Ubufakazi bukaMark buphetha ngeNgxenye V namuhla. Ukuze ufunde Izingxenye I-IV, chofoza ku Ubufakazi bami.
HHAYI iNkosi kuphela eyayifuna ngikwazi ngokungangabazeki inani lomphefumulo owodwa, kodwa futhi nokuthi ngangizodinga kangakanani ukuthembela kuYe. Ngoba inkonzo yami yayizobizelwa endaweni engangingayilindele, yize wayesengixwayisile eminyakeni eyandulela leyo umculo uyisango lokushumayela ivangeli… kwiZwi Manje.
UKUHLOLWA KWASEGUWULA
ULea wayengumqambi ophumelelayo wezobuciko, futhi mina, ngiyintatheli yethelevishini. Kepha manje sekufanele sifunde ukuphila ngokuhlinzekwa nguNkulunkulu. Njengoba ingane yethu yesikhombisa isendleleni, bekuzoba uvivinyo impela!
NgoJulayi ka-2005, saqala uhambo lwamakhonsathi sinqamula i-United States olwaqala maphakathi neCanada, lwadabula eningizimu yeCalifornia, lawela eFlorida, sabuyela ekhaya futhi. Kodwa ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ikhonsathi yethu yokuqala iqale, sangena enkingeni.
Uma wake waqhuba i- “The Grapevine” eCalifornia, uzokwazi ukuthi kungani kukhona izitobhi zamaloli phezulu futhi phansi kwentaba: ukuphakela izinjini ezishisa kakhulu namabhuleki asha aphela. Sasingabokuqala. Injini yethu yesithuthuthu yayiqhubeka ishisa, ngakho sadonsa 
esitolo sikadizili — hhayi kanye — kodwa okungenani Izikhathi ezi-3-4 ngaphezulu. Isikhathi ngasinye, ngemuva kokufika ngokulambisa edolobheni elilandelayo, kwakudingeka sime kwesinye isitolo sokulungisa. Ngilinganise ukuthi sisebenzise cishe ama- $ 6000 ukuzama ukuxazulula inkinga.
Ngesikhathi sisuka ngaphesheya kogwadule oluvutha bhe siye eTexas, ngangiphinde ngikhononda — njengama-Israyeli asendulo. “Nkosi, ngingakuwe! Awukho kowami? ” Kodwa ngesikhathi sifika eLouisiana, ngasibona isono sami… ukungazethembi kwami.
Ngaphambi kwekhonsathi ngalobo busuku, ngaya ukuvuma izono noFr. UKyle Dave, umpristi osemncane onamandla. Ngokuzisola kwami, wavula isikhwama esincane esigcwele izingcaphuno zemiBhalo, wangitshela ukuthi ngithathe eyodwa. Nakhu engikukhiphile:
UNkulunkulu unamandla okwenza wonke umusa wande kini, ukuze ezintweni zonke, nihlale ninakho konke enikudingayo, ukuze nibe nokuningi ngawo wonke umsebenzi omuhle. (2 Okwe-9: 8)
Nganikina ikhanda ngahleka. Bese kuthi, ngokumoyizela ebusweni, uFr. UKyle uthe: "Le ndawo izogcwala phama kusihlwa." Ngaphinde ngahleka. “Ungakhathazeki ngalokho, Baba. Uma sithola abantu abangamashumi amahlanu, lokho kungaba yisixuku esihle. ”
“Hawu. Kuzoba nokuningi kunalokho, ”esho ekhanyisa ukumamatheka kwakhe okuhle. “Uzobona.”
UKUNIKEZWA KWESIPhepho
Ikhonsathi ibingo-7pm, kepha isheke lami lomsindo liqale ngabo-5 O'clock. Ngo-5: 30, bekukhona abantu abemi endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi. Ngakho ngafaka ikhanda lami ngathi, “Sawubona bantu. Uyazi ukuthi ikhonsathi selingu-XNUMX ebusuku? ”
“Yebo, Mnumzane uMark,” kusho enye intokazi kulowo mqhudelwano waseningizimu. "Silapha ukuzothola isihlalo esihle." Angikwazi ukuzibamba ngihleka.
Ngamamatheka, “Ungakhathazeki, uzoba nezindawo eziningi zokuhlala.” Izithombe zamasonto cishe angenalutho engase ngikujwayele ukudlala manje, zafika engqondweni yami.
Ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-XNUMX, indawo yokwamukela izivakashi yayigcwele kakhulu, kwadingeka ngigoqe isheke lami lomsindo. Ngangena indlela esixukwini, ngaqonda ngasekupheleni kwendawo yokupaka lapho kwakumi khona "ibhasi lethu lokuvakasha". Angiwakholwanga amehlo ami. Izimoto ezimbili zamaphoyisa bezimile ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo zikhanyise amalambu azo ngesikhathi oSherifu beqondisa ithrafikhi endaweni yokupaka izimoto. “Hhayi bo,” kusho umkami, ngenkathi silunguza ngefasitela elincane lasekhishini. "Kumele bacabange ukuthi uGarth Brooks uyeza!"
Ngalobo busuku, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwezilaleli ezingama-500. Ngesinye isikhathi ekhonsathini, kwafika “izwi” kimi lokuthi ngashumayeza isixuku esasimi egumbini elilodwa kuphela.
Kukhona i-tsunami enkulu sesizoshanela umhlaba wonke. Izodlula eSontweni futhi ithwale abantu abaningi. Bafowethu nodadewethu, kumele nizilungiselele. Udinga ukwakha impilo yakho, hhayi ezihlabathini eziguqukayo zokuziphatha okuhle, kepha edwaleni leZwi likaKristu.
Emasontweni amabili kamuva, udonga lwamamitha angu-35 lwamanzi lwadlula esontweni luthatha i-altare, izincwadi, izihlalo—
konke — ngaphandle kwesithombe sikaSt. Thérèse de Lisieux esasimi sodwa lapho i-altare lalikhona ngaphambili. Onke amawindi apheshulwe yisikhukhula ngaphandle iwindi lengilazi elinamabala loMthendeleko. "Isiphepho uKatrina," uFr. UKyle wayezothi kamuva, “bekuyi- i-microcosm ngalokho okuzayo emhlabeni. ” Kwakungathi iNkosi yayisho ukuthi, ngaphandle kokuthi sibe nokholo olunjengolomntwana olugxile kuJesu kuphela, ngeke sisinde eSiphepho Esikhulu esiza njengesiphepho emhlabeni.
… Ungena ezikhathini ezinqumayo, izikhathi engikulungiselele zona iminyaka eminingi. Bangaki abazokwenza
kuthathwe isiphepho esesabekayo esivele siziphose phezu kwesintu. Lesi yisikhathi sokulingwa okukhulu; Lesi yisikhathi sami, O zingane ezingcweliselwe iNhliziyo Yami Engaphelele. —Umfazi wethu kuFr. UStefano Gobbi, Febhuwari 2, 1994; nge Imprimatur Umbhishobhi uDonald Montrose
Uyazi, mncane wami, abakhethiweyo kuzofanele balwe neNkosana Yobumnyama. Kuzoba isiphepho esesabekayo. Esikhundleni salokho, kuzoba yisiphepho esizofuna ukuqeda ukholo nokuzethemba kwalabo abakhethiweyo. Kule nxushunxushu esabekayo njengamanje, uzobona ukukhanya kweLangabi Lami elikhanyisa iZulu nomhlaba ngomphumela womphumela womusa engiwudlulisela emiphefumulweni ngalobu busuku obumnyama. —I-Lady yethu eya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann, Amalangabi Othando Kwenhliziyo KaMariya Ongafanelwe: IDayari Yokomoya (Izindawo Zomusa 2994-2997); Imprimatur nguKhadinali Péter Erdö
Ubusuku obubili kamuva, saba nekhonsathi ePensacola, eFlorida. Ngemuva kokuba indawo isiphelile, intokazi encane yeza kimi yathi, “Nakhu ke. Ngithengise indlu yami futhi ngifuna ukukusiza. ” Ngambonga, ngamfaka isheke lakhe ephaketheni ngaphandle kokulibuka, ngaqeda ukulayisha amagiya ethu omsindo.
Ngenkathi sihamba silala ubusuku bonke endaweni yokupaka iWal-Mart, ngakhumbula ukushintshana kwethu, ngemba ephaketheni lami, ngabe senginika umkami isheke. Ayivule bese ededela umoya.
“Maka. Isheke lika- $ 6000! ”
INtaba Yesiprofetho
UFr. UKyle ulahlekelwe yikho konke ngaphandle kwekhola entanyeni yakhe. Njengoba sasingenandawo yokuya, sammema ukuba azohlala nathi eCanada. "Yebo, hamba", kusho umbhishobhi wakhe. Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, uFr. Mina noKyle besihamba emathafeni aseCanada lapho ezolanda khona indaba yakhe, ngicule, futhi sincenge iminikelo yokusiza ukwakha kabusha isifunda sakhe. Ukupha kwakumangalisa.
Bese kuthi uFr. Mina noKyle sahamba saya ezansi kweRockies yaseCanada. Icebo lethu bekungukubona isiza. 
