Njengesela

 

THE emahoreni angama-24 edlule selokhu kwabhalwa Ngemuva Kokukhanyisa, amazwi abelokhu enanela enhliziyweni yami: Njengesela ebusuku…

Ngokuphathelene nezikhathi nezinkathi, bazalwane, aninasidingo sokuba nilotshelwe okuthile. Ngokuba nina uqobo lwenu nazi kahle ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luyakufika njengesela ebusuku. Lapho abantu bethi, “Ukuthula nokuhlala kahle,” khona inhlekelele engazelelwe ifika phezu kwabo, njengezinhlungu zokubeletha owesifazane okhulelweyo, futhi ngeke baphunyuke. (1 Thes. 5: 2-3)

Abaningi basebenzise la mazwi ekubuyeni kukaJesu kwesibili. Impela iNkosi izofika ngehora elingaziwa muntu ngaphandle kukaBaba. Kepha uma sifunda umbhalo ongenhla ngokucophelela, uSt. Embhalweni wami wokugcina, ngachaza ukuthi “usuku lweNkosi” alulona yini usuku noma umcimbi owodwa, kepha luyisikhathi esithile, ngokwe-Sacred Tradition. Ngakho-ke, lokho okuholela futhi kungenise uSuku lweNkosi yizo kanye lezo zinhlungu zokubeletha uJesu akhuluma ngazo [1]Mat 24: 6-8; ULuka 21: 9-11 noSt. uJohane wabona embonweni we Izimpawu Eziyisikhombisa Zenguquko.

Nabo, abaningi, bazofika njengesela ebusuku.

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Imibhalo yaphansi

Imibhalo yaphansi
1 Mat 24: 6-8; ULuka 21: 9-11

Inkabi ne-Ass


"Ukuzalwa KukaJesu",
ULorenzo Monaco; 1409

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoDisemba 27, 2006

 

Kungani elele endaweni engasho lutho, lapho kudla khona inkabi nembongolo?  -Yini Ingane Le ?,  UKhisimusi uCarol

 

CHA onogada abaningi Ayikho ibutho lezingelosi. Akukho ngisho uhlaka lokwamukela lwaBapristi Abakhulu. UNkulunkulu, osenyameni, ubingelelwa emhlabeni yinkomo nembongolo.

Ngenkathi oFata bokuqala betolika lezi zidalwa ezimbili njengezifanekisela amaJuda kanye namaqaba, ngakho-ke sonke isintu, kwabuye kwafika enye incazelo eMiseni laphakathi kwamabili.

 

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Imure kaKhisimusi

 

CABANGA ekuseni ngoKhisimusi, oshade naye uncike kuye emamatheka bese ethi, “Nansi. Lokhu ngokwakho." Uqaqa isipho futhi uthole ibhokisi elincane lezinkuni. Uyayivula bese kukhuphuka i-waft yamakha ezingxenyeni ezincane ze-resin.

"Kwenzenjani?" uyabuza.

“Yimure. Endulo yayisetshenziswa lapho kugqunyiswa isidumbu futhi kushiswe njengempepho emingcwabeni. Bengicabanga ukuthi kuzoba kuhle ekuvukeni kwakho ngelinye ilanga."

“Eh… ngiyabonga… ngiyabonga, sithandwa.”

 

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UKristu Kuwe

 

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoDisemba 22, 2005

 

NGANGINAYO izinto eziningi ezincane okufanele zenziwe namuhla ukulungiselela uKhisimusi. Ngenkathi ngidlula abantu — othatha imali ethilini, umfana ogcwalisa uphethiloli, isithunywa esitobhini sebhasi — ngazizwa ngikhangwa ubukhona babo. Ngimamatheke, ngithi sawubona, ngixoxe nabantu engingabazi. Njengoba ngenzile, kwaqala ukwenzeka into emangalisayo.

UKristu wayebheke emuva kimi.

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Embethe kuKristu

 

ONE ingafingqa imibhalo emihlanu yakamuva, kusuka Ingwe Esibayeni kuya Inhliziyo Enamadwala, kumshwana olula: gqoka kuKristu. Noma njengoba uSt. Paul akubeka:

… Gqoka iNkosi uJesu Kristu, futhi ungenzi malungiselelo ngezifiso zenyama. (Rom 13:14)

Ngifuna ukugoqa leyo mibhalo ndawonye, ​​ukukunikeza isithombe esilula nombono walokho uJesu akufunayo kimi nakimi. Ngoba ziningi izincwadi engizitholayo ezinanela lokho engikubhalile Inhliziyo Enamadwala… Ukuthi sifuna ukuba ngcwele, kodwa sibuhlungu ngokuthi sihluleka kakhulu ngubungcwele. Imvamisa ngoba silwela ukuba uvemvane ngaphambi kungena umfece…

 

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Inhliziyo Enamadwala

 

FOR iminyaka eminingana, ngibuze uJesu ukuthi kungani ngibuthakathaka kangako, ngibekezela kakhulu ekulingweni, ngibonakala ngingenabo ubuhle. “Nkosi,” ngishilo izikhathi eziyikhulu, “Ngithandaza nsuku zonke, ngiya kuConfession isonto ngalinye, ngithi iRosari, ngithandaza eHhovisi, ngiye eMiseni lansuku zonke iminyaka… kungani-ke ukungcola okungaka? Kungani ngibopha ngaphansi kwezilingo ezincane kakhulu? Kungani ngithukuthele kangaka? ” Ngingawaphindaphinda kahle kahle amazwi kaSt. Gregory the Great njengoba ngizama ukuphendula ubizo lukaBaba Ongcwele lokuba "umlindi" wezikhathi zethu.

