Ukudweba "kombono wokugcina" kaSr Lucia
IN lokho okwaziwa ngokuthi "umbono wokugcina" womboni kaFatima uSr. Lucia, ngenkathi ethandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, wabona indawo ephethe izimpawu eziningi zesikhathi esaqala ngezimpawu zeVirgin kuze kube sesikhathini sethu, kanye nezikhathi ukuza:
Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi… -ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), 675
Ngicaphune le ndima kaningana. Mhlawumbe usuyifunde kaninginingi. Kepha umbuzo uwukuthi, ingabe ukulungele? Ake ngikubuze futhi ngokuphuthuma, "Ulungele?"
UCarl Bloch, Ukuguqulwa isimo
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJuni 13th, 2007.
INI ingabe lo ngumusa omkhulu uNkulunkulu azowunika iSonto kuwo IPhentekoste Elizayo? Kungumusa we Ukuguqulwa kokuguquguquka.
UMZUZWANA WEQINISO
Impela iNkosi uNkulunkulu ayenzi lutho, ingayidalulanga imfihlo yayo ezincekwini zayo abaprofethi. (Amose 3: 7)
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NGAPHAMBI IMisa LangoKhisimusi, ngangena ngesinyenyela esontweni ngiyothandaza ngaphambi kweSidlo Esingcwele. Ngokushesha, ngafikelwa usizi olwesabekayo. Ngaqala ukuzwa ukwenqatshwa kukaJesu Esiphambanweni: ukwenqatshwa kwezimvu Azithandayo, azihola futhi waziphilisa; ukwenqatshwa kwabapristi abakhulu ayebafundisa, ngisho nabaPhostoli abakha. Namuhla, futhi, uJesu uyaliwa yizizwe, ukhashelwa "ngabapristi abakhulu," futhi ushiywe ngabafundi abaningi abebemthanda futhi bemfuna kepha manje abahlehla noma balahle inkolo yabo yamaKhatholika (yobuKrestu).
Ngabe ubucabanga ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi uJesu useZulwini akasakwazi ukuhlupheka? Uyakwenza, ngoba Uyathanda. Ngoba uThando uyaliwa kabusha futhi. Ngoba Ubona usizi olwesabekayo esizilethela lona uqobo njengoba singaganga, noma kunalokho, Vumela Uthando lusigone. Uthando luphinde lwahlatshwa futhi, kulokhu ngameva okuhlekwa usulu, izipikili zokungakholwa, kanye nentambo yokwaliwa.
"Ungesabi", nguTommy Christopher Canning
Lo mbhalo ubekwe enhliziyweni yami izolo ebusuku... owesifazane embethe ilanga elivela ngezikhathi zethu, eshikashikeka, esezozala. Engingakwazi wukuthi ekuseni umkami uzoteta! Ngizokwazisa umphumela...
Kuningi osenhliziyweni yami kulezi zinsuku, kodwa impi inzima kakhulu, futhi ukubhala kube lula njengokugijima exhaphozini elifika phezulu entanyeni. Imimoya yenguquko ivunguza ngamandla, futhi lokhu kubhala, ngiyakholwa, kungase kuchaze ukuthi kungani… Ukuthula makube kuwe! Masibambane ngomthandazo ukuthi kulezi zikhathi zenguquko, sikhanye ngobungcwele obufanele ubizo lwethu njengamadodana namadodakazi eNkosi enqobile nethobekile!
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJulayi 19, 2007…
Khona lavuleka ithempeli likaNkulunkulu ezulwini, futhi umphongolo wesivumelwano sakhe wabonakala phakathi ethempelini lakhe; kwase kuba khona imibani, namazwi, nokuduma, nokuzamazama komhlaba, nesichotho esikhulu. (IsAmbulo 11:19)
THE uphawu walomphongolo wesivumelwano uvela ngaphambi kwempi enkulu phakathi kukadrako neBandla, okungukuthi, a Ukushushiswa. Lomkhumbi, kanye nomfanekiso owuphethe, konke kuyingxenye yaleso “sibonakaliso”.
Umlilo wakamuva eduze kwesithombe esiphukile se-Our Lady of Medjugorje
THE ama-imeyili ayaqhubeka nokungena kulokho okubonakala sengathi izandla ziphuka ezithombeni zikaMarian, ngezinye izikhathi ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isizathu. Nasi esinye isampula sezinhlamvu:
Inkosikazi Yethu Yendondo Eyisimangaliso, Umculi Akaziwa
OKUNINGI izincwadi ziyaqhubeka nokungena zivela kubafundi abanezifanekiso zikaMarian ezinesandla sokunxele esiphukile. Abanye bangachaza ukuthi kungani isifanekiso sabo saphuka, kuyilapho abanye bengakwazi. Kodwa mhlawumbe lokho akulona iphuzu. Ngicabanga ukuthi okubalulekile ukuthi kunjalo njalo isandla.
