THE ukuphefumula kukaNkulunkulu kusenkabeni yendalo. Yilokhu kuphefumula okungagcini ngokuvuselela ukudala kepha kunika wena nami ithuba lokuthi siqale futhi lapho sesiwile…
UMOYA WOKUPHILA
Ekuqaleni kokudala, ngemva kokwenza zonke ezinye izinto, uNkulunkulu wadala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe. Waba khona lapho uNkulunkulu adonse umoya angene kuye.
UJehova uNkulunkulu wambumba umuntu ngothuli lomhlabathi, waphefumulela emakhaleni akhe umoya wokuphila; umuntu waba ngumphefumulo ophilayo. ( Genesise 2:7 )
Kodwa kwabe sekufika ukuwa lapho u-Adamu no-Eva bona, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso behogela ukufa. Lokhu kwahlukana noMdali wabo kwakungabuyiselwa ngendlela eyodwa kuphela: UNkulunkulu Uqobo Lwakhe, eMuntu kaJesu Kristu, kwadingeka “ahogele” isono sezwe njengoba Nguye kuphela owayengabasusa.
Ngenxa yethu wamenza isono ongasaziyo, ukuze thina sibe ngukulunga kukaNkulunkulu kuye. ( 2 Korinte 5:21 )
Lapho lo msebenzi wokuhlenga ekugcineni “uphela,”[1]John 19: 30 uJesu ukhiphe umoya, kanjalo enqoba ukufa ngokufa:
UJesu wakhala kakhulu waphefumula okokugcina. ( Marku 15:37 )
Ekuseni ngoVuko, Baba aphefumulele phezulu Ukuphila emzimbeni kaJesu futhi, kanjalo emenza “u-Adamu omusha” nesiqalo ‘sendalo entsha. Yinye kuphela into eyayisele: ukuba uJesu aphefumulele le Mpilo entsha kuyo yonke indalo—ukukhipha umoya Ukuthula phezu kwawo, esebenza emuva, eqala ngomuntu ngokwakhe.
“Ukuthula makube kinina. Njengoba uBaba engithumile, nami ngiyanithuma nina.” Eseshilo lokho wabaphefumulela, wathi kubo: “Yamukelani uMoya oNgcwele. Uma nithethelela izono zabanye, bathethelelwe; uma nibamba izono zanoma yibaphi, zibanjiwe. ( Johane 2:21-23 )
Nansi-ke indlela mina nawe esiba ngayo ingxenye yalesi sidalwa esisha kuKristu: ngokuthethelelwa kwezono zethu. Kunjalo-ke ukuPhila okusha kungena kithi, ukuthi umoya kaNkulunkulu usibuyisela kanjani: lapho sithethelelwe futhi ngaleyo ndlela sikwazi ukuhlanganyela. Ukubuyisana incazelo yePhasika. Futhi lokhu kuqala ngamanzi oMbhapathizo, ageza “isono sokuqala.”
UMBHABHADISO: UMOYA WETHU WOKUQALA
KuGenesise, ngemva kokuba uNkulunkulu ephefumulele ukuphila emakhaleni ka-Adamu, iyasho lokho “kwaphuma umfula e-Edene wokunisela insimu.” [2]IGen 2: 10 Ngakho, endalweni entsha, umfula ubuyiselwa kithi:
Kodwa elinye lamasosha lamgwaza ohlangothini ngomkhonto, kwahle kwaphuma igazi namanzi. ( Johane 19:34 )
“Amanzi” awuphawu lokubhapathizwa kwethu. Kukuleyo ndawo yokubhapathiza lapho amaKristu amasha ukuphefumula ngokokuqala ngqá njengesidalwa esisha. Kanjani? Ngamandla negunya uJesu alinika abaPhostoli “thethelela izono ze 
noma yini.” KumaKristu amadala (ama-catechumens), ukuqaphela le mpilo entsha kuvame ukuba yisikhathi esingokomzwelo:
Ngoba iWundlu eliphakathi kwesihlalo sobukhosi liyobelusa, futhi liyobaholela emithonjeni yamanzi okuphila; futhi uNkulunkulu uyosula zonke izinyembezi emehlweni abo. ( IsAmbulo 7:17 )
UJesu uthi ngaloMfula ukuthi “kuye kuyakuba-ngumthombo wamanzi ogobhoza ekuphileni okuphakade.” [3]Johane 4:14; cf. 7:38 Impilo entsha. Umoya omusha.
Kodwa kwenzekani uma siphinda sona?
