Isithombe Sesilo

 

UJESU ingukukhanya kwezwe (Johane 8:12). NjengoKristu ukuKhanya ngokwandayo exoshiwe ezizweni zethu, inkosana yobumnyama ithatha indawo yaKhe. Kepha uSathane uza hhayi njengobumnyama, kodwa njengo ukukhanya okungamanga.

 

UKUKHANYA

Kuyaziwa kahle ukuthi ukukhanya kwelanga kukhulu kakhulu umthombo wokuphulukiswa nempilo eyabantu. Ukuntuleka kwelanga kufakazelwa ngokomtholampilo ukuthi kungaholela ekucindezelekeni nakuzo zonke izinhlobo zezinkinga zempilo.

Ukukhanya okwenziwe ngakolunye uhlangothi — ikakhulukazi ukukhanya kwe-fluorescent — kuyaziwa ukuthi kuyingozi. Kuholele nasekufeni ngaphambi kwesikhathi ezilwaneni zaselebhu. Eqinisweni, imibala ehlukahlukene ye-spectrum ingaduduza imizwa ethile nokuziphatha lapho ihlungwa. 

Ukukhanya kwelanga, kepha, kunikeza isibuko esigcwele yazo zonke amaza okukhanya. 

Amaphesenti angama-98 okukhanya kwelanga angena ngeso, amanye amaphesenti ama-2 angena esikhunjeni. Ngenxa yalokho, uJesu washo okuthile okujule kakhulu:

Isibani somzimba yiso lakho. Lapho iso lakho liphilile, umzimba wakho wonke ugcwala ukukhanya, kepha uma libi, umzimba wakho usebumnyameni. (Luka 11:38)

Yize sazi ukuthi ukungabi khona kwelanga kuyawulimaza umzimba, uJesu wayebhekisa ikakhulukazi emphefumulweni.

 

UKUKHANYA KWAMANGA

Yakhohlisa abahlali bomhlaba ngezibonakaliso eyayivunyelwe ukuzenza phambi kwesilo sokuqala, yathi mabenze isithombe sesilo… Sabe sesivunyelwa ukuphefumulela impilo emfanekisweni wesilo, ukuze isithombe sesilo sikwazi ukukhuluma… (IsAm 13: 14-15)

Umfanekiso kaSathane namuhla uvame ukuba “yingelosi yokukhanya” esikhanyisa ngathi nge Isikrini.  Umuntu angathi “isihenqo” —kungaba ibhayisikobho, ithelevishini, noma esamakhompiyutha — “singumfanekiso wesilo.” Kungukukhanya okufakelwayo ngomqondo wemvelo, futhi kaningi, ukukhanya okungamanga ngomqondo wokuziphatha nokomoya. Lokhu kukhanya nakho, kungena ngeso — kuqonde ngqo emphefumulweni.

ISt. Elizabeth Seton ngokusobala wayenombono ngawo-1800 lapho abona khona “kuwo wonke amakhaya aseMelika a ibhokisi elimnyama uSathane angangena ngayo. ” Namuhla, yonke ithelevishini, isikrini sekhompyutha kanye ne-smartphone manje sekuyi "black box" ngokoqobo. 

Manje bonke sebengabona kalula ukuthi ngokwanda okumangazayo kokwanda kwendlela yamabhayisikobho, sekuyingozi kakhulu ekuvinjelweni kokuziphatha, enkolweni, nasekuhlanganyeleni emphakathini uqobo ... njengokuthinta hhayi izakhamuzi zodwa, kodwa nomphakathi wonke wesintu. —UPOPE PIUX XI, Incwadi Yezincwadi I-Cura eqaphile, n. 7, 8; Juni 29, 1936

Ukukhanya okungamanga yenza izinto ezimbili: lisikhiphela kude nelanga. Mangaki amahora achithwe ukubuka ithelevishini noma isikrini sekhompyutha, noma i-iPod noma isikrini sikamakhalekhukhwini! Ngenxa yalokhu, lesi sizukulwane sibhekene nezinkinga ezinkulu zempilo, kufaka phakathi ukukhuluphala nokudangala.

