IF ngingaphinda ngiveze umphefumulo wami kini, ukuze ngandlela-thile nizuze ebuthakathakeni bami. Njengoba uPawuli oNgcwele asho, “Kungcono ngiziqhayise ngentokozo enkulu ngobuthakathaka bami, ukuze amandla kaKristu ahlale nami. Impela kwangathi Angahlala nawe!
INDLELA YOKUDLALELA
Kusukela umkhaya wakithi uthuthele epulazini elincane emathafeni aseCanada, siye sabhekana nenkinga yezimali ngokulandelana ngenxa yokuwohloka kwezimoto, iziphepho zomoya, nazo zonke izinhlobo zezindleko ezingalindelekile. Kuye kwangidumaza kakhulu, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nokuphelelwa ithemba, kwaze kwaba yilapho ngaqala ukuzizwa ngilahliwe. Lapho ngiyothandaza, ngangibeka isikhathi sami… kodwa ngaqala ukungabaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayenginaka kakhulu—uhlobo lokuzidabukela.
Umqondisi wami ongokomoya, nokho (ngibonga uNkulunkulu!) wabona okwakwenzeka emphefumulweni wami, futhi wakuletha ekukhanyeni (ngakho-ke uye wangikhuthaza ukuba ngibhale ngakho lapha).
"Awukholwa ngempela ukuthi uBaba ufuna ukukhuluma nawe?" Ngacabanga ngombuzo wakhe ngase ngiphendula, “Angifuni ukugabadela…” umqondisi wami waqhubeka.
"Uyabhabhadiswa angithi?"
"Yebo."
Khona-ke wena ‘ungumpristi, nomprofethi, nenkosi?’” (cf. 1546 CCC)
"Yebo."
Uthini u-Amose 3:7?
“Yebo, iNkosi uJehova akenzi lutho ingayambulanga icebo layo ezincekwini zayo, abaprofethi.
“Khona-ke uBaba uzokhuluma naye wena. Udinga ukulahla noma isiphi isifungo osenze sangaphakathi sokuthi “uNkulunkulu akakhulumi nami,” bese ulalela. Uzokhuluma nawe!"
UBABA UYAKHULUMA
Manje, abanye benu bangase bakuthole kuyinqaba lokhu. Ungase uthi, "Ima kancane, ingabe iNkosi ibilokhu ikhuluma nawe ngale bhulogi iminyaka engaphezu kwemihlanu manje?" Mhlawumbe unakho (ngizoshiya lokho kuqonda ekwahluleleni okungcono kweBandla). Kodwa manje sengiyabona ukuthi, ngandlela thize, ngaqala ukungabaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokhuluma naye mina, ngokwami, nakuba ngilobile futhi ngakhuluma ngalezi zinto. Ngaqala ukuzibona ngiwucezu olungabalulekile lothuli lwe-cosmic (uma kuqhathaniswa), futhi kungani kufanele ngifanele ukunakwa Nguye ngaleyo ndlela? Kodwa "Lokho," kusho umqondisi wami, "yi-a amanga enkosini yobumnyama. UNkulunkulu kuthanda ngikhulume nawe, futhi ngikhulume nawe nsuku zonke. Uzokhuluma nenhliziyo yakho, futhi ingqondo yakho idinga ukulalela."
Ngakho-ke, ngokulalela umqondisi wami womoya, ngawalahla amanga angena ngokunyenya emphefumulweni wami, futhi ngalungiselela ngalobo busuku ukuba ngibuze umbuzo oqondile kuBaba (ngokuphathelene nenkinga eyodwa eqhubekayo eye yadonsa izinsiza zomndeni wethu). Ngalobo busuku, njengoba ngihamba ngemoto emigwaqweni yakithi, ngazizwa ngiphoqelekile ukucula ngoMoya lapho kungazelelwe amazwi aphuma emlonyeni wami, "Ndodana yami, Ndodana yami, zinikele ngokuphelele Kimi…." Ngasukuma, futhi “igama” elihle elikhuthazayo laphuma ephepheni lami lenza, kuhlanganise nempendulo enkingeni yami. Ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili, inkinga yaxazululeka.
Futhi usuku nosuku manje lapho ngihlezi futhi ngilalele, ngilahla amanga okuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke akhulume nami ngimpofu, uBaba enza khuluma. UnguBaba wami. Ngiyindodana yaKhe. Uxhumana nabantwana Bakhe.
Futhi uzimisele ukukhuluma nawe.
FUNDA UKULALELA
Into eyodwa engiyizwe uBaba Wethu ethi,
Ngizowushintsha umhlaba ube ngcono, kodwa kuqala kufika Ihora Lokukhathazeka.
