Ukufa Okubili, nguMichael D. O'Brien
Kulo msebenzi ongokomfanekiso, bobabili uKristu noMphikukristu baboniswa, futhi abantu bezikhathi babhekene nokukhetha. Iyiphi indlela okufanele ilandelwe? Kukhona ukudideka okuningi, ukwesaba okuningi. Iningi lezibalo aliqondi ukuthi imigwaqo izohola kuphi; izingane ezimbalwa kuphela ezinamehlo okubona. Labo abafuna ukusindisa impilo yabo bazoyilahlekela; labo abalahlekelwa yimpilo yabo ngenxa kaKristu bazoyisindisa. —Ukuhlaziya komculi
KUPHELA futhi, ngizwa kahle enhliziyweni yami kuleli sonto amazwi azwakale ebusika obudlule — umqondo wengelosi maphakathi namazulu imemeza ithi:
Ngikhumbula njalo ukuthi uKristu ungumnqobi, ngiphinde ngizwe la mazwi:
Ungena engxenyeni ebuhlungu kakhulu yokuhlanzwa.
Bambalwa abakuqondayo ukuthi ukubola kwenkohlakalo emphakathini waseNtshonalanga kudlulela kanjani cishe kuzo zonke izici zomphakathi — kusuka kuhlu lokudla kuya emnothweni kuya emvelweni — futhi mhlawumbe kungakanani empeleni ilawulwa ngabambalwa abacebile nabanamandla. Iyanda imiphefumulo evukayo, noma kunjalo, njengoba izimpawu zezikhathi zingezona ezesizinda semibuthano yezenkolo embalwa, kepha zilawula izihloko zezindaba ezinkulu. Angikholwa ukuthi ngidinga ukuphawula ngezinxushunxushu ezikhona manje emvelweni, emnothweni, nasemphakathini wonkana, ngaphandle kokuthi ngithi bajwayele lolonga ukuhleleka komhlaba omusha lapho inkululeko inqunywa nguhulumeni, kunokuvela kumalungelo wemvelo womuntu.
Isilingo sihlale sikhona sokuphelelwa yithemba lapho sibhekene nalobu "bushiqela bokubambisana"… ukubuka ngovalo lokho okubonakala kuyi Isilo esesabekayo ikhuphuka kancane ngaphansi kolwandle lwesimanjemanje. Kepha kufanele simelane nalesi silingo sokwehlulwa, futhi sibambelele emazwini kaBaba Ongcwele ongasekho, uJohn Paul II:
UNGESABI!
Ngoba angamazwi kaKristu kuwo wonke amaVangeli, ngaphambi nangemva kokufa nokuvuka kwakhe. Kuzo zonke izinto, uKristu unqobile futhi uyasiqinisekisa ukuthi akufanele neze sesabe.
Phephela KWABATHEMBEKILE
Ngikhulume kaningi ngeSambulo 12 nangempi yamanje nezayo phakathi koMfazi neDrako, phakathi kwenyoka nenzalo yoMfazi. Kuyimpi yemiphefumulo ngokungangabazeki eletha abaningi kuKristu. Futhi yisikhathi lapho khona ushushiso lukhona. Kepha siyabona phakathi kwale mpi enkulu uNkulunkulu ahlinzeka ngayo isiphephelo eyabantu baKhe:
Owesifazane uqobo wabalekela ehlane lapho ayenendawo ayilungiselelwe nguNkulunkulu, ukuze anakekelwe lapho izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi amabili nambili. (IsAm 12: 6)
Ngikholwa ukuthi kusho ukuvikelwa emazingeni amaningi: ngokwenyama, ngokomoya nangokwengqondo.
I-PHYSICAL
NgoKhisimusi owedlule, mina nomqondisi wami wezomoya besixoxa nomuntu ohlinza inyama lapho umndeni wakhe usuhlale kule ndawo isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka. Besikhuluma ngomlando wesifunda lapho ngokuzumayo eba nemizwa. Ukhumbule Umkhuhlane WaseSpain owadlula emaphandleni ngekhulu leminyaka elidlule kusukela ngo-1918-1919, wabulala abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-20 emhlabeni jikelele. Uthe iShrine to Our Lady yaseNtabeni iKarmeli, ebangeni elingamakhilomitha ayi-13 ukusuka edolobheni lethu, yakhiwa ngabantu bendawo ukuze bancenge ukukhulekelwa kukaMariya nokuvikelwa kwakhe. Ehlengezela izinyembezi wathi, "Inhlupheko isizungezile futhi ayikaze ize lapha."
Ziningi izindaba zokuvikelwa kwamaKristu ngokuncenga kukaMariya phakathi namakhulu eminyaka (yimuphi umama ongabavikeli abancane bakhe?) Ngenkathi mina nomkami sasiseNew Orleans eminyakeni embalwa edlule, sabona ngamehlo ethu ukuthi zingaki izithombe zikaMariya abalimalanga ngemuva kwesiphepho uKatrina, ngenkathi kudilizwa izindlu nothango nezihlahla ezizungezile. Ngenkathi belahlekelwa yimpahla yabo eningi, eminingi yale mindeni ivikelwe ekulimaleni ngokomzimba.
