Uthando Lwethu Lokuqala

 

ONE “kwamazwi manje” iNkosi eyawafaka enhliziyweni yami eminyakeni eyishumi nane edlule kwakuwukuthi a "Isiphepho Esikhulu njengesiphepho siza emhlabeni," nokuthi sisondela kakhulu kufayela le- Iso Lesiphepho, kulapho kuzoba khona isiphithiphithi nokudideka. Hhayi-ke, imimoya yalesi Siphepho isiba ngejubane elikhulu manje, imicimbi iqala ukwenzeka kanjalo ngokushesha, ukuthi kulula ukudideka. Kulula ukukhohlwa okubaluleke kakhulu. NoJesu utshela abalandeli baKhe, abakhe ethembekile abalandeli, yini leyo:

Uyakhuthazela futhi wahlupheka ngenxa yegama lami, futhi awukakhathali. Nokho nginale nto ngawe: ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Uma kungenjalo, ngizokuza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. (IsAm 2: 3-5)

Kulokhu kukhunjulwa kwayo yonke imiphefumulo namuhla, sicwilisiwe eqinisweni labo bonke abantu esibathandayo abahambe ngaphambi kwethu, kanye nomcabango wokuthi bakuphi. Siyabathandazela, labo abasekhona kuhlanzwe emlilweni we isihlanzo, ukuze basheshe babheke ngokugcwele ukuhlangana neNkosi. Kepha kuleli qiniso sibona iqiniso elicacile: yonke lemiphefumulo ehambile ishiye izimpahla zayo, izindawo zayo, imibuso yabo; amaphupho abo, ipolitiki yabo, imibono yabo. Bame manje phambi koMdali ebunqunu obukhulu buka-Adam. Kubo, ayikho into ebaluleke kakhulu, ebaluleke kakhulu, edingeka kakhulu manje ukwedlula ukuba ngoNkulunkulu ngokuphelele. Bayakhala, bayakhala, bayazisola; bayabubula, bafise, futhi balangazelele ukugcwala esifubeni sikaYise. Ngamafuphi, bona ukushisa ngothando nangentando, kuze kuhlanzwe konke ukungapheleli abakuthatha empilweni elandelayo. 

Ekuhluphekeni KweSonto (igama elisetshenziselwa ukuchaza imiphefumulo ku isihlanzo), sibona umfanekiso ophilayo wobumqoka bempilo: sidalelwe ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wethu ngayo yonke imiqondo yethu, inhliziyo, umphefumulo namandla. Noma yini engaphansi ukwenza hhayi ngiphile ngokugcwele. Kuleli qiniso kulele imfihlo, hhayi yenjabulo (lokho kuzwakala ingejwayelekile), kodwa yenjabulo emsulwa, inhloso, kanye nokwaneliseka. Abangcwele yibo abathola lokhu ngenkathi esesemhlabeni. Bafuna uJesu ngendlela uMlobokazi alangazelela ngayo uMyeni wakhe. Benza wonke umsebenzi wabo futhi bamsebenzela futhi bamenzela Yena. Ngokuzithandela bahlupheka ngokungabi nabulungisa, ubunzima nokushushiswa ngenxa yothando ngaYe. Futhi ngenjabulo bazincisha ubumnandi obuncane ngenhloso yokumazi. Kuhle kanjani ukuthi uSt. Paul wasibhalela la mazwi ngomzuzu wothando oluvuthayo:

Ngize ngithathe konke njengokulahlekile ngenxa yokulunga okukhulu kakhulu kokwazi uKristu Jesu iNkosi yami. Ngenxa yakhe ngamukele ukulahlekelwa yizinto zonke futhi ngikuthatha njengodoti omkhulu, ukuze ngizuze uKristu futhi ngitholakale kuye… (Phil 3: 8-10)

Ukhetho lwaseMelika akuyona into ebaluleke kakhulu; akukhona ukuthi iMisa lesiLatini liyabuyiselwa noma cha; akukhona okushiwo uPapa Francis noma angakusho, njll. njll. KumaKrestu amaningi, lezi zinto seziphenduke isililo sabo sempi, igquma abazimisele ukufela kulo. Yize lokhu kungabalulekile, akuzona bridge kubalulekile. Okubalulekile ukuthi sithole uthando ebesinalo ekuqaleni, intshiseko evuthayo eyayifuna iNkosi, eyomela ukufunda iZwi laYo, eyayifisa ukuyithinta ku-Ekaristi, eyake yaphakamisa izwi layo ezingomeni zokukhonza dumisa. Futhi uma uzwa sengathi awukaze uhlangane nalolo thando, ukuthi akekho owakutshela ukuthi uJesu ufisa nalokhu… khona-ke namuhla lusuku oluhle njenganoma yiluphi ukuthandazela lo Mlilo Waphezulu ukuba umiswe emphefumulweni wakho. Yebo, thandaza nami manje,

