ONE mzuzwana babengamagwala, okulandelayo kwaba nesibindi. Umzuzu owodwa babengabaza, ngokulandelayo babeqinisekile. Ngesinye isikhathi babenqikaza, ngokulandelayo, baphuthuma babhekisa ekufeni kwabo. Yini eyenza umehluko kulabo Baphostoli owabenza baba ngamadoda angesabi?
UMoya oNgcwele.
Hhayi inyoni noma amandla, hhayi amandla asemkhathini noma uphawu oluthandekayo — kepha uMoya kaNkulunkulu, uMuntu Wesithathu kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele. Futhi uma Efika, kuguqula konke.
Cha, asikwazi ukuba ngamagwala kulezi zinsuku zethu — ikakhulukazi nina madoda eningobaba, noma ngabe nibe ngabapristi noma abazali. Uma singamagwala, sizolahlekelwa ukukholwa kwethu. Isiphepho esiqala ukusabalala emhlabeni wonke siyisiphepho se ukuhlunga. Labo abazimisele ukuyekethisa ukholo lwabo bazolulahla, kepha labo abazimisele ukulahlekelwa yimpilo yabo ngenxa yokholo lwabo bazoyithola. Kumele sibhekane namaqiniso ngalokhu esibhekene nakho:
Labo abaphonsela inselelo lobu buqaba obusha babhekene nenketho enzima. Kuphakathi kokuthi bavumelana nale filosofi noma kunjalo ebhekene nethemba lokufel 'ukholo. —Inceku kaNkulunkulu Fr. UJohn Hardon (1914-2000), Ungaba Kanjani UmKatolika Othembekile Namuhla? Ngokuthembeka kuMbhishobhi waseRoma; www.halanagce.com
Yebo, lokho mhlawumbe kukwenza uzizwe wesaba. Kepha yingakho uMama wethu ethunyiwe njengoMphongolo kulesi sizukulwane. Hhayi ukusifihla, kepha ukusilungiselela; hhayi ukusisusa kude, kepha ukusihlomisa ukuba sibe semgqeni wokuqala wempi enkulu kunazo zonke ezake zaziwa umhlaba. Njengoba uJesu asho emiyalezweni evunyelwe ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann:
Bonke bayamenywa ukuba bajoyine iqembu lami elikhethekile lokulwa. Ukuza koMbuso wami kumele kube ukuphela kwenjongo yakho empilweni… Ungabi ngamagwala. Ungalindi. Bhekana neSiphepho ukusindisa imiphefumulo. —UJesu ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann, Ilangabi Lothando, pg. 34, ekhishwe yi-Children of the Father Foundation; Imprimatur ngu-Archbishop Charles Chaput
Uma uzwa ukwesaba enhliziyweni yakho, kusho ukuthi ungumuntu; yilokho okwenzayo ukunqoba lokho kwesaba okunquma ukuthi ungowesilisa noma owesifazane onjani. Kepha mKristu othandekayo, angikhulumi ngamandla akho okunqoba ukwesaba ngokusebenzisa izivivinyo zengqondo noma ukuzama ukuzishaya ube ngumsangano. Esikhundleni salokho, ngamandla akho okuphendukela kuLowo okhipha konke ukwesaba — Lowo Oluthando Oluphelele, uMoya oNgcwele. Okwe…
… Uthando oluphelele lususa ukwesaba. (1 Johane 4:18)
Into embi kakhulu yenzekile eBandleni eminyakeni eyishumi edlule. Sengathi sikhohliwe ukuthi uNkulunkulu usafisa ukuthela uMoya oNgcwele phezu kwethu! UBaba akazange ayeke ukusinika lesi Sipho Saphezulu emva kwePhentekoste; Akayekanga ukusinikeza lona ekubhapathizweni nasekuqinisekisweni kwethu; empeleni, uNkulunkulu ufisa ukusigcwalisa ngoMoya noma nini lapho sicela khona!
Uma-ke nina, enikhohlakele, nikwazi ukunika abantwana benu izipho ezinhle, kakhulu kangakanani uBaba osezulwini uzobanika uMoya oNgcwele labo abawucelayo kuye? (Luka 11:13)
Uma ucabanga ukuthi ngikwakha lokhu, bheka le ndima evela kuzEnzo zabaPhostoli:
"Manje, Nkosi, qaphela izinsongo zabo, futhi unike izinceku zakho amandla okukhuluma izwi lakho ngaso sonke isibindi, lapho welula isandla sakho ukuphilisa, futhi kwenziwa izibonakaliso nezimangaliso ngegama lenceku yakho engcwele uJesu." Ngenkathi bekhuleka, indawo lapho babebuthene khona kwazamazama, futhi bonke bagcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele futhi baqhubeka bekhuluma izwi likaNkulunkulu ngesibindi. (IzEnzo 4: 29-31)
Nali iphuzu. Lokho kwakungekho IPentekoste — iPhentekoste lenzeke ezahlukweni ezimbili ngaphambili. Ngakho-ke siyabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu angakwazi futhi uyasinika uMoya waKhe lapho sicela.
