Ihora Lokungabi Namthetho

 

BAMBALWA ezinsukwini ezedlule, umMelika wangibhalela ngemuva kwesinqumo sabo seNkantolo Ephakeme sokusungula ilungelo "lomshado" wobulili obufanayo:

Bengilokhu ngikhala ngivala ingxenye enhle yalolu suku… njengoba ngizama ukulala ngiyazibuza ukuthi ungangisiza yini ngiqonde ukuthi sikuphi kumugqa wesikhathi wemicimbi ezayo….

Kunemicabango eminingana ngalokhu engize kim ngithule kuleli sonto eledlule. Futhi, ngokwengxenye, bayimpendulo yalombuzo…

 

UMBONO

Bhala phansi umbono; kwenze kucace ezibhebheni, ukuze owufundayo agijime. Ngoba umbono ungufakazi wesikhathi esimisiwe… (Hab 2: 2-3)

Kunezinto ezimbili eziqondisayo nezazisa lo mbhalo wobuphostoli okufanele uzigqamise futhi. Esokuqala ukuthi ukukhanya kwangaphakathi iNkosi enginike kona ukuqonda ukuthi iSonto nomhlaba bangena a Isivunguvungu Esikhulu (njengesiphepho). Isici sesibili nesibaluleke kakhulu, nokho, kube ukuhlunga yonke into ngegunya lokufundisa nenkumbulo yeSonto, eligcinwe kwi-Sacred Tradition, ukuze siphendule ngokwethembeka esiyalweni sikaSanta John Paul II:

Intsha izibonakalisile ukuba seRoma naseBandleni isipho esikhethekile sikaMoya kaNkulunkulu… angizange nginqikaze ukubacela ukuthi benze ukukhetha okuqinile kokholo nempilo futhi ngibanikeze umsebenzi omkhulu: ukuba babe “abalindi basekuseni” ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka . —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9

Mayelana nalokhu, ngithole ukuthi isingathekiso esithi “Isiphepho” sihambisana kahle nombono woFata beSonto bokuqala “wosuku lweNkosi” nokuthi yini ezokwenzeka ngaphambi, phakathi, nangemva kweSiphepho.

 

ISITHOMBE ESIKHULU

Siyini ngempela “iSiphepho”? Ngokubheka imiBhalo, umbono woFata beSonto, izibuko ezivunyiwe zikaMama Obusisiwe, iziphrofetho zabangcwele abanjengoFaustina ^[1]qhathanisa UFaustina, nosuku lweNkosi kanye no-Emmerich, izexwayiso ezingagunci ezivela kubupapa, izimfundiso zeCatechism, kanye "nezimpawu zezikhathi", iSiphepho singenisa usuku lweNkosi. Ngokusho koFata beSonto bokuqala, lokhu akusikho ukuphela komhlaba, kepha isikhathi esithile ngaphambi kwaso, nokuholela ekupheleni kwesikhathi nokubuya kukaJesu enkazimulweni. ^[2]qhathanisa Ilahlekile kanjani i-Era; bona futhi Baba Ongcwele Othandekayo… Uyeza! Ngaleso sikhathi, oFata bafundisa, kutholakala embonweni ka-St. John owabhala lokho ngemuva ukubusa kukaMphikukristu (isilo), kuzoba nenkathi yokuthula, efanekiselwa “iminyaka eyinkulungwane”, “iminyaka eyinkulungwane”, lapho iSonto lizobusa khona noKristu emhlabeni wonke (bheka iSamb. 20: 1-4). ^[3]qhathanisa Oopapa, kanye ne-Dawning Era

… Lolu suku lwethu, oluboshwe ekuphumeni nasekushoneni kwelanga, luyisibonakaliso salolo suku olukhulu umjikelezo weminyaka eyinkulungwane uncike ngalo emikhawulweni yawo. —ULactantius, Obaba beBandla: Izikhungo Zaphezulu, Incwadi VII, Isahluko 14, i-Catholic Encyclopedia; www.newadvent.org