Kodwa okubi kakhulu, ukukhanya okungamanga ithembisa ubumnandi nokugcwaliseka ngokunikezela izinzwa ngezithombe zocansi kanye nokukhangisa ngezinto ezibonakalayo konke okukhiqizwayo ngokusebenzisa ukukhanya. "Umfanekiso ukhuluma" njengomprofethi wamanga, elahla indlela yeqiniso ngasikhathi sinye enikeza iVangeli lamanga eligxile "kimi, kimi nakimi." Ngenxa yalokho, ukukhanya okungamanga kuyakha inkalakatha yokomoya emehlweni omphefumulo eminingi, ishiya wonke “umzimba ebumnyameni.”

 

Umphikukristu, nokukhanya okungamanga
 

Njengoba ngibhala Iphupho Longenamthetho, Ngibe nephupho eligcine ngokubona umndeni wami “ukudakwa, ukukondleka nokuhlukunyezwa" kwi "igumbi elimhlophe njengelebhu.”Ngasizathu simbe, leli gumbi“ elikhanyiswe i-fluorescent ”belilokhu linamathela kimi. Ngenkathi ngilungiselela ukubhala lokhu kuzindla, ngithole i-imeyili elandelayo:

Ephusheni lami, umfundisi wami (oyindoda enhle, engcwele, futhi engenacala) weza kimi eMiseni, wanganga wangitshela ukuthi uyaxolisa futhi uyakhala. Ngakusasa isonto lalingenamuntu. Akekho owayekhona ukuzogubha iMisa futhi babili kuphela noma abathathu kuphela abantu ababeguqe ealtare. Ngabuza: “Uphi uBaba?” Bavele bavuma ngamakhanda bedidekile. Ngaya ekamelweni eliphezulu… elalikhanyiswe ngokukhanya okumhlophe kwe-fluorescent (hhayi ukukhanya kwemvelo)… phansi kwakugcwele izinyoka, izibankwa, izinambuzane njll. Ukuklwebha nokuququda ngakho ngangingakwazi ukunyathela noma kuphi ngaphandle kokufaka izinyawo zami kuzo…. Ngavuka ngesaba.

Ngabe lokhu kungaba yisifaniso salo lonke iSonto LamaKatolika? Nginomuzwa wokuthi okulungile nokungcwele nokungasoleki kuyashiya futhi okuzosala ngemuva yilokho okungangcoleki ngokungachazeki. Ngithandazela bonke abangenacala abangcwele, bonke abathembekile ukuthi bahlale beqinile ngalesi sikhathi. Ngithandazela ukholo kuNkulunkulu wethu omuhle wothando ngalesi silingo esikhulu esiqala ukubhekana naso.

Umuntu kumele aqaphele njalo ekuchazeni amaphupho. Bangakwazi, nokho, ukusikhanyisela ngamaqiniso aphambi kwethu…

 

UKUKHANYA AMANGA ESontweni

ISonto LamaKhatholika, njengoba uJesu noDaniyeli baprofetha, lizobhekana nesikhathi lapho umhlatshelo wansuku zonke weMisa uzophela (esidlangalaleni), futhi kwenziwe isinengiso endaweni engcwele (bheka uMat 24:15, Dan 12:11 .; futhi bheka Ukusithwa KweNdodanaUPapa Paul VI wabhekisa ekuhlubukeni okwakuvele kuqhubeka lapho ethi,

… Ngokuqhekeka okuthile odongeni intuthu kaSathane ingene ethempelini likaNkulunkulu.  -Ukuzijabulisa ngesikhathi seMisa likaSt. UPeter noPaul, Juni 29, 1972,

Futhi ngo-1977:

Umsila kasathane usebenza ekuhlakazekeni komhlaba wamaKhatholika. Ubumnyama bukaSathane bungene basabalala kulo lonke iSonto LamaKhatholika kuze kufike esiqongweni sayo. Ukuhlubuka, ukulahleka kokholo, kusakazeka emhlabeni wonke kuya emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu eSontweni. -Ikheli lesikhumbuzo seminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha se-Fatima Apparitions, Okthoba 13, 1977,

Ngempela, ezifundeni ezithile, izifundabhishobhi, kanye nezifunda, ukukhanya kwamanga sekungena “egumbini eliphezulu” lezinhliziyo eziningi. Noma kunjalo, iSonto liyohlala likhona, kwenye indawo, njengoba uKristu athembisa (Math 16:18); Ukukhanya kweqiniso kuzohlala kukhanya njalo eSontweni, noma isikhathi esithile, kungafihlwa kakhulu.

