CABANGELA yenhliziyo yakho njengembiza yengilazi. Inhliziyo yakho wenza ukuqukethe uketshezi olumsulwa lothando, lukaNkulunkulu, oluthando. Kepha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, iningi lethu ligcwalisa izinhliziyo zethu ngothando lwezinto — zingenise izinto ezibanda njengetshe. Azikwazi ukwenzela izinhliziyo zethu noma yini ngaphandle kokugcwalisa lezo zindawo ezibekelwe uNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, iningi lethu maKrestu lisosizini impela… lithwele kanzima ezikweletini, izingxabano zangaphakathi, ukudabuka… sinokuncane esingakunika ngoba nathi ngokwethu asisamukeli.
Baningi bethu abanezinhliziyo ezibandayo zamatshe ngoba sizigcwalise ngothando lwezinto zomhlaba. Futhi lapho umhlaba uhlangana nathi, silangazelela (noma ngabe bayazi noma cha) "ngamanzi aphilayo" kaMoya, esikhundleni salokho, sithela emakhanda abo amatshe abandayo okuhaha kwethu, ubugovu, nokuzicabangela kwethu okuxubene nohlobo oluthile wenkolo engamanzi. Bayayizwa impikiswano yethu, kepha babone ukuzenzisa kwethu; bayakwazisa ukucabanga kwethu, kepha abasitholi "isizathu sokuba" kwethu, okunguJesu. Kungakho-ke uBaba oNgcwele esibizele ukuthi singamaKrestu, ukuthi siphinde silahle ubuzwe, okuyi…
… Uchoko, umdlavuza womphakathi kanye nomdlavuza wokwambulwa kukaNkulunkulu nesitha sikaJesu. —UPAPA UFRANCIS, Umsakazo weVatican, Okthoba 4th, i-2013
AKUKHO OKUHLE NOMA OKUBI
Kumele siqaphele ukuthi singazidonseli phansi izinto ezibonakalayo, njengokungathi "ukungabi nakho" ngandlela thile kuyisibonakaliso sobungcwele. UFrancis de Sales wake wathi,
Ngakho-ke futhi ungaba nengcebo ngaphandle kokufakwa ubuthi kuyo uma umane nje ukuyigcina ekhaya lakho nasekhwameni hhayi enhliziyweni yakho. -Isingeniso se-Devout Life, Ingxenye III, Ch. 11, ikhasi. 153
Njengoba abaningi benu bazi ngokubhala kwami kokugcina, Inguquko yaseFranciscan, Mina nomkami, ngemuva kwesikhathi eside sokuqonda, sinqume "ukuthengisa konke" bese siqala futhi ngomoya ojulile wobumpofu nokulula. Ukuphila ngokwamandla ethu; ukugwema isilingo sokuthola okungcono kakhulu, noma ukuthuthukela kokulandelayo, noma uzame ukugwema ukungakhululeki. Kepha lapho uJesu ethi, "thengisa konke," kufanele sikuqonde lokhu ku 
umongo ofanele. Ngesikhathi ebiza abaphostoli ukuthi bashiye konke bamlandele, abathengisanga ngokuphelele “konke”. Babegcina izingubo zabo. UPeter waze wasigcina isikebhe sakhe. Okusho ukuthi, lezo zinto ezisadingeka ukuhlala nokwakha uMbuso kaNkulunkulu akudingeki zithengiswe, kuphela ukujika bese uzithenga futhi ngokunembile ngoba ziyadingeka. Ukusebenzisa ingqondo nakho kuyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu.
Esikhundleni salokho, uJesu ufuna ukulahlwa ngokuphelele umhlaba, we izwe. Futhi wayengenabugovu ngalokhu. Njengoba umakhi ebala izindleko ngaphambi kokuba akhe, noJesu wathi, abafundi bakhe kumele babone ukuthi babizelwe ukwakha uMbuso wakhe — hhayi owabo.
Ngendlela efanayo, wonke umuntu kini ongazilahli zonke izimpahla zakhe akanakuba ngumfundi wami. (Luka 14:33)
Kufanele ngempela ukuthi sehle kulesi sitimela esinyantisayo esinjengaleso umphakathi wanamuhla, osidudulayo futhi usidonsele ukuthenga into elandelayo enhle, futhi sihlole kabusha izimpilo zethu. Sidinga “ukubala izindleko”: ngabe ngiphilela futhi ngakha umbuso wami, noma uMbuso kaNkulunkulu?