Futhi,

Bheka, uSuku lweNkosi luyakuba yiminyaka eyinkulungwane. -Incwadi kaBarnaba, Ababa beSonto, uCh. 15

“Iminyaka eyinkulungwane”, nokho, akumele iqondwe njengoba injalo, kodwa ngokomfanekiso ibhekisa enkathini ende yesikhathi ^[4]qhathanisa IMillenarianism — Iyini, futhi ayikho lapho uKristu azobusa ngokomoya ngeSonto Lakhe kulo lonke konke izizwe “khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika.” ^[5]isib. Mat 24:14

Isizathu esenza ngikubeke konke lokhu kungenxa yokuthi, ngokusho kwabo bobabili uSt.John kanye nabaFata beSonto, ukubonakala kwalowo “ongenamthetho” noma “isilo” kuyenzeka ngaphambi ukunqoba kweSonto — lezo "zikhathi zombuso" noma lokho oFata ababevame ukubiza ngokuthi "ukuphumula kwesabatha" kweSonto: 

Kodwa lapho Umphikukristu uyobe esechithe zonke izinto kulo mhlaba, uzobusa iminyaka emithathu nezinyanga eziyisithupha, futhi ahlale ethempelini eJerusalema; iNkosi izobuya ivela ezulwini ngamafu… ithumele lo muntu nalabo abamlandelayo echibini lomlilo; kepha ukuletha kwabalungile izikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, okunye, usuku olungcwelisiwe lwesikhombisa… Lokhu kuzokwenzeka ngezikhathi zombuso, okungukuthi, ngosuku lwesikhombisa… iSabatha leqiniso labalungileyo. —USt. U-Irenaeus waseLyons, uBaba weSonto (140-202 AD); U-Adversus Haereses, U-Irenaeus weLyons, V.33.3.4, The Fathers of the Church, CIMA Publishing Co.

Okusho ukuthi, izinto zizoba zimbi kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba zibe ngcono. Njengoba omunye wababhali abathandekayo bakaSt. Thérèse de Lisieux abhalayo,

Umbono onegunya elikhulu, futhi obonakala uvumelana kakhulu neMibhalo eNgcwele, ngukuthi, ngemuva kokuwa komphik 'ukristu, iSonto lamaKhatholika lizophinda lingene enkathini yokuchuma nokunqoba. -Ukuphela Kwezwe Lamanje kanye Nezimfihlakalo Zempilo Yesikhathi Esizayo, Fr. UCharles Arminjon (1824-1885), k. 56-57; Nozipho

Mayelana nalokhu, ngifuna ukudlulisa ukuthi yini enye yezimpawu ezibaluleke kakhulu zoMphikukristu ezibonakala zenzeka kulokhu ihora…

 

Ihora lokungabi namthetho

Ngifuna ukulandisa kubafundi abasha ngesipiliyoni esingapheli ebenginaso ngo-2005 umbhishobhi waseCanada wangikhuthaza ukuba ngibhale ngaso. Bengishayela ngedwa eBritish Columbia, eCanada, ngiya ekhonsathini yami elandelayo, ngijabulela ubuhle bendawo, ngikhukhuleka ngemicabango, lapho ngokungazelelwe ngezwa ngaphakathi enhliziyweni yami la mazwi:

Ngiphakamise isibambi.

Ngezwa okuthile emoyeni wami okunzima ukukuchaza. Kwakungathi i ukwethuka kudabula umhlaba — kube sengathi kudedelwe okuthile endaweni yomoya. ^[6]qhathanisa Ukususa Isithintelo

Ngalobo busuku ekamelweni lami le-motel, ngabuza iNkosi ukuthi ngabe lokhu engikuzwayo kwakuseMibhalweni yini, ngoba igama elithi "restrainer" lalingangijwayele. Ngathatha iBhayibheli lami, lavuleka ngqo kweyesi-2 Thesalonika 2: 3. Ngaqala ukufunda:

… [Ningethuki] nisuswe ezingqondweni zenu ngokungazelelwe, noma… nithuke noma “umoya,” noma isitatimende somlomo, noma incwadi okusolakala ukuthi ivela kithi yokuthi usuku lweNkosi luseduze. Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisa nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ngoba ngaphandle kokuthi ukuhlubuka kufike kuqala futhi ongenamthetho ambulwe…

Okungukuthi, uSt. Paul waxwayisa ngokuthi "usuku lweNkosi" lwaluzokwandulelwa ukuvukela nokwambulwa kuka-Antichrist — ngamagama, ukungabi namthetho.

