LOKHU iviki, iNkosi ikhuluma izinto ezinzima kakhulu enhliziyweni yami. Ngiyathandaza futhi ngizila ukudla ukuze ngithole ukuqondiswa okucacile. Kepha umqondo ukuthi "idamu" selizodilika. Futhi kuza nesixwayiso:
"Ukuthula, ukuthula!" bathi, noma kungekho ukuthula. ( Jeremiya 6:14 )
Ngiyathandaza ukuthi yidamu loMusa Waphezulu, hhayi Ubulungiswa.
Ngaphandle kweSt. Louis Cathedral, eNew Orleans
UMNGANI ungibhalele namhlanje, kulesi Sikhumbuzo sobuNdlovukazi bukaMariya oBusisiwe, ngendaba ethinta umgogodla:
UMark, isigameko esingajwayelekile senzeke ngeSonto. Kwenzeka kanjena:
Mina nomyeni wami sigubhe iminyaka engu-XNUMX sishadile ngokuphela kwesonto. Saya eMiseni ngoMgqibelo, sabe sesizodla isidlo sakusihlwa nomfundisi esikanye naye kanye nabanye abangane, kamuva saya emdlalweni wangaphandle owawuthi “The Living Word.” Njengesipho sokugubha usuku umbhangqwana usinikeze isithombe esihle sikaMama wethu nengane enguJesu.
NgeSonto ekuseni, umyeni wami wabeka lesi sithombe endaweni yethu yokungena, onqenqemeni lwesitshalo ngaphezu komnyango wangaphambili. Ngemuva kwesikhashana, ngiphume ngangena kuvulandi wangaphambili ngafunda ibhayibheli. Ngenkathi ngihlala phansi futhi ngiqala ukufunda, ngabheka phansi embhedeni wezimbali futhi kwakulele isiphambano esincane (angikaze ngisibone phambilini futhi ngisebenze kulowo mbhede kaningi!) Ngawuthatha ngaya emuva emphemeni ukukhombisa umyeni wami. Ngibe sengingena ngaphakathi, ngayibeka erankini, ngaya kuvulandi futhi ngafunda.
Ngenkathi ngihlala phansi, ngabona inyoka endaweni ngqo lapho kwakukhona khona isiphambano.
IPolaris: INyakatho yeNkanyezi
ISIKHUMBUZO SOBUKHOSI BOBUKHOSI
INTOMBI YESIBUSISO UMARIYA
NGINE ihlanganiswe neNyakatho yeNkanyezi emasontweni ambalwa edlule. Ngiyavuma, ngangingazi ukuthi kwakukuphi lapho umlamu wami ekhomba khona ubusuku obunye obugcwele izinkanyezi ezintabeni.
Okuthile kimi kungitshela ukuthi kuzodingeka ngazi ukuthi le nkanyezi ikuphi esikhathini esizayo. Ngakho-ke kulobubusuku, ngiphinde ngabheka phezulu esibhakabhakeni ngengqondo ngikubona. Bese ngingena kwikhompyutha yami, ngifunde la mazwi umzala wami usanda kungithumelela i-imeyili:
Noma ngabe ungubani ozibona wena phakathi nalesi sikhathi sokufa ukuthi ukhukhuleka emanzini okhohlisayo, ngesihe semimoya namagagasi, kunokuhamba emhlabathini oqinile, ungafulathe amehlo akho ebukhazikhazini bale nkanyezi eqondisayo, ngaphandle kokuthi ufisa ukucwiliswa yisiphepho.
Bheka inkanyezi, biza uMariya. … Naye njengomhlahlandlela, awuyikuduka, ngenkathi umncenga, awusoze waphela amandla ... uma ehamba phambi kwakho, awuyikudinwa; uma ekhombisa umusa kuwe, finyelela umgomo. —USt. Bernard waseClarivaux, ocashunwe kuleli sonto nguPapa Benedict XVI
“Inkanyezi Yokuvangela Okusha” —Isihloko esinikezwe uMama Wethu waseGuadalupe nguPapa John Paul II
Umama nengane bafunda iZwi—Michael D. O'brien
KUNGANI ingabe “amaKhatholika” athi amdinga uMariya?
Umuntu angaphendula lokhu kuphela ngokubuza omunye umbuzo: kungani uJesu udinga uMariya? UKristu wayengenakukwazi yini ukubamba umzimba wenyama, ephuma ogwadule, ememezela izindaba ezinhle? Impela. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wakhetha ukuza ngesidalwa esingumuntu, intombi, intombazane.
NGESIKHATHI ingxoxo kuleli sonto nomndeni, umukhwe wami wavele waziphazamisa,
Kukhona ukwahlukana okukhulu okwenzekayo. Uyayibona. Abantu benza lukhuni izinhliziyo zabo kokuhle…
Kwangimangaza ukuphawula kwakhe, njengoba leli kwakuyigama “elalikhulunywe yiNkosi enhliziyweni yami esikhathini esedlule (bheka Ushushiso: Petal Second.)
Kuyafaneleka ukuzwa leli gama futhi, kulokhu livela emlonyeni womlimi, njengoba singena enkathini lapho inhlanganisela iqala ukuhlukanisa ukolweni kumakhoba.
IFake Lake, e-Alberta; Agasti, 2006
LET singabanjwa silele ngomuzwa wamanga wokuthula nenduduzo. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, amazwi ayaqhubeka ukuzwakala enhliziyweni yami:
Ukuthula ngaphambi kwesiphepho…
Ngibona ukuphuthuma futhi ukuze ngigcine inhliziyo yami ikuNkulunkulu ngaso sonke isikhathi. Noma njengoba umuntu oyedwa abelane nami "ngegama" kuleli sonto,
Sheshani — nisoke izinhliziyo zenu!