YEBO, lesi yisikhathi sokulinda ngempela futhi sithandaze IBastion. Ukulinda kuyisici esinzima kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma kubonakala sengathi siseduze noshintsho olukhulu… Kodwa isikhathi siyikho konke. Izilingo zokusheshisa uNkulunkulu, ukungabaza ukubambezeleka Kwakhe, ukungabaza ubukhona Bakhe—ziyokhula kakhulu njengoba singena sijula ezinsukwini zoshintsho.
INkosi ayilibali isithembiso sayo, njengoba abanye bethi “ukulibala,” kodwa iyanibekezelela, ingafisi ukuba kubhubhe namunye kodwa ukuba bonke beze ekuphendukeni. ( 2 Petru 3:9 )
TWO izinto zenzeka ngemuva kwePhentekoste ngenkathi abaPhostoli beqala ukumemezela iVangeli ngegama likaJesu Kristu. Imiphefumulo yaqala ukuguqulela ebuKristwini izinkulungwane. Okwesibili ukuthi igama likaJesu lavuselela ukuvuselelwa Ukushushiswa, ngalesi sikhathi somzimba Wakhe oyimfihlakalo.
NGAPHAMBILI iPhentekoste lokuqala, abaPhostoli bafakwa ekuqondeni okujulile ukuthi bangobani kuKristu. Kusukela ngalowo mzuzu kuqhubeke, baqala ukuphila, ukunyakaza, nokuba khona kwabo “egameni likaJesu.” Qhubeka ukufunda
Isithonjana seCoptic se IPhentekhosti
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJuni 6, 2007, okuqukethwe kulo mbhalo kubuyela kimi ngomqondo omusha wokushesha. Ingabe sisondela kulo mzuzu kunalokho esikucabangayo? (Ngibuyekeze lo mbhalo, ngafaka imibono yakamuva evela kuPapa Benedict.)
LAPHO ukuzindla kwesikhathi sekwephuzile kubi futhi kusibizela ekuphendukeni okujulile nasekuthembeleni kuNkulunkulu, akuwona umyalezo wembubhiso. Bangabamemezeli bokuphela kwenkathi, "ukuwa" kwesintu, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, lapho imimoya ehlanzayo yaseZulwini izovunguza iqabunga elifile lesono nokuhlubuka. Bakhuluma ngobusika lapho lezo zinto zenyama ezingezona ezikaNkulunkulu zizobulawa, futhi lezozinto ezisuselwe Kuye ziyoqhakaza “entwasahlobo entsha” ekhazimulayo yenjabulo nempilo!
U-Elija no-Elisha ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
Njengoba umprofethi u-Eliya enyuselwa ezulwini ngenqola yomlilo, wabeka ingubo yakhe kumprofethi u-Elisha, umfundi wakhe osemncane. U-Elisha ngesibindi sakhe ucele “izabelo eziphindwe kabili” zomoya ka-Eliya. (2 AmaKhosi 2: 9-11). Ezikhathini zethu, wonke umfundi kaJesu ubizelwe ukunikela ubufakazi obungokwesiprofetho ngokumelene nesiko lokufa, kungaba yingcezu encane yengubo noma enkulu. —Umhlaziyi Wezobuciko
WE Sengcupheni, ngikholelwa, ngehora elikhulu lokushunyayelwa kwevangeli.
UKristu Usizi ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
UKristu uhlanganisa umhlaba wonke, kepha izinhliziyo sezibandile, ukukholwa kugugile, udlame luyanda. Ama-cosmos reels, umhlaba usebumnyameni. Izindawo zamapulazi, ihlane, kanye nemizi yabantu ayisalalihloniphi iGazi leWundlu. UJesu udabuka ngomhlaba. Isintu siyovuka kanjani? Yini ezothatha ukuqeda ukungabi nandaba kwethu? -Ukuphawula komculi
HE ivutha uthando ngawe njengomkhwenyana ohlukaniswe nomlobokazi wakhe, elangazelela ukumgona. Ufana nebhere elingumama, livikela ngokunamandla, ligijimela amawundlu alo. Ufana nenkosi, igibela amahhashi ayo futhi igijimisa amabutho ayo emaphandleni ukuze ivikele ngisho nabantu abaphansi kunabo bonke.
