AS umzimba udinga ukudla ukuze uthole amandla, kanjalo nomphefumulo udinga ukudla okungokomoya ukukhuphuka Intaba Yokholo. Ukudla kubalulekile emzimbeni njengokuphefumula. Kodwa kuthiwani ngomphefumulo?
UKUDLA OKUNGOKOMOYA
Kusuka kuKhathekizima:
Umkhuleko uyimpilo yenhliziyo entsha. —CCC, n. 2697
Uma umthandazo uyimpilo yenhliziyo entsha, kusho ukuthi ukufa kwenhliziyo entsha kunjalo awukho umkhuleko—Njengokungabi nokudla okulambisa umzimba. Lokhu kuchaza ukuthi kungani iningi lethu maKatolika lingakhuphukeli eNtabeni, lingakhuli ebungcweleni nasebuhleni. Siza eMiseni njalo ngeSonto, siphonsa imali emibili kubhasikidi, bese sikhohlwa ngoNkulunkulu isonto lonke. Umphefumulo, untula ukondliwa okungokomoya, iqala ukufa.
UBaba ufisa a ubuhlobo bomuntu siqu nathi, zingane zaKhe. Kodwa ubudlelwano bomuntu siqu bungaphezu kokucela nje uNkulunkulu enhliziyweni yakho…
… Umkhuleko is abaphilayo ubuhlobo wabantwana bakaNkulunkulu noYise wabo… -CCC, n.2565
Umkhuleko UBUhlobo bomuntu siqu noNkulunkulu! Awukho umkhuleko? Abukho ubuhlobo.
UKUHLANGABEZANA NOTHANDO
Imvamisa, sibona umthandazo njengomsebenzi, noma, isiko elidingekayo. Kukude kakhulu.
Umkhuleko ukuhlangana kokoma kukaNkulunkulu nezethu. UNkulunkulu womele ukuthi simmelele. -CCC,n. 2560
UNkulunkulu womele uthando lwakho! Ngisho nezingelosi zikhothama phambi kwale mfihlakalo, imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu ongenamkhawulo othandana nendalo yakhe enomkhawulo. Umkhuleko-ke ukubeka emazwini lokho umphefumulo wethu womele khona: ukuthanda… Uthando! UNkulunkulu uluthando! Nathi somele uNkulunkulu, noma ngabe siyazi noma cha. Lapho sengithole ukuthi uyangithanda ngempilo yaKhe futhi ngeke alubuyise lolo thando, lapho-ke ngingaqala ukukhuluma Naye ngoba angidingi ukumesaba. Lokhu ukwethemba iguqula ulimi lomkhuleko (yingakho ibizwa ngokuthi "Intaba Yokholo"). Akuseyona indaba yokuphindaphinda amagama owomile noma wokufunda imibhalo yezinkondlo… iba ukunyakaza kwenhliziyo, ukuhlangana kwezinhliziyo, ukoma okusuthisa ukoma.
Yebo, uNkulunkulu ufuna ukuba ukwenze thandaza ngenhliziyo. Khuluma Naye njengoba ubungasho kumngane. Lokhu Akhe isimemo:
Nginibize ngabangane… anisona isigqila, kodwa niseyingane. (Johane 15:15; Gal 4: 7)
Umkhuleko, kusho uSt. Teresa wase-Avila,
… Ukuhlanganyela okusondelene phakathi kwabangane ababili. Kusho ukuthatha isikhathi kaningi ukuba sodwa naYe osithandayo.
UMTHANDAZO OSUKA ENHLIZIYO
Uma uthandaza ngokusuka enhliziyweni, uzivulela uMoya Oyingcwele ngubani is Uthando lukaNkulunkulu omlambele futhi ulomele. Njengoba nje ungeke ukwazi ukudla ukudla ungakavuli umlomo wakho, kufanele uvule inhliziyo yakho ukuze wamukele amandla kanye nomusa kaMoya oNgcwele odingekayo ukuze ukhuphuke iNtaba Yokholo:
Umkhuleko uhambela umusa esiwudingayo… -CCC, n.2010
Uyakubona manje ukubaluleka kokuba ngumphefumulo womkhuleko? Thandaza ngokusuka enhliziyweni, futhi uthandaza ngendlela efanele. Thandaza njalo, uzofunda ukuthandaza njalo.
Ngakho-ke ulindeni? Vala ikhompyutha yakho, uye egumbini lakho elingaphakathi, uthandaze.
Yena, onguThando, ulindile.
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