I-CONFESSIONAL: UBUYA KANJANI FUTHI
Hhayi amanzi kuphela, kodwa iGazi elathululwa ohlangothini lukaKristu. Yileli Gazi Eliligugu eligeza phezu kwesoni, kokubili eSidlweni kanye nakulokho okubizwa “ngesakramente lokuguqulwa” (noma “ukuphenduka”, “ukuvuma izono”, “ukubuyisana” noma “ukuthethelelwa”). Ukuvuma izono ngesinye isikhathi kwakuyingxenye ejulile yohambo lobuKristu. Kodwa kusukela eVatican II, ayigcinanga nje ngokuphela “emfashinini,” kodwa abavuma izono ngokwabo ngokuvamile baye baguqulwa baba amakhabethe omshanelo. Lokhu kufana namaKrestu akhohlwa ukuphefumula!
Uma uhogele intuthu enobuthi yesono empilweni yakho, akuwenzi umqondo ukuhlala usesimweni sokucikeka, okusho ukuthi ngokomoya, yilokho isono esikwenzayo emphefumulweni. Ngokuba uKristu ukulungisele indlela yokuphuma ethuneni. Ukuze uphinde uphefumule impilo entsha, okudingekayo ukuthi “ukhiphe” lezi zono phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Futhi uJesu, ekungaphelelwa yisikhathi kwaphakade lapho umhlatshelo wakhe ungena njalo esikhathini samanje, uhogela izono zakho ukuze zibethelwe kuye.
Uma sizivuma izono zethu, uthembekile, ulungile, futhi uyakuthethelela izono zethu, asihlanze kukho konke ukungalungi. ( 1 Johane 1:9 )
kukhona amanzi nezinyembezi: amanzi oMbhapathizo nezinyembezi zokuphenduka. -St. Ambrose, Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 1429
Angazi ukuthi amaKristu angaphila kanjani ngaphandle kwaleli Sakramente elikhulu lokuvuma izono. Mhlawumbe abakwenzi. Mhlawumbe ichaza ngokwengxenye ukuthi kungani abaningi kangaka namuhla bephendukela emithini, ukudla, utshwala, ezokuzijabulisa nodokotela bengqondo ukuze babasize “babhekane nakho.” Ingabe kungenxa yokuthi akekho oke wabatshela ukuthi uDokotela Omkhulu ubalindile “enkantolo yeSihe” ukuba abathethelele, abahlanze futhi abaphulukise? Eqinisweni, omunye umkhipha imimoya wake wathi kimi, “Isivumo somoya esisodwa esihle sinamandla kunokukhipha imimoya eyikhulu.” Ngempela, amaKristu amaningi ahambahamba ecindezelwe ngokoqobo imimoya emibi echoboza emaphashini awo. Uyafuna ukuphefumula futhi? Hamba ku-Confession.
Kodwa kuphela ngePhasika noma ngoKhisimusi? AmaKatolika amaningi acabanga ngale ndlela ngoba akekho owawatshela okuhlukile. Kodwa lokhu, futhi, kuyindlela yokuphefumula ngokomoya. U-St. Pio wake wathi,
Ukuvuma izono, okungukuhlanzwa komphefumulo, kufanele kwenziwe kungakadluli zonke izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili; Angikwazi ukubekezelela ukugcina imiphefumulo kude nokuvuma izinsuku ezingaphezu kweziyisishiyagalombili. —USt. UPio kaPietrelcina
U-St. John Paul II wabeka iphuzu elihle kukho:
“… Labo abaya e-Confession njalo, futhi benza kanjalo benesifiso sokwenza inqubekela phambili” bazobona amagxathu abawenzayo ezimpilweni zabo zikamoya. "Kungaba yinkohliso ukufuna ubungcwele, ngokobizo umuntu aluthole kuNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kokudla kaningi ngalesi sakramente sokuguquka nokubuyisana." —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, ingqungquthela yabaphostoli ejele, ngoMashi 27, 2004; hube-media.org
Ngemva kokushumayela lomlayezo engqungqutheleni, umfundisi owayelalele izivumo lapho wabelana nami ngale ndaba:
Enye indoda yangitshela ngaphambi kwalolu suku ukuthi yayingakholelwa ekuvumeni izono futhi ayizange izimisele ukuphinda futhi. Ngicabanga ukuthi lapho engena endlini yokuvuma izono, wamangala ngendlela engangibukeka ngayo ebusweni bami. Savele sabukana sobabili sakhala.
Leyo kwakuyindoda eyathola ukuthi idinga ngempela ukuphefumula.
UKUPHEFUMULA INKULULEKO
Ukuvuma izono akubekelwe izono “ezinkulu” kuphela.