… Ngaphambi kokufika kweNkosi kuzoba nokuhlubuka, futhi kuchazwe kahle ngokuthi “umuntu ongenamthetho”, “indodana yokubhujiswa”, ubani osiko lakhe elizobiza Umphik'ukristu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Izithameli Ezijwayelekile, "Kungaba sekupheleni kwesikhathi noma ngesikhathi sokushoda kokuthula: Woza Nkosi Jesu!", L'Osservatore Romano, Novemba 12, 2008

Kepha kukhona okuthile "Ukuvimbela" ukuvela kwalomphikukristu. Ngivule umhlathi kakhulu ngalobo busuku, ngaqhubeka ngafunda:

Futhi uyazi ukuthi yini ukuvimbela kuye manje ukuze abonakaliswe ngesikhathi sakhe. Ngoba imfihlakalo yokweqa umthetho isiyasebenza. kuphela lowo manje uyabamba izokwenza njalo aze aphume endleleni. Bese kuthi lowo ongenamthetho ambulwe…

Uma sicabanga ngokungabi namthetho, sithambekele ekucabangeni amaqembu ezigelekeqe emigwaqweni, ukungabikho kwamaphoyisa, ubugebengu yonke indawo, njll. Kepha, njengoba sibonile esikhathini esedlule, izindlela ezimbi kakhulu ezicashile neziyingozi woza igagasi le izinguquko. Inguquko yaseFrance yashukunyiswa yizinkumbi zabantu ezazifuna ukuketula iSonto nobukhosi; Ubukhomanisi buzelwe ngesikhathi abantu bengena eMoscow kuNguquko luka-Okthoba; UbuNazi babunjalo ngentando yeningi baqashwe ngevoti elidumile; futhi namhlanje, ukusebenza ngokulingana nohulumeni abakhethwe ngentando yeningi, ngokubambisana nabalweli bamandla, kungamandla asebenzayo okukhona manje Ukuvukelwa Komhlaba: ubushoshovu bezobulungiswa, lapho izinkantolo zimane zisungule imithetho njenge “ncazelo” yemithetho-sisekelo noma yamashadi wamalungelo.

… Izinqumo zeNkantolo Ephakeme zangesonto eledlule bezingekhona nje ezomthethosisekelo kuphela,umthetho. Okusho ukuthi asisaphili ngaphakathi kohlelo lwemithetho, kepha sesingaphansi kohlelo olulawulwa yintando yabantu. -Umhleli, uJonathan V. Okokugcina, I-Standardly Standard, Julayi 1st, i-2015

Lokhu kusho ukuthi kube khona ifayela le- inchubekelembili lapho ukungabi namthetho kubonakala kuqhubeka ukwengeza ebusweni benkululeko ngenkathi empeleni kuyicekela phansi. ^[7]qhathanisa Iphupho Longenamthetho

… Lapho isiko uqobo lwalo lukhohlakele futhi luneqiniso futhi imigomo evumelana nayo yonke indawo ayisasekelwa, khona-ke imithetho ingabonakala njengeziphazamiso noma izithiyo okufanele zigwenywe. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Laudato si ',n. 123; www.v Vatican.va

Ngakho-ke, uPapa Francis uyanezela, “ukungahlonishwa komthetho sekuyinsakavukela.” ^[8]qhathanisa Laudato si ',n. 142; www.v Vatican.va Kodwa-ke, njengoba opapa bangaphambilini bexwayisile, lokhu kube yinjongo kubo bonke labo abasebenza ngokuphikisana ne-oda lamanje. ^[9]qhathanisa Imfihlakalo iBabiloni 

