Umongo Omkhulu

kholwanathishaUmzukulu wami wokuqala, UClara Marian, owazalwa ngoJulayi 27, 2016

 

IT kwakungumsebenzi omude, kepha ekugcineni ukubamba umbhalo kwaqeda ukuthula. “Yintombazane!” Futhi ngalokho ukulinda isikhathi eside, nakho konke ukucindezeleka nokukhathazeka okuhambisana nokuzalwa kwengane, kwase kuphelile. Umzukulu wami wokuqala wazalwa.

Amadodana ami (omalume) nami bema egumbini lokulinda esibhedlela njengoba abahlengikazi besonga imisebenzi yabo. Egumbini eliseduze kwethu, sasizwa ukuhhewula nokukhala komunye umama lapho kuphonswa umsebenzi onzima. "Ibuhlungu!" ebabaza. "Kungani ingaphumi ??" Umama osemncane wayecindezeleke ngokuphelele, izwi lakhe likhala ngokukhungatheka. Ekugcineni, ngemuva kokukhala nokubhonga okuningana, umsindo wempilo entsha wagcwalisa iphaseji. Ngokungazelelwe, bonke ubuhlungu besikhathi esedlule babuhwamuka… ngase ngicabanga ngeVangeli likaSt.

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Uthando Luyalinda

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ithuna laseMagdalena

 

Uthando lulindile. Lapho sithanda umuntu ngokweqiniso, noma into ethile, sizolinda into esiyithandayo. Kepha uma kukhulunywa ngoNkulunkulu, ukulinda umusa waKhe, usizo lwaKhe, ukuthula kwaKhe… kwe Yena… Iningi lethu alilindi. Siziphatha ngezandla zethu, noma siphelelwe yithemba, noma sithukuthele futhi siphelelwe yisineke, noma siqala ukwelapha ubuhlungu bethu bangaphakathi nokukhathazeka ngokuba matasatasa, umsindo, ukudla, utshwala, ukuthenga… kanti-ke akukaze kuhlale ngoba munye kuphela umuthi wenhliziyo yomuntu, futhi leyo yiNkosi esidalelwe yona.

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Umfel 'ukholo ongumKristu

usanta-stephen-the-martyrUStephen uMfel 'ukholo, UBernardo Cavallino (d. 1656)

 

Ngisekuqaleni kwenkathi ye-hay isonto elizayo noma kunjalo, okungishiya nesikhathi esincane sokubhala. Kodwa-ke, kuleli sonto, ngizwe uMama wethu enginxusa ukuba ngiphinde ngishicilele imibhalo eminingana, kubandakanya nalena… 

 

IBHALWE NGOMKHOSI WESIT. STEPHEN UMFELI

 

LOKHU Ngonyaka odlule kubonile lokho uPapa Francis akubize ngokufanele ngokuthi "ukushushiswa ngonya" kwamaKrestu, ikakhulukazi eSyria, e-Iraq naseNigeria ngama-jihadist amaSulumane. [1]qhathanisa nbcnews.com; Disemba 24, Umlayezo KaKhisimusi

Ngenxa yokufel 'ukholo "okubomvu" okwenzeka ngawo lomzuzu wabafowethu nodadewethu baseMpumalanga nakwezinye izindawo, kanye nokufel' ukholo okuvamile "okumhlophe" kwabathembekile eNtshonalanga, kukhona into enhle ezavela kulobu bubi: aqhathanise kobufakazi babafel 'ukholo abangamaKristu kulokho okuthiwa "ukufela ukholo" kwezishisekeli zenkolo.

Eqinisweni, ebuKristwini, igama umfel 'ukholo kusho ukuthi “ufakazi”…

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1 qhathanisa nbcnews.com; Disemba 24, Umlayezo KaKhisimusi

Ukhiye kuMfazi

 

Ulwazi ngemfundiso eyiqiniso yamaKhatholika maqondana neNtombi Ezibusisiwe uMariya luyohlale luyikhiye ekuqondeni ngqo imfihlakalo kaKristu neyeSonto. —UPOPE PAUL VI, Discourse, Novemba 21, 1964

 

LAPHO ukhiye ojulile ovula ukuthi kungani futhi kanjani uMama Obusisiwe enendima ephakeme kangaka futhi enamandla ezimpilweni zesintu, kepha ikakhulukazi amakholwa. Uma umuntu ekubamba lokhu, akukhona nje ukuthi indima kaMariya iba nengqondo emlandweni wensindiso nokuba khona kwakhe kuqondakala kangcono, kepha ngikholelwa ukuthi, kuzokushiya ufuna ukufinyelela isandla sakhe kunanini ngaphambili.

