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NGEMPELA Uvukile, alleluya! Ngikubhalela namhlanje ngivela eSan Francisco, eU.SA ngosuku olwandulela iVigil of Divine Mercy, kanye neBeatification kaJohn Paul II. Ekhaya lapho ngihlala khona, imisindo yenkonzo yomkhuleko eyenzeka eRoma, lapho kukhulekelwa khona izimfihlakalo ezikhanyayo, ingena egumbini ngobumnene besiphethu esiputshuzayo namandla empophoma. Umuntu ngeke asizakale kodwa akhungatheke yi izithelo Yovuko olusobala njengoba iSonto Lendawo Yonke likhuleka ngazwi linye ngaphambi kokugcotshwa kwesikhundla sikaSt. I- amandla weSonto — amandla kaJesu — akhona, kokubili kufakazi obonakalayo walesi sehlakalo, nasebukhoneni benhlanganyelo yabaNgcwele. UMoya oNgcwele uzulazula…

Lapho ngihlala khona, ikamelo langaphambili linodonga olunezithonjana nezithombe ezibaziweyo: iSt. zonke zinamabala ngezinyembezi zamafutha noma zegazi eziwe emehlweni abo ezinyangeni ezedlule. Umqondisi ongokomoya wombhangqwana ohlala lapha nguFr. USeraphim Michalenko, usekela-postulator wenqubo yokugcotshwa kukaSt Faustina. Isithombe sihlangana noJohn Paul II sihlala ezinyaweni zesinye sezithombe. Ukuthula okubonakalayo nokuba khona kukaMama Obusisiwe kubonakala kugcwele ekamelweni…

Futhi-ke, kuphakathi kwale mhlaba emibili ukuthi ngikubhalele. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngibona izinyembezi zenjabulo zehla ebusweni balabo abathandaza eRoma; kolunye uhlangothi, kwehla izinyembezi zosizi emehlweni eNkosi noMama wethu kuleli khaya. Ngakho-ke ngiyabuza futhi, “Jesu, ufuna ngithini kubantu bakho?” Futhi ngiyawezwa enhliziyweni yami amazwi,

Tshela izingane zami ukuthi ngiyazithanda. Ukuthi nginguMusa uqobo. NoMercy ubiza izingane Zami ukuthi zivuke. 

 

UKUMBHEDLA

Angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngicabange ngomunye umlindelo, lowo uJesu akhuluma ngawo kuMathewu 25.

Lapho-ke umbuso wezulu uzofana nezintombi eziyishumi ezathatha izibani zazo zaphuma ukuhlangabeza umkhwenyana… Eziyiziwula, lapho zithatha izibani zazo, aziphathanga oyili, kepha ezihlakaniphileyo zaphatha izigaxa zamafutha nezibani zazo. Njengoba umkhwenyana abambezeleka isikhathi eside, zozela zonke zalala. (Math 25: 1, 5)

Njengoba uPapa Benedict ethandaza nje eseRoma, silinda noMary (for) "ukuqala kwenkathi entsha" kanye nokufika kweNdodana yakhe, uJesu Kristu ekugcineni. Silinde ukufika koMyeni osekunesikhathi “elibele.” Cishe sekuphakathi kwamabili, futhi umhlaba kumnyama.

Ezinsukwini zethu, lapho ezindaweni ezinkulu zomhlaba ukholo lusengozini yokufa njengelangabi elingasenawo uphethiloli, okubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza uNkulunkulu abekhona kulo mhlaba nokukhombisa abesilisa nabesifazane indlela eya kuNkulunkulu. Hhayi noma yimuphi unkulunkulu, kodwa uNkulunkulu owakhuluma eSinayi; kuloyo Nkulunkulu ubuso bakhe esibubonayo othandweni obucindezela “kuze kube sekupheleni” (c. Jn 13: 1)-KuJesu Kristu, wabethelwa esiphambanweni futhi wavuka. Inkinga yangempela kulo mzuzu womlando wethu ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyanyamalala emkhathizwe womuntu, futhi, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuNkulunkulu, isintu silahlekelwa ukuthwala kwaso, nemiphumela ebonakala ngokucekelayo.-Incwadi Yobungcwele Bakhe uPapa Benedict XVI kubo Bonke Ababhishobhi Bomhlaba, Mashi 10, 2009; I-Catholic Online

