Umlando wabaPapa abahlanu noMkhumbi Omkhulu

 

LAPHO kwake kwaba uMkhumbi Omkhulu owawuhlala ethekwini elingokomoya laseJerusalema. UKaputeni wayo kwakunguPeter enamaLieutenant ayishumi nanye eceleni kwakhe. Babenikezwe iKhomishini Enkulu yi-Admiral yabo:

Ngakho-ke hambani nenze izizwe zonke abafundi, nibabhapathize egameni likaYise neleNdodana nelikaMoya oNgcwele, nibafundise ukugcina konke enginiyale ngakho. Bhekani, mina nginani njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe; (Math 28: 19-20)

Kepha u-Admiral wabayala ukuthi baqhubeke babambelele kuze kube kwafika imimoya.

Bhekani, ngiyathumela kini isithembiso sikaBaba; kepha hlalani emzini, nize nembathiswe amandla avela phezulu. (IzEnzo 24:49)

Kwabe sekufika. Umoya onamandla oshayayo ogcwalise useyili wabo [1]isib. Izenzo 2:2 futhi bagcwala izinhliziyo zabo ngesibindi esivelele. Ebheka phezulu ku-Admiral wakhe, owamnikeza ukunqekuzisa ikhanda, uPeter wahamba waya kumnsalo woMkhumbi. Amahange adonswa, uMkhumbi wagudluzwa, kwaqalwa inkambo, uLieutenants elandela eduze ezitsheni zabo. Wabe esehamba waya kumnsalo woMkhumbi Omkhulu.

UPetru wasukuma nabayishumi nanye, waphakamisa izwi lakhe, wabamemezela kubo… “Kuyakusindiswa wonke umuntu obiza igama leNkosi.” (IzEnzo 2:14, 21)

Besuka esizweni ngasinye beya kwesinye, bahamba ngomkhumbi. Nomaphi lapho babehamba khona, babethula izimpahla zabo zokudla, okokugqoka kanye nemithi kwabampofu, kodwa namandla, uthando, neqiniso, okwakudingeka kakhulu kubantu. Ezinye izizwe zathola amagugu azo ayigugu… futhi zaguqulwa. Abanye babenqaba, baze babulala nabanye bamaLieutenant. Kepha ngokushesha nje lapho bebulawa, abanye baphakanyiswa ezindaweni zabo ukuze bathathe imikhumbi emincane eyayilandela ekaPeter. Naye wabulawelwa ukholo. Kepha okuphawuleka ukuthi, umkhumbi wawuqhubeka, futhi kungakabiphi uPetru anyamalale lapho uKaputeni omusha athatha indawo yakhe.

Ngokuphindaphindiwe, le mikhumbi yafika ogwini olusha, kwesinye isikhathi ngokunqoba okukhulu, kwesinye isikhathi kwabonakala sengathi ihluliwe. Abasebenzi bashintsha isandla, kepha okuphawuleka kakhulu ukuthi, uMkhumbi Omkhulu ohola i-flotilla ye-Admiral awuzange ushintshe inkambo, noma ngabe uKaputeni wayo kwesinye isikhathi wayebonakala elele ekuqondeni. Kwakunjenge “dwala” olwandle okwakungenakushukunyiswa muntu namaza. Kwakungathi isandla se-Admiral sasiqondisa umkhumbi uqobo…

 

UKUNGENA ESIPHEPHWENI ESIKHULU

Cishe iminyaka engama-2000 isidlulile, iBarque enkulu kaPeter ibekezelele izivunguvungu ezimbi kakhulu. Ngalesi sikhathi, lase liqoqe izitha ezingenakubalwa, njalo zilandela uMkhumbi, ezinye zikude, ezinye ngokuzumayo zamqhuma ngolaka. Kepha uMkhumbi Omkhulu awukaze uphambuke enkambweni yakhe, futhi noma kwesinye isikhathi ethatha amanzi, akazange acwile.

Ekugcineni, i-flotilla ye-Admiral yahlala phakathi kolwandle. Imikhumbi emincane eyayisizwa amaLieutenant yazungeza iBarque kaPeter. Bekuzolile… kepha bekungu bamanga ezolile, kumhluphe uKaputeni. Ngoba bonke ababazungezile kulesiphepho sasiphephuka futhi imikhumbi yezitha yazungeza. Kwakukhona ukuchuma ezizweni… kepha ubumpofu bokomoya babukhula usuku nosuku. Futhi kube nokusebenzisana okungajwayelekile, okucishe kube okwesabekayo phakathi kwezizwe ngesikhathi esifanayo kwaqubuka izimpi ezimbi namaqembu phakathi kwazo. Eqinisweni, kwakwande amahlebezi okuthi izizwe eziningi ezazikade zithembise ukwethembeka ku-Admiral zase ziqala ukuhlubuka. Kwakungathi zonke iziphepho ezincane zazihlangana zenze iSiphepho Esikhulu — leso u-Admiral asibikezela emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka ngaphambili. Futhi isilo esikhulu sasinyakazisa ngaphansi kolwandle.

Ephenduka ebhekana namadoda akhe, ubuso bukaKaputeni babuthuthuka. Abaningi babelele, ngisho naphakathi kwamaLieutenant. Abanye babekhuluphele, abanye bevilapha, kepha abanye benethezekile, bengasadlile ngentshiseko yeKhomishini ye-Admiral njengoba ababengaphambi kwabo babenjalo. Ubhadane olwalusakazeka emazweni amaningi manje selungene kweminye yemikhumbi emincane, isifo esesabekayo futhi esinezimpande, okwakhula nsuku zonke, sasidla abanye emikhunjini — njengoba nje owandulela uKaputeni axwayisa ukuthi ngabe.