Ukhiye yilokhu: UMary uyisibonelo seSonto.

 

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Kungani uMariya…?


IMadonna yamaRoses (1903), ngu-William-Adolphe Bouguereau

 

Ukubuka ikhampasi yokuziphatha yaseCanada ilahlekelwa yinaliti, isikwele somphakathi saseMelika siphelelwa ukuthula, futhi ezinye izingxenye zomhlaba zilahlekelwa ukulingana njengoba imimoya yesiphepho iqhubeka nokuthatha ijubane… umcabango wokuqala osenhliziyweni yami namhlanje ekuseni njengo ukhiye ukufinyelela kulezi zikhathi “iRosari. ” Kepha lokho akusho lutho kumuntu ongenakho ukuqonda okufanelekile kweBhayibheli 'kowesifazane ogqoke ilanga' Ngemuva kokufunda lokhu, mina nomkami sifuna ukunikeza isipho kubo bonke abafundi bethu…Qhubeka ukufunda

Injabulo Emthethweni KaNkulunkulu

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KAKHULU kushiwo kulo nyaka weJubili Womusa ngothando nesihe sikaNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izoni. Umuntu angasho ukuthi uPapa Francis uyidudulile ngempela imingcele "ekwamukeleni" izoni esifubeni seSonto. [1]qhathanisa Umugqa Omncane Phakathi Kesihe Nokwehluka-Ingxenye I-III Njengoba uJesu esho eVangelini lanamuhla:

Labo abaphilile abadingi udokotela, kodwa abagulayo bayamdinga. Hambani niyofunda incazelo yamagama, Ngifuna umusa, hhayi umhlatshelo. Angizelanga ukubiza abalungileyo kepha izoni.

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Ukuphela Kwesiphepho

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SIYABUKA ehlombe lakhe eminyakeni eyizi-2000 edlule, kwase kuthi, izikhathi ezizayo, uJohn Paul II wenza isitatimende esijulile:

Umhlaba lapho kusondela inkulungwane entsha yeminyaka, lapho lonke iBandla lilungiselela khona, kunjengensimu elungele ukuvunwa. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, iWorld Youth Day, ngomhlaka-15 Agasti, 1993

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Induduzo Emoyeni


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INI kungafana nokuma lapho kunesiphepho njengoba iso lesiphepho lisondela? Ngokusho kwalabo asebedlule kukho, kunomsindo oqhubekayo, imfucumfucu nothuli kuhamba yonke indawo, futhi awukwazi ukugcina amehlo akho evulekile; kunzima ukuma uqonde futhi ugcine ibhalansi yomuntu, futhi kukhona ukwesaba okungaziwa, ukuthi isiphepho singaletha ini ngokulandelayo kuzo zonke izinxushunxushu.

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Indlu Ehlala Njalo

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St. Therese de Liseux, nguMichael D. O'Brien

 

Ngabhala lokhu kuzindla ngemva kokuvakashela indlu yaseSt. Thérèse eFrance eminyakeni eyisikhombisa edlule. Kuyisikhumbuzo nesixwayiso “kubakhi abasha” bezikhathi zethu ukuthi indlu eyakhiwe ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu iyindlu ezodilika, njengoba sizwa eVangelini lanamuhla….

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Lowo Pope Francis!… Indaba emfushane

By
UMark Mallett

 

"LOKHO UPapa Francis! ”

UBill ushaye isibhakela sakhe etafuleni, ephendula amakhanda ambalwa kulokho. UFr. UGabriel wamoyizela wryly. “Yini manje Bill?”

“Chaphaza! Ukuzwile lokho?”UKevin waklabalasa, wancika phezu kwetafula, isandla sakhe sabanjwa endlebeni yakhe. “Omunye umKatolika weqa iBarque of Peter!”

