Ngizoba Isiphephelo Sakho


`` Indiza Iya EGibhithe '', UMichael D. O'Brien

UJoseph, uMary, noChrist Child bakanise ehlane ebusuku njengoba bebalekela eGibhithe.
Indawo eshubile iqinisa usizi lwabo,
ubungozi abakubo, ubumnyama bomhlaba.
Njengoba umama encelisa ingane yakhe, ubaba ume abuke futhi adlale kamnandi ngomtshingo,
umculo upholisa ingane ukulala.
Impilo yabo yonke isekelwe ekwethembaneni, uthando, ukuzidela,
nokushiya ekuhlinzekweni kukaNkulunkulu. -Amanothi womculi

 

 

WE manje usungayibona iqala ukubonakala: emaphethelweni eSiphepho Esikhulu. Eminyakeni eyisikhombisa eyedlule, isithombe sesiphepho yilokho iNkosi esisebenzisile ukungifundisa ngalokho okuzayo emhlabeni. Ingxenye yokuqala yeSiphepho "yizinhlungu zokubeletha" uJesu akhuluma ngazo kuMathewu nalokho iSt John akuchaza ngokuningiliziwe kusAmbulo 6: 3-17:

Niyakuzwa ngezimpi nemibiko yezimpi; qaphelani ukuthi ningethuki, ngoba lezi zinto zimelwe ukwenzeka, kepha azikabi ukuphela. Isizwe siyovukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba khona indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo. Konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo… (Math 24: 6-8)

 

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Uzobamba Isandla Sakho


Kusuka esiteshini seXIII sesiphambano, nguFr Pfettisheim Chemin

 

“NGABE uyangithandazela? ” Wabuza, ngenkathi sengizoshiya ikhaya labo lapho yena nomyeni wakhe banginakekela khona ngenkathi ngithunyelwe khona eCalifornia emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Ngathi: “Impela.

Wahlala esihlalweni egumbini lokuphumula ebheke odongeni lwezithombe zikaJesu, uMariya nabangcwele. Ngenkathi ngibeka izandla zami emahlombe akhe futhi ngiqala ukuthandaza, ngashaywa isithombe esicacile enhliziyweni yami sikaMama wethu Obusisiwe emi eceleni kwalona wesifazane ngakwesobunxele sakhe. Wayegqoke umqhele, njengesithombe sikaFatima; wawuboshwe ngegolide nge-velvet emhlophe phakathi. Izandla zikaMama wethu zazeluliwe, nemikhono yakhe yagoqwa ngathi uzosebenza!

Ngaleso sikhathi, owesifazane engangimthandazela waqala ukukhala. Qhubeka ukufunda

Isimangaliso Sesihe


URembrandt van Rijn, “Ukubuya kwendodana yolahleko”; c. 1662

 

MY isikhathi eRoma eVatican ngo-Okthoba, 2006 kwaba yisikhathi somusa omkhulu. Kodwa futhi kwakuyisikhathi sezilingo ezinkulu.

Ngize njengomhambi. Kwakuyinhloso yami ukucwilisa emthandazweni ngesakhiwo esiseduze se-Vatican ngokomoya nangokomlando. Kodwa ngesikhathi ukuhamba kwami ​​ngemoto eyimizuzu engama-45 ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza kuya eSt. Peter's Square kwase kuphelile, ngase ngikhathele. Izimoto zazingakholeki — indlela abantu abashayela ngayo ibashaqisa nakakhulu; wonke umuntu abe ngowakhe!

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Yebo Omkhulu

Isimemezelo, nguHenry Ossawa Tanner (1898; Philadelphia Museum of Art)

 

FUTHI ngakho-ke, sesifikile ezinsukwini lapho izinguquko ezinkulu seziseduze. Kungaba namandla njengoba sibuka izexwayiso ezinikezwe ziqala ukuvela ezindabeni. Kepha sadalelwa lezi zikhathi, futhi lapho isono sigcwala khona, umusa uvama kakhulu. ISonto kuthanda ukunqoba.

