Umculi Akaziwa
ON ubusuku bokuqala bokuthunywa kwami eLouisiana kule ekwindla edlule, owesifazane weza kimi ngemuva kwalokho, amehlo akhe evulekile, umlomo wakhe uvulekile.
“Ngimbonile,” ngokunyenyeza. “Ngibone uMama Obusisiwe.”
Wabamba izandla zami, futhi ehlengezela izinyembezi, wathi ngomoya ophansi, “Ngiyabonga ngokummema.” Nempela ekuqaleni kwalobo busuku ngamema uMama oBusisiwe ukuba abe nathi, asifundise futhi asihole njengoMama olungile. Ngithe ngisakhuluma ngalobo busuku, lo wesifazane wathi usewavule amehlo, kanti u-Our Lady wayehlezi eduze kwakhe egqoke ingubo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Manje, edidekile, owesifazane wayelokhu ephindaphinda, “Ngambona… ngambona… Ngiyabonga."
Emizuzwini embalwa kamuva, ngemva kokuba lona wesifazane esehambile, kweza enye indoda kimi, umlingo osekuyiminyaka ngimazi mathupha. Selokhu athola ukuguqulwa okukhulu, ube nesiphiwo sokubona iNkosi yethu nabangcwele ezikhathini eziningi. Wathi kimi, “Umama wethu ubelapha.” Ngamamatheka ngathi, “Kuphi?” Esho ekhomba eNgcwele. "Ubeguqe e-altare phambi kweNdodana yakhe ngesikhathi sokudumisa." Yebo, yini umuntu angalindela ukuba iNkosazana Yethu iyenze.
Ezinsukwini eziyishumi nambili kamuva, kumishini yokugcina, ngangiqeda ukuhlola umsindo wami ngesikhathi abantu befaka isicelo sokuvuma izono nokuthandaza. Lapho ngiqeda, ngaqala indlela yami yokubuyela emuva. Kodwa kungazelelwe, lesi sifiso esinamandla sangifikela sokuhamba phakathi kwabantu, ngibabingelele, futhi uthinte bona. Ngenza kanjalo. Ngangigajwe uthando olukhulu ngabo… babebukeka bekhathele, besaba, amawundlu amancane adinga ukuqondiswa. Futhi ngangidinga nje ukubathinta futhi ngibazise ukuthi bayathandwa.
Kwakuwubusuku obunamandla. Ngemva kwalokho, sisaqoqa izimpahla, ngaphinde ngabona umngane wami, u-mystic. Ngimphulule ehlombe. "Ngakho-ke, ingabe i-Our Lady iphinde yabonakala ebusuku?" Wanikina ikhanda wathi, “Cha, angizange ngimbone. Kodwa ngambona uJesu.” Ngamamatheka ngathi, “Kuphi?”
“O, Wayehamba nje phakathi kwabantu futhi ebathinta.”
UKUTHINTA...
Kufika imicabango embalwa engqondweni. Okokuqala ukuthi uJesu ufuna ukusebenzisa mina nawe ukuba izandla nezinyawo Zakhe, amehlo Akhe, izindlebe, nezindebe Zakhe. Asiwona yini “umzimba kaKristu”? Khona-ke kungani singacabanga ngenye indlela? Ku-New American Bible, isiphetho esifushane seVangeli likaMarku sithi:
…Emva kwalokho uJesu uqobo lwakhe, ngabo, wathumela kusukela empumalanga kuya entshonalanga isimemezelo esingcwele nesingenakonakala sensindiso yaphakade. ( IziKr. 16:20 )
Kodwa-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi kunombono oyiphutha phakathi kwamaKatolika amaningi wokuthi uJesu “uthinta” kuphela 
ubuphristi besakramente noma labo abanothando lwezimangaliso, ukuphulukisa, nokunye okunjalo. Kodwa eqinisweni, zonke UmKristu obhapathiziwe unamandla, isithunzi, kanye ukushaya ukuze babe amathuluzi empilo yobuNkulunkulu phakathi kwabo. Nali iZwi likaNkulunkulu:
Okholwayo abhaphathizwe uyakusindiswa… bayakubeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo, bayakusinda. ( Marku 16:18 )
Isifo esikhulu kunazo zonke namuhla yileso inhliziyo. Akukaze nanini umhlaba “uxhumeke” kangaka, kodwa nokho, uhlukene kangaka; ngakho-ke "ukuxhumana" nokho akukathintwa.
Ukusetshenziswa okwandayo kokuxhumana ngogesi kwezinye izimo kubangele ukuhlukaniswa okukhulu… —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, inkulumo eSontweni i-St Joseph's, ngo-Ephreli 8, 2008, Yorkville, eNew York; I-Catholic News Agency
Ngakho, esinye isici I-Counter-Revolution esibizelwa kuso isidingo sokuphuma kulolugwadule lwezobuchwepheshe futhi sibe yindawo yokuphumula yobukhona bukaKristu kwabanye. Kudingeka siqaphele 
“ukugcotshwa” kukaMoya oNgcwele—ukuzwela okungaphekwa ngumthandazo kuphela—bese uhamba kulowomusa njengoba iNkosi isho. Futhi lokhu “kuthinta” okuphulukisayo kungathatha izinhlobo eziningi: ukuba khona nje komunye, ukulalela omunye, ukuvuma ukuba khona komunye, ukumamatheka, isenzo esincane somusa noma inkonzo, futhi lapho isikhathi silungile, ukwabelana ngamaqiniso Ivangeli.