UJesu unguNkulunkulu onomona!
FEAST OF ST ST. PATRICK
LABO abaye bafunda futhi bazindla ngomyalezo woMusa uJesu awunika uSt Faustina baqonde ukubaluleka kwawo ezikhathini zethu.
Kufanele ukhulume nomhlaba ngomusa wakhe omkhulu futhi ulungiselele umhlaba ukuBuya kwesiBili kwaYe ozofika, hhayi njengoMsindisi onesihe, kepha njengoMahluleli olungile. O, lubi kanjani lolo suku! Kunqunywe usuku lobulungiswa, usuku lolaka lwaphezulu. Izingelosi ziyathuthumela phambi kwalo. Khuluma nemiphefumulo ngalomusa omkhulu ngenkathi kuseseyisikhathi sokunikeza isihe. —UVirgin Mary ekhuluma noSt. Faustina, Idayari kaSt. Faustina,n. 635
Engifuna ukukuveza ukuthi umyalezo we-Divine Mercy uboshwe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa ne- Umthendeleko. Futhi uMthendeleko, njengoba ngibhalile Ukuhlangana ubuso nobuso, ingumongo weSt. John's Revelation, incwadi ehlanganisa i-Liturgy ne-apocalyptic imagery ukulungiselela iSonto, ngokwengxenye, ekuFikeni Kwesibili KukaKristu.Qhubeka ukufunda
NGIBHALILE kungekudala mayelana Impi Yethu, kanye nendima “insali” elungiselelwa ngokuphuthumayo. Kunesinye isici kule mpi engifisa ukusibonisa.
IMPI IKHALA
Empini kaGidiyoni—isingathekiso seMpi YeNkosikazi Yethu—amasosha anikezwa:
Izimpondo nezimbiza ezingenalutho, nezimbaqa ngaphakathi kwezimbiza. (AbaHluleli 7:17)
Lapho kufika isikhathi, izimbiza zaphuka futhi ibutho likaGideyoni labetha amacilongo. Okusho ukuthi, impi yaqala nge umculo.
Ukubonakala kukaKristu kuMariya Magdalena, ngu-Alexander Ivanov, 1834-1836
LAPHO kungenye yezindlela uJesu aziveza ngayo emva kovuko.Qhubeka ukufunda
IN ukuhamba kwami kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika, bengilokhu ngizwa izindaba ezimangalisayo zokuguqulwa kwabantu abasha. Bangitshela ngezingqungquthela noma ukuhlehla abaye kuzo, nokuthi baguqulwa kanjani ukuhlangana noJesu- ku-Ekaristi. Izindaba zicishe zifane:
Benginempelasonto enzima, ngingatholi okuningi kuyo. Kodwa lapho umpristi engena ephethe i-monstrance noJesu eMthendelekweni, kwenzeka okuthile. Ngashintshwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi….
UTHANDO LUYAZIVEZA
HE wayengeyona indoda elungile. Wayengumqambimanga, isela, futhi wonke umuntu wayekwazi. Nokho, kuZakewu, kwakukhona ukulambela iqiniso elisikhululayo, ngisho noma wayengalazi. Ngakho, lapho ezwa ukuthi uJesu uyadlula, wagibela esihlahleni ukuze abone.
Kuwo wonke amakhulu, mhlawumbe izinkulungwane ezazilandela uKristu ngalolo suku, uJesu wama kulowo muthi.
Zakewu, yehla masinyane, ngokuba namuhla ngimelwe ukuhlala endlini yakho. ( Luka 19:5 )
UJesu akagcinanga lapho ngoba Wathola umphefumulo ofanelekayo, noma ngenxa yokuthi wathola umphefumulo ogcwele ukholo, noma ngisho nenhliziyo ephendukile. Wama ngoba iNhliziyo Yakhe yayigcwele uzwelo ngomuntu owayephume ngomzimba—ekhuluma ngokomoya.
Indodana Yolahleko, nguLiz Lemon Swindle
UMLOMO NGOLWESITHATHU
THE okuthiwa “ukukhanyisa unembeza”Okukhulunywa ngakho ngosanta nezimfihlakalo ngezinye izikhathi kubizwa ngokuthi“ yisixwayiso. ” Kuyisexwayiso ngoba kuzokwethula ukukhetha okucacile kwalesi sizukulwane ukuthi sikhethe noma senqabe isipho samahhala sensindiso ngoJesu Kristu ngaphambi ukwahlulela okudingekayo. Ukukhetha ukubuyela ekhaya noma ukuhlala ulahlekile, mhlawumbe unomphela.