Niyaqonda, Bazalwane Abahloniphekile, ukuthi siyini lesi sifo—ukuhlubuka okuvela kuNkulunkulu… —I-POPE ST. I-PIUS X, E Supremi, Encyclical Ekubuyiselweni Kwazo Zonke Izinto KuKristu, n. 3, 5; Okthoba 4, 1903

Kungani singasahambi ngomkhumbi? ” uKaputeni osanda kukhethwa wazihlebela yena njengoba ebuka oseyili abangenalutho. Welula isandla sakhe ukubeka izandla zakhe ku-helm. “Ngingubani mina ukuthi ngime lapha?” Ebheke ezitheni zakhe phezu kwe-starboard, waphinda futhi ohlangothini lwetheku, uKaputeni oNgcwele waguqa ngamadolo.“Ngiyacela Admiral…. Angikwazi ukuhola le mikhumbi ngingedwa. ” Ngaso leso sikhathi wezwa izwi ndawana thize emoyeni ngenhla kwakhe:

Bhekani, nginani njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe;

Futhi njengombani ovela ngaphesheya, uKaputeni wakhumbula uMkhandlu omkhulu Wezikebhe owawubuthene cishe eminyakeni eyikhulu ngaphambili. Lapho, bakuvuma impela indima likaKaputeni… indima engehluleki ngoba yavikelwa yi-Admiral uqobo.

Isimo sokuqala sensindiso ukugcina ukubusa kokholo lweqiniso. Futhi kusukela lelo zwi leNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, UnguPetru, futhi phezu kwaleli dwala ngizokwakha iSonto lami, angeke yehluleke ngomphumela wayo, amagama akhulunywayo aqinisekiswa yimiphumela yawo. Ngoba kwi-Apostolic See inkolo yamaKhatholika ibilokhu igcinwe ingenasici, futhi nemfundiso engcwele ibihlonishwa. —Umkhandlu wokuqala waseVatican, "Egunyeni lokufundisa elingenaphutha likaPapa waseRoma" Ch. 4, vs. 2

Adonse umoya uKaputeni. Ukhumbule ukuthi yena kanye uKaputeni owayebize uMkhandlu Wezikebhe wathi:

Manje impela liyihora lobubi namandla obumnyama. Kepha yihora lokugcina futhi amandla adlula ngokushesha. UKristu amandla kaNkulunkulu nokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu kunathi, futhi ungakithi. Yiba nokuzethemba: unqobile umhlaba. —UPAPPI PIUS IX, Ubi Nos, Encyclical, n. 14; www

“Unami, ”Kukhipha uKapteni. “Unami, futhi Uselinqobile izwe. ”

 

HHAYI YODWA

Wasukuma, waqondisa ikapa lakhe, wahamba waya kumnsalo woMkhumbi. Ekude ibanga, wayekwazi ukubona phakathi kwenkungu eqina Amakholomu Amabili aphuma olwandle, izinsika ezimbili ezinkulu lapho Inkambo kaBarque yayisethwe yilabo ababengaphambi kwakhe. Phezu kwekholomu elincane kwakumi umfanekiso ka UStella Maris, INkosikazi Yethu “Inkanyezi Yolwandle”. Ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe kwakubhalwe ukuthi, I-Auxilium Christianorum—"Usizo lwamaKrestu". Nakulokhu, kwafika engqondweni yakhe lowo owandulela yena:

Befisa ukubamba nokuqeda isiphepho esinodlame sobubi… esihlasela iBandla yonke indawo, uMary ufisa ukuguqula ukudabuka kwethu kube yinjabulo. Isisekelo sakho konke ukuzethemba kwethu, njengoba nazi kahle, Abafowethu Abahloniphekile, sitholakala ku-Virgin Mary Ebusisiwe. Ngoba, uNkulunkulu unikele kuMariya ingcebo yakho konke okuhle, ukuze wonke umuntu azi ukuthi ngaye kutholakala lonke ithemba, wonke umusa, nayo yonke insindiso. Ngoba lokhu kuyintando Yakhe, ukuthi sizuze konke ngoMariya. — UPOPE PIUX IX, Ubi Primum, Emcabangweni Ongacacile, Encyclical; n. 5; www

Ngaphandle kokucabanga, uKaputeni waphinda kaningi ngaphansi komoya wakhe, “Nangu unyoko, nangu unyoko, nangu unyoko…” [2]isib. Johane 19:27 Bese ephendukela ekubukeni okude kwama Kholomu Amabili, waqondisa amehlo akhe ku-Great Host eyayimi phezulu. Ngaphansi kwayo kwakukhona umbhalo oqoshiwe: USalus Credentium—"Insindiso Yokholo". Inhliziyo yakhe yagcwala wonke amazwi ababengaphambi kwakhe — amadoda amakhulu nabangcwele izandla zabo, ezinye zazo ezazinegazi, ezaziphethe isondo lalo Mkhumbi — amagama achaza lesi simangaliso emi phezu kolwandle:

Isinkwa Sokuphila… Umzimba… Umthombo Nengqungquthela… Ukudla kohambo… Imana yaseZulwini… Isinkwa Sezingelosi… Inhliziyo Engcwele…

NoKaputeni waqala ukukhala ngenjabulo. Angingedwa… we awuwedwa. Ephendukela kubasebenzi bakhe, waphakamisa isigqoko ekhanda lakhe wathandaza iMisa Elingcwele….

 

NGASEKUSENI

Ngakusasa ekuseni, uKaputeni wavuka, wahamba emphemeni, wema ngaphansi koseyili, esalokhu elenga engaphili esibhakabhakeni esimnyama. Wabuye wabheka phezulu lapho amehlo eza kuye njengokungathi kukhulunywa ngezwi lowesifazane:

Ukuzola ngale kwesiphepho.

Wacwayiza lapho ebuka buqamama, emafini amnyama kakhulu futhi asabisayo ayengakaze awabona. Wabuye wezwa:

Ukuzola ngale kwesiphepho.

