DO uzizwa sengathi uyinto engabalulekile ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu? Ukuthi awunanjongo noma usizo kuye noma kwabanye? Ngemuva kwalokho ngithemba ukuthi ufunde Isilingo Esingenamsebenzi. Kodwa-ke, ngibona uJesu efuna ukukukhuthaza ngokwengeziwe. Eqinisweni, kubalulekile ukuthi wena ofunda lokhu uqonde: wazalelwa lezi zikhathi. Umphefumulo ngamunye eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu ulapha ngokwakhiwa, lapha unenhloso ethile neqhaza elithile eliyigugu. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi nakha ingxenye “yokukhanya kwezwe,” futhi ngaphandle kwakho, umhlaba ulahlekelwa umbala omncane…. ake ngichaze.
ISIKHUNGO SOKUKHANYA KANKULUNKULU
UJesu wathi, “Ngingukukhanya kwezwe.” Kepha-ke futhi wathi:
Wena zingukukhanya kwezwe. Umuzi omiswe entabeni awunakufihlwa. Futhi abakhanyisi isibani basibeke ngaphansi kwesitsha sebhasi; lubekwe othini lwesibani, lapho lukhanyisa bonke abasendlini. (Math 5: 14-15)
UJesu ungukuKhanya okumsulwa komhlaba okudlula ochungechungeni lwesikhathi. Lokho kukhanya bese kuhlukana kube yizigidigidi ze- ebonakalayo imibala eyakha ukukhanya komhlaba, okungukuthi, umzimba wamakholwa. Ngamunye wethu, okhulelwe enhliziyweni kaNkulunkulu, "umbala"; okungukuthi, ngamunye wethu udlala indima ehlukile ebangeni leNtando Yaphezulu.
I-Psychology isitshela ukuthi imibala ehlukene inemiphumela ehlukile kuma-moods. Isibonelo, ama-blues nemifino kungaba nomthelela wokuzola ngenkathi ama-reds kanye no-yellows angaveza imizwa enolaka. Kanjalo futhi, “umbala” ngamunye eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu “unomphumela” wawo emhlabeni owuzungezile. Ngakho uthi awubalulekile? Kuthiwani uma uthi, "luhlaza", ngokwesibonelo, ngokwamakhono akho, izipho, ubizo, njll. Bekungaba yini umhlaba okuzungezile ngaphandle kwalolo hlaza? (Isithombe esingezansi kususwe umbala oluhlaza okotshani):
Noma ngaphandle okwesibhakabhaka?
Noma kungekho obomvu?
Uyabona, umbala ngamunye uyadingeka ukuze i-Original Light ibenobuhle bayo obugcwele. Ngokunjalo, ngihlala ngithi kubantu uma ngikhuluma esidlangalaleni ukuthi asidingi omunye uSt Therese noma uFrancis wase-Assisi, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Esikudingayo omunye uSt. “Wena”! Kuthiwani uma sonke besingabakaSt. Kuthiwani ukube sonke besingama "roses amancane" nge wakhe ubuntu, wakhe imiphakathi, wakhe izipho zodwa? Yebo, kuthiwani uma wonke umhlaba ubupendwe ngombala obomvu?
Uyabona, konke okuhlukile komhlaba kuzophela. Yonke imifino nokuhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nophuzi okwenza umhlaba ube muhle kangaka ungagcwala umbala obomvu. Yingakho ke zonke umbala uyadingeka ukuze iSonto libe yilokho elingaba yikho. Futhi uyi ichibi lokukhanya kukaNkulunkulu.Udinga i- “fiat” yakho, u- “yebo” wakho, ukuze ukukhanya Kwakhe kukhanye kuwe futhi kukhanyise ukukhanya okudingekayo kwabanye ngokwezinhlelo Zakhe nangesikhathi saphezulu. UNkulunkulu ukudalele ukuba ube ngumbala othile — kuyamzwisa ubuhlungu uma uthi ufuna ukuba luhlaza esikhundleni sokububende noma ukuthi “awukhanyi” ngokwanele ukwenza umehluko emhlabeni. Kodwa manje ukhuluma njengalowo ohamba ngokubona hhayi ngokholo. Okungahle kubonakale kungabalulekile nakancane nje kokufihla isenzo esisodwa sokulalela, empeleni, kunemiphumela yaphakade.
