Isiphephelo Esikhulu Netheku Eliphephile

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoMashi 20, 2011.

 

NJALO Ngibhala ngo “ukujeziswa"Noma"ubulungiswa baphezulu, ”Ngihlala ngicothoza, ngoba kaningi la magama awaqondakali kahle. Ngenxa yokulimala kwethu, nemibono esontekile “ngobulungiswa”, siveza imibono yethu eyiphutha kuNkulunkulu. Sibona ubulungiswa njengokuthi "kubuyiselwe emuva" noma abanye bathole "lokho okubafanele." Kepha esingakuqondi kaningi ukuthi “izijeziso” zikaNkulunkulu, “izijeziso” zikaYise, zigxilile njalo, njalo, njalo, Ngisemathandweni.Qhubeka ukufunda

Ukujeziswa Kuza… Ingxenye I

 

Ngokuba sekuyisikhathi sokuba ukwahlulela kuqale endlini kaNkulunkulu;
uma kuqala ngathi, kuzophela kanjani kulabo
abehlulekayo ukulalela ivangeli likaNkulunkulu?
(I-1 Peter 4: 17)

 

WE ngaphandle kokungabaza, baqala ukuphila ngezinye zezinto ezingavamile kakhulu futhi sína izikhathi empilweni yeSonto LamaKatolika. Okuningi kwalokho ebengixwayisa ngakho iminyaka sekufezeka phambi kwamehlo ethu: kuhle kakhulu ukuhlubuka, a uqhekeko oluzayo, futhi kunjalo, ukuphumelela kwe-“izimpawu eziyisikhombisa zesAmbulo”, njll. Konke kungafingqwa ngamagama e Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika:

Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iSonto kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi… ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela khona iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuVukeni kwalo. --CCC, n. 672, 677

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Ukudingiswa Komlindi

 

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Isikhathi Sokuthula

 

IZIMFIHLO futhi opapa ngokufanayo bathi siphila "ezikhathini zokuphela", ukuphela kwenkathi-kodwa hhayi ukuphela komhlaba. Okuzayo, bathi, yiNkathi Yokuthula. UMark Mallett noProf. Daniel O'Connor bakhombisa ukuthi lokhu kukuphi emiBhalweni nokuthi kuvumelana kanjani nabeFata beSonto Lokuqala kuze kube namuhla iMagisterium njengoba beqhubeka nokuchaza umugqa wesikhathi we-Countdown to the Kingdom.Qhubeka ukufunda

Ushushiso - Uphawu lwesihlanu

 

THE izingubo zoMlobokazi kaKristu sezingcolile. ISiphepho Esikhulu esilapha nesizayo sizomhlanza ngoshushiso-Uphawu lwesihlanu encwadini yeSambulo. Joyina uMark Mallett noProf. Daniel O'Connor njengoba beqhubeka nokuchaza umugqa wesikhathi wemicimbi evelayo manje… Qhubeka ukufunda

Ukuqwashisa Ngomoya

INdikazi Lethu Losizi, edwetshwe nguTianna (Mallett) Williams

 

Ezinsukwini ezintathu ezedlule, imimoya lapha ibingapheli futhi inamandla. Usuku lonke izolo, besingaphansi kwesixwayiso somoya. Lapho ngiqala ukuphinda ngifunde lokhu okuthunyelwe njengamanje, ngangazi ukuthi kufanele ngikuphinde ngikushicilele. Isexwayiso esikuso sithi kubalulekile futhi kufanele ilalelwe maqondana nalabo "abadlala esonweni." Ukulandelwa kwalokhu kubhalwa "Isihogo Siyadedelwa“, Enikeza iseluleko esisebenzayo ngokuvala imifantu empilweni yomuntu ongokomoya ukuze uSathane angatholi nqaba. Le mibhalo emibili iyisixwayiso esibucayi mayelana nokuguquka esonweni… nokuya ekuvumeni izono sisengakwazi. Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-2012…Qhubeka ukufunda

Ukugcwala Kwesono: Okubi Kumele Kuzikhandle

Indebe Yolaka

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Okthoba 20, 2009. Ngingeze umyalezo wakamuva ovela kuMama Wethu ongezansi… 

 

LAPHO yindebe yokuhlupheka okufanele iphuzwe kuyo Kabili ekugcwaleni kwesikhathi. Sekuvele kuthululwe yiNkosi yethu uJesu uqobo, owathi, eNsimini yaseGetsemane, wakubeka ezindebeni zakhe emthandazweni wakhe ongcwele wokulahlwa:

