THE umhlaba womele ukuzwa uNkulunkulu, ukuthola ubukhona obuphathekayo baLowo owabadala. Uluthando, ngakho-ke, kuba khona kothando ngomzimba wakhe, isonto lakhe, okungaletha insindiso esintwini esinomzwangedwa nesilimazayo.
Isisa sodwa sizosindisa umhlaba. —USt. ULuigi Orione, L'Osservatore Romano, Juni 30, 2010
UJESU, ISIBONELO SETHU
Ngenkathi uJesu efika emhlabeni, akazange achithe sonke isikhathi sakhe esiqongweni sentaba eyedwa, exoxa noBaba, esincengela. Mhlawumbe wayengaba nakho, bese kuthi ekugcineni agcine ukwehlela kwakhe eJerusalema ukuba anikelwe. Esikhundleni salokho, iNkosi yethu yayihamba phakathi kwethu, yasithinta, yasigona, yasilalela, futhi yabheka umphefumulo ngamunye eyasondela emehlweni. Uthando lunikeze uthando ubuso. Uthando lungene ngokungesabi ezinhliziyweni zabantu-entukuthelweni yabo, ukungathembani, ukufutheka, inzondo, ukuhaha, inkanuko, nobugovu-futhi kuncibilise ukwesaba kwabo ngamehlo nangenhliziyo yoThando. UMercy wayesengene enyameni, uMercy wathatha inyama, uMercy wayengathintwa, ezwe, futhi abonwe.
INkosi yethu yakhetha le ndlela ngezizathu ezintathu. Okunye ukuthi wayefuna sazi ukuthi usithanda ngokweqiniso, empeleni, Kanjani kakhulu Usithande. Yebo, uThando waze wazivumela ukuba abethelwe nathi. Kepha okwesibili, uJesu wafundisa abalandeli baKhe - abalimele isono - ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba yilo umuntu ngokweqiniso. Ukuba ngumuntu ngokugcwele uku ukuthanda. Ukuba ngumuntu ngokuphelele nakho kufanele kuthandwe. Ngakho-ke uJesu uthi ngempilo yaKhe: “Mina ngiyindlela… iNdlela Yothando osekuyiNdlela yakho, iNdlela Eya ekuphileni ngokuphila ngeQiniso ngothando.”
Okwesithathu, isibonelo saKhe ngesesifanele ukulingiswa ukuze nathi sibe khona phambi kwakhe kwabanye… ukuze sibe yizinkanyiso ezithwala “ukukhanya komhlaba” ziye ebumnyameni ziba “usawoti nokukhanya” thina uqobo.
Ngikunike isibonelo okufanele usilandele, ukuze njengoba ngenze kuwe, nawe wenze. (Johane 13:15)
HAMBA UNGESABI
Umhlaba ngeke uguqulwe ngezinkulumo, kepha uzoguqulwa ngu ofakazi. Ofakazi bezothando. Kungakho ngibhale ku Inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu ukuthi kufanele uzilahle kulolu Thando, uzibeke kulo, ukholwa ukuthi Unesihe ngisho nasezikhathini zakho ezimnyama kakhulu. Ngale ndlela, uzokwazi ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthanda ngothando Lwakhe olungenamibandela ngawe, ngakho-ke ukwazi ngokwakho ukukhombisa umhlaba ukuthi uLuthando ungubani. Futhi ingaba kanjani enye indlela ephumelela kakhulu yokuba yiFace of Love kunokubheka ngqo kulobo Buso lapho kungenzeka khona eMthendelekweni oNgcwele?
… Phambi kweSakramente Elibusiswe Kakhulu sizwa ngendlela ekhetheke kakhulu ukuthi “ukuhlala” kuJesu, yena uqobo, eVangelini likaJohane, akubeka njengesidingo sokuthela izithelo eziningi (c. Jn 15: 5). Ngakho-ke sigwema ukwehliswa kwesenzo sethu sobuphostoli kube ubushoshovu obuyinyumba kunalokho siqinisekise ukuthi kufakaza ngothando lukaNkulunkulu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli e-Convention of the Diocese of Rome, Juni 15, 2010; L'Osservatore Roman [IsiNgisi], Juni 23, 2010
Lapho kudlula ukholo wamukela ukuthi ngokweqiniso uluthando, bese nawe ungaba yiFace owabheka kuyona ngesikhathi sakho sokudinga: Ubuso obakuthethelela lapho ungafanelanga ukuthethelelwa, i-Face leyo ekhombisa isihe kaninginingi uma wenza isenzo kakhulu njengesitha Sakhe. Bheka ukuthi uKrestu uhambe kanjani ngokungesabi enhliziyweni yakho, ehlanganiswe yisono nokungasebenzi kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zokuphazamiseka? Khona-ke nawe kufanele wenze okufanayo. Ungesabi ukuhamba ungene ezinhliziyweni zabanye, ubembulele iFace of Love ehlala kuwe. Babheke ngamehlo kaKristu, khuluma nabo ngezindebe zakhe, ubalalele ngezindlebe zakhe. Yiba nesihe, ubumnene, ube nomusa futhi ube mnene ngenhliziyo. Futhi njalo uneqiniso.