Isifunda esikhungethwe yimpi eBosnia
NINI Ngavakashela eyayiyiYugoslavia esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka esedlule, ngayiswa edolobhaneni lokushintshana lapho kwakuhlala khona ababaleki bempi. Beza lapho ngemoto kajantshi, bebalekela amabhomu abhubhisayo nezinhlamvu ezisabonisa amafulethi amaningi kanye namabhizinisi emadolobheni amakhulu aseBosnia.
ISt. UMikayeli Ingelosi enkulu ngu-Michael D. O'Brien
AS siza ukubona futhi siqonde kangcono ubukhulu becebo lesitha, Inkohliso Enkulu, akufanele sikhungatheke, ngoba uhlelo lwakhe luzokwenza hhayi phumelela. UNkulunkulu wembula i-Masterplan enkulu kakhulu — ukunqoba osekuzuzwe nguKristu njengoba singena esikhathini seMpi Yokugcina. Futhi, ake ngivule ibinzana kusuka Ithemba liyasa:
Lapho uJesu efika, okuningi kuzovela ekukhanyeni, futhi ubumnyama buyohlakazeka.
I ngifuna ukuthatha igama engizwe uMama Wethu ekhuluma ngalo Ithemba liyasa, umyalezo wethemba elikhulu, futhi uthuthukise okuqukethwe kwawo okunamandla phakathi nemibhalo elandelayo.
UMariya wathi,
UJesu uyeza, eza njengokuKhanya, ezovusa imiphefumulo ecwile ebumnyameni.
UJesu uyabuya, kepha lokhu akuyona eyakhe Ukuza Kokugcina Ngenkazimulo. Uyeza kithi njengoKhanya.
THE "igama" elingezansi livela kumpristi waseMelika enganikeza imishini esifundeni sakhe Umyalezo ophindaphinda lokhu engikubhale lapha kaningana: isidingo esibucayi kulesi sikhathi ngesikhathi sokuvuma izono njalo, umthandazo, isikhathi esichithwe ngaphambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ukufunda iZwi likaNkulunkulu nokuzinikela kuMariya, UMphongolo Wokuphephela.
NGAPHAMBILI kuleli sonto, bengicabanga ukuthi ngizwe iNkosi ithi,
Lalela ngokucophelela ukufundwa kwe-Advent!
THE Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, umoya wami uzwe sengathi ihange liboshelwe kuwo… njengokungathi ngibheke phezulu olwandle ekukhanyeni kweLanga elifiphalayo, njengoba ngicwila ngokujula nokujula ekukhathaleni.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, ngizwa izwi enhliziyweni yami lithi,
Ungalahli ithemba! Hlalani niphapheme... lezi yizilingo zaseNsimini, zezintombi eziyishumi ezalala ngaphambi kokubuya koMyeni wazo...
Insimu yaseGetsemane, EJerusalema
UMKHOSI WOKUZALWA KUKA MARIYA
AS Ngibhale ku Isikhathi Soshintsho, Ngizwe ukusheshiswa kokuthi uNkulunkulu uzokhuluma ngokusobala futhi asiqondise kithi ngabaprofethi Bakhe njengoba izinhlelo Zakhe zifinyelela ekugcwalisekeni. Lesi yisikhathi sokulalela ngokucophelela- okusho ukuthi, ukuthandaza, ukuthandaza, ukuthandaza! Lapho-ke uzoba nomusa wokuqonda ukuthi uthini uNkulunkulu kuwe kulezi zikhathi. Kukhuleko kuphela lapho uzonikezwa umusa wokuzwa nokuqonda, ukubona nokubona.
KUPHELA futhi, ngifisa sengathi amacilongo ashaywa yizingelosi zikaNkulunkulu azwakale ngokucacile ezinhliziyweni zethu!
Isikhathi sifushane kakhulu!
KUPHELA futhi, isithombe sika-a ikhandlela elithunqayo kwafika emqondweni, akusalanga ngisho nengcina phezu kweKhandlela elishile (bheka Ikhandlela Elishunqayo ukuqonda isimboli).
