UKUVUSELELWA KWELENTEN
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ZONKE IZINHLOBO manje futhi ocwaningweni lwami, ngizozithela phezu kwewebhusayithi engafani neyami ngoba bathi, "UMark Mallett uthi uzwe eseZulwini." Ukusabela kwami kokuqala ngukuthi, “Gee, does not zonke UmKristu uyalizwa izwi leNkosi? ” Cha, angilizwa izwi elizwakalayo. Kepha ngiyamuzwa uNkulunkulu ekhuluma ngeMisa Readings, umthandazo wasekuseni, iRosary, iMagisterium, umbhishobhi wami, umqondisi wami kwezomoya, umkami, abafundi bami — ngisho nokushona kwelanga. Ngoba uNkulunkulu uthi kuJeremiya…
Lalela izwi lami; khona ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu, nina nibe ngabantu bami. (7:23)
UJesu wathi:
… Zizolizwa izwi lami, futhi kube mhlambi munye, umalusi munye… izimvu ziyamlandela, ngoba ziyalazi izwi lakhe. (Johane 10:16, 4)
Wonke umKristu kufanele alalele izwi leNkosi ukuze bakwazi ukumlandela lapho eya khona. Kepha abaningi abakwenzi ngoba bengafundiswanga ukuthi kanjani, noma izwi likaMalusi Omuhle likhishwa ngomsindo wezwe, noma nobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo. Njengoba uPapa Francis asho,
Noma nini lapho impilo yethu yangaphakathi iba nezifiso zayo kanye nokukhathazeka, akusekho ndawo yabanye, ayisekho indawo yabampofu. Izwi likaNkulunkulu alisazwakali, injabulo ethule yothando lwakhe ayisazwakali, futhi isifiso sokwenza okuhle siyaphela. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 2
Umhambi weqiniso yilowo othola isizungu ukuze ezwe i- izwi elincane namanje leNkosi. Kufanele "silambele futhi somele" izwi lakhe njengezixuku ezazimlandela.
Isixuku besicindezela uJesu silalele izwi likaNkulunkulu. (Luka 5: 1)
Sidinga ukucindezela kuJesu futhi ukuze sizwe izwi leNkosi yethu. Futhi leli akulona iZwi elijwayelekile, kodwa lelo elinamandla okusiguqula njengoba lungekho elinye igama ezulwini noma emhlabeni elingakwenza.
Ngempela, izwi likaNkulunkulu liyaphila futhi liyasebenza, libukhali kunanoma iyiphi inkemba esika nhlangothi zombili, lingena phakathi komphefumulo nomoya, amalunga nomnkantsha, futhi liyakwazi ukubona ukucabanga nemicabango yenhliziyo. (Heb 4:12)
Isinyathelo sokuqala ekuzweni iphimbo likaNkulunkulu, ke-ke, singena ebangeni leNkosi. Njengoba uSt. Paul esho,
Uma-ke navuswa kanye noKristu, funani okungaphezulu, lapho uKristu ehlezi khona ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu. Cabanga ngokwaphezulu, hhayi okusemhlabeni… (Kol 3: 1-2)
Lokhu akhuluma ngakho lapha u ukuguquka kwengqondo. Kusho ukwenqaba ngamabomu izindlela zomhlaba zokucabanga nokwenza ngokwenyama. Kusho ukuhoxisa izinzwa zethu ekuqhunyisweni kwamabhomu okungapheli esiwaveza kuze kube namuhla. Njengoba uPawulu asho kwabaseRoma:
Ungalingisi lo mhlaba kepha uguqulwe ngokwenziwa musha kwengqondo yakho. (Rom 12: 2)
Lesi yisitatimende esinamandla. I- ingqondo, UPawulu uthi, isango lokuguqulwa kuKristu.
… Akumele uhambe njengoba kwenza abeZizwe, ebuze bemiqondo yabo… nenziwe basha emoyeni wezingqondo zenu, nigqoke umuntu omusha, owadalwa ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ngokulunga kweqiniso nangobungcwele. (Efe 4:17, 23-24)
Ngakho-ke, umbuzo uwukuthi, yini oyifaka engqondweni yakho? Ngicabanga ukuthi amaKhatholika amaningi namuhla awazi ukuthi azimisele kangakanani kuthelevishini. Sekuphele iminyaka engu-16 singenayo ikhebula ekhaya lethu — ngashayela inkampani yezintambo ucingo ngayitshela ukuthi angisazukuyikhokhela udoti wabo. Kepha ngesinye isikhathi ekuhambeni kwami ngithola amazwibela alokho okuku-TV, futhi angikholwa ukuthi sekuyisisekelo esingakanani, esingenalutho, ne-asinine. Lokhu kuvezwa njalo kodlame, inkanuko, nokuthanda izwe kungenye yezindlela ezisheshayo zokumisa izwi leNkosi.