Ngempela, lesi yisikhathi sokususa izinkanuko zenyama ezilwa noMoya. Njalo Ukuvuma futhi Umthendeleko anjengezikele ezimbili zesikele esingokomoya.
Bhekani, ihora liyeza futhi selifikile lapho ngamunye wenu eyohlakazeka… Emhlabeni nizoba nenkinga, kodwa yimani isibindi, ngiwunqobile umhlaba. (UJohn 16: 33)
Gqokani iNkosi uJesu Kristu, futhi ningenzi malungiselelo ngezifiso zenyama. ( Roma 13:14 )
Izintandane ezilahliwe zaseRomania
UMKHOSI WOKUCABANGA
Kunzima ukukhohlwa izithombe zika-1989 lapho kubusa ngonya umashiqela waseRomania U-Nicolae Ceaucescu uwile. Kodwa izithombe ezinamathele kakhulu engqondweni yami yilezo zamakhulu ezingane nezinsana ezikhungweni zezintandane zikahulumeni.
Evalelwe ezinkundleni zensimbi, iziboshwa ezingathandi zazivame ukushiywa amasonto ngaphandle kokuthintwa umphefumulo. Ngenxa yalokhu kuntuleka kokuthintana nomzimba, izingane eziningi zaziphelelwa yimizwa, zinyakaze zize zilale emibhedeni yazo engcolile. Kwezinye izimo, izingane zavele zafa ukuntula uthando lomzimba.
U-Elijah ehlane, uMichael D. O'Brien
HHAYI Kudala, iNkosi yakhuluma izwi elimnene kodwa elinamandla elihlaba umphefumulo wami:
"Bambalwa eSontweni LaseNyakatho Melika abaziyo ukuthi bawele kude kangakanani."
Ngenkathi ngicabanga ngalokhu, ikakhulukazi empilweni yami, ngabona iqiniso kulokhu.
Ngoba wena uthi, Nginothile, ngiphumelele, futhi angidingi lutho; ungazi ukuthi ulusizi, udatshukelwa, umpofu, uyimpumputhe, futhi uhamba-ze. (IsAm. 3: 17)
NGAPHAMBILI enye yamakhonsathi ami, umpristi owayengisingatha wangimemela esigungwini sabefundisi esidlweni sakusihlwa sekwephuzile.
Ngokuthola i-dessert, uqhubeke nokuziqhayisa ngokuthi ubengazwanga kanjani ngokuvuma izono esifundeni sakhe Iminyaka emibili. “Uyabona,” esho emamatheka, “ngesikhathi semithandazo yokuzisola eMiseni, isoni siyaxolelwa. Futhi, lapho umuntu ethola uMthendeleko, izono zakhe ziyasuswa. ” Ngangivumelana. Kodwa-ke wabe esethi, “Umuntu udinga ukuza ekuvumeni kuphela lapho enze isono esibulalayo. Nginamakholwa afike ukuvuma izono ngaphandle kwesono sokufa, futhi ngabatshela ukuthi bahambe. Empeleni, ngiyangabaza impela ukuthi kukhona amakholwa ami anakho ngempela wenza isono esibucayi… ”
Rembrandt van Rijn, “Ukubuya kwendodana yolahleko”; c. 1662
OF kunjalo, umuntu angabuza uNkulunkulu ngqo ukuthethelela izono zomuntu, futhi uzokwenza njalo (uma kunjalo, nathi siyabaxolela abanye. UJesu wayecacile kulokhu.) Singakwazi, masinyane lapho, ukumisa ukopha enxebeni lokona kwethu.
Kepha kulapho iSakramente Lokuvuma izono lidingeka khona kakhulu. Ngesilonda, yize singophi, sisengatheleleka ngo- "self". Ukuvuma izono kudonsela isibhakela sokuziqhenya ebusweni lapho uKristu, ebusweni bompristi (UJohn 20: 23), uyayisula futhi asebenzise umuthi opholisayo kaBaba ngamazwi, “… Sengathi uNkulunkulu angakunika uxolo kanye nokuthula, futhi ngikuxolele ezonweni zakho….” Umusa ongabonakali ugeza ukulimala njengoba — ngeSign of the Cross — umpristi esebenzisa ukugqoka isihe sikaNkulunkulu.
Uma uya kudokotela ukuze usike kabi, ingabe umisa ukopha kuphela, noma akahlanganisi, ahlanze futhi agqokise isilonda sakho? UKristu, Udokotela Omkhulu, wayazi ukuthi sizokudinga lokho, nokunakwa okwengeziwe amanxeba ethu angokomoya.
Ngakho-ke, leli Sakramente laliyikhambi lakhe lesono.
Ngenkathi esenyameni, umuntu akakwazi ukusiza kodwa okungenani abe nezono ezithile ezilula. Kepha ungazideleli lezi zono esizibiza ngokuthi “ukukhanya”: uma uzithatha njengokukhanya uma uzikala, thuthumela lapho uzibalula. Izinto ezimbalwa ezilula zenza isisindo esikhulu; amaconsi amaningi agcwalisa umfula; izinhlamvu eziningi zenza inqwaba. Liyini-ke ithemba lethu? Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuvuma izono. —USt. Augustine, Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 1863
Ngaphandle kokuthi kudingekile ngokuqinile, ukuvuma amaphutha ansuku zonke (izono ezikhona) kunconywa kakhulu yiSonto. Ngempela ukuvuma izono zethu zasolwandle kusisiza sakhe unembeza wethu, silwe nokuthambekela okubi, masivunyelwe ukuthi siphulukiswe nguKristu futhi siqhubeke nempilo kaMoya.—Ikhathekizimu yeSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 1458
USt. Teresa wase-Avila
Incwadi eya kumngane ecabangela impilo yobungcwele...
