ISIKHUMBUZO SE-ST. I-PIO OF PIETRELCIAN
ONE sezinto ezidabukisa kakhulu eSontweni lamaKatolika lanamuhla, ikakhulukazi eNtshonalanga, yi ukulahlekelwa ukukhonza. Kubukeka namuhla sengathi ukucula (uhlobo olulodwa lokudumisa) eSontweni kungokuzithandela, kunokuba kube yingxenye yomkhuleko wokukhulekela.
Ngenkathi iNkosi ithululela uMoya Wayo Ongcwele eSontweni LamaKhatholika ngeminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha edlule kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi “ukuvuselelwa okukhangayo”, kwaqhuma ukukhonza nokudumisa uNkulunkulu! Ngishumayezile emashumini eminyaka ukuthi imiphefumulo emingaki yaguqulwa kanjani njengoba yeqa izindawo zayo zokududuza futhi yaqala ukukhonza uNkulunkulu ngokusuka enhliziyweni (ngizokwabelana ngobufakazi bami ngezansi). Ngaze ngabona ukuphulukiswa emzimbeni ngokudumisa nje okulula!
Ukudumisa noma ukubusisa noma ukudumisa uNkulunkulu akuyona "iPentekoste" noma "into ekhangayo". Kubalulekile esisekelweni somuntu; kungukugcwala kobuntu bakhe:
Isibusiso iveza ukunyakaza okuyisisekelo komkhuleko wobuKrestu: kungukuhlangana phakathi kukaNkulunkulu nomuntu… ngoba uNkulunkulu uyabusisa, inhliziyo yomuntu ingabusisa Lowo onguMthombo wazo zonke izibusiso… simthande yisimo sokuqala somuntu sokuvuma ukuthi uyisidalwa phambi koMdali wakhe. -ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), I-2626; I-2628
Nasi isihluthulelo sokuthi kungani ukudumisa uNkulunkulu kubusisa kuphulukise futhi kukhulule inhliziyo yomuntu: kungukuthengiselana okungcwele lapho sinikeza khona udumo lwethu kuNkulunkulu, futhi uNkulunkulu usinika uqobo lwaKhe uqobo.
… Ungcwele, uhlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ezindumisweni zakwa-Israyeli (IHubo 22: 3, I-RSV)
Ezinye izinguqulo zifundeka kanje:
UNkulunkulu uhlala ezindumisweni zabantu bakhe (AmaHubo 22: 3)
Lapho sidumisa uNkulunkulu, uyeza kithi, abeke izinhliziyo zethu esihlalweni sobukhosi, azihlalise. Akazange yini uJesu athembise ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka?
Uma umuntu engithanda, uyakugcina izwi lami; noBaba wami uyakumthanda, size kuye, sihlale naye. (UJohn 14: 23)
Ukudumisa uNkulunkulu ukuMthanda, ngoba ukudumisa wukubona ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu futhi Akhe uthando. UNkulunkulu uza kithi, bese nathi singena ebukhoneni Bakhe:
Ngenani emasangweni akhe ngokubonga, nasemagcekeni akhe ngokudumisa. (IHubo 100: 4)
Ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, ububi buyabaleka, kudedelwa izimangaliso, futhi kuguquke okwenzekayo. Ngikubonile futhi ngakuthola lokhu ngedwa, kanye nasezimeni zokukhulekela ezinkampani. Manje, ngikubhalela ngokwesimo sempi yokomoya. Lalela okwenzekayo emandleni obumnyama lapho siqala ukudumisa:
Abathembekile mabethabe ngenkazimulo; ukudumisa okuphezulu kukaNkulunkulu makube semphinjeni wabo, nezinkemba ezisika nhlangothi zombili ezandleni zabo, ukwenza impindiselo ezizweni nokujeziswa kwabantu, ukubopha amakhosi abo ngamaketanga nezikhulu zabo ngamaketanga ensimbi, ukubabulala. ukwahlulelwa kubhaliwe! Lokhu kuyinkazimulo yabo bonke abathembekile bakhe. Dumisani iNkosi! (IHubo 149: 5-9)
Njengoba uPaul ekhumbuza iSonto leTestamente Elisha, impi yabo ayisekho ngenyama negazi kepha nge:
… Ubukhulu, namandla, nababusi bezwe balobu bumnyama bamanje, kanye nemimoya emibi ezulwini. (Efesu 6:12)
Kuyizindumiso zethu, ikakhulu uma sicula noma simemezela amaqiniso kaNkulunkulu avela eZwini likaNkulunkulu (cf. Efe 5:19) afana nenkemba esika nhlangothi zombili, ebopha izikhulu namandla ngamandla ngamaketanga aphezulu futhi ahlulele izingelosi eziwile! Isebenza kanjani?
