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IF "isibambi”Kuphakanyiswa ngalesi sikhathi, njengokuthi ukungabi namthetho isakazeka kuwo wonke umphakathi, ohulumeni, nasezinkantolo, akumangazi-ke ukubona ukuthi kufana nokuwa kwezinkulumo zomphakathi. Ngoba okuhlaselwayo kulelihora yikho kanye isithunzi womuntu, owenziwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu.
UTHANDO LUPHOLILE
Esizukulwaneni esisodwa nje, "ongqondongqondo" bethu bakholisile, manje okuyiningi, ukuthi impilo yomuntu esibelethweni iyalahlwa; ukuthi ukuguga, ukudangala, nokugula kuyizizathu zokuqeda impilo yakho; ukuthi ucansi lwakho olungokwemvelo alunasidingo, nokuthi ukuhlola lokho okwake kuthathwa njengokukhohlisa nokuziphatha okuhlanekezelwe manje "kunempilo" futhi "kuhle". Izinga lokuzibulala liyakhuphuka futhi lithathwa "njengobhubhane" emazweni amaningi, futhi akumangalisi: siyisizukulwane esifundiswe ukuthi akekho uNkulunkulu, ukuthi konke kungukuziphendukela kwemvelo okungahleliwe, ukuthi thina ngokwethu asizona nje izinhlayiya ezingenamqondo, kodwa izitha ezimbi kakhulu iplanethi. Futhi mhlawumbe ukuhlaselwa okukhulu kwesithunzi somuntu nokubaluleka kwakhe yisifo sezithombe zocansi, okuthi, cishe ngesandla esisodwa, siqede ukuzihlonipha nokuhloniphana kanye nencazelo yangempela ye ubuhle engxenyeni enkulu yabantu. Lapho sizizonda, singamthanda kanjani umakhelwane wethu? Lapho umbono wobulili bakho nencazelo usontekile, singababheka kanjani abanye ngokuhlukile?
Ngakho-ke, ngokuhlaselwa okunjalo kokubaluleka kwempilo, ezocansi, kanye nomndeni — ngamafuphi, konke lokho kuyikho kuhle—manje kunengqondo ngokuphelele ukuthi kungani uSt.Paul wabhala la mazwi:
Qonda lokhu: kuzoba nezikhathi ezesabekayo ezinsukwini zokugcina. Abantu bayoba ngabazithandayo nabathandi bemali, abazidlayo, abazidlayo, abahlukumezayo, abangalaleli abazali babo, abangabongiyo, abangenankolo, abangenalo uthando, abangenabugovu, abanyundeli, abanokuziphatha okubi, abanonya, abazonda okuhle, abakhapheli, abangenandaba, abazidlayo, abathandi benjabulo kunabathandi bakaNkulunkulu, njengoba bezenza inkolo kodwa bephika amandla ayo. (2 Thim 3: 2-5)
Khohlwa ukuzamazama komhlaba, izinhlupho, nendlala — kimi, lokhu okungenhla, kungenye “yezibonakaliso zezikhathi” ezinkulu kakhulu. Impela, ikhuluma "ngezikhathi zokuphela", INkosi yethu uqobo yahlangana ukungabi namthetho ukwehla okuhambisana nakho ku- ubuzwe:
… Ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, uthando lwabaningi luzophola. (Math 24:12)
Futhi-ke, nangokuphikisana nentando yethu, umcabango uvuka emqondweni wokuthi manje lezo zinsuku ziyasondela iNkosi yethu eyaprofetha ngazo: “Futhi ngenxa yokuthi ububi buningi, uthando lwabaningi luzobanda” (Math. 24:12). —POPE PIUS XI, I-Miserentissimus Redemptor, Encyclical on Reparation to Sacred Heart, n. 17
Lokhu kusho ukuthi esikubukayo nesikuzwayo emasikweni ethu, noma ngabe kuyithelevishini, kwi-intanethi, noma kuthelawayeka, kuyinto isandiso nomphumela wemvelo “wesiko lokufa” obelusungulwe cishe kuzo zonke izingxenye zomphakathi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlukunyezwa esikubonayo esikweni elijwayelekile sekungene kabuhlungu emasikweni amaKatolika futhi, lapho ukungaboni ngaso linye ngoPapa, imfundiso yenkolo, ezombusazwe, noma ukuhlaziywa kwesiko, kuvame ukwahlukana kube yinto ethandekayo ukuhlukunyezwa komunye. Ngokombono owodwa:
Abangane bami abaningi abangewona amaKristu nabangakholwa baye bangitshela ukuthi thina 'maKatolika' siphendule i-Inthanethi yaba umhosha wenzondo, ubuthi kanye ne-vitriol, konke lokhu kwenzelwa ukuvikela ukholo! Ukubulawa kwabalingiswa kwi-Intanethi yilabo abathi bangamaKatolika nabamaKrestu sekukuguqule kwaba yindawo yamathuna ezidumbu ezisakazeke nxazonke. —Fr. UTom Rosica, PR Umsizi weVatican, Isevisi Yezindaba YamaKatolika, Meyi 17, 2016; isib. yingaboy.com
Kungashiwo okufanayo ngalabo abahlasela amaKatolika athembekile.
