Isikhathi Esizayo Sokuthula

NINI Ngibhalile UMeshing Omkhulu ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi, ngaphetha ngokuthi,

… INkosi yaqala ukungivezela uhlelo lokuphikisa: Owesifazane Wembethe ILanga (IsAm 12). Ngangigcwele injabulo ngesikhathi iNkosi iqeda ukukhuluma, kangangokuba amacebo esitha abonakala emancane uma eqhathaniswa. Imizwa yami yokudangala nokuzizwa ngiphelelwe yithemba kwaphela njengenkungu ekuseni ehlobo.

Lezo “zinhlelo” zilenga enhliziyweni yami isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga manje njengoba ngilinde ngokulangazela isikhathi seNkosi sokubhala ngalezi zinto. Izolo, ngikhulume ngokususwa kwesihenqo, kweNkosi isinika ukuqonda okusha ngalokho okusondelayo. Igama lokugcina akusilo ubumnyama! Akukona ukungabi nathemba… ngoba njengoba nje iLanga liqala ngokushesha kule nkathi, ligijimela ngase- Dawn entsha…

Bazobopha abantu abaningi kakhulu, futhi bazoba necala lokubulala ngaphezulu. Bazozama ukubulala bonke abapristi kanye nabo bonke abakholwayo. Kepha lokhu ngeke kuhlale isikhathi eside. Abantu bazocabanga ukuthi konke kulahlekile; kepha uNkulunkulu olungileyo uyabasindisa bonke. Kuzoba njengesibonakaliso sesahlulelo sokugcina… Inkolo izochuma futhi kangcono kakhulu kunakuqala. —USt. UJohn Vianney, ICilongo LamaKristu

UKUDLULA, UKUVUKA, UKUKHANDA

INkosi isinikeze izexwayiso ukuthi “sibuke futhi sithandaze” njengoba iBandla liya eGetsemane. NjengoJesu iNhloko yethu, iBandla, uMzimba waKhe, lizodlula ekushiseni kwalo. Ngiyakholelwa ukuthi lokhu kungamanga ngqo phambi kwethu.

Lapho evela kulezi zikhathi, uzozibonela "Uvuko. ” Kepha angikhulumi “ngokuhlwithwa” noma ngokubuya kukaJesu enyameni. Lokho kuzokwenzeka, kepha kuphela lapho uKristu ebuyela emhlabeni ku ukuphela kwesikhathi ukwahlulela abaphilayo nabafileyo. Lowo Langa, umuntu angasho, uzoba ngu- ukunyukela weBandla.

Kepha phakathi kwePhupho leBandla, kanye nokukhuphukela kwalo ezulwini okukhazimulayo ekugcineni, kuzoba nesikhathi soVuko, ukuthula—isikhathi esaziwa ngokuthi “iNkathi Yokuthula.” Ngiyethemba lapha ukuthi ngizokwazi ukukhanyisa lokho okugxile emiBhalweni, oFata beSonto, abangcwele abaningi, izimfihlakalo, nezambulo zangasese ezivunyiwe.

UKUBUSA KWONYAKA OYINKULUNGWANE

Ngase ngibona ingelosi yehla ivela ezulwini, iphethe ngesandla sayo isihluthulelo sakwalasha neketanga elikhulu. Wayesebamba udrako, inyoka yasendulo enguDeveli noSathane, wambopha iminyaka eyinkulungwane, wamphonsa emgodini, wavala, wakubeka uphawu phezu kwakhe, ukuze angabe esazikhohlisa izizwe; yaze yaphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Emva kwalokho kumele athukululwe isikhashana. Ngase ngibona izihlalo zobukhosi; Ngabona nemiphefumulo yalabo ababenqunywe amakhanda ngenxa yobufakazi babo kuJesu nangezwi likaNkulunkulu, nabangazange basikhonze isilo nomfanekiso waso futhi bengazange bamukele uphawu lwaso emabunzini abo noma ezandleni zabo. Baphila, babusa kanye noKristu iminyaka eyinkulungwane.

Abanye abafileyo abaphilanga yaze yaphela iminyaka eyinkulungwane. Lokhu kungukuvuka kokuqala. Ubusisiwe, ungcwele onesabelo ekuvukeni kokuqala. Phezu kwabo ukufa kwesibili akunamandla, kepha bayakuba ngabapristi bakaNkulunkulu nabakaKristu, babuse kanye naye iminyaka eyinkulungwane. (IsAm 20: 1-6)

Okufanele kuqondwe lapha akuyona i- okwangempela isikhathi seminyaka eyinkulungwane. Esikhundleni salokho, kuyincazelo engokomfanekiso ye- enwetshiwe isikhathi sokuthula. Futhi akufanele futhi kube ukubusa kukaKristu uqobo emhlabeni. Lesi isiphambeko sokuqala esilahlwa ngoFata beSonto abaningi ngokuthi "yi-millenarianism." Kunalokho, kuzoba ukubusa kukaKristu ezinhliziyweni zabathembekileyo Bakhe — umbuso weSonto Lakhe lapho efeza khona umsebenzi wakhe okabili wokushumayela iVangeli kuze kube-semikhawulweni yomhlaba, nokuzilungiselela ukubuya kukaJesu ukuphela kwesikhathi.