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Ebiza Umusa Phansi

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IPOPE UFrancis useyivule wayivula yonke “iminyango” yeSonto kule Jubilee of Mercy, esidlule ebangeni eliphakathi kusukela ngenyanga edlule. Kepha singalingeka ekudumazekeni okujulile, uma singesabi, njengoba singaboni ukuphenduka ngobuningi, kepha ukuwohloka okusheshayo kwezizwe ebudloveni obedlulele, ekuziphatheni okubi, futhi empeleni, ukwamukela ngenhliziyo yonke i anti-ivangeli.

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Kuya ngeProvidence

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U-Eliya UleleU-Eliya Ulele, ngu-Michael D. O'Brien

 

LABO kukhona izinsuku zika-Eliya, okungukuthi, ihora le- a ubufakazi obungokwesiprofetho ukubizwa nguMoya oNgcwele. Izothatha izici eziningi — kusukela ekugcwalisekeni kwemibono, kuye ebufakazini obungokwesiprofetho babantu "Phakathi kwesizukulwane esigwegwile nesonakele… sikhanya njengezinkanyiso emhlabeni." [1]UPhil 2: 15 Lapha angikhulumi ngehora “labaprofethi, ababoni, nababona imibono” kuphela - yize lokho kuyingxenye yalo — kepha kukhulunywa nsuku zonke ngabantu abanjengawe nami.

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1 UPhil 2: 15

Izwi Likamalusi Omuhle

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TO iphuzu: singena enkathini lapho umhlaba ungene khona ebumnyameni obukhulu, lapho ukukhanya kweqiniso kusithwa yinyanga ye-moral relativism. Uma kwenzeka umuntu ecabanga ukuthi isitatimende esinjalo siyinganekwane, ngiyaphinda ngiyaphindisela kubaprofethi bethu bopapa:

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ICilongo Lokugcina

icilongo likaJoel Bornzin3ICilongo Lokugcina, isithombe nguJoel Bornzin

 

I ziye zanyakaziswa namuhla, ngokoqobo, yizwi leNkosi likhuluma ekujuleni komphefumulo wami; enyakaziswa usizi lwaKhe olungachazeki; kunyakaziswa ukukhathazeka okujulile Anakho ngalabo eSontweni abalele ngokuphelele.

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Magnificat Owesifazane

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ukukhuliswaUkuvakasha, ngu-Franz Anton Pmaulbertsch (1724-1796)

 

NINI leli cala lamanje nelizayo seliphelile, kuzovela iSonto elincane kodwa elihlanzwe ezweni elihlanzeke kakhudlwana. Kuyovuka emphefumulweni wakhe ingoma yokudumisa… isihlabelelo soMfazi, oyisibuko nethemba leBandla elizayo.

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Yibani Ngcwele… ezintweni Ezincane

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THE amagama athusayo emBhalweni kungenzeka kube lawo okufundwa kokuqala kwanamuhla:

Yiba ngcwele ngoba nami ngingcwele.

Iningi lethu lizibuka esibukweni bese lisuka ngosizi uma linganengeki: “Angiyena ongcwele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ANGISOZE NGINGCWELE! ”

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Isikhathi Sokuphela Kwezinkonzo Siyaphela

ngemuva kwetsunamiI-AP Photo

 

THE Izehlakalo ezenzeka emhlabeni wonke zivame ukuqeda ukuqagela nokushaywa uvalo phakathi kwamanye amaKristu ukuthi manje isikhathi ukuthenga izimpahla nokuya emagqumeni. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, uchungechunge lwezinhlekelele zemvelo embulungeni yonke, inhlekelele yokudla esondelayo nesomiso nokuwa kwamakoloni ezinyosi, nokuwa okuseduze kwedola akunakusiza kodwa kunikeze ikhefu engqondweni esebenzayo. Kepha bazalwane nodade kuKristu, uNkulunkulu wenza okuthile okusha phakathi kwethu. Ulungiselela umhlaba a i-tsunami yoMusa. Kumele ashukumise izakhiwo ezindala kuze kufike ezisekelweni futhi aphakamise ezintsha. Kumele ahlubule okungokwenyama futhi asenze amandla akhe. Futhi kufanele abeke ngaphakathi kwemiphefumulo yethu inhliziyo entsha, isikhumba esisha sewayini, esilungiselelwe ukwamukela iwayini elisha asezolithulula.

Ngamanye amazwi,

Isikhathi se-Ministries siyaphela.

