Ekubuyiseni Isithunzi Sethu

Impilo ihlezi imnandi.
Lona umbono wemvelo kanye neqiniso lokuhlangenwe nakho,
futhi umuntu ubizelwe ukuba abambe isizathu esijulile sokuthi kungani lokhu kunjalo.
Kungani ukuphila kumnandi?
—I-POPE ST. UJOHANE PAUL II,
I-Evangelium Vitae, 34

INI kwenzeka emiqondweni yabantu uma isiko labo - a isiko lokufa — ibazisa ukuthi ukuphila komuntu akulahlwa nje kuphela kodwa ngokusobala kuwububi obukhona emhlabeni? Kwenzekani emqondweni wezingane kanye nabantu abadala abasebasha abatshelwa ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi bamane bawumphumela wokuziphendukela kwemvelo okungahleliwe, ukuthi ukuba khona kwabo “kuchichima” umhlaba, ukuthi “i-carbon footprint” yabo yonakalisa iplanethi? Kwenzekani kwasebekhulile noma kwabagulayo lapho betshelwa ukuthi izinkinga zabo zempilo zibiza “uhlelo” kakhulu? Kwenzekani entsheni ekhuthazwa ukuba yenqabe ubulili bayo bemvelo? Kwenzekani ekuzicabangeni komuntu lapho ukubaluleka kwabo kuchazwa, hhayi ngesithunzi sabo esizalwa nabo kodwa ngokukhiqiza kwabo?

Uma lokho uPapa St. John Paul II akusho kuyiqiniso, ukuthi siphila isahluko 12 seNcwadi yesAmbulo (bheka Izinhlungu Zabasebenzi: Ukuncipha Kwabantu?) - ke ngikholwa ukuthi uSt izimpendulo mayelana nokuthi kwenzekani kubantu abehliswe ubuntu kanje:

Qondani lokhu: kuyakuba khona izikhathi ezesabekayo ezinsukwini zokugcina. Abantu bayoba abazicabangela bona nabathanda imali, abazidlayo, abazidlayo, abahlambalazayo, abangabalaleli abazali babo, abangabongiyo, abangenandaba nenkolo, abangenazwelo, abangenandaba, abanyundelayo, amanyala, abanonya, abazonda okuhle, amambuka, abadelelayo, abazazisayo, abathandi benjabulo. kunokuba abathandi bakaNkulunkulu, njengoba benza sengathi inkolo kodwa bephika amandla ayo. (2 Thim 3: 1-5)

Abantu babonakala bedangele kakhulu kimi kulezi zinsuku. Ngakho bambalwa abazithwala “ngenhlansi.” Kunjengokungathi ukukhanya kukaNkulunkulu kuphumile emiphefumulweni eminingi (bheka Ikhandlela Elishunqayo).

… Ezindaweni ezinkulu zomhlaba ukholo lusengozini yokufa njengelangabi elingasenawo uphethiloli. —Incwadi yobuNgcwele Bakhe UPAPA BENEDICT XVI eya kubo Bonke abaBhishobhi Bomhlaba, ngoMashi 12, 2009

Futhi lokhu akufanele kusimangaze, ngoba njengoba isiko lokufa lisakaza isigijimi salo esilulazayo kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba, kanjalo nomuzwa wokubaluleka nenjongo yabantu uya kuncipha.

... ngenxa yokwanda kobubi, uthando lwabaningi luyophola. (Math 24: 12)

Kodwa-ke, kulobu bumnyama impela lapho thina balandeli bakaJesu sibizelwe khona ukuba sikhanye njengezinkanyezi... ^[1]UPhil 2: 14-16

Ukubuyisa Isithunzi Sethu

Ngemva kokubeka a isithombe esiyisiprofetho esikhathazayo wendlela yokugcina “yesiko lokufa”, uPapa St. John Paul II naye wanikeza ikhambi. Uqala ngokubuza lo mbuzo: Kungani ukuphila kumnandi?

