KUPHELA umfundi:
Ngenzenjani-ke uma ngikhohlwa ukuthi izinhlupheko ziyizibusiso Zakhe zokungisondeza kuYe, lapho ngiphakathi kwazo futhi ngiphelelwe isineke, ngithukuthele, ngibe nolaka futhi ngifuthelane… lapho engahlali phambili engqondweni yami futhi Ngibanjwa yimizwa nemizwa nezwe bese ithuba lokwenza okulungile lilahlekile? Ngihlala kanjani ngimgcina eseqhulwini enhliziyweni nasengqondweni yami futhi (hhayi) ngenze njengalo lonke izwe elingakholwa?
Le ncwadi eyigugu ifingqa isilonda esisenhliziyweni yami, umzabalazo onamandla kanye nempi engokoqobo equbuke emphefumulweni wami. Kuningi kakhulu kule ncwadi okuvula umnyango wokukhanya, kuqala ngokuthembeka kwawo okuluhlaza…
IQINISO LIYASIKhulula
Mfundi othandekayo, udinga ukukhuthazwa ngoba, ngaphezu kwanoma yini, uyabona. Lowo mhlawumbe ngumehluko omkhulu kakhulu phakathi kwakho "nomhlaba wonke." Wena bheka ubumpofu bakho; uyasibona isidingo sakho esikhulu somusa, sikaNkulunkulu. Ingozi enkulu yezikhathi zethu eye yasakazeka njengesifo yileyo miphefumulo embalwa futhi embalwa bheka izenzo zabo nezindlela zabo zokuphila ngendlela abayiyona. UPapa Pius XII uthe,
Isono sekhulu leminyaka ukulahleka komuzwa wesono. —1946 ekhuluma ne-United States Catechetical Congress
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ufana kakhulu nomhlaba; leyo, udinga uMsindisi namanje. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uyakubona lokhu futhi ukufise, futhi leyo yimfoloko esemgwaqweni ophakathi kweZulu nesihogo.
Iqiniso lokuqala elingikhulula iqiniso lokuthi ngingubani nokuthi ngingubani. Ngiphukile; Anginasimilo; Angiyena umuntu engifuna ukuba… kepha “ngithukuthele ngibe luhlaza futhi ngifuthelane.” Uma u bheka lokhu kuwe, futhi ukuvume obala kuNkulunkulu (noma ngabe kuyisikhathi senkulungwane), uletha inxeba lakho ekukhanyeni, uKristu oKhanya, ongakuphulukisa. UNkulunkulu, yebo, usenzile njalo ngibubonile lobuthakathaka kuwe, ngakho-ke akumangazi. Futhi uyazi ukuthi izilingo azivumelayo empilweni yakho zizodala lobu buthakathaka. Manje kungani evumela lobu bunzima obukwenza uwe? USt Paul naye wazibuza, waze wancenga uNkulunkulu ukuthi amkhulule ebuthakathakeni bakhe. Kepha iNkosi yaphendula yathi:
Umusa wami ukwanele, ngoba amandla enziwa aphelele ebuthakathakeni. (2 Kor 12: 9)
USt. Paul uphendula ngesambulo esimangazayo, okuyisihluthulelo sale nkinga:
Ngakho-ke, ngiyaneliseka ngobuthakathaka, ukuthukwa, ubunzima, ukushushiswa, nezingqinamba, ngenxa kaKristu; ngoba lapho ngibuthakathaka, kulapho-ke nginamandla. (2 Kor. 12:10)
UPaul Paul wembula ukuthi isihluthulelo sokwaneliseka akusona, njengoba ngabhala okokugcina, ukungabikho kobuthakathaka, ubunzima, nezingqinamba, kepha ku ezinikele kubo. Kungenzeka kanjani lokhu !? Umuntu anganeliseka kanjani ngentukuthelo emfushane, izinkanuko nobuthakathaka? Impendulo akukhona ukuthi kufanele waneliswe yisono sakho. Lutho neze. Kepha lokho yakho indlela eya phambili ingenye enkulu kakhulu ukuthobeka phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngoba awukwazi ukwenza lutho ngaphandle Kwakhe. Ngaphandle kokufaneleka kwakho, manje usuthembele ngokuphelele phezu kwesihe Sakhe — isihambi, ongathi, ohamba ngobuso phansi.
