Umuntu Ogcwele

 

 

UNGALOKOTHI ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke. Kwakungewona amakherubi noma amaserafi, noma ubukhulu noma amandla, kodwa umuntu — ongcwele futhi, kodwa noma kunjalo — owakhuphukela esihlalweni sikaNkulunkulu, isandla sokudla sikaYise.

Isimo sethu somuntu esimpofu sanyuselwa, kuKristu, ngaphezu kwawo wonke amabutho asezulwini, ngaphezu kwazo zonke izigaba zezingelosi, ngaphezu kwamandla aphezulu kakhulu esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu uBaba. —POPE LEO OMKHULU, I-Liturgy of the Hours, Umq. II, iphe. I-937

Leli qiniso kufanele lizamazamisa umphefumulo ekuphelelweni yithemba. Kufanele iphakamise isilevu sesoni esizibona singudoti. Kufanele kunikeze ithemba kulowo ongabonakali ezishintsha… ethwele isiphambano esicindezelayo senyama. KuNkulunkulu Uqobo wathatha inyama yethu, wayiphakamisela phezulu eZulwini.

Ngakho-ke asidingi ukuba yingelosi, noma silwele ukuba ngunkulunkulu, njengoba abanye besho ngephutha. Sidinga ukuba nje umuntu ngokuphelele. Futhi lokhu — ukudumisa uJesu — kwenzeka ngokuphelele ngesipho somusa kaNkulunkulu, esisinikezwe wona ngokubhabhadiswa, futhi senziwa ngukuphenduka nokwethembela emseni waKhe. Ngokuthi ube mncane, ungabi mkhulu. Kancane njengengane.

Ukuba ngumuntu ophelele ukuhlala kuKristu oseZulwini… nokumema uKristu ukuthi azohlala kuwe, lapha emhlabeni.

 

 

Chofoza lapha ukuze Zikhiphe ohlwini or Bhalisa kule Journal. 

 

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