Madodana Namadodakazi Athandekayo

 

LAPHO kunentsha eningi efundayo IZwi Manje kanye nemindeni engitshele ukuthi babelana ngale mibhalo etafuleni. Omunye umama wabhala:

Usushintshe umhlaba womndeni wami ngenxa yezincwadi zezindaba engizifunde kuwe bese ngizidlulisa. Ngikholwa ukuthi isipho sakho sisisiza ukuba siphile impilo "engcwelise" impilo yobungcwele…). Engithi kuyo “NGIYABONGA!”

Nawu umndeni oqonde “injongo” eyisiprofetho yalesi sihlubuki: 

… Ukuprofetha ngomqondo weBhayibheli akusho ukubikezela ikusasa kepha kuchaza intando kaNkulunkulu yesikhathi samanje, ngakhoke sikhombise indlela eyiyo okufanele siyithathe ngekusasa… nanti iphuzu: [izambulo eziyimfihlo] zisisiza ukuba siqonde izimpawu zezikhathi futhi siziphendule ngokufanele ngokholo. - UCardinal Ratzinger (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI), "Umlayezo kaFatima", I-Theological Commentary, www.v Vatican.va

Ngasikhathi sinye, iziphrofetho eziningi ezivela kosanta nezimfihlakalo ngokufanayo do khuluma ngekusasa — uma nje kungasibiza sibuyele kuNkulunkulu okwamanje, kushukunyiswa ngokungathi kunjalo “yizimpawu zezikhathi.”

Umprofethi umuntu okhuluma iqiniso ngamandla okuxhumana kwakhe noNkulunkulu — iqiniso lanamuhla, nalo, ngokwemvelo, elikhanyisa ikusasa. —UKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI), Isiprofetho SamaKristu, Isiko Langemuva KweBhayibheli, Niels Christian Hvidt, Isandulelo, k. vii

Ngakho-ke, ukufunda IZwi Manje kuyasangulukisa isikhathi nesikhathi njengoba sibonakala sisondele ekugcwalisekeni kweziprofetho eziningi ezikhuluma "ngesijeziso", "usizi", njll. Ngakho-ke, iningi labantu abasha liyazibuza ukuthi ikusasa lilethani: Ngabe likhona ithemba noma incithakalo nje ? Ingabe kunenjongo noma ukungabi namqondo nje? Kufanele benze amapulani noma bavele bazingele nje? Ngabe kufanele baye ekolishi, bashade, babe nezingane… noma balinde nje iSphepho? Abaningi baqala ukulwa nokwesaba okukhulu nokudumazeka, uma kungenjalo ukucindezeleka.

Futhi-ke, ngifuna ukukhuluma ngokusuka enhliziyweni kubo bonke abafundi bami abancane, kubafowethu nodadewethu abancane ngisho namadodana namadodakazi ami uqobo, abanye asebengene eminyakeni engamashumi amabili.

 

ITHEMBA LEQINISO 

Angikwazi ukukukhulumela, kepha ukufika kweNtwasahlobo, iqhwa elincibilikayo, ukuthinta okufudumele komkami, ukuhleka komngane, ukucwazimula emehlweni abazukulu bami… nsuku zonke bangikhumbuza isipho esihle ukuphila kunjalo, yize kukhona ukuhlupheka. Lokho, futhi kukhona injabulo yokwazi ukuthi Ngiyathandwa:

Izenzo zomusa zeNkosi azipheli, ububele bakhe abupheli; zivuselelwa njalo ekuseni - kukhulu ukuthembeka kwakho! (IsiLilo 3: 22-23)

