"Indawo Yami Eyimfihlo", nguYvonne Ward
OTHANDWAYO bafowethu nodadewethu,
Imikhonzo efudumele othandweni nasekuthuleni kweNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu.
Cishe sekuyiminyaka emithathu manje, bengilokhu ngibhala njalo amagama engizwa sengathi iNkosi iwabeka enhliziyweni yami ngenxa yenu. Uhambo lube oluhle kakhulu, futhi lungithinte kakhulu.
Ngithole izicelo eziningi kuso sonke lesi sikhathi zokuthi le mibhalo yethulwe ngencwadi. Umqondisi ongokomoya wale mibhalo ungikhuthazile ukuthi ngenze njalo. Iseluleko sakhe ukuthi uthathe inhliziyo yalo msebenzi obanzi bese uwethula ngendlela efakwe distilled. Ngale ndlela, uzoba nesithombe esifushane kakhudlwana salokho iNkosi ezama ukukudlulisa ngomkhumbi obuthakathaka njengami. Uma uNkulunkulu ethanda, izoshicilelwa.
Kwenzeka ukuthi lokhu kuhlangane ngokuqedwa kochungechunge lwengxenye eziyi-10, Isivivinyo Seminyaka Eyisikhombisa. Lolo chungechunge, kwezinye izinto, luyisiphuzo uqobo lwalo eminyakeni emibili edlule, kuhlanganiswa oFata beSonto, imfundiso yeCatechism, neNcwadi yeSambulo kube yinto eyodwa. Ngingakutshela ukuthi imiphumela yangemva kwempi eyalandela ngesikhathi sokubhala kwabo isekhona. Ngikhathele. Kepha iNkosi iyaqhubeka ingithumela "izingelosi" ukuze zingiqinise lapho ngizwa ukuthi angisakwazi ukuqhubeka. Umsebenzi wami awukapheli; tukubheka futhi ngingaba yingxenye yomsebenzi wami wobufundisi uma incwadi isiqediwe: isifinyezo sedokhumentari semibhalo… kepha isinyathelo esisodwa ngasikhathi. Sisondela enhliziyweni yalesi Siphepho samanje, futhi iNkosi ngeke isishiye ngokuthula (Amose 3: 7). Kulabo abafuna, bazothola. Kulabo abangqongqozayo, umnyango uzovulelwa. Kulabo abalalelayo, bazozwa.
Njengasesikhathini esedlule, uma iNkosi inginika igama noma imfundiso ethize ukuze ngiyidlulisele kuwe, ngizokwenza njalo. Kepha engikubheke kakhulu manje kuzoba kule ncwadi — kanye nezinguquko Aziletha emndenini wami…
ISizini entsha
Ingane yethu yesishiyagalombili ilindeleke ngo-Okthoba. Ngenqubo yokuqonda okude, mina nomkami sinomuzwa wokuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthengisa ibhasi lethu lokuvakasha. Njengoba abaningi benu bazi, bekuyinjongo yethu kule minyaka eyisishiyagalombili edlule ukuhamba eNyakatho Melika nakwamanye amazwe nezingane zethu, sishumayela iVangeli ngezwi nangomculo. Ngibe nelungelo lokumemezela uJesu emashumini ezinkulungwane zemiphefumulo! Kodwa ukukhokha nyanga zonke, izindleko zikaphethiloli, nokungazinzi kwalokhu okunezela empilweni yomndeni kusenze sakholwa ukuthi le sizini isizophela. Vele, sincike cishe ngokuphelele kule ndlela yenkonzo ukuze sizondle. Ngakho-ke, akusona isinqumo esilula lesi, futhi kusishiya sincike ngokuphelele ekuhlinzekweni nguNkulunkulu njengoba ngiqhubeka nomsebenzi odla isikhathi wokwenza le ncwadi. Kepha ngeke asiphoxe. Akakaze. Ngithandazela ukuthi ngingalokothi ngehluleke kuYe.
