AT isikhathi lapho "abakholwayo" emhlabeni bebopha amabhomu emizimbeni yabo futhi beziqhumisa; lapho kwethulwa imicibisholo egameni lamalungelo omhlaba weBhayibheli; lapho izingcaphuno ezingokomBhalo zikhishwa emongweni ukuxhasa amalungelo azithandayo-uPapa Benedict's i-encyclical ivuliwe ukuthanda ime njengesibani esikhanya ngokungajwayelekile echwebeni elimnyama lomhlaba.
This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
(UJohn 13: 35)
AS Ngihambe ngezinyawo ngiya eSidlweni ekuseni, ngizwe sengathi isiphambano ebengisiphethe senziwe ngokhonkolo.
Ngenkathi ngiqhubeka nokubuyela esihlalweni, iso lami ladonswa esithombeni sendoda eyayikhubazekile sehliswa kuhlaka lwayo kuJesu. Ngokushesha ngakuzwa lokho Ngangiyindoda ekhubazekile.
Amadoda ezehlisa okhubazekile esophahleni ebukhoneni bukaKristu akwenze ngomsebenzi onzima, ukholo nokubekezela. Kepha kwakungumuntu okhubazekile kuphela — angenzanga lutho ngaphandle kokubuka uJesu engenakusiza nethemba - lowo uKristu athi kuye,
“Uthethelelwe izono zakho…. Vuka uthathe uhlaka lwakho, uye ekhaya. ”
UBUKRISTU akuyona imibono; kuyinto ubuso.
Futhi ubuso bunjalo Love.
BEKADE NGI bedlula ku-TV izingane zami zibuka i- “Return of the King” —Ingxenye III ka INkosi we Izindandatho- lapho ngokungazelelwe amazwi kaGandolf egxuma aqonde ngqo esikrinini angena enhliziyweni yami:
Izinto ziyahamba ezingakwazi ukuhlehliswa.
Ngama emikhondweni yami ukulalela, umoya wami uvutha ngaphakathi kimi:
… Kuyinto umoya ojulile ngaphambi kokushona…… Lokhu kuzoba ukuphela kweGondar njengoba sazi…… Ekugcineni sifika kuyo, impi enkulu yesikhathi sethu…
Ngemuva kwalokho i-hobbit yakhwela enqabeni ukukhanyisa umlilo wokuxwayisa-isignali yokwazisa abantu basemhlabeni ophakathi ukuzilungiselela impi.
UNkulunkulu uphinde wasithumela “izinto zokuzilibazisa” —izingane ezincane uMama wakhe avele kuzo wabayala ukuba babase imililo yeqiniso, ukuze ukukhanya kukhanye ebumnyameni… uLourdes, Fatima, futhi muva nje, iMedjugorje ifika engqondweni ( eyamuva ilinde ukuvunywa okusemthethweni kweSonto).
Kepha "i-hobbit" eyodwa kwakuyingane emoyeni kuphela, futhi impilo yakhe namazwi akhe kukhanye kakhulu emhlabeni wonke, ngisho nasemathunzini amnyama:
Manje sesimi lapho sibhekene nengxabano enkulu yomlando esidlule kuyo isintu. Angicabangi ukuthi imibuthano ebanzi yomphakathi waseMelika noma imibuthano ebanzi yomphakathi wamaKrestu iyakubona lokhu ngokugcwele. Manje sibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweBandla nabamelene neBandla, leVangeli kanye ne-anti-Gospel. Lokhu kungqubuzana kuphakathi kwezinhlelo zikaNkulunkulu. Kuyicala lelo iBandla lonke. . . kumele uthathe. —UKhadinali Karol Wotyla owaba uPapa John Paul II eminyakeni emibili kamuva; lanyatheliswa kabusha ngoNovemba 9, 1978, The Wall Street Journal
OMKHULU ukwahlukana kuyenzeka emhlabeni namuhla. Abantu kufanele bakhethe izinhlangothi. Ngokuyinhloko ukuhlukaniswa kwe- zokuziphatha futhi social values, we Imvelo izimiso uma kuqhathaniswa yesimanje ukuqagela.