UKUBA NGUKAKRESTU ENKINGA
Kepha kwangathi kungengathi! Kwangathi kungebe yithina! Ngikubhala lokhu ngezinyembezi, ngoba ngiphinde ngizwe amazwi kaJesu, ehlelwe usizi olukhulu:
Lapho iNdodana yomuntu ifika, iyakufumana ukukholwa emhlabeni na? (Luka 18: 8)
Okungukuthi, uzokuthola yini weqiniso ukholo, oluthando olusebenzayo? Yebo, ukuthanda ngamazwi ethu, ukuthanda ezenzweni zethu. O, lapho ngithola umphefumulo onjalo, onguye “Emnene, ethobekile ngenhliziyo,” [1]I-Matt 11: 29 Ngifuna ukunamathela ebukhoneni babo, ngoba lapho ngibona uJesu phakathi kwethu.
Lingisa Yena. Lingisa uJesu.
Abaningi basebenzisa izaba zokuthi uJesu wakhipha isiswebhu ethempelini, noma wagxeka abaFarisi ngokuthi "amathuna agezwe mhlophe", njengesivikelo sokuhlasela kwabo isithunzi somunye. Kepha basheshe bakhohlwe ukuthi uJesu wafundisa ngobumnene lawo madoda ethempelini lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nambili kuphela. Wayebashumayeza imini nobusuku emagqumeni nasogwini lwaseGalile. Wayiphendula ngesineke imibuzo yabo, waphonsela inselelo imibono yabo, futhi wabancoma lapho beqinisile. Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela, ngemuva kwakho konke lokhu, lapho aphakamisa khona izwi laKhe lapho ebabona besangcolisa iNdlu kaYise, noma egcina abancane beboshiwe ejokeni lenkolo. Ngoba uthando alugcini ngokuba nesihe kepha nje ... kepha uthando luhlala luzikhandla ngesihe ngaphambi kokuba lufinyelele ebulungiseni.
Lapho konke sekuphelile, lapho benqaba ukuphenduka balalela uJesu baqala ukummangalela ngamanga… Wabanika Impendulo Ethule.
“Awunampendulo? Afakazelani lawa madoda ngawe? ” Kepha uJesu wathula, akaphendula lutho. (Marku 14: 60-61)
Bafowethu nodadewethu, ngikholwa ukuthi sisondela kakhulu ehoreni lapho iSonto ngokwalo lizokwazi ukunikela okungaphezu kwalokho Impendulo Ethule.
Ngisanda kubuka Ukubukeka, ibhayisikobho ewine imiklomelo emayelana nokufihlwa kokuhlukunyezwa ngokobufundisi ngokobuhlanga esifundeni esikhulu saseBoston. Ekupheleni kwe-movie, izikrini eziningi ziqengqeleke ngokukhombisa ukuthi lokhu kuhlukumezeka kuhleleke kangakanani emhlabeni jikelele. Ngenye yezinhlekelele ezibuhlungu kakhulu emlandweni weSonto.