Yebo, ungalokothi ukukhohlwe lokhu: noma ngabe wehluleka, noma ngabe wona, ngeke kusaphazamisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngawe njengoba nefu lingavimba ilanga ukuthi likhanye. Yebo, kuyiqiniso ukuthi amafu esono sethu angenza imiphefumulo yethu isibekele ukudabuka, nobugovu kungagxilisa inhliziyo ebumnyameni obukhulu. Kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi isono, uma sibucayi ngokwanele, singaphikisa ngokuphelele i- imiphumela ngothando lukaNkulunkulu (isib. umusa, amandla, ukuthula, ukukhanya, injabulo, njll.) indlela ifu lemvula elinamandla elingaphuca ngayo ukufudumala nokukhanya kwelanga. Kodwa-ke, njengoba lelo lifu elifanayo lingenakuliqeda ilanga ngokwalo, kanjalo nesono sakho ungalokothi kucisha uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngawe. Kwesinye isikhathi lomcabango uwedwa ungenza ngifune ukukhala ngenjabulo. Ngoba manje sengingayeka ukuzama kanzima ukuze uNkulunkulu angithande (indlela esizama ngayo kanzima ukunqoba ukunconywa komunye) bese ngiphumula nje ukwethemba othandweni lwaKhe (futhi uma ukhohlwa malini UNkulunkulu uyakuthanda, bheka nje Esiphambanweni). Ukuphenduka noma ukuguquka esonweni, ngakho-ke, akukhona ukuzenza ngithandeke kuNkulunkulu kepha ngibe yilokho angidala ukuba ngibe nakho ukuze ngikwazi Mthande, osevele uyangithanda.

Ngubani ozosihlukanisa nothando lukaKristu? Ngabe ukuhlupheka, noma usizi, noma ukuzingelwa, noma indlala, noma ukuhamba ze, noma ingozi, noma inkemba, na? … Cha, kukho konke lokhu singabanqobi ngaye owasithandayo. Ngoba ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi nakufa, nakuphila, nazingelosi, nababusi, nakho okukhona, nakho okuzayo, namandla, nokuphakama, nokujula, nanoma yini enye ekudalweni konke, ngeke kukwazi ukusihlukanisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. (Roma 8: 38-39)

Eqinisweni, uSt.Paul wembula ukuthi injabulo yakhe kule mpilo ibingasekelwe ekubeni nezinto, ukufeza imisebenzi yezwe namaphupho, ukuzuza ingcebo nokwaziwa, noma nokuhlala ezweni elingenayo impi noma ukushushiswa. Kunalokho, injabulo yakhe yeza ngokwazi lokho wayethandwa nokuphishekela Lowo onguLuthando uqobo.

Ngempela konke ngikubheka njengokulahleka ngenxa yenani elikhulu + lokwazi uKristu Jesu iNkosi yami. Ngenxa yakhe ngilahlekelwe yizinto zonke, futhi ngizithatha njengezibi, ukuze ngizuze uKristu. (Filipi 3: 8)

Kukhona amanga weqiniso ithemba ngekusasa lakho: noma ngabe kwenzekani, uyathandwa. Futhi uma wamukela lolo thando lwaphezulu, phila ngalolo thando, futhi ufune ngaphezu kwakho konke lokho Othandekayo, khona-ke konke okunye okusemhlabeni — ukudla okuhle kakhulu, ukuzidela, kanye nobudlelwano obungcwele — akulutho uma kuqhathaniswa. Ukushiya ngokuphelele uNkulunkulu kuyimpande yenjabulo yaphakade.

Ukubona lokhu kuncika ngokuphelele maqondana noMdali kungumthombo wokuhlakanipha nenkululeko, wenjabulo nokuzethemba... -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 301

Lokho, futhi, kungubufakazi babangcwele abangenakubalwa nabafel 'ukholo abake bahamba phambi kwakho. Kungani? Ngoba babengagxilile kulokho umhlaba onganikela ngakho futhi babezimisele nokulahlekelwa yikho konke ukuze babe noNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, abanye babangcwele babelangazelela ngisho nokuphila ezinsukwini esiphila kuzo mina nawe manje ngoba babazi ukuthi kuzobandakanya uthando lobuqhawe. Futhi manje sesiyikholelwa-futhi kungani wazalelwa lezi zikhathi:

Ukulalela uKrestu nokumkhonza kuholela ekutheni sithathe izinqumo ezinesibindi, sithathe lezo ngezinye izikhathi okuyizinqumo zobuqhawe. UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisa injabulo yethu yangempela. ISonto lidinga abangcwele. Bonke babizelwe ebungcweleni, futhi abantu abangcwele kuphela abangavuselela ubuntu. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, eVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit.org

Kepha ngabe likhona ngisho nekusasa okufanele ubukeke ulifanele?