IBandla kuzofanele liqalise wonke umuntu - abapristi, inkolo kanye namakholwa - kulobu "buciko bokuphelelisa" obusifundisa ukukhumula izimbadada zethu ngaphambi kwenkundla engcwele yomunye (cf. Ex 3:5). Ijubane lalokhu kuphelezelwa kufanele libe njalo futhi liqinisekise, libonise ukusondelana kwethu nokubuka kwethu kobubele nakho okuphilisayo, okukhululayo futhi okukhuthaze ukukhula empilweni yobuKristu. -UPAPA UFRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 169
Futhi uBaba Ongcwele uyanezela ukuthi lokhu akukhona nje ukuzenza thina noma abanye bazizwe bejabule. Kunalokho,
Yize kuzwakala kusobala, ukupheleliswa ngokomoya kumele kuholele abanye eduze kakhulu noNkulunkulu, esithola kuye inkululeko yangempela. Abanye abantu bacabanga ukuthi bakhululekile uma bengamgwema uNkulunkulu; bayehluleka ukubona ukuthi bahlala beyizintandane, bengenakuzisiza, bengenamakhaya. Bayayeka ukuba ngabahambeli beze futhi babe ama-drifters, bazishaye bangene futhi bangayi ndawo. Ukuhamba nabo kungaba nomphumela ongemuhle uma kungaba uhlobo oluthile lokwelashwa olusekela ukuzithathela kwabo futhi luyeke ukuba uhambo oluya noKristu kuYise. -U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 170
…FUTHI NOKUTHINZA
Umcabango wesibili ofikayo engqondweni ukuthi uJesu weza emhlabeni enyameni ngokuqondile ukuze usithinte! Akazange andise phezulu ngefu, ememezela ukuthi uMbuso kaNkulunkulu ususeduze. Akazange ahlale kude, ecashe emagumbini ethempeli. Kunalokho, uJesu, uNkulunkulu-umuntu, waba njengathi ukuze sikwazi ukumthinta. Futhi 
ngakho abelusi abanukayo babamba isidumbu sosana lwakhe. UMariya wamncelisa. UJosefa waMvala umlomo ngaphansi kwesilevu sakhe. Umprofethi uSimeyoni waMgonela ezingalweni zakhe. Izingane zagibela emathangeni aKhe. I
Umphostoli uJohane waphumula esifubeni Sakhe. Amasosha amaRoma abamba izingalo nemilenze Yakhe, ayibophela esiphambanweni. uTomase welula isandla sakhe ohlangothini lwakhe, wathinta amanxeba akhe. Yebo, leli kwakuyisu lonke kusukela ekuqaleni—ukuthi mina nawe singathinta amanxeba aKhe, ngoba kubo kutholakala uthando olungenamibandela, isihe esingenakulinganiswa nensindiso.
Kodwa walinyazwa ngenxa yezono zethu, wachotshozwa ngobubi bethu. Wathwala isijeziso esisiphilisayo, ngemivimbo yakhe siphilisiwe thina. ( Isaya 53:5 )
Sithinta amanxeba kaKristu ukholo-ngokwethemba ukuthi uyangithanda futhi akasoze angishiya, naphezu kwezono zami ezimbi kakhulu. Futhi, usuku ngalunye eSidlweni Esingcwele, uyelula isandla futhi asithinte futhi, ngokomzimba, ngokuseduze, ngokubonakalayo. Lapho, kuleyo Host encane, kukhona ukuthinta kwaLowo okuthandile kwaze kwaba sekugcineni.
Sengiphetha, ngifuna ukucaphuna umngane wami ovutha bhe, uDaniel O'Connor, umyeni nobaba osemusha onomoya wokuvukela umbuso ka-St. Maximilian Kolbe… lowo mphristi owathintwa kwakhe kwaphulukisa abaningi ekamu lokuhlushwa lase-Auschwitz. UJesu wathembisa ukuthi “avule kakhulu iminyango kaMusa” ngaphambi kokuvula umnyango wezoBulungiswa. Kungalelo themba lapho uDaniyeli eprofetha:
Ngibize ngokuhlanya, kodwa ngiyakukholwa ngempela lokho nje ehamba emigwaqweni ekhuleka manje sebengakwazi ukufeza lokho okwake kwathatha uMgubho we-Ekaristi ukukufeza. Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi, uma uphila eNtandweni Yaphezulu futhi ufisa ukumemezela Isihe Saphezulu, ethi "UNkulunkulu Akubusise" kumuntu angakwazi ukufeza lokho okwake kwathatha isikhathi eside ukukufeza. Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi ukunikeza umuntu a Ikhadi le-Divine Mercy elilula (noma ukuyibeka nje ndawana thize) kungenza emphefumulweni lokho okwake kwadinga ukumkholisa ukuthi afunde incwadi ende. Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi, ngisho noma kithi imizamo yethu ibonakala ingenele, idabukisa, futhi incane, ukuthi nokho ngomkhuleko wethu eNtandweni yobuNkulunkulu, singaba abakhulekeli abakhulu kanye nezithunywa zevangeli emlandweni. Ngakho-ke kufanele sime okungenani? Vele akunjalo. Kodwa asethembe ukuthi ngisho nalezi zenzo ezincane ngasohlangothini lwethu zingaba futhi zizophindaphindwa ngokuphindwe kayinkulungwane, futhi lokho kwethenjwa makunqume izinga lokugqugquzelwa kwethu ukuze sithembeke futhi sinake isimemo esikhulu kangaka. Kulula kakhulu ngathi ukuthi “Fiat.” Masikusho lokhu [Unyaka Womusa]. —Isusela emuva "Futhi Ngakho Iqala", Disemba 8, 2015; edsdeconnor.com
Ingabe uzoba ukuthinta Kwakhe?
Ngibethelwe kanye noKristu; nokho ngiyaphila, akuseyimi, kepha uKristu uphila kimi… Umusa wakho mawaziwe yibo bonke. ( Gal 2:19-20; Fil 4:5 )
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