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ABAZALWANE nodade, asikwazi kanjani ukuzizwa sinethemba ngalolu suku olukhazimulayo? Kodwa-ke, ngiyazi ngokweqiniso, iningi lenu alikhathazeki njengoba sifunda izihloko zezingoma zezigubhu ezishayayo, zokuwa komnotho, kanye nokungabekezelelani kwezikhundla zokuziphatha zeSonto. Futhi abaningi bakhathele futhi bacishiwe umchamo oqhubekayo wenhlamba, amanyala nodlame ogcwalisa amaza ethu ne-intanethi.

Kusemaphethelweni enkulungwane yesibili yeminyaka lapho amafu amakhulu, asongelayo ehlangana emkhathizwe waso sonke isintu futhi ubumnyama behlela emiphefumulweni yabantu. —UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, osuka enkulumweni (ehunyushwe isuselwa e-Italy), ngoDisemba, 1983; www.v Vatican.va

Lokho yiqiniso lethu. Futhi ngingabhala "ungesabi" kaninginingi, kepha nokho abaningi bahlala bekhathazekile futhi bekhathazekile ngezinto eziningi.

Okokuqala, kufanele sazi ukuthi ithemba eliyiqiniso lihlala likhulelwa esibelethweni seqiniso, ngaphandle kwalokho, kubeka engcupheni yokuba yithemba elingamanga. Okwesibili, ithemba lingaphezu nje kokuthi “amazwi akhayo.” Eqinisweni, amagama ayizimemo nje. Umsebenzi kaKristu weminyaka emithathu wawungesinye sezimemo, kepha ithemba langempela laklanywa esiphambanweni. Labe selifukanyelwa futhi lazalelwa eThuneni. Lokhu, bangani abathandekayo, kuyindlela yethemba langempela kini nakithi kulezi zikhathi…

ITHEMBA ELISEMTHETHWENI

Ake ngithi, nje, lelo themba livela ebudlelwaneni obuphilayo nobusondelene noThemba uqobo: UJesu Kristu. Hhayi nje ukwazi ngaye, kodwa ukwazi Yena.

Owokuqala kuyo yonke imiyalo… Wothanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakho, ngayo yonke ingqondo yakho, nangawo onke amandla akho… (Marku 12: 29-30)

AmaKhatholika amaningi namuhla aphila ngaphandle kwethemba ngoba ubudlelwane babo noNkulunkulu cishe abukho. Kungani?

… Umkhuleko is ubudlelwano obuphilayo bezingane zikaNkulunkulu noYise wazo… -ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), n. 2565

Yebo, abantu abaningi namuhla, futhi mhlawumbe nabanye babafundi bami, bayajaha emva kweziphrofetho zesikhathi esizayo, ukugijima nge-intanethi "okwakamuva", okumatasa, okumatasa, okumatasa… kepha isikhathi esanele sokuthandaza. Ithemba livela ekuhlanganeni komuntu noJesu; ehlala njalo ithemba livela ku okuqhubekayo ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu ngempilo ayiphilela yena, futhi Yena yedwa.

Uma sithandaza kahle senza inqubo yokuzihlanza kwangaphakathi okusivulela kuNkulunkulu kanjalo nakwabanye abantu nathi ... Ngale ndlela sithola lokho kuhlanzwa esivulekele uNkulunkulu ngakho futhi esikulungele ukusebenzela abanye abantu. Siyakwazi ukuba nethemba elikhulu, ngalokho-ke siba yizikhonzi zethemba labanye. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 33, 34

Lapha, siyabona ukuthi ithemba liboshelwe, hhayi kuphela emthandazweni, kepha nasekuzimiseleni ukuba yizitsha zethemba:

… Owesibili yilo: Wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena. Awukho omunye umyalo omkhulu kunale. (Marku 12:31)

Ezingeni esizibamba ngalo komunye wale miyalo, ukuthi sigcina ingxenye yethu ekufinyeleleni Kwakhe nasekufinyeleleni komakhelwane wethu, yilelo banga esiqala ngalo ukulahla ithemba. Njalo uma sonile, silahlekelwa yithemba elincane ngoba siyekile ukulandela yena onguThemba uqobo.

