Umthetho Wesibili

 

…akumele sibukele phansi
izimo eziphazamisayo ezisongela ikusasa lethu,
noma izinsimbi ezintsha ezinamandla
ukuthi “isiko lokufa” linamandla. 
—I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, ICaritas eVeritate, hhayi. 75

 

LAPHO akubuzwa ukuthi umhlaba udinga ukusetha kabusha okukhulu. Lena inhliziyo yezixwayiso zeNkosi Yethu kanye neNkosazana Yethu ezithatha iminyaka eyikhulu: kukhona a ukuvuselelwa eza, a Ukuvuselelwa Okukhulu, futhi isintu sinikezwe ukukhetha ukungenisa ukunqoba kwaso, noma ngokuphenduka, noma ngomlilo woMcwengisisi. Emibhalweni yeNceku kaNkulunkulu uLuisa Piccarreta, mhlawumbe sinesambulo esiyisiprofetho esicacile esembula izikhathi eziseduze mina nawe esiphila kuzo manje:Qhubeka ukufunda

Kukhona I-Barque eyodwa Kuphela

 

…njengeMantshi yeBandla eyodwa futhi okuwukuphela kwayo engahlukaniseki,
upapa nababhishobhi ebunyeni naye,
ukuthwala
 umthwalo onzima kakhulu ongekho uphawu oludidayo
noma imfundiso engacacile ivela kubo.
ukudida abathembekile noma ukubalutha
emzwelweni ongamanga wokulondeka. 
—UKhadinali Gerhard Müller,

owayeyisikhulu seBandla Lemfundiso Yokholo
Izinto ZokuqalaNgo-Ephreli 20th, i-2018

Akuwona umbuzo wokuba 'pro-' uPapa uFrancis noma 'uphikisana' noPope Francis.
Kungumbuzo wokuvikela inkolo yamaKatolika,
futhi lokho kusho ukuvikela iHhovisi likaPetru
lapho uPapa aphumelele khona. 
—UKhadinali Raymond Burke, Umbiko Wezwe LamaKatolika,
January 22, 2018

 

NGAPHAMBI washona, cishe unyaka owedlule kwaze kwaba usuku ekuqaleni kobhubhane, umshumayeli omkhulu uMfundisi John Hampsch, CMF (c. 1925-2020) wangibhalela incwadi yokungikhuthaza. Kuyo, ufake umlayezo ophuthumayo kubo bonke abafundi bami:Qhubeka ukufunda

UFrancis noMkhumbi Ophahlazekile

 

… Abangane beqiniso akubona labo abathopha uPapa,
kodwa labo abamsizayo ngeqiniso
nangekhono lezenkolo nelabantu. 
—UKhadinali Müller, Corriere della Sera, UNovemba 26, 2017;

ukusuka Izincwadi zikaMoynihan, # 64, Novemba 27, 2017

Bantwana abathandekayo, Umkhumbi Omkhulu Nokuphahlazeka Komkhumbi Omkhulu;
lokhu kuyimbangela yokuhlupheka kwabesilisa nabesifazane bokholo. 
-Umama wethu uye ePedro Regis, Okthoba 20, 2020;

webokaytweb.com

 

NGAPHELA isiko lobuKatolika kube "umthetho" ongashiwongo wokuthi umuntu angalokothi agxeke uPapa. Ngokuvamile, kuwukuhlakanipha ukungazenzi sigxeka obaba bethu bokomoya. Kodwa-ke, labo abaguqula lokhu bakuveze ngokuphelele ukuqonda okuyihaba okwedlulele kokungaphumeleli kukapapa bese besondela ngendlela eyingozi ekukhulekeleni izithombe - ukupapalotry - okuphakamisela upapa esimweni esinjengesombusi lapho konke akushoyo kungokwaphezulu okungenakuphikiswa. Kepha nesazi-mlando esisanda kuqalwa sobuKhatholika sizokwazi ukuthi opapa bangabantu kakhulu futhi bathambekele emaphutheni - iqiniso eliqale ngoPeter uqobo:Qhubeka ukufunda

Ukuthula Nokuvikeleka Kwamanga

 

Ngoba nina ngokwenu nazi kahle kakhulu
ukuthi usuku lweNkosi luza njengesela ebusuku.
Lapho abantu bethi, "Ukuthula nokulondeka,"
khona inhlekelele engazelelwe ifike phezu kwabo,
njengezinhlungu zokubeletha kowesifazane okhulelwe,
futhi ngeke baphunyuke.
(1 Thes. 5: 2-3)

 

JULANI njengoba uMgqibelo womlindelo ebusuku umemezela ngeSonto, lokho iSonto elikubiza ngokuthi “usuku lweNkosi” noma “usuku lweNkosi”[1]CCC, n. 1166, kanjalo futhi, iSonto selingenile kufayela le- ihora lomlindelo woSuku Olukhulu lweNkosi.[2]Okusho ukuthi, sisebusuku bosuku lwe- Usuku Lwesithupha Futhi lolu Suku lweNkosi, olufundiswe oFata beSonto Lokuqala, akulona usuku lwamahora angamashumi amabili nane ekupheleni komhlaba, kodwa isikhathi sokunqoba lapho izitha zikaNkulunkulu zizonqotshwa khona, Umphik'ukristu noma "Isilo" waphonswa echibini lomlilo, uSathane waboshwa ngamaketanga “iminyaka eyinkulungwane.”[3]qhathanisa Ukucabanga Ngezikhathi ZokugcinaQhubeka ukufunda

Imibhalo yaphansi

Imibhalo yaphansi
1 CCC, n. 1166
2 Okusho ukuthi, sisebusuku bosuku lwe- Usuku Lwesithupha
3 qhathanisa Ukucabanga Ngezikhathi Zokugcina

Iqhwa ECairo?


Iqhwa lokuqala eCairo, eGibhithe eminyakeni eyikhulu, Izithombe ze-AFP-Getty

 

 

iqhwa eCairo? Iqhwa Kwa-Israyeli? Sleet eSiriya?

Sekuyiminyaka eminingana manje, umhlaba ubheka njengoba imicimbi yomhlaba yemvelo icekela phansi izifunda ezahlukahlukene izindawo ngezindawo. Kepha ngabe kukhona ukuxhumana okukhona nasemphakathini ngobuningi: ukulinyazwa komthetho wemvelo nowokuziphatha?

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