LOKHU ekuseni, emlenzeni wokuqala wendiza yami eya eCalifornia lapho ngizobe ngikhuluma khona kuleli sonto (niyabona Maka eCalifornia), ngalunguza ngefasitela lendiza yethu ephansi kakhulu. Ngangisanda kuqeda ishumi leminyaka lokuqala le-Sorrowful Mysteries lapho umuzwa omangalisayo wobuze ufika phezu kwami. “Ngimane ngiyichashaza nje lothuli ebusweni bomhlaba… ngingomunye wabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha. Imuphi umehluko engingawenza?…”
Khona-ke ngabona ngokuzumayo: uJesu futhi yaba ngomunye wethu “amabala” ethu. Naye waba ngomunye wezigidi ezaziphila emhlabeni ngaleso sikhathi. Wayengaziwa iningi labantu emhlabeni, futhi ngisho nasezweni Lakubo, abaningi abazange bambone noma bamuzwe eshumayela. Kodwa uJesu wafeza intando kaYise ngokwamacebo kaYise, futhi ngokwenza kanjalo, umphumela wokuphila nokufa kukaJesu unomphumela waphakade ofinyelela emikhawulweni yendawo yonke.
ISILINGO “ESINGAYISIZI”
Ngenkathi ngibheka phansi ezihlahleni ezomile ngaphansi kwami, ngezwa ukuthi abaningi benu kungenzeka ukuthi nabo badlula esilingweni esifanayo. Eqinisweni, ngiqinisekile a iningi labantu weBandla udlula kulokho engikubiza ngokuthi “yisilingo esingenamsebenzi”. Kuzwakala kanjena: “Ngivele ngingelutho, angifundile, ngimncane kakhulu ukuthi ngenze umehluko emhlabeni.” Njengoba ngangithinta ubuhlalu bami obuncane beRosari, ngezwa ukuthi noJesu wabhekana nalesi silingo. Ukuthi olunye usizi olukhulu lweNkosi yethu kwakuwulwazi lokuthi Ukuhlupheka nokufa Kwakhe kuzobingelelwa ezizukulwaneni ezizayo, ikakhulukazi eyethu, ngokunganaki okukhulu—nokuthi uSathane wamklolodela ngalokhu: “Ubani ngempela onendaba nokuhlupheka Kwakho? Kuyini ukusetshenziswa? Abantu bayakwenqaba manje, futhi bazo... kungani uzihlupha ngokudlula kukho konke lokhu?”
Yebo, uSathane uhleba lawa manga ngisho namanje ezindlebeni zethu... kusizani? Kungani kwenziwa yonke le mizamo yokusabalalisa iVangeli kuyilapho bembalwa kakhulu abafuna ukulizwa, futhi bembalwa abasabelayo? Wenza umehluko omncane. Cishe akekho onendaba. Kusiza ngani uma ukunakekela abambalwa kangaka? Ngeshwa, imizamo yakho ayisizi ngalutho….
Iqiniso liwukuthi iningi lethu lizofa futhi ngokushesha likhohlwe. Sizobe sithinte umbuthano wabambalwa noma mhlawumbe ngaphezulu. Kodwa iningi labantu emhlabeni ngeke liqaphele nokuthi sasiphila. Njengoba uSt. Peter ebhala:
Bonke abantu bawutshani, futhi inkazimulo yomuntu ifana nembali yasendle. Utshani buyabuna, imbali iyabuna, kepha izwi leNkosi limi kuze kube phakade. ( 1 Petru 1:24 )
Nali elinye iqiniso manje: lokho nakho kwenziwa ngokusho ezwini leNkosi linamandla amiyo. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi uma umuntu eyilungu likaKristu umzimba ongaqondakali, futhi ngaleyo ndlela ubamba iqhaza esenzweni saphakade nesomhlaba wonke sokuHlengwa lapho uthatha phila futhi unyakaze futhi ube nobuntu bakho kuye-lapho usuhlanganiswe nokwakhe intando engcwele. Ungase ucabange ukuthi inkomishi yekhofi oyinikelayo ngenxa yemiphefumulo iyinto encane, kodwa empeleni, inemiphumela yaphakade, ongeke uyiqonde kuze kube yilapho ungena phakade. Isizathu akusikho ukuthi umhlatshelo wakho mkhulu kakhulu, kodwa ngoba kunjalo wajoyina eMthethweni kaKristu Omkhulu nowaphakade, futhi kanjalo, kuthatha amandla ka Akhe Isiphambano nokuVuka. Itshe lingase libe lincane, kodwa lapho liphonswa emanzini, libangela ukugeleza ngaphesheya 
isiziba sonke. Kanjalo futhi, lapho silalela uBaba—noma ngabe kuwukugeza izitsha, ukwenqaba isilingo, noma ukuhlanganyela iVangeli—leso senzo siphonswa ngesandla Sakhe olwandle olukhulu lothando Lwakhe lobubele, sibangele ukunyakaza endaweni yonke. Ngoba singase singaqondi ngokugcwele le mfihlakalo akusho ukuthi ingokoqobo namandla. Kunalokho, kufanele singene ngokukholwa emzuzwini ngamunye nge “Fiat” efanayo kaMama Wethu Obusisiwe owayevame ukungaziqondi izindlela zikaNkulunkulu, kodwa ezindla ngazo enhliziyweni yakhe: “makwenzeke kimi ngokwezwi lakho.” Ah! U-“yebo” olula—uyisithelo esihle kakhulu! Ngalowo nalowo “yebo” eninikela ngakho, bangane bami abathandekayo, iZwi lithatha inyama futhi ngawe, ilungu lomzimba Wakhe ongaqondakali. Futhi indawo yomoya ivunguza ngothando lukaNkulunkulu lwaphakade.
