Iqhwa ECairo?

Iqhwa lokuqala eCairo, eGibhithe eminyakeni eyikhulu, Izithombe ze-AFP-Getty

iqhwa eCairo? Iqhwa Kwa-Israyeli? Sleet eSiriya?

Sekuyiminyaka eminingana manje, umhlaba ubheka njengoba imicimbi yomhlaba yemvelo icekela phansi izifunda ezahlukahlukene izindawo ngezindawo. Kepha ngabe kukhona ukuxhumana okukhona nasemphakathini ngobuningi: ukulinyazwa komthetho wemvelo nowokuziphatha?

Umuntu kufanele aqaphele, kunjalo, ukuthi angathathi umcimbi owodwa njengokuthi ngokungangabazeki uhlobo oluthile lwe-harbinger. Isimo sezulu esinzima besilokhu sihamba nomuntu kusukela ekuweni kuka-Adam. Kepha manje siphila ezikhathini ezingavamile kakhulu. Njengoba ngibhale ku incwadi yami futhi okwabiwe lapha, hhayi nje kuphela ukuthi kunezibuko ze-Our Lady, kodwa opapa ngokwabo besilokhu sixwayisa ukuthi siphila kuleso sikhathi esaziwa ngokuthi “izikhathi zokuphela” (bona Kungani Abapapa Bengamemezi?).

Ngaphambi kokuba ngiphendule umbuzo wokuxhumana phakathi kwemvelo nesintu, yikuphi ukufana okukhona phakathi kwethu njengamanje?

I. Ukushintshwa kwamaPolesi

NatureUmhlaba njengamanje usaqhubeka nokuguqula izigxobo; I-geometric enyakatho iya eningizimu, eningizimu iba enyakatho.

Isintu: Ngenguquko yaseFrance, lapho “umqulu wamalungelo abantu” uba yisisekelo sokuziphatha soMbuso, kwaqala inkathi entsha yobudlelwano phakathi kweSonto noMbuso. Manje sibona uMbuso ungasasekeli amalungelo abantu esithunzini semvelo somuntu kanye nomthetho wemvelo nowokuziphatha ongashintshi, kepha ngezimfuno zabantu abambalwa abazwakalayo, abahluleli kanye nosopolitiki abanezinhlelo, kanye nemikhuba nemikhuba ekhona esikweni. Ikhampasi yokuziphatha ivulwa ekhanda njengoba okulungile kungahambi kahle, nokungalungile kuba okulungile.

Le mpi ifana nokulwa kwe-apocalyptic okuchazwe ku [IsAm 11: 19-12: 1-6, 10 ngempi 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

Mayelana nalokhu, isihlamba soMprofethi siqonde kakhulu: “Maye kulabo ababiza okubi ngokuhle nokuhle ngokubi, ababeka ubumnyama njengokukhanya nokukhanya esikhundleni sobumnyama” (Is 5:20). —POPE JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, “IVangeli Lokuphila”, n. 58

II. Ukufa kwezilwandle nezilwane, izinyoni nezinyosi

Nature: Izindaba bezigcwele izindaba zokufa kwabantu ngobuningi bakho konke kusuka ezinhlanzini kuya ezinyonini, amahlengethwa kuya kuma-moose. Ngenkathi kuvame ukuba nezimbangela zemvelo, kwesinye isikhathi azikho izincazelo ezigculisayo. Phakathi kwalezi zinhlobo, okuphawuleka kakhulu ukufa kwamakholoni amakhulu ezinyosi ^[1]qhathanisa "Ukujulisa inkinga yezinyosi kudala ukukhathazeka ngokutholakala kokudla"; bbsnews.com ondima yakhe ingaphakathi kokuvota impova izitshalo kanye nezihlahla zezithelo. Njengoba isisho sithi, azikho izinyosi, akukho kudla.