… Umkhuleko wethu enyuka ngoMoya oNgcwele ngoKristu kuya kuYise — siyambusisa ngokusibusisa kwakhe; kuncenga umusa kaMoya oNgcwele ukuthi ehla ngoKristu ovela kuYise — uyasibusisa. -CCC, 2627
UKristu uMlamuleli wethu osebenza ngathi, ubopha izitha zethu zokomoya ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Ukudumisa yindlela yethu yokubamba iqhaza emsebenzini kaKristu osindisayo njengoMzimba Wakhe. Ukudumisa kunjalo ukukholwa ngezenzo, futhi "ukholo luyindumiso emsulwa" (CCC 2642).
… Wabelana ngalokhu kuphelela kuye, oyinhloko yabo bonke ubukhosi namandla. (Kol 2: 9)
Ukubonga kwamalungu oMzimba kubamba iqhaza kulokho kweNhloko yawo. -CCC 2637
Okokugcina, ukuncoma yisimo sengqondo se- ingane kaNkulunkulu, isimo esingenakukwazi ukuthola ifa lombuso wezulu (Math 18: 3). KwiTestamente Elidala, amagama athi “dumisa” nokuthi “ngiyabonga” avame ukuguquguquka. Igama elithi "ngiyabonga" livela esiHeberwini yadah okusho ukudumisa, kanye sdudla okusho ukudumisa. Womabili la magama asho nokuthi "ukwelula noma ukukhipha izandla". Ngakho-ke, eMiseni phakathi noMthandazo Wethembiso (igama elithi Umthendeleko lisho ukuthi “ukubonga”), umpristi welula izandla zakhe ngokumisa ukudumisa nokubonga.
Kuhle, futhi kwesinye isikhathi kuyadingeka ukukhonza uNkulunkulu ngomzimba wethu wonke. Ukusebenzisa umzimba wethu kungaba wuphawu noluphawu lokholo lwethu; kusisiza ukukhulula ukholo lwethu:
Singumzimba nomoya, futhi sithola isidingo sokuhumusha imizwa yethu ngaphandle. Kumele sithandaze ngawo wonke amandla ethu ukuze sinikeze wonke amandla okuba khona ekunxuseni kwethu.-CCC 2702
Kepha into ebaluleke kakhulu yi ukuma kwenhliziyo. Ukuba ingane kusho ukuthembela ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu zonke isimo, noma ngabe imindeni noma umhlaba wethu uyawa.
Ezimweni zonke bonga lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ngawe kuKristu Jesu. (1 Thes. 5: 18)
Akuyona impikiswano ukudumisa uNkulunkulu osizini. Kunalokho, kuyindlela yokudumisa eletha izibusiso zikaNkulunkulu nobukhona phakathi kwethu ukuze abe yiNkosi yazo zonke izimo. Kusho ukuthi, “Nkosi, wena unguNkulunkulu, futhi uvumele nalokhu ukuba kwenzeke kimi. Jesu, ngithemba wena. Ngikubonga kakhulu ngaleli cala ongivumele ngalo ukuze ngizuze… ”
Ukudumisa kuyindlela noma umthandazo obona masinyane ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguNkulunkulu. -CCC 2639
Ukudumisa okunje njengalokhu, noma kunalokho, okunjalo inhliziyo efana nengane ngoba lokhu kuba yindawo efanelekile futhi efiselekayo uNkulunkulu angahlala kuyo.
IZINDABA EZINTATHU ZEQINISO ZOKUDUMISA INKULULEKO
I. NGIDUMISA ISIMO ESINETHEMBA
Ungapheli amandla ngokubona lesi sixuku esikhulu, ngoba impi akuyona eyakho kodwa ngekaNkulunkulu. Kusasa phumani nibahlangabeze, ngokuba uJehova uyakuba nani.
