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IT kungaba yinto esabekayo ukuzwa ukukholwa kwakho kuKristu kuncipha. Mhlawumbe ungomunye walabo bantu.

Uhlale ukholwa, uhlale uzizwa ukuthi ukholo lwakho lobuKristu lubalulekile… kepha manje, awuqinisekile kangako. Uthandaze kuNkulunkulu ucele usizo, ukukhululeka, ukwelashwa, uphawu ... kepha kubonakala sengathi akekho olalele kolunye uhlangothi lomugqa. Noma uke wahlangabezana nokuguqulwa okungazelelwe; ubucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu uvula iminyango, ukuthi ubuyibone kahle intando Yakhe, futhi ngokuzumayo, izinhlelo zakho ziyawa. "Kwakunjani ukuthi konke mayelana? ”, uyazibuza. Ngokungazelelwe, konke kuzwakala kungahleliwe…. Noma mhlawumbe inhlekelele engazelelwe, isifo esibuhlungu nesinesihluku, noma esinye isiphambano esingabekezeleleki sivele ngokuzumayo empilweni yakho, futhi uyazibuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu onothando angakuvumela kanjani lokhu? Noma vumela indlala, ingcindezelo, nokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane okuqhubeka njalo ngomzuzwana wosuku ngalunye? Noma mhlawumbe, njengoSt. Thérèse de Lisieux, uke wahlangabezana nesilingo sokulinganisa konke kude — ukuthi izimangaliso, ukuphulukisa, noNkulunkulu uqobo akalutho ngaphandle kokwakhiwa kwengqondo yomuntu, ukuqagela kwengqondo, noma ukucabanga kwababuthakathaka.

Ukube uyazi ukuthi yimiphi imicabango ethusayo engiphethe. Ngikhulekeleni kakhulu ukuze ngingamlaleli uDeveli ofuna ukungincenga ngamanga amaningi kangaka. Ukucabanga kwabantu abathanda izinto ezibonakalayo ezimbi kakhulu okubekwe emqondweni wami. Kamuva, ngokungaphezi intuthuko entsha, isayensi izochaza yonke into ngokwemvelo. Sizoba nesizathu esiphelele sayo yonke into ekhona futhi lokho kuseyinkinga, ngoba kusele izinto eziningi ezizotholwa, njll. njll. -UStherese weLisieux: Izingxoxo Zakhe Zokugcina, Fr. UJohn Clarke, ocashunwe ku khathinazinline.com

Futhi-ke, kungena ngokungabazeki: inkolo yamaKhatholika ayilutho ngaphandle kohlelo oluhlakaniphile lwemvelaphi yomuntu, olwenzelwe ukucindezela nokulawula, ukuphatha nokuphoqa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amahlazo obupristi, ubugwala babafundisi, noma izono zabantu “abathembekile” kubonakala kungobunye ubufakazi bokuthi iVangeli likaJesu, noma lithandeka kangakanani, alinamandla okuguqula.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, awukwazi ukuvula umsakazo, i-TV, noma ikhompuyutha namuhla ngaphandle kwezindaba noma ezokungcebeleka ezenza sengathi konke owake wakufundiswa eSontweni ngomshado, ubulili, nempilo uqobo akusatholakali kangako ukuthi kungabobulili obuhlukile, pro -Impilo, noma ukukholelwa emshadweni wendabuko kufana nokuba yinto engabekezelelani futhi eyingozi. Futhi uyazibuza… mhlawumbe iBandla linephutha na? Mhlawumbe, mhlawumbe nje, abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu banephuzu.

Ngicabanga ukuthi umuntu angabhala incwadi ephendula zonke lezi zinkathazo, ukuphikisa nokuphikisana. Kepha namuhla, ngizoyigcina ilula. Impendulo kaNkulunkulu ithi Isiphambano: "UKristu wabethelwa, isikhubekiso kumaJuda nobuwula kwabezizwe." ^[1]I-1 Cor 1: 23 Kukuphi lapho uJesu asho khona ukuthi ukukholwa Kuye kwakusho ukuthi awusoze wahlupheka futhi, awusoze wakhashelwa, awusoze walinyazwa, awusoze wadumazeka, awusoze wagula, awusoze wangabaza, awukhathali, noma awusoze wakhubeka? Impendulo ikuSambulo:

Uyosula zonke izinyembezi emehlweni abo, futhi ngeke kusaba khona ukufa noma ukulila, ukukhala noma ubuhlungu, ngoba uhlelo oludala seludlulile. (Isambulo 21: 4)

Kulungile. Ku- iphakade. Kepha kulolu hlangothi lweZulu, yona kanye impilo kaJesu emhlabeni iveza ukuthi ukuhlupheka, ukushushiswa, kanye nomqondo wokushiywa kwesinye isikhathi kuyingxenye yohambo:

Eloi, Eloi, lama sabaktani?… “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?” (Marku 15:34)

Ngokuqinisekile, amaKristu okuqala ayekuqonda lokhu.