Kusenjalo uKapteni waqonda. Umsebenzi wakhe wacaca njengokukhanya kwelanga manje okwangena enkungwini emnyama yasekuseni. Ezama ukuthola iSkripthi Esingcwele esasiboshwe ngokuqinile esiphethweni, waphinde wafunda amagama avela kuSambulo, Isahluko Sesithupha, ivesi lokuqala kuya kwelesithupha.

Wabe eseqoqa imikhumbi emzungezile, wema emnsalweni wakhe, uKaputeni wakhuluma ngezwi elicacile neliphrofethayo:

Umsebenzi kaPapa John othobekile “ukulungiselela iNkosi abantu abaphelele,” ofana ncamashi nomsebenzi wombhabhadisi, ongumlandeli wakhe nokuthi uthatha igama lakhe kuye. Futhi akunakwenzeka ukuthi ucabange ukuphelela okuphakeme futhi okuyigugu kunalokho lokunqoba kokuthula kobuKristu, okuwukuthula enhliziyweni, ukuthula ngokuhleleka kwezenhlalo, empilweni, impilo kahle, ukuhloniphana nobuzwe bezizwe . —UYINGCWELE UJOHANE XXIII, I-Christian Peac Yeqinisoe, Disemba 23, 1959; www

Ebheka phezulu koseyili abangasenampilo beGreat Barque, uKaputeni wamomotheka kakhulu futhi wamemezela: “Ngeke siye ndawo ngaphandle oseyili bezinhliziyo zethu futhi lo Mkhumbi Omkhulu ugcwaliswa futhi nge Umoya onamandla, oshayelayo. Ngakho-ke, ngifisa ukubiza uMkhandlu Wesibili Wemikhumbi. ” Ngaso leso sikhathi, amaLieutenant asondela — kodwa futhi, nemikhumbi yezitha. Kepha engabanaki kangako, uKaputeni wachaza:

Konke okwenziwa ngumkhandlu omusha wezenkolo kuhlose ukubuyisela ebukhazikhazini obugcwele imigqa elula nemsulwa ubuso beBandla likaJesu ekuzalweni kwayo… —I-POPE ST. JOHN XXIII, The Encyclicals and Other Messages kaJohn XXIII, hube-media.org

Wabe esebheka futhi amehlo akhe oseyili boMkhumbi wakhe, wathandaza ngokuzwakalayo:

Moya waphezulu, vuselela izimangaliso zakho kulonyaka wethu njengasePentekosti elisha, futhi unikeze ukuthi iBandla lakho, ngokukhuleka ngokubekezela nangokugcizelela ngenhliziyo eyodwa nangomqondo ndawonye noMariya, Umama kaJesu, futhi eliqondiswa nguPeter obusisiwe, lingakhulisa umbuso woMsindisi Waphezulu, ukubusa kweqiniso nobulungiswa, ukubusa kothando nokuthula. Amen. —U-POPE JOHN XXIII, emhlanganweni we-Second Vatican Council, Humanae Salutis, Disemba 25, 1961

Futhi ngasikhathi sinye, a Umoya onamandla, oshayelayo yaqala ukushaya emazweni, nangaphesheya kolwandle. Futhi ukugcwalisa oseyili bePeter's Barque, uMkhumbi waqala ukuhambisa futhi ubheke oKholweni Ababili.

Ngalokho uKaputeni walala, omunye wangena esikhundleni sakhe…

 

UKUQALA KWEZIMPI ZOKUGCINA

Lapho uMkhandlu Wesibili Wemikhumbi usondela ekupheleni, uKaputeni omusha wathatha indlamu. Noma ngabe kwakusebusuku, noma kwakusemini, wayengaqiniseki ngokuphelele ukuthi izitha zazigibela kanjani ngandlela thize eminye yemikhumbi ye-flotilla, ngisho neBarque of Peter. Ngoba ngokungazelelwe, amasonto amaningi amahle e-flotilla ayecocwe izindonga, imifanekiso nezithombe zawo zaphonswa olwandle, amatabernakele abo afihlwe emakhoneni, futhi ukuvuma izono kwagcwala imfucumfucu. Kuqubuke umxhaka emikhunjini eminingi — eminye eyaqala yaphenduka futhi baleka. Ngandlela-thile, umbono kaKaputeni wangaphambilini wawudunwa "yizigebengu."

Ngokungazelelwe, igagasi elibi laqala ukuhamba ngaphesheya kolwandle. [3]qhathanisa Ushushiso… kanye ne-Moral Tsunami! Njengoba yenza, yaqala ukuphakamisela phezulu imikhumbi yezitha neyobungane phezulu emoyeni yabe isibuyela phansi futhi, ishaya imikhumbi eminingi. Kwakuyigagasi eligcwele konke ukungcola, lithwele amakhulu eminyaka imfucumfucu, amanga nezithembiso eziyize. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, bekuqhubeka ukufa—Ubuthi obekungavimba impilo ekuqaleni esibelethweni, bese uqala ukuliqeda kuzo zonke izigaba zalo.

Ngenkathi uKaputeni omusha ebuka olwandle, olwaqala ukugcwala izinhliziyo nemindeni ephukile, imikhumbi yezitha yabona ubungozi beBarque, yasondela, yaqala yadubula i-volley ngemuva kwenganono yomlilo, imicibisholo, izincwadi namapheshana. Ngokumangazayo, abanye bamaLieutenant, izazi zemfundiso yenkolo, kanye nezandla eziningi zangena emkhunjini kaKaputeni, bezama ukumkholisa ukuthi ashintshe inkambo futhi bamane balikhiphe igagasi baphume nomhlaba wonke.

Ebhekisisa konke, uKaputeni uthathe umhlalaphansi lapho ehlala khona wathandaza… waze wagcina evelile.