Futhi yilokho kanye uKristu athi kuzokwenzeka emindenini nasezizweni lapho bebhekene nobukhona bakhe:
Ngabe nicabanga ukuthi ngize ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni? Ngithi kini: Cha, kepha kakhulu ukwehlukana. Kusukela manje kuya phambili kuzohlukaniswa ikhaya labahlanu, abathathu balwa nababili nababili bamelane nabathathu… (ULuka 12: 51-52)
I uzizwe sengathi ihora ngalinye libala manje. Ukuthi ngibizelwe ekuguqukeni okukhulu. Kuyinto engaqondakali, kepha nokho ijabulisa ngendlela emangalisayo. UKristu usilungiselela okuthile… okuthile okungavamile.
Yes, repentance is more than penitence. It is not remorse. It is not just admitting our mistakes. It is not self-condemnation: "What a fool I've been!" Who of us has not recited such a dismal litany? No, repentance is a moral and spiritual revolution. To repent is one of the hardest things in the world, yet it is basic to all spiritual progress. It demands the breaking down of pride, self-assurance, and the innermost citadel of self-will.(UCatherine de Hueck Doherty, UKiss of Christ)
NGAPHAMBILI Ukuvuma namuhla, isithombe senkundla yempi safika engqondweni.
Isitha siqhumisa imicibisholo nezinhlamvu kithi, sihlasela ngenkohliso, ngezilingo nangokusola. Sivame ukuzithola silimele, sopha futhi sikhubazekile, sizitotobela emiseleni.
Kepha uKristu usidonsela eBunker of Confession, bese… uvumela ibhomu lomusa wakhe liqhume endaweni yomoya, libhubhise ukuzuza kwesitha, libuyise ukwesaba kwethu, lisiphinde lisigqokise kulezo zembatho zokomoya ezisenza sikwazi ukuhlanganyela futhi labo "ubukhulu namandla," ngokholo nangoMoya oNgcwele.
Sisempini. Ikona ukuhlakanipha, hhayi ubugwala, ukuya njalo eBunker.
THE amagama ka ISt. Elizabeth Anne Seton qhubeka nokukhala ekhanda lami:
Be above the vain fears of nature and efforts of your enemy. You are children of eternity. Your immortal crown awaits you, and the best of Fathers waits there to reward your duty and love. You may indeed sow here in tears, but you may be sure there to reap in joy.(Kusuka engqungqutheleni kuye emadodakazini akhe okomoya)
UKUSETSHENZISWA…
Izimpilo zethu zifana nenkanyezi eshutha. Umbuzo – umbuzo ongokomoya –ukuthi le nkanyezi izongena kumuphi umjikelezo.
Uma sidliwa yizinto zalo mhlaba: imali, ukuvikeleka, amandla, izimpahla, ukudla, ucansi, izithombe zocansi… lapho-ke sifana nalesosibhakabhaka esivutha emkhathini womhlaba. Uma sidliwe nguNkulunkulu, lapho-ke sifana ne-meteor ebheke elangeni.
Nanku umehluko.
I-meteor yokuqala, edliwe yizilingo zomhlaba, ekugcineni ihlakazeka ize. I-meteor yesibili, njengoba idliwa noJesu iNdodana, ayihlakazeki. Esikhundleni salokho, kuqhuma ilangabi, kuncibilike kube yinto eyodwa neNdodana.
Owokuqala uyafa, abanda, abe mnyama, futhi angaphili. Lezi zinsuku zihlala, ziba yimfudumalo, ukukhanya, nomlilo. Owokuqala ubonakala umangalisa phambi kwamehlo omhlaba (okwesikhashana)… uze ube uthuli, unyamalale ebumnyameni. Lesi sakamuva sifihliwe futhi asinakwa, size sifinyelele emisebeni yeNdodana eqothulayo, ebanjwe ngunaphakade ekukhanyeni kwaKhe okuvutha nothando.
Futhi-ke, kunombuzo owodwa kuphela empilweni obalulekile: Yini engidlayo?
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?(Math 16: 26)
NGOBUSUKU, futhi, ngibona ukuphuthuma ukususa noma yiziphi iziphazamiso nemikhuba engisabambelele kuyo. Kunomusa omningi lapho wokukwenza… umusa, ngiyakholelwa, kunoma ngubani ocela ngobuqotho.