Kepha iNkosi yayinokunye futhi engqondweni. Safika lapho Indlela Yobungcwele ukuhlehla isikhungo. Ngokuhamba kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ezilandelayo, iNkosi yaqala ukuveza ngokufundwa kweMisa, Imfundo yamahora, kanye "namazwi" olwazi… "isithombe esikhulu" salesi Siphepho Esikhulu. Lokho iNkosi eyakwembula kuleyo ntaba kwakuzokwakha isisekelo kamuva, Izilwane, ngemibhalo engaphezu kwe-1300 esekule webhusayithi.
UNGESABI
Ngangazi ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayefuna okuthile kimi okungaphezu kokujwayelekile, ngoba amazwi Akhe angokwesiprofetho manje ayeshisa enhliziyweni yami. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambili, iNkosi yayivele ingikhuthazile ukuthi ngiqale ukufaka kwi-Intanethi imicabango eyayize kimi ngomkhuleko. Kepha ngemuva kokuhlangenwe nakho kwami noFr. UKyle, owayesishiya siphefumula sobabili ngezinye izikhathi, ngangethuka. Isiprofetho sifana nokuhamba ugoqwe impumputhe phezu kwamadwala ama-jag onqenqemeni lwewa. Mangaki imiphefumulo enezinhloso ezinhle eye yawela phezu kokukhubeka ematsheni okuziqhenya nokuzidla! Ngangesaba kakhulu ukuholela umphefumulo owodwa kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lwamanga. Ngangingalithembi igama engilibhalile.
“Kodwa angikwazi ukufunda yonke into,” kusho umqondisi wami wezomoya, uFr. URobert “Bob” Johnson weMadonna House.
Ngaphendula, “Hhayi-ke ngokunikeza uMichael D. O'Brien ukuthi aqondise imibhalo yami?” Ngombono wami uMichael wayengomunye wabaprofethi abathembekile eSontweni LamaKatolika namuhla. Ngemidwebo yakhe nemisebenzi eqanjiwe efana UFr. U-Eliya futhi Ukusithwa kwelanga, UMichael wabikezela ukukhuphuka kobushiqela kanye nokuwohloka kokuziphatha esikubona manje kwenzeka nsuku zonke phambi kwamehlo ethu. Izinkulumo zakhe nezindatshana zakhe zishicilelwe ezincwadini ezinkulu zamaKhatholika futhi ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kuye kwafunwa emhlabeni jikelele. Kepha mathupha, uMichael yindoda ethobeke ngokungajwayelekile ebuza umbono wakho ngaphambi kokuthi inikeze eyayo.
Ezinyangeni kanye neminyaka ecishe ibe mihlanu eyalandela, uMichael wangifundisa, hhayi kakhulu ekubhaleni kwami, kepha kakhulu ekuzulazuleni endaweni ekhohlisayo yenhliziyo yami eyayilimele. Ungiqondise ngobumnene phezu kwamadwala ajikayo esambulo sangasese, evikela izingibe "zokubhula okubhuliwe" noma ukuqagela okungenangqondo, futhi wangikhumbuza kaningi ukuthi ngihlale ngisondele kuBaba beSonto, opapa, kanye nezimfundiso zeCatechism. Lezi — hhayi ngempela “izibani” ezizoqala ukuza kimi ngomkhuleko — zizoba abafundisi bami beqiniso. Ukuthobeka, umthandazo namasakramente kungaba ukudla kwami. Futhi uMama wethu uzoba ngumngane wami.
BABIZELWE ODWALINI
Abathembekile, abathi ngokubhabhadiswa bafakwa kuKristu futhi bahlanganiswe nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, benziwa abahlanganyeli ngendlela yabo emsebenzini wobupristi, wokuprofetha nowobukhosi bukaKristu. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika, 897
Naphezu kokuqinisekiswa kokuqondiswa okungokomoya, imiyalezo yomhlaba wonke ka-Our Lady, noma ngisho amagama acacile opapa maqondana nesikhathi sethu, ngangingu ngempela obizelwe ukusebenzisa isikhundla sikaKristu "sokuprofetha"? KwakunguYise ngempela ukungibizela kulokhu, noma ngikhohlisiwe?
Ngelinye ilanga ngangidlala upiyano ngicula i- ISanctus noma "Ngcwele, Ngcwele, Ngcwele" engangikubhalele i-Liturgy.
Ngokuphazima kweso, isifiso esikhulu sokuba phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe sagcwala enhliziyweni. Kungakapheli umzuzwana, ngagxuma, ngathatha incwadi yami yokukhuleka nokhiye bemoto, ngase ngiphuma emnyango.