Ndodana yomuntu, ngikwenze umlindi wendlu ka-Israyeli. Qaphela ukuthi indoda iNkosi eyithumela njengomshumayeli ibizwa ngokuthi umlindi. Umlindi uhlale emi endaweni ephakeme ukuze abone ukude okuzayo. Noma ngubani oqokelwe ukuba ngunogada wabantu kumele ame endaweni ephakeme impilo yakhe yonke amsize ngokubona kwakhe kusengaphambili.

Kunzima kanjani kimi ukusho lokhu, ngoba ngawo lawa mazwi ngiyazilahla. Angikwazi ukushumayela ngekhono elithile, kodwa-ke njengoba ngiphumelela, namanje angiphili impilo yami ngokwentshumayelo yami.

Angiphiki umthwalo wami wemfanelo; Ngiyabona ukuthi ngiyivila futhi ngiyadembesela, kodwa mhlawumbe ukuvuma iphutha lami kuzongenza ngixolelwe yijaji lami elilungile. —USt. UGregory Omkhulu, u-homily, Imfundo yamahora, Umq. IV, k. 1365-66

Ngenkathi ngithandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ngincenga iNkosi ukuba ingisize ngiqonde ukuthi kungani nginesono kangaka emva kwemizamo eminingi kangaka, ngabheka phezulu ku-Crucifix ngezwa iNkosi ekugcineni iphendula lo mbuzo obuhlungu nosabalele…

 

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Ukukhumbula

 

IF uyafunda Ukugcinwa Kwenhliziyo, lapho-ke uyazi manje ukuthi kaningi kangakanani sehluleka ukukugcina! Siphazamiseka kalula kanjani ngento encane kunazo zonke, sisuswe ekuthuleni, futhi siphambukiswe ezifisweni zethu ezingcwele. Futhi, noSt. Paul siyakhala:

Angikwenzi engikufunayo, kepha ngenza engikuzondayo…! (Rom 7:14)

Kepha sidinga ukuzwa futhi amazwi kaSt.

Kubhekeni njengenjabulo yodwa, bazalwane, lapho nihlangabezana nokulingwa okuhlukahlukene, ngokuba niyazi ukuthi ukuvivinywa kokukholwa kwenu kuveza ukubekezela. Futhi vumela ukubekezela kube okuphelele, ukuze ube ophelele futhi ophelele, ungantuli lutho. (Jakobe 1: 2-4)

UGrace akashibhile, unikezwa njengokudla okusheshayo noma ngokuchofoza igundane. Kufanele sikulwele! Ukukhumbula, okuphinde kugcine inhliziyo, kuvame ukuba ngumzabalazo phakathi kwezifiso zenyama nezifiso zikaMoya. Futhi-ke, kufanele sifunde ukulandela i- izindlela kaMoya…

 

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Ukugcinwa Kwenhliziyo


I-Times Square Parade, ngu-Alexander Chen

 

WE baphila ezikhathini eziyingozi. Kepha bambalwa labo abakuqaphelayo. Lokhu engikhuluma ngakho akusona usongo lobuphekula, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, noma impi yenuzi, kepha into ecashile futhi ecashile. Ukuqhubekela phambili kwesitha esesivele sitholile indawo emakhaya amaningi nasezinhliziyweni futhi silawula ukubhubhisa okwesabekayo njengoba kusakazeka emhlabeni wonke:

Noise.

Ngikhuluma ngomsindo womoya. Umsindo ozwakale kakhulu emphefumulweni, ovala izindlebe enhliziyweni, kuthi uma nje usungena, ufiphaze izwi likaNkulunkulu, ushaye unembeza unembeza, futhi uphuphuthekise amehlo ukuze abone okungokoqobo. Ingesinye sezitha eziyingozi kakhulu zesikhathi sethu ngoba, ngenkathi impi nodlame zilimaza umzimba, umsindo ungumbulali womphefumulo. Futhi umphefumulo ovale izwi likaNkulunkulu uzibeka engcupheni yokungaphinde umuzwe ingunaphakade.

 

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Umqondo KaKristu


Ukuthola ethempelini, nguMichael D. O'Brien

 

DO ufuna ngempela ukubona ushintsho empilweni yakho? Ngabe ufuna ukuzwa amandla kaNkulunkulu aguqula futhi akhulule umuntu emandleni esono? Akuzenzekeli kukodwa. Akunagatsha nje elingakhula ngaphandle uma lidonsa esivinini, noma ingane esanda kuzalwa ingaphila ngaphandle kokuthi incance. Impilo entsha kuKristu ngokubhabhadiswa akusiyo ukuphela; kuyisiqalo. Kepha mingaki imiphefumulo ecabanga ukuthi lokho kwanele!

