KuThemba

 

Ukuba ngumKristu akuwona umphumela wokukhetha okuhle noma umbono ophakeme,
kepha ukuhlangana nomcimbi, umuntu,
okunikeza impilo umkhathizwe omusha nesiqondiso esinqumayo. 
—UPOPE BENEDICT XVI; Incwadi Encyclical: UDeus Caritas Est, “uNkulunkulu Uluthando”; I-1

 

NGINGU imbeleko Katolika. Kube nezikhathi eziningi ezibalulekile ezijulise ukholo lwami kuleminyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlule. Kepha lezo ezikhiqizile ngethemba lapho ngihlangana mathupha nokuba khona kukaJesu namandla akhe. Lokhu-ke kwaholela ekutheni ngithande Yena nabanye kakhulu. Imvamisa, lokho kuhlangana kwenzeka ngenkathi ngiya eNkosini njengomphefumulo ophukile, ngoba njengoba umHubo esho:

Umhlatshelo owamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu ungumoya owaphukileyo; O Nkulunkulu, inhliziyo ephukile nethobekile ngeke uyidelele. (AmaHubo 51:17)

UNkulunkulu uyakuzwa ukukhala kwabampofu, yebo… kodwa Uziveza kubo lapho ukukhala kwabo kufakwa ngenxa yokuthobeka, okuwukuthi, ukukholwa kwangempela. 

Utholwa yilabo abangamhloli, futhi uzibonakalisa kulabo abangamkholwa. (Ukuhlakanipha kukaSolomoni 1: 2)

Ukholo ngokwemvelo yalo ethile ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu ophilayo. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI; Incwadi Encyclical: UDeus Caritas Est, “uNkulunkulu Uluthando”; I-28

Lokhu kukhonjiswa kothando namandla kaJesu “okunikeza impilo umkhathizwe omusha”, umkhathizwe we ngethemba. 

 

KUNGOKOMUNTU

AmaKhatholika amaningi kakhulu akhule eya eMiseni langeSonto ngaphandle kokuzwa ukuthi ayakudinga bavulele izinhliziyo zabo kuJesu… Ngakho-ke, ekugcineni bakhula ngaphandle kweMisa ngokuphelele. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi abapristi babo abakaze bafundiswe leli qiniso eliyisisekelo esikoleni sokufundela ubufundisi. 

Njengoba wazi kahle ukuthi akuyona indaba yokudlulisa nje imfundiso ethile, kodwa umhlangano wobuqu nojulile noMsindisi.   —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Commissioning Families, Neo-Catechumenal Way. 1991

Ngithi "okuyisisekelo" ngoba is imfundiso yeSonto LamaKatolika:

“Inkulu imfihlakalo yokukholwa!” ISonto liyayisho le mfihlakalo kwiSivumo Sokholo Sabaphostoli futhi liyigubha ngokwesiko lesidlo esingcwele, ukuze impilo yabathembekile ifaniswe noKristu kuMoya oNgcwele kube yinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu uBaba. Le mpicabadala-ke, idinga ukuthi abathembekile bakholelwe kuyo, ukuthi bayigubhe, nokuthi baphile ngayo ebudlelwaneni obubalulekile futhi bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu ophilayo noyiqiniso. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), 2558

 

ITHEMBA LIHLALE

Esahlukweni sokuqala sikaLuka, imisebe yokuqala yokuntwela kokusa yaphula umkhathizwe wesintu lapho iNgelosi uGabriyeli yathi:

… Uzomqamba igama lokuthi uJesu, ngoba uzosindisa abantu bakhe ezonweni zabo ... bazomqamba igama lokuthi u-Emmanuel, okusho ukuthi “uNkulunkulu unathi.” (Math 1: 21-23)

UNkulunkulu akakude. Ungu nathi. Futhi isizathu sokuza kwakhe akusikho ukujezisa kepha usikhulule esonweni sethu. 

'INkosi iseduze'. Lesi yisizathu senjabulo yethu. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, ngoDisemba 14, 2008, eVatican City

Kepha ngeke uyizwe le njabulo, leli themba lenkululeko ebugqilini besono, ngaphandle kokuthi uyivule ngokhiye wokukholwa. Ngakho-ke nali elinye iqiniso eliyisisekelo okumele ngabe lakha sona kanye isisekelo sokholo lwakho; yidwala lapho impilo yakho yonke yasemoyeni kumele yakhelwe phezu kwalo: UNkulunkulu uluthando. 

Angishongo ukuthi "uNkulunkulu unothando." Cha, UTHANDO. Ingqikithi yakhe uthando. Njengoba unjalo — manje qonda lokhu, mfundi othandekayo — indlela oziphatha ngayo ayiluphazamisi uthando Lwakhe ngawe. Eqinisweni, asikho isono emhlabeni, noma ngabe sikhulu kangakanani, esingahlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu. Yilokhu uSt Paul amemezele!