Manje njengoba sesibuhlolile ngokucophelela ubufakazi obuthunyelwe Kithi futhi sahlolisisa lolu daba, futhi sathandaza njalo kuNkulunkulu, Thina, ngokwegunya esilinikezwe nguKristu, sihlose ukunikeza impendulo yethu kulolu chungechunge lwemibuzo emikhulu … Kunomsindo omkhulu kakhulu omelene nezwi leBandla, futhi lokhu kuyaqiniswa ngezindlela zesimanje zokuxhumana. Kodwa akumangazi iSonto ukuthi lona, ​​ngaphansi kukaMsunguli walo ongcwele, limiselwe ukuba libe “wuphawu lokuphikisana”… Bekungeke neze kube kuhle ngaye ukuthi amemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi yikuphi okungekho emthethweni, ngoba lokho ubunjalo bayo, buhlala buphikisana nokulunga komuntu kweqiniso. —I-POPE PAUL VI, UHumanae Vitae, n. 6, 18

Kwaqubuka okunye ukuphakama olwandle, okwethusa uKaputeni, izinhlamvu eziningi zaqala ukundiza zibheke eBarque kusuka ku-flotilla yakhe. AmaLieutenant amaningana, enengekile ngesinqumo sikaKaputeni, abuyela emikhunjini yawo futhi amemezela kubasebenzi bawo:

… Leyo nkambo ebonakala ilungile kuye, yenza kanjalo ngonembeza omuhle. —Ababhishobhi baseCanada baphendula bathi I-Humanae Vitae eyaziwa ngokuthi “Isitatimende saseWinnipeg”; IPlenary Assembly ebibanjelwe eSt. Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada, ngomhlaka 27 Septemba, 1968

Ngenxa yalokho, imikhumbi eminingi emincane yashiya umgwaqo uPeter's Barque yaqala ukugibela igagasi nge isikhuthazo samaLieutenant abo. Ukushesha kwakushesha kangangokuba uKaputeni wakhala:

… Intuthu kaSathane ingena eSontweni likaNkulunkulu ngemifantu yezindonga. —UPAPA PAUL VI, owokuqala oneHomily ngesikhathi seMisa likaSt. UPeter & Paul, ngoJuni 29, 1972

Ebuyela kumnsalo woMkhumbi, wabheka a ulwandle lokudideka, bese ubheka oKholweni Ababili futhi ucabangele. Kwenzenjani? Kungani silahlekelwa yimikhumbi? Ephakamisela amehlo akhe ngasogwini lwezizwe lapho isivumo sokholo se-Admiral sakhuphuka njengeculo lokuqeda ubumnyama obukhulayo manje, wabuza futhi: Yini engalungile esiyenzayo?

Futhi amazwi afika kuye kubonakala sengathi ku Wind.

Ulahlekelwe uthando lwakho lokuqala. 

Adonse umoya uKaputeni. “Yebo… sikhohliwe ukuthi kungani siphila, kungani lo Mkhumbi ulapha kwasekuqaleni, kungani uphethe lezi ziseyili ezinkulu nezinsimbi zomshini, kungani uphethe izimpahla zawo eziyigugu nengcebo: ukuletha ezizweni.”Wabe eseqhumisa isibhakabhaka esibhakabhakeni, futhi ngezwi elicacile nelinesibindi wamemezela wathi:

Ukhona ukuze ashumayele ivangeli, okusho ukuthi, ukuze ashumayele futhi afundise, abe ngumzila wesipho somusa, abuyisane nezoni noNkulunkulu, futhi aqhubeke nomhlatshelo kaKristu eMiseni, okuyisikhumbuzo saKhe ukufa nokuvuka okukhazimulayo. —I-POPE PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, hhayi. 14

Ngalokho, uKaputeni wabamba isondo lokushayela, waqhubeka nokuqondisa iBarque ebheke oKholamu Ababili. Ebheka phezulu oseyili, manje obuzungeza umoya, waphosa iso kukholamu yokuqala lapho iNkanyezi Yolwandle kwakubonakala sengathi ikhanyisa ukukhanya, njengokungathi kunjalo embethe ilanga, wathandaza:

Lesi yisifiso esikujabulelayo ukusiphathisa izandla nenhliziyo yeNdodakazi Elingcwele Engcwele Engcwele, ngalolu suku olungcweliselwe yona ikakhulukazi futhi okuyisikhumbuzo seminyaka eyishumi sokuvalwa koMkhandlu Wesibili weVatican. Ekuseni ngePentekoste wabuka ngomthandazo wakhe ukuqala kokuvangela okuqhutshwa nguMoya oNgcwele: kwangathi angaba yiNkanyezi yokuvangela eyake yavuselelwa iBandla, ngokulandela umyalo weNkosi yalo, okumele likukhuthaze futhi likwenze, ikakhulukazi kulezi zikhathi okunzima kepha kugcwele ithemba! —I-POPE PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, hhayi. 82

Ngalokho, naye walala… kwase kukhethwa uKaputeni omusha. (Kepha abanye bathi uKaputeni omusha wafakwa ubuthi yizitha ngaphakathi koMkhumbi wakhe, ngakho-ke, wahlala esikhundleni sakhe izinsuku ezingamashumi amathathu nantathu kuphela.)

 

ISITHUTHU SETHEMBA

Omunye uCaptain washeshe wamfaka esikhundleni, wama emnsalweni ka Umkhumbi ubheka ngaphesheya kolwandle lwempi, wakhala wathi:

Ungesabi! Vula iminyango kuKristu! —USAJOHN PAUL II, eHomily, eSt Peter's Square, ngo-Okthoba 22, 1978, No. 5

Imikhumbi yezitha yaphela umlilo okwesikhashana. Lokhu kwakunguKaputeni ohlukile. Wayevame ukushiya umnsalo futhi, ethatha isikebhe sokusindisa esilula, entanta phakathi kwemikhumbi ukuze akhuthaze amaLieutenant nabasebenza nabo. Ubize ndawonye ukuhlangana njalo nemithwalo yemikhumbi yabantu abasha, ebakhuthaza ukuthi bahlole izindlela nezindlela ezintsha zokuletha ingcebo yemikhumbi emhlabeni. Ungasabi, waqhubeka wabakhumbuza.