 

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Ukuthola Ukuthula


Isithombe nguCarveli Studios

 

DO ulangazelela ukuthula? Lapho ngihlangana namanye amaKrestu eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, isifo somoya esisobala kakhulu ukuthi bambalwa abakhona ukuthula. Cishe kube sengathi kunenkolelo ejwayelekile ekhulayo phakathi kwamaKatolika yokuthi ukuntuleka kokuthula nenjabulo kumane nje kuyingxenye yokuhlupheka nokuhlaselwa ngokomoya kuMzimba kaKristu. Sithanda ukusho ukuthi "yisiphambano sami." Kepha lokho ukucabanga okuyingozi okuletha umphumela omubi emphakathini wonkana. Uma umhlaba womele ukubona i- Ubuso Bothando futhi ngiphuze i Ukuphila Kahle lokuthula nenjabulo… kepha konke abakutholayo kungamanzi akhathazekile akhathazekile nodaka lokudangala nolaka emiphefumulweni yethu… bazobhekaphi?

UNkulunkulu ufuna abantu Bakhe baphile ngokuthula kwangaphakathi ngaso sonke isikhathi. Futhi kungenzeka…Qhubeka ukufunda

Ubuso Bothando

 

THE umhlaba womele ukuzwa uNkulunkulu, ukuthola ubukhona obuphathekayo baLowo owabadala. Uluthando, ngakho-ke, kuba khona kothando ngomzimba wakhe, isonto lakhe, okungaletha insindiso esintwini esinomzwangedwa nesilimazayo.

Isisa sodwa sizosindisa umhlaba. —USt. ULuigi Orione, L'Osservatore Romano, Juni 30, 2010

 

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UNkulunkulu Ukhuluma… Kimi?

 

IF ngingaphinda ngiveze umphefumulo wami kini, ukuze ngandlela-thile nizuze ebuthakathakeni bami. Njengoba uPawuli oNgcwele asho, “Kungcono ngiziqhayise ngentokozo enkulu ngobuthakathaka bami, ukuze amandla kaKristu ahlale nami. Impela kwangathi Angahlala nawe!

 

INDLELA YOKUDLALELA

Kusukela umkhaya wakithi uthuthele epulazini elincane emathafeni aseCanada, siye sabhekana nenkinga yezimali ngokulandelana ngenxa yokuwohloka kwezimoto, iziphepho zomoya, nazo zonke izinhlobo zezindleko ezingalindelekile. Kuye kwangidumaza kakhulu, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nokuphelelwa ithemba, kwaze kwaba yilapho ngaqala ukuzizwa ngilahliwe. Lapho ngiyothandaza, ngangibeka isikhathi sami… kodwa ngaqala ukungabaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayenginaka kakhulu—uhlobo lokuzidabukela.

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Iparele Lenani Elihle


Iparele Lenani Elikhulu
ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

 

Umbuso wezulu ufana nengcebo engcwatshwe ensimini; umuntu ayitholayo, wabuye wayifihla, futhi ngokuthokoza uyahamba, athengise ngakho konke anakho, athenge leyo nsimu. Umbuso wezulu ufana nomthengisi ofuna amaparele amahle. Lapho ethola iparele lenani elikhulu, uyahamba athengise konke anakho alithenge. ( Mathewu 13:44-46 )

 

IN imibhalo yami emithathu yokugcina, sikhulume ngokuthola ukuthula ekuhluphekeni kanye nenjabulo esithombeni esikhulu nokuthola isihe lapho singakufanelekeli khona. Kodwa ngingakufingqa konke kulokhu: umbuso kaNkulunkulu uyatholakala entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Okusho ukuthi, intando kaNkulunkulu, iZwi laKhe, ivulela ikholwa zonke izibusiso zomoya ezivela eZulwini, kuhlanganise nokuthula, injabulo, nomusa. Intando kaNkulunkulu iyiparele lenani elikhulu. Qonda lokhu, funa lokhu, thola lokhu, futhi uyoba nakho konke.

 

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Ngemifula yaseBabiloni

UJeremiya Ulilela Ukubhujiswa KweJerusalema ngu-Rembrandt van Rijn,
I-Rijks Museum, e-Amsterdam, ngo-1630 

 

KUPHELA umfundi:

Empilweni yami yokuthandaza nokuthandazela izinto eziqondile, ikakhulukazi ukusebenzisa kabi komyeni wami izithombe zobulili ezingcolile kanye nazo zonke izinto eziwumphumela walokhu kuhlukumeza, njengesizungu, ukungathembeki, ukungathembani, ukuhlukaniswa, ukwesaba njll. UJesu ungitshela ukuthi ngigcwale injabulo futhi ngijabule. ukubonga. Ngithola ukuthi uNkulunkulu usivumela imithwalo eminingi kangaka ekuphileni ukuze imiphefumulo yethu ihlanzwe futhi ipheleliswe. Ufuna sifunde ukuqaphela ukona kwethu kanye nokuzithanda kwethu futhi siqaphele ukuthi akukho esingakwenza ngaphandle Kwakhe, kodwa futhi ungitshela ngokuqondile ukuthi ngikuthwale injabulo. Lokhu kubonakala kungibalekela… Angazi ukuthi ngingajabula kanjani phakathi nobuhlungu bami. Ngithola ukuthi lobu buhlungu kuyithuba elivela kuNkulunkulu kodwa angiqondi ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu evumela lolu hlobo lobubi emzini wami futhi ngilindeleke kanjani ukuba ngijabule ngakho? Ulokhu ethi angikhuleke, ngibonge futhi ngijabule futhi ngihleke! Noma yimiphi imicabango?

