Indlela Encane KaPaul

Jabulani njalo, khulekani njalo
futhi ubonge kuzo zonke izimo,
ngoba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu
ngenxa yenu kuKristu Jesu.”
( 1 Thesalonika 5:16 )

KUSUKELA Ngikubhalele okokugcina, izimpilo zethu zibe nezinxushunxushu njengoba sesiqalile ukusuka kwesinye isifundazwe siya kwesinye. Phezu kwalokho, izindleko nokulungisa obekungalindelekile kukhule phakathi komshikashika ojwayelekile nosonkontileka, izinsuku eziwumnqamulajuqu, kanye nokwephulwa kwemigudu yokuhlinzeka. Izolo, ngigcine ngokuqhumisa i-gasket futhi kwadingeka ngihambe ibanga elide.

Ngemva kwesikhathi esifushane, ngabona ukuthi ngangilahlekelwe umbono; Ngike ngabanjwa ngesikhathi, ngiphazanyiswa imininingwane, ngahudulelwa endaweni yokungasebenzi kwabanye (kanye nokwami). Njengoba izinyembezi zazigeleza ebusweni bami, ngathumela umlayezo wezwi emadodaneni ami futhi ngaxolisa ngokulahlekelwa ukupholisa kwami. Ngangilahlekelwe yinto eyodwa ebalulekile - leyo nto uBaba aye wacela ngokuphindaphindiwe nangokuthula kimi iminyaka:

Funani kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu nokulunga kwakhe, futhi zonke lezi zinto [enizidingayo] niyonikwa zona ngaphandle kwalokho. (Math 6:33)

Eqinisweni, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezidlule ngiye ngabona indlela ukuphila nokuthandaza “ngeNtando Yaphezulu” okuye kwaletha ngayo ukuzwana okukhulu, ngisho naphakathi kovivinyo.^[1]qhathanisa Indlela Yokuphila Entandweni Yaphezulu Kodwa uma ngiqala usuku entandweni yami (ngisho noma ngicabanga ukuthi intando yami ibalulekile), yonke into ibonakala ihlehla ukusuka lapho. Yeka isiqondiso esilula: Funa kuqala uMbuso kaNkulunkulu. Kimina, lokho kusho ukuqala usuku lwami ekuhlanganyeleni noNkulunkulu ngomthandazo; kusho ukwenza umsebenzi womzuzu ngamunye, okuyintando ecacile kaBaba ngempilo yami nobizo lwami.

UCINGO

Njengoba ngishayela, ngathola ucingo luvela kumfundisi waseBasilian uFr. UClair Watrin abaningi bethu abambheka njengosanta ophilayo. Wayekhuthele kakhulu ezinhlakeni eziphansi eNtshonalanga Canada kanye nomqondisi ongokomoya kwabaningi. Noma nini lapho ngiyovuma izono kanye naye, ngangihlale ngikhala izinyembezi ngokuba khona kukaJesu kuye. Uneminyaka engaphezu kuka-90 ubudala manje, uvalelwe ekhaya labadala (ngeke babavumele ukuthi bavakashele abanye manje ngenxa ye-“Covid”, umkhuhlane, njll., ononya ngokungananazi), futhi ngaleyo ndlela uhlala ejele elisemthethweni, elithwele. imizabalazo yakhe. Kodwa wabe esethi kimi,

…futhi nokho, ngiyamangala ukuthi uNkulunkulu ube muhle kangakanani kimi, ukuthi ungithanda kangakanani futhi unginike isipho sokuKholwa Kweqiniso. Esinakho nje umzuzu wamanje, njengamanje, njengoba sikhuluma sodwa ocingweni. Yilapho uNkulunkulu ekhona manje; yilokhu kuphela esinakho njengoba kungenzeka singabi nayo ikusasa.

Waqhubeka wakhuluma ngemfihlakalo yokuhlupheka, okwangenza ngakhumbula okwashiwo umpristi wesifunda sethu ngoLwesihlanu Oluhle:

UJesu akafelanga ukuze asisindise ekuhluphekeni; Wafa ukuze asisindise ngokusebenzisa ukuhlupheka.