Obunye ubufakazi bokuthi ngisho nezenzo zakho ezincane kakhulu zinenani—noma zibonwa noma azibonakali—yilokho, ngoba UNkulunkulu uluthando, uma u yenza ngothando, nguNkulunkulu waphakade osebenza ngawe ngezinga elithile noma kwelinye. Futhi akukho Akwenzayo “kulahlekile.” Njengoba uSt. Paul esikhumbuza,
…ukukholwa, nokwethemba, nothando, lokho kokuthathu; kodwa okukhulu kulokhu luthando. (Funda eyoku-1 Korinte 13:13.)
Okukhulu futhi okumsulwa kakhulu kwakho ukuthanda ku-Fiat yamanje, kuba mkhulu imiphumela yesenzo sakho phakade. Kulokho, isenzo ngokwaso asibalulekile njengothando esenziwa ngalo.
UMAMA UZITHOBE
Yebo, uthando alupheli; akusiyo neze into encane. Kodwa ukuze imisebenzi yethu yothando ibe isithelo esimsulwa sikaMoya, kumele izalwe ngumama wemfihlakalo ka ukuthobeka. Ezikhathini eziningi, “imisebenzi yethu emihle” ishukunyiswa isifiso sokuvelela. Ngempela, sifuna ngempela ukwenza okuhle, kodwa ngasese, mhlawumbe ngokungabonakali enhliziyweni, sifuna eyaziwa ngemisebenzi yethu emihle. Ngakho-ke, lapho singahlangatshezwana nokwamukela esikufisayo, lapho imiphumela ingeyona into esiyilindele, singena “esilingoni esingenamsebenzi” ngoba, “…phela, abantu banenkani kakhulu futhi bayaziqhenya futhi ababongi futhi abakwenzi lokho. ikufanele yonke le mizamo emihle, nayo yonke imali, izinsiza, nesikhathi esichithiwe, njll...”
Kodwa leyo yinhliziyo egqugquzelwa ukuzithanda esikhundleni sokuthi a uthando olunikeza kuze kube sekupheleni. Inhliziyo ekhathazeke kakhulu ngemiphumela kunokulalela.
UKWETHEMBEKA, HHAYI IMPUMELELO
Ngikhumbula ngisebenza ngqo ngaphansi kombhishobhi waseCanada ngonyaka weJubili. Ngangilindele okukhulu ukuthi isikhathi sase sivuthiwe seVangeli nokuthi sizovuna isivuno semiphefumulo. Kunalokho, asikwazanga ukweqa udonga olunemigqa emibili lokunganaki nokunganaki olwalusibingelela. Ngemva nje kwezinyanga ezingu-8, sapakisha izikhwama zethu salibangisa ekhaya nezingane zethu ezine, eyesihlanu isendleleni, futhi kungekho ndawo. Ngakho sanqwabelana emakamelweni ambalwa okulala endlini yasepulazini likamkhwenyana wami futhi sahlohla izinto zethu egaraji. Ngangiphukile ... futhi ngiphukile. Ngathatha isiginci sami, ngisifaka ebhokisini, futhi ngahleba kakhulu: “Nkosi, ngeke ngiphinde ngisithathe le nto enkonzweni… ngaphandle uma ufuna ngikwenze.” Futhi kwaba yilokho. Ngaqala ukufuna umsebenzi wokuziphilisa...