SIDE OTHANDEKA,
Ngiyawuqonda lowo muzwa wokulahla ukuphila komuntu… wokungabi yilokho obekufanele ube yikho… noma acabange ukuthi kufanele abe yikho.
Nokho, singazi kanjani ukuthi lokhu akukho ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu? Ukuthi uye wavumela izimpilo zethu ukuba zihambe ngendlela ezinayo ukuze zimnike udumo olukhulu kakhulu ekugcineni?
Yeka ukuthi kuhle kanjani ukuthi owesifazane olingana nawe, obevame ukufuna ukuphila okuhle, ubumnandi bengane ekhulayo, iphupho lika-Oprah… udela ukuphila kwakhe ukuze afune uNkulunkulu yedwa. Hhawu. Ubufakazi obungaka. Futhi kungaba kuphela umphumela wawo ogcwele ozayo manje, esiteji okuso.
NAMUHLA, umkhaya wakithi wema kwekaNkulunkulu isisel.
Abayisishiyagalolunye bethu bathathwa phezu kwe-Athabasca Glacier eCanada. Kwakuyi-surreal njengoba simi eqhweni sijule njengoba umbhoshongo we-Eiffel uphakeme. Ngithi "chisel", ngoba ngokusobala izinguzunga zeqhwa ziyizo eziqoshwe umhlaba ngendlela esiwazi ngayo.
AS Ngibhekana ngqo nobuthakathaka bami kulobubusuku, njengoba wonke umuzwa kaNkulunkulu uphela, njengoba ubumnyama bufika engqondweni yami, futhi ukuthula kubalekela inhliziyo yami…. kusele into eyodwa kuphela: ukumemeza, njengesinxibi,
Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me! (Luka 18: 38)
Akukhona yini ehlane lapho ama-Israyeli avivinywa khona? Ukholo luka-Abrahama aluhlanjululwanga yini lapho ephakamisela indodana yakhe, u-Isaka inkemba? Futhi ingabe uKristu ngokwakhe akazange abhekane nokubethelwa kokulalela eNsimini yaseGetsemane?
Nkosi Jesu... ngiyakudinga. Ngihawukele.
ISUKA ulenga insolo, elinde isinqumo somhlaba:
I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you...(Duteronomi 30: 19-20)
THE izwe Ayikwazi qhubeka kule ndlela yokubhubhisa imibungu yabantu yocwaningo lwama-stem cell.
Njengoba ipensela eliwa etafuleni lilalela umthetho wamandla adonsela phansi, kanjalo futhi, kunomthetho ongokomoya: "what you sow, you will reap." Ngomthandazo, ukuzila ukudla, kanye nokungenelela kukaMama kaNkulunkulu, lokhu kuvuna okubi kubambezelekile.
Kepha oh, bangaki ohulumeni nezinhlangano zesayensi ezibonakala zihlose ukusheshisa usuku. Bazizwa njengomhlatshelo wokuphila manje, bazoba nempilo nenhlalakahle ngokuzayo. Ngubuhlanya. Bathatha kolunye – egazini – ukuze bazinikeze bona.
EmBhalweni, iNkosi u-Ahabi nomkakhe babulala uNabhoti ukuze badle isivini sakhe. Kepha lapho iNkosi ibona lokhu yathi:
After murdering, do you also take possession? For this, the Lord says: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.(1 AmaKh. 21)
UPapa Benedict XVI, emndenini wakhe wokuvula iSinodi Yababhishobhi eRoma ngonyaka odlule wathi,
Kepha uNkulunkulu akafuni ukusiphatha ngokwezono zethu. Yena owasithanda saze safa sifisa, esikhundleni salokho, ukuthi sizophendula kulesi sexwayiso njengoba kwenza iNkosi u-Ahabi:
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh... Then the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time..."
UKUTHETHELELA yi-glue ehlanganisa umndeni ndawonye. Kodwa ukuthobeka kunquma ukuthi i-glue inhle kangakanani.
LALELA ngokucophelela,
Ngakho-ke bophelani izinkalo zemiqondo yenu, niphile ngokuqonda, nibeke amathemba enu ngokuphelele emseni oyolethwa kini ekwambulweni kukaJesu Kristu. (1 Petru 1:13)
Cabanga ngokwaphezulu, hhayi okusemhlabeni. (Kol 3: 2)
Lawa magama angcwele emiBhalo Engcwele agcizelela a esivuthayo izwi elisenhliziyweni yami kulezi zinsuku:
KUFANELE UBE RADICAL!
UPetru usitshela ukuthi sibeke amathemba ethu “ngokuphelele” emseni ozolethwa kithi. Ngokuphelele! Ukuqondiswa kwayo yonke imicabango yethu, izwi, nesenzo kufanele kube kuKristu, umzuzu ngamunye – hhayi imizuzu engama-58 njalo ngeSonto. O, badukiswe kanjani abaningi abacabanga ukuthi ukuba khona kwabo esihlalweni kanye nenkunzi ebhasikisini kuyithikithi lokuya ezulwini! Yeka ukukhohliseka kwethu eNtshonalanga ecebile! Qhubeka ukufunda
UJESU wenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukugcizelela isidingo 'sokubuka futhi sithandaze' kuwo wonke amaVangeli. Ngokuvamile kwakungumongo wokubuya Kwakhe. Ukubuka nokukhuleka "wukuphila ngoMoya," kusho umphostoli uPawulu.
