Kodwa ngubani ozobekezelela usuku lokuza kwakhe? Futhi ngubani ongema lapho evela? Ngoba unjengomlilo womcengi… (Mal 3: 2)
NGIYAKHOLWA sisondela kakhudlwana nasekuseni kokusa Usuku lweNkosi. Njengesibonakaliso salokhu, sesiqala ukuzwa ukushisa kokusondela ILanga Lezobulungiswa. Leyo, kubonakala kunamandla akhulayo ekuhlanzeni izilingo njengoba sisondela kuMlilo we-Refiner's… njengoba nje umuntu engadingi ukuthinta amalangabi ukuzwa ukushisa komlilo.
ZALELOSUKU
Umprofethi uZakariya ukhuluma ngensali ezongena esikhathini sokubuyiselwa komhlaba wonke, a I-Era Yokuthula, phambi kweNkosi Ukubuya Okokugcina:
Bheka, inkosi yakho izakuza kuwe… umnsalo weqhawe uyakususwa, umemezele ukuthula ezizweni. Ukubusa kwakhe kuyakuba kusukela elwandle kuze kube selwandle, kusukela emfuleni kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba. (Zak 9: 9-10)
UZakariya ubala le nsalela cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zezakhamizi zomhlaba. Lesi sithathu sizongena kule nkathi ngokusebenzisa i- Ukuhlanzwa Okukhulu:
“Ezweni lonke,” usho uJehova, “izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zazo ziyakunqunywa, zibhubhe, kusale ingxenye yesithathu. Ngizoletha ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu emlilweni, futhi ngizobacwengisisa njengoba kucwengeke isiliva, futhi ngizobahlola njengoba kuvivinywa igolide. (Zak 13: 8-9)
Ngakho-ke, njengoba kusho uSt. Peter, ungazizwa “sengathi kukhona okuxakile okwenzekayo kuwe.” Ngena ehlane lokuhlanzwa, ngoba le ukuphela kwendlela eya eZweni Lesithembiso. Jabulela ukuthi wenziwa ukuhlupheka ngenxa yeVangeli, ngokubekezelela noma yikuphi ukulingwa okuzayo ngenkathi uthembela kuNkulunkulu futhi ukwamukela ukuthi kuyintando Yakhe, empeleni, ukuhlupheka ngenxa yeVangeli.
Ungadangali.
Ukuphelelwa amandla
Esinye sezizathu ezinkulu zokuthi uSathane aphonse umsindo kithina (bheka Indoda Yeshumi Nantathu) ukuletha ukudideka. Kukulesi simo sobumpofu lapho iningi lethu linikezela esilingweni sokudikibala. Yebo, ukudideka kuyisinyathelo sokudangala.
Ngikholwa ukuthi nguSt Pio owathi isikhali esikhulu sesitha ukudikibala. Abanye abaqondisi abangokomoya abanjengoSt. Ignatius waseLoyola noSt Alphonsus waseLiguori bafundisa ukuthi, okwesibili emva kwesono, ukudumazeka kuyisilingo esisebenza kahle kakhulu sikaSathane.
Uma sicabanga ngosizi lwethu ngaphandle kokuphakamisela amehlo ethu kuNkulunkulu, uYise wesihe, sizodana kalula. Ngokuzihlola ngokucophelela, sizobona ukuthi ukudikibala kuhlala kutholakala ezimbanjeni ezimbili ezihlobene. Okokuqala ukuthi sithembele emandleni ethu; ngayo ukuziqhenya kwethu silimele futhi sikhohlisiwe lapho siwa. Okwesibili ukuthi asikho ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu; asicabangi ukubhekisa Kuye ezikhathini zokuchuma, futhi asinakho ukufuna usizo kuye uma simhluleka. Ngamafuphi, sisebenza ngokwethu: sizama ukuphumelela sisodwa, siwa sodwa, futhi sisodwa esikucabangayo ukuwa kwethu. Umphumela wokuziphatha okunjalo ungadikibala kuphela. —Fr. UGabriyeli waseSt. Mary Magdalene, Ukusondelana Kwaphezulu
Uma uvumela inhliziyo yakho iphinde futhi ifane nengane encane, amafu amnyama okudangala azophela, isixuku esibhongayo somsindo wangaphakathi siyothula kancane kancane, futhi ngeke usazizwa uwedwa enkundleni ubhekene nobunzima obungenakwenzeka. Uma usesimweni esingaphezu kwamandla akho nokulawula kwakho, ziyekele entandweni kaNkulunkulu, evezwe kulesi siphambano.
Uma udangele ngenxa yokona kwakho, unganciki ebuhleni bakho noma emandleni ecala lakho phambi kukaNkulunkulu. Kunalokho, ncika ngokuphelele emuseni Wakhe, ngoba akekho olungile. Sonke siyizoni. Kepha lokhu akusona isizathu sokudangala, ngoba uKristu weza ngezoni!
UNkulunkulu akabalahli abaqotho, noma ngabe banezintaba zezono nokwehluleka esikhathini esedlule. Ngokukholwa, usayizi wenhlamvu yesinaphi — okungukuthi, thembela emseni kaNkulunkulu nesipho samahhala sensindiso—ikwazi ukuhambisa izintaba.
O Nkulunkulu, umhlatshelo wami umoya odabukile; inhliziyo edabukile futhi ithobekile, Nkulunkulu, awuyikulahla. (IHubo 51)
Akufanele udikibale, ngoba uma kukhona emphefumulweni umzamo oqhubekayo wokuthuthuka, ekugcineni iNkosi izokuvuza ngokwenza ngokuzumayo zonke izimfanelo eziqhakaza kuwe njengensimu egcwele izimbali. —USt. I-Pio
UTHANDO
Okokugcina, masikhumbule ukuthi ekugcineni ngeke sahlulelwe ngokuthi sizizwa sithandwa kangakanani, kodwa ngokuthi thina ngokwethu sithande kangakanani. Kukhona ingozi ezivivinyweni zethu zokucabanga kakhulu — ukuchitha usuku lonke sibuka usizi lwethu namashwa ethu. UJesu usinikeza ikhambi elikhulu kunawo lonke lokudikibala, ukwesaba, umuzwa wokulahlwa, nokukhubazeka ngokomoya: ukuthanda.
Singajabula kanjani eNkosini uma ikude nathi? … Uma Enguye, lokho wukwenza kwakho. Thanda, futhi uzosondela; thanda, futhi Uzohlala ngaphakathi kuwe… Uyamangala yini ukwazi ukuthi uzoba nawe kanjani uma uthanda? UNkulunkulu uluthando. —USt. Augustine, kusukela entshumayelweni; Imfundo yamahora, Umq. IV, k. 551
Uthando lwenu komunye nomunye malukhule kakhulu, ngoba uthando lumboza izono eziningi. (1 Pt 4: 8)