Ngenxa yalokho, ukukholwa okunjalo kuye kungakholakali, futhi iSonto alisakwazi ukuzethula ngokwethenjelwa njengommemezeli weNkosi. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, Ukukhanya Kwezwe, UPapa, iSonto, Nezimpawu Zezikhathi: Ingxoxo noPeter Seewald, k. 23-25
Kepha lokhu akusho ukuthi asisakwazi ukuba yilokho ofakazi, abesilisa nabesifazane abakhipha impilo yangaphakathi kaKristu, ngubani ukuba yinyama amazwi umhlaba ongeke uwazwe. Isithombe esiphelele salokhu iSiphambano. UJesu wathatha konke ukushumayela Kwakhe, okwakuvezwa uthando lukaNkulunkulu, futhi waba yikho Esiphambanweni. Isiphambano uthando olusenyameni, ekubonisweni kwalo okugcwele. Kanjalo futhi, lapho siphendula abanye ngokubekezela buthule, ukuqonda, ukulalela, ubukhona, nozwela; lapho simnene, sinesihe futhi simnene; lapho sijika esinye isihlathi, sikhulekele u-ou
r abashushisi, futhi ubusise labo abasiqalekisayo — siqala ukubembulela amandla eSiphambano.
Uma igama lingaguqukanga, kuzoba yigazi eliguqukayo. - UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, ovela enkondlweni, “IStanislaw”
Lapho induna yekhulu eyayimi maqondana naye ibona ukuphefumula kwayo okokugcina yathi: "Ngempela lo muntu ube yiNdodana kaNkulunkulu." (Marku 15:39)
Idonsa “igazi” lakho lapho abanye bekuthuka, lapho ungaqondwa kahle, lapho ungalalelwa noma ungaphathwa kahle kakhulu. Kepha kulezi zikhathi, kufanele sibheke "izitha" zethu ngamehlo angaphezu kwawemvelo nokubheka okungaphezulu kwesikhashana kuya kokuphakade. Uthando nguNkulunkulu. UNkulunkulu uluthando. Futhi uma uthanda, "usopha" ubukhona baLowo onguLuthando. Kufanele siqale ukuphila futhi siziphathe njengamadoda nabesifazane bokholo abathembela emandleni eVangeli, amandla eqiniso, amandla othando! Ngoba bayinkemba ephilayo kaMoya, engabhoboza inhliziyo nomphefumulo, phakathi kwethambo nomnkantsha. [2]isib. Heb 4: 12
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngabhala mayelana I-Counter-Revolution ukuthi mina nawe kufanele siqale, ngaphakathi kwethu, nasemhlabeni osizungezile. Iqala ngokubuyiselwa kwe- ubuhle. Vumela lobo buhle buqale namuhla, ke bakho amagama.
Bekani ijoka lami phezu kwenu, nifunde kimi; ngoba nginomoya omnene futhi ngithobekile ngenhliziyo… ukuhlakanipha okuvela phezulu okokuqala kumsulwa, bese kuba nokuthula, nobumnene, nokuvuleleka engqondweni, kugcwele isihe nezithelo ezinhle, ngaphandle kokungaqiniseki noma ukungathembeki… sasimnene phakathi kwenu, njengomama onakekelayo izingane zakhe. Ngothando olunjalo ngani, besizimisele ukungahlanganyeli nani ivangeli likaNkulunkulu kuphela, kodwa nathi uqobo lwethu… siphile ngendlela efanele ubizo eniluthole, ngokuzithoba konke nobumnene, ngokubekezela, ngokubekezelela omunye komunye ngothando, nilwela ukugcina ubunye bomoya ngesibopho sokuthula… Hlalani nikulungele njalo ukuchaza noma ngubani onibuza isizathu sethemba lenu, kepha kwenze ngobumnene nangenhlonipho, ugcine unembeza wakho umsulwa … Babusisiwe abamnene, ngokuba bayakudla ifa lomhlaba. (Mat 11:29; Jakobe 3:17; Mat 5: 5; 1 Thes. 2: 7-8; Efe 4: 1-3; 1 Pet. 3: 15-16)
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phezu kukaNkulunkulu.
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