Futhi yilokhu engikuzwile ngalesi sithombe:
IT kunjengokungathi amazenga ayawa emehlweni amaningi. AmaKristu emhlabeni wonke aqala ukubona nokuqonda izikhathi eziwazungezile, njengokungathi avuka ebuthongweni obude, obujulile. Lapho ngizindla ngalokhu, kwafika umBhalo engqondweni yami:
Impela iNkosi uNkulunkulu ayenzi lutho, ingayidalulanga imfihlo yayo ezincekwini zayo abaprofethi. (Amose 3: 7)
Namuhla, abaprofethi bakhuluma amazwi afaka inyama ekushukumiseni kwangaphakathi kwezinhliziyo eziningi, izinhliziyo zomoya kaNkulunkulu. izinceku—Abantwana bakhe abancane. Kungazelelwe, izinto ziba nomqondo, futhi lokho abantu ababengakwazi ukukusho ngaphambili, manje sekuqala ukugxila phambi kwamehlo abo.
Ngolunye usuku, ngabonakala ngizwa iNkosi ikhuluma ngegunya nothando:
Phuma ekhabetheni!
Ngiyakholelwa ekuphakameni kwesiphepho esizayo—Isikhathi sezinxushunxushu ezinkulu nokudideka—the iso [yesiphepho] sizodlula ngesintu. Ngokushesha, kuzoba nokuzola okukhulu; izulu lizovuleka, futhi sizobona iLanga likhanya likhanya phezu kwethu. Imisebe yoMusa izokhanyisa izinhliziyo zethu, futhi sonke sizozibona ngendlela uNkulunkulu asibona ngayo. Kuzoba yi isixwayiso, njengoba sizobona imiphefumulo yethu isesimweni sayo sangempela. Kuzoba ngaphezu "kokuvuka". -Amacilongo Esixwayiso, Ingxenye V
Umkhumbi kaNowa, Umculi Akaziwa
LAPHO kungukusheshisa imicimbi emvelweni, kepha futhi ne ukuqinisa ubutha babantu ngokumelene neBandla. Noma kunjalo, uJesu wakhuluma ngezinhlungu zokubeletha okwakuzoba “ukuqala” kuphela. Uma kunjalo, kungani kungaba nalomuzwa wokuphuthuma abantu abaningi kangaka abawuzwayo ngezinsuku esiphila kuzo, sengathi “okuthile” kuseduze?
Isithombe nguChip Clark ©, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
ITHEMBA LOKUGCINA LENSINDISO
UJesu ukhuluma noSt Faustina we abaningi Izindlela Uthela umusa okhethekile emiphefumulweni ngalesi sikhathi Sesihe. Enye yazo Divine Divine Sunday, iSonto langemva kwePhasika, eliqala ngamaMisa okuqala kulobubusuku (qaphela: ukwamukela umusa okhethekile walolu suku, kudingeka ukuba sivume izono zethu kungakapheli izinsuku ezi-20, futhi bamukele isidlo esimweni somusa. Bheka Ithemba Lokugcina Losindiso.) Kepha uJesu ukhuluma nangesihe afisa ukusithambisa ngemiphefumulo I-Divine Mercy Chaplet, lo Isithombe Sobunkulunkulu Saphezulu, Kanye Ihora loMusa, eqala ngo-3 ntambama usuku ngalunye.
Kepha empeleni, nsuku zonke, umzuzu nomzuzu, umzuzwana ngamunye, singafinyelela umusa nomusa kaJesu kalula nje:
NGIVULE imibhalo kamuva nje ezwini elaphilisa umoya wami.
Empeleni, kwakungoNovemba 8, usuku amaDemocrats athatha ngalo amandla eAmerican House naseSenate. Manje, ngingowaseCanada, ngakho-ke angizilandeli kakhulu ezepolitiki zabo ... kepha ngiyazilandela izitayela zabo. Futhi ngalolo suku, kwakucacile kwabaningi abavikela ubungcwele bempilo kusuka ekukhulelweni kuya ekufeni kwemvelo, ukuthi amandla ayesanda kushiya umusa wabo.
LAPHO kukhulunywa kakhulu kulezi zinsuku ze ubumnyama: "amafu amnyama", "amathunzi amnyama", "izimpawu ezimnyama" njll Ekukhanyeni kwamaVangeli, lokhu kungabonakala njengomkhonto, ogoqa isintu. Kepha kungokwesikhashana nje…
Ngokushesha umfece uyabuna… iqabunga leqanda eliqinile liyaqhekeka, i-placenta iyaphela. Ngemuva kwalokho kuza, ngokushesha: impilo entsha. Kuvele uvemvane, iphuphu livule amaphiko alo, bese kuvela ingane entsha ephaseji "elincane nelinzima" lomsele wokuzalwa.
Ngempela, asikho yini emkhawulweni weThemba?