URembrandt van Rinj, 1631, Umphostoli uPeter Kneeling
ISIKHUMBUZO SE-ST. I-BRUNO
MAYELANA eminyakeni eyishumi nantathu edlule, mina nomkami, bobabili abangamaKatolika abazalwa, samenyelwa esontweni laseBaptist ngumngane wethu owayekade engumKatolika.
Sithathe inkonzo yangeSonto ekuseni. Lapho sifika, sahlaselwa ngokushesha yibo bonke imibhangqwana emisha. Kwakhanya kithi ngokungazelelwe ukuthi kanjani ezimbalwa abantu abasha lapho babebuyele esontweni lethu lamaKatolika.
Singene endaweni engcwele yanamuhla sahlala. Iqembu laqala ukuhola ibandla ekukhulekeleni. Abaculi nabaculi babecishe balingane nathi — futhi babepholishe kakhulu. Umculo ubugcotshiwe futhi ukukhonza kuyakha. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, umfundisi wethule umyalezo wakhe ngothando, ubugagu, namandla.
Ngemuva kwenkonzo, mina nomkami saziswa imibhangqwana eminingi eyayilapho. Ubuso obumomothekayo nobufudumele busibizele emuva, hhayi kuphela enkonzweni, kepha nasebusuku bezithandani nakomunye umcimbi wokudumisa nokukhulekela wamasonto onke. Sazizwa sithandwa, samukelwa, futhi sabusiswa.
Ngenkathi singena emotweni sihamba, engangikucabanga nje kwakuyipherishi lami… umculo obuthakathaka, imindeni engaqinile, kanye nokubamba iqhaza okubuthakathaka kwebandla. Imibhangqwana emisha yobudala bethu? Kushabalala cishe ezihlalweni. Okubuhlungu kakhulu kwakuwumzwangedwa. Ngangivame ukushiya iMisa ngizizwa ngibanda kakhulu kunangesikhathi ngingena.
Ngesikhathi sihamba ngemoto, ngathi kumkami, “Kufanele sibuyele lapha. UMthendeleko singawuthola eMiseni lansuku zonke ngoMsombuluko. ” Bengizidlalela nje isigamu. Saya ekhaya sididekile, sidabukile, futhi sithukuthele.
UBIZO
Ngalobo busuku lapho ngangixubha amazinyo ami endlini yangasese, ngiphaphama kancane futhi ngintanta ezenzakalweni zosuku, ngokungazelelwe ngezwa izwi elihlukile enhliziyweni yami:
Hlala futhi ukhanyise abafowenu…
Ngama, ngagqolozela, ngalalela. Izwi liphindiwe:
Hlala futhi ukhanyise abafowenu…
Ngangimangele. Ngihamba phansi ngezansi ngishaqekile, ngathola umkami. "Sthandwa sami, ngicabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna sihlale eSontweni LamaKatolika." Ngamtshela ngokwenzekile, futhi njengokuvumelana okuphelele phezu komculo osenhliziyweni yami, wavuma.
IVUKA
Kodwa uNkulunkulu kwakusamele asebenze nami. Ngangicasukile ngenxa yokugula eSontweni. Njengoba ngakhulela ekhaya lapho “ukushunyayelwa kwevangeli” kwakuyigama esilisebenzisile impela, nganginolwazi olumandla ngenhlekelele yokholo ebila ngaphansi kweSonto laseCanada. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngangiqala ukungabaza inkolo yami yamaKatolika… uMary, isihlanzo, ubupristi bokungashadi…. uyazi, okujwayelekile.
Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, saya endaweni yabazali bami amahora ambalwa ukusuka lapho. Umama uthe unayo le vidiyo okufanele ngiyibuke nje. Ngaziphonsa egumbini lokuphumula ngedwa, futhi ngaqala ukulalela umfundisi wangaphambili wasePresbyterian akutshela kwakhe indaba yokuthi wayeyisazi esingakanani esiphikisana namaKhatholika ayengacabanga ngaso. Wayekhathazekile ngezimangalo zobuKatolika, waze wanquma ukukufakazela ngokomlando nangokwenkolo. Njengoba iSonto LamaKhatholika laliwukuphela kwenkolo yobuKristu eyayifundisa lokho ukulawulwa kokuzalwa akekho ezinhlelweni zikaNkulunkulu futhi ngenxa yalokho uziphethe kabi, uzobakhombisa ukuthi banephutha.
