Isiprofetho sikaNewman

USt. John Henry Newman okuphakathi kukaSir John Everett Millais (1829-1896)
I-Canonized ngo-Okthoba 13th, 2019

FOR iminyaka eminingana, noma nini lapho ngangikhuluma obala ngezikhathi esiphila kuzo, kwakuzodingeka ngidwebe isithombe ngokucophelela amazwi opapa nabangcwele. Abantu babengeke nje bakulungele ukuzwa kumuntu ongelutho njengami ukuthi sesizobhekana nomzabalazo omkhulu iBandla elake labhekana nawo — lokho uJohn Paul II akubiza ngokuthi “ukubhekana kokugcina” kwale nkathi. Kulezi zinsuku, angisasho lutho. Abantu abaningi bokholo bangatshela, yize kukhona okuhle okukhona, ukuthi kukhona okungahambanga kahle ngomhlaba wethu.

Ngempela, siphila kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi "izikhathi zokuphela" - "besilokhu" ngokusemthethweni "kusukela Ekuphakameni kukaKristu. Kepha akusikho lokho mina noma opapa ababhekisele kukho. Esikhundleni salokho, sikhomba ku isikhathi esithile lapho amandla okuphila nokufa ezofinyelela emzabalazweni wesimo sezulu: “isiko lempilo” elimelene “nesiko lokufa,” “owesifazane ogqoke ilanga” uma kuqhathaniswa “nodrako obomvu,” iSonto liqhathaniswa ne-antichurch, iVangeli kuqhathaniswa ne-anti-gospel, "isilo" vs. the Body of Christ. Ekuqaleni kwenkonzo yami, abantu babengibuka ngokunganaki bese bethi, "Yebo, wonke umuntu ucabanga ukuthi izikhathi zakhe yizikhathi zokuphela." Ngakho-ke, ngaqala ukucaphuna uSt. John Henry Newman:

Ngiyazi ukuthi zonke izikhathi ziyingozi, nokuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi izingqondo ezibucayi nezikhathazayo, eziphila ngokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu nezidingo zomuntu, zikulungele ukucabanga ukuthi azikho izikhathi eziyingozi njengalezo zazo. Ngaso sonke isikhathi isitha sika imiphefumulo ihlasela ngokufutheka iSonto elingumama wabo weqiniso, futhi okungenani isongela futhi isabise lapho yehluleka ukwenza okubi. Futhi ngaso sonke isikhathi kunezivivinyo zabo ezikhethekile abanye abangenazo ... Akungabazeki, kepha ngiyavuma lokhu, ngisacabanga ukuthi… okwethu kunobumnyama obuhlukile ngohlobo kunoma yiluphi olwake lwaba khona ngaphambi kwalo. Ingozi ekhethekile yesikhathi esiphambi kwethu ukusabalala kwaleyo nhlupho yokungathembeki, ukuthi abaPhostoli neNkosi yethu uqobo babikezele njengenhlekelele embi kakhulu yezikhathi zokugcina zeSonto. Futhi okungenani isithunzi, isithombe esijwayelekile sezikhathi zokugcina siyeza emhlabeni jikelele. —USt. UJohn Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890 AD), intshumayelo yokuvulwa kweSt. Bernard's Seminary, ngo-Okthoba 2, 1873, Ukungathembeki Kwesikhathi Esizayo

Ngempela, ubumnyama obehle ngaleli hora mhlawumbe abufani nanoma yini eyake yabonwa ngumhlaba. Ingqondo iphendulwe yabhekiswa phansi. Okuhle (okufana nomndeni, umshado, ukuba ngubaba, njll.) Manje sekuthathwa njengokubi komphakathi ngenkathi ukuziphatha okubi kudunyiswa futhi kugujwa njengokuhle. Umthetho wemvelo uyadelelwa ngenkathi “imizwa” ifakwa emthethweni. Udlame oluqhakazile nobufebe kubhekwa njengokuzijabulisa ngenkathi izingane zesikole zifundiswa ukushaya indlwabu nokuhlola izithombe ezingcolile. NeBandla? Inani lababekhona eMiseni liyaqhubeka ukwehla ngokushesha eNtshonalanga njengoba ukungakholwa ku-Ekaristi kukhuphuka. Lilimazwe amahlazo okunukubezwa ngokocansi, enziwa buthaka yisimanjemanje, futhi enziwa amandla ngenxa yokuyekethisa nobugwala, iSonto ngokuzumayo alibalulekile ezigidigidini zabantu.

