IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ka-Okthoba 17, 2017
NgoLwesibili weviki lamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili esikhathini esijwayelekile
Khetha. ISikhumbuzo St. Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya
Imibhalo yenkolo lapha
NGAPHAMBILI ukubingelela okufudumele kumaRoma, uSt.Paul uvulela ishawa ebandayo ukuze avuse abafundi bakhe:
Ulaka lukaNkulunkulu lwembulwa ngempela luvela ezulwini ngokumelene nakho konke ukungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu nobubi balabo abacindezela iqiniso ngobubi babo. (Ukufunda kokuqala)
Futhi-ke, kulokho okungachazwa ngokufanele ngokuthi “imephu” eyisiprofetho, uSt. Paul uchaza a ukuqhubeka kokuhlubuka lokho ekugcineni kwakuzokhipha ukwahlulelwa kwezizwe. Eqinisweni, lokho akuchazayo kufana ngokuphawulekayo nenkathi yesikhathi eqala eminyakeni engama-400 edlule, kuze kube namuhla. Kunjengokungathi uSt.Paul, ngokungazi, wayebhalela lesi sikhathi esinembile.
Kulabo "abacindezela iqiniso", uyaqhubeka:
Ngoba okungaziwa ngoNkulunkulu kusobala kubo, ngoba uNkulunkulu wakwenza kwacaca kubo. Kusukela ekudalweni komhlaba, izimfanelo zakhe ezingabonakali zamandla aphakade nobunkulunkulu zikwazile ukuqondwa nokubonakala kulokho akwenzile.
Ekuqaleni kwesikhathi esibizwa ngokuthi Ukukhanyiselwa emakhulwini amane eminyaka adlule, isayensi yayiqala ukuvela ngamandla amasha 
nezinto ezitholakele. Kepha kunokuba bathi uNkulunkulu wadala izimangaliso zendalo, abantu — bewela esilingweni nasephutheni lika-Adamu no-Eva — bakholelwa ukuthi nabo bangaba njengoNkulunkulu.
… Labo abalandela ubuhlakani besimanjemanje [uFrancis Bacon] abukhuthazayo babenephutha ekukholweni ukuthi umuntu uzohlengwa ngesayensi. Ukulindela okunjalo kufuna isayensi kakhulu; lolu hlobo lwethemba luyakhohlisa. Isayensi ingasiza kakhulu ekwenzeni umhlaba nesintu sibe ngabantu. Noma kunjalo futhi ingabhubhisa isintu nomhlaba ngaphandle kokuthi kuqondiswe amandla alala ngaphandle kwawo. —BENEDICT XVI, Incwadi Encyclical, Isikhulumi uSalvi,n. 25
Ngempela, i “Udrako omkhulu… inyoka yasendulo, ebizwa ngokuthi uDeveli noSathane” [1]I-Rev 12: 9 kuqale okunye ukuhlasela kwakhe kokugcina esintwini — hhayi ngendlela yodlame (obekuzovela kamuva) —kodwa ifilosofi. Ngokusebenzisa ama-sophistries, udrako uqala ukuqamba amanga, hhayi ngokwenqaba uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, kodwa ngokucindezela iqiniso. Futhi-ke, kubhala uPaul:
… Noma babemazi uNkulunkulu abamnikanga udumo njengoNkulunkulu noma ukumbonga. Esikhundleni salokho, baba yize emibonweni yabo, futhi izingqondo zabo ezingenangqondo zenziwa mnyama.
Yeka ukukhohlisa! "Ukukhanyiselwa" okungamanga kubonakala njengokukhanya, futhi iphutha kufanele lithathwe ngeqiniso. Impela, singabona, emuva, ukuthi okuyize kuye kwabafaka kanjani ubuthi emadodeni futhi kwafiphaza ukucabanga kwabo. Njengokufiphala okuhamba kancane, ifilosofi enephutha ilandelana isithe iqiniso elithe xaxa ngoNkulunkulu nangomuntu uqobo: ukucabanga, isayensi, iDarwinism, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, ukungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, ubuMarx, ubuKhomanisi, ubumbano, futhi manje, ukuzimela, ziye zavimba ukukhanya kweQiniso laphezulu kancane kancane. Njengomkhumbi ophuma kancane emzileni, uvele uzithole ulahlekelwe ngokuphelele izinkulungwane zamamayela wolwandle.
USt Paul ucacisa kahle imiphumela yalokhu kucabanga okuyize:
Ngenkathi bethi bahlakaniphile, baba yiziphukuphuku futhi bashintsha inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ongafiyo bafana nomfanekiso womuntu ofayo noma wezinyoni noma wezilwane ezinemilenze emine noma izinyoka.