Kusenjalo kuqhume isibhamu awele phansi uKapteni. Ama-Shockwaves agcwele umhlaba wonke njengoba abaningi bebambe umoya. Ukubamba idayari kadadewabo wasekhaya — idayari ekhuluma ngo isihe woMbutho Wezempi — walulama… futhi waxolela umhlaseli wakhe. Kuthatha indawo yakhe futhi emnsalweni, wakhomba umfanekiso ophezu kwensika yokuqala (manje esesondele kakhulu kunakuqala), futhi wambonga ngokusindisa impilo yakhe, yena “Olusizo lwamaKrestu”. Wamnika isihloko esisha:

Inkanyezi Yokuvangela Okusha.

Impi, nokho, yashuba kuphela. Ngakho-ke, uqhubeke nokulungiselela izimoto zakhe "ukubhekana kokugcina" okwase kufike manje:

Kusemaphethelweni enkulungwane yesibili yeminyaka lapho amafu amakhulu, asongelayo ehlangana emkhathizwe waso sonke isintu futhi ubumnyama behlela emiphefumulweni yabantu. —UYINGCWELE UJOHN PAUL II, ovela enkulumweni (ehunyushwe isuselwa olimini lwesiNtaliyane), uDisemba, 1983; www.v Vatican.va

Waqala ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umkhumbi ngamunye uphatha i- ukukhanya kweqiniso ungene ebumnyameni. Washicilela iqoqo lezimfundiso ze-Admiral (iCatechism, bayibiza kanjalo) ukuthi ibekwe njengezinga elikhanyayo emnsalo womkhumbi ngamunye.

Kwathi-ke lapho esesondela esakhe isikhathi sokudlula, wakhomba oKholamu Ababili, ikakhulukazi emaketangeni alenga kule nsika ngayinye okwakuzoboshwa kuyo iBarque of Peter.

Izinselelo ezinkulu ezibhekene nomhlaba ekuqaleni kwale Millennium entsha zisenza sicabange ukuthi ukungenelela okuvela phezulu kuphela, okukwazi ukuhola izinhliziyo zalabo abaphila ezimeni zokungqubuzana nalabo ababusa ikusasa lezizwe, kunganikeza isizathu sethemba ngekusasa eliqhakazile. —UYINGCWELE UJOHANE PAUL II, URosarium Virginis Mariae, 40

Ukuma kancane ukubuka inani elikhulayo nobudlova besitha imikhumbi, ezimpini ezimbi ezaqhamuka nezizayo, waphakamisa iketanga elincane phezulu ngenhla kwekhanda lakhe, futhi wabheka ngamehlo abukhali ukwesaba okwakukhanya ngokukhanya kosuku okufayo.

Ngezinye izikhathi lapho ubuKrestu uqobo babubonakala busongelwa, ukukhululwa kwabo kwakuhlotshaniswa namandla alo mthandazo, futhi i-Our Lady of the Rosary yanconywa njengalowo ukukhulumela kwabo kwaletha insindiso. —Ibhid. 39

Impilo kaKaputeni ibisiba buthaka. Ngakho-ke ephendukela kukholamu yesibili, ubuso bakhe bakhanyiswa ngokukhanya kwe-Great Host… ukukhanya kwe isihe. Ephakamisa isandla esiqhaqhazelayo, wakhomba kukholamu wamemezela:

Ukusuka lapha kumele kuphume 'inhlansi ezolungiselela umhlaba ukufika kukaJesu kokugcina' (IDayari kaFaustina, n. 1732). Le nhlansi idinga ukukhanyiswa ngomusa kaNkulunkulu. Lo mlilo womusa udinga ukudluliselwa emhlabeni. —U-SAINT JOHN PAUL II, Ukunikezwa komhlaba ku-Divine Mercy, eCracow, ePoland, 2002; isingeniso ku Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, IDayari kaSt Faustina

Futhi waphefumula okokugcina, wanikela umoya wakhe. Kuzwakale ukukhala okukhulu ku-flotilla. Okomzuzwana… umzuzwana nje… ukuthula kuthathe indawo yenzondo ebiphonswa eBarque.

 

IZILWANDLE EZIPHAKEME

Amakholomu Amabili ayeqala ukunyamalala ngezikhathi ezithile ngemuva kwamagagasi anomsindo. Ukunyundelwa, ukuthukuthela, nentukuthelo kwaphonswa kuKaputeni omusha owalawula ngokuthula umphathi. Ubuso bakhe babuthule; ubuso bakhe bazimisela. Umsebenzi wakhe kwakuwukuhamba ngomkhumbi iGreat Barque eduze kakhulu namaKholomu Amabili ukuze uMkhumbi kungaboshwa ngokuphepha kubo.

Imikhumbi yezitha yaqala ukugoqa isikebhe seBarque ngentukuthelo entsha futhi enobudlova. Kuvele ukuqhuma okukhulu, kepha uKaputeni akazange atatazele, yize ayenaye uqobo, ngenkathi eyiLieutenant, wayehlala exwayisa ukuthi uMkhumbi Omkhulu kwesinye isikhathi wawufana ...