Emthandazweni, bengizibuza ukuthi kungani abantu bebonakala beqhubeka nempilo sengathi akukho okungahambi kahle. Ngisho nabantu abalandela iNkosi kubonakala sengathi abanankinga ngekusasa elizayo. Mhlawumbe ngihamba ngokweqile ngalokhu enginomuzwa wokuthi kuyehla (ukuwa komphakathi)… Bese kufika amazwi omBhalo athi: 'babedla, bephuza, beshada, njll. lapho kufika uzamcolo omkhulu.'Ngiyawuthola, lo mbhalo usunencazelo entsha kimi. Kepha kungani abanye abantu abalandela uJesu kubonakala sengathi abezwa lutho? Ngabe izindima zabanye abantu 'zingabalindi noma abaprofethi' ababizelwe ukuxwayisa? INkosi ilokhu inginikeza amazwibela amancane alokho okuzayo noma nini lapho ngiqala ukungabaza. Manje mhlampe angihlanyi ?? —U-Ephreli 17, 2011

Uyahlanya? Cha. Isiwula ngoKristu? Ngokuqinisekile. Ngoba ukumelana negagasi elinamandla lobubi emhlabeni kuphambene namasiko. Ukubhekana nenselelo yesimo esikhona njengamanje kuba “uphawu lokuphikisana.” Ukwazi “izimpawu zezikhathi” nokukhuluma ngokusobala ngezingozi esibhekana nazo hhayi njengeSonto kuphela kodwa nobuntu sisonke kubhekwa “njengokungenakulinganiswa.” Iqiniso ukuthi kukhona igebe elikhulayo phakathi kweqiniso lalokho okwenzeka emhlabeni jikelele, nokuthi yini eminingi qaphela ezokwenzeka. Le ncwadi ivela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ivela kumfundisi wase-Ontario, eCanada:

Impela siphila ezikhathini eziyinqaba futhi umuntu angabona kalula ukwanda okusheshayo kokungakhathali, ikakhulukazi eSontweni maqondana nezimo eziphathelene nokwenza umkhuba wokholo, uMthendeleko kanye nempilo yesakramente. Abaningi bagcwalisa izimpilo zabo ngakho konke ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu futhi akunjalo kangangoba abasakholelwa kuNkulunkulu, kodwa empeleni basebenze, baminyanisa uNkulunkulu. —UFr. C.

Kungani kungukuthi bambalwa kangaka ababonakala beqonda ngokweqiniso imingcele yezingqinamba zokuziphatha, zokomoya, ezomnotho, ezenhlalo nezombusazwe ezilapha nezizayo? Ngabe baningi kangako awufuni ukubona? Or ayikwazi niyabo?

Njengoba ngishilo izolo izolo enkulumweni yami yokuqala esontweni lendawo, bambalwa abaziyo ukuthi siphilaisikhathi somusa, ” ngokwesambulo seNkosi yethu kuSt Faustina. Lokho kusho ukuthi, bambalwa abakubonayo lokho lesi sikhathi sizophela, nokuthi mhlawumbe, sisondele “phakathi kwamabili” kunalokho abaningi abakubonayo. ^[1]qhathanisa Izahlulelo Zokugcina

… Ngandisa isikhathi somusa ngenxa [yezoni]… Khuluma nomhlaba ngomusa Wami; sonke isintu asibonise umusa Wami ongenakulinganiswa. Kuyisibonakaliso sezikhathi zokugcina; emva kwalo luzofika usuku lobulungiswa. Ngenkathi isikhathi sisekhona, mabasebenzise umthombo wesisa Sami; bayeke bazuze ngeGazi naManzi okuphume kubo .. -Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari, uJesu kuSt Faustina, n. 1160, 848

"Njengoba isikhathi sisekhona… ”, okungukuthi, ngenkathi imiphefumulo isavukile futhi ilalele. Ngokuphathelene nalokhu, amazwi kaPapa Benedict phakathi neSonto Elingcwele uqobo lwawo "ayisibonakaliso sezikhathi":

Ubuthongo bethu phambi kobuso bukaNkulunkulu busenza singabunaki ububi: asimuzwa uNkulunkulu ngoba asifuni ukuphazanyiswa, ngakho-ke sihlala singenandaba nobubi.”… Isimo esinjalo siholela ku“a ukungakhathali komphefumulo ngamandla wobubi.”UPapa wayezimisele ngokugcizelela ukuthi ukusola kukaKristu kubaphostoli bakhe abebelele -“ hlalani niphapheme futhi niqaphile ”- kusebenza kuwo wonke umlando weSonto. Umyalezo kaJesu, uPapa wathi,isigijimi saphakade sonke isikhathi ngoba ukulala kwabafundi akuyona inkinga yalowo mzuzu owodwa, kunalokho okwenzeka kuwo wonke umlando, 'ubuthongo' bungobethu, bethu labo abangafuni ukubona amandla aphelele wobubi futhi bafuna ukungena ku-Passion yakhe. ” —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, iCatholic News Agency, iVictoria City, ngo-Ephreli 20, 2011, General Audience

 