Zingaki izinto ezikhathini zethu ezihambelana nale ncazelo! Ngabe izinyoni nezilwane ezinemilenze emine azinamalungelo amaningi kunengane engakazalwa? Futhi ingabe isizukulwane sethu asizange siguqule inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu sifane “nomfanekiso” womfanekiso womuntu ofayo? Lokho wukuthi, ayikaze ibe namasiko “ezithombe ozishuthe wona” ngokocansi — okungukuthi. ukuzimela wedwa nokukhulekelwa komzimba — ukukhulekelwa kukaNkulunkulu okushiye amakhaya emiphefumulweni eminingi? Futhi akuyona ingxenye enkulu yabantu 
uzobuka umabonakude, ikhompyutha, noma isikrini se-smartphone esikhundleni sokucabanga ngobuso bukaNkulunkulu? Futhi ngokushintshana kukaNkulunkulu “nomfanekiso womuntu ofayo”, ngabe inguquko yezobuchwepheshe ayibuyiseli ngokushesha izisebenzi ngemishini, ikhiqize amarobhothi ezocansi, namashipsi wekhompyutha ukuze axhumane nobuchopho bethu?
USt.Paul uyaqhubeka, sengathi ubona ikusasa…
Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ekungcoleni ngezinkanuko zezinhliziyo zabo ngenxa yokonakala kwemizimba yabo. Banana iqiniso likaNkulunkulu ngamanga, bahlonipha bakhonza okudaliweyo kunoMdali obongekayo kuze kube phakade.
Ngempela, ubukhulu besikhathi sokukhanyiselwa bungabhekwa ngokufanele njenge- inguquko kwezocansi—Ukuzamazama komhlaba kwabantu lapho ucansi — oluyisibonakaliso futhi “luphawu” lwenhlanganyelo yangaphakathi kaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele - lwahlukaniswa nomsebenzi walo wokuzala; umshado wawungasathathwa njengesisekelo sokwakha umphakathi, futhi izingane zazithathwa njengesithiyo enjabulweni. Lolu shintsho lwabeka inkundla “yesimo” sokugcina lapho abesilisa nabesifazane beyohlukaniswa khona ngokwabo—kusukela ekuqondeni naseqinisweni kwezimo zabo uqobo:
UNkulunkulu wamdala umuntu ngomfanekiso wakhe; wamdala ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu; wesilisa futhi Owesifazane wabadala. (UGenesise 1:27)
Ekulweleni umndeni, wona kanye umqondo wokuba yilokho-okusho ukuthi umuntu ngempela kusho ukuthini — uyabatshazwa… Amanga ajulile ale mbono [yokuthi ubulili abuseyona ingxenye yemvelo kepha buyindima yomphakathi abantu abazikhethela yona ], nangenguquko yabantu etholakala kuyo, kusobala… —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Disemba 21, 2012
Ekufuneni izimpande ezijule kakhulu zomzabalazo phakathi "kwesiko lempilo" kanye "nesiko lokufa"… Kufanele siye enhliziyweni yenhlekelele eyehlela umuntu wanamuhla: ukusitheka komqondo kaNkulunkulu nowomuntu [ lokho] nakanjani kuholela ekuthandeni izinto ezibonakalayo, okubangela ukuzimela, ukusebenzisa amandla kanye ne-hedonism. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, I-Evangelium Vitae, n. 21, 23
Ukuzimela komuntu ngamunye. Okungukuthi, ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokubhekiswa kuNkulunkulu, emithethweni yokuziphatha noma emthethweni wemvelo, isisusa kuphela esisele ukwenza lokho okuletha ukwaneliseka okukhulu okwamanje. Manje, I NginguNkulunkulu, futhi konke enginakho, kufaka phakathi nomzimba wami, kuhloselwe ukusebenzela le ntshisekelo yenjabulo. Ngakho-ke, uSt. Paul wembula ukuphela okumangazayo kwalokhu kuqhubekela phambili okwaqala ngokuphika uNkulunkulu ... futhi kwagcina ngokuzincisha uqobo lwakho:
Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wabanikela ezinkanukweni ezilulazayo. Abesifazane babo bananale ubudlelwano bemvelo nokungekhona okwemvelo kanti nabesilisa ngokufanayo badela ubudlelwano bemvelo nabesifazane futhi bashiswa ngokukhanukelana omunye komunye… abakwenzi nje kuphela kepha banika imvume kulabo abakwenzayo. (Roma 1: 26-27, 32)
… Siyabona… ukugujwa kanye nokuphakanyiswa kwenhlamba nokuhlambalaza, behlekisa ngecebo elihle likaNkulunkulu ngendlela asidale ngayo, emizimbeni yethu uqobo, ukuze sihlanganyele omunye nomunye kanye Naye uqobo. UNkulunkulu uhlekwa usulu ngokuphelele emigwaqweni yethu uqobo, futhi kuyahlangatshezwana nokwamukelwa nokushayelwa ihlombe emphakathini wethu — kepha-ke, siyathula. —UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uSalvatore Cordileone waseSan Francisco, Okthoba 11, 2017; LifeSiteNews.com
UNYAZI
Kamuva, encwadini eya kwabaseThesalonika, uSt. Paul ufingqa lokhu kafushane ukuqhubeka kokuhlubuka ngokumelene nemiklamo kaNkulunkulu. Ubiza ngokuthi “ukuhlubuka” eqinisweni okufinyelela umvuthwandaba walo ku ukuvela Umphikukristu...