… Isikebhe esizocwila, isikebhe singena emanzini nxazonke. —UKhadinali Ratzinger (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI), Mashi 24, 2005, Ukuzindla kwangoLwesihlanu Oluhle Ngokuwa Kwesithathu KukaKristu

Kepha ngesandla sakhe siqinile esigqokweni, injabulo yamgcwalisa… intokozo ababengayazi ababengaphambi kwakhe, futhi leyo ayevele eyizwa ngaphambili:

… Isethembiso sikaPetrine nomlando waso eRoma uhlala ezingeni elijule kakhulu isisusa esivuselelwa senjabulo; amandla esihogo ngeke asinqobe... —UKhadinali Ratzinger (UPAPA BENEDICT XVI), Obizelwe Isidlo, Understanding the Church Today, Ignatius Press, k. 73-74

Wabe esezwa nakuMoya:

Bhekani, nginani njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe;

Uthobekile ngaphambi kwe- imfihlakalo yesigungu, futhi amadoda ayehamba ngaphambi kwakhe, wehlisa izigaxa waphakamisa umsindo wakhe wempi:

AmaCaritas eVikisa… Thanda ngeqiniso!

Yebo, uthando luyoba yisikhali esizodidisa isitha futhi sinikeze iGreat Barque ithuba lokugcina lokwehlisa umthwalo wayo ezizweni… ngaphambi kokuba iSiphepho Esikhulu sibahlanze. Ngoba, wathi,

Noma ngubani ofuna ukuqeda uthando ulungiselela ukuqeda umuntu kanjalo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Incwadi Encyclical, UDeus Caritas Est (UNkulunkulu Uluthando), n. 28b

"AmaLieutenant kumele angazikhohlisi," esho. Le yimpi, mhlawumbe engafani nenye. ” Ngakho-ke incwadi yasatshalaliswa yamadoda ngesandla sakhe:

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… 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

Kodwa manje ulwandle lwalugcwele izidumbu; umbala wayo ubomvu ngokukhanyayo ngemuva kweminyaka yempi, ukubhujiswa, nokubulala — kusuka kwabangenacala nabancane kakhulu, kuya kwabadala nabadinga kakhulu. Futhi lapho phambi kwakhe, a isilo kwakubonakala sengathi iyakhuphuka emhlabeni, futhi enye isilo zanyakaziswa ngaphansi kwazo olwandle. Iphendukezele yazungeza ikholomu yokuqala, yabe isiphinde yagijimela eBarque idala ukuvuvuka okuyingozi. Futhi amazwi omanduleli wakhe afika engqondweni:

Lo mzabalazo ufana nempi yokubhubhisa echazwe ku- [IsAm 11: 19-12: 1-6, 10 empini phakathi "kowesifazane owembethe ilanga" kanye "nodrako"]. Ukufa kulwa nokuPhila: "isiko lokufa" lifuna ukuzibophezela esifisweni sethu sokuphila, futhi siphile ngokugcwele… —U-SAINT JOHN PAUL II, eCherry Creek State Park eHomily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993

Futhi ngakho-ke waphakamisa izwi lakhe elithambile, ehlunga ukuzwakala ngaphezu komsindo wempi:

… Ngaphandle kokuqondiswa kwesisa senhliziyo ngeqiniso, lo mbuso womhlaba wonke ungadala umonakalo ongakaze ubonwe futhi udale ukwahlukana okusha emndenini wesintu… isintu sinezingozi ezintsha zokugqilazwa nokukhohliswa… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, AmaCaritas eVikisa, n. 33, 26

Kepha eminye imikhumbi yayingenwe ngabantu, iphazanyiswa izimpi ezazibazungezile, imvamisa ihlasela ngamazwi nje hhayi nge isisa senhliziyo ngeqiniso uKapteni abize. Ngakho waphendukela kwamanye amadoda ayegibele iBarque eyayimi eduze. “Isibonakaliso esesabeka kunazo zonke kulezi zikhathi,” kusho yena, “ukuthi…

… Ayikho into efana nobubi kukodwa noma okuhle kukodwa. Kukhona "okungcono kunokuthi" futhi "okubi kakhulu kunokuthi". Akukho okuhle noma okubi kukodwa. Konke kuncike ezimeni nasekupheleni ngokubuka. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe Kumkhosi WaseRoma, ngoDisemba 20, 2010

Yebo, wayesebaxwayisile ngaphambili "ngombuso wobushiqela okhulayo wobumbano", kepha manje wawudedelwa ngamandla amakhulu, ukuthi hhayi kuphela ilanga kepha "ukucabanga" uqobo kwakusitshekelwa. IBarque of Peter, eyake yamukelwa ngomthwalo wayo oyigugu, manje yayisihlaselwa sengathi ingumthwali wokufa. “Ngikhathele futhi sengimdala,” ezitshela labo abasondelene naye. “Umuntu onamandla okudingeka athathe izintambo. Mhlawumbe umuntu ongabakhombisa ukuthi kusho ukuthini isisa senhliziyo ngeqiniso. ”

Ngalokho, uthathe umhlalaphansi waya egumbini elincane lokujula ngaphakathi koMkhumbi. Ngaleso sikhathi, umbani ovela emazulwini ushaye insika enkulu. Uvalo nokudideka kwaqala ukudlanga kuyo yonke le mikhumbi njengoba isibani esifushane sokukhanya sikhanyisa lonke ulwandle. Izitha zazigcwele yonke indawo. Kwakunemizwa yokushiywa, ukudideka nokwesaba. Ngubani ozoba uCaptain the Ship emimoyeni enamandla kakhulu yeSiphepho…?

 

UHLELO OLUNGALINDELEKILE

Akekho noyedwa owabona uKaputeni omusha emnsalweni. Egqoke kalula nje, waphendukela kuMakholomu Amabili, waguqa ngamadolo, wacela i-flotilla yonke ukuthi imthandazele. Lapho emile, amaLieutenant nayo yonke le mikhumbi babelindele ukukhala kwakhe nokuhlasela uhlelo lokulwa nesitha esake sangena.