Indela laseFrance lekhulu le-17, uMfoweth 'uLawrence, wayevame ukukhohlwa ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu, enza amaphutha amaningi endleleni. Kepha wayethi, “Lapho ngiyaphinda futhi, Nkosi, sengikukhohliwe futhi ngenza into yami. Ngicela ungixolele." Futhi-ke wayezophumula futhi ebukhoneni nasentandweni kaNkulunkulu, kunokuba achithe isikhathi esithe xaxa ekhalazela ubuthakathaka bakhe. Kudinga ukuthobeka okukhulu ukuyeka ukubuka ukuthi umuntu akaphelele kanjani! Umkhuba wakhe wokuba sebusweni bukaNkulunkulu wawungagcini lapho engaphazanyiswanga, kodwa…
...ukubamba Naye ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuxoxa ngokuzithoba nothando, ngaphandle komthetho obekiwe noma indlela eshiwo, ngaso sonke isikhathi sokulingwa kwethu nosizi lwethu, ngaso sonke isikhathi sokomisa komphefumulo nokudicilela phansi uNkulunkulu, yebo, ngisho lapho siwela ekungathembekini nasezonweni zangempela. —UMfoweth 'uLawrence, Umkhuba Wobukhona BukaNkulunkulu, AmaMweya Maxims, k. 70-71, Izincwadi zeSpire
Kuningi esingakusho kulokhu ukuvuselelwa kwengqondo, kepha ake ngengeze ukuthi lapho umuntu efisa kakhulu ukuba ngusanta, kufanele athembele kakhulu emseni - hhayi kolunye uhlangothi! Ngokungafani nengane ehlanganisa iminyaka engu-18 bese ishiya ikhaya ikhule ngokuvuthwa, ukuvuthwa ngokomoya kukhula ngokwengeziwe ukuthembela phezu kukaNkulunkulu. Kungakho ngithi indlela eya phambili ingenye yokuncipha nokuncipha. UJesu washo okuningi ngenkathi etshela abantu abadala ukuthi kumele babe njengezingane ezincane ukungena embusweni.
IMPI YANGAPHAKATHI
Kunzima, njengoba usho, ukugcina uNkulunkulu eseqhulwini ezimpilweni zethu zansuku zonke, okungukuthi, ukumthanda ngayo yonke inhliziyo yethu, umphefumulo, ingqondo namandla. Ngempela, ukuthula kuza ngokufuna ukuba khona kukaNkulunkulu, hhayi ngokungabi khona kwesiphambano. Kodwa ukuhlala noNkulunkulu, ukuphumula ebukhoneni Bakhe umzuzu nomzuzu (“umkhuba wokuba khona kukaNkulunkulu”) kuyinto enzima ngenxa yesimo sethu somuntu esilimele. Senzelwe ukuhlanganyela noNkulunkulu, kepha isono sokuqala sashaya imizimba yethu, lezi zitsha zobumba, sayifaka ekuvukeleni imithetho kaNkulunkulu. Umoya wethu, ohlanjululwe kuBhaphathizo, wenziwa musha futhi wakhululwa ebugqilini benyama ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Kepha kufanele siqhubeke sivule izinhliziyo zethu kuloMoya! Lokho kusho ukuthi, singavulela amakhaya ethu isivakashi esimenyiwe, kodwa bese senza okwethu bese singasinaki. Ngokunjalo futhi, uMoya oNgcwele uyisihambeli sethu esimenyiwe, kodwa futhi singamziba futhi kunalokho sithokozise inyama. Lokho wukuthi, thina can uphinde uthobele inyama. Njengoba uSt. Paul esho,
UKristu wasikhululela enkululekweni; ngakho-ke yimani niqine futhi ningaphinde nizithobe ejokeni lobugqila. (Gal 5: 1)
Kepha ngikuzwa ukhala uthi, “Angifuni ukuphinda ngithumele! Ngifuna ukwenza okuhle, ngifuna ukuba ngcwele, kodwa angikwazi! ” Futhi, uSt. Paul ukhala kanye nawe:
Engikwenzayo angikuqondi. Ngoba angikwenzi engikuthandayo, kodwa ngenza engikuzondayo… Ngokuba ngiyazi ukuthi okuhle akuhlali kimi, okungukuthi, enyameni yami. Ozimisele ukulungele useduze, kepha ukwenza okuhle akulungile. Ngoba angikwenzi okuhle engikufunayo, kodwa ngenza okubi engingakuthandi… Lowo engiyisihluku! Ngubani ongangikhulula kulo mzimba ofayo?
