Ukuthula akukhona nje ukungabi khona kwempi…
Ukuthula “ukuthula kwengqondo.”
-Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 2304
KUPHELA manje, noma isikhathi sihamba ngokushesha okukhulu futhi ngokushesha futhi ijubane lempilo lifuna okuningi; ngisho namanje njengoba ukungezwani phakathi kwabalingani nemindeni kuyanda; namanje njengoba izingxoxo ezimnandi phakathi kwabantu zihlakazeka nezizwe zinakekela impi… namanje singakuthola ukuthula kweqiniso.
Kodwa kufanele siqale siqonde ukuthi kuyini “ukuthula kweqiniso”. Isazi sezenkolo saseFrance, uFr. ULéonce de Grandmaison (d. 1927), ukubeke kahle kakhulu:
Ukuthula esikunikwa yizwe kuhlanganisa ukungabibikho kokuhlupheka ngokomzimba nasezinjabulo ezihlukahlukene. Ukuthula uJesu akuthembisa nakunikeza abangane bakhe kungokunye. Akubandakanyi ukungabibikho kokuhlupheka nokukhathazeka kodwa ngokungabi bikho kwengxabano yangaphakathi, ebunyeni bomoya wethu maqondana noNkulunkulu, kithina, kanye nabanye. -Thina noMoya oNgcwele: Sikhuluma namaLaymen, Imibhalo Engokomoya Ka-Léonce de Grandmaison (Fides Abashicileli); cf. I-Magnificat, Januwari 2018, k. 293
Ingaphakathi disorder lokho kuphuca umphefumulo ukuthula kweqiniso. Futhi lokhu kuphazamiseka kuyisithelo somuntu onganakiwe kuthanda futhi engalawuleki isifiso. Yingakho izizwe ezicebe kakhulu emhlabeni zinezakhamuzi ezingajabule nezingaphumuli: abaningi banakho konke, kodwa nokho, abanalutho. Ukuthula kweqiniso akukalwa ngalokho onakho, kepha kulinganiswa ngalokho onakho.
Futhi akuyona indaba nje hhayi kokuba izinto. Ngoba njengoba uSt. John of the Cross echaza, “lokhu kuntuleka ngeke kuwuhlukanise umphefumulo uma [usafisa] zonke lezi zinto.” Kunalokho, kuyindaba yokudelelwa noma ukuphucwa izifiso zomphefumulo kanye nalokho kwanelisa okuwushiya usuthekile futhi ungaphumuli nakakhulu.
Njengoba izinto zezwe zingenakungena emphefumulweni, aziyona isithiyo noma ingozi kuwo; kunalokho, yintando kanye nesifiso sokuhlala ngaphakathi okubangela umonakalo lapho kugxilwe kulezi zinto. -Ummango weNtaba iKarmeli, Incwadi yokuqala, Isahluko 4, n. 4; Imisebenzi Eqoqiwe kaSt. John of the Cross, k. 123; Kuchazwe nguKieran Kavanaugh no-Otilio Redriguez
Kodwa uma umuntu enalezi zinto, pho? Umbuzo, kunalokho, ukuthi kungani unazo kwasekuqaleni? Ingabe uphuza izinkomishi ezimbalwa zekhofi nsuku zonke ukuze uvuke, noma ukuze uziduduze? Uyadla ukuze uphile, noma uphile ukuze udle? Ingabe wenza uthando nomngane wakho womshado ngendlela ekhuthaza ukuhlanganyela noma emane nje efuna ukuzanelisa? UNkulunkulu akakulahli lokho akudalile futhi akakugxeki ubumnandi. Lokho uNkulunkulu akwenqabele ngesimo somyalo ukuguqula intokozo noma izidalwa zibe unkulunkulu, zibe isithixo esincane.
ungabi nabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kwami. Ungazenzeli izithombe ezibaziweyo, nomfanekiso wokusezulwini phezulu, nowokusemhlabeni phansi, nowokusemanzini phansi komhlaba; ungazikhothameli, ungazikhonzi. ( Eksodusi 20:3-4 )
INkosi eyasidala ngothando iyazi ukuthi yiyona kuphela egcwalisa zonke izifiso. Konke Akwenzile, okungenani, kuwukubonakaliswa kobuhle Bakhe obukhomba emuva eMthonjeni. Ngakho ukufisa into ethile noma esinye isidalwa kuwukugeja umgomo nokuba isigqila saso.
UKristu wasikhulula ukuze sibe sikhulu; ngakho yimani niqine, ningaphinde nizithobe ejokeni lobugqila. ( Gal 5:1 )
Yizinkanuko zethu, nokungahlaliseki okukuvezayo, okuntshontsha ukuthula kweqiniso.