 

Mfundi othandekayo. uJesu is iqiniso. Akasoze ngakho-ke asicele ukuthi sihlale emangeni. Akasoze afuna ukuthi "sibonge futhi sijabule futhi sihleke" ngento ebuhlungu njengokulutheka komyeni wakho. Futhi akalindele ukuthi umuntu ahleke lapho othandekayo efa, noma elahlekelwa yindlu yakhe emlilweni, noma edilizwa umsebenzi. AmaVangeli awakhulumi ngeNkosi ehleka noma emamatheka phakathi Nothando Lwakhe. Kunalokho, balandisa indlela iNdodana kaNkulunkulu eyakhuthazelela ngayo isifo esingavamile esibizwa ngokuthi i-hoematidrosis lapho, ngenxa yobuhlungu obukhulu obungokwengqondo, ama-capillaries egazi aqhuma, futhi amahlule egazi alandelayo abe esesuswa ebusweni besikhumba ngomjuluko, avele njengamathonsi egazi ( Luka 22:44 ).

Ngakho-ke, lezi ziqephu zemiBhalo zisho ukuthini:

Jabulani eNkosini njalonjalo. ngiyakuphinda ngithi: thokozani! ( Fil 4:4 )

kukho konke bongani, ngokuba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu kuKristu Jesu ngani. ( 1 Thesalonika 5:18 )

 

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Broken

 

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…

 

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Ukuthula Kubekhona, Hhayi Ukungabikho

 

OKUFIHLIWE kubonakala ezindlebeni zomhlaba ukukhala okuhlangene engikuzwayo kuMzimba kaKristu, ukukhala okufinyelela emazulwini: “Baba, uma kungenzeka, susa le ndebe kimi!”Izincwadi engizitholayo zikhuluma ngosizi olukhulu lomndeni nolwezimali, ukuphelelwa ukuphepha nokukhathazeka okwandayo Isiphepho Esiphelele lokho kuvele emkhathizwe. Kepha njengoba umqondisi wami wezomoya esho njalo, "sisekhempini yebhuthi," siqeqeshelwa lesi sikhathi samanje futhi siza "ukubhekana kokugcina”ISonto elibhekene nalo, njengoba uJohn Paul II akubeka. Okubonakala kungukuphikisana, ubunzima obungapheli, kanye nomuzwa wokushiya uMoya kaJesu usebenza ngesandla esiqinile sikaMama kaNkulunkulu, wenza amabutho akhe futhi awalungiselela impi yezikhathi. Njengoba kusho kuleyo ncwadi eyigugu kaSirach:

Ndodana yami, lapho uza ukukhonza uJehova, zilungiselele ukulingwa; Yiba nenhliziyo eqotho futhi uqine, ungaphazanyiswa ngesikhathi sobunzima. Namathela kuye, ungamshiyi; ngaleyo ndlela ikusasa lakho liyoba likhulu. Yamukela noma yini ekuvelelayo, ekuchobozeni amashwa bekezela; ngoba kuvivinywa igolide ngomlilo, futhi amadoda afanelekile ekubetheni okuthobekile. (USiraki 2: 1-5)

 

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Qala futhi

 

WE phila esikhathini esingajwayelekile lapho kunezimpendulo khona konke. Awukho umbuzo ebusweni bomhlaba lowo, onokufinyelela kwikhompyutha noma othile onayo, angayitholi impendulo. Kepha impendulo eyodwa esalindile, elindele ukuzwa izixuku, ingumbuzo wendlala enkulu yabantu. Ukulambela injongo, injongo, uthando. Uthando ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye. Ngoba lapho sithandwa, ngandlela thile yonke eminye imibuzo ibonakala inciphisa indlela izinkanyezi ezibuna ngayo lapho kusa. Angikhulumi ngothando lwezithandani, kepha ukwamukela, ukwamukelwa okungenamkhawulo nokukhathazeka komunye.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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Eminye Imibuzo Nezimpendulo


 

OVER enyangeni edlule, kube nemibuzo eminingana engizizwa ngigqugquzelekile ukuba ngiyiphendule lapha… yonke into kusukela kokwesaba isiLatini, ukugcina ukudla, amalungiselelo ezezimali, ukuya ekuqondiseni ngokomoya, kuye emibuzweni yababoni kanye nababoni. Ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu, ngizozama ukubaphendula.

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Silence


Isithombe ngu-Martin Bremmer Walkway

 

THULA. Kungumama ka Ukuthula.

Lapho sivumela inyama yethu ukuba “ibanga umsindo,” ivumela zonke izimfuno zayo, silahlekelwa yileso “ukuthula okudlula ukuqonda konke.” Kodwa ukuthula kwe nolimi, ukuthula kwe isifiso, kanye nokuthula kwe amehlo ufana neshizolo, eliqopha izinkanuko zenyama, kuze kube yilapho umphefumulo uvuleka ungenalutho njengesitsha. Kodwa engenalutho, kuphela ukuze agcwaliswe ngoNkulunkulu.

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Akunalutho

 

    UMKHOSI WESIPHEPHANE

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJanuwari 7, 2007.

 

Zafika izazi zasempumalanga… Zawa phansi zakhuleka kuye. Base bevula amagugu abo, bamnika izipho zegolide, nenhlaka, nomure.  ( Mathewu 2:1, 11 )


OH
Jesu wami.

Kufanele ngize kuwe namuhla nezipho eziningi, njengezazi. Kunalokho, izandla zami azinalutho. Ngifisa sengathi ngingakunika igolide lemisebenzi emihle, kodwa ngithwele kuphela usizi lwesono. Ngizama ukushisa inhlaka yomthandazo, kodwa ngineziphazamiso kuphela. Ngifuna ukunikhombisa imure yokulunga, kepha ngembathiswe ububi.