Makabongwe uNkulunkulu ngokusebenzisa UJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu. (Rom 7: 15-25)
Mhlawumbe abaningi bethu benze iphutha ngendlela. Okungukuthi, sifunde indaba yosanta othile owantanta emoyeni waphendula ngokuphelele kuzo zonke izehlakalo ezenzeka empilweni yakhe. Lokho kungenzeka impela, kepha lokho kungaba yi okungavamile umphefumulo unikiwe okungavamile umusa we okungavamile izinhloso. Umphefumulo ojwayelekile kanye nendlela ejwayelekile yobungcwele eBandleni "ngoJesu Kristu iNkosi yethu," okungukuthi Indlela Yesiphambano. “Yisiphi isigqila esikhulu kunenkosi yaso?” Ukube uJesu kudingeke athathe umgwaqo onzima futhi omncane, nathi sizokwenza kanjalo. Ngiyaphinda ngithi:
Kuyadingeka kithi ukuthi sibhekane nobunzima obuningi ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu. (IzEnzo 14:22)
Ubunzima obubuhlungu kakhulu iningi lethu okuyodingeka sibubekezelele yilobo bokubhekana nsuku zonke nobumpofu bethu bokomoya, ukwehluleka kwethu ngokuphelele kokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu, lokho kwalasha okukhulu emiphefumulweni yethu okungagcwaliswa uNkulunkulu kuphela. Ngakho-ke, indlela eya phambili akuyona ukweqa, kepha ingane inyathela, ngokoqobo, njengengane encane ihlale ifinyelela kunina. Futhi kufanele siqhubeke sifinyelela ubukhona bukaNkulunkulu ngoba kulezo zingalo lapho sithola amandla, ukuvikelwa, nokondleka kwethu esifubeni sikaGrace.
Impilo yomkhuleko umkhuba wokuba sebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ongcwele kathathu kanye nokuhlangana naye. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika, n. 2565
Kepha asiwutholi lo mkhuba ngaphandle "kwezinyathelo zezingane."
Asikwazi ukuthandaza “ngasosonke isikhathi” uma singathandazi ngezikhathi ezithile, ngokuzithandela. -CCC, n. 2697
THOBEKILE UTHEMBEKE
Ngenhlanhla, kulesi sikhathi sesono, sinosanta owalandisa ngezinsizi zakhe wabe esebhala izimpendulo ngomlomo wezwa iNkosi yethu imnika zona. Ngike ngabhala ngalokhu okufakwe kudayari phambilini, kodwa — uma uzongixolela — ngidinga ukuzwa futhi. Kule ngxoxo kunamaphuzu amabili abalulekile iNkosi yethu eyembula ngobumnene kuSt Faustina: isidingo se ukuthobeka (okuphambene nokuzithanda) kanye nesidingo sokwenza ukwethemba ngesihe saKhe ngokuphelele, noma ngabe amaphutha omuntu kufanele anqwabelane aye emazulwini.
Ingxoxo kaNkulunkulu Onomusa
ngomphefumulo ophokophele ukuphelela.
uJesu: Ngijabule ngemizamo yakho, mphefumulo ofisa ukuphelela, kepha kungani ngikubona uvame ukudabuka nokudangala? Ake ungitshele, ngane yami, ukuthi lusho ukuthini lolu sizi, futhi lubangelwa yini?
Soul: Nkosi, isizathu sokudabuka kwami ukuthi, naphezu kwezinqumo zami eziqotho, ngibuye ngiwele emaphutheni afanayo. Ngithatha izinqumo ekuseni, kepha kusihlwa ngiyabona ukuthi sengisukile kangakanani kubo.
uJesu: Uyabona, Ngane yami, lokho oyikho ngokwakho. Isizathu sokuwa kwakho ukuthi uthembele kakhulu kuwe futhi uncike kakhulu Kimi. Kepha lokhu makungakukhathazi kakhulu. Ubhekene noNkulunkulu womusa, usizi lwakho olungakwazi ukukuqeda. Khumbula, angizange ngabele kuphela inani elithile lokuxolelwa.