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UMedjugorje: “Amaqiniso nje, nkosikazi”


I-Apparition Hill eDawn, IMedjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

 

LAPHO Isambulo Somphakathi sikaJesu Kristu kuphela esidinga ukuqinisekiswa kokholo, iSonto lifundisa ukuthi kungaba yinto engenangqondo ukungalinaki izwi likaNkulunkulu lesiprofetho noma "ukudelela ukuprofetha," njengoba kusho uSt. Ngemuva kwakho konke, "amagama" ayiqiniso avela eNkosini, avela eNkosini:

Umuntu-ke angavele abuze ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu ebanikeza ngokuqhubekayo [kwasekuqaleni uma] bengadingi ukuthi balalelwe yiSonto. -UHans Urs von Balthasar, UMistica oggettiva, hhayi. 35

Ngisho nesazi semfundiso yenkolo esinempikiswano, uKarl Rahner, naye ubuze…

… Noma ngabe yini uNkulunkulu ayembulayo ayibalulekile. - UKarl Rahner, Imibono neziphrofetho, k. 25

IVatican iphikelele ekutheni ihlale ivulekele ukubonakala kwesibalo kuze kube manje njengoba iqhubeka nokuqonda ubuqiniso bezinto ezenzeka lapho. (Uma lokho kulanele iRoma, kulungile kimi.) 

Njengomuntu owayeyintatheli yethelevishini, amaqiniso azungeze iMedjugorje ayangikhathaza. Ngiyazi ukuthi zithinta abantu abaningi. Ngithathe isikhundla esifanayo eMedjugorje njengo-Blessed John Paul II (njengoba kufakazelwe ngababhishobhi abaxoxe naye ngezibuko). Leso sikhundla ukugubha izithelo ezinhle ezigeleza zisuka kule ndawo, okungukuthi Ukuguqulwa futhi okukhulu impilo yesakramente. Lo akuwona umbono o-ooey-gooey-warm-fuzzy, kepha iqiniso elinzima elisuselwe ebufakazini bezinkulungwane zabefundisi bamaKhatholika kanye nabantu abangafundile abangenakubalwa.

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Izibuko Zokugcina Emhlabeni

 

IMEDJUGORJE yilelo dolobha elincane eBosnia-Herzogovina lapho uMama Obusisiwe okusolakala ukuthi ubonakale khona ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-25. Umthamo omkhulu wezimangaliso, ukuguqulwa, ubizo, nezinye izithelo ezingaphezu kwalemvelo zale ndawo kudinga ukuthi kuhlolisiswe kahle okwenzeka lapho — kakhulu, kangangokuthi imibiko eqinisekisiwe, iVatican, hhayi ikhomishini entsha, izobhekisa isinqumo sokugcina kuzimo ezisolwayo (bheka UMedjugorje: “Amaqiniso nje, nkosikazi”).

Lokhu akukaze kwenzeke. Ukubaluleka kwezibuko kufinyelele emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu. Futhi zibalulekile, njengoba uMary kusolwa ukuthi uthe laba kuzoba nguye “izibuko zokugcina emhlabeni."

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Owesifazane Usezobeletha

 

UMKHOSI WENKOSIKAZI YETHU YE-GUADALUPE

 

IPOPE UJohn Paul II wambiza ngokuthi Inkanyezi Yokuvangela Okusha. Ngempela, i-Our Lady of Guadalupe iyona Morning Inkanyezi Yokushunyayelwa Kwevangeli okusha eyandulela i- Usuku lweNkosi

Kwavela isibonakaliso esikhulu esibhakabhakeni, owesifazane embethe ilanga, nenyanga ingaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, nasekhanda lakhe kukhona umqhele wezinkanyezi eziyishumi nambili. Wayekhulelwe futhi ekhala kakhulu ngezinhlungu njengoba ayesebenza kanzima ebeletha. (IsAm 12: 1-2)

Ngiyawezwa amazwi,

Kukhona ukukhululwa okunamandla koMoya oNgcwele

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Isimangaliso Sokungabonakali

 

I ivuke ngo-3: 30 ekuseni ngomkhosi we-Immaculate Conception kulo Disemba 8 owedlule. Bekufanele ngigibele indiza yokuqala ngisendleleni ebheke eNew Hampshire e-US ukuyonikeza izithunywa ezimbili zesifunda. 

Yebo, omunye umngcele owela eMelika. Njengoba iningi lenu lazi, lokhu kweqa kube nzima kithina muva nje futhi akukho okutheni ngaphandle kwempi engokomoya.