Ephonsa amehlo akhe kulezi zidumbu ezingenakubalwa kanye nabalimele entanta olwandle phambi kwakhe, wabe esebhekisa kumaLieutenant. Abaningi babonakala kuye behlanzekile kakhulu ukuba bangalwela impi — njengokungathi babengakaze bashiye amakamelo abo noma badlulela ngale kwamakamelo okuhlela. Abanye baze basala behleli ezihlalweni zobukhosi ezibekwe ngaphezu kwezihibe zabo, bebonakala bexoshwe ngokuphelele. Ngakho-ke, uKaputeni wathumela imifanekiso yababili ababengaphambi kwakhe—laba ababili abaprofetha ngeminyaka eyinkulungwane yokuthula ezayo- futhi wabakhulisa ukuze babone yonke i-flotilla.

UJohn XXIII noJohn Paul II babengesabi ukubheka amanxeba kaJesu, ukuthinta izandla zakhe ezidabukile nohlangothi lwakhe olugwazwe. Babengenamahloni ngenyama kaKristu, ababanga namahloni ngaye, ngesiphambano sakhe; abayidelanga inyama yomfowabo (cf.Is 58:7), ngoba babone uJesu kuwo wonke umuntu ohluphekayo futhi olwayo. —UPapa uFrancis ekwehlukanisweni koPapa uJohn XIII noJohn Paul II, ngo-Ephreli 27, 2014, usawoti

Ephendukela futhi eNkanyezaneni yoLwandle, bese ebhekisa eGreat Host (abanye abathi baqala ukuyishaya), waqhubeka:

Sengathi bobabili [la madoda] bangasifundisa ukuthi singakhungathekiswa amanxeba kaKristu futhi singene ngokujule ngokwengeziwe kwimfihlakalo yesihe saphezulu, esihlala sithemba futhi sixolela njalo, ngoba sithanda njalo. —Ibhid.

Wabe esesho kalula nje: “Asiqoqe abalimele.”

AmaLieutenant amaningana ashintshana ngokubukeka kokumangala. “Kodwa… akufanele yini ukuthi sigxile empini?” kuphikelela omunye. Omunye uthe, “Kapteni, sizungezwe yisitha, futhi azithathi ziboshwa. Akufanele yini siqhubeke nokubabuyisela emuva sisebenzisa ukukhanya kwamazinga ethu? ” Kodwa uKaputeni akashongo lutho. Esikhundleni salokho, waphendukela emadodeni ambalwa aseduze wathi, “Ngokushesha, kufanele siguqule imikhumbi yethu ibe izibhedlela zasensimini kwabalimele. ” Kepha bamgqolozela ngamazwi angenalutho. Ngakho-ke waqhubeka:

Ngikhetha iSonto elilimele, elilimazayo nelingcolile ngoba belilokhu likhona emigwaqweni, kunokuba kube yiSonto elingenampilo ekuboshweni nasekubambeleleni ekuphepheni kwalo. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 49

Ngalokho, amaLieutenant amaningana (ababejwayele ukungcolisa negazi) aqala ukuhlola imikhumbi yabo ngisho nezindawo zabo zokuhlala ukuze babone ukuthi bangazenza kanjani isiphephelo sabalimele. Kodwa abanye baqala ukusuka eBarque of Peter, bahlala kude.

“Bheka!” omunye wabahloli ababephezu kwesidleke segwababa wakhala kakhulu. “Bayeza!” I-Raft ngemuva kwesihlenga sabalimele yaqala ukudonsela eduze neBarque ye Peter — abanye ababengakaze banyathele uMkhumbi nabanye abashiya le mikhumbi kudala, kanti abanye babengabekamu lesitha. Zonke zazopha, ezinye zazinkulu kakhulu, ezinye zibubula ngobuhlungu obukhulu nosizi. Amehlo kaKaputeni agcwale izinyembezi lapho efika phansi eqala ukudonsa ezinye zazo.

“Wenzani?” yashosholoza abasebenzi abaningana. Kodwa uKaputeni waphendukela kubo wathi, "Kumele sibuyise imigqa elula futhi emsulwa obabunayo ubuso bale flotilla ngesikhathi izalwa."

“Kodwa bayizoni!”

“Khumbula ukuthi kungani siphila,” ephendula.

“Kodwa — bayisitha mnumzane!”

"Ungesabi."

“Kodwa bangcolile, banengekile, bakhonza izithombe!”

"Umlilo wesihe kumele udluliselwe emhlabeni."

Ephendukela kozakwabo abasebenza nabo amehlo abo asabekayo abheke kuye, wathi ngomoya ophansi kodwa ngokuqinile, "Usizo eqinisweni," bese ephenduka wadonsa umphefumulo ohlushwa ezingalweni zakhe. “Kodwa kuqala, isisa, ” asho athule, akhombe uMphathi Omkhulu ngaphandle kokubheka phezulu. Ecindezela abalimele esifubeni sakhe, wahlebela:

Ngibona ngokusobala ukuthi into iSonto eliyidinga kakhulu namuhla ukukwazi ukupholisa amanxeba nokufudumeza izinhliziyo zabathembekile; idinga ukusondela, ukusondela. Ngibona iSonto njengesibhedlela sasemakhaya ngemuva kwempi… Kufanele umelaphe amanxeba akhe. Ngemuva kwalokho singakhuluma ngakho konke okunye. Philisa amanxeba, upholise amanxeba… —UPAPA UFRANCIS, uxoxisana naye I-AmelikaMagazine.com, Septhemba 30th, 2013

 

UHLELO LWE-LIEUTENANTS

Kodwa ukudideka kwaqhubeka phakathi kwezigaba njengoba imibiko yasakazekela kude nokuthi iBarque of Peter yayingathathi kuphela abalimele — kodwa nezitha. Ngakho-ke uKaputeni wabiza iSinodi yamaLieutenant, ebamemela endaweni yakhe yokuhlala.