Soul: Yebo, ngiyakwazi konke lokho, kodwa izilingo ezinkulu ziyangihlasela, futhi ukungabaza okuhlukahlukene kuvuka ngaphakathi kimi futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, konke kuyangicasula futhi kuyangithena amandla.
uJesu: Mntanami, yazi ukuthi izithiyo ezinkulu ebungcweleni ukudikibala nokukhathazeka ngokweqile. Lokhu kuzokuphuca ikhono lokusebenzisa ubuhle. Zonke izilingo ezihlanganiswe ndawonye akufanele ziphazamise ukuthula kwakho kwangaphakathi, ngisho nakancane nje. Ukuzwela nokudumazeka kuyizithelo zokuzithanda. Akufanele udikibale, kodwa lwela ukwenza uthando Lwami lubuse esikhundleni sothando lwakho lokuzithanda. Yiba nokuzethemba, Ngane yami. Ungapheli amandla ngokuza uxolelwe, ngoba ngihlala ngikulungele ukukuxolela. Njalo lapho ucela khona, ukhazimulisa umusa Wami.
Soul: Ngiyaqonda ukuthi yini into engcono yokwenza, yini ekujabulisa kakhulu, kodwa ngihlangabezana nezithiyo ezinkulu ekusebenzeni ngalokhu kuqonda.
uJesu: Mntanami, impilo emhlabeni ingumzabalazo ngempela; umzabalazo omkhulu wombuso Wami. Kepha ungesabi, ngoba awuwedwa. Ngihlala ngikweseka, ngakho ncika Kimi njengoba ulwa, ungesabi lutho. Thatha isitsha sokwethenjelwa uzidonsele emthonjeni wokuphila-uzenzele wona, kodwa futhi neminye imiphefumulo, ikakhulukazi engathembi ubuhle Bami.
Soul: O Nkosi, ngizwa inhliziyo yami igcwele uthando lwaKho nemisebe yesihe Sakho nothando kuhlaba umphefumulo wami. Ngiyahamba, Nkosi, ngokuyala kwaKho. Ngiya kunqoba imiphefumulo. Ngisekelwa ngumusa Wakho, ngikulungele ukukulandela, Nkosi, hhayi eThabori kuphela, kodwa naseKalvari.—Thathwe ku- Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari yaseSt Faustina, n. 1488
NjengakuSt.Paul, ukuthula nenjabulo kaSt.Faustina — ngisho nentshiseko — yeza, hhayi ngoba ethula eNkosini uhlu lwempumelelo, kodwa ngoba ethembekile ngothando nasemuseni Wakhe. Wayengenalutho angakhombisa ngalo ngaphandle ukuthobeka. Lokhu kujulile. Lokhu engikubhalela kona kubaluleke kakhulu, ngoba uma ungakwamukeli, ungasamukeli lesi Silinganiso esingenamkhawulo, uzibeka engcupheni yokuvumela umphefumulo wakho ukuba uzulazule emanzini ayingozi okuphelelwa yithemba, wona kanye izimbadada ezazisa uJuda ekubhujisweni kwakhe. O ubuhle bami, umfundi othandekayo, Ngizizwa ngaphakathi kimi isenzo esinamandla sokuphelelwa ithemba sidonsa emphefumulweni wami! Ngakho-ke, sobabili, mina nawe, kufanele silwele izimpilo zethu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele silwele iNkosi yethu nemiphefumulo efisa ukuyithinta ngokuqondile ngobuthakathaka bethu! Uyakwazi Akwenzayo, futhi nakulesi simo sokungabi nalutho esizithola sikuso, Useshilo vele ukuthi Uyikho ezinamandla. Umsebenzi wethu-ke ngalesi sikhathi ukuthi sizithathele emgodini wokuzidabukela siqale ukuhamba futhi. Mayelana nalokhu, kaningi Ukuvuma kuyisivikelo, amandla nosizo oluqhubekayo ngezikhathi zosizi. Ngabe isifuba sikaGrace asitholakali ekugcineni esifubeni seMother Church?
Kepha kumele ngikulungise ngento eyodwa. KuNkulunkulu, akukho okulahlekile:
Lesi sinqumo esiqinile sokuba ngusanta sijabulisa kakhulu Kimi. Ngiyayibusisa imizamo yakho futhi ngizokunika amathuba okuzingcwelisa. Qaphela ukuthi ungalahlekelwa yilutho ithuba okunikezwa nguNkulunkulu ekungcwelisweni kwakho. Uma ungaphumeleli ukusebenzisa ithuba, ungalahlekelwa ukuthula kwakho, kodwa zithobe ngokujulile phambi Kwami bese, ngokuzethemba okukhulu, uzicwilise ngokuphelele emuseni Wami. Ngale ndlela, uzuza ngaphezu kwalokho okulahlekile, ngoba kunikezwa umusa omkhulu kumuntu othobekile kunomphefumulo uqobo ucela ... -Isihe Saphezulu Emphefumulweni Wami, Idayari yaseSt Faustina, n. 1360