 

UKUQINISEKA KWEZIKHATHI ZETHU

Eminyakeni eminingana edlule, insizwa eyayikhathazekile yangibhalela. Wayefunda nge ukuhlanzwa komhlaba okuzayo futhi ubezibuza ukuthi kungani kufanele azihluphe nangokushicilela incwadi entsha abesebenza kuyo. Ngiphendule ngathi kunezizathu ezimbalwa zokuthi kungani enze njalo kufanele. Eyokuqala, ukuthi akekho kithi owazi umugqa wesikhathi kaNkulunkulu. Njengoba uSt. Faustina nopapa besho, siphila “esikhathini somusa.” Kodwa isihe sikaNkulunkulu sifana nebhande lokunwebeka elifinyelela ezingeni lokwephuka… bese kuba yindela ethile encane esigodlweni phakathi nendawo Ubuso bakhe ngaphambi kweSakramente Ebusisiwe futhi uzuzisa umhlaba eminye iminyaka eyishumi yokubuyisa. Uyabona, leyo nsizwa yangibhalela eminyakeni eyi-14 edlule. Ngiyethemba ukuthi wayishicilela leyo ncwadi.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, okuzayo emhlabeni akusikho ukuphela komhlaba kepha ukuphela kwalesi sikhathi. Manje, angizange ngiqambe amanga kuleya nsizwa; Angimnikanga ithemba elingelona iqiniso futhi ngamtshela ukuthi akukho okumele akhathazeke ngakho noma ukuthi ngeke kube nezikhathi ezinzima ezizayo. Esikhundleni salokho, ngamtshela ukuthi, njengoJesu, uMzimba kaKristu manje kumele ulandele iNhloko yawo ngokushisekela kwakhe, ukufa futhi uvuko. Njengoba kusho ku Katekisimu:

ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuvukeni kwalo. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 677

Noma kunjalo, ukucabanga ngalokhu kwamkhathaza. Kungaze kukwenze udabuke futhi wesabe: “Kungani izinto zingahlali zinje nje?”

Well, ngifuna ukukubuza umbuzo: do you ngempela ufuna lomhlaba uqhubeke unje? Ngabe ufuna ikusasa lapho ukuze uthuthuke, kufanele ungene ezikweletini? Ikusasa lokuthola kancane, noma ngabe uneziqu zasekolishi? Izwe lapho amarobhothi ngokushesha azosusa khona imisebenzi engamashumi ezigidi? Umphakathi lapho ukwesaba, intukuthelo nodlame kugcwele izindaba zethu zansuku zonke? Isiko lapho ukudiliza abanye ezinkundleni zokuxhumana sekuyinto ejwayelekile? Izwe lapho iplanethi nemizimba yethu ikhona enobuthi ngamakhemikhali, izibulala-zinambuzane kanye nobuthi okuholela ezifweni ezintsha nezesabekayo? Indawo lapho ungeke uzizwe uphephe khona endaweni yangakini? Izwe lapho sinabantu abasangene abalawula imicibisholo yenuzi? Isiko lapho izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi nokuzibulala kungubhubhane? Umphakathi lapho ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kuyanda futhi ukushushumbiswa kwabantu kusakazeka njengesifo? Indawo lapho izithombe zobulili ezingcolile zilulaza khona futhi zibambe abangani bakho nomndeni wakho uma kungenjalo wena? Isizukulwane esithi ayikho imikhuba yokuziphatha, ngenkathi ivuselela "iqiniso" futhi ithulisa labo abangavumelani? Izwe lapho abaholi bezepolitiki bengakholelwa lutho futhi basho noma yini ukuze bahlale emandleni?