Woza Moya Ongcwele! Woza ugcwalise inhliziyo yami. Vutha kimi umlilo wothando lwakho. Ngishise! Shisa ukukhohlisa okusengqondweni yami nokunamathiselwe enhliziyweni yami okungigcina ngikude noNkulunkulu. Woza encekwini yakho empofu kulelihora ungiphakamisele enhliziyweni kaBaba. Ngibeke ezingalweni Zakhe zothando ukuze ngazi ukulunga Kwakhe okungenamkhawulo. Bopha ubuntu bami obudala esiphambanweni ngezipikili ezifanayo zikaKristu ukuze ngibe munye naye ekufeni, ukufa kuye uqobo, njengoba nami ngikhona empilweni — ngokumphila. Woza manje, Moya oNgcwele, woza ngokuncenga okunamandla kwenhliziyo kaMariya engenacala, isibani esikhulu seLambu Lothando. 

O, mfowethu nodadewethu othandekayo, kungani ubhala ngokuqhubekayo? Izincwadi ezingenakubalwa zibhalwe ngempilo yangaphakathi, empilweni yomphefumulo, nakulolu hambo oluya ebunyeni noNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke mangingaphindi lokho okushiwo izingqondo ezingcono. Kunalokho, namuhla usuku lokuvuka isifiso. Ukuza kuJesu nge isifiso. Ukusho Kuye, 

O Nkosi, uyabona ubumpofu bami. Ngifana ne-ember ephenduke umlotha — ilangabi lothando eliqedwa izinkathazo, izinkathazo nezinkathazo zalo mhlaba. O Nkosi, ngiphishekele izithombe, ngafuna ingcebo engenalutho, ngathengisa ngempahla yeNhliziyo yakho Enesihe ngenjabulo yesikhashana neyaphela yalelizwe elidlulayo. Jesu, ngibuyisele emuva. Jesu, sukuma ngaphandle komnyango wenhliziyo yami, ungqongqoze, ulinde. Ungabe usalinda! Akukho engingakwenza ngaphandle kokuthi, ngokhiye wesifiso, ngiphinde ngikuvulele umnyango wenhliziyo yami. Nkosi, akukho okunye engingakunika khona ngaphandle kwesifiso. Ngiyacela, faka inhliziyo yami, umise ikhaya lakho, futhi sibe yi-Flame eyodwa futhi. 

Nikeza okwedlule kuJesu, bese kukuvumela ukuthi kuhlale esikhathini esedlule. Ukuvuma isono yi-cubicle ebusiseke kakhulu emhlabeni. Namuhla, ake uMoya Wothando ube yinhlansi yoSuku Olusha. Imimoya kaSathane seyizothuthuka kule planethi, ifuna ukuqhuma izinsalela zokugcina zokholo nokwethembela kuNkulunkulu. Makungabi njalo kuwe, Ibhubesi Lwethu Elimncane. Uthembele kuwe, uncenga ngezinyembezi zothando. Ngoba wena uzoba ngabathwali bokuqala beLangabi Lothando emhlabeni ozolinyazwa yisono ukube bekungekho ukukholwa kwakho okuphilayo, bonke kufanele baphelelwe yithemba. Insali… insali… konke lokhu uNkulunkulu akudingayo ukuze athungethe umhlaba ngomlilo futhi. Futhi uMama wethu ufisa ukuthi iqale, ikakhulukazi ngamadodana akhe abathandayo, abapristi:

Kuyokwenzeka nini, lo uzamcolo ovuthayo wothando olumsulwa ozokhipha ngalo umhlaba wonke futhi ozayo, ngobumnene nokho ngamandla, ukuthi zonke izizwe… zizobanjwa ngamalangabi azo ziguqulwe?… Nini uphefumulela umoya wakho kubo, ziyabuyiselwa futhi ubuso bomhlaba buvuselelwe. Thumela lo Moya oqothula konke emhlabeni ukudala abapristi abavutha ngalo mlilo ofanayo futhi inkonzo yabo ezokwenza kabusha ubuso bomhlaba futhi iguqule iSonto lakho. -Kuvela KuNkulunkulu Uwedwa: Imibhalo Eqoqiwe yaseSt. Louis Marie de Montfort; April 2014, I-Magnificat, iphe. I-331

Kodwa sonke, nonke enifunda lokhu, simenyiwe kulokho uJesu akubiza ngokuthi “Ibutho lami elikhethekile lokulwa. ” ^[1]qhathanisa Ibhubesi Lwethu ElimncaneSibizelwe ukubhekana nalesi Sivunguvungu — hhayi ngentukuthelo, ukubhuqa, nokuphikisana ngobuhlakani — kodwa ngokukholwa, ithemba nothando namandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Kepha asikwazi ukulwa nalokho esingenakho. Ngakho-ke, leli yihora lokuncenga iNkosi uNkulunkulu ukuthi ivuthe inhliziyo yakho ngomlilo Ilangabi Lothando, ne Isipho Sokuphila Intando Yaphezulu, ukuze ube ngumlilo wequbula ovuthayo kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba.