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AmaProthestani, uMary, noMphongolo Wokuphephela

UMariya, ethula uJesu, i-Mural in Conception Abbey, Conception, eMissouri

 

Kusuka kumfundi:

Uma kufanele singene emkhunjini wokuvikelwa ohlinzekwa nguMama wethu, kuzokwenzekani kumaProthestani namaJuda? Ngiyazi amaKhatholika amaningi, nabapristi, abangawufuni wonke umqondo wokungena “emkhunjini wokuvikela” uMary asinikeza wona - kodwa asimlahli esandleni njengoba kwenza amanye amahlelo. Uma ukunxusa kwakhe kungangeni ezindlebeni zabaphathi bamaKatolika nakubantu abaningi, kuthiwani ngalabo abangamazi nhlobo?

 

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Izinkanyezi Zobungcwele

 

 

AMAZWI ebilokhu izungeza inhliziyo yami…

Njengoba ubumnyama buba mnyama, izinkanyezi ziya ngokuya zikhanya. 

 

VULA IMINYANGO 

Ngikholwa ukuthi uJesu unika amandla labo abathobekile nabavulelekile kuMoya wakhe oNgcwele ukuthi bakhule ngokushesha ngaphakathi ubungcwele. Yebo, iminyango yeZulu ivulekile. Umgubho we-Jubilee kaPapa John Paul II ka-2000, lapho afike wavula khona iminyango yeSt. Peter's Basilica, ukhombisa lokhu. Izulu lisivulele ngokoqobo iminyango yalo.

Kepha ukwamukelwa kwalezi ziphiwo kuncike kulokhu: lokho we vula iminyango yezinhliziyo zethu. Lawo kwakungamazwi okuqala kaJPII ngenkathi ekhethwa… 

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Manje yihora


Ukushona kwelanga ku- "Apparition Hill" -- IMedjugorje, iBosnia-Herzegovina


IT
kwaba usuku lwami lwesine, nolokugcina ngiseMedjugorje — lelo dolobhana elincane ezintabeni ezikhungethwe yimpi yaseBosnia-Herzegovina lapho uMama Obusisiwe kuthiwa ubonakala khona ezinganeni eziyisithupha (manje esezikhulile).

Ngase ngizwe ngale ndawo iminyaka, kepha angikaze ngizwe isidingo sokuya lapho. Kepha ngenkathi ngicelwa ukuba ngicule eRoma, okuthile okwakungaphakathi kwami ​​kwathi, "Manje, manje kufanele uye eMedjugorje."

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UMedjugorje lowo


ISt. James Parish, IMedjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

 

NGOKUSHESHA ngaphambi kokubaleka kwami ​​eRoma ngiye eBosnia, ngathola izindaba ezazicaphuna uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uHarry Flynn waseMinnesota, eU.SA ohambweni lwakhe lwakamuva oluya eMedjugorje. Umbhishobhi omkhulu ubekhuluma ngesidlo sasemini abenaso noPapa John Paul II nabanye ababhishobhi baseMelika ngo-1988:

Kwakudliwa isobho. UMbhishobhi Stanley Ott waseBaton Rouge, LA., Oseye kuNkulunkulu, wabuza uBaba oNgcwele: “Baba oNgcwele, ucabangani ngoMedjugorje?”

UBaba oNgcwele wayelokhu edla isobho lakhe futhi waphendula wathi: “Medjugorje? IMedjugorje? IMedjugorje? Kunezinto ezinhle kuphela ezenzekayo eMedjugorje. Abantu bayathandaza lapho. Abantu bazovuma izono. Abantu badumisa uMthendeleko, futhi abantu baphendukela kuNkulunkulu. Futhi, izinto ezinhle kuphela ezibonakala zenzeka eMedjugorje. ” -www.okademia.com, Okthoba 24, 2006

Ngempela, yilokho engangikuzwile kuvela kulowo Medjugorje… izimangaliso, ikakhulukazi izimangaliso zenhliziyo. Ngibe namalungu amaningi omndeni ngathola ukuguqulwa okuphulukisayo nokuphulukiswa ngemuva kokuvakashela le ndawo.