Sikuphi manje ngomqondo we-eschatological? Kuyaphikiswana ukuthi siphakathi kwe- ukuhlubuka nokuthi empeleni inkohliso enamandla ifikile kubantu abaningi, abaningi. Yikho ukukhohlisa nokuhlubuka okufanekisela okuzokwenzeka ngokulandelayo: futhi umuntu ongenamthetho uzokwambulwa. - i-athikili, Msgr. UCharles Pope,“Ingabe Lawa Amabhande Angaphandle Esigwebo Esizayo?”, Novemba 11, 2014; blog

Yize kulula kakhulu kithi ukwenza lezi zahlulelo ngokucacile kokubheka emuva, uSt.John Newman uthe uthini mhlawumbe kungenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu engizifunde kumuntu wesonto. Ezintshumayelweni zakhe zoMphikukristu, usanta wabhala:

USathane angathatha izikhali zenkohliso ezethusayo kakhulu — angazifihla — angazama ukusikhohlisa ezintweni ezincane, futhi ukuze asuse iSonto, hhayi konke ngasikhathi sinye, kodwa kancane kancane esikhundleni salo sangempela. Ngiyavuma ngikholwa ukuthi wenze lukhulu ngale ndlela emakhulwini ambalwa edlule… Kuyinqubomgomo yakhe ukusihlukanisa nokusihlukanisa, ukusisusa kancane kancane edwaleni lethu lamandla. Futhi uma kuzoba noshushiso, mhlawumbe kuzoba khona ngaleso sikhathi; khona-ke, mhlawumbe, lapho sonke sonke kuzo zonke izingxenye zeLobukholwa sihlukene phakathi, futhi sinciphe kangaka, sigcwele uqhekeko, sisondele kakhulu ekuhlubukeni. Lapho sesiziphonse emhlabeni futhi sincike ekuvikelekeni kuwo, futhi sayeka ukuzimela kwethu namandla ethu, khona-ke [Umphik'ukristu] uzosidabukela ngokufutheka kuze kufike lapho uNkulunkulu emvumela khona. Ngemuva kwalokho ngokuzumayo uMbuso WaseRoma ungaqhekeka, bese Umphik'ukristu avele njengomshushisi, futhi izizwe eziyizingxabano zivimbezele. -Ubhalwe nguJohn Henry Newman, Intshumayelo IV: Ukushushiswa Komphik'ukristu

Futhi uNewman wayecacile kulokho, noma kunalokho, ngubani kwakushiwo “umphikukristu”:

… Ukuthi Umphikukristu uyindoda eyodwa, hhayi amandla — hhayi umoya wokuziphatha, noma uhlelo lwezepolitiki, hhayi ubukhosi, noma ukulandelana kwababusi — kwakuyisiko leSonto Lokuqala. —USt. UJohn Henry Newman, "Izikhathi Zomphikukristu", Isifundo 1

Isizathu sokuthi amazwi akhe ashaqise kakhulu ukuthi uNewman wabona kusengaphambili isikhathi lapho iSonto ngokwalo liba yinkinga yangaphakathi; isikhathi lapho izosuswa khona “esikhundleni sayo seqiniso,” “edwaleni layo lamandla,” futhi “igcwele ukwahlukana” futhi “isondele kakhulu ekuhlubukeni.” Kubalaleli bakhe ngekhulu le-19 leminyaka, lokhu kungenzeka kuzwakale njengokuqamba kwemingcele kukodwa, uma kubhekwa ukuthi uKristu wathembisa ukuthi "Amasango ethuna laphansi ngeke alinqobe." ^[1]I-Matt 16: 18 Ngaphezu kwalokho, iSonto laliyisibani seqiniso esiqinile ngesikhathi sikaNewman kangangokuthi yena uqobo, esegxile ezimpandeni zalo, wathi, “Ukujula emlandweni kuwukuyeka ukuba ngumProthestani.”

Kepha ukucacisa, uNewman akasho ukuthi iQiniso, eligcinwe eSikweni eliNgcwele, lizolahleka. Esikhundleni salokho, ukuthi kuzoba nesikhathi esivamile sokudideka kwabantu abaningi, izwe, nokwehlukana. Ukhomba ngqo esikhathini lapho i- ISonto namalungu alo bazobe “sebeziphose” ezandleni zikaHulumeni, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, sebenikele ngokuzimela namandla ethu. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi uNewman, kodwa ngenxa yomusa wokukhanyiselwa kukaNkulunkulu, asibone isimo esizithola sikuso manje? ISonto selincike kakhulu, hhayi ekuphaneni okungenamibandela kwabathembekile, kodwa "kwisimo salo somusa" ukuze likhiphe amarisidi entela ukuze lihehe ukunikela. Ngokwengxenye, lokhu kuye kwadingeka de facto kwaholela ekuthuleni kubefundisi ukuze bahlale "benokuma okuhle" nohulumeni. Sekuphendule ababhishobhi ezindaweni eziningi baba ngabagcini bezakhiwo kunokuba babe ngabelusi beVangeli. Kusishukumisile “kancane kancane” esikhundleni sethu sangempela nedwala, okuyiSonto elikhona, kusho uPapa St. Paul VI, "ukuze sishumayele." ^[2]Evangelii nuntiandi,n. 14 Ngempela, akusezona izikole zokwakha iSonto, izibhedlela, nezindawo zokuthunyelwa kwezithunywa zevangeli, kepha uMbuso nezinhlangano zakhe ezizimele abasabalalisa “izindaba ezinhle” zabo “zamalungelo ezempilo okuzala” (isib. Ukukhipha isisu, ukuvimbela inzalo, ukusiza ukuzibulala, njll.). Ngamafuphi, intshiseko yethu yezithunywa zevangeli yoku 'Nenze izizwe zonke abafundi' sekufe konke ezindaweni eziningi. “Ukuya eMiseni ngeSonto” noma ngisho “kanye ngonyaka” ngePhasika noma ngoKhisimusi manje kubonakala kufezeka izifungo zethu zobhapathizo. Ngabe ukhona owezwayo amazwi kaJesu eduma ngaphezu kwamakhanda ethu?