Baqinisa imimoya yabafundi futhi babakhuthaza ukuba baphikelele ekukholweni, bethi, "Kuyadingeka kithi ukuthi sibhekane nobunzima obuningi ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu." (IzEnzo 14:22)

Kungani kunjalo? Impendulo yingoba abantu, futhi bayaqhubeka beyizidalwa ze inkululeko yokuzikhethela. Uma sinenkululeko yokuzikhethela, khona-ke kungenzeka ukuthi senqabe uNkulunkulu. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi abantu bayaqhubeka nokusebenzisa lesi sipho esingavamile futhi benza okuphambene nothando, ukuhlupheka kuyaqhubeka. Abantu bayaqhubeka nokungcolisa indalo. Abantu bayaqhubeka ukuqala izimpi. Abantu bayaqhubeka nokuhaha futhi bebe. Abantu bayaqhubeka nokusebenzisa nokuhlukumeza. Ngokudabukisayo, namaKristu.

Ngiyazi ukuthi emva kokuhamba kwami kuzongena phakathi kwenu izimpisi ezinonya, futhi aziwuhawukeli umhlambi. (Imisebenti 20:29)

Kepha-ke, noJesu akasindiswanga ngabakhe. Emva kwakho konke lokho uJuda akubona — imfundiso engajwayelekile, ukuphilisa, ukuvuka kwabafileyo — wathengisa umphefumulo wakhe ngezinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu. Ngiyakutshela, amaKristu athengisa imiphefumulo yawo ngokuncane kakhulu namuhla!

Ekufundeni kokuqala kwanamuhla, uSt. Paul ukhuluma ngokholo luka-Abrahama owathi "Wakholwa, ethemba ngokungathandeki, ukuthi uzoba nguyise wezizwe eziningi." Njengoba ngibheka umkhathizwe eminyakeni engama-2000 edlule, ngibona izinto eziningi engingakwazi ukuzichaza ngokobuntu. Kanjani, hhayi kuphela abaPhostoli abasele, kepha izigidi ngemuva kwabo zabulawelwa ukholo lwabo nazo Lutho ukuzuza ngokwemigomo yasemhlabeni. Ngiyamangala ukuthi uMbuso WaseRoma, nezizwe ngezizwe emva kwalokho, zaguqulwa kanjani yiZwi likaNkulunkulu kanye nobufakazi balaba bafel 'ukholo. Yeka ukuthi abesilisa abakhohlakele nabanonya kunabo bonke bashintshwa kanjani ngokuzumayo, izindlela zabo zezwe zashiywa, futhi ingcebo yabo yathengiswa noma yabelwa abampofu “ngenxa kaKristu.” Kanjani ku- “Igama likaJesu”—Ngezona ezikaMohammad, ezikaBuddha, ezikaJoseph Smith, ezikaRon Hubbard, ezikaLenin, ezakwaHitler, ezikaObama noma ezikaDonald Trump — izimila sezihwamukile, imilutha yakhululwa, izinyonga zahamba, izimpumputhe zabona, nabafileyo bavuswa — futhi bayaqhubeka kuze kube yileli hora. Futhi kwenzeka kanjani empilweni yami, lapho ngibhekene nokuphelelwa yithemba ngokuphelele, ukuphelelwa yithemba, nobumnyama… ngokuzumayo, ngokungaqondakali, imisebe yokukhanya kwaphezulu noThando engingakwazi ukuzicabangela ngedwa, kuhlabeke enhliziyweni yami, kuvuselele amandla ami, futhi ngize ngikuvumele ngindiza ngamaphiko okhozi ngoba ngibambelele enzalweni yokholo engangesinaphi kunokuba ngifulathele.