 

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Izimpi namahemuhemu ezimpi


 

THE ukuqhuma kokwehlukana, isehlukaniso nobudlova kulo nyaka odlule kuyabheda. 

Izincwadi engizitholile zemishado yamaKrestu iyahlakazeka, izingane zishiya imisuka yazo yokuziphatha, amalungu omndeni awela okholweni, abashade nabo kanye nezingane zakubo ezibanjwe yimilutha, nokuqhuma okumangazayo kwentukuthelo nokwehlukanisa phakathi kwezihlobo kubuhlungu.

Nxa nizwa ngezimpi namahemuhemu ezimpi, ningethuki; lokhu kufanele kwenzeke, kepha ukuphela akukabikho. (Maka 13: 7)

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Kungani Kuthatha Isikhathi Eside Kangaka?

ISt. James Parish, IMedjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina

 
AS
impikiswano ezungeze izinsolo izibuko zeNtombi Ezibusisiwe UMariya eMedjugorje ngiqale ukushisa futhi ekuqaleni konyaka, ngabuza iNkosi, "Uma izangoma zikhona ngempela eyiqiniso, kungani kuthatha isikhathi eside kangaka ukuthi "izinto" ezaprofethwa zenzeke? "

Impendulo ibishesha njengombuzo:

Ngoba uku ukuthatha isikhathi eside.  

Kunezimpikiswano eziningi ezungeze into ye I-Medjugorje (okumanje kusaphenywa ngeSonto). Kepha kukhona cha ngiphikisana nempendulo engayithola ngalolo suku.

Izinganekwane Zangempela Zomama Wethu

SO bambalwa, kubonakala sengathi, bayayiqonda indima yeNtombi Ezibusisiwe uMariya eSontweni. Ngifuna ukuhlanganyela nani izindaba ezimbili zeqiniso ukukhanyisa leli lungu elihlonishwa kakhulu loMzimba kaKristu. Indaba eyodwa eyami… kodwa okokuqala, evela kumfundi…


 

KUNGANI UMARIYA? UMBONO WOKUGUQUKA…

Imfundiso yamaKhatholika ngoMariya ibe yimfundiso yeSonto enzima kakhulu kimi ukwamukela. Njengoba ngangiguqukile, ngangifundiswe “ukwesaba ukukhulekelwa kukaMariya.” Kwafakwa ngaphakathi kimi!

Ngemuva kokuguquka kwami, ngangithandaza, ngicela uMary ukuthi angikhulumele, kepha ukungabaza kungangihlasela bese kuthi, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, (ngimbeke eceleni isikhashana.) Ngangithandaza iRosari, bese ngiyeka ukuthandaza Irosari, lokhu kwaqhubeka isikhathi esithile!

Kwathi ngolunye usuku ngathandaza ngamandla kuNkulunkulu, “Ngiyacela, Nkosi, ngicela ungibonise iqiniso ngoMariya.”

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UMary: Owesifazane Ugqoke Amabhuzu Wokulwa

Ngaphandle kweSt. Louis Cathedral, eNew Orleans 

 

UMNGANI ungibhalele namhlanje, kulesi Sikhumbuzo sobuNdlovukazi bukaMariya oBusisiwe, ngendaba ethinta umgogodla: 

UMark, isigameko esingajwayelekile senzeke ngeSonto. Kwenzeka kanjena:

Mina nomyeni wami sigubhe iminyaka engu-XNUMX sishadile ngokuphela kwesonto. Saya eMiseni ngoMgqibelo, sabe sesizodla isidlo sakusihlwa nomfundisi esikanye naye kanye nabanye abangane, kamuva saya emdlalweni wangaphandle owawuthi “The Living Word.” Njengesipho sokugubha usuku umbhangqwana usinikeze isithombe esihle sikaMama wethu nengane enguJesu.

NgeSonto ekuseni, umyeni wami wabeka lesi sithombe endaweni yethu yokungena, onqenqemeni lwesitshalo ngaphezu komnyango wangaphambili. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, ngiphume ngangena kuvulandi wangaphambili ngafunda ibhayibheli. Ngenkathi ngihlala phansi futhi ngiqala ukufunda, ngabheka phansi embhedeni wezimbali futhi kwakulele isiphambano esincane (angikaze ngisibone phambilini futhi ngisebenze kulowo mbhede kaningi!) Ngawuthatha ngaya emuva emphemeni ukukhombisa umyeni wami. Ngibe sengingena ngaphakathi, ngayibeka erankini, ngaya kuvulandi futhi ngafunda.

