AS Ngibhekana ngqo nobuthakathaka bami kulobubusuku, njengoba wonke umuzwa kaNkulunkulu uphela, njengoba ubumnyama bufika engqondweni yami, futhi ukuthula kubalekela inhliziyo yami…. kusele into eyodwa kuphela: ukumemeza, njengesinxibi,

Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me! (Luka 18: 38)

Akukhona yini ehlane lapho ama-Israyeli avivinywa khona? Ukholo luka-Abrahama aluhlanjululwanga yini lapho ephakamisela indodana yakhe, u-Isaka inkemba? Futhi ingabe uKristu ngokwakhe akazange abhekane nokubethelwa kokulalela eNsimini yaseGetsemane?

Nkosi Jesu... ngiyakudinga. Ngihawukele.

ISUKA ulenga insolo, elinde isinqumo somhlaba:

I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you... (Duteronomi 30: 19-20)

THE izwe Ayikwazi qhubeka kule ndlela yokubhubhisa imibungu yabantu yocwaningo lwama-stem cell.

Njengoba ipensela eliwa etafuleni lilalela umthetho wamandla adonsela phansi, kanjalo futhi, kunomthetho ongokomoya: "what you sow, you will reap." Ngomthandazo, ukuzila ukudla, kanye nokungenelela kukaMama kaNkulunkulu, lokhu kuvuna okubi kubambezelekile.

Kepha oh, bangaki ohulumeni nezinhlangano zesayensi ezibonakala zihlose ukusheshisa usuku. Bazizwa njengomhlatshelo wokuphila manje, bazoba nempilo nenhlalakahle ngokuzayo. Ngubuhlanya. Bathatha kolunye – egazini – ukuze bazinikeze bona.

EmBhalweni, iNkosi u-Ahabi nomkakhe babulala uNabhoti ukuze badle isivini sakhe. Kepha lapho iNkosi ibona lokhu yathi:

After murdering, do you also take possession? For this, the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too. (1 AmaKh. 21)

UPapa Benedict XVI, emndenini wakhe wokuvula iSinodi Yababhishobhi eRoma ngonyaka odlule wathi,

… Usongo lokwahlulelwa luyasithinta nathi, iSonto eYurophu, eYurophu kanye naseNtshonalanga iyonke… INkosi futhi ikhala ezindlebeni zethu amazwi eNcwadini Yesambulo ayibhekisa eBandleni Lase-Efesu: “Uma ungaphenduki ngizoza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo ”(2: 5). Ukukhanya kungasuswa kithi futhi senza kahle ukuvumela lesi sixwayiso sizwakale ngobucayi baso obugcwele ezinhliziyweni zethu…

Kepha uNkulunkulu akafuni ukusiphatha ngokwezono zethu. Yena owasithanda saze safa sifisa, esikhundleni salokho, ukuthi sizophendula kulesi sexwayiso njengoba kwenza iNkosi u-Ahabi:

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh... Then the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time..."

UKUTHETHELELA yi-glue ehlanganisa umndeni ndawonye. Kodwa ukuthobeka kunquma ukuthi i-glue inhle kangakanani.

BE kakhulu. Hhayi ngokweqile.

Amahlanya anamathele kuwo. UmKristu oqinile unamathela ekupheni abanye, uthethelela labo abashiseka ngokweqile kuye, kuze kube seqophelweni lokuchitha igazi.

LALELA ngokucophelela,

Ngakho-ke bophelani izinkalo zemiqondo yenu, niphile ngokuqonda, nibeke amathemba enu ngokuphelele emseni oyolethwa kini ekwambulweni kukaJesu Kristu. (1 Petru 1:13)

Cabanga ngokwaphezulu, hhayi okusemhlabeni. (Kol 3: 2)

Lawa magama angcwele emiBhalo Engcwele agcizelela a esivuthayo izwi elisenhliziyweni yami kulezi zinsuku:

KUFANELE UBE RADICAL!

UPetru usitshela ukuthi sibeke amathemba ethu “ngokuphelele” emseni ozolethwa kithi. Ngokuphelele! Ukuqondiswa kwayo yonke imicabango yethu, izwi, nesenzo kufanele kube kuKristu, umzuzu ngamunye – hhayi imizuzu engama-58 njalo ngeSonto. O, badukiswe kanjani abaningi abacabanga ukuthi ukuba khona kwabo esihlalweni kanye nenkunzi ebhasikisini kuyithikithi lokuya ezulwini! Yeka ukukhohliseka kwethu eNtshonalanga ecebile! Qhubeka ukufunda →

UJESU wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukugcizelela isidingo 'sokubuka futhi sithandaze' kuwo wonke amaVangeli. Ngokuvamile kwakungumongo wokubuya Kwakhe. Ukubuka nokukhuleka "wukuphila ngoMoya," kusho umphostoli uPawulu.


I say then: live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh... (Gal 6: 16-17)

Isikhathi lapho iningi lethu liqala ukuphila "ngokwenyama" kuyinto yokuqala ekuseni. Kungani? Ngoba siyasukuma, sihambe ngokuhamba kosuku, futhi singacabangi lutho ngoNkulunkulu. Futhi-ke, siqala enyameni, futhi imvamisa sibuhlungu impela. Sivumela ukuholwa ngamakhala ezonweni "ezincane".