Ngicabanga ukuthi uyalithola iphuzu. USt. Paul wabhala ukuthi kuKristu, “Zonke izinto zibambene.” ^[1]Kolose 1: 17 Ngakho-ke, lapho sisusa uNkulunkulu emkhakheni womphakathi, zonke izinto ziyahlukana. Yingakho isintu sesifikile onqenqemeni lokuzibhubhisa nokuthi kungani sifike ekupheleni kwenkathi, ebizwa ngokuthi “izikhathi zokuphela.” Kepha futhi, “izikhathi zokuphela” azilingani “nokuphela komhlaba”…

 

UKUBUYISELA ZONKE IZINTO KUKRISTU

UNkulunkulu akasidalelanga isintu lolu hlobo lokuxakaniseka. Akazukuphonsa izandla Zakhe athi, “Ah, ngizamile. Kulungile Sathane, uyaphumelela. ” Cha, uBaba wasidala ukuba siphile ngokuvumelana okuphelele Naye kanye nendalo. Futhi ngoJesu, uBaba uhlose ukubuyisela umuntu kulesithunzi. Lokhu kungenzeka kuphela, impela, uma siphila ngokuvumelana nemithetho ayimisa elawula indawo ebonakalayo kanye nezikamoya, uma "siphila" kwiNtando Yaphezulu. Ngakho-ke, umuntu angasho ukuthi uJesu wafa esiphambanweni, hhayi ukusisindisa thina kuphela, kepha buyisela isithunzi sethu, senziwe njengoba sinjalo ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu. UJesu uyiNkosi, futhi ufuna sibuse kanye naye. Kungakho wasifundisa ukuthandaza:

Umbuso wakho mawuze nentando yaKho yenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini. (Math 6:10)

UNkulunkulu ufuna ukubuyisela endalweni ukuzwana kwasekuqaleni akusungula "ekuqaleni"...

… Indalo lapho uNkulunkulu nendoda, owesilisa nowesifazane, ubuntu nemvelo kuyavumelana, kungxoxo, ekuhlanganyeleni. Leli cebo, elicasulwe yisono, lathathwa ngendlela emangalisayo nguKristu, Olenza ngendlela engaqondakali kodwa ngempumelelo eqinisweni lamanje, ngokulindela ukulenza ligcwaliseke…  —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Izilaleli Ezivamile, ngoFebhuwari 14, 2001

Ngabe ukubambile lokho? Upapa wathi lokhu kuzogcwaliseka "ngokoqobo okukhona," okungukuthi, ngaphakathi isikhathi, hhayi ingunaphakade. Lokho kusho ukuthi kuzokuzalwa into enhle “Emhlabeni njengasezulwini” emva kokuba izinhlungu zokubeletha nezinyembezi zalesi sikhathi samanje seziphelile. Futhi okuzayo yi ukubusa kwentando kaNkulunkulu.

Uyabona, u-Adamu akazange nje do Intando yoMdali wakhe, njengesigqila, kodwa yena ophethwe Intando kaNkulunkulu njengeyakhe uqobo. Ngakho-ke, u-Adamu wayenakho ukukhanya, amandla, nokuphila kwamandla kaNkulunkulu okudala; konke u-Adamu ayekucabanga, akukhuluma nakwenzayo kwafakwa amandla afanayo adala indawo yonke. U-Adamu ngaleyo ndlela “wabusa” phezu kwendalo sengathi uyinkosi ngoba intando kaNkulunkulu yabusa kuye. Kepha ngemuva kokuwela esonweni, u-Adamu wayesenamandla okwenza lokho ukwenza Intando kaNkulunkulu, kepha ukufana kwangaphakathi nokuhlangana kwakhe noZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele kwase kuphelile, nobumbano phakathi komuntu nendalo lwaphuka. Konke kungabuyiselwa kuphela nge- umusa. Lokho kubuyiselwa kwaqala ngoJesu ngokufa nokuvuka Kwakhe. Futhi manje, kulezi zikhathi, uNkulunkulu uyafuna ephelele lo msebenzi ngokubuyisela umuntu kuleso sithunzi "sokuqala" seNsimu yase-Edene.