Lo mbuzo utholakala yonke indawo eBhayibhelini, futhi emakhasini okuqala ngqá uthola impendulo enamandla nemangalisayo. Ukuphila uNkulunkulu akunika umuntu kuhluke kakhulu ekuphileni kwazo zonke ezinye izidalwa eziphilayo, njengoba nje umuntu, nakuba enziwe ngothuli lomhlabathi. (cf. Gen 2:7, 3:19; Jobe 34:15; IHu 103:14; 104:29 ), uwukubonakaliswa kukaNkulunkulu emhlabeni, isibonakaliso sokuba khona kwakhe, umkhondo wenkazimulo yakhe (Qhathanisa noGenesise 1:26-27; IHu 8:6 ). Yilokhu uSanta u-Irenaeus waseLyons ayefuna ukukugcizelela encazelweni yakhe yodumo: “Umuntu, umuntu ophilayo, uyinkazimulo kaNkulunkulu”. —I-POPE ST. UJOHANE PAUL II, I-Evangelium Vitae, hhayi. 34

Vumela lawa magama angene emnyombweni wobuntu bakho. “Awulingani” nama-slugs nezinkawu; awuwona umphumela wokuziphendukela kwemvelo; awusona isifo ebusweni bomhlaba... uyisu elihle nesiqongo sendalo kaNkulunkulu, “isiqongo somsebenzi kaNkulunkulu wokudala, njengomqhele wayo,” kusho ongasekho oNgcwele.^[2]I-Evangelium Vitae, hhayi. 34 Bheka phezulu, mphefumulo othandekayo, bheka esibukweni futhi ubone iqiniso lokuthi lokho uNkulunkulu akudalile “kuhle kakhulu” (Genesise 1:31).

Ukuqiniseka, isono ine wasilimaza sonke ngezinga elithile. Ukuguga, imibimbi, nezinwele ezimpunga kumane kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi “isitha sokugcina esiyobhujiswa ukufa.”^[3]I-1 Cor 15: 26 Kodwa ukubaluleka kwethu esizalwa nakho nesithunzi akugugi! Ngaphezu kwalokho, abanye kungenzeka bathole izakhi zofuzo ezinesici noma bafakwe ubuthi esibelethweni ngamandla angaphandle, noma bagogeke ngengozi. Ngisho “nezono eziyisikhombisa ezibulalayo” esizijabulisile (isib. inkanuko, ukuminza, ubuvila, njll.) ziye zalimaza imizimba yethu.

Kodwa ukudalwa “ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu” kudlulela ngalé kwamathempeli ethu:

Umbhali weBhayibheli ubona njengengxenye yalo mfanekiso hhayi nje kuphela amandla okubusa komuntu emhlabeni kodwa nalawo makhono omoya angabantu ngokwehlukana kwawo, njengokucabanga, ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokuhle nokubi, kanye nenkululeko yokuzikhethela: “Wabagcwalisa ngolwazi nokuqonda, wabagcwalisa ngokwazi nangokuqonda. wababonisa okuhle nokubi” (INkosi 17:7). Ikhono lokuthola iqiniso nenkululeko liyilungelo lomuntu njengoba nje umuntu edalwe ngomfanekiso woMdali wakhe, uNkulunkulu weqiniso nolungile. (cf. Duteronomi 32:4 ). Umuntu yedwa, phakathi kwazo zonke izidalwa ezibonakalayo, “okwaziyo nokuthanda uMdali wakhe”. -I-Evangelium Vitae, 34

Ukuthandwa Futhi

Uma uthando lwabaningi seluphole emhlabeni, kuyindima yamaKristu ukubuyisela leyomfudumalo emiphakathini yethu. Inhlekelele futhi izikhiya ezingenasimilo ye-COVID-19 yenza umonakalo ohleliwe ebudlelwaneni babantu. Abaningi abakakalulami futhi bahlala ngokwesaba; ukwehlukana kunwetshwe kuphela ngezinkundla zokuxhumana kanye nokuhwebelana okubuhlungu kwe-inthanethi okuqhumise imindeni kuze kube yilolu suku.

Bafowethu nodadewethu, uJesu ubheke kuwe nami ukuba siphulukise lezi zikhala, kube a ilangabi lothando phakathi kwamalahle amasiko ethu. Vuma ukuba khona komunye, ubabingelele ngokumomotheka, ubabheke emehlweni, “lalela umphefumulo womunye ube khona,” njengoba iNceku kaNkulunkulu uCatherine Doherty yakubeka. Isinyathelo sokuqala sokumemezela iVangeli yileso uJesu asithatha: Wayemane nje samanje kulabo abaseduze Naye (iminyaka ethize engamashumi amathathu) ngaphambi kokuba Aqale ukumenyezelwa kweVangeli.