Ngoba noma ngubani ofisa ukusindisa impilo yakhe uzolahlekelwa yiyo, kepha noma ngubani olahlekelwa ngumphefumulo wakhe ngenxa yami nakulo weVangeli uzowusindisa. Yini inzuzo ekhona lapho umuntu ezuza umhlaba wonke futhi alahlekelwe impilo yakhe. (UMakho 8: 235-36)
ISonto sonke futhi sonke kumele sizihlubule kulo mkhuba wezwe. Ukuthanda izwe kuyasilimaza. Kuyadabukisa ukuthola umKrestu wasemhlabeni… INkosi yethu isitshele ukuthi: Asinakukhonza amakhosi amabili: noma sikhonza imali noma sikhonza uNkulunkulu.… Asikwazi ukukhansela ngesandla esisodwa lokho esikubhala ngomunye. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Umsakazo weVatican, Okthoba 4th, i-2013
UMOYA OBULALAYO
Yebo, akuyona into encane. AmaKhatholika amaningi aphatheke kabi namuhla ngoba uBaba oNgcwele ubatshela ukuthi bagxile ezintweni eziyisisekelo njengokuza kuqala, kunokubheka izingqinamba ezinkulu zamasiko ezikhona. Isizathu sicace bha: asisenakho ukwethembeka emehlweni omhlaba. Ngubani olalela ngempela iSonto LamaKatolika? Izinga lethu lokukhipha isisu nesehlukaniso alihlukile kakhulu kunelomhlaba; amaKatolika amaningi asebenzisa izinto zokuvimbela inzalo; futhi siphakathi kwabanikeli abaphansi kunabo bonke kubhasikidi wokuqoqwa kulo lonke eLobukholwa. Ngisho nemiyalo yethu eminingi yezenkolo igweme uphawu lwangaphandle olunamandla lokukhetha kwabo okukhulu kuJesu, futhi bashintsha imikhuba yabo namakhola abo ngamasudi nezikibha. UbuKhatholika kwesinye isikhathi bubonakala njengenye iklabhu, omunye umhlangano wamasonto onke, ongenza mehluko omncane empilweni yomuntu noma kweyabanye ababazungezile.
Imiphefumulo eyomileyo elangazelela ngempela namuhla ukuhlangana noJesu, hhayi ukuxolisa noma ukukholisa kwefilosofi. Lokhu kuyadingeka, kepha akumiseli iqiniso eliyisisekelo eliwumKristu ngamunye ongabhapathiziwe
ukuba ngumphathi kaKristu; umhlinzeki wothando lwamanzi lukaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kusho umphefumulo ovutha uNkulunkulu; ophila umhlaba olandelayo ebe esaphila njengamanje; onhliziyo yabo ingakhathaleli kuphela umphefumulo womunye, kodwa ngenjabulo yabo nenhlalakahle yabo. Ah! Lapho sihlangana namaKrestu anjalo, sifuna ukuphuza ezinhliziyweni zawo ngoba anikela ngoLiquid ongesiwona owalomhlaba. Basibheka emehlweni futhi bayasithanda, noma besazi isono sethu! Lawa ngamandla othando, othando lukaNkulunkulu.
UPetru wamgqolozela njengoJohane, wathi, "Sibheke." … UPetru wathi, “anginaso isiliva noma igolide, kepha lokhu enginakho ngikunika khona: egameni likaJesu Kristu umNazaretha, sukuma uhambe.” (IzEnzo 3: 4-6)
Kepha kungenxa yokuthi iSonto selibe lomhlaba, cishe alikwazi ukunikela ngala Manzi Okuphila, okwenza ubufakazi bethu bube yinyumba. Manje sesibe yiBandla ngezindlela eziningi elikwaziyo ukunikela ngesiliva langempela negolide, kunoketshezi oluyigugu lothando lukaNkulunkulu. 
Ukuvakashela iSonto lakho elijwayelekile lamaKatolika namuhla ezweni laseNtshonalanga kusheshe kukhulume indaba yebandla emva kwebandla elinethezekile, kodwa elingenayo injabulo; ngimi kahle, kepha empeleni akukuhle kangako ngokomoya. Sikhathazekile futhi sikhathazekile ngezinto eziningi, njengawo wonke umhlaba. Futhi-ke, ubufakazi beSonto buye baba namandla futhi abukholakali.