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Yiba ubuso bukaKristu

izandla zezingane

 

 

A izwi alizange liqhume esibhakabhakeni…. kwakungekhona ukubaneka kombani, ukuzamazama komhlaba, noma umbono wamazulu evuleka ngesambulo sokuthi uNkulunkulu uyamthanda umuntu. Kunalokho, uNkulunkulu wehlela esibelethweni sowesifazane, noThando uqobo waba yinyama. Uthando lwaba yinyama. Umlayezo kaNkulunkulu waba ophilayo, ophefumulayo, obonakalayo.Qhubeka ukufunda

Ubuhle Bunegama

Amazing
Amazing, nguMichael D. O'Brien

 

Kubhalwe ohambweni lokuya ekhaya…


AS indiza yethu iphakama namafu amnandi aye emkhathini lapho kuhlala khona izingelosi nenkululeko, ingqondo yami iqala ukubuyela emuva emuva ngesikhathi sami eYurophu…

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Akubanga kude kangako kusihlwa, mhlawumbe ihora nesigamu. Ngacula izingoma ezimbalwa, futhi ngakhuluma umyalezo owawusenhliziyweni yami kubantu baseKillarney, e-Ireland. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngathandazela abantu ababeze ngaphambili, ngicela uJesu ukuthi athulule uMoya wakhe futhi kubantu abadala asebekhulile nabadala abeza phambili. Beza, njengezingane ezincane, izinhliziyo zivulekile, zilungele ukwamukela. Ngenkathi ngithandaza, indoda endala yaqala ukuhola iqembu elincane ngezingoma zokudumisa. Lapho konke sekuphelile, sahlala sabukana, imiphefumulo yethu yagcwala uSpirt nenjabulo. Babengafuni ukuhamba. Nami angizange. Kepha isidingo sangikhipha ngeminyango yangaphambili nethimba lami elalilambile.

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Isono Sangamabomu

 

 

 

IS impi empilweni yakho yokomoya iyaqina? Njengoba ngithola izincwadi futhi ngikhuluma nemiphefumulo emhlabeni wonke, kunezindikimba ezimbili ezihambisanayo:

  1. Izimpi ezingokomoya zomuntu siqu ziba namandla kakhulu.
  2. Kukhona umqondo we ukusondela ukuthi izehlakalo ezibucayi sezizokwenzeka, sishintsha umhlaba njengoba sazi.

Izolo, ngenkathi ngingena esontweni ngiyothandaza ngaphambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ngizwe amagama amabili:

Isono sangamabomu.

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Ukuqala Futhi


Isithombe ngu-Eve Anderson 

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJanuwari 1, 2007.

 

KUKHONA into efanayo minyaka yonke. Sibheka emuva ngesikhathi se-Advent ne-Christmas futhi sizwa iminjunju yokuzisola: “Angizange ngithandaze sengathi ngizo... ngidle kakhulu… Bengifuna ukuthi lo nyaka ube okhethekile…ngiphuthelwe elinye ithuba.” 

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Phikelela!

Phikelela

 

I ngivame ukubhala eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngesidingo sokuhlala siphapheme, ukuphikelela kulezi zinsuku zenguquko. Ngiyakholelwa ukuthi kunesilingo, noma kunjalo, sokufunda izexwayiso ezingokwesiprofetho namazwi uNkulunkulu awakhulumayo ngemiphefumulo eyahlukahlukene kulezi zinsuku… bese uwaxosha noma uwakhohlwe ngoba awakagcwaliseki emva kweminyaka embalwa noma imbalwa. Ngakho-ke, isithombe engisibona enhliziyweni yami seSonto elilele… "ngabe indodana yomuntu izokuthola ukukholwa emhlabeni lapho ibuya?"

Impande yalokhu kunganaki imvamisa ukungaqondi ngendlela uNkulunkulu asebenza ngayo ngabaprofethi Bakhe. Kuthatha isikhathi hhayi kuphela ukuthi kusatshalaliswe imilayezo enjalo, kodwa nokuthi kuguqulwe izinhliziyo. UNkulunkulu, ngesihe saKhe esingapheliyo, usinika leso sikhathi. Ngikholwa ukuthi izwi lesiprofetho livame ukuphuthuma ukuze lihambise izinhliziyo zethu ekuguqulweni, noma ukugcwaliseka kwalawo magama kungaba — ngokubona komuntu — kube nesikhathi esithile sokuphumula. Kepha lapho sezigcwaliseka (okungenani leyo milayezo engenakuncishiswa), mingaki imiphefumulo engafisa sengathi ngabe ibineminyaka eyishumi! Ngoba imicimbi eminingi izofika "njengesela ebusuku."

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Amukele umqhele

 

Bazalwane abathandekayo,

Umndeni wami uchithe isonto eledlule uthuthela endaweni entsha. Ngibe nokufinyelela okuncane kwe-inthanethi, nesikhathi esincane! Kepha ngiyanithandazela nonke, futhi njengenjwayelo, ngithembele emithandazweni yenu ukuthola umusa, amandla, nokubekezela. Siqala ukwakha isitudiyo esisha se-webcast kusasa. Ngenxa yomthwalo womsebenzi ophambi kwethu, ukuxhumana kwami ​​nawe kungenzeka kube kuncane.