Baba wami, uma kungenzeka, mayidlule le ndebe kimi; nokho, kungabi njengoba kuthanda mina, kodwa kube njengoba kuthanda wena. (Math 26:39)

Indebe kufanele igcwaliswe futhi ukuze Umzimba Wakhe, ozolandela iNhloko yayo, ozongena ekuthandekeni kwakhe ekubambeni iqhaza ekuhlengweni kwemiphefumulo:

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Phakamisa Oseyili Bakho (Ukulungiselela Ukujeziswa)

Imigwaqo

 

Lapho isikhathi sePhentekoste sigcwaliseka, bonke babe ndawonye. Futhi kungazelelwe kwavela umsindo uvela ezulwini njengomoya onamandla wokushayela, yagcwala indlu yonke ababekuyo. (Izenzo 2: 1-2)


SONKE ISIKHATHI umlando wensindiso, uNkulunkulu akagcinanga ngokusebenzisa umoya ezenzweni zakhe zaphezulu, kodwa Yena uqobo uza njengomoya (cf. Jn 3: 8). Igama lesiGreki pneuma kanye nesiHeberu i-ruah lisho kokubili “umoya” kanye “nomoya.” UNkulunkulu uza njengomoya ukunika amandla, ukuhlanza, noma ukuthola ukwahlulela (bheka Umoya Woshintsho).

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Ukugawula Inkemba

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ngoLwesihlanu lweViki Lesithathu leLente, Mashi 13, 2015

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha


Ingelosi iphezu kweSt. Angelo's Castle eParco Adriano, eRoma, e-Italy

 

LAPHO umlando odumile wesifo esiwumshayabhuqe esaqubuka eRoma ngo-590 AD ngenxa kazamcolo, kanti uPapa Pelagius II wayengomunye wezisulu zawo eziningi. Umlandeli wakhe, uGregory the Great, wayala ukuthi udwendwe kufanele luzungeze idolobha izinsuku ezintathu zilandelana, lunxusa usizo lukaNkulunkulu lokulwa nalesi sifo.

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Isihe Kubantu Abasebumnyameni

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ngoMsombuluko weSonto Lesibili leLente, Mashi 2, 2015

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

 

LAPHO ulayini osuka kuTolkien's Lord of the Rings lokho, phakathi kwabanye, kweqa kimi lapho umlingiswa uFrodo efisa ukufa kwesitha sakhe, uGollum. Umlumbi ohlakaniphile uGandalf uyaphendula:

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Umzuzwana Wolahleko Ozayo

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lwangoLwesihlanu lweViki Lokuqala Lentente, ngoFebhuwari 27, 2015

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Indodana Elahlekile ngo-1888 kaJohn Macallan Swan 1847-1910Indodana Yolahleko, nguJohn Macallen Swan, ngo-1888 (Tate Collection, London)

 

NINI UJesu walandisa umzekeliso “wendodana elahlekile” [1]isib. ULuka 15: 11-32 Ngikholwa ukuthi ubenikeza nombono ongokwesiprofetho we izikhathi zokuphela. Okungukuthi, isithombe sokuthi umhlaba uzokwamukelwa kanjani endlini kaBaba ngomhlatshelo kaKristu… kodwa ekugcineni umlahle futhi. Ukuthi sizothatha ifa lethu, okungukuthi, inkululeko yethu yokuzikhethela, bese kuthi phakathi namakhulu eminyaka silishaye ngohlobo lobuhedeni olungalawuleki esinalo namuhla. Ubuchwepheshe yinkonyane entsha yegolide.

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Imibhalo yaphansi

Imibhalo yaphansi
1 isib. ULuka 15: 11-32

Ububi Obungelapheki

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
NgoLwesine Weviki Lokuqala Lentente, ngoFebhuwari 26, 2015

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Ukukhulekelwa kukaKristu neNtombi, kukhonjwe nguLorenzo Monaco, (1370-1425)

 

NINI sikhuluma "ngethuba lokugcina" lomhlaba, kungenxa yokuthi sikhuluma "ngobubi obungelapheki." Isono sizingene kakhulu ezindabeni zamadoda, sonakalisa kakhulu zona kanye izisekelo zezomnotho nezepolitiki kuphela kodwa noxhaxha lokudla, umuthi, kanye nemvelo, kangangokuthi akukho lutho olungalula ngokuhlinzwa komhlaba [1]qhathanisa Ukuhlinzwa kweCosmic kuyadingeka. Njengoba uMhubi esho,