INHLEKELELE YENHLIZIYO

Njengoba izinhlayiya zemisebe ezivela eJapan ziqhubeka nokuwa; njengoba izinguquko ezinegazi qhubeka uzulazule eMpumalanga; njengoba I-China iyakhuphuka ekuphakameni komhlaba; njenge Inkinga yokudla emhlabeni iyaqhubeka nokwanda; njengoba izivunguvungu ezingenakulinganiswa nokuzamazama komhlaba kuqhubeka nokuzamazamisa umhlaba… ngisho lezi “Izimpawu zezikhathi” zibonakala zivuse abambalwa uma kuqhathaniswa. Izizathu, njengoba zichazwe nguYise oNgcwele ngenhla, empeleni kungenxa yokuthi izinhliziyo sezilele — abaningi nje abafuni ukubona, ngakho-ke, ababoni. Lokhu kubonakala kakhulu ezinhliziyweni eziqhubeka nokuphila impilo yesono.

Nakani laba bantu abayiziphukuphuku nabangenangqondo, abanamehlo kodwa ababoni, abanezindlebe futhi abezwa, ... inhliziyo yalaba bantu inenkani futhi iyahlubuka; bayaphenduka bahambe… (Jer 5:21, 23; qhathanisa noMk 8:18)

Noma lokhu “kozela” kwenzeke kuwo wonke umlando weSonto, isikhathi sethu sinegama eliyingqayizivele:

Isono sekhulu leminyaka ukulahleka komuzwa wesono. —UPOPI PIUS XII, Ikheli Lomsakazo e-United States Catechetical Congress ebanjelwe eBoston; 26 Okthoba, 1946: AAS Discorsi e Radiomessaggi, VIII (1946), 288

Njenge-cataract eyakheka phezu kweso eyenza konke kube "yinkungu", isono esingaphenduki sakha phezu kwenhliziyo esivimbela amehlo omphefumulo ukuthi abone kahle. Ubusisiwe uJohn Henry Newman wayengumphefumulo owabona kahle futhi osinikeza umbono ongokwesiprofetho wezikhathi zethu:

Ngiyazi ukuthi zonke izikhathi ziyingozi, nokuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi izingqondo ezibucayi nezikhathazayo, eziphila ngokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu nezidingo zomuntu, zikulungele ukucabanga ukuthi azikho izikhathi eziyingozi njengalezo zazo. Ngaso sonke isikhathi isitha semiphefumulo sihlasela ngolaka iSonto elingumama wabo weqiniso, futhi okungenani sisongela futhi sethuse lapho sehluleka ukwenza okubi. Futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi kunezivivinyo zabo ezikhethekile abanye abangenazo. Futhi kuze kube manje ngizovuma ukuthi kwakukhona izingozi ezithile kumaKristu ngezikhathi ezithile, ezingekho kulesi sikhathi. Akungabazeki, kepha ngisavuma lokhu, noma kunjalo ngicabanga ukuthi… owethu unobumnyama ohlukile ngomunye kunanoma yikuphi okwake kwenzeka ngaphambi kwawo. Ingozi ekhethekile yesikhathi esiphambi kwethu ukusabalala kwaleyo nhlupho yokungathembeki, ukuthi abaPhostoli neNkosi yethu uqobo babikezele njengenhlekelele embi kakhulu yezikhathi zokugcina zeSonto. Futhi okungenani isithunzi, isithombe esijwayelekile sezikhathi zokugcina siyeza emhlabeni jikelele. —Ubusisiwe uJohn Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890 AD), intshumayelo yokuvulwa kweSt. Bernard's Seminary, ngo-Okthoba 2, 1873, The Infidelity of the Future

Sasizobukeka kanjani “isithombe esejwayelekile sezikhathi zokugcina”?

… Kuzoba nezikhathi ezesabekayo ezinsukwini zokugcina. Abantu bazoba ngabazithandayo nabathandi bemali, abazidlayo, abazidlayo, abahlukumezayo, abangalaleli abazali babo, abangabongiyo, abangenankolo, abangenalo uthando, abangenacala, abanyundeli, abanokuziphatha okubi, abanesihluku, abazonda okuhle, abakhapheli, abangenandaba, abazidlayo, abathandi benjabulo kunabathandi bakaNkulunkulu, njengoba benza sengathi inkolo kodwa bephika amandla ayo. (2 Thim 3: 1-5)

UJesu wakufingqa kanjena:

… Ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, uthando lwabaningi luzophola. (Math 24:12)

Lokho wukuthi, imiphefumulo izobe sewile ngilele ubuthongo.