Yini ezosihlukanisa nothando lukaKristu… ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi nakufa, nakuphila, nazingelosi, nababusi, nezinto ezikhona, nezinto ezizayo, namandla, nokuphakama, ukujula, noma yisiphi esinye isidalwa ngeke sikwazi ukusehlukanisa nothando lukaNkulunkulu olukuKristu Jesu iNkosi yethu. (cf Rom 8: 35-39)

Ngakho ungaqhubeka nokona? Vele akunjalo, ngoba isono esibi can kwehlukanise naKhe ubukhona, naphakade lapho. Kepha hhayi uthando Lwakhe. Ngikholwa ukuthi nguSt.Catherine waseSiena owake wathi uthando lukaNkulunkulu lufinyelela ngisho nasemasangweni esihogo, kepha lapho, luyaliwa. Engikushoyo ukuthi ukuhlebeza endlebeni yakho kukutshela ukuthi awuthandwa uNkulunkulu kungamanga aluhlaza cwe. Empeleni, kwaba lapho kanye lapho umhlaba wagcwala inkanuko, ukubulala, inzondo, ukuhaha, nayo yonke imbewu yokubhujiswa uJesu eza kithi. 

UNkulunkulu uqinisekisa uthando lwakhe ngathi ngokuthi lapho siseyizoni uKristu wasifela. (Rom 5: 8)

Lokhu kungukuqala kokuthemba enhliziyweni yalowo ongakwamukela. Futhi namhlanje, ngalesi "sikhathi somusa" esiphela emhlabeni wethu, Uyasincenga ukuba sikholwe yiso:

Bhala lokhu ukuze kuzuze imiphefumulo ecindezelekile: lapho umphefumulo ubona futhi ububona ubunzima bezono zawo, lapho lonke ulasha losizi olucwilise kulo luboniswa phambi kwamehlo alo, malungalilahli ithemba, kepha aluphonse ngokuthembela uqobo lwayo ezingalweni zomusa Wami, njengengane ezandleni zikanina othandekayo. Le miphefumulo inelungelo lokubaluleka kweNhliziyo Yami enobubele, ifinyelela kuqala emuseni Wami. Batshele ukuthi akukho mphefumulo obize umusa Wami oye wadumazeka noma wehliswa. Ngijabula kakhulu emphefumulweni obeke ithemba lawo ebuhleni Bami… Makungabikho noyedwa umphefumulo owesaba ukusondela Kimi, noma izono zawo zibomvu klebhu… -UJesu kuSt Faustina, Isihe Saphezulu emphefumulweni wami, idayari, n. 541, 699

Kunezinye izinto ebengingazibhala ngethemba namuhla, kepha uma ungazibhali ngempela kholwa leli qiniso eliyisisekelo — lokuthi uNkulunkulu uBaba uyakuthanda njengamanje, esimeni esiphukile ongaba yiso nokuthi Yena ufisa injabulo yakho — lapho-ke uyoba njengesikebhe esiphonswa ngapha nangapha ngumoya wazo zonke izilingo nezilingo. Ngaleli themba othandweni lukaNkulunkulu yihange lethu. Ukukholwa okuthobekile nokuyiqiniso kuthi, “Jesu ngizinikela kuwe. Unakekela konke! ” Futhi lapho sithandaza lokhu ngokusuka enhliziyweni, ngokusuka emathunjini ethu, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, khona-ke uJesu uzongena ezimpilweni zethu futhi enze izimangaliso zesihe ngempela. Lezo zimangaliso, zona, zizotshala imbewu yethemba lapho usizi lwake lwakhula khona. 

“Ithemba,” kusho iCatechism, “yihange eliqinisekile futhi eliqinile lomphefumulo… elingena… lapho uJesu aye khona njengomanduleli wethu.” ^[1]qhathanisa ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika, n. 1820; isib. Sawubona 6: 19-20

Isikhathi sesifikile lapho umlayezo we-Divine Mercy ukwazi ukugcwalisa izinhliziyo ngethemba futhi ube yinhlansi yempucuko entsha: impucuko yothando. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, eHomily, eKrakow, ePoland, ngo-Agasti 18, 2002; v Vatican.va

UNkulunkulu uthanda bonke abesilisa nabesifazane emhlabeni futhi ubanikeza ithemba lesikhathi esisha, inkathi yokuthula. Uthando Lwakhe, olwembulwe ngokugcwele eNdodaneni Eyinyama, luyisisekelo sokuthula komhlaba wonke. —U-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo kaPapa John Paul II Wokugubha USuku Lomhlaba Lomhlaba Lokuthula, Januwari 1, 2000

 

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