Ku-Gospel Acclamation yanamuhla, ithi, “UMoya weqiniso uzongifakazela, ”kusho iNkosi,“ futhi nani niyofakaza. ” Ngize ukuzobona okuthile ezikhathini zethu kokubili okuphazamisa umphefumulo wami, kepha, kunginikeza ukuthula okuyinqaba, futhi lokhu: UJesu akazange athi wonke umuntu uzokholwa Kuye. Siyazi, ngaphandle kokungabaza, ukuthi unikeza wonke umuntu oyedwa ithuba lokumamukela noma ukumenqaba ngezindlela ezaziwa nguye kuphela. Usho kanje,

Ngithi kuwe: Yilowo nalowo oyakungivuma phambi kwabantu iNdodana yomuntu iyakumvuma phambi kwezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu. Kepha noma ngubani ongiphika phambi kwabanye uzophikwa phambi kwezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu. (IVangeli Lanamuhla)

Umuntu ongakholelwa kuNkulunkulu uthe kimi muva nje ukuthi bengivele ngesaba ukuvuma iqiniso. Ngimamatheke, ngenkathi ezama ukuveza ulwazi lwakhe nokwesaba kimi. Cha, engikwesabayo ukuthi ngibe yisiphukuphuku, ngibe nenkani, ngibe nobugovu, ngibe yize ngize ngiphike ulwazi lwami ngoJesu Kristu, okhombise ubukhona Bakhe ngezindlela eziningi; ukuphika ubufakazi obuqand 'ikhanda bamandla Akhe asebenzayo phakathi namakhulu amabili namashumi amabili nanye eminyaka; ukuphika amandla eZwi laKhe neqiniso elikhulule imiphefumulo engenakubalwa; ukuphika imifanekiso ephilayo yeVangeli, labo Saints uJesu azenze ngaye waba namandla, izenzo, namazwi; ukwenqaba isikhungo, iSonto LamaKhatholika, esibe noJudase, amasela, nabathengisi kuzo zonke izizukulwane, kepha, noma kunjalo, ngandlela thile, iyalela inhlonipho yamakhosi, omongameli, kanye nongqongqoshe ngenkathi idlulisa izimfundiso zayo zeminyaka engu-2000 zingashintshiwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngikubone kwanele ngokwanele okulethwe ngabathandi bezinto ezibonakalayo, abanengqondo, nabanye "abakhanyiselwe" etafuleni, ukuze baqinisekise amazwi kaKristu kaninginingi: niyakwazi umuthi ngezithelo zawo.

… Abalamukeli “iVangeli LokuPhila” kepha bayazivumela ukuba baholwe yimibono nezindlela zokucabanga ezivimba impilo, ezingayihloniphi impilo, ngoba zilawulwa ubugovu, ukuzicabangela wena ngokwakho, inzuzo, amandla, nenjabulo, hhayi ngothando, ngokukhathalela okuhle kwabanye. Kuyiphupho laphakade lokufuna ukwakha umuzi womuntu ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, ngaphandle kwempilo nothando lukaNkulunkulu — uMbhoshongo omusha waseBhabhele… uNkulunkulu Ophilayo uthathelwa indawo yizithixo zabantu ezidlulayo ezinikezela ukudakwa kwenkululeko, kepha ekugcineni uletha izinhlobo ezintsha zobugqila nokufa. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ohlala Naye e IMisa le-Evangelium Vitae, IVatican City, ngoJuni 16, 2013; I-Magnificat, Januwari 2015, k. 311

Yebo, njengoba umhlaba namuhla ulahla masinyane “amaketango obuKatolika”, ngokusobala, sibona amaketanga amasha ezinhlotsheni zobuchwepheshe, izinhlelo zezomnotho ezicindezelayo, kanye nemithetho engenabulungiswa eqinisa futhi eqinisa futhi iqina nxazonke zesintu. Futhi-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu, ngubani ozoba ukukhanya kulobu bumnyama bamanje? Obani abazokuma bame bathi, “UJesu uyaphila! Uyaphila! IZwi lakhe liyiqiniso! ”? Obani abazoba ngabafel 'ukholo "abamhlophe" nababomvu "okuthi, lapho leli oda lamanje liwa, kube yibo abanegazi labo elizokuba umbhede wembewu yesikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo?

UNkulunkulu akasithembisanga impilo elula, kodwa umusa. Ake-ke sithandazele umusa wethemba elimelene nalo lonke ithemba. Ukuthembeka.

… Amabutho amaningi azamile, namanje asazama ukubhubhisa iSonto, ngaphandle nangaphakathi, kodwa wona ngokwawo ayabhujiswa futhi iSonto lihlala liphila futhi lithela izithelo… lihlala liqinile ngendlela engaqondakali… imibuso, abantu, amasiko, izizwe, imibono, amandla asedlulile, kepha iBandla, elisekwe kuKristu, noma ngabe kunezivunguvungu eziningi nezono zethu eziningi, lihlala lithembekile ekubambeni kokholo okukhonjiswe ekusebenzeni; ngoba iSonto akulona elopapa, ababhishobhi, abapristi, noma abantu abathembekile; ISonto ngawo wonke umzuzu ngelikaKristu kuphela.—UPOP FRANCIS, Homily, Juni 29, 2015; www.samokume.lcom

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