Ngimba amabhokisi ngolunye usuku ngathola izinto zethu zigcwele indle yamagundane, ngazibuza ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu ebonakala esilahlile. “Phela bengikwenzela Wena lokhu, Nkosi.” Noma ngangiyimi? Khona-ke amazwi kaMama Teresa afika kimi: “UNkulunkulu akangibizanga ukuba ngiphumelele; Ungibizele ukuba ngithembeke. " Lokho kuwukuhlakanipha okunzima ukuhambisana nakho esikweni lethu laseNtshonalanga eliqhutshwa yimiphumela! Kodwa lawo mazwi “anamathela,” futhi ahlala ebaluleke kakhulu kimi kunangaphambili. Okubalulekile ukuthi ngilalela ngokusuka enhliziyweni yothando… futhi imiphumela ingase ibe ukwehluleka ngokuphelele. Ngivame ukucabanga ngoSt. John de Brebeuf owafika eCanada ezoshumayela amaNdiya. Ngokubuyisela, bamhlinza ephila. Kunjani lokho ngemiphumela? Nokho, uhlonishwa kuze kube namuhla njengomunye wabafel’ ukholo abakhulu bezikhathi zanamuhla. Ukwethembeka Kwakhe kuyangikhuthaza, futhi ngiqinisekile nabanye abaningi.
Ekugcineni uNkulunkulu wenza ngibize ngibuyele enkonzweni, kodwa manje yayisivuliwe Akhe imigomo kanye ne Akhe indlela. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangesaba ukumenzela noma yini, njengoba ngangigabadele kakhulu esikhathini esidlule. NjengoMariya, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi izingelosi kwadingeka zingihlebele izikhathi eziyinkulungwane: “Ungesabi!” Ngempela, njengo-Abrahama, kwadingeka ngibeke phansi amacebo ami, izifiso zami, amathemba ami namaphupho ami phezu kwe-altare lentando kaNkulunkulu. Yebo, ngacabanga ukuthi lokho kwakuwukuphela. Kodwa, lapho isikhathi sesilungile, uNkulunkulu wanginika “inqama” emajikijolweni. Okungukuthi, Wayefuna ngithathe manje Akhe amacebo, Akhe izifiso, Akhe amathemba kanye Akhe amaphupho, futhi ayeyovezwa kimi ngendlela yesiphambano esiyintando Yakhe eNgcwele.
OKUNCANE, NJENGOMARIYA
Ngakho-ke, kufanele sifane noMariya. Kumele "yenza konke akutshela khona” ngokuthobeka nothando. Ngithole izincwadi ezimbalwa esikhathini esidlule 
izinsuku ezimbalwa ukusuka kubazali nabashade nabo abangazi ukuthi benzeni ngamalungu omndeni alahle ukholo. Bazizwa bengenamandla. Impendulo iwukuba qhubeka ubathanda, ubathandazela, futhi ungalilahli ithemba.Nitshala imbewu futhi niwisa amatshe echibini lentando kaNkulunkulu ngemiphumela enyakazayo ongeke niyizwe noma niyibone. Leso yisikhathi sokuhamba ngokukholwa hhayi ngokubona. Khona-ke ngempela uphila ubuphristi bukaJesu bomoya njengoba uthanda futhi ulalela njengaye, “kuze kube sekufeni.”
Okusho ukuthi, ushiyela kuYe imiphumela, engikuqinisekisayo, “eyize.”
Wozani kuye, ilitshe eliphilayo, elaliwa ngabantu, kodwa elivunyiweyo, nokho, eliyigugu emehlweni kaNkulunkulu. Nani ningamatshe aphilayo, akhiwe njengesakhiwo somoya, nibe ngubupristi obungcwele, ninikela imihlatshelo yokomoya eyemukelekayo kuNkulunkulu ngoJesu Kristu... Ngakho ngiyanincenga, bazalwane, ngobubele bukaNkulunkulu ukuba ninikele imizimba yenu ibe-ngumnikelo ophilileyo; okungcwele nokuthandeka kuNkulunkulu, ukukhonza kwakho okungokomoya. ( 1 Petru 2:4-5; Roma 12:1 )
Chofoza lapha ukuze Zikhiphe ohlwini or Bhalisa kule Journal.