(Gal 6: 16-17)
I say then: live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh...
Isikhathi lapho iningi lethu liqala ukuphila "ngokwenyama" kuyinto yokuqala ekuseni. Kungani? Ngoba siyasukuma, sihambe ngokuhamba kosuku, futhi singacabangi lutho ngoNkulunkulu. Futhi-ke, siqala enyameni, futhi imvamisa sibuhlungu impela. Sivumela ukuholwa ngamakhala ezonweni "ezincane".
Kepha uPetru uthi,
Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly, and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.(1 Pt 1: 13)
Uma uvuka ekuseni, qaphela uNkulunkulu, unxuse usizo lwaKhe, bese unamathela esandleni sakhe – okusho ukuthi, qhubeka ukhulume Naye usuku lonke. Kumele ngentshiseko, nangokuzimisela sibeke izingqondo zethu ezintweni zikaNkulunkulu, nokuthi yini Akucela kuwe kulo mzuzu wamanje. Njengoba uPawulu esho,
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.(Kol 3:2)
Kuningi engingakusho kulokhu kusasa, igama ebeligcwele enhliziyweni yami amasonto manje. Kepha ukube besingavele sigxile kule nto eyodwa--ephila ngoMoya ngokugxilisa ngokuzithandela izingqondo zethu ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu nasemyalweni Wakhe wokuthanda – singahle singadingi kusasa.
Ngeke kuqinisekise ukuthi ngeke ubhekane nezilingo, izinkathazo, noma ngisho nokukhubeka. Kodwa uma useduze noKristu, uzovuka ngokushesha okukhulu kangako, ngoba Yena uqobo uzokulanda.
...take every thought captive in obedience to Christ...(2 Kor. 10:5)
LAPHO bekulokhu kuyintsha enobudlova. Kepha kukhona okuthile ngemuva komoya wesiko lentsha namuhla okungaphezu kobumnandi obubi.
Ngikholwa ukuthi kwakunguJohann Strauss owathi, uma ufuna ukwazi isimo esingokomoya sosiko, bheka umculo waso.
Umculo wanamuhla usuphenduke umhlaba wokuhlubuka, umculo we-rap uthatha indawo yokuqala. Ngamazwi akwamukela ngokusobala ukuzibulala, ukubulala, ukuziphatha okuxekethile, izidakamizwa, ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi, ukuvukela, ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, ukuzithokozisa, kanye negama lakho, izingoma ze-rap ziye zaba yilokho engikubiza ngokuthi "ama-anti-amahubo".
Ngikhunjuzwa nge-documentary engayenzela i-CTV-Edmonton ngo-1998. Phakathi kwentsha, ukuthambekela okuphazamisayo kufaka ukwanda okusheshayo kodlame lwentsha olunesihluku, ukuzibulala, ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa, kanye nokwanda kwama-STD's. Kodwa kunesibalo esisha: ngokokuqala ngqa, ontanga – abangasekho abazali – bangumthelela omkhulu ezimpilweni zentsha.
Abantu abaningi bakhuluma ngakho UMathewu 24 kanye nokuthambekela okuyinqaba kwesimo sezulu njll uma bekhuluma "ngezikhathi zokuphela". Kepha bambalwa abaphawulayo 2 Timothy 3: 1-5. Incazelo eshaqisayo yalesi sizukulwane:
But understand this: there will be terrifying times in the last days. People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreligious, callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power.
KUKHONA ukuba yisiko: usuku lokuqala lazo zonke izivakashi zekhonsathi imvamisa lukhulu kakhulu.
Yanamuhla ibikhona okumangalisayo.
Ngehlobo eledlule, sibe nezinkinga zikagesi ngokuzumayo ngobusuku ebesizohamba ngabo. Lobu busika, i-trailer yemishini yokukhanyisa neyokukhanyisa inqanyuliwe ebhasini lokuvakasha. Sithole ngakusasa – kwelinye idolobha. Futhi izolo, amahora amabili ukusuka ekhaya, sithole ukuthi i-heater yamanzi yebhasi yayiyi-kaput.
Bekufanele ngiyilindele. Empeleni ngenzile. Kepha bengisakhishwe uphawu. Ngikhononda, ngijikisa ibhasi, ngaqonda esitolo sokulungisa, esiqhele ngehora. Sipake iloli limisa umgwaqo.
Namuhla ekuseni, ngemuva kokulala isikhashana, ngivuswe iwashi le-alamu… nezwi elicacile likhuluma enhliziyweni yami:
IF UMthendeleko ngu ngempela UJesu, kungani iningi lethu libonakala lingashintshi ngemuva kokuthola iSidlo esingcwele?Qhubeka ukufunda
UKUGCINA Imiyalo kaKristu yindlela esihlala ngayo othandweni lwaKhe (Johane 15:10), futhi uma sihlala kuye, "sizothela izithelo ezinhle" (15: 5).
Kepha uJesu wabuye wathi,
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
–Johane 6: 56
Singahluleka kanjani ukusizakala ngalesi sipho esiyigugu esisinikezwe kuMthendeleko oNgcwele? NguJesu uqobo!
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.–6: 55
Uma sizithola silambele injabulo, somele ukuthula, silambele izimfanelo ezinhle, futhi sintula uthando, kungani singezi eTafuleni lapho “umthombo nomhlangano” wezidingo zethu uhlinzekwa nsuku zonke?
