UJesu usesikebheni sakho

UKristu Esiphepho Olwandle LwaseGalile, ULudolf Backhuysen, 1695

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Ngazizwa ngilahliwe, futhi ngazisa iNkosi. Ngemuva kwamahora amabili, ngafika esikhumulweni sezindiza, ngadlula emasangweni, ngahlala esihlalweni sami endizeni. Ngibuke ngefasitela lami lapho umhlaba nezinxushunxushu zenyanga edlule ziwela ngaphansi kwamafu. “Nkosi,” ngihlebela, “ngizoya kubani? Nguwe onamazwi okuphila okuphakade… ”

Ngakhipha iRosary yami ngaqala ukuthandaza. Angikaze ngisho ngithi Osaweni kaMariya ababili lapho ngokungazelelwe lobu Bukhona obumangalisayo nothando olunesisa lwagcwalisa umphefumulo wami. Kwangimangaza uthando engangiluzwa kwazise ngangiphonse ukulingana njengomntwana omncane emahoreni ambalwa edlule. Ngizwe uBaba ethi angifunde uMark 4 mayelana isiphepho.

Kwaqhamuka udweshu olunamandla futhi amagagasi ayephula umkhumbi, kangangokuthi wawusuqala ukugcwala. UJesu wayengemuva komkhumbi, elele emqamelweni. Base bemvusa, bathi kuye: “Mfundisi, awunandaba nokuthi siyabhubha na?” Wavuka, wakhuza umoya, wathi olwandle, “Thula! Thula! ”^* Umoya wanqamuka, kwaba nokuthula okukhulu. Wayesebabuza, ethi: “Nethuselani na? Awukabi nokukholwa na? ” (Marku 4: 37-40)

UKULIMALA UJESU

Ngenkathi ngifunda iZwi, ngabona ukuthi lezo kwakungezami siqu amagama: “Mfundisi, awunandaba nokuthi siyabhubha? ” Futhi ngangizwa uJesu ethi kimi, “Awukabi nokukholwa na? ” Ngabuzwa ubuhlungu bokungathembi kwami, naphezu kwazo zonke izindlela uNkulunkulu ahlinzeka ngazo umndeni wami kanye nenkonzo esikhathini esedlule. Njengoba kungenathemba njengoba izinto sezivela manje, Wayesabuza, “Anikabi nalo ukholo?”

Ngezwa ngathi ngicela ukuthi ngifunde enye i-akhawunti lapho, futhi, isikebhe somfundi sasijikijelwa ngumoya namagagasi. Kodwa kulokhu, uPeter waba nesibindi ngokwengeziwe. Lapho ebona uJesu ehamba kubo emanzini, uPetru uthi:

Nkosi, uma kunguwe, ngiyale ukuba ngize kuwe phezu kwamanzi. ” Wathi, "Woza." UPetru wehla esikebheni futhi waqala ukuhamba phezu kwamanzi esiya kuJesu. Kodwa lapho ebona ukuthi umoya unamandla kangakanani wethuka; eseqala ukutshona wakhala wathi: “Nkosi, ngisindise!” Masinyane uJesu welula isandla, wambamba, wathi kuye: “Wena onokholo oluncane;^* kungani ungabaze? ” (Math 14: 28-31)

“Yebo, yimi lowo,” ngathula ngakhala. “Ngizimisele ukukulandela kuze amagagasi angishaya, kwaze kwaba yilapho iSiphambano siqala ukulimala. Ngixolele Nkosi…. ” Kwangithatha amahora amabili ukuthandaza iRosari njengoba iNkosi yayingidabula emiBhalweni, ingikhuza ngomusa.

Ekamelweni lami lehhotela, ngazizwa ngiphoqelekile ukuba ngivule idayari kaSt. Faustina. Ngaqala ukufunda:

Inhliziyo Yami ichichima umusa omkhulu wemiphefumulo, futhi ikakhulukazi izoni ezihluphekayo… Ngifisa ukwedlulisa umusa Wami emiphefumulweni, kepha abafuni ukuyamukela… O, yeka ukuthi imiphefumulo ayinandaba kangakanani ngobuhle obungaka, kubufakazi obuningi bothando ! Inhliziyo yami iphuza kuphela ukungabongi nokukhohlwa kwemiphefumulo ephila emhlabeni. Banesikhathi sakho konke, kodwa abanaso isikhathi sokuza Kimi ukuthola umusa. Ngakho ngiphendukela kini, nina miphefumulo ekhethiwe, ingabe nani nizohluleka ukuqonda uthando lweNhliziyo Yami? Nalapha futhi, Inhliziyo Yami ithola ukudumala; Angikutholi ukuzinikela okuphelele othandweni Lwami. Ukubhuka okuningi, ukungathembi okukhulu, ukuqapha okukhulu…. Ukungathembeki komphefumulo okhethwe yimi ngokukhethekile kubulala Inhliziyo Yami kabuhlungu kakhulu. Ukungathembeki okunje kuyizinkemba ezihlaba Inhliziyo Yami. —UJesu waya eSt. Faustina; Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari, n. 367

“Hawu Jesu wami ... ngixolele, Nkosi,” ngikhala. “Ungixolele ngokukulimaza ngokungathembi kwami.” Yebo, uJesu, ehlala ezulwini njengomthombo nengqungquthela yenjabulo yabangcwele, can ulimale ngoba uThando, ngokwemvelo yalo, usengozini. Ngabona kahle ukuthi ngangikhohlwa ubuhle baKhe; ukuthi phakathi kwesiphepho, enginakho “Ukubhuka, ukungathembi okukhulu, ukuqapha okukhulu…”Manje wayesengicela impendulo ephelele yentando yami: kungabi bikho ukungabaza, kungasekho ukungabaza, kungasekho ukungaqiniseki. ^[1]isib. "Ihora Lokunqoba" kuFr. UStefano Gobbi, wanginikwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva; KubaPristi, Amadodakazi Akho Wethu Othandekayo; n. 227

Ngemuva kobusuku bokuqala benkomfa, ngaphendukela kwiDayari, futhi ngamangala lapho ngifunda lokho uJesu akusho kuSt. Faustina ngesikhathi wakhe inkomfa:

Kusihlwa, ngemuva kwengqungquthela, ngezwa la mazwi: Nginawe. Ngalesi sikhathi sokuhlehla, ngizokuqinisa ngokuthula nangesibindi ukuze amandla akho angahluleki ekwenzeni imiklamo Yami. Ngakho-ke uzokhansela intando yakho ngokuphelele kulokhu kubaleka, esikhundleni salokho, intando Yami ephelele izofezeka kuwe. Yazi ukuthi kuzokubiza kakhulu, ngakho-ke bhala la magama ephepheni elihlanzekile: “Kusukela namhlanje, intando yami ayikho,” bese uqaqa ikhasi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi bhala la mazwi: "Kusukela namhlanje kuqhubeke, ngenza intando kaNkulunkulu yonke indawo, njalo, nakuzo zonke izinto." Ungesabi lutho; uthando luzokunika amandla futhi lwenze ukugcwaliseka kwalokhu kube lula. —UJesu waya eSt. Faustina; Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari, n. 372

Ihora Lokugcina sesifikile, bafowethu nodadewethu. Isiphepho Esikhulu zezikhathi zethu, "izikhathi zokuphela", sezifikile (ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi, hhayi umhlaba).

Futhi ngifuna ukutshela labo abazama ukulandela uKristu, yize kukhona ukwehluleka kwakho kanye nezingqinamba, ngaphandle kokulingwa nokuhlupheka okuhlala kungapheli.

UJesu usesikebheni sakho.

Maduze, lesi Siphepho sizothatha ubukhulu obuzothinta umhlaba wonke, bumsuse bungaphinde buphendukele ekuhlanzweni kokugcina kobubi emhlabeni. Bambalwa abaqonda ububanzi balokho okuzokwenzeka maduze. Bambalwa abalungiselelwe ubukhulu balesi Siphepho. Kepha ngiyakhumbula, lapho amagagasi ehlasela:

UJesu usesikebheni sakho.

Isizathu esenza abaPhostoli batatazela yingoba basusa amehlo abo kuJesu baqala ukugxila kumagagasi "aphula umkhumbi." Nathi kaningi siqala ukugxila ezinkingeni, kwesinye isikhathi, ezingathi zizosicwila ngokuphelele. Siyakhohlwa ukuthi…

UJesu usesikebheni.

Gcina amehlo akho nenhliziyo yakho kugxile Kuye. Yenza lokhu ngokukhansela intando yakho bese uhlala kuyo futhi wamukele intando Yakhe ezintweni zonke.