Ngenkathi ngiguqa phambi kweTabernakele, ukunyakaza okuqinile okujule ngaphakathi kwachithekela emagameni… kumemeza:
Nkosi, ngilapha. Ngithumele! Kepha Jesu, musa nje ukuphonsa amanetha ami kude. Kunalokho, baphonse emaphethelweni omhlaba! O Nkosi, ake ngifinyelele imiphefumulo ngawe. Ngilapha, Nkosi, ngithume!
Ngemuva kwalokho okwakubonakala kuyisigamu sehora lomkhuleko, izinyembezi nokunxusa, ngabuyela emhlabeni futhi nganquma ukuthandazela iHhovisi losuku. Ngavula incwadi yami yokuthandazela iculo lasekuseni. Kwaqala…
Ngcwele, Ngcwele, Ngcwele…
Ngibe sengifunda Ukufundwa Kokuqala kosuku:
AmaSeraphim ayemi ngenhla; yilelo nalelo lalinamaphiko ayisithupha; ngamabili limboze ubuso balo, ngamabili lamboze izinyawo, nangamabili laphakama phezulu. “Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele uJehova Sebawoti.” bakhala omunye komunye. (U-Isaya 6: 2-3)
Inhliziyo yami yaqala ukusha ngiqhubeka nokufunda ukuthi izingelosi uthinte izindebe zika-Isaya ngomsindo ovuthayo…
Ngase ngizwa izwi leNkosi lithi, “Ngizothuma bani? Ngubani ozosiyela? ” "Ngilapha", ngathi; "ngithumele!"…. (Isaya 6: 8)
Kwakungathi ingxoxo yami neNkosi manje ukuvela kokuphrintiwe. Ukufundwa Kwesibili kwakuvela eSt.John Chrysostom, amagama lawo mzuzu abonakala sengathi abhalelwe mina:
Nina nilusawoti lomhlaba. Akukona okwenzelwe wena, kusho izwi, kepha kungenxa yomhlaba ukuthi izwi liphathiswe wena. Angikuthumeli emadolobheni amabili kuphela noma ayishumi noma amashumi amabili, hhayi esizweni esisodwa,
njengoba ngithumele abaprofethi basendulo, kodwa ngaphesheya kolwandle nolwandle, emhlabeni wonke. Futhi lelozwe lisesimweni esidabukisayo… ufuna kulaba bantu lezo zimfanelo eziwusizo kakhulu futhi ezidingekayo uma bezothwala imithwalo yabaningi… abazokuba othisha hhayi nje basePalestine kuphela kodwa nabomhlaba wonke. Ngakho-ke, ungamangali, ukuthi ngikhuluma nawe ngihlukile kunabanye futhi ngikubandakanya ebhizinisini eliyingozi kangaka… lapho imisebenzi oyibeke ezandleni zakho iba namandla, kufanele ushiseke ngokwengeziwe. Uma bekuthuka futhi bekushushisa futhi bekumangalela ngakho konke okubi, bangesaba ukuza phambili. Ngakho-ke uthi: “Ngaphandle kokuba uzilungiselele leyo nto, ngikukhethele ize. Iziqalekiso ziyakuba yisabelo sakho kepha ngeke zikulimaze futhi zimane zibe ngubufakazi bokuqina kwakho. Uma ngokwesaba, noma kunjalo, wehluleka ukukhombisa ukuphoqelela inhloso yakho, isimo sakho sizoba sibi kakhulu. ” —USt. UJohn Chrysostom, Imfundo yamahora, Umq. IV, k. 120-122
Ngiqede imithandazo yami ngaya ekhaya ngishaqekile. Ukubamba uhlobo oluthile lokuqinisekiswa, ngathatha iBhayibheli lami elalivuleke ngqo kule ndima:
Ngizoma endaweni yami yokuqapha, ngizimise othangeni, ngibheke ukuze ngibone ukuthi uzothini kimi, nokuthi uzophendula athini ekukhoneni kwami. (Hab. 2: 1)
Lokhu empeleni yilokho uPapa John Paul II akubuza kithina sentsha ngenkathi sihlangana naye eWorld Youth Day eToronto, eCanada, ngo-2002:
Enhliziyweni yasebusuku singazizwa sesaba futhi singavikelekile, futhi silinda ngokungenasineke ukufika kokukhanya kokuntwela kokusa. Bantu abasha abathandekayo, kulele kini ukuthi nibe abalindi basekuseni (cf. Is 21: 11-12) abamemezela ukufika kwelanga onguKristu ovukile! —Umyalezo kaBaba Ongcwele kuBasha Bomhlaba, XVII World Youth Day, n. 3