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Imibhalo yaphansi

Imibhalo yaphansi
1 qhathanisa Ukuhlinzwa kweCosmic

Unganyakaziswa

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaJanuwari 13, 2015
Khetha. ISikhumbuzo saseSt. Hilary

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

 

WE bangene enkathini ethile eBandleni ezonyakazisa ukholo lwabaningi. Lokho kungenxa yokuthi kuzoqhubeka kubonakale sengathi ububi bunqobile, kube sengathi iSonto selingasasebenzi ngalutho, kanti empeleni Isitha woMbuso. Labo ababambelela ngokuphelele enkolweni yamaKhatholika bazoba mbalwa ngenani futhi babhekwe njengendawo yonke njengezakudala, ezingenangqondo, nesithiyo okufanele sisuswe.

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The Abasinda

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaDisemba 2, 2013

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

 

 

LAPHO yiminye imibhalo emiBhalweni, okuvunywa ukuthi, kuyakhathaza ukuyifunda. Ukufundwa kokuqala kwanamuhla kunenye yazo. Ikhuluma ngesikhathi esizayo lapho iNkosi iyogeza khona “ukungcola kwamadodakazi aseSiyoni”, ishiye igatsha ngemuva, abantu, abangobukhazikhazi nenkazimulo yaKhe.

… Isithelo somhlaba sizoba ludumo nobukhazikhazi kwabasindile bakwa-Israyeli. Ohlala eZiyoni, naye osele eJerusalema, kuzakuthiwa ungcwele: bonke ababekelwe impilo yabo yonke eJerusalema. (Isaya 4: 3)

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Umoya omusha

 

 

LAPHO umoya omusha oheleza emphefumulweni wami. Ebusuku obumnyama kakhulu kulezi zinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule, bekungesihlebezi nje. Kepha manje isiqala ukudabula umphefumulo wami, iphakamisela inhliziyo yami ngaseZulwini ngendlela entsha. Ngizwa uthando lukaJesu ngalo mhlambi omncane oqoqwe lapha nsuku zonke ukuze kudliwe ngokomoya. Kuthando olunqobayo. Uthando olunqobe umhlaba. Uthando lokho izonqoba konke okusizelayo ezikhathini ezizayo. Nina eniza lapha, yimani isibindi! UJesu uzosondla futhi asiqinise! Uzosihlomisela izivivinyo ezinkulu manje ezisondele emhlabeni njengowesifazane osezongena emsebenzini onzima.

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Isiprofetho, oPapa, ne-Piccarreta


Umkhuleko, by UMichael D. O'Brien

 

 

KUSUKELA ukuvalelwa kwesihlalo sikaPeter nguPapa Emeritus Benedict XVI, kube nemibuzo eminingi ezungeze isambulo sangasese, ezinye iziphrofetho, kanye nabaprofethi abathile. Ngizozama ukuphendula leyo mibuzo lapha…

I. Ngezikhathi ezithile ubhekisela “kubaprofethi.” Kepha isiprofetho nohlu lwabaprofethi akugcinanga ngoJohane uMbhapathizi?

II. Akudingeki sikholelwe kunoma isiphi isambulo sangasese, akunjalo?

III. Usanda kubhala ukuthi uPapa Francis akayena "umuntu ophikisana nopapa", njengoba kusho isiprofetho samanje. Kodwa uPapa Honorius wayengeyena yini imbuka, ngakho-ke, ngabe upapa wamanje wayengeke abe “ngumProfethi Wamanga”?

IV. Kepha isiprofetho noma umprofethi angaba ngamanga kanjani uma imiyalezo yabo isicela ukuba sithandaze iRosari, iChaplet, futhi sihlanganyele kumaSakramente?

V. Singayethemba yini imibhalo yesiprofetho yabaNgcwele?

VI. Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ungabhali kabanzi ngeNceku kaNkulunkulu uLuisa Piccarreta?

 

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I-Snopocalypse!

 

 

NGESONTO ekukhulekeni, ngezwa amazwi enhliziyweni yami:

Imimoya yenguquko iyavunguza futhi ngeke iphele manje ngize ngihlanze futhi ngihlanze umhlaba.