Bafowethu nodadewethu, kukangaki ngigcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele, ngathanjiswa emphefumulweni, futhi ngagqugquzeleka othandweni oluvuthayo ngemuva kokwamukela uJesu ku-Ekaristi – eMiseni, okwakuyidlanzana labantu kuphela!
I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.
–6: 35
Ukube iSonto elibanzi belazi kuphela ukuthi yiziphi izinzuzo abazolithola ukunqoba amaphutha, ukumelana nesilingo, ukukhula ebuhleni, futhi bazi uthando uqobo ngoSidlo esingcwele!
NINI sihambele izindawo ezimbi kunazo zonke eLouisiana ezilinyazwe yisiphepho muva nje, sabona izinhlobo ezimbili zezindlu: lezo ezenziwe ngokhuni, nalezo ezakhiwe ngezitini.
Ezinye izindlu zamapulangwe zazicekelwe phansi. Kwakungasekho lutho ngaphandle kwezingcezu ezimbalwa zamapulangwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, izindlu zezitini ezazisendleleni kaKatrina zacekelwa phansi, zanamafasitela aphukile nophahla olonakele. Kodwa izindlu zazimi. Noma kunalokho, wamelana.
Umuntu angamelana kanjani namandla ahlangana nawo kulempilo – amandla okufa, ukugula, ukungasebenzi, ukungaqiniseki, inzondo, isilingo?
Lalelisisa,
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? ...faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.— Jakobe 2:14
Imisebenzi emihle ifana nezitini. Ukholo ludaka (yini enye engenayo enye?)
Lowo owakha impilo yakhe ngalezi, uzofakaza ukuthi umuntu angakwazi kanjani ukusinda kuphela emandleni abuhlungu alokhu kuphila, kepha aze awathwale ngokuthula nenjabulo.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing... If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love... I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.–Joh 15: 5, 10-11
Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse....–Mt 7: 24-25
INGABE azifihliwe ezinye zezinto ezinhle kakhulu ekuphileni?
Amanzi apholile, ahlanzekile kunawo wonke ngokuvamile atholakala ekujuleni komhlaba. Igolide, isiliva, namatshe ayigugu afihlwa ngamatshe namaminerali. I-Nebulae, izinkanyezi ezizalayo, kanye nemithala enemibalabala kungabonakala kuphela ngezibonakude. Khona-ke kukhona iparele ngaphakathi kwe-oyster; ubisi ngaphakathi kukakhukhunathi; umpe phakathi kwembali.
Kodwa ingabe siyasiqaphela isipho esikhulu esifihlwe phakathi kokuhlupheka?
Lapho siphathwa kabi umuntu esisebenza naye noma umabhalane wasesitolo, ingabe siyaqaphela the ithuba lokuzifela? Lapho ukucasuka okuncane kusehlela, ingabe sibona lokhu the ithuba lokukhula ebuhleni? Lapho sizizwa somile futhi singenalutho, sibona lokhu njengalokhu the isikhathi sokubonisa ukholo?
Impilo kamoya ibonakala emvelweni. Ngaphansi kobuso obufiphele, obumangelengele, obungaphawuleki bendawo umzuzu wamanje, kulele iGugu loMusa ukusiguqula.
...although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.— Mathewu 11:25
ENYE Igama ebelilokhu lihleli ngaphansi komcabango kula masonto ambalwa edlule lithi “TOTALITARIANISM”.
I-Totalitarianism yenzeka lapho umbuso ufuna ephelele ukuthobela izikhonzi zayo, okubandakanya indawo ye ukuziphatha.
UPapa Benedict uxwayise ngalokhu kukhula “Ubushiqela bobuholi.” Kepha unomprofethi owaziwa kancane, UMichael D. O'Brien, ochungechungeni lwakhe “lwamanoveli”: the Izingane Zezinsuku Zokugcina. (Uma ufuna amanoveli anamandla amaKatolika anomyalezo ongokoqobo futhi ovivinyiwe ongokwesiprofetho, qala lapha.)
Lobu bushiqela – yize bungakahlelwanga maqondana nokubusa okusemthethweni –siqala ukuziveza obala kuzinqubomgomo zasendaweni, njengezinkampani namabhodi ezikole ajezisa abasebenzi abaphikisana nobungqingili. Njengomdlavuza, lo mqondo wobushiqela manje usungena emthethweni njengoba ohulumeni bedlulisa izimiso ezinobudlova "zobugebengu benzondo". Izinyathelo ezilandelayo kuzoba ukwehlisela iSonto isikhundla esisemthethweni (nentela); bese uthulisa ipulpiti; bese-ke ekugcineni, ukushushiswa okusobala – okungaba njalo the Ushushiso. Qhubeka ukufunda
THE inkinga enkulu necindezelayo eBandleni laseNyakatho Melika ukuthi baningi abakholwa kuJesu Kristu, kodwa bambalwa abamlandelayo.
Even the demons believe that and tremble.— Jakobe 2:19
Kumele ukuba yinyama inkolelo yethu-sibeke inyama emazwini ethu! Futhi le nyama kufanele ibonakale. Ubudlelwano bethu noKristu bungokomuntu siqu, kodwa hhayi ufakazi wethu.
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.— Mathewu 5:14
UbuKristu yilokhu: ukukhombisa ubuso bothando kumakhelwane wethu. Futhi kufanele siqale ngemindeni yethu–ngalabo okulula kakhulu ukubabonisa ubuso "obunye".