Ngokutadisha ngenkuthalo uBaba weSonto, izimpikiswano zemfundiso yenkolo, kanye nemfundiso yeSonto, UDkt Scott Hahn wathola ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika kwesokudla. Lokhu akuzange kumguqule, noma kunjalo. Kwamthukuthelisa kakhulu.
Ngenkathi uDkt. Hahn ezama ukukhipha imfundiso ngayinye yeSonto ngamunye ngamunye, wathola umkhuba omangazayo: ngayinye yalezi zimfundiso ayilandelwanga kuphela emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka kuloluchungechunge olunganqamuki lwe-Tradition to Christ and the Apostles, kodwa lapho kwakuyisisekelo esethusayo seBhayibheli kubo.
Akhe ubufakazi kwaqhubeka. Wayengasenakuphika iqiniso phambi kwakhe: iSonto LamaKhatholika kwakuyisonto uKristu alisekela kuPetru, edwaleni. Ngokuphikisana nentando yomkakhe, uDkt. Hahn wagcina esengumKatolika, walandelwa kamuva ngumlingani wakhe, uKimberly… ngaleso sikhathi amashumi ezinkulungwane zamaKristu avela emahlelweni amaningi, kufaka phakathi ukudilika kwenhlabathi kwabefundisi bamaProthestani. Ubufakazi bakhe bodwa bungaba khona ukuphuma okukhulu eSontweni kusukela ngawo-1500 ngenkathi ukubonakala kukaNkosikazi Wethu waseGuadalupe eguqula abantu baseMexico abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-9. (A ikhophi yamahhala Kunikezwa ubufakazi bukaDkt Hahn lapha.)
Ividiyo iphelile. Kumenyezela ngokungaguquguquki esikrinini. Izinyembezi, zehla ezihlathini zami. "Leli ikhaya lami,”Ngakhuluma ngedwa. Kwakungathi uMoya uvuse kimi i inkumbulo yeminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbili.
UKUTHOLA IQINISO
Okuthile ngaphakathi kimi kungikhuthaza ukuba ngimbe ngijule. Eminyakeni emibili eyalandela, ngithululela phezu kwemiBhalo, imibhalo yoFata beSonto, kanye nezinto ezibabazekayo ezazivela kwinhlangano entsha "yokuxolisa". Ngangifuna ukuzibona, ngifunde, futhi ngazi ngokwami ukuthi iqiniso laliyini.
Ngikhumbula ngincike eBhayibhelini ngelinye ilanga, ngaphathwa yikhanda elikhulu ngenkathi ngizama ukuqonda indima kaMariya eSontweni. "Kuyini ngoMariya, Nkosi? Kungani evelele kangaka? ”
Ngaleso sikhathi, umzala wami wangqongqoza emnyango. UPaul, osemncane kunami, ubuze ukuthi nginjani. Ngenkathi ngimchazela ngesiphithiphithi sami sangaphakathi, wahlala ngokuthula kusofa wathi, “Akumangalisi yini ukuthi akudingeki ukuthi sikuthole konke— ukuthi singakwazi ukwethemba UJesu ukuthi uhola abaPhostoli kanye nabalandela babo kulo lonke iqiniso, njengoba eshilo. " (UJohn 16: 13)
Kwakuyisikhathi esinamandla, ukukhanyisa. Ngabona lapho ukuthi yize ngingaqondi konke, Ngangiphephile ezandleni zeMother Church. Ngabona ukuthi uma iqiniso belingashiywa yilowo nalowo ukuthi azitholele yena, ngokuya ngemizwa yakhe, “ukuqonda” kwakhe, noma ngalokho abona ukuthi “uNkulunkulu usho” kuye, sizoba nezinxushunxushu. Sizohlukana. Singaba nezinkulungwane zamahlelo nezinkulungwane “zophapha”, bonke bethi abanaphutha, kusiqinisekisa ukuthi they ube nekhoneni leqiniso. Singaba nakho esinakho namuhla.
Kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho, iNkosi yakhuluma elinye igama enhliziyweni yami, licace bha, linamandla nje:
Umculo uyisango lokushumayela…
Ngalungisa isigingci sami, ngashaya izingcingo, futhi kwaqala.