…inkululeko ayinakuhlala enhliziyweni ebuswa izifiso, enhliziyweni yesigqila. Ihlala enhliziyweni ekhululekile, enhliziyweni yomntwana. -St. UJohane Wesiphambano, Ibid. n.6, p. 126
Uma ufuna ngempela (futhi ubani ongakufuni?) lokho “ukuthula okudlula ukuqonda konke,” kudingekile ukuphihliza lezi zithombe, ukuze uzenze zithobele intando yakho—hhayi ngenye indlela. Yilokhu uJesu akushoyo lapho ethi:
... noma ubani kini ongalahli konke anakho angebe ngumfundi wami. ( Luka 14:33 )
UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisa injabulo yethu yangempela. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, eVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit.org
Ukungena kulokhu kuziphika kufana “nobusuku obumnyama”, kusho uJohane Wesiphambano, ngoba umuntu uncisha izinzwa “zokukhanya” kokuthinta, ukunambitha, ukubona, njll. “Ukuzithanda”, kubhala iNceku ye UNkulunkulu Catherine Doherty, "yisithiyo esimi phakade phakathi kwami noNkulunkulu." [1]I-Poustinia, k. 142 Ngakho-ke, ukuziphika kufana nokungena ebusuku lapho kungase kusaba khona izinzwa ezihola umuntu ngekhala, kodwa manje, ukholo lwakhe eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Kulobu “busuku bokukholwa”, umphefumulo kufanele wamukele ukwethemba okunjengokwengane ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyokwaneliseka kwangempela—njengoba nje nenyama ikhala ngenye indlela. Kodwa esikhundleni sokukhanya okunengqondo kwezidalwa, umuntu ulungisa inhliziyo ukuze ilungele ukuKhanya kukaKristu okungenangqondo, okuwukuphumula kwethu kweqiniso nokuthula.
Wozani kimi, nina nonke enikhatheleyo nenisindwayo, ngizoniphumuza. Bekani ijoka lami phezu kwenu futhi nifunde kimi, ngoba ngimnene futhi ngithobekile ngenhliziyo; khona-ke nizokutholela ukuphumula. Ngoba ijoka lami lilula, nomthwalo wami ulula. (Math 11: 28-30)
Ekuqaleni, lokhu kubonakala kungenakwenzeka ngempela. “Ngiyalithanda iwayini lami! Ngithanda ukudla kwami! Ngiyawuthanda ugwayi wami! Ngiyaluthanda ucansi lwami! Ngiyawathanda amafilimu ami! ”… Sibhikisha ngoba sesaba—njengendoda ecebile eyasuka kuJesu idabukile ngoba yesaba ukulahlekelwa impahla yayo. Kodwa uCatherine ubhala ukuthi kuphambene nalokho kulowo olahla owakhe ephazamisekile ukudla:
Lapho kukhona i- kenosis [ukuzithulula] akukho ukwesaba. -Isisebenzi sikaNkulunkulu uCatherine de Hueck Doherty, I-Poustinia, k. 143
Akukho ukwesaba ngoba umphefumulo awusavumeli izinkanuko zawo zehlise isigqila sosizi. Ngokuphazima kweso, uzizwa unesithunzi engakaze ube naso ngaphambili ngoba umphefumulo uchitha ubumina bamanga nawo wonke amanga owawafaka. Esikhundleni sokwesaba, uthando, uma nje kuyimbewu yokuqala yothando lweqiniso. Ngoba eqinisweni, akukhona ukulangazelela njalo injabulo, uma kungenjalo ngokungalawuleki ukunxanela, okuwumthombo wangempela wokungajabuli kwethu?
Zivelaphi izimpi futhi izingxabano eziphakathi kwenu zivelaphi? Akuveli ezinkanukweni zakho ezenza impi ngaphakathi kwamalungu akho? (Jakobe 4: 1)
Asilokothi saneliswe izifiso zethu ngokunembile ngoba lokho okungokwenyama akusoze kwanelisa lokho okungokomoya. Kunalokho, “Ukudla kwami,” UJesu wathi, “ukwenza intando yalowo ongithumileyo.” [2]John 4: 34 Ukuba “isigqila” sikaKristu, ukuthatha ijoka lokulalela iZwi laKhe, kuwukungena endleleni yenkululeko yeqiniso.
Noma yimuphi omunye umthwalo uyakucindezela futhi ukuchoboze, kodwa empeleni okaKristu uyakwesula. Noma yimuphi omunye umthwalo uyasinda, kodwa uKristu ukunika amaphiko. Uma ususa amaphiko enyoni, ungase ubonakale ukhulula isisindo, kodwa lapho ususa isisindo esiningi, uyibophela phansi emhlabeni. Nanso liphansi, ubufuna ukulikhulula; ibuyisele isisindo samaphiko ayo futhi uzobona ukuthi indiza kanjani. —USt. Augustine, Izintshumayelo, hhayi. 126
Lapho uJesu ekucela ukuthi “thatha isiphambano sakho”, “nithandane”, “nilahle konke”, kubonakala sengathi ukuthwesa umthwalo ongakuphuca injabulo. Kodwa kungokumlalela impela lokho “nizozitholela ukuphumula.”
Lokho uzokuthola ukuthula kweqiniso.
Nina nonke enihamba nihlushiwe, nicindezelwe, nisindwa yizinkathazo nezinkanuko zenu, sukani kuzo, nize kimi, ngizonenza niqabuleke; futhi nizotholela imiphefumulo yenu ukuphumula, okukuphucwa yizinkanuko. -St. UJohane Wesiphambano, Ibid. Ch. 7, n.4, p. 134
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