Zilungiselele ukubeka impilo yakho kulayini ukuze ukhanyisele umhlaba ngeqiniso likaKristu; ukuphendula ngothando enzondweni kanye nasekunganaki impilo; ukumemezela ithemba likaKristu ovukile kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, Umlayezo Kubantu Abasha Bomhlaba, Usuku Lomhlaba Lwentsha, 2008
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoSepthemba 25, 2007:
Bastion: ingxenye yenqaba eyakhelwe edwaleni noma enqabeni evumela umlilo wokuzivikela ezinhlangothini eziningana.
KUYAQALA
Lawa mazwi eza kumngane wethu othandekayo ngesikhathi sokuthandaza, ngezwi eliphansi elakhuluma naye:
Tshela uMark ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokubhala nge-bastion.
Ngichithe izinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule ngicwilisa encazelweni yalokhu. Yigama elingihlulile futhi langigcwalisa ngenkulu injabulo nokulindela. Okuhambisana nalelo gama yilezi enhliziyweni yami:
Kuyaqala.
Yebo, uKristu uyiDwala esakhelwe phezu kwalo — leyo nqaba enamandla yensindiso. Isisekelo saso igumbi eliphezulu. Yindawo lapho abancane okumele bahlangane khona futhi bakhuleke ngamandla. Kuyinqaba yokulinda yomthandazo, yokuzila ukudla, nokulinda — futhi ukwenza lokho ngokuzinikela, ngamandla, nangokubaluleka okukhulu. Ngoba kuyeza. Izinguquko ezinkulu engikhulume ngazo esikhathini esingangonyaka manje sezifikile. Labo abangena kuleli gumbi eliphezulu, okungukuthi, bephendula ubizo lweVangeli ekulula, ukwethembana okufana nengane, nomthandazo bangayizwa: izigubhu ezikude futhi a ibutho eliqhubekela phambili.
Ngifisa ukulimemeza eBandleni namuhla:
UKUGUQUKA KWEZINKATHI KUSESIKHATHINI!
IIsikhathi sokugijimela ebastion, kuya igumbi eliphezulu lapho uMary ekulindele khona, ukuthandaza njengoba enza eminyakeni engama-2000 eyedlule nabaPhostoli ngokuza kukaMoya oNgcwele. Njengoba iPentekoste lafika ngaleso sikhathi linomoya omkhulu, kanjalo-ke nomoya omkhulu uzokwandulela lokhu kuthululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele. Sekuvele kuvunguza imimoya yoshintsho. Imimoya yempi. Ngizwa izwi elithambile ligibela phezulu phezulu - izwi leNkosikazi:
Lungiselela! Impi Enkulu ulapha.
IMPI ENKULU
Yebo, ngibona emphefumulweni wami an ibutho eliqhubekela phambili, abazikhukhumezayo, abanodlame nabahlubukayo. Ukubizelwa ku-bastion, ngakho-ke, nakho kuyikholi yokulungiselela.
Lungiselela umphefumulo wakho ukushushiswa. Lungiselela ukufel 'ukholo.
Kepha bangani, ngibona into engakholakali injabulo kuleli zwi. Kunjengokungathi sizozwa ngaphakathi kubantu bethu ukulindela okukhulu umqhele osilindeleyo. Ukuthi sizokwenza, ngomusa ongaphezu kwemvelo, ngisho isifiso ukholo. Ngakho-ke kufanele sizilungiselele ngokushiya emuva lo mhlaba, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso:
AmaKrestu kumele alingise ukuhlupheka kukaKristu, angabeki izinhliziyo zawo ezinjabulweni. -I-Liturgy of the Hours, Umq. IV, Ikhasi 276
Kumele silindele ukushushiswa, silindele ukuzondwa, silindele impi engokomoya kanye nobunzima. Umgwaqo omncane. Ngoba ngokuzincisha kwethu, sizothola intando kaNkulunkulu, okuwukudla kwethu, ukondliwa kwethu, impilo yethu, kanye neRoyal Road eholela kumqhele waphakade wenkazimulo. Yamukela ukuhlupheka kwakho…
Bonke abafisa ukuphila impilo engcwele kuKristu bazoshushiswa. (2 Thimothewu 3:12)
Ukubizelwa ku-bastion yindlela yokuzivikela yeZulu. Sicelwe ukuthi uthatha umhlaba ngokuzithandela thina uqobo lwalezo zinto esingazidingi — isimo senhliziyo esigxile ezulwini, kunezinto. Isizathu ukuthi manje sekuyisikhathi sokuthi run esiqhingini. Kumele sihambe ukukhanya. Izinhliziyo zethu kumele zikwazi ukundiza ngaphezu kwezinto ezibonakalayo nezinto ezikhathalelayo zalo mhlaba.