 

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Ukuwohloka Kwenkulumo Yomphakathi

lindokuhleIsithombe nguMike Christy / Arizona, I-Daily Star, AP

 

IF "isibambi”Kuphakanyiswa ngalesi sikhathi, njengokuthi ukungabi namthetho isakazeka kuwo wonke umphakathi, ohulumeni, nasezinkantolo, akumangazi-ke ukubona ukuthi kufana nokuwa kwezinkulumo zomphakathi. Ngoba okuhlaselwayo kulelihora yikho kanye isithunzi womuntu, owenziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.

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Ukufa Komqondo - Ingxenye II

 

WE babona ukuwohloka okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni wesintu — ngo isikhathi sangempela. Njengoba ukubhekile futhi waxwayisa ngalokhu kuza I-Tsunami Engokomoya okweminyaka eminingana manje, ukuyibona ifika ogwini lwesintu akukunciphisi isimo esimangazayo salokhu “kufiphala kwesizathu”, njengoba uPapa Benedict akubiza kanjalo. [1]Ikheli elibhekiswe kwi-Roman Curia, ngoDisemba 20, 2010; isib. Ngosuku luka-Eva  In The Ukufa Komqondo - Ingxenye I, Ngihlolisise ezinye zezenzo zokugoba ingqondo zohulumeni nezinkantolo ezehlukane nomqondo nezizathu. Igagasi lokuduka liyaqhubeka…

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1 Ikheli elibhekiswe kwi-Roman Curia, ngoDisemba 20, 2010; isib. Ngosuku luka-Eva

Okuningi kuzilingo nokunqoba kwethu

Ukufa Okubili“Ukufa Okubili”, nguMichael D. O'Brien

 

IN impendulo ku-athikili yami Ukwesaba, Umlilo “Nokusindisa”?, Kubhala uCharlie Johnston Olwandle ngombono wakhe ngemicimbi yesikhathi esizayo, ngaleyo ndlela sabelana nabafundi ngezingxoxo ezizimele esibe nazo esikhathini esedlule. Lokhu kunikeza, ngicabanga, ithuba elibalulekile lokugcizelela ezinye zezici ezibaluleke kakhulu zemishini yami nokubiza ukuthi abafundi abasha bangahle bangazazi.

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Uvuko Oluzayo

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Umbuzo ovela kumfundi:

Kusambulo 20, ithi abanqunywe amakhanda, njll. Nabo bazobuyela empilweni babuse noKristu. Ucabanga ukuthi kusho ukuthini lokho? Noma kungenzeka ibukeke kanjani? Ngikholwa ukuthi kungaba ngokoqobo kepha wazibuza ukuthi ngabe ubunokuqonda okwengeziwe…

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Ukwesaba, Umlilo, 'Nokusindisa'?

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umlilo2Umlilo wasendle eFort McMurray, e-Alberta (isithombe CBC)

 

KUNYE nibhalele ukubuza ukuthi ngabe umndeni wethu ulungile, unikezwe umlilo omkhulu wasendle enyakatho yeCanada naseFort McMurray nase-Alberta. Umlilo uqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-800… kepha intuthu yenza mnyama esibhakabhakeni sethu lapha futhi iguqule ilanga libe ngumbala obomvu ovuthayo, isikhumbuzo sokuthi umhlaba wethu mncane kakhulu kunendlela esicabanga ngayo. Kubuye kube yisikhumbuzo salokho okwashiwo yindoda evela lapho eminyakeni eminingana eyedlule…

Ngakho-ke ngikushiya kule mpelasonto ngemicabango embalwa engahleliwe ngomlilo, uCharlie Johnston, nokwesaba, ukuvala ngokukhombisa ukufundwa kweMisa okunamandla kwanamuhla.

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Ukwahlulelwa Okuzayo

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isahlulelo

 