Ngenkathi ngihlala phansi, ngabona inyoka endaweni ngqo lapho kwakukhona khona isiphambano.

 

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Bheka Inkanyezi…

 

IPolaris: INyakatho yeNkanyezi 

ISIKHUMBUZO SOBUKHOSI BOBUKHOSI
INTOMBI YESIBUSISO UMARIYA


NGINE
ihlanganiswe neNyakatho yeNkanyezi emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Ngiyavuma, ngangingazi ukuthi kwakukuphi lapho umlamu wami ekhomba khona ubusuku obunye obugcwele izinkanyezi ezintabeni.

Okuthile kimi kungitshela ukuthi kuzodingeka ngazi ukuthi le nkanyezi ikuphi esikhathini esizayo. Ngakho-ke kulobubusuku, ngiphinde ngabheka phezulu esibhakabhakeni ngengqondo ngikubona. Bese ngingena kwikhompyutha yami, ngifunde la mazwi umzala wami usanda kungithumelela i-imeyili:

Noma ngabe ungubani ozibona wena phakathi nalesi sikhathi sokufa ukuthi ukhukhuleka emanzini okhohlisayo, ngesihe semimoya namagagasi, kunokuhamba emhlabathini oqinile, ungafulathe amehlo akho ebukhazikhazini bale nkanyezi eqondisayo, ngaphandle kokuthi ufisa ukucwiliswa yisiphepho.

Bheka inkanyezi, biza uMariya. … Naye njengomhlahlandlela, awuyikuduka, ngenkathi umncenga, awusoze waphela amandla ... uma ehamba phambi kwakho, awuyikudinwa; uma ekhombisa umusa kuwe, finyelela umgomo. —USt. Bernard waseClarivaux, ocashunwe kuleli sonto nguPapa Benedict XVI

“Inkanyezi Yokuvangela Okusha” —Isihloko esinikezwe uMama Wethu waseGuadalupe nguPapa John Paul II 


 

UMariya, Isidalwa Esibabazekayo

INdlovukazi yezulu

Indlovukazi Yezulu (c. 1868). UGustave Doré (1832-1883). Okuqopha. Umbono Wesihlanzo NePharadesi nguDante Alighieri. I-PMA: J99.1734.

"Uzobona iNdlovukazi / lo mbuso ungaphansi kwawo futhi uzinikele kuwo."

LAPHO ngicabanga ngoJesu ezimfihlakalweni eziBabazekayo izolo kusihlwa, bengicabanga ukuthi ngihlala ngimbona uMariya esukuma ngenkathi uJesu ethwesa umqhele iNdlovukazi yaseZulwini. Le micabango yeza kimi…

UMariya waguqa ehlonipha uNkulunkulu wakhe neNdodana yakhe, uJesu. Kepha lapho uJesu esondela ukumthwesa umqhele, wamdonsa ngobumnene ezinyaweni zakhe, ehlonipha umyalo wesihlanu othi: "Wonge uyihlo nonyoko."

Futhi ekujabuleni kweZulu, wabekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi njengeNdlovukazi yabo.

ISonto LamaKatolika alimkhonzi uMariya, isidalwa esinjengami nawe. Kepha sihlonipha abangcwele bethu, kanti uMariya mkhulu kunabo bonke. Ngoba wayengagcini ngokuba ngumama kaKristu (cabanga ngakho – Cishe wayethola impumulo yaKhe enhle yamaJuda kuye), kepha wayeyisibonelo sokholo oluphelele, ithemba eliphelele nothando oluphelele.

Laba abathathu bahlala (1 Kor. 13:13), futhi bangamagugu amakhulu kakhulu emqhele wakhe.

Ukukhulelwa uJesu Kuwe

UMariya Uthwele Umoya Ongcwele

U-Karmel Milosci Milosiernej, ePoland

 

IZOLO Inkonzo yokukhulekela iphawula ukuphela kwesonto likaPhentekoste–kodwa hhayi isidingo esijulile ezimpilweni zethu sikaMoya oNgcwele kanye nomlingani Wakhe, iNcasakazi uMariya.