Asikho isikhathi sokuchitha. Kumele siqale manje ukulungiselela okuzayo “njengesela ebusuku”. Futhi yini okuzayo?
Lowo onamehlo, bheka; ngubani onezindlebe, lalela.
THE INkosi iyabona izifiso yenhliziyo yethu. Ubona isifiso sethu sokulunga.
Ngakho-ke, naphezu kokwehluleka kwethu, ngisho nesono, ugijimela ukusigona… njengoba uBaba agijimela ukuyokwamukela indodana yolahleko, eyayimbozwe yihlazo lokuhlubuka kwakhe.
Ngakho-ke, uGabriyeli wamemezela kuMariya, "Ungesabi!"; isixuku esikhazimulayo samemezela kubelusi, "Ningesabi!"; izingelosi zombili zakhuthaza abesifazane ethuneni, "Ningesabi!"; kubafundi bakhe emva kokuvuka kwakhe, uJesu waphinda wathi, "Ungesabi."
NGESIKHATHI umthandazo kuleli sonto eledlule, bengiphazamiseke kakhulu emicabangweni yami kangangoba ngithandaza umusho ngaphandle kokukhukhuleka.
Namuhla kusihlwa, ngenkathi ngizindla ngaphambi komkhombe ongenalutho esontweni, ngikhala eNkosini ngicela usizo nomusa. Ngokushesha njengenkanyezi ewayo, la mazwi afika kimi:
"Babusisiwe abampofu emoyeni".
BONISANI ukwehlukahlukana kanye nabantu yilokho okufundiswa inkolo yobuKrestu, cha, izimfuno. Nokho, lokhu akusho “ukubekezelelwa” kwesono. '
… Umsebenzi [wethu] ukuletha umhlaba wonke ebubini nokuwuguqula kube nguNkulunkulu: ngomkhuleko, ngokuzisola, ngothando, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngesihe. —Thomas Merton, Akekho Umuntu Oyisiqhingi
Kuyisisa sokungagqokisi abahamba ze kuphela, ukududuza abagulayo, nokuvakashela isiboshwa, kepha ukusiza umfowenu hhayi ukuba nqunu, ukugula, noma ukuboshwa ekuqaleni. Ngakho-ke, inhloso yeSonto ngukuchaza lokho okubi, ngakho-ke okuhle kungakhethwa.
Inkululeko ayihileli ekwenzeni lokho esikuthandayo, kodwa ekubeni nelungelo lokwenza okufanele. —UPOPA JOHN PAUL II
NINI Sengikhululekile isikhashana ezivivinyweni nasezilingweni, ngiyavuma ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kwakuwuphawu lokukhula ebungcweleni ... ekugcineni, ngihamba emikhakheni kaKristu!
… Waze uBaba wehlisa izinyawo zami ngobumnene emhlabathini usizi. Futhi ngabona ukuthi, ngedwa, ngithatha izinyathelo zezingane, ngikhubeke futhi ngilahle ibhalansi yami.
UNkulunkulu akangibeki phansi ngoba akasangithandi, futhi akangilahli. Esikhundleni salokho, ngakho-ke ngiyabona ukuthi amagxathu amakhulu kakhulu empilweni yokomoya enziwa, hhayi ukweqa phambili, kepha phezulu, abuyele ezandleni Zakhe.
UKUTHULA kuyisipho sikaMoya oNgcwele,
akuxhomekile enjabulweni, nasekuhluphekeni kwenyama. Kuyisithelo,
ozelwe ekujuleni komoya, njengoba nje kuzalwa idayimane
in
the
ekujuleni
of
the
umhlaba…
ngaphansi kakhulu kokukhanya kwelanga noma imvula.
THE ukungabekezelelani "wokubekezelelana!"
Kuyafuna ukwazi ukuthi labo abasola amaKrestu kanjani
inzondo nokungabekezelelani
imvamisa iyingozi kakhulu ku-
ithoni nenhloso.
Kubonakala okusobala kakhulu — futhi okubheka kalula kalula
ubuzenzisi bezikhathi zethu.