Njengoba nje kwavulwa amathuna amaningi futhi abafileyo bavuswa ekuvukeni kukaKristu (Math 27: 51-53), kanjalo nabafel 'ukholo' bayovuselwa "ukuze babuse noKristu" ngalesi sikhathi. Mhlawumbe iSonto eliyinsali — labo izingelosi zikaNkulunkulu ezazibasayinele phakathi nosizi olwedlule — bazobabona, uma kungenjalo kafushane, ngendlela efanayo nemiphefumulo evusiwe ngesikhathi sikaKristu eyabonakala ngayo kwabaningi eJerusalema. Eqinisweni, uFr. UJoseph Iannuzzi, mhlawumbe isazi esiphambili samasiko eSonto nokuqonda kweBhayibheli nge-Era uyabhala,

Ngesikhathi seNkathi yokuthula, uKristu ngeke abuye azobusa ngokuqinisekile emhlabeni enyameni, kodwa "uzovela" kwabaningi. NjengakwiNcwadi Yezenzo naseVangelini likaMathewu, uKristu wenza "imibukiso" kwabakhethiweyo bakhe beSonto elisanda kuzalwa ngemuva nje kokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo, ngakho-ke ngeNkathi Yokuthula uKristu uzovela kwabasindile abasindile kanye nenzalo yabo . UJesu uzovela kwabaningi emzimbeni wakhe ovukile nakuMthendeleko…

UNkulunkulu ukhumbula ngokomoya labo abafele kuKristu ukuyala insali ethembekile esinde osizini. -Umphik'ukristu Nezikhathi Zokuphela, amakhasi 79, 112

UKUBUSA KWEZOBULUNGISA NOKUTHULA

Lesi sikhathi yiso esaziwa ngokwesiko lamaKhatholika hhayi nje kuphela “ngeNkathi Yokuthula,” kepha ngokuthi “Ukunqoba Kwenhliziyo Engaphelele kaMariya,” “Ukubusa Kwenhliziyo Engcwele KaJesu,” “Ukubusa KukaKristu Okukhethekile , ”“ Inkathi yokuthula ”ethenjiswe eFatima, kanye" nePhentekoste elisha. " Kunjengokungathi yonke lemiqondo nokuzinikela okuhlukahlukene sekuqala ukuguquka kube yinto eyodwa: isikhathi sokuthula nobulungiswa.

Ekugcineni kungenzeka ukuthi amanxeba ethu amaningi aphulukiswe futhi bonke ubulungiswa buphume futhi ngethemba lokubuyiselwa kwegunya; ukuthi ubukhazikhazi bokuthula buvuselelwe, bese kwehla izinkemba nezingalo lapho bonke abantu bevuma umbuso kaKristu futhi belalela izwi Lakhe ngokuzithandela, futhi zonke izilimi zizovuma ukuthi iNkosi uJesu isenkazimulweni kaBaba. —UPapa Leo XIII, Ukuhlukaniselwa Inhliziyo Engcwele, Kwangathi 1899

Ngalesi sikhathi, iVangeli lizofinyelela emaphethelweni omhlaba. Ngenkathi ubuchwepheshe nomsebenzi wezithunywa zevangeli wenze lukhulu ukuletha amazwi eVangeli ezizweni, kuyacaca ukuthi umbuso kaKristu awukakasungulwa ngokuphelele futhi jikelele. Umbhalo ukhuluma ngesikhathi lapho umhlaba wonke uzowazi amandla eNkosi:

Ngakho umbuso wakho uyokwaziwa emhlabeni, namandla akho okusindisa ezizweni zonke. (IHubo 67: 3)

Ikhuluma ngesikhathi lapho ububi buyosuswa khona:

Sekusele isikhashana — ababi bazobe sebemukile. Bheka indawo yakhe, akekho lapho. Kepha abathobekileyo bazakudla ifa lomhlaba, bathokozele ukuthula okugcwele. (IHubo 37)

Babusisiwe abamnene, ngokuba bayakudla ifa lomhlaba. (Math 5: 5)

UJesu ubhekisela esikhathini esinjalo esenzeka ekupheleni kweminyaka (hhayi ukuphela kwesikhathi). Kwakuzokwenzeka ngemuva lezo zinsizi ezibhalwe kuMathewu 24: 4-13, kodwa ngaphambi kwempi yokugcina nobubi.

… Leli vangeli lombuso lizoshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke njengobufakazi ezizweni zonke; khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika. (vs 14)

Kuzoletha ubunye bamasonto; izobona ukuguqulwa kwabantu abangamaJuda; nokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ngazo zonke izinhlobo zayo kuzophela kuze kube yilapho uSathane ethukululwa isikhashana ngaphambi kokuba uKristu abuye abeke zonke izitha zaKhe ngaphansi kwezinyawo zaKhe.

"Bazolizwa izwi lami, kube-yisibaya esisodwa nomalusi munye." Kwangathi uNkulunkulu… maduze angagcwalisa isiprofetho sakhe sokuguqula lo mbono oduduzayo wekusasa ube yinto yamanje… Kungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ukuletha lelihora elijabulisayo futhi ulazise kubo bonke… Uma lifika, lizofezeka yiba yihora eliqinile, elikhulu ngemiphumela hhayi kuphela ekubuyiselweni koMbuso kaKristu, kepha ukugcotshwa… kwezwe. Sithandaza kakhulu, futhi sicela abanye ngokufanayo ukuba bathandazele lokhu kuphakanyiswa komphakathi okufiswa kakhulu. —UPope Pius XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi “Ekuthuleni KukaKristu eMbusweni wakhe”

IKUSASA LETHEMBA

USathane akanamandla okugcina emhlabeni. Izikhathi eziqonde ngqo ngaphambi kweSonto nomhlaba zizoba nzima. Yisikhathi sokuhlanzwa. Kepha uNkulunkulu uphethe ngokuphelele: akukho okwenzekayo — ngisho okubi — angakuvumeli ukuletha okuhle okukhulu. Futhi okuhle okukhulu okulethwa uNkulunkulu yiNkathi Yokuthula… isikhathi esizolungiselela uMlobokazi ukwamukela iNkosi yakhe.

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