THE "igama" elingezansi livela kumpristi waseMelika enganikeza imishini esifundeni sakhe Umyalezo ophindaphinda lokhu engikubhale lapha kaningana: isidingo esibucayi kulesi sikhathi ngesikhathi sokuvuma izono njalo, umthandazo, isikhathi esichithwe ngaphambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ukufunda iZwi likaNkulunkulu nokuzinikela kuMariya, UMphongolo Wokuphephela.
Ndodana yami, uphila ezikhathini zokwesaba okukhulu. Ngempela uphila “esimweni esibucayi!” Bheka ngawe futhi ubone ukuthi izakhiwo ziwela kanjani futhi ziwa kanjani:
- Impilo ibukelwa phansi.
- Ukubulala, ukukhipha isisu, amalungelo ezilwane kubhekwa njengengcwele ngaphezu kwempilo yomuntu.
- Ukuntengantenga kwezomnotho kuletha ukwesaba empilweni yomndeni nasekuvikelekeni komuntu siqu.
- Ubuphekula buletha ukwesaba ukuthi akukho ukuzivikela okusebenzayo.
- Ukukhathazeka ngemvelo kuveza ukwesaba ukuthi kungekudala akekho umuntu ozoba nendawo yokuhlala enesithunzi.
Ndodana yami, konke lokhu kudinga abantu abaziphathe ngendlela ehlelekile yezimo eziphuthumayo. Ndodana yami, ngaphandle kokuthi ukholo lwabantu bami luqinile ngeke baqinisane nalokhu okuzokwehlela umhlaba! Ndodana yami, njengoba kwenza uJoseph, kufanele wenze-ngokukholwa, lalela, futhi ngizokuyisa enhlekeleleni ebonakala usinqoba! Ungenzi njengo-Ahazi, wenqaba ukulalela izwi lami neseluleko sami [Is 7: 11-13]. Ngoba njengaye, uzophela enhlekeleleni! Ndodana yami, lapho uJoseph evuka, wathatha ingane nonina waya nayo ekhaya! Kumele ucele abantu bakho ukuthi balethe ukuzinikela kuMthendeleko, uMbhalo, nomama emakhaya abo. Ngempela, lezi izinqubo zami zokuphendula eziphuthumayo ezizosindisa izimpilo eziningi. —Fr. UMaurice LaRochelle, Disemba 22, 2007
Ungavumeli ukuba lula noma ngisho nokukodwa kokukhulekelwa kwalokhu kuzinikela (iRosari, ukukhulekelwa, njll.) Kukushukumisele ukuba uzilinganise kancane. Ngoba zikhona,
… Enamandla amakhulu, akwazi ukubhubhisa izinqaba… (2 Kor 10: 4)
Angamathuluzi akhethekile noma "izinqubo" ezinikezwe iSonto, ngegunya likaKristu, zalesi "simo esiphuthumayo." Akukhona ukuthi zintsha; kunalokho, labo ababhenela kubo banikezwa umusa okhethekile futhi onamandla kunanini ngaphambili.
Umuntu ongumoya akazitholi izipho zikaMoya kaNkulunkulu, ngoba ziwubuwula kuye, futhi akakwazi ukuziqonda ngoba ziqondwa ngokomoya. (1 Kor. 2:14)
Yinhliziyo efana nengane kuphela ezoqala ukubona nokwamukela umusa odingekayo. Ngumphefumulo onjengomntwana kuphela oyozwa iNkosi noMama Obusisiwe benikeza iziyalezo zalezi zikhathi njengoba silindile iBastion. Ngabancane kuphela abazokwazi ukwethemba futhi babe nokuthula njengoba I-Unfolding iqala.
UKULALA OKWESITHATHU
Ngithandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ngaba nomqondo futhi wokuthi abaningi bayalingeka futhi ukuba bawele ebuthongweni bokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo nakwezinye izilingo zenyama — ukozela tyena Wesithathu Bukela, noma ikakhulukazi, lokho kozela kokugcina ngaphambi kukaKristu kuyasivusa, futhi singena emicimbini emikhulu esevele iqala ukuvela.
Wabuya ngokwesithathu, wathi kubo: "Nisalele namanje niphumula. Kwanele; ihora selifikile; bhekani, iNdodana yomuntu izanikelwa ezonweni. Sukumani, sihambe; Bheka, ozongikhaphela useduze. (Mk 14: 41-42)
Vuselela ukuzinikezela kwakho kuNkulunkulu namuhla: qala futhi. Gxilisa amehlo akho kuJesu. Phila Okwamanje, ukulalela, ukubukela, nokuthandaza.
Ukuze sisesimweni esiphuthumayo.
Ngiyakudumisa, Baba, Nkosi yezulu nomhlaba, ngoba yize uzifihlile lezi zinto kwabahlakaniphileyo nakwabafundile kodwa uzivezile ezinganeni. (Math 11:25)
Wonke umuntu olalela lawa mazwi ami awenze uzofana nendoda ehlakaniphileyo eyakha indlu yayo phezu kwedwala. Imvula ina, kwafika izikhukhula, kwavunguza imimoya yashaya indlu. Kodwa ayizange iwe; wawubekwe waqina edwaleni. (Math 7: 24-25)