Yilokhu engikushoyo uma ngithi ithemba langempela litholwa esiphambanweni futhi lizalelwa ethuneni. Ukulalela, ukunikela ngentando yethu entandweni kaNkulunkulu, kusho ukuzibulala. Kepha kufanele siyeke ukubona lokhu kuzinikela kwethu njengokulahleka, bese siqala ukukubona ngamehlo okholo!

Uma amanzi ezoshisa, amakhaza kufanele afe ngawo. Uma izinkuni zizokwenziwa umlilo, khona-ke uhlobo lwenkuni kufanele lufe. Impilo esiyifunayo ayinakuba yiyo kithi, akunakuba yithina uqobo, asikwazi ukuba yithina uqobo, ngaphandle kokuthi sikuthole ngokuyeka kuqala ukuba yilokhu esiyikho; le mpilo siyizuza ngokufa. —Fr. UJohn Tauler (1361), umpristi waseJalimane waseDominican nesazi semfundiso yenkolo; ukusuka Izintshumayelo Nezinkomfa zikaJohn Tauler

"Ithemba" esilifunayo alikwazi ukuhlala kithina ngaphandle kokulandela iphethini likaKristu lokuzibulala.

Yibani nesimo sengqondo esilinganayo esikuKristu Jesu… wazidela yena… walalela kwaze kwaba sekufeni, yebo, ekufeni esiphambanweni. Ngenxa yalokhu, uNkulunkulu wamphakamisa kakhulu… (Phil 2: 5-9)

Kuthululwe konke, umuntu omdala, ukuze umuntu omusha, aphile. Ngamanye amagama, siphila ngentando kaNkulunkulu, hhayi eyethu, ukuze impilo yakhe ihlale kithi futhi ibe yimpilo yethu. Sibona leli phethini nakuMariya futhi: uzithululela yena ku "fiat" yakhe, futhi ngokushintshana, uKristu ukhulelwe kuye.

Awazi yini ukuthi uJesu Kristu uphakathi kwakho? … Ngiyaphinda ngisebenza kanzima kuze kube uKristu uyakhiwa kuwe! (2 Kor 13: 5; Gal 4:19)

Kufanele siyeke ukuwanisela la mazwi futhi sibone ukuthi uNkulunkulu usibizela enguqukweni enkulu yezimpilo zethu. Akanantshisekelo yokusisindisa kancane, asingcwelise kancane, asiguqule sibe yizinga elithile. Isifiso sakhe ukusiphakamisela ngokuphelele kulo Mfanekiso esadalwa kuwo.

Ngiyathemba ngalokhu, ukuthi lowo owaqala umsebenzi omuhle kini uzakuqhubeka nokuwufeza kuze kube lusuku lukaKristu Jesu. (Fil 1: 6)

Sibuhlungu kakhulu lapho sicelwa ukuthi sithandaze, noma sizile ukudla, ukuze sibulale noma siphile ngokulingene. Kungenxa yokuthi siyehluleka ukubona ingaphakathi nentokozo efihliwe nethemba eliza kuphela kulabo abangena ohambweni. Kepha bangani bami, manje sesiphila ezikhathini ezingavamile lapho kumele sikulungele ukunikela ngokuningi, nokuningi kakhulu.

Labo abaphonsela inselelo lobu buqaba obusha babhekene nenketho enzima. Kuphakathi kokuthi bavumelana nale filosofi noma kunjalo ebhekene nethemba lokufel 'ukholo. —Fr. UJohn Hardon (1914-2000), Ungaba Kanjani UmKatolika Othembekile Namuhla? Ngokuthembeka kuMbhishobhi waseRoma; www.halanagce.com