Kepha uPetru uthi,

Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Pt 1: 13)

Uma uvuka ekuseni, qaphela uNkulunkulu, unxuse usizo lwaKhe, bese unamathela esandleni sakhe – okusho ukuthi, qhubeka ukhulume Naye usuku lonke. Kumele ngentshiseko, nangokuzimisela sibeke izingqondo zethu ezintweni zikaNkulunkulu, nokuthi yini Akucela kuwe kulo mzuzu wamanje. Njengoba uPawulu esho,

Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. (Kol 3:2)

Kuningi engingakusho kulokhu kusasa, igama ebeligcwele enhliziyweni yami amasonto manje. Kepha ukube besingavele sigxile kule nto eyodwa--ephila ngoMoya ngokugxilisa ngokuzithandela izingqondo zethu ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu nasemyalweni Wakhe wokuthanda – singahle singadingi kusasa.

Ngeke kuqinisekise ukuthi ngeke ubhekane nezilingo, izinkathazo, noma ngisho nokukhubeka. Kodwa uma useduze noKristu, uzovuka ngokushesha okukhulu kangako, ngoba Yena uqobo uzokulanda.

...take every thought captive in obedience to Christ... (2 Kor. 10:5)

LAPHO bekulokhu kuyintsha enobudlova. Kepha kukhona okuthile ngemuva komoya wesiko lentsha namuhla okungaphezu kobumnandi obubi.

Ngikholwa ukuthi kwakunguJohann Strauss owathi, uma ufuna ukwazi isimo esingokomoya sosiko, bheka umculo waso.

Umculo wanamuhla usuphenduke umhlaba wokuhlubuka, umculo we-rap uthatha indawo yokuqala. Ngamazwi akwamukela ngokusobala ukuzibulala, ukubulala, ukuziphatha okuxekethile, izidakamizwa, ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, ukuvukela, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, ukuzithokozisa, kanye negama lakho, izingoma ze-rap ziye zaba yilokho engikubiza ngokuthi "ama-anti-amahubo".

Ngikhunjuzwa nge-documentary engayenzela i-CTV-Edmonton ngo-1998. Phakathi kwentsha, ukuthambekela okuphazamisayo kufaka ukwanda okusheshayo kodlame lwentsha olunesihluku, ukuzibulala, ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa, kanye nokwanda kwama-STD's. Kodwa kunesibalo esisha: ngokokuqala ngqa, ontanga – abangasekho abazali – bangumthelela omkhulu ezimpilweni zentsha.

Abantu abaningi bakhuluma ngakho UMathewu 24 kanye nokuthambekela okuyinqaba kwesimo sezulu njll uma bekhuluma "ngezikhathi zokuphela". Kepha bambalwa abaphawulayo 2 Timothy 3: 1-5. Incazelo eshaqisayo yalesi sizukulwane:

But understand this: there will be terrifying times in the last days. People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreligious, callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power.

KUKHONA ukuba yisiko: usuku lokuqala lazo zonke izivakashi zekhonsathi imvamisa lukhulu kakhulu.

Yanamuhla ibikhona okumangalisayo.

Ngehlobo eledlule, sibe nezinkinga zikagesi ngokuzumayo ngobusuku ebesizohamba ngabo. Lobu busika, i-trailer yemishini yokukhanyisa neyokukhanyisa inqanyuliwe ebhasini lokuvakasha. Sithole ngakusasa – kwelinye idolobha. Futhi izolo, amahora amabili ukusuka ekhaya, sithole ukuthi i-heater yamanzi yebhasi yayiyi-kaput.

Bekufanele ngiyilindele. Empeleni ngenzile. Kepha bengisakhishwe uphawu. Ngikhononda, ngijikisa ibhasi, ngaqonda esitolo sokulungisa, esiqhele ngehora. Sipake iloli limisa umgwaqo.

Namuhla ekuseni, ngemuva kokulala isikhashana, ngivuswe iwashi le-alamu… nezwi elicacile likhuluma enhliziyweni yami:

Ulapha ngenhloso.

Qhubeka ukufunda →

UKUGCINA Imiyalo kaKristu yindlela esihlala ngayo othandweni lwaKhe (Johane 15:10), futhi uma sihlala kuye, "sizothela izithelo ezinhle" (15: 5).

Kepha uJesu wabuye wathi,

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
–Johane 6: 56

Singahluleka kanjani ukusizakala ngalesi sipho esiyigugu esisinikezwe kuMthendeleko oNgcwele? NguJesu uqobo!

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. –6: 55

Uma sizithola silambele injabulo, somele ukuthula, silambele izimfanelo ezinhle, futhi sintula uthando, kungani singezi eTafuleni lapho “umthombo nomhlangano” wezidingo zethu uhlinzekwa nsuku zonke?

Bafowethu nodadewethu, kukangaki ngigcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele, ngathanjiswa emphefumulweni, futhi ngagqugquzeleka othandweni oluvuthayo ngemuva kokwamukela uJesu ku-Ekaristi – eMiseni, okwakuyidlanzana labantu kuphela!