“Ngibize lo mbuthano ngenhloso yokubheka ukuthi singabhekana kanjani nabalimele. Kwabesilisa, yilokho u-Admiral asithume ukuba sikwenze. Wayezele abagulayo hhayi abagulayo — nathi kufanele sizele. ” Abanye bamaLieutenant babheka ngokusolisa. Kodwa uqhubeke wathi, “Khulumani izingqondo zenu, madoda. Angifuni lutho olusuka etafuleni. ”

Ukuqhubekela phambili, uLieutenant othile uphakamise ukuthi mhlawumbe indinganiso yokukhanya ebhekiswe eminsalweni yemikhumbi yabo ibiphonsa isibani esinzima kakhulu, nokuthi mhlawumbe kufanele sinciphiswe— “ukuze samukeleke ngokwengeziwe,” engeza. Kodwa omunye uLieutenant waphendula wathi, "Umthetho ungukukhanya, futhi ngaphandle kokukhanya, kukhona ukungabi namthetho!" Njengoba imibiko yezingxoxo ezingagunci yayisondela phezulu, amatilosi amaningi ayesemikhunjini aqala ukwethuka. “UKaputeni uzocima isibani,” kuhlekisa omunye. “Uzosiphonsa olwandle,” kukhala omunye. “Asinalawula! Sizophukelwa umkhumbi! ” kwaphakama elinye ikwaya lamazwi. "Kungani uKaputeni engasho lutho? Kungani i-Admiral ingasisizi? Kungani uKaputeni elele entanjeni? ”

Kwaqubuka isivunguvungu esikhulu elwandle, kangangokuthi isikebhe sasigcwele amagagasi; kepha wayelele. Beza bamvusa, bathi, “Nkosi, sisindise! Siyabhubha! ” Wathi kubo: “Yini ukuba nitatazele, nina bokukholwa okuncane?” (Math 8: 24-26)

Ngokushesha, izwi elinjengelokuduma kwezwakala ngabathile ababekhona: UnguPeter, futhi phezu kwaleli dwala ngizokwakha iSonto lami, namasango esihogo ngeke alinqobe.

“Umoya nje,” kusho omunye. "Kusobala ukuthi nje," kusho omunye.

Lapho-ke amaLieutenant aqhamuke lapho kuhlala khona uMkhumbi elandelwa uKaputeni. Yonke imikhumbi eyayisele yamqoqa yamzungeza waze wakhuluma ekugcineni. Emomotheka ngobumnene, wabheka ngakwesobunxele bese kwesokudla, efunda ngokucophelela ubuso bamaLieutenant. Kwakunovalo kwabanye, ukulindela kwabanye, ukudideka okusasele kwabambalwa.

“Madoda,” eqala, “ngiyabonga ukuthi iningi lenu likhulume ngokusuka enhliziyweni, njengoba ngibuze. SiseMpini Enkulu, endaweni esingakaze sihambe ngayo ngaphambili. Kube nezikhathi zokufuna ukuhamba ngesikebhe ngokushesha okukhulu, ukunqoba isikhathi singakafiki isikhathi; izikhathi zokukhathala, umdlandla, induduzo… ” Kepha ubuso bakhe bakhula baba bukhali. "Ngakho-ke, sibhekene nezilingo eziningi." Ephendukela kweyakhe kwesokunxele, uqhubeke wathi, “Isilingo sokususa noma ukufiphaza ukukhanya kweqiniso sicabanga ukuthi ukukhanya kwaso kuzokhathala, hhayi ukufudumeza abalimele. Kepha bazalwane, lokho…

… Ukuthambekela kokulimazayo kokulunga, okuthi egameni lomusa okhohlisayo kubophe amanxeba ngaphandle kokuwaphulukisa kuqala nokuwalapha… —UPAPA FRANCIS, Inkulumo Yokuvala eSinodi, iCatholic News Agency, ngo-Okthoba 18, 2014

UKapteni ubuke indoda ebime yodwa ngemuva, iqhaqhazela imvula encane ebiqala ukuna, bese iphendukela kweyayo kwesokudla. “Kodwa futhi sibhekane nesilingo nokwesaba ukugcina abalimele besendaweni yethu, nge….

… Ukungaguquguquki kobutha, okungukuthi, ukufuna ukuvala wena ngaphakathi kwegama elilotshiwe. —Ibhid.

Ngemuva kwalokho uphendukela ku phakathi yoMkhumbi futhi ephakamisa amehlo akhe aqonda kuMast eyayimise okweSiphambano, wadonsa umoya. Ehlise amehlo akhe abhekane noLieutenant (abanye, amehlo abo ayebheke phansi), wathi, “Kodwa-ke, akukhona ukuthi uKaputeni aguqule iKhomishini Yezempi, engeyona nje ukuletha umthwalo wethu wokudla, okokugqoka nemithi. kwabampofu, kodwa futhi nengcebo ye iqiniso. UCaptain wakho akayona inkosi enkulu…

… Kepha kunalokho inceku ephakeme - "inceku yezinceku zikaNkulunkulu"; isiqinisekiso sokulalela nokuvumelana kweSonto nentando kaNkulunkulu, iVangeli likaKristu, kanye neNkambiso yeSonto, sibeka eceleni yonke imicabango yomuntu, yize - ngentando kaKrestu uqobo - “ophakeme Umfundisi kanye noMfundisi wabo bonke abathembekile ”futhi yize bejabulela" amandla amakhulu, aphelele, asheshayo, futhi ajwayelekile eSontweni ". —UPapa uFrancis, ephetha inkulumo kwiSinodi; I-Catholic News Agency, ngo-Okthoba 18, 2014 (ngigxile kakhulu)

“Manje,” esho, “Silimele ukunakekelwa, futhi impi yokuwina - futhi sizoyinqoba, ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando, futhi uthando aluhluleki. " [4]isib. 1 Kor 13:8

Ngemuva kwalokho ephendukela kuyo yonke i-flotilla, wakhomba: “Maye, bafowethu nodadewethu, ubani ongakimi, futhi ngubani omelene nami?”

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoNovemba 11, 2014.

 

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