Ngalesi sikhathi, noma kunjalo, abahlanganyeli bobubi babonakala behlangana ndawonye… Abasenzi mfihlo ngezinhloso zabo, manje sebesukuma bavukela uNkulunkulu uqobo lwaKhe… okuyiyona njongo yabo enkulu eziphoqelela ukuba ibonwe — okungukuthi, ukugumbuqela yonke leyonkolo nezepolitiki emhlabeni okhiqizwe imfundiso yobuKrestu, kanye nokufakwa esikhundleni sezinto ezintsha ngokuya ngemibono yazo, okuyizisekelo nemithetho ezosuselwa kuzinto zemvelo kuphela. —UPOPE LEO XIII, I-Humanum Genus, Encyclical on Freemasonry, n. 10, Apri 20thl, 1884

 

ISILO SIQEDA INKULULEKO

Bafowethu nodadewethu, ngisho lokhu ngendlela futhi ukuze nginixwayise ngalawo maKatolika anezinhloso ezinhle aphikelela ekutheni kungenzeka ukuthi asisondele esikhathini soMphikukristu. Futhi isizathu sokugcizelela kwabo yilokhu: bazilinganisele kwimfundiso yenkolo yezemfundo kanye nencazelo yeBhayibheli engacabangi yonke imibhalo yezenkolo, imfundiso yenkolo eyimfihlakalo, kanye nayo yonke indikimba yezimfundiso zamaKatolika. Futhi-ke, izitatimende Zomantshi ezinjengalezi zilandelwa kalula:

Ubani ongehluleka ukubona ukuthi umphakathi kulesi sikhathi samanje, ngaphezu kwanoma isiphi isikhathi esidlule, uhlushwa yisifo esibi futhi esinezimpande, okuthi, lapho sikhula nsuku zonke futhi sidle okuphakathi kwaso, sikudonsele ekubhujisweni? Niyaqonda, Bazalwane Abahloniphekile, ukuthi yini lesi sifo ngu—ukuhlubuka okuvela kuNkulunkulu… Lapho konke lokhu kubhekwa kunesizathu esizwakalayo sokwesaba hleze lokhu kuphambuka okukhulu kube sengathi kunambitheka, futhi mhlawumbe kungukuqala kwalobo bubi obugcinelwe izinsuku zokugcina; nokuthi kube khona vele emhlabeni "iNdodana yokulahlwa" lowo uMphostoli akhuluma ngaye. —I-POPE ST. I-PIUS X, E Supremi, Encyclical, Ekubuyiselweni Kwazo Zonke Izinto KuKristu, n. 3, 5; Okthoba 4, 1903

Noma kunjalo, ukuhlolwa okungaqondakali kwezikhathi zethu kwembula okukhona kulelihora zonke uphawu olwaluzokwandulela futhi luhambisane “nalowo ongenamthetho.”

 

Ukungabi namthetho nokuhlubuka

Njengoba sekushiwo, ukwephulwa komthetho kuqhamuka yonke indawo, hhayi kuphela ekuqedweni komthetho wokuziphatha wemvelo, kepha kulokho uPapa Francis akubiza ngokuthi "isimo sempi" esikhulayo, ^[10]qhathanisa I-Catholic Herald, Juni 6th, 2015 ukwahlukana kwemindeni namasiko, kanye nezinkinga zomnotho. 

Kodwa igama uSt. Paul alisebenzisayo ukuchaza ukungabi namthetho "ukuhlubuka", okusho ngqo ukuvukela, nokwenqatshwa kwabantu abaningi enkolweni yamaKhatholika. Umsuka walokhu kuhlubuka ukuvumelana nomoya wezwe.