Ngakho-ke njengoba uKristu wahlupheka enyameni, hlomani ngomcabango ofanayo… (1 Pt 4: 1)
Kufanele sikulungele ukuhambisa. Imiyalo izofika ngokushesha, futhi kufanele sibe njalo ukulalela. Ukubizelwa ku-bastion kuyikholi eya ku- umthandazo ojulile wansuku zonke. Sidinga ukuqaphela kakhulu manje, sishiya ukuhlakanipha kwabantu namadivayisi emnyango. UMary usezonikeza ngayinye yezingane zakhe amaphepha emishini.
Yebo, i-bastion yindawo yokuthandaza, yokuzila ukudla, nokulalela, ulinde i-oda lakho.
Masinyane, gijima ebastion!
IZWI LANGAPHAMBILI NAMANJE
Ngendlela yokuqinisekisa lolu bizo lokuya empini, umngane wami kuKristu, uFr. UKyle Dave — engazi ngaleli gama engilithole ngenhla — ungithumele ngasikhathi sinye. Kuvela ku-Our Lady of La Salette, umyalezo ovela kuSepthemba 19, 1846:
Ngenza isicelo esiphuthumayo emhlabeni. Ngibiza bonke abafundi beqiniso bakaNkulunkulu Ophilayo obusa eZulwini. Ngibiza bonke abalingisi beqiniso bakaKristu abenziwe umuntu, uMsindisi okuwukuphela kwakhe weqiniso wesintu. Ngibiza zonke izingane zami, bonke abazinikele ngokweqiniso, bonke labo abazishiyile kimi ukuze ngibaholele eNdodaneni yami yaphezulu. Ngibiza bonke labo engibaphethe ezandleni zami, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, labo abahlala emoyeni wami. Okokugcina, ngibiza bonke abaPhostoli besikhathi sokuphela, bonke abafundi bakaJesu Kristu abathembekile, abaphila ngokudelela umhlaba kanye nabo uqobo, ngobumpofu kanye nokuhlekwa usulu, empilweni yokuthula, yokuthandaza nokwenza okubi, umsulwa futhi ubumbene noNkulunkulu, ekuhluphekeni futhi ongaziwa emhlabeni.
Isikhathi sokuthi baphume bayokhanyisa umhlaba.
Hambani niyokuzibonakalisa njengoba kufanele izingane zami engizithandayo. Nginawe futhi ngikuwe, inqobo nje uma ukukholwa kwakho kungukuKhanya okukukhanyisayo kulezi zikhathi zosizi. Kwangathi intshiseko yakho ingakwenza ulambele inkazimulo nodumo lukaJesu Kristu.
Ngenani empini, Bantwana bokuKhanya, ngenani elincane nje enilikho; ngoba isikhathi sesifikile, ukuphela kuseduze. -Kucashunwe embhalweni wesandla wokugcina wemfihlo kaLa Salette obhalwe nguMelanie ngomhlaka 21 Novemba 1878 futhi watshelwa nguFr Laurentin noFr Corteville e Imfihlo kaLa Salette Itholakele - UFayard 2002 ("uDécouverte du Secret de La Salette")
… Philela impilo yakho yonke yasemhlabeni, ungabe usaba nenkanuko yomuntu, kodwa ngentando kaNkulunkulu. (1 Pt 4: 2)
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