Kunemiphefumulo eminingi, eshonile, eya eZulwini, futhi ebuyela emhlabeni ukuzokhuluma indaba yayo. Okuvamile phakathi kobufakazi obuningi ukuthi, emhlabeni ongaphezulu, kunemibala esingakaze siyibone ngaphambili namanothi emculweni esingakaze sizwe. Lapha emhlabeni, umbono wethu ulinganiselwe; sibona kuphela ukukhanya okubanzi kakhulu ngamehlo. Kepha eZulwini, wonke umuntu ichibi lokukhanya kuyabonakala. Ngakho-ke noma izwe lingase lingakuboni; noma ngabe uqhuba iqembu elincane lomkhuleko, noma unakekela oshade naye ogulayo, noma uhlupheka njengomphefumulo oyisisulu, noma uhlala futhi uthandaza kufihliwe emehlweni abanye ngemuva kwezindonga zezindela… wena kukhona ingxenye ebalulekile futhi edingekayo yokukhanya kukaNkulunkulu. Akukho ukukhanya kweNhliziyo Yakhe okuncane kuye. Lokhu, ngemuva kwakho konke, yilokho uSt.Paul akufundisa:
Manje umzimba awusona isitho esisodwa, kodwa eziningi. Uma unyawo luthi, “Ngenxa yokuthi angisiso isandla angisiye owomzimba,” ngakho-ke akusikho ukuthi alunto yomzimba. Noma uma indlebe ithi, “Lokhu ngingesilo iso angisiyena owomzimba,” ngalokho-ke akusikho okomzimba okuncane. Uma umzimba wonke ubuyiso, ukuzwa ngabe kuphi? Uma umzimba wonke ubungokuzwa, ngabe kunjani ukuhogela? Kepha kalokhu uNkulunkulu ubeke izitho, yileso naleso emzimbeni, njengokuthanda kwakhe. Uma onke ayeyingxenye eyodwa, umzimba ngabe ukuphi? Kepha kalokhu izitho ziningi, kepha umzimba munye. Iso alinakusho esandleni ukuthi, “Angikudingi,” noma ikhanda ezinyaweni, “Angikudingi.” Ngempela, izitho zomzimba ezibonakala zibuthakathaka kakhulu zidingeka kakhulu, futhi lezo zitho zomzimba esizithatha njengezingahlonipheki kakhulu sizungeza ngenhlonipho enkulu, futhi izingxenye zethu ezingabukeki kahle ziphathwa ngokufanelekile, kuyilapho ezethu zibukeka kahle izingxenye azikudingi lokhu. Kepha uNkulunkulu uwakhe umzimba kangaka nje, ukuze anikeze ingxenye engekho ngaphandle kwawo, ukuze kungabikho ukwahlukana emzimbeni; kepha izitho zinakekelane ngokufanayo. Uma [ingxenye eyodwa] ihlupheka, zonke izingxenye zihlupheka kanye nayo; uma kudunyiswa isitho sinye, zonke izitho zabelana ngokujabula kwaso. (1 Kor. 12: 14-26)
… Noma sizithola sisekuthuleni kwesonto noma egumbini lethu, simunye eNkosini nabafowethu nodadewethu abaningi ekukholweni, njengeqoqo lezinsimbi okuthi, nakuba zigcina ubuntu bazo, zinikele kuNkulunkulu iculo elilodwa elikhulu wokuncenga, wokubonga nowokudumisa. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, General Audience, Vatican City, Ephreli 25, 2012
Njengoba uhambo lwami lapha eCalifornia lufinyelela esiphethweni, ngiyakutshela ukuthi ngibone cishe konke ukukhanya okugcwele kukaNkulunkulu emiphefumulweni engihlangane nayo, kusukela kokukhulu kakhulu kuya kokuncane. Futhi ngamunye wabo uyathandwa futhi muhle!
ISEXWAYISO
Lapho siwela ku Isilingo Esingenamsebenzi; lapho sisuka ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu ngezimpilo zethu; lapho siphila siphikisana nokuhleleka Kwakhe kwemvelo kanye nemithetho yokuziphatha, khona-ke ukukhanya Kwakhe kuyeka ukukhanya kithi. Sifana nalokhu kukhanya okufihlwe ngaphansi “kwebhasikidi lesitsha” —noma kucinywe ngokuphelele.