Ngalokho-ke, nangokuphikisana nentando yethu, umcabango uvuka emqondweni wokuthi manje lezo zinsuku ziyasondela iNkosi yethu eyaprofetha ngazo: “Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ububi buningi, uthando lwabaningi luyophola” (Math. 24:12). —I-POPE PIUS XI, I-Miserentissimus Redemptor, Encyclical on Reparation to Sacred Heart, n. 17 

Futhi lapho uthando selupholile khona, lapho iqiniso licinyiwe njengelangabi elifayo ngezikhathi zethu, “ikusasa lomhlaba lisengozini”:

Ukumelana nalokhu kusithwa kwesizathu nokugcina amandla aso okubona okubalulekile, ukubona uNkulunkulu nomuntu, ukubona okuhle nokuyiqiniso, intshisekelo evamile okumele ihlanganise bonke abantu benentando enhle. Ikusasa lomhlaba lisengozini. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe Kumkhosi WaseRoma, ngoDisemba 20, 2010

Noma ngubani ofuna ukuqeda uthando ulungiselela ukuqeda umuntu kanjalo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Incwadi Encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (uNkulunkulu Uluthando), n. 28b

 

U-EVA WOMUSA WAPHEZULU

Ngakho-ke, sesifikile emlindelweni weSunday Mercy Sunday. UJesu wathi lomkhosi womusa Wakhe uzoba ngowabanye “ithemba lokugcina lensindiso” (bheka Ithemba Lokugcina Losindiso). Isizathu singenxa yokuthi isizukulwane sethu, esaphawulwa ezimpini zomhlaba ezimbili nasenqenqemeni lwengxenye yesithathu leminyaka, senziwe sabanzima kakhulu yisono, kangangokuba kwabanye, okuwukuphela kwendlela nethemba lokusindiswa ukwenza indlela elula nethembekile nxusa isihe sikaNkulunkulu: “Jesu, ngithemba wena. ” Encazelweni yamazwi uJesu ayewakhulume kuye, uSt. Faustina usinikeza manje, kulelihora lokugcina emhlabeni, ukucaca okumangazayo kwezixwayiso zikaPapa Benedict, kanye nesimemo sikaJesu ukwethemba kuye:

Wonke umusa ugeleza usuka esiheni, futhi ihora lokugcina kugcwele isihe ngathi. Makungabikho noyedwa ongabazayo ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu; noma izono zomuntu zimnyama njengobusuku, umusa kaNkulunkulu unamandla ukudlula usizi lwethu. Yinye kuphela into edingekayo: ukuthi isoni siwuvule umnyango wenhliziyo yaso, noma ngabe kuncane kangako, ukuvumela imisebe yomusa kaNkulunkulu onomusa, khona-ke uNkulunkulu uzokwenza konke okunye. Kepha umpofu umphefumulo ovale umnyango esiheni sikaNkulunkulu, noma ehoreni lokugcina. Yimiphefumulo nje enjalo eyafaka uJesu osizini olubulalayo eNsimini Yeminqumo; impela, kwakusuka enhliziyweni Yakhe Enesihawu lapho umusa waphezulu waphuma khona. -Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari, uJesu kuSt Faustina, n. 1507

Le miphefumulo eyalethela uJesu usizi olunjalo nayo iyimiphefumulo elele. Masithandaze ngawo wonke amandla esingawathola ukuze bezwe ukuthi iNkosi ibagungqisa, impela, ibavuse njengoba lesi sikhathi somusa siphela:

"Ungesabi! Ngempela, vulani iminyango kuKristu! ” Vula izinhliziyo zakho, izimpilo zakho, ukungabaza kwakho, ubunzima bakho, injabulo yakho nothando lwakho emandleni akhe okusindisa, futhi mvumele angene ezinhliziyweni zenu. —UBUSISEKILE UJOHANE PAUL II, Ukubungazwa kweJubili Elikhulu, ISt John Latern; amagama acashunwe ekhelini lokuqala likaJohn Paul II ngo-Okthoba 22nd, 1978

Sengathi thina abalwela ukugcina “izibani zethu zigcwele uwoyela” ^[2]isib. Mat 25:4 cela, ngokukholwa okulindelekile, ukuthi “ulwandle lomusa” uJesu athembisa ukuluthululela ngeSonto LikaNkulunkulu Lomusa luzogcwalisa izinhliziyo zethu, luzelaphe, futhi lusigcine siphapheme njengoba iziteleka zokuqala phakathi kwamabili zisondela emhlabeni olele.

Usongo lokwahlulelwa luyasithinta nathi, iSonto eYurophu, eYurophu kanye naseNtshonalanga iyonke… iNkosi nayo iyakhala ezindlebeni zethu… “Uma ungaphenduki ngizoza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo.” Ukukhanya kungasuswa kithina futhi senza kahle ukuvumela lesi sixwayiso sizwakale ngokuzimisela okukhulu ezinhliziyweni zethu, ngenkathi sikhala eNkosini: “Sisize siphenduke!” —UPapa uBenedict XVI, Ukuvula i-Homily, ISinodi Yababhishobhi, Okthoba 2, 2005, eRoma.

 

 

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