THE amagama ka ISt. Elizabeth Anne Seton qhubeka nokukhala ekhanda lami:
Be above the vain fears of nature and efforts of your enemy. You are children of eternity. Your immortal crown awaits you, and the best of Fathers waits there to reward your duty and love. You may indeed sow here in tears, but you may be sure there to reap in joy.(Kusuka engqungqutheleni kuye emadodakazini akhe okomoya)
UKUSETSHENZISWA…
Izimpilo zethu zifana nenkanyezi eshutha. Umbuzo – umbuzo ongokomoya –ukuthi le nkanyezi izongena kumuphi umjikelezo.
Uma sidliwa yizinto zalo mhlaba: imali, ukuvikeleka, amandla, izimpahla, ukudla, ucansi, izithombe zocansi… lapho-ke sifana nalesosibhakabhaka esivutha emkhathini womhlaba. Uma sidliwe nguNkulunkulu, lapho-ke sifana ne-meteor ebheke elangeni.
Nanku umehluko.
I-meteor yokuqala, edliwe yizilingo zomhlaba, ekugcineni ihlakazeka ize. I-meteor yesibili, njengoba idliwa noJesu iNdodana, ayihlakazeki. Esikhundleni salokho, kuqhuma ilangabi, kuncibilike kube yinto eyodwa neNdodana.
Owokuqala uyafa, abanda, abe mnyama, futhi angaphili. Lezi zinsuku zihlala, ziba yimfudumalo, ukukhanya, nomlilo. Owokuqala ubonakala umangalisa phambi kwamehlo omhlaba (okwesikhashana)… uze ube uthuli, unyamalale ebumnyameni. Lesi sakamuva sifihliwe futhi asinakwa, size sifinyelele emisebeni yeNdodana eqothulayo, ebanjwe ngunaphakade ekukhanyeni kwaKhe okuvutha nothando.
Futhi-ke, kunombuzo owodwa kuphela empilweni obalulekile: Yini engidlayo?
What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?(Math 16: 26)
Baby UKevin Kyle Paul wazalwa ngoJanuwari 2, 2006 – ingane yethu yesikhombisa yamantombazane amathathu, futhi manje, abafana abane.
Ngiyabonga Nkosi!
NGOBUSUKU, futhi, ngibona ukuphuthuma ukususa noma yiziphi iziphazamiso nemikhuba engisabambelele kuyo. Kunomusa omningi lapho wokukwenza… umusa, ngiyakholelwa, kunoma ngubani ocela ngobuqotho.
Asikho isikhathi sokuchitha. Kumele siqale manje ukulungiselela okuzayo “njengesela ebusuku”. Futhi yini okuzayo?
Lowo onamehlo, bheka; ngubani onezindlebe, lalela.
THE INkosi iyabona izifiso yenhliziyo yethu. Ubona isifiso sethu sokulunga.
Ngakho-ke, naphezu kokwehluleka kwethu, ngisho nesono, ugijimela ukusigona… njengoba uBaba agijimela ukuyokwamukela indodana yolahleko, eyayimbozwe yihlazo lokuhlubuka kwakhe.
Ngakho-ke, uGabriyeli wamemezela kuMariya, "Ungesabi!"; isixuku esikhazimulayo samemezela kubelusi, "Ningesabi!"; izingelosi zombili zakhuthaza abesifazane ethuneni, "Ningesabi!"; kubafundi bakhe emva kokuvuka kwakhe, uJesu waphinda wathi, "Ungesabi."
NGESIKHATHI umthandazo kuleli sonto eledlule, bengiphazamiseke kakhulu emicabangweni yami kangangoba ngithandaza umusho ngaphandle kokukhukhuleka.
Namuhla kusihlwa, ngenkathi ngizindla ngaphambi komkhombe ongenalutho esontweni, ngikhala eNkosini ngicela usizo nomusa. Ngokushesha njengenkanyezi ewayo, la mazwi afika kimi:
"Babusisiwe abampofu emoyeni".
BONISANI ukwehlukahlukana kanye nabantu yilokho okufundiswa inkolo yobuKrestu, cha, izimfuno. Nokho, lokhu akusho “ukubekezelelwa” kwesono. '
… Umsebenzi [wethu] ukuletha umhlaba wonke ebubini nokuwuguqula kube nguNkulunkulu: ngomkhuleko, ngokuzisola, ngothando, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngesihe. —Thomas Merton, Akekho Umuntu Oyisiqhingi
Kuyisisa sokungagqokisi abahamba ze kuphela, ukududuza abagulayo, nokuvakashela isiboshwa, kepha ukusiza umfowenu hhayi ukuba nqunu, ukugula, noma ukuboshwa ekuqaleni. Ngakho-ke, inhloso yeSonto ngukuchaza lokho okubi, ngakho-ke okuhle kungakhethwa.