I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
–6: 35

Ukube iSonto elibanzi belazi kuphela ukuthi yiziphi izinzuzo abazolithola ukunqoba amaphutha, ukumelana nesilingo, ukukhula ebuhleni, futhi bazi uthando uqobo ngoSidlo esingcwele!

Uma bekungafanele sidelele uMthendeleko, singakunqoba kanjani ukusilela kwethu? ” UPapa John Paul II, I-Ecclesia de Eucharistia(60)

NINI sihambele izindawo ezimbi kunazo zonke eLouisiana ezilinyazwe yisiphepho muva nje, sabona izinhlobo ezimbili zezindlu: lezo ezenziwe ngokhuni, nalezo ezakhiwe ngezitini.

Ezinye izindlu zamapulangwe zazicekelwe phansi. Kwakungasekho lutho ngaphandle kwezingcezu ezimbalwa zamapulangwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izindlu zezitini ezazisendleleni kaKatrina zacekelwa phansi, zanamafasitela aphukile nophahla olonakele. Kodwa izindlu zazimi. Noma kunalokho, wamelana.

Umuntu angamelana kanjani namandla ahlangana nawo kulempilo – amandla okufa, ukugula, ukungasebenzi, ukungaqiniseki, inzondo, isilingo?

Lalelisisa,

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? ...faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead. — Jakobe 2:14

Imisebenzi emihle ifana nezitini. Ukholo ludaka (yini enye engenayo enye?)

Lowo owakha impilo yakhe ngalezi, uzofakaza ukuthi umuntu angakwazi kanjani ukusinda kuphela emandleni abuhlungu alokhu kuphila, kepha aze awathwale ngokuthula nenjabulo.

Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing... If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love... I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. –Joh 15: 5, 10-11

Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse.... –Mt 7: 24-25

INGABE azifihliwe ezinye zezinto ezinhle kakhulu ekuphileni?

Amanzi apholile, ahlanzekile kunawo wonke ngokuvamile atholakala ekujuleni komhlaba. Igolide, isiliva, namatshe ayigugu afihlwa ngamatshe namaminerali. I-Nebulae, izinkanyezi ezizalayo, kanye nemithala enemibalabala kungabonakala kuphela ngezibonakude. Khona-ke kukhona iparele ngaphakathi kwe-oyster; ubisi ngaphakathi kukakhukhunathi; umpe phakathi kwembali.

Kodwa ingabe siyasiqaphela isipho esikhulu esifihlwe phakathi kokuhlupheka?

Lapho siphathwa kabi umuntu esisebenza naye noma umabhalane wasesitolo, ingabe siyaqaphela the ithuba lokuzifela? Lapho ukucasuka okuncane kusehlela, ingabe sibona lokhu the ithuba lokukhula ebuhleni? Lapho sizizwa somile futhi singenalutho, sibona lokhu njengalokhu the isikhathi sokubonisa ukholo?

Impilo kamoya ibonakala emvelweni. Ngaphansi kobuso obufiphele, obumangelengele, obungaphawuleki bendawo umzuzu wamanje, kulele iGugu loMusa ukusiguqula.

...although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. — Mathewu 11:25

ENYE Igama ebelilokhu lihleli ngaphansi komcabango kula masonto ambalwa edlule lithi “TOTALITARIANISM”.

I-Totalitarianism yenzeka lapho umbuso ufuna ephelele ukuthobela izikhonzi zayo, okubandakanya indawo ye ukuziphatha.

UPapa Benedict uxwayise ngalokhu kukhula “Ubushiqela bobuholi.” Kepha unomprofethi owaziwa kancane, UMichael D. O'Brien, ochungechungeni lwakhe “lwamanoveli”: the Izingane Zezinsuku Zokugcina. (Uma ufuna amanoveli anamandla amaKatolika anomyalezo ongokoqobo futhi ovivinyiwe ongokwesiprofetho, qala lapha.)

Lobu bushiqela – yize bungakahlelwanga maqondana nokubusa okusemthethweni –siqala ukuziveza obala kuzinqubomgomo zasendaweni, njengezinkampani namabhodi ezikole ajezisa abasebenzi abaphikisana nobungqingili. Njengomdlavuza, lo mqondo wobushiqela manje usungena emthethweni njengoba ohulumeni bedlulisa izimiso ezinobudlova "zobugebengu benzondo". Izinyathelo ezilandelayo kuzoba ukwehlisela iSonto isikhundla esisemthethweni (nentela); bese uthulisa ipulpiti; bese-ke ekugcineni, ukushushiswa okusobala – okungaba njalo the Ushushiso. Qhubeka ukufunda →

LOKHU ngesonto, njengoba imvelo engxenyeni yethu yaseCanada yembuleka ngobuhle obumangalisayo, ngiyaqhubeka nokuzwa amazwi:

UVIVINYO.

Ngavuka naleli gama elilodwa, ngihlezi lapho phambi kwamehlo ami kamoya. Ivela kwelesiLatini ubusuku, okusho ukuthi “vuka”.

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