Nakhu ukuzindla obekulokhu kungisiza njalo. Yashicilelwa okokuqala ngoJulayi 31, 2006. UNkulunkulu akubusise nonke.

 

EZINTATHU amaviki amaholide… amasonto amathathu enhlekeleleka eyodwa emva kwenye. Ukusuka ematsheni avuzayo, izinjini ezishisa kakhulu, ukuxabana kwezingane, cishe noma yini yokwephuka enga ... ngazithola ngithukuthele. (Empeleni ngenkathi ngibhala lokhu, unkosikazi wami wangibizela ngaphambili kwebhasi lokuvakasha –njengoba indodana yami yayichitha ikani lejusi kuwo wonke usofa… oy.)

Izinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngizwa sengathi ifu elimnyama liyangicindezela, ngakhipha umkami nge-vitriol nentukuthelo. Kwakungeyona impendulo yokwesaba uNkulunkulu. Kwakungekhona ukulingisa uKristu. Hhayi lokho ongakulindela kwisithunywa sevangeli.

Ekudabukeni kwami, ngazumeka embhedeni. Kamuva ngalobo busuku, ngiphuphe:

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Ukwazi uKristu

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Veronica, nguMichael D. O'Brien

 

UKUTHOLA INHLIZIYO ENGCWELE

 

WE imvamisa unalo emuva. Sifuna ukwazi ukunqoba kukaKristu, induduzo yaKhe, namandla oVuko Lwakhe—ngaphambi Ukubethelwa Kwakhe. USt. Paul uthe ufuna…

… Ukumazi namandla okuvuka kwakhe kanye nokwabelana ngezinhlupheko zakhe ngokufaniswa nokufa kwakhe, uma ngandlela thile ngingakuthola ukuvuka kwabafileyo. (Fil 3: 10-11)

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Izilwandle Eziphezulu

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O Jehova, Ngifuna ukuhamba ebukhoneni bakho… kodwa lapho ulwandle lugubha, lapho uMoya kaMoya oNgcwele uqala ukungivuthela esivunguvungwini sokulingwa, ngehlisa ngokushesha amaSeyili okholo lwami, futhi ngiphikisane! Kodwa lapho amanzi ezolile, ngiwaphakamisa ngenjabulo. Manje ngibona inkinga ngokucacile—kungani ngingakhuli ebungcweleni. Noma ngabe ulwandle luyagudla noma luzolile, angiqhubeki phambili empilweni yami kamoya ngibheke ethekwini lobuNgcwele ngoba ngiyenqaba ukungena ezilingweni; noma sekuzolile, ngimane ngime. Manje sengiyabona ukuthi ukuze ngibe uMfundisi Wemikhumbi (ongcwele), kufanele ngifunde ukuhamba olwandle oluphakeme lokuhlupheka, ukuhamba ngezivunguvungu, futhi ngesineke ngivumele uMoya wakho uqondise impilo yami kuzo zonke izindaba nezimo, noma ngabe zimnandi kimi. noma cha, ngoba bayalelwe ekungcwelisweni kwami.

 

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Uyalazi Iphimbo Lakhe?

 

NGESIKHATHI uhambo lokukhuluma e-United States, isexwayiso esingaguquguquki sasilokhu sikhuphukela phambili emicabangweni yami: uyalazi izwi likaMelusi? Kusukela lapho, iNkosi ikhulume ngokujula okukhulu enhliziyweni yami ngaleli gama, umyalezo obalulekile wezikhathi zamanje nezizayo. Ngalesi sikhathi emhlabeni lapho kukhona ukuhlaselwa okuhlangene ukucekela phansi ukwethembeka kukaBaba Ongcwele, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kuzamazamise ukukholwa kwamakholwa, lokhu kubhala kuyafika ngesikhathi.

 

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Isikole Sothando

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Inhliziyo Engcwele, nguLea Mallett  

 

NGAPHAMBI iSakramente elibusisiwe, ngezwa:

Yeka indlela engifisa ngayo ukubona inhliziyo yakho igqamuka ilangabi! Kepha inhliziyo yakho kumele izimisele ukuthanda njengoba ngithanda. Uma umncane, ugwema ukuthintana naye emehlweni, noma ukuhlangana nalowo, uthando lwakho luyathandwa. Akulona neze uthando, ngoba umusa wakho kwabanye ekugcineni uzithanda wena.

Cha, Ngane yami, uthando lusho ukuzikhandla, ngisho nasezitheni zakho. Ngabe lesi akusona isilinganiso sothando engisibonisile esiphambanweni? Ngithathe isishayo kuphela, noma ameva — noma uThando uzikhandle ngokuphelele? Lapho uthando lwakho ngomunye lubethelwa esiphambanweni; lapho kukugoba; lapho livutha njengesishayo, lapho likubhoboza njengameva, lapho likushiya usengozini — ngakho-ke, usuqale ukuthanda ngokweqiniso.

Ungangiceli ukuthi ngikususe kulesi simo okuso njengamanje. Kuyisikole sothando. Funda ukuthanda lapha, futhi uzobe usukulungele ukuthola iziqu ekupheleleni kothando. Vumela Inhliziyo Yami Engcwele ebhoboziwe ibe ngumhlahlandlela wakho, ukuze nawe uqhume ube yilangabi eliphilayo lothando. Okokuzithanda kuvusa uthando lwaphezulu ngaphakathi kuwe, futhi kuguqule inhliziyo ibande.

