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IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ka-Ephreli 9, 2014
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HHAYI kuyaxoxiswana. Lokho empeleni kwaba yimpendulo kaShadiraki, uMeshaki no-Abhedinego ngenkathi iNkosi uNebukadinesari ibasongela ngokubabulala uma bengakhulekeli unkulunkulu wezwe. UNkulunkulu wethu "angasisindisa", bathi,

Kepha noma engeke azi, nkosi, ukuthi asiyikukhonza unkulunkulu wakho noma sikhonze isithombe segolide osimisileyo. (Ukufunda kokuqala)

Namuhla, amakholwa ayaphoqeleka futhi ukuba akhothame phambi kukankulunkulu wezwe, kulezi zinsuku ngaphansi kwamagama "okubekezelelana" "nokuhlukahluka." Labo abangahlukunyezwa, bahlawuliswe, noma baphoqelelwe emisebenzini yabo.

Akukhona ukuthi amaKristu awakholelwa ekubekezeleni nasekuhlukeni. Kodwa kumakholwa, ukubekezelela akusho ukwamukela “njengokulunga” ukuziphatha okubi, kodwa kunalokho ukubekezela ebuthakathakeni bomunye, ukubusisa labo abasiqalekisayo, nokuthandazela labo abasenza okubi. Ukwehlukahlukana kumKristu kusho ukugubha umehluko weqiniso ngobulili, amasiko, kanye nesiphiwo—hhayi ukuphoqelela wonke umuntu ukuba acabange ngendlela efanayo nokufana okungenambala. Ngempela, uPapa uFrancis wakhala 'ngokuthambekela kwezwe' kwalabo abakha ikusasa lamasiko ngendlela eyodwa kuphela yokucabanga.

Akukona ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke okuhle kobunye bazo zonke izizwe, ngasinye sinamasiko aso, kunalokho ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kokufana kwe-hegemonic, kungumcabango owodwa. Futhi lo mcabango owodwa uyisithelo sokuthanda izwe. —POPE FRANCIS, Homily, Novemba 18, 2013; Zenit

“Amaphoyisa acabangayo” namuhla awagcini nje ngokubhala kabusha noma ukuziba umlando kodwa achaza kabusha isiqalo sesintu, umndeni, kanye nemvelaphi yethu yesintu. Lokhu kwabonakala ikakhulukazi lapho i-European Union ishiya ngamabomu noma yikuphi ukukhuluma ngobuKristu kumthethosisekelo wayo, okwenza uBenedict XVI athi:

Sekuyimfashini ukuba yi-amnesiac kanye nokuphika ubufakazi obungokomlando. Ukusho ukuthi iYurophu ayinazo izimpande zobuKristu kufana nokusho ukuthi umuntu angaphila ngaphandle komoya-mpilo nokudla. —BENEDICT XVI, Inkulumo eya kwinxusa elisha laseCroatia, Ephreli 11, 2011, i-vatican.ca

Lapho uncisha umuntu umoya-mpilo noma ukudla, ekugcineni kungadala ukulimala kwengqondo. Lokho kufana “nokusitheka kwengqondo” ezikhathini zethu ezifuna ukuketula umthetho wemvelo—futhi ngenkani ukuncenga wonke umuntu ukuthi unengqondo ngokuphelele. Kodwa impendulo kaJesu kwabahlakaniphileyo besikhathi Sakhe yayilula:

Uma nihlala ezwini lami, niyoba ngabafundi bami impela, futhi niyolazi iqiniso, futhi iqiniso lizonikhulula.

Okungukuthi, ubufakazi “beqiniso” lezwi Lakhe buyoba ku waphila isipiliyoni yenkululeko engeke ithinte umphefumulo womuntu kuphela, kodwa namasiko wonke. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, Wathi...

... wonke owenza isono uyisigqila sesono. (Ivangeli Lanamuhla)

Okusho ukuthi, isono, ngokwemvelo yaso sasiyofuna ukubusa nokulawula. Impela, umlando ubulokhu ukhombisa ukuthi noma nini lapho kunesikhala seqiniso, aligcwaliswa ngamanga kuphela, kodwa lapho isono sisungulwa futhi sihlelekile ngokwenhlalo, siholela esimweni esisodwa noma kwenye ubushiqela.

…intando yeningi inhle kuphela njengokuziphatha kwabantu bayo. - UMichael D. O'Brien, I-New Totalitarianism, “ubugebengu obunenzondo,” “nomshado” wobulili obufanayo, Juni, 2005, www.studiobrien.com

UShadiraki, uMeshaki, no-Abedi Nego babekwazi lokhu, yingakho babengasoze bazithobe kunkulunkulu wezwe, ngisho noma kwalahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo: benqaba ukuba isigqila salokho ababekwazi ukuthi kungamanga. Ngakho lapho inkosi ibona owayefana “nendodana yomuntu” ehamba nabo esithandweni, akukhona ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayehamba nabo ngokuzumayo... babehamba neQiniso sonke lesi sikhathi.

…malibongwe igama lakho elingcwele nelikhazimulayo, liyabongeka, liphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwakho konke yonke iminyaka. (Kusuka ku-canticle yamadoda amathathu esithandweni, kusukela eHubo lanamuhla)