Ngiyayazi imisebenzi yakho; Ngiyazi ukuthi awubandi futhi awushisi. Ngifisa sengathi ngabe uyabanda noma ushise. Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yokuthi usivivi, awushisi futhi awubandi, ngizokukhafula uphume emlonyeni wami. Ngoba uthi, 'Nginothile futhi nginjingile futhi kangisweli lutho,' kodwa ube ungazi ukuthi ulusizi, ulusizi, umpofu, uyimpumputhe, futhi uhamba ze? … Labo engibathandayo, ngiyabakhuza ngibayale. Qiniseka ngakho-ke uphenduke. (IsAm 3: 15-19)

Kusho ukuthini ukuthi “ukushisa”? Akuyona i-selfie ku-Instagram. Kufanele uphile neVangeli elinjalo amazwi ethu nobufakazi bethu baba ubukhona obuphilayo bukaKristu emhlabeni. UMkhandlu Wesibili weVatican wawucacile ngesibopho samaKhatholika onke sokuthwala ukukhanya kukaKristu:

… Akwanele ukuthi abantu abangamaKristu babekhona futhi bahleleke esizweni esinikeziwe, futhi akwanele ukwenza ubuphostoli ngesibonelo esihle. Bahlelelwe le njongo, bakhona kulokhu: ukumemezela uKristu kubantu abakanye nabo abangebona abaKrestu ngezwi nangesibonelo, nokubasiza ekwamukelweni ngokugcwele kukaKristu. - UMkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican, Abezikhangiso, n. 15; v Vatican.va

Kepha mangaki amaKatolika akhuluma ngoJesu Kristu ezikoleni zawo noma ezimakethe ingasaphathwa eyokuthi ukucabanga kwalokhu? Cha, "ukukholwa kuyinto yomuntu" umuntu uzizwa kaningi. Kepha akusikho lokho uJesu naphakade kusho. Kunalokho, wayala abalandeli Bakhe ukuthi babe “usawoti nokukhanya” emhlabeni futhi bangalokothi bafihle iqiniso ngaphansi kwebhasikidi.

Nina ningukukhanya kwezwe. Umuzi obekwe phezu kwentaba awunakufihlakala. (Mathewu 5:14)

Futhi-ke, kusho uJohn Paul II, “Lesi akusiso isikhathi sokuba namahloni ngeVangeli. Yisikhathi sokushumayela ususophahleni lwendlu. ” ^[3]IHomily, iCherry Creek State Park eHomily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-Agasti 15, 1993

Akukho ukushumayela kweqiniso uma kungamenyezelwa igama, imfundiso, impilo, izithembiso, umbuso nemfihlakalo kaJesu waseNazaretha, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu. —UPAPA ST. PAUL VI, Evangelii nuntiandi,n. 22; v Vatican.va

Esikhundleni sokuguqula umphakathi ngomlayezo weVangeli, nokho, ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint yomuntu kubonakala kungumsebenzi omusha. Ukuba "obekezelayo" futhi "ohlanganisa wonke umuntu" kuthathe indawo yobuhle bangempela nobungcwele. Ukucisha amalambu, ukuphinda kusetshenziswe kabusha, nokusebenzisa amapulasitiki amancane (njengoba efaneleke njengalawa) sekuyizidlo ezingcwele. Amafulegi e-rainbow asindayo athathe indawo ye-Banner of Christ.

Yini elandelayo elandelayo? Ngokusho kukaNewman, kunjalo-ke lapho uMbuso ungena esikhundleni sikaBaba oseZulwini ukuthi ngisho kanye izizwe ezingamaKristu zizothola (mhlawumbe ngokuzithandela) ekubanjweni komphikukristu.