Okokuqala, ngifuna ukutshela, mndeni wami othandekayo wabafundi, ukuthi mina nomkami siyabonga ngamakhulu amanothi nezincwadi esizitholile ukusekela le nkonzo. Ngenze isikhalazo esifushane emasontweni ambalwa edlule ukuthi inkonzo yethu ibidinga kakhulu ukwesekwa ukuze iqhubeke (njengoba lokhu kungumsebenzi wami wesikhathi esigcwele), futhi impendulo yakho isishukumisele ukukhala kaningi. Iningi lalawo "malini amancane omfelokazi" asifikile; ukuzidela okuningi kwenziwe ukwazisa ukwesekwa kwakho, ukubonga nothando lwakho. Ngamafuphi, unginike u- “yebo” ozwakalayo ukuze ngiqhubeke kule ndlela. Kuyinto eqa yokholo kithi. Asinayo imali esiyongele imali, asinamali yomhlalaphansi, asinasiqiniseko (njenganoma ngubani wethu) ngekusasa. Kepha siyakwemukela ukuthi kulapho uJesu afuna khona. Eqinisweni, Ufuna sonke sibe sendaweni yokulahlwa ngokuphelele futhi ngokuphelele. Sisezinhlelweni zokubhala ama-imeyili futhi siyabonga kini nonke. Kepha ake ngithi manje… ngiyabonga ngothando lwenu lobuzali kanye nokwesekwa, okungiqinisile futhi kwangithinta ngokujulile. Futhi ngiyabonga ngalesi sikhuthazo, ngoba nginezinto eziningi ezibucayi zokukubhalela ezinsukwini ezizayo, ukuqala manje….

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Isikhungo Seqiniso

 

Ngithole izincwadi eziningi zingicela ukuthi ngiphawule ngazo U-Amoris Laetitia, Isikhuthazo sikaPapa sakamuva sabaphostoli. Ngikwenze lokho esigabeni esisha kumongo omkhulu walokhu kubhala kusuka ngoJulayi 29, 2015. Ukube benginecilongo, bengizowubabaza lo mbhalo ngalo… 

 

I sivame ukuzwa amaKatolika namaProthestani ethi ukungafani kwethu akunandaba; ukuthi siyakholelwa kuJesu Kristu, futhi yilokho kuphela okubalulekile. Impela, kulesi sitatimende kufanele sazi ukuthi umhlaba wangempela wobunye, [1]qhathanisa I-Ecumenism eyiqiniso okuyikho impela ukuvuma nokuzibophezela kuJesu Kristu njengeNkosi. Njengoba uSt. John esho:

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1 qhathanisa I-Ecumenism eyiqiniso

Okuningi kusipho sezilimi


kusukela IPhentekhosti ngu-El Greco (1596)

 

OF Impela, ukubonakaliswa kokuthiisipho sezilimi”Izosusa impikiswano. Futhi lokhu akungimangazi ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi yiwona ongaqondakali kunabo bonke ubungani. Ngakho-ke, ngiyethemba ukuphendula eminye yemibuzo nokuphawula engikuthole ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ngalolu daba, ikakhulukazi njengoba opapa beqhubeka nokuthandazela “iPhentekoste elisha”…[1]qhathanisa Okuhehayo? - Ingxenye VI

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1 qhathanisa Okuhehayo? - Ingxenye VI

Isipho Sezilimi

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AT inkomfa yaseSteubenville eminyakeni eminingana edlule, umshumayeli wasekhaya wamaPapa, uFr. URaneiro Cantalamessa, walandisa ngendaba yokuthi uSt.John Paul II wavela kanjani ngelinye ilanga esontweni lakhe eVatican, ebabaza ngenjabulo ukuthi wayesethole “isipho sezilimi.” [1]Ukulungiswa: Ngangicabanga ukuthi kwakunguDkt Ralph Martin owakhuluma le ndaba. UFr. UBob Bedard, umsunguli weCompanions of the Cross ongasekho, wayengomunye wabapristi ababekhona ukuzwa lobu bufakazi obuvela kuFr. URaneiro. Lapha sinopapa, esinye sezazi zemfundiso yenkolo ezinkulu kakhulu ezikhathini zethu, ofakazela ubuqiniso betshezi elingajwayelekile ukubonwa noma ukuzwakala eSontweni namuhla uJesu noSt. Paul abakhuluma ngalo.

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1 Ukulungiswa: Ngangicabanga ukuthi kwakunguDkt Ralph Martin owakhuluma le ndaba. UFr. UBob Bedard, umsunguli weCompanions of the Cross ongasekho, wayengomunye wabapristi ababekhona ukuzwa lobu bufakazi obuvela kuFr. URaneiro.