Okuthile kufanele kuhlale. Umhlambi omncane kufanele uhlale, noma ngabe mncane kangakanani. —UPAPA PAUL VI kuJean Guitton (uPaul VI Imfihlo), isazi sefilosofi saseFrance nomngani omkhulu kaPapa Paul VI, September 7, 1977

Kuyathakazelisa ukuqaphela ukuthi amazwe wonke, njenge-Australia, athuthela e qeda ukukhanyisa kwe-incandescent ngama-fluorescent bulbs. Akungabazeki, njengoba ukwesaba ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamandla kufinyelela umfutho, umhlaba wonke uzodingeka ukuthi usebenzise ukukhanya okukhanyayo kepha okupholile, okubandayo kwe-fluorescence.

Umhlaba ngokwenyama nangokomoya uyaqhubeka nokusuka ku- "Spectrum Egcwele."

 

BHEKA Ihora elilodwa NAMI…

Njengoba wonke umuntu edinga ukukhanya kwelanga okuqondile, kanjalo nawo wonke umuntu uyamdinga uJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu (noma ngabe bayakubona noma cha.) Indlela umuntu athola ngayo ukukhanya kukaJesu nayo ngamehlo — i amehlo enhliziyo, ngokuzilungisa kuYe ngokusebenzisa Umthandazo. Kungakho uJesu eNsimini yaseGetsemane waphikelela ukuthi abaPhostoli bakhe abakhathele nababuthakathaka bathandaze ngehora lomunyu… ukuze babe nokukhanya okudingekayo hhayi ukuhlubuka. Kungakho-ke manje uJesu ethumela umama wakhe ukuthi asincenge ukuthi “sithandaze, sithandaze, sithandaze.” Ngoba "ihora lokusakazeka" lingasondela (Mat 26: 31.)

Ngomkhuleko, futhi ikakhulukazi uMthendeleko, sigcwalisa isibani semiphefumulo yethu ngokukhanya (bheka Ikhandlela Elishunqayo)… Futhi uJesu usixwayisa ukuthi siqiniseke ukuthi izibani zethu zigcwele ngaphambi kokubuya kwakhe (Mathewu 25: 1-12.)

Yebo, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi abaningi bethu bacishe ukukhanya kwamanga okuvela kumathelevishini nakumakhompiyutha, bese sisebenzisa leso sikhathi sigxilisa amehlo ethu ekukhanyeni kweqiniso… ukuKhanya okusikhululayo.

Ngaphandle kwalokho kukhanya kwangaphakathi, kuzoba mnyama kakhulu ukubona ezinsukwini ezizayo…

… INkosi futhi iyakhala ezindlebeni zethu amazwi eNcwadini Yesambulo ayibhekisa eBandleni Lase-Efesu: "Uma ungaphenduki ngizoza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwezibani endaweni yalo." Ukukhanya kungasuswa kithi futhi senza kahle ukuvumela lesi sixwayiso sizwakale ngokungathi sína okuphelele ezinhliziyweni zethu, ngenkathi sikhala eNkosini: “Sisize siphenduke! Siphe sonke umusa wokuvuselelwa kwangempela! Ungavumeli ukukhanya kwakho phakathi kwethu kuqhume! Qinisa ukukholwa kwethu, ithemba lethu nothando lwethu, ukuze sithele izithelo ezinhle! ” -UPAPA BENEDICT XVI, Kuvulwa uHomily, ISinodi Yababhishobhi, Okthoba 2, 2005, eRoma. 

 

 

Chofoza lapha ukuze Zikhiphe ohlwini or Bhalisa kule Journal. 

 

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