IsintuNgasikhathi sinye, sibona ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi, kodwa okuningi kwalokhu akugwenywa nje kuphela, kodwa ngenhloso. Abanye abantu abayi-15-18 bafa njalo ngeminithi ngenxa yokungondleki — abantu ababalelwa ku-25,000 nsuku zonke. ^[2]Umbiko weNhlangano yeZizwe ngo-2007; www.cochu.ce.cn Kuyakugwemeka ngoba, ngenkathi amazwe acebile enganqikazi ukungenela ezizweni lapho amafutha okugcina zisengozini, kuncane kakhulu noma akwenele okwenziwayo ukunqanda indlala. Ukukhipha isisu, ukuvimbela ukubeletha, izinhlelo zokugoma, nobunye ubuthi, kungaba semoyeni, emanzini, ochungechungeni lokudla, noma "emithini" yemithi nakho "kwehlise inani labantu" njengabaningi manje bangaphansi kwamazinga okushintshwa kokuzalwa. NgoLwesihlanu kuphela, kube nezisu ezingaphezu kuka-125,000, ngokusho kweWorld Health Organisation. Futhi lelo nani alibhekiseli ekukhishweni kwezisu ngamakhemikhali ngezindlela zokuvimbela inzalo noma nge “morning after pill”.

UFaro wasendulo, ethakaselwa ubukhona nokwanda kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabathobela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zokucindezelwa futhi wayala ukuthi bonke abantwana besilisa abazalwa ngabesifazane abangamaHeberu babulawe (cf. Ex 1: 7-22). Namuhla abambalwa abanamandla emhlabeni benza ngendlela efanayo. Nabo bahlushwa ukukhula kwamanje kwabantu… Ngenxa yalokho, kunokuba bafise ukubhekana nokuxazulula lezi zinkinga ezinkulu ngokuhlonipha isithunzi sabantu kanye nemindeni kanye nelungelo lomuntu ngamunye lokuphila elingenakuphikiswa, bakhetha ukukhuthaza nokubeka ngenkani nganoma iyiphi indlela uhlelo olukhulu lokulawulwa kokuzalwa. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli Lokuphila",n. 16

Ukuwa kwezinhlelo ze-eco-system, ezivame ukubangela ukufa kwezinhlanzi, izilwane nezinambuzane ngobuningi, ngokufanayo kuyafana nokuwa okuqhubekayo komnotho womhlaba ngenxa yezinqubomgomo zezimali ezihahayo kanye nohlelo lwezezimali olugxile enzuzweni manje olusetshenziswayo. ^[3]qhathanisa theeconomiccollapseblog.com

III. Izikhukhula Ezinkulu Ngeziphepho NamaTsunami

Nature: Izikhukhula ezinkulu ziye zalotshwa emhlabeni wonke “ngezivunguvungu zekhulu” eziningana, kungaba iziphepho, iziphepho ezinkulu, noma ama-tsunami adalwe ukuzamazama komhlaba.

Isintu: Kukhona okufanayo nalokhu engikubiza ngokuthi I-Tsunami Yokuziphatha futhi Uzamcolo Wabaprofethi Bamanga ezikhathini zethu ngokulwa nokuphila okunamandla, ukulwa nomshado, ukulwaajenda yenkululeko egameni "lokubekezelelana". ^[4]qhathanisa Uzamcolo Wabaprofethi Bamanga Ingxenye I futhi Ingxenye II Lokhu kuqhuma kwenkulumo-ze, okushukumisela masinyane isimo sokuya ohlelweni “lobuntu obungenabuntu,” ^[5]UBenedict XVI, ICaritas eVeritate, hhayi. 78 ngokuyinhloko kungenxa yezikhukhula ze "anti-gospel" nge-intanethi, imithombo yezokuxhumana, imidiya enkulu, kanye nethonya leHollywood.

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

IV. Izinkanyezi eziwile

Nature: "Izinkanyezi zokudubula" bezilokhu zidabula esibhakabhakeni selokhu kwazalwa indawo yonke. Kepha onyakeni odlule noma emibili, kubukeka sengathi kube nokwanda okuphawulekayo ekuboneni amabhola amakhulu omlilo akhanyisa isibhakabhaka — hhayi okuncane kakhulu, okuqhume phezu kweRussia ngonyaka odlule kwalimaza izakhiwo kwalimaza namakhulu.