Amagama Nezexwayiso

 

Abafundi abaningi abasha bangene ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule. Kusenhliziyweni yami ukukushicilela kabusha lokhu namuhla. Njengoba ngihamba ngibuyele emuva ngifunde lokhu, ngiyathuka njalo futhi ngize ngithinteke lapho ngibona ukuthi amaningi ala "mazwi" - avame ukwamukelwa ngezinyembezi nokungabaza okuningi - ayenzeka phambi kwamehlo ethu…

 

IT bekulokhu kusenhliziyweni yami izinyanga ezimbalwa manje ukufingqa abafundi bami "amazwi" kanye "nezixwayiso" zomuntu enginomuzwa wokuthi iNkosi ingithumele kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, futhi lokho kuye kwakha futhi kwagqugquzela le mibhalo. Nsuku zonke, kunababhalisile abasha abasha abaza ebhodini abangenawo umlando ngemibhalo engaphezu kwenkulungwane lapha. Ngaphambi kokuthi ngifingqe lokhu “kugqugquzelwa”, kuyasiza ukuphinda lokho iBandla elikushoyo ngesambulo “sangasese”:

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Isihe Sangempela

jesusthiefUKristu Namasela Amahle, IsiTitian (Tiziano Vecellio), c. 1566

 

LAPHO kunokudideka okukhulu namuhla ngokuthi "uthando" kanye "nesihe" kanye "nobubele" kusho ukuthini. Kangangokuba ngisho neBandla ezindaweni eziningi lilahlekelwe ukucaciseleka kwalo, amandla eqiniso athi ngaso leso sikhathi ahebe izoni aziphikise. Lokhu akubonakali njengalowo mzuzu eKalvari lapho uNkulunkulu ehlanganyela amahloni ngamasela amabili…

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Ilungiselela Ukubusa

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LAPHO uhlelo olukhulu kakhulu ngemuva kweLenten Retreat iningi lenu elihlanganyele kulo. Ukubizelwa kuleli hora emthandazweni ojulile, ukuvuselelwa kwengqondo, nokwethembeka eZwini likaNkulunkulu empeleni kuyinto ukulungiselela Ukubusa—Ukubusa koMbuso kaNkulunkulu emhlabeni njengasezulwini.

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Imicabango evela emlilweni wamalahle

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UKUSEBENZA ekufudumaleni komlilo wamalahle uJesu awubasile ngeLenten Retreat yethu; ehleli ekukhanyeni kobuso bakhe nobukhona Bakhe; ngilalele ukuqhuma koMusa wakhe ongenakuchazeka ungiphulula ngobumnene ogwini lwenhliziyo yami… Nginemicabango embalwa engahleliwe esele ezinsukwini zethu ezingamashumi amane zokucabanga.

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Myeke Akhulele Kuwe!

Ukwazisa Ngethemba nguLea MallettEhlanganisa Ithemba, nguLea Mallett

 

UJESU KRISTU UVUKILE ETHUNENI!

… Manje makavuke kuwe,

ukuze futhi, Ahambe phakathi kwethu,

ukuze futhi, Apholise amanxeba ethu

ukuze futhi, Azesule izinyembezi zethu

futhi lokho futhi, singabheka emehlweni Akhe othando.

Sengathi uJesu ovukile angavuka wena

 

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Ukulandela Ezinyathelweni Zababethelwe

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NGAKHO kude ekuphumeni kwethu, ngigxile kakhulu empilweni yangaphakathi. Kepha njengoba ngishilo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, impilo kamoya ayiyona nje ukubizelwa kuyo wenhlanganyelo noNkulunkulu, kodwa a ikhomishini ukuphuma uye ezweni futhi…

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Inhliziyo yakho ayipheli

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THE “Ibhaluni lomoya oshisayo” limelela inhliziyo yomuntu; “ubhasikidi we-gondola” uyintando kaNkulunkulu; “ipropani” nguMoya oNgcwele; futhi lezi “zishisi” ezimbili zothando lukaNkulunkulu nomakhelwane, lapho zikhanyiswa “ilambu lokushayela” lesifiso sethu, zigcwalisa izinhliziyo zethu ngeLangabi Lothando, zisenza sikwazi ukukhuphukela ebunyeni noNkulunkulu. Noma ngakho-ke kungabonakala. Yini lena engibambezelayo…?

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Ngesikhathi Neziphazamiso

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OF Yebo, esinye sezingqinamba ezinkulu nokubukeka njengokungezwani phakathi kwempilo yomuntu yangaphakathi nezidingo zangaphandle zobizo lomuntu, isikhathi. “Anginaso isikhathi sokuthandaza! Ngingumama! Anginaso isikhathi! Ngisebenza usuku lonke! Ngingumfundi! Ngiyahamba! Ngiphethe inkampani! Ngingumfundisi wesifunda esikhulu… Anginaso isikhathi!"