Akukaze kube nokuphambuka okunje ebuKristwini njengoba bekulokhu kwenzeka ngekhulu elidlule. Impela "singabaqokelwe" ukuhlubuka Okukhulu. —UDkt. Ralph Martin, Umeluleki woMkhandlu Wepapa Wokuvangela Okusha, Yini Emhlabeni Eqhubekayo? I-documenatary yethelevishini, i-CTV Edmonton, 1997

… Izwe liyimpande yobubi futhi lingaholela ekubeni sishiye amasiko ethu futhi sixoxisane ngokuthembeka kwethu kuNkulunkulu othembekile njalo. Lokhu… kubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlubuka, oku… kuyindlela “yokuphinga” eyenzeka lapho sixoxisana ngomongo wobuntu bethu: ukwethembeka eNkosini. —UPAPA UFRANCIS ovela emndenini, iVatican Radio, ngoNovemba 18, 2013

Njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, abangaphezu koyedwa uPapa bakhulume ngokuhlubuka okwenzeka phakathi kwethu.

Ukuhlubuka, ukulahleka kokholo, kusakazeka emhlabeni wonke kuya emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu eSontweni. —UPOPE PAUL VI, Ikheli ngeSikhumbuzo Saminyaka Engamashumi Amashumi Amathandathu Sokubonakala Kwe-Fatima, ngo-Okthoba 13, 1977

 

II. Ukunyamalala kwenkululeko

Bobabili umprofethi uDaniel no-St John bachaza “isilo” njengamandla amakhulu emhlabeni “Yanika igunya phezu kwazo zonke izinhlanga, abantu, izilimi nezizwe.” ^[11]isib. IsAm 13:7 Ubufakazi bokungena kwamandla omhlaba lokho izilawuli kuya ngokuya kucaca ngokwengeziwe, ^[12]qhathanisa Lawula! Lawula! hhayi kuphela emithethweni ephasiswayo evimbela inkululeko ukuze “kuliwe nobuphekula”, kepha nakwezomnotho womhlaba okhula ngokugqilaza hhayi abampofu kuphela, kodwa isigaba esiphakathi ngokusebenzisa “inzalo”. ^[13]qhathanisa 2014 kanye neSilo Esikhulayo Ngaphezu kwalokho, uPapa Francis uyalahla “ukwenziwa kwamakoloni ngemibono” okuphoqa izizwe emhlabeni wonke ukuthi zamukele imibono elwa nabantu.

Akukona ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke okuhle kobunye bazo zonke izizwe, ngasinye sinamasiko aso, kunalokho ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kokufana kwe-hegemonic, kungukuthi umcabango owodwa. Futhi lo mcabango owodwa uyisithelo se- izwe. —POPE FRANCIS, Homily, Novemba 18, 2013; I-Zenit

 

III. Ubuchwepheshe obungasetshenziswanga

UPapa Francis naye uchaze usongo olukhulayo lwamandla ezobuchwepheshe olusongela “hhayi ezombusazwe zethu kuphela kodwa nenkululeko nobulungiswa.” ^[14]qhathanisa Laudato si ',n. 53; www.v Vatican.va Umqondo ongamanga ubusa sengathi 'konke ukwanda kwamandla kusho' ukwanda 'kwenqubekela phambili' uqobo. ”' ^[15]qhathanisa Laudato si ',n. 105; www.v Vatican.va Kodwa lokhu akwenzeki, uyaxwayisa, ngaphandle kwalapho kuba nezingxoxo ezingagunci nezikhululekile mayelana nokuziphatha nokulinganiselwa kobuchwepheshe. Njengomanduleli wakhe, uBenedict XVI, owayevame ukwakha izitayela zomnotho nezobuchwepheshe njengokubeka engcupheni ukugqilazwa kwesintu, noFrancis ngokufanayo uthathe indawo yonke ukuthi, ngenkathi uqaphela izinzuzo kanye nesidingo sobuciko bomuntu, uxwayisa ngokwanda kokubusa kobuchwepheshe ngabambalwa:

… Labo abanolwazi, futhi ikakhulukazi imithombo yezomnotho yokuzisebenzisa, [banamandla] okubusa okuhlaba umxhwele phezu kwabo bonke ubuntu nomhlaba wonke. Isintu asikaze sibe namandla anjalo phezu kwaso, kepha akukho okuqinisekisa ukuthi sizosetshenziswa ngokuhlakanipha, ikakhulukazi lapho sibheka ukuthi sisetshenziswa kanjani njengamanje. Sidinga kodwa ukucabanga ngamabhomu enuzi awiswe maphakathi nekhulu lamashumi amabili, noma ubuchwepheshe obuningi ubuNazi, ubuKhomanisi kanye neminye imibuso yobushiqela abayisebenzisile ukubulala izigidi zabantu, ukungasho lutho ngezikhali eziya ngokuya zibulala izimpi zanamuhla. Asezandleni zikabani wonke la mandla, noma ekugcineni ayophela? Kuyingozi enkulu ukuthi ingxenye encane yesintu ibe nayo. -Laudato si ',n. 104; www.v Vatican.va

 

IV. Ukuvela "kophawu"

Umuntu kuzodingeka abe nobudedengu ngandlela thile ukuze angaboni ingozi yangempela futhi ekhulayo yezentengiselwano ekhawulelwa ngokwengeziwe esizindeni sedijithali. Ngokuthula, ngobuqili, isintu sithwelwe njengezinkomo ohlelweni lwezomnotho lapho kunabadlali abambalwa nabambalwa nokulawulwa okuphakathi. Abathengisi abancane bavame ukushintshwa yizitolo zamabhokisi; abalimi bendawo abashiywa amakhaya yizinkampani zokudla ezinamazwe amaningi; namabhange endawo agwinywe ngamandla amakhulu ezezimali futhi kaningi angaziwa abeke inzuzo phambi kwabantu, “izintshisekelo zezimali ezingaziwa eziguqula amadoda abe yizigqila, okungezona izinto ezinde zabantu, kodwa zingamandla angaziwa asetshenziswa amadoda, ”kusho uPapa Benedict XVI. ^[16]isib. Ukuzindla ngemuva kokufundwa kwehhovisi leHora Lesithathu, iVatican City, ngo-Okthoba 11, 2010

Ubuchwepheshe obunciphisa ukuthenga nokuthengisa ezinhlelweni zokuqashelwa kwedijithali kubeka engcupheni yokuthi ekugcineni kugcine kukhishwe labo “abangabambiqhaza” esivivinyweni esibanzi senhlalo. Uma, ngokwesibonelo, umnikazi webhizinisi ephoqeleka ukuba avale ibhizinisi lakhe ngokungalibhaki ikhekhe lomshado wobulili obufanayo, sikude kangakanani nezinkantolo simane siyala ukuthi "switch" icishwe kuma-akhawunti asebhange alabo kuthathwa ngokuthi “amaphekula” okuthula? Noma mhlawumbe, ngobuqili, ngemuva kokuwa kwedola nokwanda kohlelo olusha lomnotho womhlaba, kungasetshenziswa yini ubuchwepheshe obudinga ukunamathela ezimisweni "zesivumelwano somhlaba wonke"? Kumanje, amabhange aseqalile ukusebenzisa "ukuphrinta okuhle" okugcizelela ukuthi amakhasimende abo "ayabekezelela" futhi "ahlanganisa".

I-Apocalypse ikhuluma ngomphikisi kaNkulunkulu, isilo. Lesi silwane asinalo igama, kodwa inombolo. [Ekusabekeni kwamakamu okuhlushwa], bakhansela ubuso nomlando, baguqula umuntu abe yinombolo, bamehlisa waba yingcosana emshinini omkhulu. Umuntu akawona nje umsebenzi. Ezinsukwini zethu, akufanele sikhohlwe ukuthi bafanekisela ikusasa lomhlaba obeka engcupheni yokwamukela ukwakheka okufanayo kwamakamu okuhlushwa, uma kwamukelwa umthetho wendawo yonke womshini. Imishini eyakhiwe ibeka umthetho ofanayo. Ngokwalo mqondo, umuntu kufanele ahunyushwe yikhompyutha futhi lokhu kungenzeka kuphela uma kuhunyushelwa ezinombolweni. Isilo siyinombolo futhi siguquka sibe izinombolo. Nokho, uNkulunkulu unegama futhi ubiza ngegama. Ungumuntu futhi ubheka umuntu. -Cardinal Ratzinger, (POPE BENEDICT XVI) Palermo, Mashi 15, 2000