EMINYE IMICABANGO NGESIKHATHI…
Ngingazwakalisa ukudabuka okujulile lapho ngibuka ukuhlubuka okukhulayo emhlabeni, kepha, nalokhu futhi kuvunyelwe intando kaNkulunkulu. Kube nombukiso wakamuva wokuziqhenya kwezitabane eSan Francisco, e-USA. Abesilisa nabesifazane babehamba benqunu ngokuphelele emigwaqweni lapho izingane ezincane zibhekile. Uma noma yisiphi esinye isakhamuzi besingakwenza lokhu nganoma yiluphi usuku olunikeziwe noma kolunye umbukiso, uzoboshwa futhi ajeziswe. Kepha abagcini nje abenzi lutho, bayakwamukela ngokuhlanganyela emibhikishweni enjalo, njengoba kwenzekile emicimbini yakamuva yaseMelika neyaseCanada nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Kuyisibonakaliso se- ukujula kokugula esesibambe umhlaba manje esibona okubi njengokuhle nokuhle njengokubi. Ngenkathi ngicabanga futhi ukuthi iNkosi iqhubeka kanjani ukuvumela lokhu, impendulo yashesha:
Ngoba lapho ngenza isenzo, kuzoba sembulungeni yonke futhi kuzoba ngokuphelele. Kuyophelela ekuhlanzweni kwababi ebusweni bomhlaba.
INkosi ibekezela ngendlela emangalisayo, ilinde isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphambi ngokuphelele kususwa isibambi ukuvumela ukungabi namthetho kuzuze umvuthwandaba waso omfushane. Lapho lesi Siphepho samanje sesiphelile, umhlaba uzoba indawo ehlukile. Abanye abantu bangicelile ukuthi ngiphawule ngokhetho lwaseMelika oluzayo. Engizokusho nje wukuthi ngikholwa wukuthi lezi zinto ziyasiza nasekuhleleni isiteji salokhu esengikubhalile. Ngibuhlungu, ngoba abantu abaningi abaziqapheli izikhathi esiphila kuzo:
Yazini lokhu okokuqala nje, ukuthi ezinsukwini zokugcina abahleki bosulu bazokukloloda, bephila ngokuvumelana nezifiso zabo… (2 Pet. 3: 3)
Ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, kube nokuqhuma kodlame olunesihluku — ukubonakaliswa kobubi obungenangqondo obugcwele imiphakathi emhlabeni wonke. Nakho lokhu kuyisibonakaliso, mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu kuneziphepho nezikhukhula.
Kuzoba nezikhathi ezesabekayo ezinsukwini zokugcina. Abantu bazoba ngabazithandayo nabathandi bemali, abazidlayo, abazidlayo, abahlukumezayo, abangalaleli abazali babo, abangabongiyo, abangenankolo, abangenalo uthando, abangenacala, abanyundeli, abanokuziphatha okubi, abanesihluku, abazonda okuhle, abakhapheli, abangenandaba, abazidlayo, abathandi benjabulo kunabathandi bakaNkulunkulu… (2 Thim 3: 1-4)
Esikhundleni sokunqoba okubi, lokhu kuyizimpawu zokuthi isiko lethu elibulalayo selizophela. Lezo zikhathi zokuthula zazilele ngaphesheya kwesimo esesiphazamisekile se-post-modernism. Ithemba liyasa….
KHUTHAZWA
Kunezimpawu zesihe sikaNkulunkulu ezisebenzayo: amazwi anamandla nokuholwa nguBaba Ongcwele; ukubonakala okuqhubekayo nokuba khona kukaMama Wethu nathi; intshiseko nokuzinikela okuphelele engikubonile emiphefumulweni engihlangane nayo ohambweni lwami. Siphila "esikhathini somusa," futhi kufanele siqhubeke nokulindela izimangaliso ezinkulu zomusa Wakhe.
Abaningi babhekene nezilingo ezinamandla — ukuhehwa ukuze balale, ukuzitika, ukuvilapha. Izilingo manje zehlukile ngiyakholelwa… iziphazamiso ezibonakala zingenabungozi kuzo kepha noma kunjalo zihlala ziphazamisa. INkosi iyabazi ubuthakathaka bethu, ngakho-ke kufanele sivuselele ukholo lwethu nokuzibophezela Kwayo ngamunye usuku ngaphandle kokungabaza, noma ngabe siwe kanzima kangakanani. Ngeke asilahle, yize silingeka ukuba simshiye.
Hlala uqinile, njengesisekelo esingaphansi kwesando. Umsubathi okahle kufanele athathe isijeziso ukuze anqobe. Ngaphezu kwakho konke kumele sithwale konke ngenxa kaNkulunkulu, ukuze naye asibekezelele. Khulisa intshiseko yakho. Funda izimpawu zezikhathi. Funa lowo ongaphandle kwesikhathi, ongunaphakade, ongabonwayo owabonakala kithi… —USt. U-Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya, Incwadi eya kuPolycarp, I-Liturgy of the Hours, Umq. III, ikhasi. 564-565
Masibize ukunxenxa kwabangcwele, abesilisa nabesifazane abanjengoIgnatius, Faustina, no-Augustine ababebazi ubuthakathaka bethu, kepha, bathembela emseni Wakhe kwaze kwaba sekugcineni.
