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IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaNovemba 29th-30, 2015
Idili likaSanta Andrew

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

AS siqala le Advent, inhliziyo yami igcwele ukumangala ngesifiso seNkosi sokubuyisela zonke izinto kuyo, ukwenza umhlaba futhi ube muhle.

Sisanda kuchitha isonto eledlule, kufaka iSonto Lokuqala le-Advent, sizwa izindima zemiBhalo “zesikhathi sokuphela”.^[1]qhathanisa Isilo Esingenakuqhathaniswa Bachaza ngokusobala umhlaba olahle iqiniso, okonakalise ubuhle, futhi wagwema ubuhle bangempela-nemiphumela evela kulokho: impi, indlala, izinhlupho, ukwahlukana, njll. Yebo, ngiyakholelwa, njengopapa bethu abaningi bakudala ikhulu leminyaka,^[2]qhathanisa Kungani Abapapa Bengamemezi? ukuthi siphila kulezo zikhathi ezejwayelekile, "izikhathi zokuphela"… noma zithatha isikhathi eside kangakanani ukuvela. Akusikho ukuphela komhlaba, kepha ukuphela kwempikiswano ende phakathi "kweVangeli kanye ne-anti-gospel, iSonto kanye ne-anti-Church" esikufakazayo. ^[3]isib. UKhadinali Karol Wojtyla (ST. JOHN PAUL II), e-Eucharistic Congress, ePhiladelphia, PA; Agasti 13, 1976

Kepha ukubuyiselwa kwezinto zonke kuKristu akuyona into uJesu azoyifeza ngaphandle kweSonto Lakhe, kepha ngokunembile ngoMzimba Wakhe oyindida.

Futhi wanika abanye njengabaphostoli, abanye njengabaprofethi, abanye njengabavangeli, abanye njengabafundisi nabafundisi, ukuhlomisa abangcwele emsebenzini wenkonzo, ukwakha umzimba kaKristu, size sonke sifinyelele ebunyeni bokholo futhi ulwazi lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ebudodeni obuvuthiwe, kuze kube sesilinganisweni esigcwele sikaKristu. (Efe 4: 11-13)

Nansi imfihlakalo: ngenkathi umhlaba nendawo yonke uqobo lwayo, igugile ngobusuku obude besono, ibubula futhi idlikizela ngaphansi kwesisindo sayo, uMzimba kaKristu ulethwa ekuvuthweni, ebungcweleni “obungenabala noma isici” kuze kube Ukuza Kokugcina KukaJesu enyameni Yakhe ekhazinyulisiwe ekupheleni kwesikhathi. Kepha njengoba kunjalo, uhlobo lwe Ukuqinisekiswa Kokuhlakanipha izofezeka ngaphambi kwalesosikhathi lapho ukubusa kukaKristu ngeSonto Lakhe kuyomiswa emhlabeni wonke njengesithelo sobulungiswa.

UJesu ufuna ukuletha okuthile okuhle emhlabeni, futhi yi Ukuza kobungcwele obusha nobungcwele. Futhi lobu bungcwele abukho ngaphandle kwemiphumela yako: ukubuyiselwa kweqiniso, ubuhle, nobuhle — futhi lokhu kuzotholakala nge "Pentekoste entsha"^[4]qhathanisa Okuhehayo? Ingxenye VI ethululelwe phezu kwayo yonke indalo.

"Bazolizwa izwi lami, kube-yisibaya esisodwa nomalusi munye." Kwangathi uNkulunkulu… maduze angagcwalisa isiprofetho sakhe sokuguqula lo mbono oduduzayo wekusasa ube yinto yamanje… Kungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ukuletha lelihora elijabulisayo futhi ulazise kubo bonke… Uma lifika, lizofezeka yiba yihora eliqinile, elikhulu ngemiphumela hhayi kuphela ekubuyiselweni koMbuso kaKristu, kepha ukugcotshwa… kwezwe. Sithandaza kakhulu, futhi sicela abanye ngokufanayo ukuba bathandazele lokhu kuphakanyiswa komphakathi okufiswa kakhulu. —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi "Ekuthuleni KukaKristu eMbusweni wakhe", Disemba 23, 1922

Kepha kungenxa yoMzimba kaKristu kuphela lapho lelihora elikhazimulayo lizokwenzeka lapho ukuthula nobulungiswa kuzobusa kuze kube semikhawulweni yomhlaba isikhashana. Ngakho-ke, sizwa ekufundweni kokuqala kwanamuhla:

Zinhle kangakanani izinyawo zalabo abaletha izindaba ezinhle!

Bafowethu nodadewethu, yizinyawo zakho ukuthi umhlaba ulindele ukuletha izindaba ezinhle, ukuletha ukuphelela kweqiniso, ubuhle, nobuhle. Kanjani? Impendulo itholakala eVangelini lanamuhla:

Ngilandeleni, ngizonenza abadobi babantu.

Emasontweni azayo, sengathi uJesu angafundisa, asihlomise, futhi asigcobe njengoba ake enza kuSt. U-Andrew, Peter, James kanye noJohn ngobuhlakani obudingekayo ukuze sibe ngabaPhostoli beqiniso — ukuze mina nawe sibe ngosawoti nokukhanya kwezwe elilahlekelwe “ukunambitheka” kwalo futhi elididizela ebumnyameni.

Imiyalo kaJehova ilungile, ijabulisa inhliziyo; umyalo kaJehova ucacile, ukhanyisa iso. (Ihubo lanamuhla)

Ukusekelwa kwakho kuyadingeka kule nkonzo yesikhathi esigcwele.
Akubusise, futhi ngiyabonga.

Ukuhamba noMark ku The Manje iZwi le Advent,
chofoza isibhengezo esingezansi ukuze ubhalise.
I-imeyili yakho ngeke yabiwe nanoma ngubani.