Isithonjana seCoptic se IPhentekhosti
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJuni 6, 2007, okuqukethwe kulo mbhalo kubuyela kimi ngomqondo omusha wokushesha. Ingabe sisondela kulo mzuzu kunalokho esikucabangayo? (Ngibuyekeze lo mbhalo, ngafaka imibono yakamuva evela kuPapa Benedict.)
LAPHO ukuzindla kwesikhathi sekwephuzile kubi futhi kusibizela ekuphendukeni okujulile nasekuthembeleni kuNkulunkulu, akuwona umyalezo wembubhiso. Bangabamemezeli bokuphela kwenkathi, "ukuwa" kwesintu, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, lapho imimoya ehlanzayo yaseZulwini izovunguza iqabunga elifile lesono nokuhlubuka. Bakhuluma ngobusika lapho lezo zinto zenyama ezingezona ezikaNkulunkulu zizobulawa, futhi lezozinto ezisuselwe Kuye ziyoqhakaza “entwasahlobo entsha” ekhazimulayo yenjabulo nempilo!
UKUPHELA KWEMINYAKA
Isikhathi seminyango siyaphela…
Lawa magama angena enhliziyweni yami ngesinye isikhathi ngonyaka odlule, futhi akhule ngamandla. Kungumqondo wokuthi izakhiwo zomhlaba kanye nezinhlobo zezinkonzo njengoba sazi nabo ziyaphela. UMnyango, nokho, ngeke. Esikhundleni salokho, uMzimba kaKristu uzoqala ukuhamba ngokweqiniso njengomzimba, ngobunye obungaphezu kwemvelo, amandla, negunya elingenakuqhathaniswa kusukela ngePentekoste lokuqala.
UNkulunkulu wenza isikhumba esisha sewayini lapho ezothela khona iwayini elisha.
Isikhumba esisha sewayini kuzoba ubunye obusha ngaphakathi koMzimba kaKristu obonakala ngokuthobeka, ukuthobela, nokulalela intando kaNkulunkulu.
Uma kufanele sibe ngamabutho weqiniso wobunye, masibe ngabokuqala ukufuna ukubuyisana kwangaphakathi ngokuzisola. Ake sixolele ububi esihlupheke ngabo bese sibeka eceleni yonke intukuthelo nokuphikisana. Masibe ngabokuqala ukukhombisa ukuthobeka nobumsulwa benhliziyo okudingeka sisondele ebukhazikhazini beqiniso likaNkulunkulu. Ngokwethembeka kudiphozi yokholo oluphathiswe abaPhostoli, masibe ngofakazi abajabulayo bamandla aguqulayo eVangeli! … Ngale ndlela, iBandla eMelika lizokwazi isikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo kuMoya… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, Ngasekhaya, ENew York City, ngo-Ephreli 19, 2008
Ngamafuphi, isikhumba esisha sewayini yi Inhliziyo kaMariya kwakhiwa kubaphostoli bakhe. Ukuzinikezela, nokuzinikela kwezingane zakhe enhliziyweni yakhe kuyindlela uMoya oNgcwele owenza ngayo inhliziyo yakhe ngaphakathi kwethu, nangaye, ngoJesu. Njengoba nje eminyakeni eyizi-2000 eyedlule uMoya oNgcwele wagubuzela uMariya ngesikhathi esekulungele ukukhulelwa, kanjalo-ke manje, uMary usiza ukulungisa le "ngozi entsha yewayini" ukuze uMoya kaJesu ubonakale kithina. ISonto lizobe selisho ngazwi linye ukuthi,
Akuseyimi ophilayo, kodwa nguKristu ophila kimi. (Gal 2: 20)
Igumbi eliphezulu likaMariya
Singabona kanjani ukuba khona okungajwayelekile kukaMariya ezikhathini zethu njengesibonakaliso kithi? Usibuthele egumbini eliphezulu lenhliziyo yakhe. Futhi njengoba ayekhona ngePhentekoste lokuqala, nokuncenga kwakhe nokuba khona kwakhe kuzosiza ukuletha iPhentekoste “elisha”.
UMoya oNgcwele, ethola Umlingani wakhe amthandayo ekhona futhi emiphefumulweni, uzokwehlela kubo ngamandla amakhulu. Uzobagcwalisa ngezipho zakhe, ikakhulukazi ukuhlakanipha, okuzokhiqiza ngazo izimangaliso zomusa… lokho ubudala bukaMariya, lapho imiphefumulo eminingi, ekhethwe nguMariya futhi eyinikwe uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, iyozifihla ngokuphelele ekujuleni komphefumulo wayo, ibe amakhophi ayo aphilayo, athande futhi akhazimulise uJesu. —USt. ULouis de Montfort, Ukuzinikela Kweqiniso Entombazaneni Ebusisiwe, n. 217, Montfort Publications
Umqondo wami ukuthi iPentekoste elisha lizoqala "ngesexwayiso" noma "ukukhanya konembeza" okukhulunywa ngabo ngabangcwele nabangcwele (bheka Iso Lesiphepho). Kuzoba yisikhathi esikhazimulayo sokuqiniswa, ukwelashwa nezinye izimangaliso. Iningi lalabo ebesikade sibanikela imithandazo kanye nokunxusela uMusa kaNkulunkulu bazoba nethuba lokuphenduka. Yebo, thandaza, ube nethemba, futhi uthandaze kakhudlwana! Futhi zilungiselele ngokuhlala usesimweni somusa (hhayi ku- isono sokubulala).