Ngokusobala, ingxenye enkulu yesintu ayilahlekelwanga nje kuphela ukuzwana kwayo kepha nengxoxo yayo noMdali. Kanjalo, indawo yonke manje iyabubula ngaphansi kwesisindo somuntu, ilindele ukubuyiselwa kwakhe.^[2]isib. Rom 8: 19

“Yonke indalo,” kusho uSt. Paul, “iyabubula futhi isebenza kanzima kuze kube manje,” ilinde imizamo kaKristu yokuhlenga ukubuyisela ubudlelwano obufanele phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nendalo yakhe. Kodwa isenzo sikaKristu sokuhlenga asibuyisanga ngokwaso ukubuyisela zonke izinto, simane senza umsebenzi wokuhlengahlengiswa waba khona, saqala ukuhlengwa kwethu. Njengoba bonke abantu behlanganyela ekungalalelini kuka-Adamu, ngakho-ke bonke abantu kumele babambe iqhaza ekulaleleni uKristu entandweni kaBaba. Ukuhlengwa kuzophelela lapho bonke abantu behlanganyela ekulaleleni kwakhe… —Inceku kaNkulunkulu Fr. UWalter Ciszek, Uyangihola (ISan Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995), amakhasi 116-117

Abantu bayohlanganyela nini ukulalela Kwakhe? Lapho kugcwaliseka amazwi athi “Baba wethu”. Futhi uqagele ini? Wena yisizukulwane esiphilayo ukubona lokhu. Wena yibo abazalelwa lezi zikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu efuna ukumisa kabusha uMbuso Wakhe enhliziyweni yomuntu: Umbuso Wentando Yakhe Engcwele.

Futhi ngubani owaziyo ukuthi awuzanga embusweni isikhathi esinjengalesi? (Esteri 4:14)

Njengoba uJesu asho eNcekwini kaNkulunkulu ULuisa Piccarreta:

Ku-Creation, injongo yami kwakuwukwenza Umbuso Wentando Yami emphefumulweni wesidalwa sami. Inhloso yami enkulu kwakungukwenza indoda ngayinye isithombe sikaZiqu-zintathu sobuNkulunkulu ngenxa yokugcwaliseka kweNtando Yami kuye. Kepha ngokuhoxa komuntu eNtandweni Yami, ngilahlekelwe uMbuso Wami kuye, futhi sekuyiminyaka engama-6000 ngilwa. —UJesu waya Encekwini KaNkulunkulu uLuisa Piccarreta, oqhamuka ezincwadini zakhe zemihla ngemihla zikaLuisa, Umq. XIV, Novemba 6, 1922; Abangcwele ngentando yaphezulu nguFr. USergio Pellegrini; k. 35

Njengoba singena “eminyakeni eyinkulungwane nesikhombisa” selokhu kwadalwa u-Adamu no-Eva…

… Sizwa namuhla ukububula okungakaze kube khona owake wakuzwa ngaphambili… UPapa [John Paul II] ukwazisa kakhulu ukulindela okukhulu ukuthi inkulungwane yeminyaka yezigaba izolandelwa yinkulungwane yeminyaka yobumbano. —UKhadinali uJoseph Ratzinger (BENEDICT XVI), Usawoti woMhlaba (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997), ihunyushwe ngu-Adrian Walker

 

IMPI YEZIKHATHI ZETHU

Manje, empilweni yakho, leyo mpi isizofika ngxi. Njengoba uSt. John Paul II asho,

Manje sibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweSonto nabamelene nesonto, phakathi kweVangeli kanye ne-anti-gospel, phakathi kukaKristu nomphikukristu. —Ukhadinali Karol Wojtyla (JOHN PAUL II), e-Eucharistic Congress, ePhiladelphia, PA ngomgubho weminyaka emibili wokusayinwa kweSimemezelo Sokuzimela; Ezinye izingcaphuno zale ndima ziwashiya amagama athi “uKristu nomphikukristu.” UDeacon Keith Fournier, obehambele lo mcimbi, ubika njengoba ngenhla; isib. I-Catholic Online; Agasti 13, 1976

