ISakramente Lomphakathi

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ka-Ephreli 29, 2014
Isikhumbuzo sikaSanta Catherine waseSiena

ILady yethu yaseCombermere iqoqa izingane zayo — iMadonna House Community, Ont., Canada

AKUKHONA emaVangelini sifunda ngoJesu eyalela abaPhostoli ukuthi, uma esehambile, kufanele bakhe imiphakathi. Mhlawumbe uJesu oseduze kakhulu ufika lapho ethi, “Ngalokho bonke bayokwazi ukuthi ningabafundi bami, uma nithandana.” ^[1]isib. Joh 13:35

Futhi-ke, ngemuva kwePentekoste, into yokuqala amakholwa ayenza kwakha imiphakathi ehlelekile. Cishe ngokwemvelo…

… Labo ababenempahla noma izindlu babezidayisa, balethe imali etholakele yokuthengisa, babeka ezinyaweni zabaPhostoli, futhi zabelwa yilowo nalowo ngokwesidingo sakhe. (Ukufunda kokuqala)

Le miphakathi yamaKrestu yaba yindawo lapho kuhlangatshezwa khona izidingo ezingokomoya nezingokwenyama kusukela, “Akekho owathi noma iyiphi impahla yakhe ingeyakhe, kodwa babefana konke… Kwakungekho muntu oswele phakathi kwabo.”Kule miphakathi, babethandaza, bahlephule isinkwa, bahlanganyele iSidlo SeNkosi Sakusihlwa, bafunda izimfundiso zabaPhostoli, bahlangane nabo uthando. Njengoba kushiwo kuHubo lwanamuhla, "ubungcwele buyifanele indlu yakho." Impela, imiphakathi yamaKrestu okuqala yaba luphawu olwedlulele ezweni elibazungezile njengoba bashiya konke ngenxa yeVangeli, ngisho nezimpilo zabo uqobo. Bazibonele ngawabo lo moya wobumpofu kanye nowobumbano ngobunye babo, ukuhlala wedwa kwabampofu, isihe kuboni, nokukhombisa amandla kaNkulunkulu ngezibonakaliso nezimangaliso

Umphakathi wamakholwa wawunenhliziyo nomqondo munye… Ngamandla amakhulu abaPhostoli bafakaza ngokuvuka kweNkosi uJesu…

Unamandla kakhulu waba ngufakazi weNkosi umphakathi, ukuthi isakhiwo salo saba umnyombo ekukhuleni kweSonto. Futhi-ke, uJesu ukhuluma kuphi ngale miphakathi?

Awu, Yena wenza khomba emandleni nasidingo somphakathi ngokuzalwa kumunye: the umndeni. Futhi lapho Evela ehlane “Ngamandla kaMoya,” ^[2]isib. Luk 3:14 UJesu wakha umphakathi wabaPhostoli abayiShumi naMbili. Eqinisweni, leli qembu elincane lamadoda laliyiseluleko ekufikeni isakramente imvelo ezoba yomphakathi wamaKrestu:

Ngoba lapho ababili noma abathathu bebuthene ndawonye egameni lami, ngikhona lapho phakathi kwabo. (Math 18:20)

Ngakho-ke, umuntu angasho ukuthi umphakathi "yisakramente lesishiyagalombili" ngoba iNkosi yethu ithi Uzoba "phakathi kwabo."

ISonto kulo mhlaba yisakramente lensindiso, uphawu kanye nethuluzi lokuhlangana kukaNkulunkulu nabantu. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 780

Konke lokhu ukusho ukuthi inkinga ekhona eSontweni namuhla, ikakhulukazi emazweni aseNtshonalanga, iyinkinga ye Umphakathi. Okwe Second Council Council ifundisile:

… Umphakathi wamaKrestu uzoba yisibonakaliso sobukhona bukaNkulunkulu emhlabeni. -I-Ad Gentes Divinitus, I-Vatican II, n. 15

Ukungabikho kwemiphakathi eyiqiniso-ke kuyisibonakaliso sesimo sokholo lweSonto.

Ezinsukwini zethu, lapho ezindaweni ezinkulu zomhlaba ukholo lusengozini yokufa njengelangabi elingasenawo uphethiloli, okubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza uNkulunkulu abekhona kulo mhlaba nokukhombisa abesilisa nabesifazane indlela eya kuNkulunkulu… -Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa Benedict XVI kubo Bonke Ababhishobhi Bomhlaba, Mashi 10, 2009; I-Catholic Online

Abaningi abasakholwa ngenxa yokuthi abasekho “ukunambitha nokubona ubuhle beNkosi” obukhona phakathi kwabo ngomphakathi wamaKristu oyiqiniso; ngoba umzimba kaKristu uqobo uhlukaniswe nokuzimela. Amapharishi wethu, ngokubanzi, asephenduke izikhungo ezingenabuntu ezihlala zingenalutho isonto lonke, zingenazo lezo zimpawu zobuphostoli ezibonisa ubukhona bukaMoya: ubuzalwane beqiniso, uthando lweZwi likaNkulunkulu, ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, isithunywa sevangeli intshiseko, nokwanda kwabaphendukayo nemisebenzi yobizo. Lesi sikhala sigcwalisiwe, kusho uPapa Francis, 'ngokuthanda izwe' nangezindlela zobuKristu ezingcolisiwe. ' ^[3]qhathanisa Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 94

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

Futhi-ke bayeza: imiphakathi emisha, isethwe ngomlilo nge "ilangabi lothando" futhi isidingo lokho kuzoba amakhaya ezibhedlela ezilimazayo nezinsimu zabaphukile. Bazofika, njengoba ngibhalile Ukuguquka nesibusiso, ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele ngokuncenga kweNhliziyo kaMariya engenacala.

Vuleleka kuKristu, wamukele uMoya, ukuze kwenzeke iPentekosti entsha kuwo wonke umphakathi! Isintu esisha, esijabulisayo, siyophuma phakathi kwakho; uzophinde uwabone amandla eNkosi asindisayo. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, eLatin America, 1992

Bazobelethiswa phakathi kosizi olukhulu ^[4]qhathanisa Iziphephelo Ezizayo Neziphephelo ngoba kungale ndlela kuphela lapho amadodana alahlekile ezikhathi zethu ^[5]qhathanisa Ukungena Ngehora Lokukhombisa izokwehlukanisa imiphakathi yamanga yomhlaba ^[6]qhathanisa Ubunye Bamanga ngalokho abayikho, ngokungafani nothando lwendlu kaBaba. Le miphakathi izophinda ithole uJesu ngothando lwabaphostoli beqiniso naphambi koMthendeleko oNgcwele, ^[7]qhathanisa Ukuhlangana ubuso nobuso umthombo nengqungquthela yazo zonke izifiso zomuntu.

Ukuvuselelwa kuza. Maduze nje kuzoba nenqwaba yemiphakathi esungulwe ekukhulekeleni nasekubakhona kwabampofu, exhumene nomunye kanye nemiphakathi emikhulu yesonto, yona uqobo evuselelwa futhi esivele ihambile iminyaka futhi kwesinye isikhathi amakhulu eminyaka. Isonto elisha ngempela liyazalwa… Uthando lukaNkulunkulu luyisisa nobuqotho. Umhlaba wethu ulinde imiphakathi yesisa nokwethembeka. Bayeza. - UJean Vanier, Umphakathi & Ukukhula, ikhasi. 48; umsunguli we-L'Arche Canada