AKUNATHEMBA?
Yini engavimba umhlaba ukuba ungene ebumnyameni obungaziwa obusongela ukuthula? Manje njengoba izingxoxo zezombusazwe sehlulekile, yini esisele ukuba siyenze?
Kubonakala kucishe kungabi nathemba. Eqinisweni, angikaze ngizwe uPapa John Paul II ekhuluma ngamagama abuhlungu njengalokhu esanda kukusho.
Ngithole lawa mazwi ephephandabeni likazwelonke ngoFebhuwari:
"Ubunzima bomkhathi womhlaba obukhona ekuqaleni kwale nkulungwane entsha yeminyaka buholela ekubeni sikholelwe isenzo esivela phezulu kuphela esingasenza sibe nethemba ngekusasa elinciphile." (Reuters News Agency, Februwari 2003)
Nakulokhu, namuhla uBaba oNgcwele uxwayise umhlaba ukuthi asazi ukuthi yini esizoyilindelwa uma kwenziwa impi e-Iraq. Ubulukhuni bukapapa kwaholela umphathi omkhulu wenethiwekhi yethelevishini yamaKatolika enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni, i-EWTN, ukuba athi:
“UBaba wethu oNgcwele ubelokhu encenga futhi esincenga ukuthi sikhuleke futhi sizile ukudla. Lo Vicar kaKristu emhlabeni wazi okuthile, ngiyaqiniseka, ukuthi asazi - ukuthi imiphumela yale mpi, uma izokwenzeka izoba yinhlekelele, hhayi nje yedolobha, njengeNineve, kodwa nezwe lonke. ” (UDeacon William Steltemeier, 7am Mass, Mashi 12, 2003).
LUKHUNGO LWETHEMBA
Upapa usibizele sonke Umthandazo futhi ukuzisola ukuhambisa iZulu ukuba lingenelele futhi lilethe ukuthula kulesi simo. Ngifisa ukudwebela isicelo esisodwa esiqondile sikaBaba Ongcwele, engicabanga ukuthi sisonke, kungenzeka ukuthi asibonwanga.
Encwadini yakhe yobuPhostoli, ekhishwe ekuqaleni konyaka weRosari ngo-Okthoba 2002, uPapa John Paul uphinde wathi,
“Izinselelo ezinkulu ezibhekene nomhlaba ekuqaleni kweMillennium entsha zisenza sicabange ukuthi ukungenelela okuvela phezulu kuphela, okukwazi ukuhola izinhliziyo zalabo abaphila ezimeni zokungqubuzana nalabo ababusa ikusasa lezizwe, kunganikeza isizathu ithemba lekusasa eliqhakazile. Ngokwemvelo iRosari iwumthandazo wokuthula. ” URosarium Virginis Mariae, 40.)
Ngaphezu kwalokho, eqaphela usongo emndenini, oluyingozi emphakathini, uthi,
"Ngezinye izikhathi lapho ubuKristu ngokwabo babubonakala busongelwa, ukukhululwa kwabo kwakubangelwa amandla alo mthandazo, futhi i-Our Lady of the Rosary yahlonishwa njengalowo ukukhulumela kwabo kwaletha insindiso." (Ibhid, 39.)
Upapa ubiza kakhulu umzimba kaKristu ukuba azothatha iRosari ngentshiseko entsha, futhi ikakhulukazi, athandazele "ukuthula" kanye "nomndeni". Kucishe kube sengathi uthi lesi yisinqumo sethu sokugcina ngaphambi kokuba leli kusasa elibi lifike emnyango wesintu.
UMARIYA-UKWESABA
Ngiyazi ukuthi kunokuphikisana okuningi nokukhathazeka maqondana neRosary noMary uqobo, hhayi kuphela nabafowethu nodadewethu abahlukanisiwe kuKristu, kodwa naphakathi kweSonto LamaKatolika. Ngiyabona futhi ukuthi akubona bonke kini abafunda lokhu bangamaKatolika. Kodwa-ke, incwadi kapapa ngeRosary ingaba idokhumenti enhle kakhulu engiyifunde ngokuchaza kalula nangokujulile ukuthi kungani futhi yini ezungeze iRosari. Kuchaza indima kaMariya, kanye nesimo seChristocentric seRosari - okungukuthi, ukuthi inhloso yalabo buhlalu obuncane ukusisondeza kuJesu. Futhi uJesu, uyiNkosi yokuthula. Nginamathisele isixhumanisi sencwadi kaBaba Ongcwele engezansi. Akuside, futhi ngincoma ngokuqinile ukuyifunda, ngisho nakwabangewona amaKatolika - yibhuloho elihle kakhulu lezenkolo kuMary engilifundile.