Awekho amaKatolika angajwayelekile angaphila, ngakho-ke imindeni ejwayelekile yamaKatolika ayinakusinda. Abanakukhetha. Kumele abe ngcwele — okusho ukuthi angcweliswe — noma azonyamalala. Imindeni kuphela yamaKhatholika ezosala iphila futhi ichuma ngekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye yimindeni yabafel 'ukholo. -Intombi Ezibusisiwe Nokungcweliswa Komndeni, Inceku kaNkulunkulu, uFr. UJohn A. Hardon, SJ

INDAWO YOKHOLO

Ah! Uyabona, la magama angabethusa abanye. Kepha lokho kungenxa yokuthi abakuboni ukushintshisana okuphezulu okuzokwenzeka. Ukholo lwakho, uma luphila ngokujule kakhulu noNkulunkulu ngomthandazo nangokulalela, luzothola ithemba okungekho muntu ongalithatha, akekho umshushisi ongaxinana, akukho mpi engancipha, akukho ukuhlupheka okuqediwe, akukho ukulingwa okubunayo. Lona ngumyalezo wesibili wePhasika: the ephelele Ukunikela kwethu kuNkulunkulu ngokungena ebusuku bokholo, ithuna lokushiywa ngokuphelele kuYe, kuveza kithi zonke izithelo Zovuko. Konke.

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, osibusisile kuKristu kanye naye zonke isibusiso sikamoya emazulwini… (Kwabase-Efesu 1: 3)

Lesi akusiso isikhathi sokuzibamba, ukugcina ingxenye yakho kuwe. Nikela konke kuNkulunkulu, noma ngabe kubiza malini. Futhi lapho kubiza kakhulu, kulapho umusa, umklomelo unamandla amakhulu ukuvuka kukaJesu empilweni yakho okwenziwa musha ngomfanekiso wakhe.

Ngoba uma sikhule saba munye naye ngokufa okufana nokwakhe, futhi sizohlanganiswa naye ovukweni. Siyazi ukuthi umuntu wethu omdala wabethelwa kanye naye, ukuze imizimba yethu enesono iqedwe, ukuze singabe sisaba yizigqila zesono. kuKristu Jesu. (Roma 6: 5-6, 11)

Zilungiselele ukubeka impilo yakho kulayini ukuze ukhanyisele umhlaba ngeqiniso likaKristu; ukuphendula ngothando enzondweni kanye nasekunganaki impilo; ukumemezela ithemba likaKristu ovukile kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Message to the Young People of the World, Usuku Lomhlaba Lwentsha, 2008

Ngiyakholelwa impela ukuthi uMama wethu ubelokhu eza kithi yonke le minyaka ezosisiza ukuthi sithululwe kulezi zikhathi ukuze sigcwaliswe — sigcwaliswe ngoMoya kaNkulunkulu ukuze sibe ngamalangabi aphilayo othando ngethemba emhlabeni osekumnyama kakhulu.

… UMoya oNgcwele ushintsha labo angena kuzo futhi aguqule yonke impilo yabo. Njengoba kunoMoya phakathi kwabo kuyinto engokwemvelo ukuthi abantu abebengene ezintweni zalomhlaba babe ngenye indlela emhlabeni, futhi amagwala abe ngamadoda anesibindi esikhulu. —USt. UCyril wase-Alexandria, I-Magnificat, Ephreli, 2013, k. 34

Umama wethu ufuna… ukuzila, umkhuleko, ukuguqulwa, njll. Kepha lokho kungenxa yokuthi uyazi ukuthi kuzoveza kithi uJesu: kuzoveza kithi ithemba eliyiqiniso.

Ngeke sikufihle iqiniso lokuthi amafu amaningi asongelayo ayaqoqana phezulu. Akumele, nokho, siphele amandla, kunalokho kufanele sigcine ilangabi lethemba liphila ezinhliziyweni zethu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, iCatholic News Agency, ngoJanuwari 15, 2009

Sicela ningazivumeli ukuthi niphucwe ithemba! Ungavumeli ithemba libiwe! Ithemba uJesu asinika lona. —I-POPE FRANCIS, I-Palm Sunday homily, Mashi 24, 2013; www.v Vatican.va