Prowling for Thandaza

Yiba nesizotha futhi uqaphele. Isitha sakho uSathane uzulazula njengengonyama ebhongayo efuna [umuntu] engamshwabadela. Melanani naye niqinile ekukholweni, nazi ukuthi abafowenu eninabo emhlabeni wonke nabo bahlupheka ngokufanayo. (1 Pet. 5: 8-9)

Amazwi kaSt. Peter aqondile. Kufanele bavusele ngamunye wethu eqinisweni eliqand 'ikhanda: sizingelwa nsuku zonke, ngehora, njalo ngomzuzwana yingelosi ewile kanye nabangane bayo. Bambalwa abantu abakuqondayo lokhu kuhlaselwa okungapheli emiphefumulweni yabo. Eqinisweni, siphila esikhathini lapho ezinye izazi zemfundiso yenkolo nabefundisi bengagcinanga nje ngokubukela phansi indima yamademoni, kodwa bakuphika ukuthi bakhona ngokuphelele. Mhlawumbe kungukuhlinzeka kukaNkulunkulu ngandlela thile lapho ama-movie anjenge I-Exorcism ka-Emily Rose or I-the conjuring ngokusekelwe "kumicimbi yeqiniso" kuvela esikrinini sesiliva. Uma abantu bengakholelwa kuJesu ngomyalezo weVangeli, mhlawumbe bazokholwa lapho bebona isitha Sakhe sisebenza. ^[1]Isexwayiso: lawa mafilimu akhuluma ngokutholakala kwamademoni angempela nokuhlaselwa yizifo futhi kufanele abukwe kuphela esimweni somusa nokukhuleka. Angikaboni I-the conjuring, kepha ngincoma kakhulu ukubona I-Exorcism ka-Emily Rose ngesiphetho sayo esimangalisayo nesingokwesiprofetho, ngokulungiselela okungenhla.

Kodwa uPetru akethuki. Kunalokho, uthi, “hlalani nisangulukile futhi niqaphe.” Eqinisweni, ngusathane lowo owesabayo, ecathamela kude nanoma yimuphi umphefumulo ohlangene noNkulunkulu. Ngokuba umphefumulo onjalo unikwa amandla ngoMbhapathizo ukuthi ungagcini ngokuhlasela kodwa uchoboze isitha:

Bhekani, ngininikile amandla okunyathela izinyoka nawofezela naphezu kwamandla esitha, akukho lutho oluyonilimaza. Noma kunjalo, ningajabuli ngokuba imimoya iyanithobela, kodwa jabulani ngokuba amagama enu alotshiwe ezulwini. ( Luka 10:19-20 )

Nokho, ukuhlakanipha kwabaPhostoli kuza lapho uPetru exwayisa ngokuthi ngisho namaKristu agcwele amandla kaNkulunkulu awangeneki, awanakunqotshwa. Ithuba lokungabuyeli emuva kuphela, kodwa ukulahlekelwa insindiso yomuntu lihlala:

…umuntu uyisigqila sanoma yini emnqobayo. Ngokuba uma bebuye behilelwe, bahlulwe yikho, sebebalekele ukungcola kwezwe ngolwazi lweNkosi noMsindisi wethu uJesu Kristu, isimo sabo sokugcina sibi kunesokuqala. Ngokuba ngabe kwaba ngcono kubo ukuba babengayazanga indlela yokulunga kunokuba sebeyazile bafulathele umyalo ongcwele abawunikwayo. (Funda eyesi-2 Petru 2:19-21.)

UKWEBA UMTHANDAZO WAKHO

Ukucekela phansi i- Ngobuqotho UmKristu—okungukuthi, umholele esonweni sokufa—a umsebenzi onzima kakhulu. Ngikhumbula ngihlangana noMonsignor John Essef, umphristi, umxoshi, kanye nomngane we-St. Wama kancane, wangibheka emehlweni ami ngokujulile wayesethi, “USathane uyazi ukuthi angeke akususe kweyi-10 aye koyi-1. Kodwa udinga kuphela ukukususa ku-10 akuyise kokuyisi-9—ukuze akuphazamise ngokwanele ukuba ungeyena. isikhathi eside ukuzwa izwi leNkosi.”

Lawo mazwi ayechaza impi engokomoya engizungeza amahora angu-18 osuku. Futhi kuyasebenza kwabaningi bethu, ngiyakholwa. Endle, ibhubesi livame ukufika lintshontshe isisulu somunye umhlaseli. Empilweni kamoya, usathane uyeza ukuzokweba eyakho thandaza. Ngoba lapho umKristu eyeka ukuthandaza, uba isisulu esilula.

Omunye umfundisi wabika ukuthi umbhishobhi wakhe wake wathi akekho umfundisi amaziyo esifundeni sakhe owashiya ubupristi ngaphandle. kuqala eshiya impilo yakhe yomkhuleko. Sebeyekile ukukhuleka eHhovisi, wathi okunye kwaba umlando.

USINDISA UMUSA

Manje, lokhu engikubhala lapha kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu engingake ngiyisho kuwe ngalesi sikhathi emhlabeni—futhi iphuma ngqo eKhathekizimu:

Umthandazo uyimpilo yenhliziyo entsha. Kufanele isiphilise ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kodwa sivame ukumkhohlwa yena oyimpilo yethu nakho konke. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 2697

Kalula nje, uma umKristu engathandazi, inhliziyo yakhe injalo befa. Kwenye indawo, iCatechism ithi:

… Umkhuleko ubuhlobo obuphilayo bezingane zikaNkulunkulu noYise wazo… -CCC, 2565

Uma singakhuleki, asinabo ubuhlobo noNkulunkulu. Bese kubani thina ube nobudlelwano kodwa umoya wezwe? Futhi isiphi isithelo lokhu okuqala ukuthela kithi ngaphandle kwesithelo sokufa?

