Uthando Luvula Indlela

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kaJanuwari 8, 2014

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

UKristu Ohamba Emanzini, UJulius von Klever

 

INGXENYE yempendulo yomfundi eZwini layizolo, Uthando Ngaphandle Kwalokho:

Okushilo kuyiqiniso impela... Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi iSonto eligxile kuphela kusukela eVatican II kube uthando, uthando, uthando, uthando—okungagxili nhlobo emiphumeleni yesono... Ngicabanga ukuthi into enothando kakhulu umuntu angayenzela isiguli sengculaza (noma isiphingi, umbukeli wezithombe zobulili ezingcolile, umqambimanga njll.) ubatshele ukuthi bayochitha ingunaphakade kwalasha esihogweni esimnyama uma bengaphenduki. Ngeke bakuthande ukuzwa lokho, kodwa yiZwi likaNkulunkulu, futhi iZwi likaNkulunkulu linamandla okukhulula izithunjwa… Izoni ziyakujabulela ukuzwa amazwi aduduzayo anyama, zingaqapheli ukuthi amazwi athambile, abushelelezi, ukwanga ngesisa, futhi ingxoxo emnandi ngaphandle kweqiniso elinzima iyakhohlisa futhi ayinamandla, ubuKristu-mbumbulu, abunawo amandla. -NC

Ngaphambi kokuba sibheke ukufundwa kweMisa lanamuhla, kungani singabheki ukuthi uJesu wasabela kanjani lapho enza “into enothando kakhulu umuntu angayenza”:

Akekho onothando olukhulu kunalolu, ukuba adele ukuphila kwakhe… (Johane 15:13)

Lapho uJesu ebethelwa esiphambanweni, wathula phambi kwezoni, wabathethelela ababemshushisa, futhi wabakhulumela. Akazange abasole, ethi: “Aniboni yini ukuthi nibethela uNkulunkulu wenu? Uma ungaphenduki, uzoya esihogweni.” Nokho, kwakungesenzo seNkosi sokuzidela okuphelele lapho induna yekhulu yaguqulwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJesu wabethelwa esiphambanweni phakathi kwamasela amabili, womabili “esembhedeni wawo wokufa” kusasele imizuzu embalwa ukuba abhekane nokwehlukaniswa phakade noNkulunkulu ngenxa yempilo yawo yangaphambili. Nokho, uJesu akasho lutho kubo. ukuvumela isenzo Sakhe sothando sivule izinhliziyo zabo. Endabeni yesela elilodwa, Wasabela othandweni lukaKristu futhi wazithola emukelwa epharadesi. Mayelana nelinye isela, asazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngalo. Mhlawumbe ezikhathini zakhe zokugcina, wacabangisisa kabusha ngakho konke akubona nakuzwa futhi waphenduka ekuphefumuleni kwakhe kokugcina... ^[1]qhathanisa Isihe Ekungxakini

UJesu uyisibonelo ngalokhu kuzinika yona kanye inhliziyo yokushumayela ivangeli, futhi kunjalo isihe.

ISonto alihlanganyeli nokuguqula abantu. Esikhundleni salokho, uyakhula ngo- "ukukhanga": njengoba nje noKrestu “edonsela konke kuye” ngamandla othando lwakhe, afinyelela umvuthwandaba ngomhlatshelo weSiphambano, kanjalo-ke iSonto lifeza umsebenzi walo kuze kuthi, ngokubambisana noKristu, lifeze yonke imisebenzi yalo ngokomoya nokulingisa okusebenzayo kothando lweNkosi yakhe. —UBENEDICT XVI, Ohlonishwa Ngokuvulwa Kwengqungquthela Yesihlanu Yababhishobhi baseLatin America naseCaribbean, ngoMeyi 13, 2007; v Vatican.va

Ngininike isibonelo sokuba nisilandele, ukuze, njengalokho ngenzile kini, nani nenze kanjalo. ( Johane 13:14-15 )

UPapa Francis ubhala ukuthi isimemezelo sokuqala seVangeli noma i-kerygma inomnotho wezinto eziza kuqala; ukuthi “kufanele kuveze uthando lukaNkulunkulu olusindisayo kuqala noma isiphi isibopho sokuziphatha nesenkolo ngakithi; akufanele liphoqelele iqiniso kodwa linxuse inkululeko; kufanele kuphawulwe ngenjabulo, isikhuthazo, ukuphila nokuvumelana… ukungeneka, ukulungela inkhulumomphendvulwano, ukubekezela, imfudumalo nokwamukela okungakhethi.” ^[2]U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 165 Ngakho ngit uthando futhi iqiniso, hhayi elilodwa noma elinye; kodwa ukuthanda yilokho okulungisa inhlabathi imbewu yeqiniso.

Ngale ndlela, asenzeli nje kuphela inkonzo yokusiza abampofu esikhanyiselwe ngeqiniso, kodwa futhi sisiza ukunikeza ukwethembeka eqinisweni, sibonise amandla alo okukholisa kanye nokuqinisekisa esimweni esingokoqobo sokuphila komphakathi.. — BENEDICT XVI, I-Caritas in Varitate,n. 2

EVangelini lanamuhla, uJesu uhamba phezu kwamanzi eya kubaPhostoli ababanjwe yisiphepho somoya echibini. Lapho beMbona, ba...