Futhi lapho, isivunguvungu sezivunguvungu sehlela kithi! Sivuke namhlanje ekuseni sakhithika amabhange afinyelela kumamitha ayi-15 egcekeni lethu! Iningi lawo laliwumphumela, hhayi wokuwa kweqhwa, kodwa imimoya enamandla, engapheli. Ngaphumela ngaphandle futhi — phakathi nokushibilika ezintabeni ezimhlophe namadodana ami — ngathwebula izibhamu ezimbalwa ezungeze ipulazi kumakhalekhukhwini ukuze ngihlanganyele nabafundi bami. Angikaze ngibone isivunguvungu somoya sikhiqiza imiphumela efana nale lokhu!

Kuyavunywa, akusikho lokho ebengikucabanga ngosuku lokuqala lwentwasahlobo. (Ngibona ukuthi ngibekelwe ukukhuluma eCalifornia ngesonto elizayo. Ngiyabonga uNkulunkulu….)

 

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Okuhehayo! Ingxenye VII

 

THE iphuzu lalo lonke lolu chungechunge ngezipho ezihehayo nokunyakaza ukukhuthaza umfundi ukuthi angakwesabi i- okungavamile kuNkulunkulu! Ungesabi “ukuvula izinhliziyo zakho” kwisipho sikaMoya oNgcwele iNkosi efisa ukumthululela ngendlela ekhethekile nenamandla ezikhathini zethu. Njengoba ngifunda izincwadi ezithunyelwe kimi, kuyacaca ukuthi ukuvuselelwa kweCharismatic akuzange kube ngaphandle kwezinsizi nokwehluleka kwayo, ukushiyeka kwabantu nobuthakathaka bayo. Futhi nokho, yilokhu kanye okwenzeka eBandleni lokuqala ngemuva kwePentekoste. Abangcwele uPeter noPaul basebenzise isikhala esiningi ekulungiseni amasonto ahlukahlukene, ukumodela izinhlangano zosizo, nokuvuselela imiphakathi esathuthuka kaninginingi ngokwesiko lomlomo nelibhaliwe ababelinikezwa. Lokho abaPhostoli abangakwenzanga ukuphika okuhlangenwe nakho okuvamise ukwenzeka kwamakholwa, ukuzama ukuvimba imiphakathi, noma ukuthulisa intshiseko yemiphakathi echumayo. Kunalokho, bathi:

Ungamcimi uMoya… phishekela uthando, kodwa phokophela ngokulangazelela iziphiwo zikamoya, ikakhulu ukuze uprofethe… ngaphezu kwakho konke, uthando lwenu komunye nomunye alube lukhulu… (1 Thes. 5:19; 1 Cor 14: 1; 1 Pet. 4: 8)

Ngifuna ukunikela ingxenye yokugcina yalolu chungechunge ukuze ngabelane ngamava ami kanye nokuzindla kwami ​​selokhu ngaqala ukubhekana nenhlangano yamandla omoya ngonyaka we-1975.

 

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Okuhehayo? Ingxenye VI

ipentekoste3_FotorIPhentekhosti, Umculi Akaziwa

  

IPHENTEKOSTE akuwona umcimbi owodwa kuphela, kodwa kungumusa iSonto elingawuthola kaninginingi. Kodwa-ke, kuleli khulu leminyaka elidlule, opapa bebelokhu bethandazela hhayi ukuvuselelwa kuphela kuMoya oNgcwele, kodwa futhinew IPentekoste ”. Lapho umuntu ebheka zonke izimpawu zezikhathi ezihambisana nalomthandazo — okusemqoka phakathi kwazo ukuba khona okuqhubekayo kukaMama Obusisiwe ehlangana nezingane zakhe emhlabeni ngokubona okuqhubekayo, kube sengathi ubephindile “egumbini eliphezulu” nabaPhostoli … Amagama eCatechism aqala ukuba nomqondo omusha wokushesha:

… “Esikhathini sokuphela” uMoya weNkosi uzovuselela izinhliziyo zabantu, kuqoshwe umthetho omusha kubo. Uyoqoqa futhi abuyisane nabantu abahlakazekile nabahlukene phakathi; uzoguqula indalo yokuqala, futhi uNkulunkulu uzohlala lapho nabantu ngokuthula. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 715

Lesi sikhathi lapho uMoya eza "ukuvuselela ubuso bomhlaba" yisikhathi, ngemuva kokufa kukaMphikukristu, ngesikhathi lokho uBaba weSonto akukhomba ku-Apocalypse yaseSt. “Iminyaka eyizinkulungwane”Inkathi lapho uSathane eboshwe ngamaketanga kwalasha.Qhubeka ukufunda

Okuhehayo? Ingxenye V

 

 