… Ophikisana nokuziphakamisa amelane nakho konke okuthiwa unkulunkulu noma into ekhonzwayo, aze ahlale ethempelini likaNkulunkulu, azibize ngoNkulunkulu. (2 Thes. 2: 4)
Aniboni, bafowethu nodadewethu? Umphikukristu udunyiswa izizwe ngokunembile ngoba uhlanganisa konke lokho isizukulwane esesikwemukele! Ukuthi "nginguye" ngingunkulunkulu; “Mina” ngiyinto ekhonzwayo; "Mina" ngikwazi ukulawula zonke izinto; "Mina" ukuphela kokuphela kwami; “Nginguye”.... 
Kungumqondo oguqukayo…
… Engaboni lutho olucacile, futhi olushiya njengesilinganiso sokugcina kuphela komuntu nezifiso zakhe… —UKhadinali Ratzinger (uPapa BENEDICT XVI) ngaphambi komhlangano u-Homily, ngo-Ephreli 18, 2005
Ngalokho uNkulunkulu uthumela kubo inkohliso enamandla, ukubenza bakholwe ngamanga, ukuze kuthi bonke abangakholwanga yiqiniso kepha bajabula ngokungalungi balahlwe. (2 Thes. 2: 11-12)
Kodwa-ke, uma kungenzeka amaRoma — noma thina — avuke ngolaka nokuzibheka njengabalungile, uSt.Paul ngokushesha uyakhumbuza:
Ngakho-ke, aninazaba, nonke enikhipha isahlulelo. Ngoba ngezinga owahlulela ngalo omunye uyazilahla wena, ngoba wena umahluleli, wenza zona lezo zinto. (Rom 2: 1)
Kungakho-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, uNkulunkulu asixwayisa sonke “Phuma eBabiloni”, Kuya “Sukani kuyo, bantu bami, ukuze ningahlanganyeli ezonweni zayo futhi nihlanganyele ezinhluphekweni zayo, ngoba izono zayo zanqwabelana zaze zafika esibhakabhakeni…” [2]I-Rev 18: 4-5
Angazi umugqa wesikhathi kaNkulunkulu… kodwa ukuqhubeka kukaSt. Paul kusikisela ukuthi sisondela ngokuyingozi esicongweni sokuhlubuka kwabantu — ukuthi ukuhlubuka okukhulu okuvela kuNkulunkulu.
Ngubani ongehluleki ukubona ukuthi umphakathi usesikhathini samanje, ngaphezu kwanoma yisiphi isizukulwane esedlule, uhlushwa yisifo esibi futhi esinezimpande ezijulile, esithuthuka nsuku zonke futhi sidla okungaphakathi kwaso, siyidonsela ekubhujisweni? Niyaqonda, Madoda aqondisayo, ukuthi siyini lesi sifo-ukuhlubuka okuvela kuNkulunkulu… Lapho konke lokhu kubhekwa kunesizathu esihle sokwesaba ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi lobu buchopho obukhulu bungaba njengokuphambuka, futhi mhlawumbe nokuqala kwalabo ububi obabekelwe uNkulunkulu izinsuku zokugcina; nokuthi kungenzeka kube khona sele ikhona emhlabeni “iNdodana yokubhujiswa” okhulunywa ngayo ngumphostoli emhlabeni. —I-POPE ST. I-PIUS X, E Supremi, I-Encyclical On the Return of All All Christ in Christ, n. 3, 5; Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1903
Ngaleso sikhathi lapho kuzalwa khona uMphikukristu, kuzoba nezimpi eziningi kanye nokuhleleka okulungile okuzobhujiswa emhlabeni. Imbuka izokwanda futhi abahlubuki bazoshumayela amaphutha abo ngokusobala ngaphandle kokuvinjelwa. Ngisho naphakathi kwamaKristu, ukungabaza nokungabaza kuzothokoziswa maqondana nezinkolelo zobuKatolika. —USt. IHildegard (d. 1179), Imininingwane ephathelene noMphikukristu, ngokwemiBhalo Engcwele, Amasiko kanye Nesambulo Esizimele, UProf. Franz Spirago
… Izisekelo zomhlaba zisongelwa, kepha zisongelwa ngokuziphatha kwethu. Izisekelo zangaphandle ziyanyakaziswa ngoba izisekelo zangaphakathi ziyazamazama, izisekelo zokuziphatha nezenkolo, ukholo oluholela endleleni eyiyo yokuphila. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, umhlangano wokuqala wesigungu esikhethekile eMiddle East, ngo-Okthoba 10, 2010
Uma izisekelo zibhujiswa, yini engenziwa yilowo olungile? (IHubo 11: 3)
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