Ngokwami, ngiye ngathandaza iRosari kusukela ngisemusha. Abazali bami basifundisa yona, futhi bengilokhu ngiyisho kusukela lapho, ngiqhubeka futhi ngiyicima impilo yami yonke. Kepha ngesizathu esingajwayelekile ehlobo eledlule, ngazizwa ngikhangwa kakhulu yilomthandazo, ukuwuthandaza nsuku zonke. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi ngangimelana nokukhuleka nsuku zonke. Ngabona sengathi kuwumthwalo, futhi angizange ngilazise icala labanye abantu elihlobene nokungalithandazi nsuku zonke. Impela iSonto alikaze lenze lo mthandazo ube yisibopho.
Kepha okuthile enhliziyweni yami kwangishukumisela ukuthi ngikuthathe uqobo, futhi nsuku zonke njengomndeni. Kusukela lapho, ngiye ngabona izinto ezinkulu ezenzeka ngaphakathi kimi nasempilweni yomndeni wethu. Impilo yami yasemoyeni ngathi iyajula; ukuhlanzwa kubonakala kukhula ngesivinini esisheshayo; futhi ukuthula okukhulu, ukuhleleka, nokuzwana kuyangena ezimpilweni zethu. Ngingasho lokhu kuphela ngokuncenga okukhethekile kukaMary, umama wethu ongokomoya. Ngilwile iminyaka eminingi ukunqoba amaphutha ezinhlamvu nezindawo zobuthakathaka ngempumelelo engatheni. Ngokungazelelwe lezi zinto ziyasetshenzwa ngandlela thile!
Futhi kunengqondo. Kwathatha uMariya noMoya oNgcwele ukwakha uJesu esiswini sakhe. Kanjalo futhi, ingabe uMariya noMoya oNgcwele bakha uJesu ngaphakathi komphefumulo wami. Impela akayena uNkulunkulu; kodwa uJesu umhloniphile ngokumnika le ndima enhle yokuba ngumama wethu ongokomoya. Ngemuva kwakho konke, singumzimba kaKristu, futhi uMariya akayena umama weNhloko engenamzimba, onguKristu!
Kuyafaneleka futhi nokuveza ukuthi iningi labangcwele lalinothando olujulile ngoMariya, nokuzinikela okujulile kuye. Ukuba ngumuntu osondelene kakhulu noKristu ngenxa yokuba ngumama kuMhlengi, kubonakala sengathi uyakwazi "ukuqinisa" amakholwa kuKristu. Akayona “indlela”, kodwa uyakwazi ukukhomba iNdlela ngokucacile kulabo abahamba “ku-fiat” yakhe futhi abathembele ekunakekelweni kwakhe ngumama.
UMARIYA, UMFAZI WOMOYA ONGCWELE
Ngifisa ukuveza enye into engishaye kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule. UPapa John Paul ubelokhu ethandazela ukuthi kufike "iphentekoste elisha" emhlabeni wethu. Ngepentekoste lokuqala, uMary wayebuthene ekamelweni eliphezulu nabaphostoli bethandazela ukuthi kufike uMoya oNgcwele. Eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezimbili kamuva, kubonakala sengathi siphinde saba segumbini eliphezulu lokudideka nokwesaba. Kodwa-ke, uPapa John Paul usimema ukuthi sihlanganyele nesandla sikaMariya, futhi sithandaze futhi ngokuza kukaMoya oNgcwele.
Futhi kwenzekani ngemuva kokufika koMoya ezinkulungwaneni ezimbili zeminyaka edlule? Ukushumayela okusha kwavela ngabaPhostoli, futhi ubuKrestu basabalala ngokushesha emhlabeni wonke. Akukhona ukuqondana nje futhi, ngiyakholwa, ukuthi uPapa John Paul ukhulume kaningi ukuthi ubona kusengaphambili ukuqala "kwesikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo" emhlabeni, “ukushunyayelwa kwevangeli okusha” njengoba akubeka. Uyabona ukuthi konke lokhu kubonakala kuhlangana kanjani?
Angazi ngawe, kepha ngifuna ukulungela lokhu kuthululwa koMoya, nganoma iyiphi indlela okuzokwenzeka ngayo. Futhi kubonakala kucace kimi ukuthi uMama wethu waseRosary unendima ekhethekile okufanele ayidlale kuleli pentekoste elisha.
Mhlawumbe uBaba oNgcwele ubona iRosari njengomugqa wokugcina empucukweni yethu, ukuvimbela ukuhlupheka okungadingekile. Okucacile, ukuthi upapa uthandazela ukuthi thina, uMzimba kaKristu, sizophendula ngokukhululekile kule kholi yalomthandazo:
“Sengathi lesi sikhalazo sami singazwakala!” (Ibid. 43.)
Ukuthola incwadi kuRosari, chofoza lapha: URosarium Virginis Mariae