Isintu: Incwadi yeSambulo ikhuluma ngabaholi bamasonto ayisikhombisa ngokomfanekiso njengezingelosi noma "izinkanyezi eziyisikhombisa." ^[6]I-Rev 1: 20 Ngokunjalo, udrako weSahluko 12 ushanela “ingxenye yesithathu yezinkanyezi” esibhakabhakeni ngomsila wakhe. Lokhu kuzwakala njengokufanekisa ingxenye yesithathu yeSonto ekhukhulekile ekuhlubukeni. Namuhla, sinjalo ukubona ukuwa “kwezinkanyezi” eziningi, ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweSonto namuhla. ^[7]qhathanisa Lapho Imisedari Iwa Abesilisa nabesifazane abakhaliphile abanezipho ezinkulu kanye namandla okuwela bawele phansi ezinyathelweni zesilingo, kusukela kosaziwayo bezamabhayisikobho nabomculo kuya kubabhishobhi.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi impi eseSahlukweni 12 seSambulo nayo iphakathi kweNkosikazi Yethu, “Inkanyezi Yokushunyayelwa Kwezindaba Ezintsha” nodrako, uLusifa, leyo nkanyezi ewile encwadini ka-Isaya:

Uwe kanjani ezulwini, wena nkanyezi yokusa, ndodana yokusa! Unqanyulwe kanjani emhlabathini, wena ogunde i-nations! (Isaya 14: 11-12)

V. Amasinki

Nature: Bengilokhu ngilandela isikhathi eside manje ama-sinkholes avela emhlabeni wonke. Ezinye zazo ziyachazeka, njengokuqhuma kwendawo enkulu yamanzi ekhukhumaza umgwaqo ongaphezulu kwayo. Ezinye zidalwa izindlela zokumba nezokumba, ezinjengokuthi “fracking.” Futhi ezinye, ezinye zazo ezinkulu, ziyimfihlakalo. Okuqinisekile nokho, ukuthi ziqala ukuvela emhlabeni wonke ngezinga elethusayo. ^[8]qhathanisa The American Dream

Isintu: Ezizweni ngezizwe, kukhona lokho uBenedict XVI akubize njengokuwa “kwesivumelwano sokuziphatha.” Isibonelo, sibona izizwe ngezizwe manje sezivumela izimfuno "zokuzala amalungelo ”: ukukhipha isisu ngokufunwa nokulawulwa kokuzalwa. Futhi siyakubona, njengokuphendulwa kwamaketanga okuzamazama komhlaba, ukuwohloka komthetho wokuziphatha nowemvelo osekuyizinkulungwane zeminyaka kukhulunywa ngomshado nokuvikelwa kwesithunzi sempilo yomuntu.

Uma izisekelo zibhujiswa, yini engenziwa yilowo olungile? (IHu 11: 3)

UBaba oNgcwele waqhathanisa lokhu kuwa kwaleyo yoMbuso WaseRoma waphawula ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi, njengamanje, bekuhambisana izimpawu emvelweni:

Ukwahlukaniswa kwemigomo esemqoka yomthetho kanye nesimo sokuziphatha esiyisisekelo esasisekela kubo kwawavula amadamu lawo kuze kube yileso sikhathi ayevikele ukuhlalisana ngokuthula phakathi kwabantu. Ilanga lalishona phezu komhlaba wonke. Izinhlekelele zemvelo ezenzeka njalo zandisa lo muzwa wokungazethembi. Awekho amandla abonakalayo angavimba lokhu kwehla. Okuphikelela kakhulu-ke kwakuwukuncenga amandla kaNkulunkulu: ukunxusa ukuthi eze eze avikele abantu bakhe kuzo zonke lezi zinsongo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe Kumkhosi WaseRoma, ngoDisemba 20, 2010