Kwenzekani lapho izingxenye ezahlukahlukene zesibuko ziyeka ukukhanya? I-spectrum ekhanyayo ebonakalayo ingahlukaniswa izingxenye ezintathu: okubomvu, okuluhlaza okotshani nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (okufanekisela umsebenzi kaZiqu-zintathu emhlabeni). Emfanekisweni ongezansi, ngikhiphe ama-80% walowo nalowo mibala emithathu. Lona umphumela:
Lapho kususwa ingxenye ngayinye yesibonisi esibonakalayo, noma ngabe unombala muni, kuba mnyama. Ambalwa amaKristu akhona emhlabeni aphila ngokukholwa kwawo, umhlaba uba mnyama kakhulu. Futhi yilokho kanye okwenzekayo:
Ezinsukwini zethu, lapho ezindaweni ezinkulu zomhlaba ukholo lusengozini yokufa njengelangabi elingasenawo uphethiloli, okubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza uNkulunkulu abekhona kulo mhlaba nokukhombisa abesilisa nabesifazane indlela eya kuNkulunkulu. Hhayi noma yimuphi unkulunkulu, kodwa uNkulunkulu owakhuluma eSinayi; kulowo Nkulunkulu ubuso bakhe esibubonayo othandweni olucindezela “kuze kube sekupheleni” (jn. 13: 1) —kuJesu Kristu, obethelwe esiphambanweni wavuka. Inkinga yangempela kulo mzuzu womlando wethu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyanyamalala emkhathizwe womuntu, futhi, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuNkulunkulu, isintu silahlekelwa ukuthwala kwaso, nemiphumela ebonakala ngokucekelayo. —Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa Benedict XVI kubo Bonke Ababhishobhi Bomhlaba, Mashi 10, 2009; I-Catholic Online
Bafowethu nodadewethu, umhlaba awumnyama ngoba uSathane uyakhula ngamandla. Kuya ngokuya kuba mnyama ngoba amaKrestu akhanya kancane kancane! Ubumnyama abukwazi ukukhipha ukukhanya; ukukhanya kuphela okusabalalisa ubumnyama. Kungakho kudingekile impela ukuthi ukhanye lapho ukhona, noma ngabe kwezokuhweba, kwezemfundo, kwezepolitiki, kwezokusebenzela umphakathi, eSontweni — akunandaba. UJesu uyadingeka kuyo yonke imikhakha, kuwo wonke amagumbi ezimakethe, kuzo zonke izikhungo, iqembu, inkampani, isikole, indlu yamakhosi, isigodlo noma ikhaya. NgePhasika, uBaba oNgcwele waveza ukuthi umkhakha we ubuchwepheshe, ngoba iqondiswa kancane kancane ukukhanya kweqiniso, manje sekuyingozi emhlabeni wethu.
Uma uNkulunkulu nezindinganiso zokuziphatha, umahluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi, zihlala ebumnyameni, khona-ke zonke ezinye “izibani”, ezibeka lezi zindlela zobuchwepheshe ezingakholeki, aziyona inqubekela phambili kuphela kepha futhi ziyizingozi ezibeka thina nomhlaba engcupheni. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Easter Vigil Homily, Ephreli 7th, 2012 (eyami yokugcizelela)
UJesu uyakudinga ukuthi uqale ukhanye ngokukhanya kokholo okufana nengane, ukulalela nokuzithoba—ncamashi lapho ukhona — noma ngabe ngokubonakala komuntu, ukukhanya kwakho kuphonsa ibangana nje. Ngempela, ikhandlela elincane ehholo elikhulu elimnyama, lisakhipha ukukhanya okungabonakala. Futhi ezweni elikhula limnyama ngokwengeziwe emini, mhlawumbe lokho kuzokwanela ngisho nokulingana one umphefumulo olahlekile uphuthaphutha ngokukhanya kwethemba…
... nibe ngabangenacala nabangenacala, bantwana bakaNkulunkulu abangenasici phakathi kwesizukulwane esigwegwile nesonakele, enikhanya phakathi kwabo njengezinkanyiso emhlabeni, lapho nibambelela ezwini lempilo… (Phil 2: 15-16)
Isithombe ngu-ESO / Y. I-Beletsky
Noma ngubani ozithoba njengalo mntwana nguyena omkhulu embusweni wezulu… Uma umuntu efisa ukuba ngowokuqala, uyoba ngowokugcina kunabo bonke futhi abe yisisebenzi sabo bonke. (Math 18: 4; Marku 9:35)
Chofoza lapha ukuze Zikhiphe ohlwini or Bhalisa kule Journal.