…bethukile. Kodwa wahle wakhuluma labo wathi: “Yimani isibindi, yimina, lingesabi!” …Babengasiqondi isigameko sezinkwa. Kunalokho, izinhliziyo zabo zazilukhuni.

UMarku oNgcwele uhlobanisa ukuhamba kukaJesu phezu kwamanzi nokuphindaphindeka kwezinkwa eVangelini layizolo. Kuyini ukuxhumana? Kuyisimemezelo sikaKristu: Yimani isibindi, yimina, ningesabi; Lowo kwakuwumyalezo oyisisekelo wokondla izinkulungwane ezinhlanu: UJesu uyeza, hhayi ukuzolahla, ^[3]isib. UJn. 3:17 kodwa ukuletha ukuphila kubo bonke; ngokuba nesoni esilukhuni saphiwa isinkwa ukuba sidle. Izikhathi eziningi izoni empeleni ziyesaba futhi zidabuke ngenxa yezono zazo zangesikhathi esidlule kusukela “ukwesaba kuhlobene nokujeziswa. " ^[4]1 Joh 4:18 Ikona isihe okuncibilikisa izinhliziyo ezilukhuni futhi kuvuse imiphefumulo elele.

Yibani nobubele, njengoba nje noYihlo enesihe… Bantwana, masingathandi ngezwi noma ngezwi kodwa ngesenzo nangeqiniso. ( Luka 6:36; 1 Johane 3:18 )

Yebo, ngiyazi, ingxabano ingenziwa ukuthi ukwesaba isihogo nakho kuyishawa elibandayo. Kodwa kuJohane 3:16, evame ukusetshenziswa ngamaKristu njengesisekelo sokushumayela kwabo, iqala, “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka...,” hhayi, “Ngokuba uNkulunkulu wayesuthi kangaka ngezwe…” UNkulunkulu “wasithanda kangaka” kanjani? Hhayi ngokutshela isoni, isifebe kanye nomthelisi ukuthi bagwetshelwe esihogweni uma bengakholwa Kuye. Kunalokho, ngokubazisa ukuthi babenjalo ngokuphelele abathandwa Nguye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isimo sabo sesono sinzima kangakanani. Ake ngiphinde ukuthi: uyathandwa, noma ngabe usesimweni esinesono kangakanani. Yilolu thando olungenamibandela loMsindisi oluvula izinhliziyo zethu ethembeni, ukuba nokwenzeka kwepharadesi, ngakho-ke, umyalezo wokuphenduka: “Lowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade... Hamba, ungabe usona futhi." ^[5]Jn. 3:16; 8:11

Umhlanga ofecekileyo akayikuwuphula, nesibane esifipheleyo akayikuwucima. ( Isaya 42:3 )

Ngakho, uSt. John uyasitshela esifundweni sokuqala:

... uma uNkulunkulu wasithanda kanjalo, nathi kumelwe sithandane.

Ngokusondela kwabanye, hhayi nje ukusindisa umphefumulo, kodwa umuntu ozomthanda ekuphileni, izenzo zakho ziyamemeza, "Isibindi! Akuseyimi, kodwa uJesu ekuthanda ngami. Ungesabi!"

Abantu balalela ngokuzithandela kofakazi kunothisha, futhi lapho abantu belalela othisha, kungenxa yokuthi bangofakazi. Ngakho-ke, ikakhulukazi ngokuziphatha kweSonto, ngofakazi ophilayo wokuthembeka eNkosini uJesu, okuyilapho iBandla lizoshumayela umhlaba wonke. —I-POPE PAUL VI, Ukushunyayelwa Kwevangeli Emhlabeni Wanamuhla,n. 41

Lokho akusho lokho ngezinye izikhathi uthando olunzima aludingeki, ^[6]cf. 1 Khor 5:2-5; Mat 18:16-17; Math 23 noma ukuthula mayelana neqiniso lokulahlwa kwaphakade. Kodwa uthando olunzima alulona iphutha.

Akasiphathi ngokwezono zethu. ( IHu 103:10 )

“Ukushumayela ivangeli” lapho konke umuntu akwenzayo kuwukukhipha amagama athi, “Phenduka, noma ubhubhe” ngokuvamile akuzuzisi ezikhathini zethu kanye nokuqiniswa kwemibono elimazayo. 

UPaul uyi-pontifex, umakhi wamabhuloho. Akafuni ukuba ngumakhi wezindonga. Akasho ukuthi: “Abakhonza izithombe, hambani niye esihogweni!” Lesi yisimo sengqondo sikaPaul… Yakha ibhuloho eliya ezinhliziyweni zabo, ukuze bathathe esinye isinyathelo futhi bamemezele uJesu Kristu. —UPOPE FRANCIS, Homily, May 8th, 2013; Insizakalo Yezindaba yamaKatolika

Uthando ludinga ukuthi sizitshale imali, njengoba “umphakathi oshumayela ivangeli nawo uyaseseka, ume nabantu kuzo zonke izinyathelo zendlela, noma ngabe lokhu kungaba nzima noma kude kangakanani… ” ^[7]UPAPA UFRANCIS, Eivangeli Gaudium, n.24

Khona-ke, uthando luvula indlela yeqiniso—futhi yebo, ngisho nangezinye izikhathi, iqiniso elinzima.

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. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 170

 

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