Vuleleka kuKristu, wamukele uMoya, ukuze kwenzeke iPentekosti entsha kuwo wonke umphakathi! Isintu esisha, esijabulisayo, siyophuma phakathi kwakho; uzophinde uwabone amandla eNkosi asindisayo. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, eLatin America, 1992
Mhlawumbe bekufanele ngiyeke le nkonzo kudala. Ukuthukwa, ukushushiswa, ukungakhathalelwa, ukwenqatshwa, ukuhlekwa usulu, nokuhlukaniswa, kungasaphathwa eyami ingebhe yokwehluleka noma ukudukisa abanye… Yebo, sengibonile kaningi Isilingo Sokuba Ejwayelekile. Kepha nguMoya oNgcwele obe ngumthombo wami wamandla namandla okuqhubeka, ikakhulukazi ngalezi zitsha:
• Umthandazo. Ngomkhuleko, ngixhumene noKristu, uMvini, oletha ubisi lukaMoya oNgcwele ukuba lugeleze emithanjeni yenhliziyo yami. O, kukangaki uNkulunkulu evuselela umphefumulo wami ngomkhuleko! Kukangaki ngingena emthandazweni, ngikhasa phansi, bese ngizithola sengikhuphuka njengokhozi!
• ISakramente Lomphakathi. Asizona iziqhingi. Singabomzimba, uMzimba kaKristu. Ngakho-ke, ngamunye wethu uyi isakramente komunye lapho sivumela uthando lukaJesu lugeleze ngathi: lapho sibuso bakhe, izandla Zakhe, ukumamatheka kwakhe, izindlebe Zakhe ezilalelayo, ukuthinta Kwakhe; lapho sikhumbuzana iZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi sikhuthazana njalo “Cabanga ngokwaphezulu, hhayi okusemhlabeni” (KwabaseKolose 3: 2). Isiphi isipho wena bengilokhu ngikhona ngezincwadi nemikhuleko yakho engizwe ngayo umusa wangempela namandla.
• ISakramente Lombusi Ongcwele. Lapho samukela uJesu eSidlweni Esingcwele, sizuzani? Ukuphila, ukuphila okuphakade, futhi lokho kuphila kungumoya kaNkulunkulu. Isimangaliso sokuthula engiye ngazizwa kaningi ngemuva kokwamukela uJesu kuMthendeleko singubufakazi obenele bokuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona… namandla anele esonto elizayo.
• Umama OBusisiwe. Abantu abaningi abamuqondi kahle uMama wethu. Kubuhlungu obukhulu kimi ngoba akekho umuntu othanda futhi akhulekele uJesu njengaye! Intshisekelo yakhe kuphela ukuthi umhlaba uzothanda futhi ukhonze uJesu ngendlela efanayo. Futhi-ke-ke kulabo abavumela umama wabo ubanikeza bonke umusa uNkulunkulu amnike wona, ukubanikela ukuze kuzuze imiphefumulo. Lokhu ukwenza ngomlingani wakhe oNgcwele, uMoya oNgcwele.
• Ukuvuma. Lapho ngihlulekile iNkosi yami, nami uqobo, nalabo abangizungezile, ngiyaqala futhi ngoba iNkosi ithembisa ukuthi ngiyakwazi (1 John 1: 9). Yimuphi umusa ongachazeki onikezwa kuleli Sakramente lapho uMusa Ongcwele ubuyisela khona umphefumulo ngomlilo ohlanzayo kaMoya oNgcwele.
Osekusele wukuthi singavilaphi, singathathi izimpilo zethu zokomoya kalula. Asikwazi ukukhokhela, ingasaphathwa eyokuba ngamagwala.
Ukuhlinzeka kukaNkulunkulu manje sekusilungiselele. Umklamo kaNkulunkulu onesihe usixwayisile ukuthi usuku lomzabalazo wethu, umncintiswano wethu, selusondele. Ngalolo thando esabelana ngalo olusibopha ngokusondelana, senza konke okusemandleni ethu ukunxusa ibandla lethu, ukuthi sizinikele ngokungaphezi ekuzileni ukudla, ekulindeni nasekuthandazeni ngokufanayo. Lezi yizikhali zasezulwini ezisinika amandla okuma siqine futhi sibekezele; yizivikelo ezingokomoya, izikhali ezivela kuNkulunkulu ezisivikelayo. —USt. Cyprian, Incwadi eya kuPapa Cornelius; I-Liturgy yamahora, Umq. IV, k. 1407
Sengiphetha, ngifuna ukwakha “igumbi eliphezulu” nani nonke ngaleli Sonto lePhentekoste. Futhi njengabaPhostoli bakudala, masihlangane noMama wethu sinxuse uMoya oNgcwele phezu kwethu, imindeni yethu, kanye nomhlaba. Believe okucelayo. Yisho omunye athi Hail Mary nami manje (futhi ngizofaka isicelo asicelile esambulweni sika-Elizabeth Kindelmann, ongumkhuleko okhethekile woMoya oNgcwele ngeLangabi Lothando lwenhliziyo kaMama Wethu):
Dumisa uMariya ugcwele umusa
iNkosi inawe
Ubusisiwe wena kwabesifazane
sibusisiwe nesithelo sesizalo sakho, Jesu.
UMariya oNgcwele, uMama kaNkulunkulu
sikhulekele thina zoni
futhi usakaze umphumela womusa weLangabi lakho Lothando
phezu kwabo bonke abantu
manje nangehora lokufa kwethu.
Amen.
Uma usuku lokushushiswa lusithola
ngicabanga ngalezi zinto futhi uzindle ngazo,
isosha likaKristu,
baqeqeshwe ngemiyalo kaKristu,
ayiqali ukwethuka lapho icabanga ngempi,
kodwa ilungele umqhele wokunqoba.
—USt. UCyprian, umbhishobhi nomfel 'ukholo
Umbhalo wamahora, Umqulu II, k. 1769
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