Ukuyekethisa: Ukuhlubuka Okukhulu

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaDisemba 1, 2013
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Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

THE Incwadi ka-Isaya-nale Advent-iqala ngombono omuhle woSuku oluzayo lapho “zonke izizwe” zizothutheleka eSontweni zizonikezwa esandleni sakhe izimfundiso zikaJesu ezinikeza impilo. Ngokusho koFata beSonto bokuqala, i-Our Lady of Fatima, namazwi esiprofetho opapa bekhulu lama-20, singalindela ngempela “inkathi yokuthula” ezayo lapho “bezokhanda izinkemba zabo zibe ngamakhuba nemikhonto yabo ibe ngocelemba” (bheka Baba oNgcwele othandekayo… Uyeza!)

… Sibhekisa amehlo ethu ekusaseni, silindele ngokuzethemba ukuntwela koSuku olusha… “Balindi, kuthiwani ngobusuku?” ( Isaya 21:11 ) futhi sizwa impendulo: “Hark, abalindi bakho baphakamisa izwi labo, bahlabelela kanyekanye ngokujabula: ngokuba iso neso babona ukubuyela kweNkosi eSiyoni ”…. Ukufakaza kwabo ngomusa kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba kumemezela ukuthi "Njengoba iminyaka eyinkulungwane yesithathu yokuhlengwa isondela, uNkulunkulu ulungiselela isikhathi esihle sobuKhristu futhi sesiyazibona izimpawu zabo zokuqala." Sengathi uMary, iNkanyezi yokusa, angasisiza ukuthi sisho ngentshiseko entsha ukuthi "yebo" wethu ohlelweni lukaBaba lwensindiso ukuze zonke izizwe nezilimi zibone inkazimulo yakhe. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Message for World Mission Sunday, n. 9, Okthoba 24, 1999; www.v Vatican.va

UJohn Paul Obusisiwe ubophele “uSuku” oluzayo, lesi "sikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo", ngokulindela "ukubuya kweNkosi." Kodwa-ke, njengoba uBaba weSonto wokuqala uLactantius echaza, ^[1]qhathanisa UFaustina nosuku lweNkosi “usuku lweNkosi” akumele luqondwe njengosuku lwamahora angama-24, kodwa inkathi yesikhathi, lokho oFata abakuvezile kusAmbulo 20 njengokubusa kukaKristu okungu “minyaka eyinkulungwane” ngabangcwele Bakhe.

Ithemba lesikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo lilinganisiwe yisixwayiso seVangeli: usuku lweNkosi lwandulelwa ubusika buka ukuyekethisa.

Njengasemihleni kaNowa, kuyakuba-njalo ekufikeni kweNdodana yomuntu. Ngalezo zinsuku ezandulela uzamcolo, babedla, bephuza, beshada, bendisa, kwaze kwaba sosukwini uNowa angena ngalo emkhunjini. (Math 24: 37-38)

Lokhu kuxegisana nomoya wezwe, umoya we umphikukristu, yilokho uSt.Paul abhekisa kukho ngokuthi "ukuhlubuka", ukuhlubuka okukhulu lapho abaningi beyokuwa okholweni. Ngakho-ke, esifundweni sanamuhla sesibili, uSt. Paul uthela amanzi abandayo emakhanda ethu, okusikhumbuza ukuthi "usuku luseduze" nokuthi siziphathe, hhayi ngokujabula, inkanuko, noma ukwahlukana, kodwa "siphile njengabantwana ukukhanya. ” ^[2]cf. Efe 5:8 Umlayezo ucacile: uma ungafuni ukubanjwa oqotsheni njengesela ebusuku, njengoba kwenzeka ezinsukwini zikaNowa, khona-ke…

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

Ngamanye amagama, ungavumi ukuyekethisa. Sonke kufanele sizibuze le Advent, ngixoxisana kanjani nalokho uPapa Francis akubiza ngokuthi "umoya wezwe"?

… Izwe liyimpande yobubi futhi lingaholela ekubeni sishiye amasiko ethu futhi sixoxisane ngokuthembeka kwethu kuNkulunkulu othembekile njalo. Lokhu… kubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlubuka, oku… kuyindlela “yokuphinga” eyenzeka lapho sixoxisana ngomongo wobuntu bethu: ukwethembeka eNkosini. —UPapa uFrancis ovela ekhaya, IVatican Radio, Novemba 18, 2013

Kulula kakhulu ukuyekethisa namuhla, akunjalo? Kwabanye, kungahle kube ngokuchofoza kulezo zixhumanisi ezinesifiso esipheqululini sakho sewebhu; kwabanye, ukubeka eceleni umthandazo nemisebenzi yokubuka ithelevishini… bese ubuka noma ufunda izincwadi okungafanele neze azenze; noma ukuvumela izinwele zomuntu emsebenzini zisebenze ngamahlaya angakhanyi noma ngolimi olungcolile ukuze nje "uvumelane" nesixuku… Asigcini nje ngokuhamba ngale mizila ngoba inyama yethu ithi “yebo, yebo!”, kepha kaningi ngoba into elula ukuyenza. Labo abaphila njengamanje abahluphi izimpaphe zanoma ngubani. Kepha ake ngisho lokhu: labo osukwini lukaNowa ababephila "isimo esikhona" bazithola bedonsa inja emanzini ezikhukhula.

Ingozi enkulu ezweni lanamuhla, njengoba igcwele ukusetshenziswa ngabathengi, incithakalo nosizi oluzalwa yinhliziyo engakhathali nokho enomhobholo, ukuphishekela umkhuhlane wezinjabulo ezingenamsebenzi, nonembeza othunekile. Noma nini lapho impilo yethu yangaphakathi iba nezifiso zayo kanye nokukhathazeka, akusekho ndawo yabanye, ayisekho indawo yabampofu. Izwi likaNkulunkulu alisazwakali, injabulo ethule yothando lwakhe ayisazwakali, futhi isifiso sokwenza okuhle siyaphela. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, Isikhuthazo sabaPhostoli, n. 2

Kepha akukaze kwephuze kakhulu ukungena emkhunjini womusa kaNkulunkulu! Uma nje unomoya emaphashini akho, vele uthandaze:

“Nkosi, ngivumele ukuba ngikhohliswe; ngigweme uthando lwakho ngezindlela eziyinkulungwane, nokho ngilapha futhi, ukuvuselela isivumelwano sami nawe. Ngiyakudinga. Ngisindise futhi, Nkosi, ungithathe ungibuyisele kokwakho ukuhlenga. ” —Iyid. n. 3

Namuhla, masiphakamise imithandazo yalabo abangakwazi ukubona Isiphepho Esikhulu lokho manje sekusibekele umhlaba wethu, amafu awo ethwele izivunguvungu zosizi nokwahlulela. ^[3]qhathanisa Izimpawu Eziyisikhombisa Zenguquko Kepha futhi baphatha imvula yothando lukaNkulunkulu nomusa wakhe, ngakho-ke nomhubi singathandaza sithi, “Ukuthula makube phakathi kwakho! Ngenxa yendlu kaJehova uNkulunkulu wethu ngiyakukhulekela okuhle kwakho. ”

Uyasilinda, Uyasithanda, Uyasithethelela. Masikhulekele ukuthi ukuthembeka kwakhe kusisindise emoyeni wezwe oxoxisana nakho konke. Masikhulekele ukuthi asivikele futhi asivumele ukuthi siye phambili, asihole ngesandla, njengobaba nengane yakhe. Ukubamba isandla seNkosi sizophepha. —UPapa uFrancis ovela ekhaya, IVatican Radio, Novemba 18, 2013

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