Mhlawumbe uqaphele ukuthi isizukulwane sakho sithambekele kufayela le- extreme kulezi zinsuku: ukushibilika e-skateboard usuka ezinsimbini, weqa usuka esakhiweni uye esakhiweni, ushushuluza usuka eziqongweni zezintaba eziyizintombi, uthatha ama-selfies usuka phezulu kwemibhoshongo, njll. Kepha kuthiwani ngokuphila nokufela okuthile okubabazekayo? Kuthiwani ngokuhlanganyela empini imiphumela yayo ezothinta indawo yonke? Ngabe ufuna ukuba semaceleni we-mundane noma ku imigqa yangaphambili lezimangaliso? Ngoba i- INkosi isiqalile ukuthulula uMoya wayo kulabo abathi “Yebo, Nkosi. Ngilapha." Useqalile ukuvuselela umhlaba ezinhliziyweni zensali. Isikhathi esihle kangaka sokuphila! Ngoba…

… Ngasekupheleni komhlaba, futhi kungekudala, uNkulunkulu uSomandla noMama wakhe ongcwele kumele bavuse abangcwele abakhulu abazodlula ngobungcwele iningi labanye abangcwele njengomsedari waseLebhanoni ngaphezu kwezihlahlana ... Le miphefumulo emikhulu egcwele umusa futhi kuzokhethwa intshiseko yokulwa nezitha zikaNkulunkulu ezithukuthele nxazonke. Bayozinikela ngokukhethekile eNcasakazini Ebusisiwe. Sikhanyiswe ukukhanya kwakhe, kuqiniswe ukudla kwakhe, kuqondiswa ngumoya wakhe, kusekelwa yingalo yakhe, kuvikelwe ngaphansi kwesivikelo sakhe, bazolwa ngesandla esisodwa futhi bakhe ngesinye isandla. -Ukuzinikela Kweqiniso KuMariya Oyintombi Ebusisiwe, ISt. Louis de Montfort, ubuciko. 47-48

Yebo, ubizelwa ukujoyina Ibhubesi Lwethu Elimncane, ukuzi bandakanya I-Counter-Revolution ukubuyisa iqiniso, ubuhle nobuhle. Ungangizwa kabi: kuningi okumele kuhlanzwe kulesi sikhathi samanje ukuze kuzalwe inkathi entsha. Izodinga, ngokwengxenye, a Ukuhlinzwa Kwezimonyo. Lokho, futhi uJesu wathi, awukwazi ukuthela iwayini elisha esikhunjeni esidala sewayini ngoba isikhumba esidala sizovele siqhume.^[3]isib. Marku 2:22 Nokho, wena uyilesikhumba segabha esisha futhi iwayini elisha yiPhentekoste Lesibili uNkulunkulu azolithululela emhlabeni ngemuva kwalobu busika bokudabuka;

"Njengoba iminyaka eyinkulungwane yesithathu yeRedemption isondela, uNkulunkulu ulungiselela isikhathi esihle sentwasahlobo sobuKristu, futhi sesiyazibona izimpawu zabo zokuqala." Sengathi uMary, iNkanyezi yokusa, angasisiza ukuthi sisho ngentshiseko entsha ukuthi "yebo" wethu ohlelweni lukaBaba lwensindiso ukuze zonke izizwe nezilimi zibone inkazimulo yakhe. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Message for World Mission Sunday, n. 9, Okthoba 24, 1999; www.v Vatican.va

 

ALIKHO ITHEMBA LAMANGA

Yebo, amakhono akho, amakhono akho, izincwadi zakho, ubuciko bakho, umculo wakho, ubuhlakani bakho, izingane zakho futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ubungcwele Yilokhu uNkulunkulu azokusebenzisa ukwakha kabusha impucuko yothando lapho uKristu azobusa khona, ekugcineni, kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba (bheka UJesu Uyeza!). Ngakho-ke, ungalahli ithemba! UPapa John Paul II akazange aqale Izinsuku Zentsha Yomhlaba wonke ukumemezela ukuphela komhlaba kepha ukuqala komunye. Eqinisweni, ubize wena nami ukuba sibe yilokho umemezela. 