Abancane bazikhombisile ukuthi basebenzela iRoma kanye neBandla isipho esikhethekile sikaMoya kaNkulunkulu… angizange ngibe manqikanqika ukubacela ukuba bakhethe ukholo olukhulu nempilo futhi ngibanikeze umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu: abalindi ”ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9
“Kulungile Nkosi,” ngithe, “Uma ungibiza ukuba ngibe 'ngunogada' kulezi zikhathi, ngithandazela nesiqinisekiso nakule Catechism.” Kungani kungenjalo? Ngangiku-roll. Ngithole ivolumu yami yamakhasi angu-904 futhi ngayiqhekeza ngezikhathi ezithile. Amehlo ami awela masinyane kule ndima:
Ekuhlanganeni kwabo “noyedwa” noNkulunkulu, abaprofethi badonsa ukukhanya namandla okwenza umsebenzi wabo. Umkhuleko wabo awubaleki kuleli zwe elingathembekile, kepha kunalokho unaka iZwi likaNkulunkulu. Kwesinye isikhathi umthandazo wabo uyimpikiswano noma isikhalazo, kepha njalo kungukuncengelwa okulindelwe nokulungiselela ukungenelela koMsindisi kaNkulunkulu, iNkosi yomlando. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), 2584, ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi: "U-Eliya kanye nabaprofethi nokuguquka kwenhliziyo"
Yebo, lokhu bekuyikho konke obekushiwo ngumqondisi wami ongokomoya: obuseduze Umthandazo bekufanele kube inhliziyo yobuphostoli bami. Njengoba uMama Wethu asho kuSt. Catherine Labouré:
Uzobona izinto ezithile; landisa ngalokho okubonayo nokuzwileyo. Uzogqugquzeleka emithandazweni yakho; nikeza umbiko walokhu engikutshela khona nokuthi yini ozoyiqonda emithandazweni yakho. —USt. UCatherine Labouré, I-Autograph, NgoFebhuwari 7, 1856, Dirvin, Saint Catherine Labouré, Archives of the Daughters of Charity, eParis, France; ikhasi 84
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, iNkosi yathinta mina nomkami nezingane zethu eziyisishiyagalombili ukuba siye emaphandleni angenalutho emathafeni aseSaskatchewan lapho sihlala khona namanje. Lapha, kuleli pulazi “eligwadule”, kude nomsindo wedolobha, ezentengiselwano, nomphakathi imbala, iNkosi iyaqhubeka nokungibizela endaweni eyedwa yeZwi Layo, ikakhulukazi ukufundwa kweMisa, ukulalela izwi Layo… “Manje izwi.” Kukhona izinkulungwane zabantu emhlabeni wonke manje ezifunda lokhu, kusuka eMelika kuya e-Ireland, e-Australia kuya ePhilippines, eNdiya kuya eFrance, naseSpain kuya eNgilandi. UNkulunkulu uwaphosele kude amanetha.
Ngoba isikhathi sifushane. Ukuvuna kuningi. Futhi i- Isivunguvungu Esikhulu ngeke isabanjwa.
Futhi uyathandwa.
Hezekeli 33: 31-33
Ngiyabonga ukwesekwa kwakho kuleli sonto. Siqoqe imali eyanele ukukhokha umholo womsebenzi wethu. Abanye… siyaqhubeka nokuthembela ekuphatheni kukaNkulunkulu. Akubusise ngothando lwakho, imithandazo nokuphana.
Ngithintekile ubuhle bamazwi akho nobuhle bomndeni wakho. Qhubeka uthi Yebo! Ungikhonza nabanye ngokujula nangeqiniso okungigcina ngigijimela kubhulogi yakho. —KC
Ngiyabonga ngakho konke okwenzayo. Izwi lakho lingenye yezimbalwa engizethembayo, njengoba ulinganisile, unengqondo futhi uthembekile eBandleni, ikakhulukazi kuJesu Kristu. —UMK
Imibhalo yakho ibe yisibusiso esimangalisayo! Ngibheka isiza sakho nsuku zonke, ngibheke ngabomvu ukubhala kwakho okulandelayo. —BM
Awazi ukuthi ngifunde kangakanani futhi ngathintwa kanjani yinkonzo yakho. —BS
… Kunezikhathi lapho ngikhothoza khona emibhalweni yakho bese ngiyabelana ngayo namakhulu abafundi abaneminyaka engu-15 kuya kwengu-17 ubudala. Uthinta izinhliziyo zabo futhi ngoNkulunkulu. —MT
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