Futhi lapha sifika-ke eNdlela Encane KaPawulu. Kulo mbhalo, uFr. UClair wathi, “Ukuzama ukuphila lo mBhalo kuyishintshile impilo yami”:

Jabulani njalo, khulekani njalo futhi ubonge kuzo zonke izimo, ngoba lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yenu kuKristu Jesu. ( 1 Thesalonika 5:16 )

Uma kufanele “sifune kuqala umbuso kaNkulunkulu,” khona-ke lo mbhalo uwukuthi indlela...

I-ST. INDLELA ENCANE KAPAWULI

“Jabulani Njalo”

Umuntu ujabula kanjani ngokuhlupheka, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kungokomzimba, ngokwengqondo, noma ngokomoya? Impendulo ikabili. Okokuqala ukuthi akukho okwenzeka kithi okungeyona Intando kaNkulunkulu evumelayo. Kodwa kungani uNkulunkulu engivumela ukuba ngihlupheke, ikakhulukazi lapho kubuhlungu ngempela? Impendulo ithi uJesu weza ukuzosisindisa ngokusebenzisa ukuhlupheka kwethu. Wathi kubaPhostoli Bakhe: “Ukudla kwami kuwukwenza intando yalowo ongithumileyo ...” ^[2]John 4: 34 Futhi-ke UJesu wasibonisa indlela ngokuhlupheka Kwakhe uqobo.

Into enamandla kakhulu ebopha umphefumulo wukuhlakaza intando yakhe kweyami. —UJesu ENcekwini KaNkulunkulu Luisa Piccarreta, March 18, 1923, Umq. 15

Impendulo yesibili kule mfihlakalo ithi umbono. Uma ngigxila osizini, ukungabi nabulungisa, ukuphazamiseka noma ukuphoxeka, kusho ukuthi ngilahlekelwa umbono. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngingakwazi futhi ukuzinikela futhi ngamukele ukuthi ngisho lokhu kuyintando kaNkulunkulu, futhi kanjalo, ithuluzi lokuhlanzwa kwami.

Okwamanje konke ukulaya kubonakala kubuhlungu kunokuba kumnandi; kamuva kubathelela isithelo esinokuthula sokulunga labo abaqeqeshwe yikho. ( Hebheru 12:11 )

Yilokhu esikubiza ngokuthi “isiphambano.” Eqinisweni, ngicabanga ukuzinikela isilawuli phezu kwesimo ngezinye izikhathi kubuhlungu kakhulu kunesimo ngokwaso! Lapho samukela Intando kaNkulunkulu “njengomntwana” khona-ke, ngempela, singajabula emvuleni ngaphandle kwesambulela.

“Thandaza Njalo”

Ezimfundisweni ezinhle ngomthandazo ku Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika ithi,

Esivumelwaneni Esisha, umkhuleko uwubudlelwane obuphilayo babantwana bakaNkulunkulu noYise wabo obuhle ngokudlulele, neNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu kanye noMoya oNgcwele. Umusa woMbuso “uwukuhlangana kukaZiqu-zintathu ongcwele nowobukhosi . . . nawo wonke umoya womuntu.” Ngakho-ke, impilo yokuthandaza iwumkhuba wokuba sebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu ongcwele kathathu kanye nokuhlangana naye. Lokhu kuhlanganyela kwempilo kuyenzeka njalo ngoba, ngokuBhapathiswa, sesihlanganiswe noKristu. (CCC, inombolo 2565)

Ngamanye amazwi, uNkulunkulu uhlala ekhona kimi, kodwa ingabe ngikhona Kuye? Nakuba umuntu engakwazi njalo ukuzindla futhi enze “imithandazo”, thina can yenza umsebenzi wamanje - "izinto ezincane" - ngothando olukhulu. Singageza izitsha, sishanele, noma sikhulume nabanye ngothando nangokunaka ngamabomu. Ingabe wake wenza umsebenzi ophansi njengokuqinisa ibhawodi noma ukukhipha udoti ngothando lukaNkulunkulu nomakhelwane? Nalokhu kuwumthandazo ngoba “uNkulunkulu uluthando”. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi uthando lungabi umnikelo ophakeme kakhulu?