Inkululeko ayihileli ekwenzeni lokho esikuthandayo, kodwa ekubeni nelungelo lokwenza okufanele. —UPOPA JOHN PAUL II
NINI Sengikhululekile isikhashana ezivivinyweni nasezilingweni, ngiyavuma ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kwakuwuphawu lokukhula ebungcweleni ... ekugcineni, ngihamba emikhakheni kaKristu!
… Waze uBaba wehlisa izinyawo zami ngobumnene emhlabathini usizi. Futhi ngabona ukuthi, ngedwa, ngithatha izinyathelo zezingane, ngikhubeke futhi ngilahle ibhalansi yami.
UNkulunkulu akangibeki phansi ngoba akasangithandi, futhi akangilahli. Esikhundleni salokho, ngakho-ke ngiyabona ukuthi amagxathu amakhulu kakhulu empilweni yokomoya enziwa, hhayi ukweqa phambili, kepha phezulu, abuyele ezandleni Zakhe.
UKUTHULA kuyisipho sikaMoya oNgcwele,
akuxhomekile enjabulweni, nasekuhluphekeni kwenyama. Kuyisithelo,
ozelwe ekujuleni komoya, njengoba nje kuzalwa idayimane
in
the
ekujuleni
of
the
umhlaba…
ngaphansi kakhulu kokukhanya kwelanga noma imvula.
THE ukungabekezelelani "wokubekezelelana!"
Kuyafuna ukwazi ukuthi labo abasola amaKrestu kanjani
inzondo nokungabekezelelani
imvamisa iyingozi kakhulu ku-
ithoni nenhloso.
Kubonakala okusobala kakhulu — futhi okubheka kalula kalula
ubuzenzisi bezikhathi zethu.
Ifa le-JPII kwezomculo
Ubizwa ngomunye wopapa abakhulu kunabo bonke. UJohn Paul II ushiye umbono emhlabeni.
Futhi ushiye umbono kumculi / umbhali wezingoma waseCanada uMark Mallett, omculo wakhe uqhubeka nokuletha umoya kaJohn Paul II emhlabeni.
“Ngosuku olwandulela ukuqala kokukhiqiza kabusha okusha I-Rosary CD, I-JPII imemezele "Unyaka WeRosari". Angikholwanga! ” kusho uMark esekhaya lakhe e-Alberta, eCanada. “Sichithe iminyaka emibili senza lokho mhlawumbe okungajwayelekile I-Rosary CD njalo. ” Ngempela, ithole ukubuyekeza okuhle, ithengisa izinkulungwane zamakhophi emhlabeni jikelele. Umbhali ongumKatolika uCarmen Marcoux uyibiza ngokuthi, “Kwenziwa umlando weRosari.”Qhubeka ukufunda
IT usuku olungavamile eCanada. Namuhla, leli lizwe libe yindawo yesithathu emhlabeni ukubhalisela umshado wabantu bobulili obufanayo ngokusemthethweni. Lokho wukuthi, incazelo yomshado phakathi kowesilisa nowesifazane ukukhishwa kwabo bonke abanye abanye, ayisatholakali. Umshado manje usuphakathi kwabantu ababili.
NGOKWENZA UKWESABA
IT kubukeka sengathi umhlaba ubanjwe ukwesaba.
Vula izindaba zakusihlwa, futhi kungakhathaza: impi eMid-mpumalanga, amagciwane angajwayelekile asongela abantu abaningi, ubuphekula obuseduze, ukudutshulwa kwezikole, ukudutshulwa kwamahhovisi, ubugebengu obuyinqaba, futhi uhlu luyaqhubeka. KumaKristu, lolu hlu lukhula lube lukhulu njengoba izinkantolo nohulumeni beqhubeka nokuqeda inkululeko yenkolelo yenkolo ngisho nokushushisa abavikeli benkolo. Bese kuba nenhlangano ekhulayo "yokubekezelelana" ebekezelela wonke umuntu ngaphandle kwamaKristu e-orthodox.
AKUNATHEMBA?
Yini engavimba umhlaba ukuba ungene ebumnyameni obungaziwa obusongela ukuthula? Manje njengoba izingxoxo zezombusazwe sehlulekile, yini esisele ukuba siyenze?
Kubonakala kucishe kungabi nathemba. Eqinisweni, angikaze ngizwe uPapa John Paul II ekhuluma ngamagama abuhlungu njengalokhu esanda kukusho.