Lolu thando aluyona imizwa yangempela. Inesikhumba. Inamathambo. Inobukhona. Kuyabonakala... Iyabekezela, imnene, ayinamhawu, ayizikhukhumezi, ayizikhukhumezi noma iluhlaza. Alizifuneli izinzuzo zalo siqu, futhi alisheshi ukucasuka. Alucabangi okubi, aluthokozi ngobubi. Lubekezelela izinto zonke, lukholelwa yizinto zonke, luthemba izinto zonke, futhi lukhuthazelela zonke izinto. (1 Kor. 13: 4-7)
Ngingaba ubuso bukaKristu komunye na? UJesu uthi,
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit.— Johane 15:5
Ngomthandazo kanye nokuphenduka, sizothola amandla okuthanda. Singaqala ngokugeza izitsha namhlanje ebusuku, ngokumamatheka.
LAPHO ngicabanga ngoJesu ezimfihlakalweni eziBabazekayo izolo kusihlwa, bengicabanga ukuthi ngihlala ngimbona uMariya esukuma ngenkathi uJesu ethwesa umqhele iNdlovukazi yaseZulwini. Le micabango yeza kimi…
UMariya waguqa ehlonipha uNkulunkulu wakhe neNdodana yakhe, uJesu. Kepha lapho uJesu esondela ukumthwesa umqhele, wamdonsa ngobumnene ezinyaweni zakhe, ehlonipha umyalo wesihlanu othi: "Wonge uyihlo nonyoko."
Futhi ekujabuleni kweZulu, wabekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi njengeNdlovukazi yabo.
ISonto LamaKatolika alimkhonzi uMariya, isidalwa esinjengami nawe. Kepha sihlonipha abangcwele bethu, kanti uMariya mkhulu kunabo bonke. Ngoba wayengagcini ngokuba ngumama kaKristu (cabanga ngakho – Cishe wayethola impumulo yaKhe enhle yamaJuda kuye), kepha wayeyisibonelo sokholo oluphelele, ithemba eliphelele nothando oluphelele.
Laba abathathu bahlala (1 Kor. 13:13), futhi bangamagugu amakhulu kakhulu emqhele wakhe.
LABO imisebe emihlanu yokukhanya, evela enhliziyweni yomKristu,
angabhoboza ubumnyama bokungakholwa emhlabeni omele ukukholelwa:
UBUPHOFU BESifundazwe
UBUMPOFU BOKUZITHANDA
UBUPHOFU BOKULULA
Ubumpofu BOKUNIKELA
UBUMPOFU BOKUZINIKELA
Ubungcwele, umyalezo oqinisekisa ngaphandle kwesidingo samazwi, yisibonakaliso esiphilayo sobuso bukaKristu. —UJOHANE PAUL II, Novo Millennio Ineunte
KUPHELA ukuba neNdodana kaNkulunkulu njengengane yakho akusona isiqinisekiso sokuthi konke kuzolunga. KuFifthth Joyful Mystery, uMary noJoseph bathola ukuthi uJesu ulahlekile kulayini wabo. Ngemuva kokumfuna, bamthola ethempelini emuva eJerusalema. Umbhalo uthi "bamangala" nokuthi "abakuzwanga lokho akusho kubo."
Ubuphofu besihlanu, obungaba nzima kakhulu, yilobo Ukuzinikela: Ukwamukela ukuthi asinamandla okugwema ubunzima obuningi, izinkathazo, nokuhlehliswa okulethwa usuku nosuku. Ziza — futhi siyamangala — ikakhulukazi uma zingalindelekile futhi zibonakala zingafaneleki. Yilapho-ke lapho sihlangabezana nobuphofu bethu… ukwehluleka kwethu ukuqonda intando kaNkulunkulu engaqondakali.
Kepha ukwamukela intando kaNkulunkulu ngokuthamba kwenhliziyo, ukunikela njengamalungu obupristi basebukhosini ukuhlupheka kwethu kuNkulunkulu ukuba kuguqulwe kube ngumusa, kungukuthobeka okufanayo uJesu amukela ngakho iSiphambano, ethi, "Hhayi intando yami kepha eyakho mayenziwe." UKristu waba mpofu kanjani! Yeka ukuthi sicebe kanjani ngenxa yalo! Futhi umphefumulo womunye uyoceba kanjani lapho igolide lokuhlupheka kwethu inikelwa ngabo ngaphandle kobuphofu bokuzinikela.
Intando kaNkulunkulu ingukudla kwethu, noma ngabe kwesinye isikhathi kunambitheka kamunyu. Isiphambano sasinomunyu impela, kepha alukho uvuko ngaphandle kwaso.
Ubumpofu bokuzinikela bunobuso: ukubekezela.
I know your tribulation and poverty, but you are rich... Do not be afraid of anything you are going to suffer... remain faithful until death, I will give you the crown of life.(IsAm. 2: 9-10)
NGOKUSHO kumthetho wamaLevi, owesifazane obelethile kufanele alethe ethempelini:
iwundlu elinonyaka libe ngumnikelo wokushiswa nejuba noma ihobhe lomnikelo wesono ... Uma, kodwa-ke, engenakukwazi ukukhokhela iwundlu, angathatha amahobhe amabili… " (Lev. 12: 6, 8)
Ku-Fourth Joyful Mystery, uMary noJoseph banikela ngezinyoni. Ngobumpofu babo, kwaba yikho konke ababekwazi ukukukhokhela.
UmKrestu oyiqiniso ubizelwe futhi ukunikela, hhayi isikhathi kuphela, kepha nezinsizakusebenza — imali, ukudla, impahla— "kuze kube buhlungu", UMama Teresa obusisiwe angathi.
Njengesiqondiso, ama-Israyeli ayezonikeza okweshumi noma amaphesenti ayishumi "othelo lokuqala" lomholo wabo "endlini yeNkosi." ETestamenteni Elisha, uPawuli akagunci ngamagama ngokusekela iSonto nalabo abakhonza iVangeli. Futhi uKristu ubeka ukugqama kwabampofu.