Ngemuva kwalokho ngaholwa kulo mBhalo:

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Incwadi Yosizi

 

TWO eminyakeni eyedlule, insizwa yangithumelela incwadi yosizi nokuphelelwa yithemba engayiphendula. Abanye benu babhale bebuza ukuthi "kwenzekeni kuleyo nsizwa?"

Kusukela ngalolo suku, sobabili siye saqhubeka nokubhalelana. Impilo yakhe iqhakaze yaba ubufakazi obuhle. Ngezansi, ngiphinde ngabhala kabusha izincwadi zethu zokuqala, ngalandela incwadi angithumelele yona muva nje.

Maraki othandekayo,

Isizathu sokuthi ngikubhalele yingoba angazi ukuthi ngenzeni.

[Ngingumfana] esonweni sokufa ngicabanga, ngoba nginesoka. Ngangazi ukuthi angisoze ngangena kule ndlela yokuphila impilo yami yonke, kepha ngemuva kwemithandazo eminingi nama-novenas, ukukhanga akuzange kuphele. Ukwenza indaba ende impela ibe mfushane, ngibe nomuzwa wokuthi anginandawo engingaphendukela kuyo futhi ngaqala ukuhlangana nabafana. Ngiyazi ukuthi akulungile futhi akunangqondo kangako, kepha ngibona sengathi yinto engisonte ngayo futhi angisazi ukuthi ngenzeni. Ngizizwa ngilahlekile nje. Ngizizwa ngilahlekelwe yimpi. Nginokudumala okukhulu kwangaphakathi nokuzisola futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi angikwazi ukuzixolela nokuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke. Ngike ngiphatheke kabi ngoNkulunkulu kwesinye isikhathi futhi ngibona sengathi angazi ukuthi Ungubani. Nginomuzwa wokuthi ubengikhiphile kusukela ngisemncane futhi noma ngabe kuthiwani, alikho nje ithuba kimi.

Angazi ukuthi ngithini okunye manje, ngicabanga ukuthi ngithemba ukuthi uzokwazi ukuthandaza. Uma kukhona, ngiyabonga ngokufunda nje lokhu…

Umfundi.

 

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I-Living Wells

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INI kusho ukuthi ube ukuhlala kahle?

 

Nambitha bese uyabona

Kuthiwani ngemiphefumulo esezuze izinga lobungcwele? Kukhona ikhwalithi lapho, "into" umuntu afuna ukuhlala kuyo. Abaningi bashiye abantu abashintshile ngemuva kokuhlangana no-Blessed Mother Teresa noma uJohn Paul II, yize ngezinye izikhathi kwakungakhulunywa kangako phakathi kwabo. Impendulo ukuthi le miphefumulo engajwayelekile yayibe imithombo ephilayo.

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Ithemba Elikhulu

 

UMTHANDO isimemo sobuhlobo bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu. Empeleni,

… Umkhuleko is ubudlelwano obuphilayo bezingane zikaNkulunkulu noYise wazo… -ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), n. 2565

Kepha lapha, kufanele siqaphele ukuthi singaqapheli noma ngokungazi siqala ukubheka ukusindiswa kwethu njengendaba yomuntu siqu. Kukhona nesilingo sokubalekela umhlaba (ukudelela mundi), ukufihla kuze kudlule iSiphepho, sonke lesi sikhathi abanye bayabhubha ngokuswela ukukhanya okubahola ebumnyameni babo. Yiyo kanye le mibono yokuzikhethela ebusa ubuKrestu banamuhla, ngisho naphakathi kwemibuthano yamaKatolika, futhi iholele uBaba oNgcwele ukuyikhuluma embhalweni wakhe wakamuva:

Bekungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umqondo wokuthi umyalezo kaJesu wawunabantu abancane futhi ubhekiswe kumuntu ngamunye kuphela? Sifike kanjani kule ncazelo “yensindiso yomphefumulo” njengembalekela ukuzibophezela kukho konke, futhi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi sithathe iphrojekthi yobuKrestu njengososesho lokuzicelela usindiso olwenqaba umqondo wokusebenzela abanye? —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 16

 

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Angifanele


Ukuphika kukaPeter, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

 

Kusuka kumfundi:

Ukukhathazeka kwami ​​nombuzo wami kungaphakathi kimi. Ngikhuliswe ngingumKatolika futhi ngenzile okufanayo namadodakazi ami. Ngizamile ukuya esontweni cishe njalo ngeSonto futhi ngazama ukuzibandakanya nemisebenzi esontweni nasemphakathini wami. Ngizamile ukuba "muhle." Ngiya kuConfession and Communion ngithandaze iRosari ngezikhathi ezithile. Ukukhathazeka nokudabuka kwami ​​ukuthi ngithola ukuthi ngikude kakhulu noKristu ngakho konke engikufundayo. Kunzima kakhulu ukwenza okulindelwe nguKristu. Ngimthanda kakhulu, kepha angisondeli nakancane kulokho Akufuna kimi. Ngizama ukufana nabangcwele, kepha kubonakala sengathi kuhlala umzuzwana noma emibili, futhi ngibuyele ekubeni ngumuntu wami ophakathi. Angikwazi ukugxila lapho ngithandaza noma ngiseMiseni. Ngenza izinto eziningi ezingalungile. Ezincwadini zakho zezindaba ukhuluma ngokuza [kwesahlulelo sikaKristu esinesihe], ukujeziswa njll. Ukhuluma ngokuthi ungazilungiselela kanjani. Ngiyazama kodwa, kubonakala sengathi angisondeli. Nginomuzwa wokuthi ngizoba esiHogweni noma ezansi nesihlanzo. Ngenzeni? Ngabe uKrestu ucabangani ngomuntu onjengami ongumdaka wesono nje futhi aqhubeke awe phansi?