Kube okuhlangenwe nakho kwami ​​siqu, njengoba ngihambele amakhulukhulu ezifunda, ngihlangana namashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu-ukuthi imiphefumulo ezivulela umsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele, ehambisana nokuzinikela okunempilo kuMariya, ingabanye babaphostoli abanamandla engibaziyo. .

Futhi kungani lokhu kufanele kumangaze noma ubani? Ingabe kwakungeyona le nhlanganisela yezulu nomhlaba eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule, eyafeza isimo sikaNkulunkulu enyameni, uJesu Kristu?

Yileyo ndlela uJesu akhulelwa ngayo njalo. Yileyo ndlela Akhiqizwa ngayo emiphefumulweni… Izingcweti ezimbili kufanele zivumelane emsebenzini owumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wobuciko kanye nomkhiqizo ophakeme wesintu: uMoya oNgcwele kanye neNcasakazi eNgcwele uMariya… ngoba yibo kuphela abangaphinda bakhiqize uKristu. UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uLuis M. Martinez, I-Sanctifier

 

     

"Isikole sikaMariya"

UPapa Ukhuleka

IPOPE UJohn Paul II wabiza iRosari ngokuthi "isikole sikaMariya".

Kukangaki ngikhungathwa yiziphazamiso nokukhathazeka, bese ngicwiliswa ekuthuleni okukhulu njengoba ngiqala ukuthandaza iRosari! Futhi kungani lokhu kufanele kusimangaze? IRosari ayilutho ngaphandle “kokuhlanganisa iVangeli” (URosarium Virginis Mariae, JPII). NeZwi likaNkulunkulu linjalo "living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb 4: 12).

Ingabe ufisa ukudabula usizi lwenhliziyo yakho? Ingabe ufisa ukubhoboza ubumnyama ngaphakathi komphefumulo wakho? Bese uthatha le Nkemba isesimweni seketanga, futhi ngayo, ucabange ubuso bukaKristu Ezimfihlakalo Zerosari. Ngaphandle kwamaSakramente, ayikho enye indlela umuntu angashesha ngayo ukweqa izindonga zobungcwele, akhanyiselwe unembeza, aphenduke, avulelwe ulwazi ngoNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kwalomkhuleko omncane wencekukazi.

Futhi njengoba unamandla lomthandazo, zinjalo nezilingo hhayi ukuyikhuleka. Eqinisweni, mina ngokwami ​​ngilwa nalokhu kuzinikela ngaphezu kwanoma yikuphi okunye. Kodwa isithelo sokukhuthazela singafaniswa nomuntu obhola izinyawo ezingamakhulu amamitha ngaphansi kuze kube yilapho embule imayini yegolide.

    Uma ngesikhathi seRosari, uphazamiseka izikhathi ezingama-50, bese uqala ukuthandaza futhi isikhathi ngasinye. Usunikele ngezenzo zothando ezingama-50 kuNkulunkulu. –Fr. Bob Johnson, UMadonna House Apostolate (umqondisi wami ongokomoya)

     

Leyo Nyanga Ekhanyayo


Uyakuma kuze kube phakade njengenyanga,
nanjengofakazi othembekile ezulwini. (IHubo 59:57)

 

KAKHULU ebusuku lapho ngibheka phezulu enyangeni, kwaqhamuka umcabango emqondweni wami. Izindikimba zasezulwini zifanekisa okunye okungokoqobo…

    UMary uyinyanga ekhombisa iNdodana, uJesu. Yize iNdodana ingumthombo wokukhanya, uMary ubuye ambuyisele kithi. Futhi simzungezile izinkanyezi ezingenakubalwa – abaNgcwele, esikhanyisa umlando naye.

    Kwesinye isikhathi, uJesu ubukeka sengathi "uyanyamalala," ngale kokuhlupheka kwethu. Kepha akasishiyanga: okwamanje ubonakala enyamalala, UJesu usevele egijimela kithi emkhathizwe omusha. Njengophawu lobukhona Bakhe nothando, Usishiyile noMama Wakhe. Akawasebenzisi amandla eNdodana yakhe anikeza impilo; kodwa njengomama oqaphelayo, ukhanyisa ubumnyama, asikhumbuze ukuthi UngukuKhanya Komhlaba… nokuthi angalokothi angabaze isihe Sakhe, noma ngabe kumnyama kubomvu.