Kuzoba yisimangaliso esikhulu sokukhanya okuphuphuthekisa uSathane… Isikhukhula esikhulu sezibusiso esiseduze nokuzamazamisa umhlaba kumele siqale ngenani elincane lemiphefumulo ethobeke kakhulu. -UMama wethu ku-Elizabeth, www.asibioft.org

Sengathi [uMary] angaqhubeka nokuqinisa imithandazo yethu ngamavoti akhe, ukuze, phakathi kwakho konke ukucindezela nobunzima bezizwe, lezo zimiso zaphezulu zivuselelwe ngenjabulo nguMoya oNgcwele, owabikezelwa emazwini kaDavide: “ Thumela uMoya wakho, ziyakudalwa, uvuselele ubuso bomhlaba ”(IHu. Ciii., 30). —UPOPE LEO XIII, IDivinum Illud Munus,n. 14

Ngakho-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, celani uSt.Joseph ukuthi anicoshe othulini lokudangala; cela uMama wethu namuhla asule izinyembezi zangakusasa; futhi umeme uJesu ukuthi abe yiNkosi yempilo yakho kusukela kulo mzuzu kuqhubeke. Ngengxenye yakho, Mthande ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakho, nangawo onke amandla akho. Futhi qala ukuthanda umakhelwane wakho — thanda ngempela — njengoba ungathanda wena. Yize lokhu kungenzeki kubantu, akukho okungenzeki kuNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke,

Ngokuthobeka sinxusa uMoya oNgcwele, oPhelelisiwe, ukuze “ngomusa anikeze iSonto izipho zobunye nokuthula,” futhi avuselele ubuso bomhlaba ngokuthululwa kabusha kothando Lwakhe lokusindiswa kwabo bonke. —UPOPE BENEDICT XV, Meyi 3, 1920, I-Pacem Dei Munus Pulcherrimum

Vuselela izimangaliso zakho kulolu suku lwethu, ngokungathi ngePentekoste elisha. Nikeza iSonto Lakho ukuthi, ngokuba nomqondo munye nokugxila emthandazweni noMariya, uMama kaJesu, futhi silandele ukuhola kukaPetru obusisiwe, kungaqhubekisela phambili umbuso woMsindisi wethu oNgcwele, umbuso weqiniso nobulungiswa, umbuso uthando nokuthula. Amen. —UPAPA ST. UJOHN XXIII ekuvulweni koMkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican  

… Zinkulu kakhulu izidingo nezingozi zalesi sikhathi samanje, kukhulu kakhulu umkhathizwe wesintu odonselwe kuwo ukuhlalisana komhlaba futhi akunamandla okukufeza, ukuthi ayikho insindiso yayo ngaphandle kokuthi a ukuthululwa okusha kwesipho sikaNkulunkulu. Makabe eseza, uMoya Odala, ukuvuselela ubuso bomhlaba! —I-POPE PAUL VI, UGaudete eDomino, Kwangathi i-9th, i-1975
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… Usongo lokwahlulelwa luyasithinta nathi, iSonto eYurophu, eYurophu kanye naseNtshonalanga iyonke… iNkosi futhi imemeza izwakalisa izindlebe zethu amazwi eNcwadini Yesambulo ayibhekisa eBandleni Lase-Efesu: “Uma ungaphenduki ngizoza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo. ” Ukukhanya kungasuswa kithina futhi senza kahle ukuvumela lesi sixwayiso sizwakale ngokungathi sína okuphelele ezinhliziyweni zethu, ngenkathi sikhala eNkosini: “Sisize siphenduke! Siphe sonke umusa wokuvuselelwa kwangempela! Ungavumeli ukukhanya kwakho phakathi kwethu kuqhume! Qinisa ukukholwa kwethu, ithemba lethu nothando lwethu, ukuze sithele izithelo ezinhle! ” —UBENEDICT XVI, Kuvulwa uHomily, ISinodi Yababhishobhi, Okthoba 2, 2005, eRoma.

 

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