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Isishisi Sesibili

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MANJE nansi into, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo: impilo yangaphakathi, njengebhaluni lomoya oshisayo, ayinayo eyodwa, kodwa ezimbili izishisi. INkosi yethu yayicacisa kahle ngalokhu lapho ithi:

Wothanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho…. Futhi, wothanda umakhelwane wakho njengalokhu uzithanda wena. (Marku 12:33)

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Ukunyuka emoyeni

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i-albuquerque-hot-air-balloon-ride-ekushoneni kwelanga e-albuquerque-167423

 

UTHOMASI UMerton wake wathi, “Kunezindlela eziyinkulungwane zokwenza the Indlela. ” Kepha kunemigomo eyisisekelo uma kukhulunywa ngesakhiwo sesikhathi sethu somkhuleko esingasisiza ukuthi siqhubekele phambili masinyane ekuhlanganyeleni noNkulunkulu, ikakhulukazi ebuthakathakeni bethu nasekulwiseni ukuphazamiseka.

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Ukuthandaza Ezulwini

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THE ukuqala komkhuleko ngukuthi isifiso, sifisa ukuthanda uNkulunkulu, oye wasithanda kuqala. Isifiso “ilambu lokushayela” eligcina isibani somkhuleko sikhanya, ngaso sonke isikhathi silungele ukuxubana ne “propane” kaMoya oNgcwele. Nguye owokhela, aphile, futhi agcwalise izinhliziyo zethu ngomusa, asenze sikwazi ukuqala ukwenyuka, ngeNdlela kaJesu, siye ebunyeni noBaba. (Futhi-ke, uma ngithi "ubunye noNkulunkulu", engikushoyo ukubumbana kwangempela nangempela kwezintando, izifiso, nothando okunjengokuthi uNkulunkulu uhlala ngokuphelele nangokukhululeka kuwe, nawe ukuYe). Futhi-ke, uma uhlale nami isikhathi eside kangaka kule Lenten Retreat, angingabazi ukuthi ukukhanya komshayeli wenhliziyo yakho kukhanyisiwe futhi kulungele ukuqhuma ilangabi!

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Umgomo Womkhuleko

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I kumele ngihleke, ngoba ngingumuntu wokugcina engake ngacabanga ukuthi ngikhulume ngomkhuleko. Ekukhuleni kwami, nganginesibindi, ngihamba njalo, ngilungele ukudlala njalo. Nganginobunzima bokuhlala ngithule eMiseni. Futhi kimi, izincwadi zaziwukuchitha isikhathi esihle sokudlala. Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi ngiphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, kungenzeka ukuthi ngangifunde izincwadi ezingaphansi kweshumi empilweni yami yonke. Futhi ngenkathi ngifunda iBhayibheli lami, ithemba lokuhlala phansi ngithandaze noma yisiphi isikhathi eside lalinzima, ukusho okuncane.

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Ukuqala Komkhuleko

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KONKE esixoxe ngakho kuze kube manje kule Lenten Retreat isisiza wena nami ukuba sikhuphukele ezindaweni eziphakeme zobungcwele nobunye noNkulunkulu (futhi khumbula, Naye, zonke izinto zingenzeka). Futhi nokho — futhi lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu — ngaphandle kwe- Umthandazo, kungafana nomuntu obeke ibhaluni lomoya elishisayo phansi wasetha yonke imishini yabo. Umshayeli wendiza uzama ukugibela ku-gondola, okuyintando kaNkulunkulu. Ujwayelene namabhukwana akhe endiza, okuyiMibhalo neCatechism. Ubhasikidi wakhe uboshelwe ebhalwini ngezintambo zamaSakramente. Okokugcina, welule ibhaluni lakhe emhlabathini — okusho ukuthi, uvumile ukuzimisela okuthile, ukulahla, kanye nesifiso sokundizela ngaseZulwini…. Kepha inqobo nje uma isishisi se Umthandazo ihlala ingakhanyisiwe, ibhaluni — okuyinhliziyo yakhe — alisoze lakhula, futhi impilo yakhe yokomoya iyohlala inesisekelo.

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