Kuleli siko lokufa, esesiphenduke abafokazi ngisho nezitha, singase silingeke ukuba sibe nomunyu. Kufanele simelane naleso silingo sokungabaza futhi sikhethe indlela yothando nentethelelo. Futhi lena akuyona “iNdlela” ejwayelekile. Kuyi-a inhlansi yaphezulu lokho kunamandla okushisa omunye umphefumulo.

Isihambi akasesona isihambi kumuntu okufanele abe umakhelwane womuntu oswele, aze amukele umthwalo wemfanelo wokuphila kwakhe, njengoba umfanekiso womSamariya Olungileyo ubonisa ngokucacile. (cf. Lk 10: 25-37). Ngisho nesitha siyayeka ukuba yisitha kumuntu obophekile ukusithanda ( qhathanisa noMathewu 5:38-48; Luka 6:27-35 ), “ukwenza okuhle” kuye (Funda uLuka 6:27, 33, 35 ) kanye nokusabela ezidingweni zakhe ngokushesha futhi ngaphandle kokulindela ukubuyiselwa imali (Funda uLuka 6:34-35 ). Ukuphakama kwalolu thando ukuthandazela isitha sakho. Ngokwenza kanjalo sizuza ukuvumelana nothando lokunakekela lukaNkulunkulu: “Kepha mina ngithi kini: Thandani izitha zenu, nibakhulekele abanizingelayo, ukuze nibe-ngabantwana bakaYihlo osezulwini; ngokuba wenza ilanga lakhe liphumele ababi nabahle, anise imvula phezu kwabalungileyo nabangalungile” ( Mat 5:44-45; qhathanisa noLuka 6:28, 35 ). -I-Evangelium Vitae, hhayi. 34

Kufanele siziphushe ukuze sinqobe ukwesaba kwethu ukwaliwa nokushushiswa, ukwesaba okuvame ukuthwalwa ekulimaleni kwethu (okungase kusadinga ukuphulukiswa - bheka Healing Retreat.)

Okufanele kusinike isibindi nokho, wukuqaphela, ukuthi bayakuvuma noma cha, lokho zonke Umuntu ulangazelela ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu ngendlela yakhe ... ukuzwa umoya Wakhe phezu kwakhe njengoba u-Adamu ezwa okokuqala ensimini.

UJehova uNkulunkulu wambumba umuntu ngothuli lomhlabathi, waphefumulela emakhaleni akhe umoya wokuphila; umuntu waba ngumphefumulo ophilayo. (UGenesise 2:7)

Umsuka waphezulu walomoya wokuphila uchaza ukunganeliseki okungapheli umuntu akuzwayo phakathi nazo zonke izinsuku zakhe emhlabeni. Ngenxa yokuthi wenziwe nguNkulunkulu futhi unomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu ongenakucimeka, ngokwemvelo umuntu udonseleka kuNkulunkulu. Lapho elalela izifiso ezijulile zenhliziyo, wonke umuntu kufanele azenzele amazwi eqiniso ashiwo nguSaint Augustine: “Usenzela wena, Jehova, futhi izinhliziyo zethu aziphumuli zize ziphumule kuwe.” -I-Evangelium Vitae, hhayi. 35

Yiba yilo moya, mntwana kaNkulunkulu. Iba imfudumalo yokumamatheka okulula, ukwanga, isenzo somusa nokuphana, okuhlanganisa isenzo ukuthethelelwa. Ake sibheke abanye emehlweni namuhla futhi bazizwele isithunzi esingesabo sokumane badalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu. Leli qiniso kufanele liguqule izingxoxo zethu, ukusabela kwethu, izimpendulo zethu komunye. Lona ngempela anti-Revolution ukuthi umhlaba wethu udinga kakhulu ukuwuguqula futhi ube yindawo yeqiniso, ubuhle, nobuhle - ube "isiko lokuphila."

Sinikwe amandla nguMoya, futhi sisebenzisa umbono ocebile wokholo, isizukulwane esisha samaKristu siyabizwa ukuba sisize ekwakheni umhlaba lapho isipho sikaNkulunkulu sempilo samukelwa, sihlonishwa futhi saziswa… Inkathi entsha lapho ithemba lisikhulula khona ekungabalulekeni, ukunganaki, nokuzithathela okubulala imiphefumulo yethu futhi kungcolise ubudlelwano bethu. Bathandekayo abasha, iNkosi inicela ukuba nibe njalo abaphurofethi yalesi sikhathi esisha… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, i-Homily, uSuku lweNtsha lweMhlaba, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008

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