AS sibheka ukuvuselelwa kweCharismatic namuhla, sibona ukwehla okukhulu kwamanani ayo, futhi labo abasele ikakhulu yimpunga nezinwele ezimhlophe. Pho-ke, kwakungani ukuvuselelwa kweCharismatic konke lokhu uma kubonakala sengathi kuyamangalisa? Njengoba omunye umfundi ebhala ephendula lolu chungechunge:

Ngesinye isikhathi inhlangano yeCharismatic yanyamalala njengeziqhumane ezikhanyisa isibhakabhaka ebusuku bese zibuyela emuva ebumnyameni. Kwangimangaza ngandlela thile ukuthi ukunyakaza kukaNkulunkulu uSomandla kungancipha futhi ekugcineni kufiphale.

Impendulo yalo mbuzo mhlawumbe iyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kulolu chungechunge, ngoba isisiza ukuba siqonde hhayi kuphela ukuthi sivelaphi, kodwa nokuthi ikusasa liphatheleni iSonto…

 

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Okuhehayo? Ingxenye IV

 

 

I Ngake ngabuzwa phambilini ukuthi ngabe ngingumuntu “Onomdlandla” yini. Futhi impendulo yami ithi, “Nginguye AmaKatolika! ” Lokho wukuthi, ngifuna ukuba njalo ngokugcwele Katolika, ukuhlala enkabeni yediphozi yokholo, inhliziyo kamama wethu, iSonto. Ngakho-ke, ngilwela ukuba "nomusa", "marian," "ukuzindla," "okhuthele," "isakramente," kanye "nobuphostoli." Lokho kungenxa yokuthi konke lokhu okungenhla akusikho kwaleli qembu noma lelo, noma lokhu noma lokho kuhamba, kepha kungokwenhlangano i- konke umzimba kaKristu. Ngenkathi abahlubuki bengahluka ngokwengqondo yabo ethile, ukuze baphile ngokugcwele, babe “nempilo” ngokuphelele, inhliziyo yomuntu, ukuhlubuka komuntu, kufanele ivulekele konke ingcebo yomusa uBaba ayinikeze iSonto.

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu noYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, osibusisile kuKristu ngazo zonke izibusiso zikamoya emazulwini… (Efe 1: 3)

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The Isinqumo

 

AS Uhambo lwami lwenkonzo lwakamuva luqhubekile, ngizwe isisindo esisha emphefumulweni wami, ubunzima benhliziyo ngokungafani nokuthunywa kwangaphambili iNkosi engithume kona. Emva kokushumayela ngothando Lwakhe nesihe, ngabuza uBaba ngobusuku obubodwa ukuthi kungani umhlaba… kungani ubani bengingafuni ukuvula izinhliziyo zabo kuJesu onikele okungaka, ongakaze alimaze umphefumulo, futhi ovule amasango eZulu futhi wazuza zonke izibusiso zokomoya kithi ngokufa kwakhe esiphambanweni?

Impendulo yafika ngokushesha, igama elivela emiBhalweni uqobo:

Yilesi isinqumo, ukuthi ukukhanya kweza emhlabeni, kepha abantu bakhetha ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngoba imisebenzi yabo imibi. (Johane 3:19)

Umqondo okhulayo, njengoba ngicabange ngaleli gama, ukuthi uyi wokugcina igama lezikhathi zethu, impela a isigwebo ngezwe manje elisemngceleni woshintsho olungavamile….

 

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Ngezinsuku zikaLoti


ULoti Obalekela iSodoma
, UBenjamin West, ngo-1810

 

THE amagagasi okudideka, inhlekelele, nokungaqiniseki kugadla eminyango yazo zonke izizwe emhlabeni. Njengoba amanani okudla nophethiloli enyuka futhi umnotho womhlaba ucwila njengehange lolwandle, kukhulunywa kakhulu ngawo zokukhosela—Izindawo zokuphephela ukuze uvikele iSiphepho esisondelayo. Kodwa kunengozi ebhekene namanye amaKristu namuhla, futhi lokho kuwukungena emoyeni wokuzivikela oba mkhulu kakhulu. Amawebhusayithi e-Survivalist, izikhangiso zamakhithi ezimo eziphuthumayo, ama-generator kagesi, abapheki bokudla, neminikelo yegolide neyesiliva… ukwesaba ne-paranoia namuhla kuyabonakala njengamakhowe okungavikeleki. Kepha uNkulunkulu ubizela abantu baKhe kumoya ohlukile kunowo wezwe. Umoya we-absolute ukwethemba.

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