Wonke umuntu olalela lawa mazwi ami awenze uzofana nendoda ehlakaniphileyo eyakha indlu yayo phezu kwedwala. Imvula ina, kwafika izikhukhula, kwavunguza imimoya yashaya indlu. Kodwa ayizange iwe; wawubekwe waqina edwaleni. (Math 7: 24-25)

We kukhona ukubizelwa ukuhamba phezu kwamanzi — ukunyathela kwalasha phakathi komoya namagagasi nokunyamalala kokunyamalala. Kumele sibe yinhlamvu kakolweni ewela emhlabathini ife. Izinsuku sezifikile futhi ziyeza lapho sizodinga ukuncika kuNkulunkulu ngokuphelele. Futhi ngisho lokhu ngazo zonke izindlela. Kepha kungenjongo, inhloso yaphezulu: ukuthi sibe yi Ibutho likaKristu kulezi zikhathi zokugcina lapho wonke amasosha ehamba njengamunye, ngokulalela, ngokuhleleka, nangaphandle kokungabaza. Kepha lokhu kungenzeka kuphela uma ingqondo yesosha ilalelisisile futhi ilalela uMlawuli wayo. Amagama alesi siprofetho anikezwe eRoma phambi kukaPaul VI afika engqondweni futhi:

Ngoba ngiyakuthanda, ngifuna ukukukhombisa engikwenzayo emhlabeni namuhla. Mina ngifuna ukukulungiselela okuzayo. Izinsuku zobumnyama ziyeza umhlaba, izinsuku zosizi… Izakhiwo ezimi manje azizukuba khona emi. Ukusekelwa okukhona kwabantu bami manje ngeke kube khona. Ngifuna nizilungiselele, bantu bami, ukwazi mina kuphela futhi ninamathele kimi futhi nibe nami ngendlela ejulile kunanini ngaphambili. Ngizokuholela ehlane… Mina ngizokuhlubula konke othembele kukho manje, ngakho-ke uthembele kimi. Isikhathi se- ubumnyama buyeza emhlabeni, kodwa isikhathi senkazimulo siyeza seBandla lami, a isikhathi senkazimulo siyeza sabantu bami. Ngizothululela phezu kwakho zonke izipho zoMoya wami. Ngizokulungiselela ukulwa ngokomoya; Ngizokulungiselela isikhathi sokushunyayelwa kwevangeli umhlaba ongakaze usibone…. Futhi uma ungenalutho ngaphandle kwami, uzoba nakho konke: umhlaba, amasimu, amakhaya, nabafowenu nodadewenu nothando futhi injabulo nokuthula kunanini ngaphambili. Hlalani nilungile, bantu bami, ngifuna ukulungiselela wena… —Igama elinikezwe uRalph Martin, ngoMeyi 1975, eSt. Peter's Square

UJesu usesikebheni sethu. UseBarque of Peter, uMkhumbi omkhulu weSonto okufanele udlule kulesi Sivunguvungu esibizwa ngokuthi “The Passion.” Kepha futhi kufanele uqiniseke ukuthi Ngempela ukhona yakho isikebhe, ukuthi Wamukelekile. Ungasabi! UJohn Paul II wasitshela kaninginingi: Vulani izinhliziyo zenu kuJesu Kristu! Akusikho nje ukuqondana kwezinto ukuthi amazwi uJesu awasho kuSt Faustina weSonto kuleli Hora Lokugcina alula futhi aqondile:

Jesu, ngithemba wena.

Thandaza lokhu ngokusuka enhliziyweni, futhi uzoba semkhunjini wakho.

Isintu sinesidingo esiqinile sokufakaza kwentsha enesibindi futhi ekhululekile enesibindi sokuphikisa futhi imemezele ngokuqinile nangomdlandla ukholo lwayo kuNkulunkulu, eNkosini nakuMsindisi.… Kulesi sikhathi esisongelwa udlame, inzondo nempi, fakaza ukuthi Nguye kuphela onganikeza ukuthula kweqiniso ezinhliziyweni zabantu, emindenini nakubantu bomhlaba. ” —UJOHANE PAUL II, Umlayezo we-18 WYD ngePalm-Sunday, 11-Mashi-2003, i-Vatican Information Service

Ukuthula, Thula, ngu-Arnold Friberg