Bacule bathi: "Bongani iNkosi, ngokuba umusa wayo umi phakade." Kwathi lapho beqala ukuhlabelela nokudumisa, uJehova wahlela abaqamekeli ukuba bamelane nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, wabachitha impela. (2 IziKronike 20: 15-16, 21-23)
II. DUMISA IZIMO EZINZIMA
Ngemuva kokubashaya imivimbo eminingi, [izimantshi] baphonsa [uPawulu noSila] etilongweni… esitokisini esingaphakathi impela baqinisa izinyawo zabo esigxotsheni.
Cishe phakathi kwamabili, ngenkathi uPawulu noSila bekhuleka futhi behlabelela amahubo kuNkulunkulu njengoba iziboshwa zilalele, ngokuzumayo kwaba nokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kangangokuba izisekelo zejele zazamazama; yonke iminyango yavuleka, futhi amaketanga abo bonke adedelwa. (Izenzo 16: 23-26)
III. DUMISA ISIBOPHO SOKOMOYA — UBUFAKAZI BAMI BOMUNTU
EMINYAKENI yokuqala yenkonzo yami, sasiba nemihlangano yanyanga zonke kwelinye lamaSonto amaKatolika endawo. Kwakuyihora lesibili kusihlwa lomculo wokudumisa nokukhulekela onobufakazi bomuntu siqu noma imfundiso phakathi. Kwakuyisikhathi esinamandla lapho sabona khona ukuguqulwa okuningi nokuphenduka okujulile.
Ngesonto elilodwa, abaholi beqembu babehlele umhlangano. Ngikhumbula ngenza indlela eya lapho ngaleli fu elimnyama lilenga phezu kwami. Bengilokhu ngilwa nesono esithile isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ngalelo sonto, nganginakho ngempela wazabalaza, futhi wehluleka ngokudabukisayo. Ngazizwa ngingenamandla, futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke, nginamahloni kakhulu. Lapha bengingumholi womculo… nokwehluleka nokudumazeka okunjalo.
Emhlanganweni, baqala ukudlulisa amashidi ezingoma. Angizwanga nakancane ukucula, noma kunalokho, angizizwanga kufanelekile ukucula. Kodwa ngangazi ngokwanele njengomholi wokukhulekela ukuthi ukudumisa uNkulunkulu kuyinto engimkweleta yona, hhayi ngoba ngizizwa ngiyithanda, kodwa ngoba UnguNkulunkulu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ukuncoma kuyisenzo sokholo… futhi ukholo lungasusa izintaba. Ngakho-ke ngaqala ukucula. Ngaqala ngancoma.
Ngenkathi ngenza, ngezwa ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwami. Umzimba wami ngokoqobo waqala ukuthuthumela. Bengingeyena umuntu ozoya kobuka okungaphezu kwamandla emvelo, futhi angizami ukudala inqwaba ye-hype. Lokho okwakwenzeka kimi kwakungu real.
Ngokuphazima kweso, ngabona enhliziyweni yami sengathi ngikhuliswa ngekheshi elingenazicabha… ngikhuliswe kulokho engangikubona ngandlela thile njengendawo yobukhosi kaNkulunkulu. Engikubonile nje bekuyilazi lengilazi lekristalu. Mina Wayazi Ngangikhona lapho phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Kwakumangalisa kakhulu. Ngangiluzwa uthando Lwakhe nesihe kimi, kungigeza icala lami nokungcola nokwehluleka. Bengiphulukiswa nguThando.
Futhi lapho ngihamba ngalobo busuku, amandla alokho kulutheka empilweni yami ayekhona ephukile. Angazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukwenze kanjani lokhu, engikwaziyo nje ukuthi Wenza: Ungikhulule — futhi usenakho, kuze kube namuhla.
Qala ukudumisa uNkulunkulu ezilingweni zakho, emindenini yakho, emasontweni akho, futhi ubuke amandla kaNkulunkulu enza lokho akuthembisa:
Ungigcobile ukuletha izindaba ezimnandi kwabampofu. Ungithume ukuba ngimemezele inkululeko kwabathunjiweyo nokuvulwa kwamehlo kwabangaboni, ngidedele abacindezelwe bakhululeke, futhi ngimemezele unyaka owamukelekayo eNkosini. (ULuka 4: 18-19)