Kwesinye isikhathi emotweni uma nginomkami ngivele ngifike ngimbambe isandla. Lokho kwanele ukuba “naye”. Ukuba noNkulunkulu akudingi njalo ukwenza “okungukuthi. ukusho ukuzinikela, ukuya eMiseni, njll." KungukuMvumela ukuthi alule isandla sakho, noma ngendlela efanayo, bese uqhubeka nokushayela.

Konke okudingeka bakwenze ukufeza ngokwethembeka imisebenzi elula yobuKrestu nalabo ababizelwe isimo sabo sempilo, bamukele ngenjabulo zonke izinkinga abahlangabezana nazo futhi bazithobe entandweni kaNkulunkulu kukho konke okumele bakwenze noma bahlupheke — ngaphandle, nganoma iyiphi indlela , bezifunela inkathazo… Lokho uNkulunkulu asihlelela ukuba sikubone mzuzu ngamunye kuyinto engcono kakhulu nengcwele kunazo zonke engenzeka kithina. —Fr. UJean-Pierre de Caussade, Ukushiya ekuhlinzekweni kukaNkulunkulu, (DoubleDay), amakhasi 26-27

“Bongani kuzo zonke izimo”

Kodwa akukho lutho oluphazamisa ukuhlala ngokuthula phambi kukaNkulunkulu kunokuhlupheka okungalindelekile noma isikhathi eside. Ngithembe, ngingu-Exhibit A.

UFr. UClair ubelokhu ephuma ephuma esibhedlela muva nje, nokho, wakhuluma nami ngobuqotho ngezibusiso eziningi anazo njengokukwazi ukuhamba, ukubhala ama-imeyili, ukuthandaza, njll. Kwakumnandi ukuzwa ukubonga kwakhe okusuka enhliziyweni kugeleza kusuka enhliziyweni yeqiniso efana nengane.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, bengilokhu ngihlehlisa uhlu lwezinkinga, izithiyo, nokukhungatheka ebesibhekene nakho. Ngakho, lapha futhi, iSt. Paul's Little Way ingeyokubuya ngombono. Umuntu ohlale egxeka, ekhuluma ngokuthi izinto zimbi kangakanani, ukuthi umhlaba umelana kanjani nazo… ugcina esenobuthi kulabo abamzungezile. Uma sizovula imilomo yethu, kufanele sikhulume ngamabomu ngesikushoyo.

Ngakho-ke, khuthazanani futhi nakhane, njengoba nje nenza. (1 Thesalonika 5:11)

Futhi ayikho indlela enhle nejabulisayo yokwenza lokhu ngaphandle kokudumisa uNkulunkulu ngazo zonke izibusiso aziphe zona. Ayikho indlela engcono nenamandla yokuhlala “ulungile” (okungukuthi. isibusiso kulabo abaseduze kwakho) kunalena.

Ngokuba lapha asinawo umuzi omiyo, kepha sifuna ozayo. Masinikele njalonjalo ngaye uNkulunkulu umhlatshelo wokudumisa, okungukuthi isithelo sezindebe ezivuma igama lakhe. ( Hebheru 13:14-15 )

Lena Indlela Encane KaPawulu… jabulani, khulekani, nibonge, njalo—ngoba okwenzekayo manje, njengamanje, kuyintando kaNkulunkulu nokudla kwenu.

…ningabe nisazikhathaza… Kunalokho funani umbuso wakhe
futhi zonke izidingo zakho uyonikwa ngaphandle.
Ningabe nisaba, mhlambi omncane.
ngoba uYihlo uthande ukulinika umbuso.
(Luka 12:29, 31-32)

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