VI. I-Ice Age Entsha

Nature: Eminyakeni eminingana edlule, ngafunda umbiko ngososayensi, ngokungafani noshampeni balokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke", wayexwayisa ngokuthi umhlaba, empeleni, ungena "enkathini encane" yeqhwa. Wasekela umbono wakhe ekuhloleni izinkathi zeqhwa ezedlule, ukusebenza kwelanga, nemijikelezo yemvelo yomhlaba. Kusukela lapho, usejoyinwe ngusosayensi ngemuva kososayensi naye, ehlola imisebenzi ethulile engajwayelekile yelanga (lapho kufanele ligcwale umsebenzi we-sunspot kanye ne-flare) abikezela ukuthi, njengakulo nyaka uye ku-2014, "i-Ice Age Encane" sekuqalile. Imiphumela yalokhu ingaba yinhlekelele eholela ezitshalweni ezingaphumeleli, indlala, ngisho nezimpi njengoba izimpi zezinsizakusebenza zilandela. Nazi izihloko ezimbalwa nje ebezivela:

• Ososayensi besimo sezulu banzima ukuchaza ukwehla kokushisa
• I-Russian Academy of Sciences Ixwayisa Ngezikhathi Ezibandayo Eziseduze
• Isazi Sezulu sixwayisa ngenkinga yokuphola yomhlaba esondelayo
• Ubufakazi bokufudumala komhlaba buyahwamuka
• Umbiko: Ososayensi babikezela ikhulu leminyaka lokupholisa komhlaba
• Ama-Sunspots ne-Global Cooling
• Ukupholisa Umhlaba Kulapha “eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ezayo”
• Umjikelezo Welanga Lomsebenzi Welanga Lelanga Ubuthakathaka Ekhulwini

Isintu: Esinye sezibonakaliso zezikhathi ezibaluleke kakhulu uJesu asitshela ukuba sizibheke, ngicabanga, esinye sezona ezivame kakhulu:

… Ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, uthando lwabaningi luzophola. (Math 24:12)

Wake wama ukufunda amakomenti ku-YouTube noma enkundleni yomphakathi? Uke wayilalela indlela umsakazo nethelevishini abahlaziyi nezivakashi zabo baphathana nabaphikisana nabo kwezepolitiki? Uke wakubona ukwanda “kokufutheka komgwaqo”, ukungabi nasineke, ukungabi nasimilo nokubanda okuvamile okunqobe imigwaqo yethu?

“Uthando oluphelele lususa konke ukwesaba,” kubhala uSt. Umuntu angabe esethi, "Ukwesaba okuphelele kukhipha lonke uthando." Siphila esikhathini lapho abantu besaba ukuhamba bodwa ebusuku, lapho sikhiya khona iminyango, sivimbe amawindi ethu, sifake izinhlelo zokuphepha, sifake imitshina yensimbi ezikoleni zethu, sihlole i-imeyili yabantu nezingcingo, bese silinda okulandelayo "Ikhodi" evela kuhulumeni wesifundazwe maqondana nosongo lwamaphekula olukhona manje. AbaseMelika bathenga izibhamu nezinhlamvu manje ngezinombolo ezirekhodiwe ^[9]qhathanisa theguardian.com. Ubugebengu obunodlame bukhuphuke e-United States ngo-15% kanti ubugebengu bempahla bukhuphuke ngo-12%, nyakenye nje. ^[10]qhathanisa newsmax.com Abantu bazokhuphuka futhi bashayane ngezibhakela eWalmart ukuthola igajethi engu- $ 20 kulokho okuwumfanekiso walokho uPapa Francis akubiza ngokuthi “ukuthengwa okungalawulwa”; ^[11]U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 60 UWall Street uyaqhubeka nokungabanaki abampofu ngalokho akubiza ngokuthi “ukuzimela ngokuphelele kwezimakethe nokucabanga kwezezimali”; ^[12]U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 202 futhi manje kukhona umdlalo omusha we "Knockout" isakazeka idolobha nedolobha, kuze kube manje e-US, lapho uzama khona ukungqongqoza umuntu ongamazi ngesibhakela esisodwa. Ngabe uSt.Paul akashongo yini ukuthi lo mdlalo uzodlalwa “ezinsukwini zokugcina”?