Ngakho-ke ngithi: Hambani ngoMoya, khona aniyikugcwalisa ukufisa kwenyama. ( Gal 5:16 )

Ukuphila ngoMoya kuwukuba umuntu othandazayo. Inceku kaNkulunkulu uCatherine de Hueck Doherty wathi:

Kancane kancane, siqala ukuqonda ukuthi inkolo yobuKhatholika ayiyona nje indaba yokuya eMiseni ngamaSonto nokwenza okungenani ubuncane obudingwa yiBandla. Ukuphila inkolo yobuKhatholika a indlela yempilo ehlanganisa yonke imizuzu yamahora ethu okuvuka neyokulala futhi igcwele ukuphila kwethu emsebenzini, ekhaya, esikoleni, ngosuku oluthile, kusukela ekuzalweni kuya ethuneni. —Isusela emuva Bazali Abathandekayo; ku Izikhathi Zomusa, Julayi 25th

Ngiyamthanda umkami futhi ngimcabanga ngaso sonke isikhathi ngoba uyangithanda futhi unginike u-“yebo” kimi. Khona-ke, izinqumo engizenzayo zihilela yena, injabulo yakhe, nokuthi iyini intando yakhe. UJesu ungithanda kakhulu futhi wanikeza “yebo” wakhe kimi esiphambanweni. Futhi ngakho ngifuna ukuMthanda ngenhliziyo yami yonke. Yilokhu-ke okusho ukukhuleka. Kuwukuphefumula empilweni kaJesu ngalesi sikhathi, bese ukhipha uJesu ngokulandelayo. Ukwenza izinqumo umzuzu nomzuzu ezimbandakanyayo, yini emjabulisayo, iyini intando yaKhe. “Ngakho-ke noma nidla, noma niphuza, noma nenzani,” kusho uSt.konke kwenzeleni inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu. " ^[2]I-1 Cor 10: 31

Uma ngingasiqondi lesi sipho sobumina, mhlawumbe yingoba angithandazi! Ngoba kusemthandazweni impela, ku ubuhlobo, ukuthi ngifunda ukuthanda uNkulunkulu nokumvumela ukuba angithande—njengoba nje ngiye ngamthanda kakhulu umkami phakathi neminyaka edlule ngenxa yokuthi ubuhlobo. Ngakho, umthandazo—njengomshado—uthatha isenzo sentando.

Kungakho oBaba bempilo kamoya… begcizelela ukuthi umthandazo uyisikhumbuzo sikaNkulunkulu esivame ukuvuswa yinkumbulo yenhliziyo: “Kufanele sikhumbule uNkulunkulu kaningi kunokuphefumula kwethu.” Kodwa ngeke sithandaze “ngaso sonke isikhathi” uma singathandazanga ngezikhathi ezithile, sisuke sizimisele. -CCC, 2697

Uyabona-ke, uSathane uhamba njengebhubesi elibhodlayo elifuna ukweba eyakho thandaza. Ngokwenza kanjalo, uqala ukukulambisa umusa owudingayo ukuze wenze intando kaNkulunkulu. Ngoba,

Umthandazo uhambela umusa esiwudingayo ngezenzo ezinhle. -CCC, 2010

Lapho usungasekho"funani kuqala umbuso weZulu, " ^[3]isib. Mat 6:33 USathane manje ukususile ku-10 kuye ku-9. Ukusuka lapho, u-9 kuya ku-5 akunzima kangako, futhi u-5 kuya ku-1 kuba lula ngendlela eyingozi.

Ngizoba buthuntu: uma ungahlakuli impilo yomthandazo oqotho noNkulunkulu, uzolahlekelwa ukholo lwakho kulezi zinsuku zosizi. Umoya wezwe—womphik’ ukristu—ushube, wande kakhulu, uhlanganisa zonke izici zomphakathi namuhla, kangangokuthi ngaphandle kokugxila emvinini, uzifaka engozini yokuba igatsha elifile eliyonqunywa futhi lilahlwe. emlilweni. Kodwa lokhu akulona usongo! Ungalokothi! Kunalokho, i isimemo eNhliziyweni kaNkulunkulu, ungene Ogibeni Olukhulu Lokuthandana noMdali wendawo yonke.

Umthandazo oye wangisindisa—mina okwathi, ekuqaleni kwenkonzo yami, ngakuthola kunzima ukuhlala ngithule, ingasaphathwa eyokuthandaza. Manje umkhuleko uyindlela yami yokuphila… yebo, impilo yenhliziyo yami entsha. Futhi kulo, ngithola Lowo engimthandayo nakuba, okwamanje, ngingakwazi ukumbona. Kwesinye isikhathi umthandazo usenzima, womile, uyenyanyeka (njengoba inyama iphikisana noMoya). Kepha uma ngivumela uMoya, kunokuba ungiqondise inyama, ngisuke ngilungisa inhlabathi yenhliziyo yami ukuba ithele izithelo zikaMoya: uthando, ukuthula, ukubekezela, umusa, ukuzithiba. ^[4]isib. Gal 5:22

UJesu ukulindele ngomthandazo! Hlalani nisangulukile, qaphelani, lindani, nikhuleke. Futhi lelo bhubesi elibhodlayo liyoziqhelelanisa nalo. Kuyindaba yokuphila nokufa okungokomoya.

Ngakho thobelani uNkulunkulu. Melanani noSathane, khona uyakunibalekela; Sondelani kuNkulunkulu, laye uzasondela kini. Hlambululani izandla zenu nina zoni, nihlambulule iinhliziyo zenu nina-miqondo emibili. ( Jakobe 4:7-8 )