Vele, yiqiniso impela lelo elingashiya iFace of Love iphinde yashaywa, yahlatshwa ngameva, yashaywa, yalinyazwa, yakhafulelwa. Kepha nakulezi zikhathi zokwenqatshwa, iFace of Love isabonakala ku ukuphikisana lokho kuvezwa ngesihe nokuthethelela. Ukuxolela izitha zakho, ukuthandazela labo abakuphatha kabi, ukubusisa labo abakuqalekisayo ukuveza ubuso bothando (Luka 6:27). Bekuyi lokhu Ubuso, eqinisweni, obuguqule ikhulu.
IMISEBENZI EMIHLE
Ukuba yiFace of Love emakhaya ethu, ezikoleni zethu kanye nasemakethe akuyona umcabango ongcwele kepha kungumyalo weNkosi yethu. Ngoba asisindiswanga nje ngomusa, kepha sifakwe emzimbeni wakhe. Uma singabukeki sifana noMzimba Wakhe ngosuku lokwahlulela, sizozwa lawo mazwi abuhlungu eqiniso, “Angazi ukuthi uvelaphi ” (Luka 13:28). Kepha uJesu ukhetha ukuthi sikhethe ukuthanda, hhayi ngenxa yokwesaba isijeziso, kodwa ngoba ngothando, siba yibo uqobo, abenziwe ngomfanekiso wobunkulunkulu.
UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisela injabulo yethu yangempela. —UJOHANE PAUL II, Umlayezo Wosuku Lomhlaba Wentsha, ICologne, 2005
Kepha uthando futhi luyindlela yasekuqaleni lapho umhlaba wadalwa khona, ngakho-ke kufanele silwele ukuletha le oda ukuze kuzuze bonke. Akukona nje kuphela ngobudlelwano bami noJesu, kepha ukuletha uKristu emhlabeni ukuze akwazi ukukuguqula.
Ngenkathi ngithandaza ngolunye usuku esiqongweni segquma elibheke echibini eliseduze, ngezwa umuzwa ojulile wenkazimulo Yakhe kubonakala kukho konke. Amagama athi, “Ngiyakuthanda”Icwebezela emanzini, inanela ukushaya kwamaphiko, futhi yahlabelela emadlelweni aluhlaza. Indalo yayalwa ngoThando, ngakho-ke, indalo izobuyiselwa kuKristu ngokusebenzisa uthando. Lokho kubuyiselwa kuqala ezimpilweni zethu zansuku zonke ngokuvumela uthando luqondise futhi lu-oda izinsuku zethu ngokobizo lwethu. Kumele sifune umbuso kaNkulunkulu kuqala kukho konke esikwenzayo. Futhi lapho umsebenzi womzuzu ubonakala kithi, kufanele sikwenze ngothando, sisebenzele umakhelwane wethu, sibembulele Ubuso Bothando… Inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu. Kepha ungagcini ngokusebenzela umakhelwane wethu, kepha ubathande ngokweqiniso; bona kubo isithombe sikaNkulunkulu abadalwe kuso, noma ngabe sonakele ngenxa yesono.
Ngale ndlela, sifaka isandla ekuletheni ukuhleleka kukaNkulunkulu ezimpilweni zabanye. Siletha uthando lwaKhe phakathi kwabo. UNkulunkulu uluthando, ngakho-ke, ubukhona Bakhe, Uthando uqobo, olungena kulo mzuzu. Futhi-ke, zonke izinto zingenzeka.
Ngaleyo ndlela, ukukhanya kwakho kumele kukhanye phambi kwabanye, ukuze babone imisebenzi yakho emihle bese bekhazimulisa uYihlo osezulwini. (Math 5:16)
Ungesabi ukukhetha uthando njengomthetho ophakeme kakhulu wokuphila… Mlandele kule adventure engavamile yothando, nizinikele kuYe ngokuthembela! —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli e-Convention of the Diocese of Rome, Juni 15, 2010; L'Osservatore Roman [IsiNgisi], Juni 23, 2010
UKUFUNDA OKUFANELEKILE:
- Ubuso Bothando bubukeka kanjani? Funda I-1 Cor 13: 4-7