… Qondani lokhu: kuzoba nezikhathi ezesabekayo ezinsukwini zokugcina. Abantu bazoba ngabazithandayo nabathandi bemali, abazidlayo, abazidlayo, abahlukumezayo, abangalaleli abazali babo, abangabongi, abangenankolo, abangenazwela, abangenacala, abanyundeli, abanokuziphatha okubi, ngesihluku, bazonda okuhle, abakhapheli, abanganaki, abazidlayo, abathanda injabulo kunokuba bathande uNkulunkulu. (2 Thim 3: 1-4)

… Ukungabi nenhlonipho kwabanye nodlame kuyadlondlobala, futhi ukungalingani kuya ngokuya kubonakala. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 52

Njengombhalo oseceleni, kukhona futhi nesandulela eNcwadini Yesambulo ngohlobo oluthile lomphumela “weqhwa” owenza ingxenye yezijeziso zalezo zinsuku:

Kwehla isichotho esikhulu esinjengezinsimbi ezinkulu esibhakabhakeni sehlela phezu kwabantu, futhi bahlambalaza uNkulunkulu ngale nhlupho yesichotho ngoba lesi sifo sasinzima kakhulu. (IsAm 16:21)

Ngalokho-ke, nangokuphikisana nentando yethu, umcabango uvuka emqondweni wokuthi manje lezo zinsuku ziyasondela iNkosi yethu eyaprofetha ngazo: “Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ububi buningi, uthando lwabaningi luyophola” (Math. 24:12). —I-POPE PIUS XI, I-Miserentissimus Redemptor, Encyclical on Reparation to Sacred Heart, n. 17 

ISIXHUMANISI

LAPHO zingama-analogies anamandla phakathi kwalokhu okwenzekayo emvelweni nalokho okwenzekayo ngokuziphatha ezweni lethu lamanje. Futhi ukuxhumana phakathi kwalaba bobabili akungabazeki:

Ngoba indalo ilindele ngokulangazela okukhulu ukwambulwa kwabantwana bakaNkulunkulu; ngoba indalo yenziwa yaba ngaphansi kobuze, hhayi ngokuthanda kwayo kodwa ngenxa yalowo owayibeka phansi, ngethemba lokuthi indalo ngokwayo yayizokhululwa ebugqilini bokonakala futhi ihlanganyele enkululekweni ekhazimulayo yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Siyazi ukuthi yonke indalo ibubula ngezinhlungu zokubeletha kuze kube manje… (Rom 8: 19-22)

Futhi uJesu wayecacisile ukuthi izinhlungu zokubeletha zizoba yini:

Isizwe siyovukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba khona indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo. Konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo. (Math 24: 7-8)

Ongcwele uPaul wabhala ukuthi kuKristu, “zonke izinto zibambene." ^[13]Col 1: 7 Ngakho-ke, njengoba sisusa uKristu emindenini yethu, emithethweni nasezizweni, zonke izinto ziqala ukwehluka. Akusekho ngokuphelele lapho siqondiswa khona, futhi ngalokho, imvelo nomuntu uqobo babe "balahlwayo" ukuze kuzuze abambalwa. Imvelo iyaphendula esonweni sesintu kwazise imvelo uqobo iboshelwe “kuzo zonke izinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu zokusindisa.” Umhlaba akuyona nje indawo yokupaka Iningi labantu, kepha lihlobene kakhulu nokusindiswa kwesintu nokwenziwa "kwendalo entsha kuKristu." ^[14]qhathanisa Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 280

Kubantu uNkulunkulu uze abanikeze amandla okuhlanganyela ngokukhululekile ekuphatheni kwakhe ngokubanikeza umthwalo "wokunqoba" umhlaba nokuba negunya phezu kwawo. Ngaleyondlela uNkulunkulu unika amandla amadoda ukuba abe yizizathu ezihlakaniphile nezikhululekile ukuze aqedele umsebenzi wokudala, ukuze aphelelise ukuvumelana kwawo ukuze kuzuze wona kanye nomakhelwane bawo. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika, 307

Kuya ngokuphenduka komuntu:

Intobeko kaNkulunkulu izulu. Futhi uma sisondela kulokhu kuthobeka, khona-ke sithinta izulu. Khona-ke nomhlaba wenziwa musha ... —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Umlayezo kaKhisimusi, NgoDisemba 26, 2007

Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, umuntu kumele adlule kulobu busika bokuhlanzwa.

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