 

Abezizwe nabahambi

Kusobala ukuthi amaKristu emphakathini waseNtshonalanga abe "ngabangaphandle" abasha; emazweni aseMpumalanga, sesibe izinhloso. Njengoba inani labafel 'ukholo ngekhulu elidlule lidlula wonke amakhulu eminyaka ngaphambi kwabo lihlangene, kusobala ukuthi sesingene ekushushisweni okusha kweBandla okuya kuba nolaka ngehora. Nakho lokhu kungesinye “isibonakaliso sezikhathi” esisondela ngaso eduze Nehlo Lesiphepho.

Kepha, konke lokhu bengikubhala futhi ngikuxwayisa cishe iminyaka eyishumi manje, kanye namanye amazwi amaningi eSontweni. Amazwi kaJesu ayenanela ezindlebeni zami…

Nginitshele lokhu, ukuze, lapho kufika isikhathi sabo, nikhumbule ukuthi nganitshela. (Johane 16: 4)

Konke lokhu kufanele kushiwo, bafowethu nodadewethu, ukuthi imimoya izothuthuka ngokwengeziwe, izinguquko ziyashesha, iSiphepho sinodlame oluningi. Futhi, i IziMpawu eziyisiKhombisa zeRevolution kwakha ukuqala kwalesi Siphepho, futhi sibabukele bevula ngesikhathi sangempela ezindabeni zansuku zonke.

Kepha kukho konke lokhu, uNkulunkulu unecebo ngabantu bakhe abathembekile.

Ekupheleni kuka-Ephreli, ngabelane nawe izwi elisenhliziyweni yami: Woza Nami. Ngizwe ukuthi iNkosi isibiza futhi, ukuthi siphume eBabiloni, siphume emhlabeni siye “ehlane”. Engingazange ngikubelane ngaleso sikhathi kwakungokwami ukuqonda okujule kakhulu ukuthi uJesu usibiza kakhulu ngendlela enza ngayo “oFata basehlane” —ilawo madoda abaleka ezilingweni zomhlaba ayedwa ebangeni eliwugwadule ukuze avikele impilo yawo yokomoya. Ukubalekela kwabo ehlane kwakha isisekelo se-Western monasticism kanye nendlela entsha yokuhlanganisa umsebenzi nomthandazo.

Umqondo wami ukuthi iNkosi iyazilungiselela ngokomzimba izindawo amaKristu angabizelwa ukuhlangana kuzo, ngokuzithandela noma ngokufuduka. Ngazibona lezi zindawo “zokudingiswa” ezingamaKrestu, le “miphakathi ehambisanayo”, embonweni ongaphakathi owafika kimi eminyakeni eminingana eyedlule ngenkathi ngithandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe (bheka Iziphephelo Ezizayo Neziphephelo). Kodwa-ke, kungaba okungalungile ngathi ukucabanga ngalezi njengezindawo zokuvikela ze Ngokuzayo. Njengamanje, amaKristu kudingeka ahlangane ndawonye, ​​akhe izibopho zobunye ukuze aqinise, asekele futhi akhuthazane. Ngoba ukushushiswa akufiki: selikhona vele.

Ngakho-ke, kwangijabulisa ukufunda isihloko esivela kumagazini i-TIME kule mpelasonto edlule. Ngithinteke kakhulu ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala futhi ngiyicaphuna ngokwengxenye lapha:

… AmaKrestu ajwayelekile kumele aqonde ukuthi izinto zizoba nzima kakhulu kithina. Kuzofanele sifunde ukuthi singaphila kanjani njengabathunjwa ezweni lakithi… kuzofanele siguqule indlela esenza ngayo ukukholwa kwethu sikufundise izingane zethu, sakhe imiphakathi ekwaziyo ukumelana nezimo.