Basha abathandekayo, kukithi ukuba abe abalindi wasekuseni omemezela ukuza kwelanga ngubani onguKristu Ovukile! —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo kaBaba Ongcwele kuNtsha Yomhlaba, I-XVII Usuku lwentsha lwezwe, n. 3; (cf.Is. 21: 11-12)

Iningi lenu belishaya nje iminyaka yobusha ngenkathi kukhethwa ozongena esikhundleni sakhe, uBenedict XVI. Futhi washo into efanayo, waze waveza nokuthi wayakha “Igumbi Eliphezulu Eliphezulu” lokuthandaza nentsha ngaleli Pentekoste elisha. Umlayezo wakhe, ngaphandle kokuphelelwa yithemba, wawulindele i ukuza koMbuso kaNkulunkulu ngendlela entsha. 

Amandla kaMoya oNgcwele awasikhanyiseli nje kuphela futhi asiduduze. Kusikhombisa futhi nekusasa, ekufikeni koMbuso kaNkulunkulu… La mandla angakha umhlaba omusha: angakwazi "ukuvuselela ubuso bomhlaba" (cf. Ps 104: 30)! Sinikwe amandla nguMoya, futhi sisebenzisa umbono ocebile wokholo, isizukulwane esisha samaKristu siyabizwa sizosiza ekwakheni umhlaba lapho isipho sikaNkulunkulu sempilo samukelwa, sihlonishwe futhi sithandwa - singaliwa, sisatshwe njengosongo futhi sibhujiswe. Isikhathi esisha lapho uthando lungenabugovu noma luzifunela okwalo, kepha lumsulwa, luthembekile futhi lukhululekile ngokweqiniso, luvulekele abanye, luhlonipha isithunzi sabo, lufune okuhle kwabo, lukhanye injabulo nobuhle. Isikhathi esisha lapho ithemba lisikhulula khona ekunciphiseni, ukunganaki nokuzithokozisa okubulala imiphefumulo yethu futhi kungcolise ubudlelwano bethu. Bangani abasha abathandekayo, iNkosi ikucela ukuba nibe ngabaprofethi bale nkathi entsha, izithunywa zothando lwayo, nidonsele abantu kuBaba futhi nakhele ikusasa lethemba laso sonke isintu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Homily, World Day Day, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008; v Vatican.va

Kuzwakala kukuhle, akunjalo? Futhi leli akulona ithemba elingamanga, azikho “izindaba ezingamanga.” ImiBhalo ikhuluma ngalokhu kuvuselelwa okuzayo kanye "nesikhathi sokuthula," njengoba iNkosikazi Yethu yaseFatima ikubize kanjalo. Bheka iHubo 72: 7-9; 102: 22-23; Isaya 11: 4-11; 21: 11-12; 26: 9; Jeremiya 31: 1-6; UHezekeli 36: 33-36; UHoseya 14: 5-8; Joweli 4:18; Daniyeli 7:22; Amose 9: 14-15; UMika 5: 1-4; UZefaniya 3: 11-13; Zakariya 13: 8-9; Malaki 3: 19-21; Mat 24:14; Imisebenti 3: 19-22; Heb 4: 9-10; nesAm 20: 6. AbaFata BeSonto Lokuqala bayichaza lemiBhalo Baba Ongcwele Othandekayo… Uyeza!) futhi, njengoba ngisho, opapa bebelokhu bememezela (bheka OPapa… neNkathi Yokufika). Zinike isikhathi sokufunda lezi zinsiza ngesikhathi esithile ngoba zikhuluma ngekusasa eligcwele ithemba: ukuphela kwempi; ukuphela kwezifo eziningi nokufa ngaphambi kwesikhathi; ukuphela kokubhujiswa kwemvelo; kanye nokuphela kokwehlukana okuye kwadabula uhlanga lwesintu izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Cha, ngeke kube yiZulu, okungenani ngaphandle. Kwalokhu ukuza koMbuso “Emhlabeni njengasezulwini” kuyinto Ingaphakathi Iqiniso uNkulunkulu azolifeza emiphefumulweni yaBantu baKhe ukuze alungiselele iSonto njengoMlobokazi, ukuba "lingenabala noma sici" ekubuyeni kokugcina kukaJesu ekupheleni kwesikhathi.^[4]isib. Efe 5:27 futhi Ukufika Okuphakathi Ngakho-ke, lokho enimiselwe ukukwenza kulezi zinsuku, madodana namadodakazi athandekayo, ukutholaubungcwele obusha nobungcwele" akukaze kwenzeke ngaphambili inikezwe iSonto. “Umqhele wobungcwele” nesipho esikhulu kunazo zonke uNkulunkulu asigcinele izikhathi zokugcina… wena nezingane zakho:

Ukuphila entandweni yaphezulu kushiya umphefumulo osemhlabeni ubumbano olufanayo lwangaphakathi nentando kaNkulunkulu njengoba kujatshulelwa ngabangcwele ezulwini. - IsAm. UJoseph Iannuzzi, isazi semfundiso yenkolo, Incwadi Yokuthandaza KaNkulunkulu, k. 699

Futhi lokho ngeke kusize kepha kube nomthelela kukho konke ukudalwa.

 

UKUHLELA

Noma kunjalo, ungasaba izivivinyo esezivele zehlela umhlaba (isb. Impi, izifo, indlala, njll.) Futhi ukwesaba kuncintisana nethemba. Kepha empeleni, kuyimbangela yokwesaba labo abasala ngaphandle komusa kaNkulunkulu. Kepha uma uzama ukulandela uJesu ngobuqotho, ubeka ukholo lwakho nothando Kuye, Uthembisa ukukuvikela.

Ngoba ugcinile umyalezo wami wokukhuthazela, ngizokugcina uphephile ngesikhathi sokulingwa esizofika emhlabeni wonke ukuvivinya abakhileyo emhlabeni. Ngiyeza masinyane. Bambisisa lokho onakho, ukuze kungabikho muntu ozothatha umqhele wakho. (IsAm 3: 10-11)

Uzokugcina kanjani uvikelekile? Enye indlela nge-Our Lady. Kulabo abazinikela kuMariya futhi bamthathe njengomama wabo, uba yilokho ukuphepha uJesu athembisa:

Umama wami nguMphongolo kaNowa.—UJesu ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann, Ilangabi Lothando, p. I-109. Imprimatur UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uCharles Chaput

Lokho, futhi sibuyela esihlokweni sethu sokuqala ngothando, uSt. John uthi:

Uthando oluphelele lususa konke ukwesaba. (1 Johane 4:18)

Thanda, ungesabi lutho. Uthando, njengelanga likhipha inkungu yasekuseni, liqeda ukwesaba. Lokhu akusho ukuthi mina nawe ngeke sihlupheke. Ingabe kunjalo namanje? Vele akunjalo. Ukuhlupheka ngeke kuphele ngokuphelele kuze kupheleliswe zonke izinto ekupheleni kwesikhathi. Kanjalo ...

Ungesabi okungase kwenzeke kusasa.
UBaba onothando onakekelayo namuhla uzokwenza kanjalo
ngikunakekele kusasa nansuku zonke.
Kuphakathi kokuthi uyokuvikela ekuhluphekeni
noma uzokunika amandla angabekezeleki wokukuthwala.
Yiba nokuthula ngaleso sikhathi bese ubeka eceleni yonke imicabango nokukhathazeka.
—USt. UFrancis de Sales, umbhishobhi wekhulu le-17

Lapho ubumnyama bukhulu, ukuthembela kwethu kufanele kube okuphelele ngokwengeziwe.
—USt. UFaustina, Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari, n. 357

Uyathandwa,
Mark

 

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