Ngaphandle kokuthi kudingekile ngokuqinile, ukuvuma amaphutha nsuku zonke (izono zasendaweni) kunconywa kakhulu yiSonto. Ngempela ukuvuma njalo kwezono zethu zasendaweni kusisiza sakhe onembeza bethu, silwe nokuthambekela okubi, masivunyelwe ukuthi siphulukiswe nguKristu kanye nenqubekela phambili empilweni kaMoya. Ngokwamukela kaningi ngaleli sakramente isipho somusa kaBaba, sikhuthazwa ukuba sibe nesihe njengoba yena enesihe…
Umuntu ngamunye, ukuvuma izono okuyisisekelo nokuxolelwa kuhlala kuyindlela ejwayelekile kuphela yokuthi abathembekile bazibuyisane noNkulunkulu neSonto, ngaphandle kwalapho ngokomzimba noma ngokokuziphatha kungeke kube nezaba kulolu hlobo lokuvuma izono. Kunezizathu ezijulile zalokhu. UKristu usebenza kumasakramente onke. Ukhuluma ngqo nesoni ngasinye: “Ndodana yami, izono zakho zithethelelwe.” Ungudokotela onakekela abagulayo ngamunye abamdinga ukubelapha. Uyabavusa futhi abahlanganise babe yinhlanganyelo yobuzalwane. Ukuvuma komuntu uqobo kuyindlela ecacisa kakhulu ukubuyisana noNkulunkulu kanye neBandla. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, n. 1458, 1484
Uma uya ku-Confession, ukhululiwe ngempela esonweni sakho. USathane, azi ukuthi uxolelwe, usenento eyodwa kuphela ebhokisini lakhe lamathuluzi mayelana nesikhathi sakho esidlule—“uhambo lwecala”—ithemba lokuthi usazohogela intuthu yokungabaza ebuhleni bukaNkulunkulu:
Kuyamangaza ukuthi umKristu kufanele aqhubeke ezizwa enecala ngemva kwesakramente lokuvuma izono. Nina enikhala ebusuku nikhala emini thulani. Noma ngabe yiliphi icala okungenzeka ukuthi lalikhona, uKristu uvukile futhi igazi lakhe laligeza. Ungeza kuYe futhi wenze indebe ezandleni zakho, futhi iconsi elilodwa legazi Lakhe lizokuhlanza uma unokholo emseni Wakhe futhi uthi, “Nkosi, ngiyaxolisa.” -Isisebenzi sikaNkulunkulu uCatherine de Hueck Doherty, UKiss of Christ
My Ngane, zonke izono zakho azilimazanga Inhliziyo Yami kabuhlungu njengoba ukungabi nethemba kwakho manje kwenza lokho ngemuva kwemizamo eminingi kangaka yothando nesihawu Sami, kusamele ungabaze ubuhle Bami. —UJesu kuya eSt Faustina, Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari, n. 1486
Sengiphetha, ngithandazela ukuthi ucabange ngeqiniso lokuthi unjalo Indalo Entsha kuKristu. Leli yiqiniso lapho ubhapathizwa. Kuyiqiniso uma uphuma futhi ku-confessional:
Lowo okuKristu uyisidalwa esisha; okwakuqala kudlulile; bheka, sekufikile okusha. (Funda eyesi-2 Korinte 5:16-17.)
Uma uminwa unecala namuhla, akungoba kufanele. Uma ungakwazi ukuphefumula, akubangelwa ukuthi umoya awukho. UJesu uphefumula impilo entsha ngalo mzuzu ekuqondeni kwakho. Kukuwe ukuthi uhogele...
Masingahlali siboshiwe ngaphakathi kwethu, kodwa masivule amathuna ethu avaliwe eNkosini—ngamunye wethu uyazi ukuthi ayini—ukuze Angene futhi asinike ukuphila. Masimnike amatshe enzondo yethu kanye namatshe esikhathi esidlule, leyo mithwalo esindayo yobuthakathaka bethu nokuwa. UKristu ufuna ukuza asibambe ngesandla ukuze asikhiphe osizini lwethu... INkosi mayisikhulule kulolugibe, ekubeni amaKristu angenathemba, aphila sengathi iNkosi ayivuswanga, sengathi izinkinga zethu ziyisizinda. zezimpilo zethu. —UPOPE FRANCIS, Homily, I-Easter Vigil, March 26th, 2016; v Vatican.va
KUFUNDWA OKUFUNDILE
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Ukusekelwa kwakho kwezezimali nemithandazo yakho kungani
ufunda lokhu namuhla.
Akubusise futhi ngiyabonga.
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chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
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