 

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Inani Lomphefumulo Omunye

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UKristu evusa uLazaru, Caravaggio

 

IT kwaba ukuphela kochungechunge lwamakhonsathi ayisithupha emadolobheni amaningana asezindaweni zaseCanada. Ababekhona bebempofu, imvamisa bebengaphansi kwamashumi amahlanu. Ngekhonsathi yesithupha, ngase ngiqala ukuzisola. Lapho ngiqala ukucula ngalobo busuku eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngabuka izethameli. Ngangingafunga ukuthi wonke umuntu owayelapho wayengaphezu kwamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye! Ngacabanga ngathi, "Mhlawumbe abawuzwa ngisho nomculo wami! Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingabe laba bantu ngempela ofuna ngibashumayele, Nkosi? Kuthiwani ngentsha? Futhi ngizowondla kanjani umndeni wami….?" Futhi njalo ukububula kwaqhubeka, njengoba sonke lesi sikhathi ngangilokhu ngidlala futhi ngimamatheka ezilalelini ezithule.

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Kungenzeka Kanjani Lokhu?

St Therese

I-St. Therese de Liseux, nguMichael D. O'Brien; ongcwele we "Indlela Encane"

 

MHLAWUMBE usunesikhathi eside ulandela le mibhalo. Uzwile ukubiza kweNkosikazi yethu "ku-Bastion "lapho elungiselela omunye nomunye wethu umsebenzi wethu kulezi zikhathi. Nawe uyabona ukuthi izinguquko ezinkulu ziyeza emhlabeni. Uvuswe, futhi uzwa ukulungiswa kwangaphakathi kwenzeka. Kodwa ungase ubheke esibukweni uthi: “Yini engizonikela ngayo? Angisona isikhulumi esinekhono noma isazi sezenkolo… kunokuncane engingakunikeza.” Noma njengoba uMariya aphendula lapho ingelosi uGabriyeli ithi wayeyoba ithuluzi lokuletha uMesiya osekunesikhathi eside elindelwe emhlabeni, "Kungenzeka kanjani lokhu…?"

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Injabulo Eyimfihlo


Ukufel 'ukholo kukaSt. Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya, Umculi Akaziwa

 

UJESU wembula isizathu sokutshela abafundi Bakhe ngezinsizi ezizayo:

Ihora liyeza, impela selifikile, lapho nizohlakazeka khona. Ngikusho lokhu kini, ukuze nibe nokuthula kimi. (Johane 16:33)

Kodwa-ke, umuntu angabuza ngokufanele, "Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ukwazi ukuthi ukushushiswa kungenzeka ukuthi kuza kungilethele ukuthula?" Futhi uJesu uyaphendula:

Ezweni niyoba nosizi; kodwa yiba nesibindi, ngiwunqobile umhlaba. (UJohn 16: 33)

Ngibuyekeze lo mbhalo owashicilelwa okokuqala ngoJuni 25, 2007.

 

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Ugwadule Lwesilingo


 

 

NGIYAZI iningi lenu — ngokwezincwadi zenu — lidlula ezimpini ezinkulu njengamanje. Lokhu kubonakala kufana nanoma ngubani engimaziyo olwela ubungcwele. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuwuphawu oluhle, a isibonakaliso sezikhathi… Udrako, eshaya umsila wakhe e-Woman-Church njengoba impi yokugcina ingena ezikhathini ezibaluleke kakhulu. Yize lokhu kwabhalelwa iLent, ukuzindla okungezansi kungenzeka kusebenza manje njengoba kwakunjalo ngaleso sikhathi… uma kungenjalo. 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoFebhuwari 11, 2008:

 

Ngifuna ukwabelana nawe ngengxenye yencwadi engisanda kuyithola:

Bengilokhu ngizizwa ngichithekile ngenxa yobuthakathaka bamuva… Izinto bezilokhu zihamba kahle futhi bengijabule kakhulu enhliziyweni yami ngeLente. Kwathi nje lapho iLent iqala, ngazizwa ngingafaneleki futhi ngingakufanelekeli ukuba kunoma yibuphi ubuhlobo noKristu. Ngawela esonweni kwase kuqala ukuzonda kimi. Nganginomuzwa wokuthi anginakwenza lutho ngeLent ngoba ngingumzenzisi. Ngikhuphule umgwaqo wethu obheke emgaqweni futhi bengizizwa ngingenalutho… 

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Melana

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Agasti 11, 2007.

 

AS uzama ukuphendula ubizo lukaJesu lokuthi umlandele kulezi zikhathi ezinesiphithiphithi, ukulahla okunamathiselwe kwakho emhlabeni, uku uthatha umhlaba ngokuzithandela ngokwakho ngezinto ezingadingeki nokuphishekela izinto ezibonakalayo, ukumelana nezilingo ezikhangiswa ngesibindi yonke indawo, lindela ukungena empini eshubile. Kodwa ungavumeli lokhu kukudikibalise!

 

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