Funa ukujabulisa lowo ongamasosha wakhe futhi okhokhelwa kuye; makungabikho noyedwa kini ozibonakalisa ehlubukile… UmKristu akayona inkosi yakhe; isikhathi sakhe ngesikaNkulunkulu. —USt. U-Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya, Incwadi eya kuPolycarp, I-Liturgy of the Hours, Umq. III, ikhasi. 568-569
Sisempini — lokhu akuyona into entsha. Okusha isigaba sokulwa manje esingena kuso.Kufanele sibe nenhloko yethu engokomoya ngathi; sekuyisikhathi salokho
ukubonga nokuqapha, kepha ngomoya wenkululeko nokuthula.
Manje iNkosi isazise isikhathi esedlule nesamanje ngabaprofethi bayo, futhi isinikeze amandla okunambitha izithelo zesikhathi esizayo ngaphambili. Ngakho-ke, lapho sibona iziphrofetho zigcwaliseka ngokulandelana kwazo, kufanele sikhule ngokugcwele futhi simhloniphe ngokwedlulele… Lapho izinsuku ezimbi sezisifikile futhi umenzi wobubi ezuza amandla, kufanele sinakekele imiphefumulo yethu futhi sifune ukwazi izindlela zeNkosi. Ngalezo zikhathi, ukwesaba okunenhlonipho nokubekezela kuzoqinisa ukholo lwethu, futhi sizothola isidingo ukubekezela nokuzithiba kanjalo. Kuncike ekutheni sibambelele kulezi zimfanelo futhi sibheke eNkosini, khona-ke ukuhlakanipha, ukuqonda, ulwazi kanye nokuqonda kuzokwenza ukuhlangana okuhle nabo. -Incwadi eyashiwo uBarnaba, The Liturgy of the Hours, Vol IV, kk. 56
Angikwazi ukusho ngokwanele ukuthi uMthendeleko nokuvuma kuzokuqinisa kangakanani; indlela iRosari ezokufundisa ngayo; ukuthi imiBhalo izokuqondisa kanjani. Hambisana nalezi zinsika ezine, futhi ngikholwa ukuthi uzoba nakho konke okudingayo, inqobo nje uma uzobopha lezi zinkonzo ngentambo yesisa senhliziyo. Ngale ndlela, izimfanelo ezinhle uBarnaba akhuluma ngazo zizoniselwa kahle futhi zivundiswe futhi zikwazi ukukhula, ngokushesha okukhulu.
UKUXHUMANISELANA NOMTHANDAZO
Njengoba ngihlanganisa incwadi, ngingaqhubeka nokushicilela eminye yemibhalo. Ngisho namanje, njengoba ngibahlunga, ukuqonda kwabo nokubaluleka kwabo kunamandla kunanini ngaphambili. Ziwukudla okungokomoya kimi futhi.
Masigcinaneni esidlweni sokukhuleka. Uhlala njalo emithandazweni yami yansuku zonke futhi uqhubeka nokuba nendawo ekhetheke kakhulu enhliziyweni yami. Unikwe mina yiNkosi njengomhlambi omncane okhethekile wayo engathunyelwa ukuyondla ngalesi sikhathi. Ngicela ungikhulekele ukuthi ngikhuthazele kuze kube sekupheleni. Asikhulekele nokuhlinzekelwa okudingekayo ukuze nginakekele umndeni wami kanye nezinsizakusebenza nezimali zokukhokhela lezi zinhlelo ezintsha. Ukukubeka kucace bha, ngidinga abanye babaxhasi ukuthi baqhubekele phambili ukusisiza ukuxhasa lezi zinhlelo. Kungenxa yokuphana kwakho esikhathini esedlule ukuthi ngikwazi okungenani ukuqala le ncwadi. Ngiyabonga kakhulu, bangane abathandekayo, ngokuphendula izidingo zethu.
Hlala uqinile. Landela uJesu ngaphandle kokwesaba. Siyaqala nje.
Isithunywa sakhe esincane,
UMark Mallett
Usuku Lomhlaba Lwentsha lusikhombisile ukuthi iSonto lingajabula ngabantu abasha banamuhla futhi ligcwaliswe ngethemba lomhlaba wakusasa. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Amazwi okuvala uSuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008; www.zenit.org
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