Angikaze ngihlangane nomuntu owayekhipha okweshumi kwamaphesenti omholo wakhe owayeswele lutho. Kwesinye isikhathi "izinqolobane" zabo zichichima lapho behambisa kakhulu.
Nika futhi uphiwe izipho, isilinganiso esihle, esipakishwe ndawonye, esinyikinyiswayo nesichichimayo, sizothelwa ethangeni lakho " (Luk 6:38)
Ubumpofu bokuzidela bungesinye lapho sibheka khona ukweqisa kwethu, kungabhekwa njengemali yokudlala, futhi ngaphezulu njengesidlo "somfowethu" esilandelayo. Abanye babizwa ukuthi bathengise yonke into banikeze abampofu ( Mathewu 19:21 ). Kepha sonke sibizelwe "ukulahla konke esinakho" - ukuthanda kwethu imali nokuthanda izinto ezingazithenga — nokunikela, ngisho, kulokho esingenakho.
Kakade, singakuzwa ukungabi nalukholo kwethu ekuhlinzekweni uNkulunkulu.
Okokugcina, ubumpofu bokuzidela isimo somoya engihlala ngikulungele ukuzinikela ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngithi ezinganeni zami, "Phathani imali esikhwameni sakho semali, uma kwenzeka uhlangana noJesu, ezifihle kwabampofu. Yiba nemali, hhayi imali ongayisebenzisa, njengokunikela."
Lolu hlobo lobumpofu lunobuso: bunjalo ukuphana.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me in this, says the Lord: Shall I not open for you the floodgates of heaven, to pour down blessing upon you without measure?(Mal 3:10)
...this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.(Mar 12: 43-44)
WE cabanga ngeMfihlakalo Yesithathu Ejabulisayo ukuthi uJesu akazalelwanga esibhedlela esinezinzalo noma esigodlweni. INkosi yethu ibibekwe emkhombeni "ngoba yayingekho indawo yabo endlini yezihambi."
Futhi uJoseph noMariya abazange baphikelele ngokunethezeka. Abazange bafune okuhle kunakho konke, yize babefanele bakufune. Baneliseka ngokulula.
Impilo yomKrestu oyiqiniso kufanele ibe yinto elula. Umuntu angaba yisicebi, kepha aphile impilo elula. Kusho ukuhlala nalokho umuntu akudingayo, kunokuba akufune (ngokwesizathu). Amakhabethe ethu ngokuvamile yi-thermometer yokuqala yokulula.
Futhi ukwenza lula akusho ukuthi kufanele uhlale endaweni eyisicefe. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uJoseph wahlanza umkhombe, nokuthi uMary wawufaka ngendwangu ehlanzekile, nokuthi izindlu zabo ezincane zaqoqwa ngangokunokwenzeka ekufikeni kukaKristu. Kanjalo nezinhliziyo zethu kufanele zilungiselelwe ukufika koMsindisi. Ubumpofu bokulula bumenzela indawo.
Futhi inobuso: ukwaneliseka.
I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and being in need. I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me.(Fil. 4: 12-13)
IN Imfihlakalo Yesibili Ejabulisayo, uMary uqala ukuyosiza umzala wakhe u-Elizabeth naye olindele ingane. Umbhalo uthi uMariya wahlala lapho "izinyanga ezintathu."
I-trimester yokuqala imvamisa iyisidina kakhulu kwabesifazane. Ukukhula ngokushesha kwengane, ukushintsha kwamahomoni, yonke imizwa… kepha, kwaba ngalesi sikhathi lapho uMary enza khona izidingo zakhe zokusiza umzala wakhe.
UmKrestu oyiqiniso yilowo ozidela ngokusebenzela omunye.
UNkulunkulu ungowokuqala.
Umakhelwane wami ungowesibili.
Ngingowesithathu.
Le yindlela enamandla kakhulu yobuphofu. Ubuso yilobo be ukuthanda.
...he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave... becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.(Fil 2: 7)
LAPHO Ukuzindla "esikoleni sikaMariya", igama elithi "ubumpofu" laphinde laba yimisebe emihlanu. Okokuqala…
IN i-Joyful Mystery yokuqala, umhlaba kaMary, amaphupho akhe nezinhlelo zakhe noJoseph, zashintshwa ngokuzumayo. UNkulunkulu wayenecebo elehlukile. Wethuka futhi wesaba, futhi wazizwa ngokungangabazeki engakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi omkhulu kangaka. Kepha impendulo yakhe inanela iminyaka engu-2000:
Kwangathi kungenziwa kimi ngokwezwi lakho.
Ngamunye wethu uzalwa enecebo elithile lezimpilo zakhe, futhi unikezwa izipho ezithile zokukwenza. Futhi-ke, kukangaki sizithola sifisa umona ngamathalente omakhelwane bethu? "Ucula kangcono kunami; uhlakaniphile; ubukeka kangcono; ukhuluma kakhulu…" njalo njalo.
Ubumpofu bokuqala okufanele sibuthathe ngokulingisa ubumpofu bukaKrestu yilo ukuzamukela kwethu nemiklamo kaNkulunkulu. Isisekelo sokwamukelwa lokhu ukwethemba-ukwethemba ukuthi uNkulunkulu ungidalele inhloso, okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu, ukuthandwa Nguye.