Ngisanda kuzwa amanye amaKristu ethi aye kobuka imovie yakamuva Deadpool izikhathi eziningana ukuze bakwazi ukuxoxisana nabangewona amaKristu mayelana nefilimu. Le movie igcwele inhlamba, ubunqunu, udlame namahlaya angcolile. Ngempela iyi- ichibi elifile. Indlela yokunqoba umhlaba akukhona ukuhlanganyela nabo ebumnyameni babo, kodwa ukuba babe yisibani esivuthayo phakathi kwawo. Indlela yokufakaza kwabanye ngukuhlanganyela nabo injabulo eyiyo yokwazi nokulandela uJesu… ukungalandeli izoni. UJesu wayedla nezifebe, kepha akazange ahlanganyele kwezohwebo zazo. “Kunabudlelwane buni ukukhanya nobumnyama na?” kubuza uSt Paul. [1]I-2 Cor 6: 14 Futhi-ke uJesu uthi kuwe nakimi:
Bhekani, ngiyanithuma njengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi; ngakho-ke hlakaniphani njengezinyoka, nibe msulwa njengamajuba. (Math. 10:16)
Ukuhlakanipha kwangempela akutholakali ngokukhasa ngezinyoka, kepha kundiza ngaphezu kwazo.
Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisa ngamazwi ayize ... Hambani njengabantwana bokukhanya (ngoba isithelo sokukhanya sitholakala kukho konke okuhle nokulungile nokuyiqiniso), futhi zama ukuqonda ukuthi yini ejabulisa iNkosi. (Kwabase-Efesu 5: 6-10)
Ukuze sizwe izwi leNkosi, akumele sibheke ngaphezu kweBhayibheli. Le yincwadi yothando lukaNkulunkulu ngempela kithi. Noma ngubani ophethe iBhayibheli angasho ukuthi, yebo, ngizwa izwi leNkosi! Bengilokhu ngifunda iBhayibheli kusukela abazali bami banginikeza lapho ngineminyaka eyisikhombisa futhi angikaze ngikhathele iZwi likaNkulunkulu ngoba liyilo ophilayo; akuyeki ukungifundisa ngoba kunjalo ngempumelelo; ayisoze yehluleka ukuphonsela inselelo, ukuvusa, nokungikhuthaza ngoba ngokweqiniso iyaqonda ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yami. Ngoba "it" akuyona incwadi, kodwa uJesu uqobo ukhuluma nami ngezwi elicacile. Futhi-ke, ukutolikwa kweBhayibheli akuyona into engahleliwe, eyizihloko, kepha ekugcineni kunikezwe iSonto. Ngakho-ke ngineBhayibheli kwesinye isandla, kanti iCatechism kwesinye.
Sekuyisikhathi, bafowethu nodadewethu, sokuthi abaningi bethu bacishe i-TV bakhanyise ukukhanya kweqiniso; ukuvala uFacebook nokuvula iNcwadi eNgcwele; ukwenqaba umchilochilo wenhlamba, udlame, nokukhanuka okugcwele ezindlini zethu, bese siqala ukungena kulokho uJesu akubize ngokuthiimifula yamanzi aphilayo. ” [2]isib. Johane 7:38 Thatha imibhalo yabaNgcwele; funda ukuhlakanipha koFata beSonto; hamba ibanga elide noJesu.
Okudingekayo yi ukuguquka kwengqondo.
ISIFINYEZO NOMBHALO
Wena izoguqulwa ngokuvuselelwa kwengqondo yakho lapho uqala ukuyivumelanisa nezwi leNkosi, iZwi likaNkulunkulu.
... nibe ngabangenacala nabangenacala, bantwana bakaNkulunkulu abangenasici phakathi kwesizukulwane esigwegwile nesonakele, enikhanya phakathi kwabo njengezinkanyiso emhlabeni, lapho nibambelela ezwini lempilo… (Phil 2: 14-16)
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Isihlahla iyinoveli ebhalwe kahle kakhulu futhi ehehayo. UMallett ubhale inganekwane ehloniphekile yabantu neyenkolo mayelana nokuzidela, uthando, ubuqili kanye nokufuna iqiniso kanye nencazelo yokugcina. Uma le ncwadi yake yenziwa ifilimu — futhi kufanele kube njalo — umhlaba udinga kuphela ukuzinikela eqinisweni lomyalezo waphakade.
—Fr. UDonald Calloway, MIC, umbhali & isikhulumi
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