Isikhathi sokuthi ngikubize ngokuthi yi-Benedict Option. Encwadini yakhe yango-1982 ethi After Virtue, isazi sefilosofi esidumile u-Alasdair MacIntyre wafanisa inkathi yamanje nokuwa kweRoma lasendulo. Ukhombe uBenedict waseNursia, umKristu osemusha ozinikele oshiye isiphithiphithi saseRoma waya ehlathini eyothandaza, njengesibonelo kithina. Thina abafuna ukuphila ngezimfanelo zendabuko, kusho uMacIntyre, kufanele siphayone izindlela ezintsha zokwenza lokho emphakathini. Silindele, uthe "okusha - futhi ngokungangabazeki kwehluke kakhulu - uSt. Benedict."

Kuyo yonke iNkathi Ephakathi, imiphakathi kaBenedict yakha izindlu zezindela, futhi yagcina ukukhanya kokholo kuvutha ebumnyameni bezamasiko obuzungezile. Ekugcineni, izindela zamaBenedictine zasiza ekuvuseleleni impucuko. —URob Dreher, "AmaKrestu obu-Orthodox Kumele Manje Afunde Ukuphila Njengezithunjwa Ezweni Lethu", ISIKHATHI, Juni 26, 2015; Time.com

Ngempela, uPapa Benedict waxwayisa ngokuthi “ukholo lusengozini yokufa njengelangabi elingasenamandla” encwadini ayibhalela bonke ababhishobhi bomhlaba. ^[17]isib. Ubungcwele Bakhe uPapa Benedict XVI kubo Bonke Ababhishobhi be
Umhlaba, Mashi 12, 2009; I-Catholic Online Kepha lelihora lokungabi namthetho futhi linikeza ithuba: ukuba ngumgcini nomgcini wokholo, alondoloze iqiniso futhi aligcine liphila futhi lizishisa enhliziyweni yomuntu. Njengamanje, "inkathi yokuthula" ezayo iye yakhiwa ezinhliziyweni zalabo abanikela "nge-fiat" yabo kuJesu. UNkulunkulu ugcina abantu, abavame ukufihlwa emhlabeni, ngemfundo yasekhaya, ubizo olusha ebupristini, nangempilo yenkolo nokuzinikezela ukuze babe imbewu kwenkathi entsha, impucuko entsha yothando.

Inguquko Yezocansi ihlala ithembisa ukugcwaliseka kepha ikhaphela abalandeli bayo kabuhlungu ekugcineni. Noma silungiselela ukudideka kwesizukulwane kanye nokuvumelana okuphoqelelwe, kufanele futhi sime siqine ekunikeni ithemba kubabaleki abavela kwiNguquko Yezocansi abazokuza kithi, bethikamezwe iphupho lokuzimela nokuzidala. Kumele sigcine ukukhanya kukhanya ezindleleni zakudala. Kumele siveze ukuthi kungani umshado ungasuselwa emvelweni nasemasikweni kuphela kepha naseVangelini likaJesu Kristu (Efe. 5:32). - URussell Moore, Izinto Zokuqala, Juni 27th, 2015

Sisondela, sishesha, futhi siseduze nehlo Lesiphepho. ^[18]qhathanisa Iso Lesiphepho Zizothatha isikhathi esingakanani lezi zinto ukwenzeka? Izinyanga? Iminyaka? Emashumini eminyaka? Engizokusho, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, ukuthi uma nibona izehlakalo zenzeka (namanje) omunye komunye kube sengathi iSonto nomhlaba kuseduze kokulahleka… khumbula nje amazwi kaJesu:

Nginitshele lokhu, ukuze, lapho kufika isikhathi sabo, nikhumbule ukuthi nganitshela. (Johane 16: 4)

… Bese-ke, thula, uthembeke, futhi ulindele isandla seNkosi esiyisiphephelo kubo bonke abahlala kuye.

 

 

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