Leli Hora lisondela kakhulu, impela bafowethu nodadewethu. Nginilobele ngaphambili ukuthi ukukhanya kukaNkulunkulu kucinywa kanjani ezweni, kepha phakathi labo abakholwayo futhi bahlale bethembekile, lokho kuKhanya kuzovutha kakhudlwana (bheka Ikhandlela Elishunqayo). Kulabo abacabanga ukuthi ngiyesaba, ngenza ihaba, noma ngigxile kakhulu “ezikhathini zokuphela,” uBaba Ongcwele unanela yona kanye le nto encwadini ayibhalela ababhishobhi bomhlaba:
Ezinsukwini zethu, lapho ezindaweni ezinkulu zomhlaba ukholo lusengozini yokufa njengelangabi elingasenawo amandla, okubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza uNkulunkulu abe khona kulo mhlaba kanye nokukhombisa amadoda nabesifazane indlela eya kuNkulunkulu. Hhayi nje noma yimuphi unkulunkulu, kodwa uNkulunkulu owakhuluma eSinayi; kulowo Nkulunkulu esibubona ubuso bakhe othandweni olucindezela “kuze kube sekupheleni” (cf. Joh. 13:1)—kuJesu Kristu, owabethelwa esiphambanweni futhi wavuka. Inkinga yangempela kulo mzuzu womlando wethu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyanyamalala emkhathizwe womuntu, futhi, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuNkulunkulu, isintu silahlekelwa ama-abers aso, nemiphumela ebhubhisayo ebonakala ngokuya ngokusobala. -Incwadi yobungcwele bakhe UPAPA BENEDICT XVI eya kubo Bonke abaBhishobhi Bomhlaba, mhla ziyi-10 kuNdasa, 2009; I-Catholic Online
Ihora Lokukhathazeka liyeza kuqala nokubalulekile ihora laphakathi kwamabili-nokuhlubuka obala kuNkulunkulu neBandla Lakhe (bheka Inguquko!). Umuntu angaphinde acabange ngakho njenge Ukusithwa kweNdodana.
Ekufuneni izimpande ezijulile zomzabalazo phakathi "kwesiko lempilo" kanye "nesiko lokufa"... Kufanele siye enhliziyweni yenhlekelele etholwa umuntu wanamuhla: ukusitheka komqondo kaNkulunkulu kanye nowomuntu. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Evangelium Vitae, n. 21
Empeleni iyi- ukusitheka kweQiniso. Bancane nabambalwa namuhla abakhuluma iqiniso, iqiniso lonke, iVangeli lonke njengoba lembulelwe thina ngoJesu futhi liphathiswe iBandla lamaKhatholika. Izimvu ziye zashiywa ekunembeni kwezombusazwe, ekhashelwa ukuhlubuka ezinhlwini zayo, futhi ube nayo bona bakhukhulwe ngumoya wezwe. Kubalulekile-ke ukuthi ufunde ukwenza kanjani qaphela izwi likaMelusi Omuhle. Ngoba izinsuku ziyeza lapho izwi Lakhe lingeke lizwakale emapulpiti noma esihlalweni sikapapa (kuze kube manje ushushiso luthulisa abapristi bethu noma uBaba oNgcwele ezindaweni eziningi noma eziningi emhlabeni-mhlawumbe omunye "wemiphumela ebhubhisayo" umhlaba "ulahlekelwa ama-bearings awo"). Ngaleso sikhathi, Izwi lakhe lingazwakala kuphela kulabo abanhliziyo zabo zigcwaliswe ngamafutha okholo abonakaliswa othandweni ukuze ukuKhanya kukaKristu kuqhubeke kuvutha ngisho nasebumnyameni obukhulu kakhulu. Niyolazi kanjani izwi likaMelusi ngaphandle kokuthi empeleni Kholwa uzolizwa izwi Lakhe? Futhi uzolizwa kanjani izwi Lakhe ngaphandle kokuthi uzinike isikhathi sokumlalela? Uma njengami, bangane abathandekayo, seniqalile ukungabaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhuluma nani wena, khona-ke kufanele uwalahle lamanga. Ngokuba uJesu wathi ngoMalusi Omuhle:
… izimvu ziyamlandela, ngokuba zona ulazi izwi lakhe… Izimvu zami yizwa izwi lami, nami ngiyazazi, futhi ziyangilandela; ngizinika ukuphila okuphakade, azisoze zabhubha naphakade, akakho ongazihlwitha esandleni sami. ( Johane 10:4, 27-28 )
Wena, l
iwundlu elincane, kufanele izwe izwi Lakhe—inkathi. Uzokhuluma nawe ngokuthula kwenhliziyo yakho, ngoba izwi likaNkulunkulu lihanjiswa ngokuthula kothando. Thulani, nazi ukuthi mina nginguNkulunkulu, kusho imiBhalo. Uyomazi uMelusi lapho uthule, lapho uthatha isikhathi usuku nosuku ukuze lalela. Hhayi nje ukukhuluma, ukufunda, noma ukuphindaphinda imithandazo, kodwa lalela ekukholweni, ekwethembeni. Futhi ngiyakuqinisekisa, uzoqala ukuzwa nokubona iphimbo likaNkulunkulu emiBhalweni, ekuzindleni kweRosari, noma endaweni ethule yenhliziyo yakho lapho ethululela izwi lomuntu siqu kuwe.
Futhi kungani kufanele simangale ukuthi kulezi zinsuku ezingokwesiprofetho ngeke akhulume kaningi nje kuphela, kodwa ngokucacile? Akenzi lutho ngaphandle kokwembula kuqala icebo Lakhe ezincekwini Zakhe, abaprofethi… labo ababhapathiziwe abanhliziyo zabo zivulekile futhi zilalele.
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