Futhi ngubani ongakhohlwa abapristi abangamaJesuit abayisishiyagalombili abavikelwe ebhomu le-athomu elaphonswa eHiroshima, eJapane — amabhulokhi ayisishiyagalombili kuphela ukusuka ekhaya labo — ngenkathi kufa abantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi ababebazungezile. Babekade bethandaza iRosari futhi bephila ngomyalezo kaFatima.
UNkulunkulu uthumele uMariya kithi njengoMphongolo Wokuvikela. Ngikholwa ukuthi lokho kusho ukuvikelwa ngokomzimba futhi:
Ngezinye izikhathi lapho ubuKrestu uqobo babubonakala busongelwa, ukukhululwa kwabo kwakuthiwa kunamandla alo mthandazo [weRosari], futhi iNkosazana Yethu yeRosari yayibabazeka njengalowo ukukhulumela kwabo kwaletha insindiso. —UPOPA JOHN PAUL II, URosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
NGOKOMOYA
Ngempela, umusa obaluleke kakhulu uMariya awulethayo yinsindiso uJesu asizuzele yona ngesiphambano. Ngivame ukufanekisa uMphongolo Wezokuvikela njengesikebhe sokusindisa abantu, esihamba ngomkhumbi kubo bonke abaphakathi kwaso siye eBarque enkulu kaKristu. Isiphephelo sikaMariya-ke, empeleni siyisiphephelo sikaKristu. Izinhliziyo zabo zimunye, ngakho-ke ukuba senhliziyweni kaMariya kuzofakwa ngokujulile enhliziyweni yeNdodana yakhe.
Iphuzu elibalulekile lapha ukuthi isiphephelo esikhulu kunazo zonke uKristu asinikeza iSonto kule mpi elwa nodrako ukuvikelwa ekulahlekelweni insindiso yethu, inqobo nje uma sifisa ukuhlala Naye ngentando yethu yokuzikhethela.
OKWENGQONDO
Engiqonde ukukusho ukuthi "isiphephelo sobuhlakani" ukuthi isikhathi siyeza lapho kuzoba khona izimpawu nezimanga zamanga kanye nezilingo ezicishe zingaphikiswa zokulandela "logic" yohlelo lomhlaba omusha. Singakwazi kanjani ukuqonda ukuthi iyiphi indlela okufanele siyithathe?
Impendulo ilele kulokhu: umusa omsulwa. UNkulunkulu uzohlinzeka amalambu angaphakathi engqondweni nasezinhliziyweni zalabo abazithobile njengezingane ezincane, labo abaye wangena eMphongolweni ngalesi sikhathi sokulungiselela. Ezingqondweni zesimanje, yeka indlela eyisiphukuphuku neyasendulo leyo miphefumulo efaka ubuhlalu beRosari futhi ihlale phambi kwamaTabernakele! Kuhlakaniphe kanjani laba abancane bayoba ngezinsuku zoLingo! Lokho kungenxa yokuthi baphendukile entandweni yokuzikhethela kwabo, futhi bazinikela entandweni nakuhlelo lukaNkulunkulu. Ngokulalela uMama wabo, nokwakhiwa esikoleni somthandazo wakhe, bathola umqondo kaKristu.
Asikawamukelanga umoya wezwe kepha uMoya ovela kuNkulunkulu, ukuze siqonde izinto esiziphiwe nguNkulunkulu ngokukhululekile… Manje umuntu wemvelo akakwamukeli okuphathelene noMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngokuba kuye ubuwula, futhi akakwazi ukukuqonda, ngoba kwahlulelwa ngokomoya. Umuntu wokomoya, nokho, angahlulela yonke into kodwa akabhekelwa ukwahlulelwa yinoma ngubani. Ngoba "ngubani owazi umqondo weNkosi, ukuze umeluleke?" Kepha sinomqondo kaKristu. (1 Kor 2: 3-16)
Lokhu akusho ukuthi labo abangazinikeli kuMariya balahlekile noma bazolahleka (bheka AmaProthestani, uMary, noMphongolo Wokuphephela). Okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi umuntu alandele uKristu. Kepha kungani ungamlandeli ngezindlela eziqinisekile asishiye zona uqobo, okungukuthi, umfazi, ubani iSonto noMariya?
Lo wesifazane umele uMariya, uMama woMhlengi, kepha umele ngasikhathi sinye iBandla lonke, Abantu bakaNkulunkulu bazo zonke izikhathi, iBandla okuthi ngezikhathi zonke, elinobuhlungu obukhulu, liphinde lizale uKristu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, uCastel Gandolfo, e-Italy, e-AUG. 23, 2006; I-Zenit
Nakhu kulele imfihlakalo ku njalo isiphephelo uKristu asinikeza abalandeli bakhe: ukuphepha eSontweni futhi Mary, futhi bobabili balele ngaphakathi kweNhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu.
Futhi ungakhohlwa… izingelosi zizoba nathi, mhlawumbe ngisho batshengise ngezikhathi.
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