Umoya wezwe uyabulala; ibulala abantu; kuyabulala iBandla. — UPAPA UFRANCIS, Umsakazo weVatican, Okthoba 4th, i-2013
USt. James uyichaza ngale ndlela:
Zivelaphi izimpi futhi izingxabano eziphakathi kwenu zivelaphi? Akuveli ezinkanukweni zakho ezenza impi ngaphakathi kwamalungu akho? Uyahaha kodwa awunakho. Uyabulala futhi unomona kodwa awukwazi ukuthola; niyalwa futhi niyalwa. Awunayo ngoba awuceli. Uyabuza kepha awutholi, ngoba ubuza ngokungafanele, ukusebenzisela izinkanuko zakho. Ziphingi! Awazi yini ukuthi ukuba ngumthandi womhlaba kusho ubutha noNkulunkulu? Ngakho-ke, noma ngubani ofuna ukuba ngumthandi wezwe uzenza isitha sikaNkulunkulu. (Jakobe 4: 1)
UNGASHO LUTHO '
Siyabuza ngokungalungile, uthi. Okusho ukuthi, siphishekela "izinto" ngenxa yaso, ngenxa yezizathu kaningi, kusho uPapa, "okuyize, ukuzikhukhumeza, nokuziqhenya." Siphendula izinto zibe yizithixo. Sibahleka kanjani abakwa-Israyeli ngokukhonza ithole legolide — bese bejika bese bebuka ngokungapheli kwizikrini ze-LCD nakuma-smartphone, uma kungenjalo balale nabo. Lolu uhlobo lokuthanda izwe oluthi kumele kugwenywe. Kodwa-ke, kusho uSt ukuthenga ku umoya wezwe.
… Asikhulumi ngokushoda kwezinto nje; lokhu kuswela ngeke kuhlukanise umphefumulo uma ufisa zonke lezi zinto. Sisebenzelana nokuchithwa kwesifiso somphefumulo nokweneliseka. Lokhu kuyishiya ikhululekile futhi ingenalutho kuzo zonke izinto, noma inakho. —USt. UJohn weSiphambano, Ummango weNtaba iKarmeli, Incwadi I, Ch. 3, ikhasi. 123
Kumahhala ukugcwala uketshezi lukaNkulunkulu. Futhi-ke, kusho uSt Paul,
Ngiyazi impela ukuthi ngiphile kanjani ezimweni eziphansi; Ngiyazi futhi ukuthi ngiphile kanjani ngokuchichima. Ezimweni zonke nasezintweni zonke ngiye ngafunda imfihlo yokwaneliswa nokuswela, neyokuphila ngokuchichimayo neyokuswela. Nginamandla akho konke ngakho ngalowo ongipha amandla. (Fil 4: 12-13)
Kufanele sifunde kabusha imfihlo: ukusebenzisa yonke into ukuziletha thina nabanye ebunyeni noNkulunkulu, noma ngabe imfoloko yesiliva noma ipulasitiki. Lokhu singakwenza kuphela ngokubeka ukwethembana okufana nokwengane kuBaba esikudingayo, noma ngabe iCadillac noma imoto ehlangene, ukuthi azokuhlinzeka ngakho. Kepha futhi nokuhlelela okwakamuva lapho singadingi okwangaphambili.
Impilo yakho mayingabi nothando lwemali kepha yaneliswa yilokho onakho, ngoba uthe, "Angisoze ngakushiya noma ngikulahle." (Heb 13: 5)
Ngifuna ukwabelana nawe ngengoma ekwi-albhamu yami entsha emayelana nokuzama ukubona izinto ngendlela uSt.Paul enza ngayo… ukuthi, izinto ezibonakalayo “azisho inhlonipho” uma ziqhathaniswa nothando lukaNkulunkulu, nothando lwabanye. Kwangathi nathi, njengoSt. Paul, singaqala ukubona izinto njengoba zinjalo.
Ngize ngithathe konke njengokulahlekile ngenxa yokulunga okukhulu kakhulu kokwazi uKristu Jesu iNkosi yami. Ngenxa yakhe ngamukele ukulahlekelwa yizinto zonke futhi ngikuthatha njengodoti omkhulu, ukuze ngizuze uKristu futhi ngitholakale kuye… (Phil 3: 8-9)
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