Lapho ubuyela eGibhithe, bona ukuthi wenza phambi kukaFaro zonke izimangaliso engizibeke esandleni sakho. Ngizomenza abe nenkani, nokho, ukuze angadedeli abantu bahambe. (Eks 4:21)
NGINGASE ngiyizwe emphefumulweni wami njengoba besikhuphukela emngceleni wase-US izolo ebusuku. Ngabuka umkami ngathi, "Kuzwakala sengathi sisondela eMpumalanga Jalimane." Umuzwa nje.
Nakuba imibhalo yethu nemininingwane yayihlelekile (ngokusekelwe kulokho okwakufunwa ukuwela kwethu imingcele yangaphambili), ngangazi ukuthi sizobhekana nolunye uvivinyo.
Abasebenza emngceleni waseMelika abazange basidumaze.
Bakhonkotha izingane zethu, basisola ngokuthi siqamba amanga, futhi ngemva kwamahora amathathu esiphenya ngemibuzo, sokunyathelisa iminwe, nokuphikisana ngemva kokuphikisana, basibuyisela eCanada. Lamanxusa ayelukhuni njengoFaro. Saze sathembisa ukukhokhela izindleko zethu siqu ngezincwadi ezivela kubefundisi ukuze siqinisekise ubuqotho bethu—kodwa inxusa lathi likhethe ukungasethembi! Yebo, lawomaphekula aseCanada nezikhali zawo zokucekela phansi okukhulu. Ngempela, iVangeli liyinto eyingozi. (Okuhle ukuthi abawatholanga amaRosari ethu. Ngempela, lawo kukhona izikhali ngokusho kuka-St. Pio.)
Basitshele ukuthi kusukela ngoJanuwari, ngisho ingane yethu enonyaka nesigamu izodinga i-passport…
Kuyathakazelisa njengoba bengizobhala ngokuhlasela okusanda kuqina kwesitha emzimbeni kaKristu, ikakhulukazi imindeni nemishado. Umgomo wakhe omkhulu ukudumazeka. Futhi ubesebenza isikhathi esengeziwe enkonzweni yethu, njengoba enza kwabaningi benu. Kodwa ngeke sivume. Impi ngekaJehova, futhi ngeke asishiye nakuba ebonakala ehlehla ngesinye isikhathi. Lesi yisikhathi sokholo, futhi ukholo luvame ukuhamba ebumnyameni obuphelele. Ukholo olungangembewu yesinaphi lungagudluza izintaba. Kodwa kumelwe sithembele ekuhlakanipheni kukaNkulunkulu ngokuthi yiziphi izintaba afuna zithuthwe.
Mayelana nohlelo lwethu lwenkonzo esifundazweni saseWashington kuleli sonto, ngokudabukisayo kufanele sikhansele yonke imicimbi yethu. Sidlulisa ukuxolisa kwethu okukhulu kubo bonke abagqugquzeli abasebenze ngokuzikhandla, banikela ngesikhathi sabo ukuze benze le misebenzi isebenze. Futhi-ke, ngiyaxolisa kunoma yimuphi kini obehlele ukuya noma oseluqalile uhambo lwakho oluya eWashington.
INkosi ikuvumele lokhu, ngakho siyakwamukela lokhu njengentando Yakhe. Kodwa silalela ngokucophelela lokho afisa ukusifundisa ngakho.
ABSOLUTE AMANDLA KONA KAHLE
Mhlawumbe kungenye isibonakaliso sezikhathi. Ezindaweni eziningi zokugcina zami zokuwela imingcele ngingena e-USA eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngibone ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla okudlulele—hhayi kimina kuphela, kodwa nakwabanye—okungangishiyanga kalula inkumbulo yami. Intando yeningi ayikuqinisekisi ukuthula. Ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu kuphela enhliziyweni yomuntu okuqinisekisa ukuthula. Uma kubhekwa izimo ezifanele, namandla aphendulelwe kulabo abanhliziyo zabo zingabuswa ubuhle, iMelika ayikude nohlobo lwamaphoyisa amaJalimane ayecabanga ukuthi ngeke kwenzeke ezweni lawo "lentando yeningi".
Inhliziyo yami ibuhlungu namuhla ngalaba abahamba bengenacala eMelika kodwa bephathwa njengezigebengu. Uma bephatha umakhelwane wabo—umvangeli waseCanada—njengalena, baphathwa kanjani labo abavela kwamanye amazwe? Hhayi-ke, ngizibonele ngawami ukuthi abanye abantu abanethemba lokungena ezweni baye baphathwa kanjani njengabaqeqeshwa ekamu lokuqeqeshwa kweMarine. Nezindaba eziphuma kulokho okuthiwa "izikhungo zokuvalela" ezifana I-Guantanamo Bay ayaphola.
(Ngicela uqaphele, Angibhekiseli kubo bonke abantu baseMelika, kodwa kulabo abasebenzisa kabi amandla. Sibathanda kakhulu abantu baseMelika abavame ukusibonisa uthando olukhulu, ukholo, nomusa.)
INKINGA
IMelika isenkingeni. Sekuya ngokuya kucaca ukuthi alibuswa wukuthula, kepha libuswa wukudideka. UJohane oNgcwele wabhala ukuthi,
Uthando oluphelele luxosha ukwesaba. ( 1 Johane 4:18 )
Esikhundleni salokho, ukwesaba okuphelele kuxosha uthando. Sixosha uthando ngokusola kunokuphana; ngokubeka icala esikhundleni sokuvuma; ngokushaya kusengaphambili kunokuphendula esinye isihlathi. Ngempela, impi yase-Iraq iyisithelo sokwesaba, ngokusekelwe ezimweni esesifundile ukuthi azikho. Isithelo kube ukufa kwamashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu abangenacala kanye nempi egcwele yonke indawo yobuphekula eyenza iMpi Yomshoshaphansi izizwe ipholile. Futhi manje, kukhulunywa futhi ngokuhlasela i-Iran "ngesiteleka sangaphambi kokuvala."
Yeka iwa iMelika ekuwo! Amawa okwesaba aphakeme, futhi ayabhidlika… ayabhidlika. Kodwa uNkulunkulu uhlale esinika ithemba. Ukuphenduka, ukuzila ukudla, umthandazo. Lezi zingamisa ngisho nemithetho yemvelo, kusho uMary.
Izinselele ezinkulu izwe elibhekene nazo ekuqaleni kwale Millennium entsha zisenza sicabange ukuthi ukungenelela okuvela phezulu kuphela, okukwazi ukuqondisa izinhliziyo zalabo abaphila ngaphansi kwezimo zezingxabano nalabo ababusa ikusasa lezizwe, okunganikeza isizathu sokuba nethemba. ukuze uthole ikusasa eliqhakazile. Irosari ngokwemvelo yalo iwumthandazo wokuthula... —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, URosarium Virginis Mariae,n. 40
Ngifisa sengathi ngingasho ukuthi iCanada inesenzo sayo ndawonye. Kodwa akunjalo. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwasemngceleni akuzange kuhlale kumnandi nakubantu baseMelika. Leli ihora lokuya khuleka kanzima kubaholi bethu.
Hhayi-ke, ngizobhala ngokudikibala maduze. Kodwa okokuqala kufanele ngenze umndeni wami uhambe ibanga lamakhilomitha ayinkulungwane ngibuyela ekhaya.
