IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaJanuwari 13, 2015
Khetha. ISikhumbuzo saseSt. Hilary
Imibhalo yenkolo lapha
WE bangene enkathini ethile eBandleni ezonyakazisa ukholo lwabaningi. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi kuzoqhubeka kubonakale sengathi ububi bunqobile, kube sengathi iSonto selingasasebenzi ngalutho, kanti empeleni Isitha woMbuso. Labo ababambelela ngokuphelele enkolweni yamaKhatholika bazoba mbalwa ngenani futhi babhekwe njengendawo yonke njengezakudala, ezingenangqondo, nesithiyo okufanele sisuswe.
Ukufunda kokuqala kwanamuhla kuchaza ukuthi kungani. U-St. Paul uyabhala:
‘..wamthwesa umqhele wenkazimulo nodumo, ubeka zonke izinto phansi kwezinyawo zakhe…’ Nokho okwamanje asiboni “zonke izinto zingaphansi kwakhe,” kodwa siyambona uJesu “ethweswe umqhele wenkazimulo nodumo”...
Lokho kusho ukuthi ukunqoba kukaJesu ukufa esiphambanweni kwavula amasango eZulu. Kodwa ububi bufana nesitimela eside esingakadluli ngokugcwele kulo mhlaba. UJesu wavulela wonke umuntu iminyango ukuba ehle, kodwa ngokudabukisayo, abaningi abafuni… futhi ngenxa yalokho isitimela esiqhubeka sishiya umkhondo wokufa ngemva kwaso. Ngakho-ke, njengamaKristu siyalinda ukuwela kuze kudlule imoto yokugcina yobubi kulesi sikhathi. Ngoba njengoba uSt. John abhala:
Siyazi ukuthi singabakaNkulunkulu nokuthi umhlaba wonke ungaphansi kwamandla omubi. (1 Johane 5:19)
Lokho kusho ukuthi umuntu usenenkululeko yokuzikhethela, futhi ngalokho, uSathane usabambe izinyawo enhliziyweni yomuntu. Njengoba i ukuhlubuka esikhathini sethu, namandla kaSathane ayoba njalo. Kodwa njengoba sifunda kusAmbulo 12, ngasekupheleni kwalesi sikhathi (hhayi izwe, kodwa le nkathi), ukuthi amandla kaSathane azoqale alinganiselwe (futhi agxile kuMphikukristu), bese esuswa ngokuphelele isikhathi.
Udrako omkhulu, inyoka endala, othiwa uDeveli noSathane, odukisa izwe lonke, waphonswa phansi emhlabeni, nezingelosi zakhe zaphonswa phansi kanye naye; wema esihlabathini solwandle... isilo] udrako wanika awawo amandla nesihlalo sobukhosi, kanye negunya elikhulu… Ngase ngibona ingelosi yehla ezulwini, iphethe ngesandla isihluthulelo sakwalasha neketanga elisindayo. Yambamba udrako, inyoka endala, onguDeveli noma uSathane, yambopha iminyaka eyinkulungwane. ( IsAm 12:9, 13:2, 20:1-2 )
Futhi akukhona ukuthi isintu ngeke sibe nenkululeko yokuzikhethela phakathi neNkathi Yokuthula ezayo. Nokho, ekhululiwe ekuhlushweni okuqhubekayo kwamandla esihogo, futhi agcwaliswe ngoMoya njengaku iPhentekoste elisha, iBandla liyojabulela isikhathi sokuphumula nobungcwele obungenakuqhathaniswa ukulungiselela ukubuya kukaJesu ekupheleni kwesikhathi.
Izimfundiso zeSonto LamaKatolika, eyanyatheliswa ikhomishana yemfundiso yenkolo ngo-1952, yaphetha ngokuthi akuphambene nokholo lwethu...
…ngethemba ekunqobeni okunamandla kukaKristu lapha emhlabeni ngaphambi kokuphela kokuphela kwazo zonke izinto. Isenzakalo esinjalo asishiywa ngaphandle, akunakwenzeka, akuqiniseki ukuthi ngeke kube khona isikhathi eside sobuKristu bokunqoba ngaphambi kokuphela. -Imfundiso yeSonto LamaKhatholika: Isifingqo seMfundiso yamaKhatholika (ELondon: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1952), iphe. 1140; kucashunwe ku- Ubukhazikhazi bendalo, UMfu Joseph Iannuzzi, k. 54
Ngakho, bafowethu nodadewethu, ninganyakaziswa emandleni esihogo, lokho kuguqula isithombe saphezulu ebusweni babantu, akunakwenza lutho emphefumulweni wakho njengokuklabalasa. Ninganyakaziswa ngezibonakaliso zobumnyama ezikusabisa ngokufa, osekuyisango lokuPhila. Ninganyakaziswa ngeSiphambano, esiwuphawu lokushushiswa kwakho, ngokuba sesimile izimpande futhi saba Muthi Wokuphila. Ninganyakaziswa ngeThuna, elake laba mnyama ngokuphelelwa yithemba, osekuyi-incubator yethemba. Ninganyakaziswa ngokuduma nombani, ukuzamazama komhlaba nokuduma kwezilwandle, okubonisa ukukhala komsebenzi nokuzalwa kwendalo entsha. Ninganyakaziswa ukuthi uzizwe ulahliwe, ubuthakathaka, futhi ungenamandla phambi kwamandla omubi, ngoba kungukulalela kwakho uKristu lapho uyohlanganyela khona ekunqobeni umbuso kaSathane emhlabeni... futhi abuse kanye Naye.
…uma ukuvivinywa kwalokhu kuhlungwa sekudlulile, amandla amakhulu azogeleza evela eBandleni elingokomoya elenziwe lula. Amadoda emhlabeni ohlelwe ngokuphelele azozithola enesizungu esingachazeki. Uma bengasaboni nhlobo uNkulunkulu, bayokuzwa konke ukwesabeka kobumpofu babo. Bazokwenza njalo
thola umhlambi omncane wamakholwa njengento entsha ngokuphelele. Bayoyithola njengethemba elihloselwe bona, impendulo abebelokhu beyifuna ngasese.
Ngakho-ke kubonakala kuqinisekile kimi ukuthi iSonto libhekene nezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu. Inkinga yangempela ayikaze iqale. Kuzofanele sibheke ezinxushunxushwini ezisabekayo. Kepha ngiqinisekile ngokulinganayo ngalokho okuzosala ekugcineni: hhayi iSonto lenkolo yezepolitiki, eselivele lifile noGobel, kepha iSonto lokholo. Kungenzeka angabe esaba namandla amakhulu kwezenhlalo kuze kube sezingeni lapho ayekhona kuze kube muva nje; kepha uzothokozela ukuqhakaza okusha futhi abonakale njengekhaya lomuntu, lapho ezothola khona impilo nethemba ngale kokufa. —Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Ukukholwa nekusasa, Ignatius Press, 2009