Kuyakwamukela futhi ukuthi ngimpofu ebuhleni nasebungcweleni, ngiyisoni empeleni, ngincike ngokuphelele engcebweni yesihe sikaNkulunkulu. Ngokwami, angikwazi, ngakho-ke thandaza, "Nkosi, ngihawukele mina soni."
Lobuphofu bunobuso: buyabizwa ukuthobeka.
Blessed are the poor in spirit.(Mathewu 5: 3)
THE izwe ligcwele “amazwi obuKristu.” Kodwa lokho elikufunayo ngamaKristu “oqobo” fakazi.
Umuntu wanamuhla ubalalela ngokuzithandela ofakazi kunothisha, futhi uma ebalalela othisha, kungenxa yokuthi bangofakazi. —I-POPE PAUL VI, Ukushunyayelwa Kwevangeli Emhlabeni Wanamuhla
Kufanele abukeke kanjani umKristu wanamuhla?
Umhlaba ubiza futhi ulindele kithi ukuphila okulula, umoya womthandazo, umusa kubo bonke ikakhulukazi kwabaphansi nabampofu, ukulalela nokuzithoba, ukugoqa kanye nokuzidela. Ngaphandle kwalolu phawu lobungcwele, izwi lethu liyoba nobunzima ekuthinteni inhliziyo yomuntu wanamuhla. Kuzifaka engcupheni yokuba yize futhi inyumba. —Ibhid.
UPaul VI ubuye akhulume "ngobumpofu nokuhlukaniswa". Yileli gama ububha ekhuluma nami namhlanje ekuseni...
LAPHO ngithandaza ngaphambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe emasontweni amabili edlule, omunye wozakwethu wayenomfanekiso wewashi emqondweni wakhe. Izandla beziphakathi kwamabili… bese ngokuzumayo, bagxumela emuva imizuzu embalwa, base beya phambili, bese bebuya…
Umkami ngokufanayo unephupho elenzekayo lapho simi khona ensimini, kuyilapho amafu amnyama eqoqana emkhathizwe. Njengoba siqonde kubo, amafu ayahamba.
Akufanele siwathathe kancane amandla wokuncengela, ikakhulukazi lapho sicela isihe sikaNkulunkulu. Futhi akufanele sehluleke ukuqonda izimpawu zezikhathi.
Consider the patience of our Lord as salvation.—2 Petru 3:15
SO uma uphefumula, Umusa ungowakho.
Muva nje wahlangana neqembu labanye abaholi bamaKhatholika nezithunywa zevangeli eNtshonalanga Canada. Ngobusuku bethu bokuqala bokuthandaza ngaphambi kweSakramente Ebusisiwe, umbhangqwana wethu wavele wehlelwa umunyu ojulile wosizi. Amagama afika enhliziyweni yami,
UMoya oNgcwele udabukile ngokungabongi ngamanxeba kaJesu.
Kwathi emva kwesonto noma ngaphezudlwana, omunye engisebenza naye owayengekho nathi wabhala wathi,
Okwezinsuku ezimbalwa ngibe nomqondo wokuthi uMoya oNgcwele ufukamela, njengokufafaza indalo, sengathi sisesikhathini esithile, noma ekuqaleni kwento enkulu, enye indlela eshintsha ngayo indlela iNkosi eyenza ngayo izinto. Njengoba manje sesibona ngengilazi ngokumnyama, kepha kungekudala sizobona ngokucace bha. Cishe isisindo, njengoMoya sinesisindo!
Mhlawumbe lo mqondo wenguquko emkhathizwe yingakho ngiqhubeka nokuzwa enhliziyweni yami amazwi athi, “Ngokushesha! Gcwalisani izibani zenu!” Kuvela endabeni yezintombi eziyishumi eziphume zihlangabeze umkhwenyana (Math 25: 1-13).
IZOLO Inkonzo yokukhulekela iphawula ukuphela kwesonto likaPhentekoste–kodwa hhayi isidingo esijulile ezimpilweni zethu sikaMoya oNgcwele kanye nomlingani Wakhe, iNcasakazi uMariya.
Kube okuhlangenwe nakho kwami siqu, njengoba ngihambele amakhulukhulu ezifunda, ngihlangana namashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu-ukuthi imiphefumulo ezivulela umsebenzi kaMoya oNgcwele, ehambisana nokuzinikela okunempilo kuMariya, ingabanye babaphostoli abanamandla engibaziyo. .
Futhi kungani lokhu kufanele kumangaze noma ubani? Ingabe kwakungeyona le nhlanganisela yezulu nomhlaba eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule, eyafeza isimo sikaNkulunkulu enyameni, uJesu Kristu?
Yileyo ndlela uJesu akhulelwa ngayo njalo. Yileyo ndlela Akhiqizwa ngayo emiphefumulweni… Izingcweti ezimbili kufanele zivumelane emsebenzini owumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wobuciko kanye nomkhiqizo ophakeme wesintu: uMoya oNgcwele kanye neNcasakazi eNgcwele uMariya… ngoba yibo kuphela abangaphinda bakhiqize uKristu. UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uLuis M. Martinez, I-Sanctifier
NINI UPapa John Paul II wavuselela iRosary ngo-2003, kwakungaphumi umuzwa wokulangazelela.
Wayebiza iBandla ngezikhali, ukulwa impi engokomoya nengokwenyama eqhubekayo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweBandla. Wayesinxusa ukuthi sibize umkhulekeli omkhulu kunabo bonke—uMama kaJesu—ukuba eze azosisiza. Njengoba omunye umfundisi asho, “UMariya uyintokazi… kodwa ugqoka amabhuzu okulwa.” Ngempela, kuGenesise, yisithende sakhe esiyochoboza ikhanda lenyoka.