Ngemuva kokuthola leli "gama elibukwayo", lo mbhalo olandelayo wagijimisa okwenkanyezi yokudubula:

A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. –ISambulo 12: 1

Ukukhanya Komhlaba

 

 

TWO ezinsukwini ezedlule, ngabhala ngothingo lwenkosazana lukaNowa — uphawu lukaKristu, ukuKhanya komhlaba (bheka Isibonakaliso Sesivumelwano.) Kunengxenye yesibili kuyo nokho, eyafika kimi eminyakeni eminingana eyedlule ngenkathi ngiseMadonna House eCombermere, e-Ontario.

Lolu thingo lufinyelela umvuthwandaba futhi lube yimisebe eyodwa yokuKhanya okukhanyayo okuhlala iminyaka engama-33, eminyakeni engaba ngu-2000 eyedlule, kuJesu Kristu. Njengoba kudlula eSiphambanweni, ukuKhanya kuhlukaniseka ngemibala eyizinkulungwane futhi. Kepha kulokhu, uthingo alukhanyisi isibhakabhaka kepha izinhliziyo zesintu.

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Isibani

 

 

FAR from "ukweba ukuduma kukaKristu"

UMary uyi umbani

ekhanyisa iNdlela.

Umkhumbi Omusha

 

 

UKUFUNDA kusuka ku-Divine Liturgy kuleli sonto kuhlale nami:

UNkulunkulu walinda ngokubekezela ezinsukwini zikaNowa ngesikhathi kwakhiwa umkhumbi. (1 Petru 3:20)

Umqondo wukuthi sikuleso sikhathi lapho umkhumbi usuphothuliwe, futhi kungekudala. Uyini umkhumbi? Ngenkathi ngibuza lo mbuzo, ngabheka phezulu kusithonjana sikaMariya ……… impendulo yabonakala sengathi isifuba sakhe ngumkhumbi, futhi uqoqela insali kuye, ukuze azitholele uKristu.

Futhi kwakunguJesu owathi uzobuya “njengasezinsukwini zikaNowa” futhi “njengasezinsukwini zikaLoti” (Luka 17:26, 28). Wonke umuntu ubheke isimo sezulu, ukuzamazama komhlaba, izimpi, izinhlupho nodlame; kepha ingabe siyakhohlwa yizimpawu "zokuziphatha" zezikhathi uKristu abhekisele kuzo? Ukufundwa kwesizukulwane sikaNowa nesizukulwane sikaLoti – nokuthi amacala abo kwakungamuphi – kufanele kubukeke kungajwayelekile kahle

Amadoda ayakhubeka ngeqiniso ngezikhathi ezithile, kepha iningi lawo liyazithatha futhi liphuthume ngokungathi akwenzekanga lutho. -Winston Churchill

Isiphepho Sokwesaba

 

 

NGOKWENZA UKWESABA 

IT kubukeka sengathi umhlaba ubanjwe ukwesaba.

Vula izindaba zakusihlwa, futhi kungakhathaza: impi eMid-mpumalanga, amagciwane angajwayelekile asongela abantu abaningi, ubuphekula obuseduze, ukudutshulwa kwezikole, ukudutshulwa kwamahhovisi, ubugebengu obuyinqaba, futhi uhlu luyaqhubeka. KumaKristu, lolu hlu lukhula lube lukhulu njengoba izinkantolo nohulumeni beqhubeka nokuqeda inkululeko yenkolelo yenkolo ngisho nokushushisa abavikeli benkolo. Bese kuba nenhlangano ekhulayo "yokubekezelelana" ebekezelela wonke umuntu ngaphandle kwamaKristu e-orthodox.

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Uchungechunge Lwethemba

 

 

AKUNATHEMBA? 

Yini engavimba umhlaba ukuba ungene ebumnyameni obungaziwa obusongela ukuthula? Manje njengoba izingxoxo zezombusazwe sehlulekile, yini esisele ukuba siyenze?

Kubonakala kucishe kungabi nathemba. Eqinisweni, angikaze ngizwe uPapa John Paul II ekhuluma ngamagama abuhlungu njengalokhu esanda kukusho.

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