyisimangaliso kwi-tilma yaseSt.Juan Diego eminyakeni engamakhulu ambalwa ngemuva kokuthi kufanele ngabe seyonakele. Kuyisibonakaliso esingokwesiprofetho kithi ukuthi si…
… Sibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweSonto nabamelene neBandla, kweVangeli kuqhathaniswa neVangeli eliphikisayo. —Ukhadinali Karol Wojtyla (JOHN PAUL II), e-Eucharistic Congress, ePhiladelphia, PA; Agasti 13, 1976
Ukulungiselela kwethu-ke ukumlingisa ngokuba ngokomoya izingane, sisondele kulo mhlaba futhi sikulungele ukunikela, uma kunesidingo, izimpilo zethu uqobo ngenxa yeQiniso. Futhi njengoMariya, nathi sizothweswa umqhele ezulwini nenkazimulo nenjabulo engunaphakade…
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