Labo abazenze lukhuni izinhliziyo zabo futhi bahlala benenkani, noma kunjalo, bazobuswa Isahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu. Lokho wukuthi, ukukhanya kuzosebenza naku hlukanisa ngokwengeziwe ukhula kukakolweni. Ngemuva kwalesi sikhathi sokushunyayelwa kwevangeli, ngaphambi kokuthi uKristu asungule a Isikhathi seminyaka eyinkulungwane “sokuphumula”, kungavela "Isilo noMprofethi Wamanga" (IsAm 13: 1-18) ozosebenza "izibonakaliso nezimangaliso" ezinkulu ukuze aphendukezele iqiniso neqiniso lokuthi "ukukhanya" kwakuyini, futhi akhohlise labo bawe kule nkathi yamanje "yokuhlubuka okukhulu" nokuthi ngubani wenqaba ukuphenduka. Njengoba uJesu asho, "ongakholwayo uselahliwe" (Johane 3:18).
Ngalokho uNkulunkulu uthumela kubo inkohliso enamandla, ukubenza bakholwe ngamanga, ukuze kuthi bonke abangakholwanga yiqiniso kepha bajabula ngokungalungi balahlwe. (2 Thes. 2:11 :)
INHLIZIYO YOKUPHIKISWA
Ngiyathandaza manje ukuthi siqonde ukuphuthuma kwezinsuku zethu. Ngiyathandaza ukuthi siyabona ukuthi kungani uMariya esincenga ukuba sikhulumele imiphefumulo. Sengathi singaqonda ngokujule kakhudlwana izinyembezi ezigeleza ngokukhululeka emehlweni akhe ezithombeni nasezifanekisweni zakhe emhlabeni wonke. Kunemiphefumulo eminingi esazosindiswa, futhi ubala phezu kwethu. Ngemithandazo yethu nangokuzila ukudla, mhlawumbe i- izinsuku izofinyezwa njengoba sithandaza, “Umbuso wakho mawuze."
Kodwa futhi kunenjabulo enkulu kulo Mama othandekayo! UMariya usilungiselela ukuza koMbuso kaNkulunkulu, uMoya oNgcwele, ekuthulweni okusha, nangokuphela kwale nkathi yokuwa nokufika kwe Isivuno Esikhulu. Inhliziyo yami igcwele ukulindela okukhulu nenjabulo! Ngiyezwa vele, njengokushisa kokuqala kokusa, umusa namandla nothando lukaNkulunkulu oluyogeleza ngalezi zitsha zethu zobumba. Kuzoba njenge "Ihlobo laseNdiya" ngaphambi kokuba kufike ubusika, kanye umnyango woMphongolo uvaliwe.
Kukulindelwa kwe Ukunqoba kukaMariya… Ukunqoba kweSonto.
Inkazimulo nodumo kuwe Nkosi Jesu Kristu, Nkosi yami, Nkulunkulu Wami, nakho konke kwami !! Mdumiseni bazalwane! Mdumiseni odade! Mdumiseni konke okudaliweyo! Lezi yizinsuku zika-Eliya!
… Asincenge uNkulunkulu ngomusa wePhentekhosti elisha… Kwangathi izilimi zomlilo, ezihlanganisa uthando oluvuthayo lukaNkulunkulu nomakhelwane ngentshiseko ekusakazeni uMbuso kaKristu, zehle kubo bonke abakhona! —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, Ngasekhaya, ENew York City, ngo-Ephreli 19, 2008
UNkulunkulu akasinikanga umoya wobugwala kepha wasinika amandla nothando nokuzithiba. (2 Thim 1: 7)
Vuleleka kuKristu, wamukele uMoya, ukuze kwenzeke iPhentekoste elisha kuyo yonke imiphakathi! Isintu esisha, esijabulayo, sizovela phakathi kwakho; uzozwa futhi amandla okusindisa eNkosi. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, “Inkulumo Eya Kubabhishobhi BaseLatin America,” I-L'Osservatore Romano (uhlelo lolimi lwesiNgisi), October 21, 1992, ikhasi 10, isekh. 30.
Woza, Moya oNgcwele,
woza ngokuncengelwa okunamandla kuka
Inhliziyo Engaphelele kaMariya,
umlingani wakho othandekayo.
Chofoza lapha ukuze Zikhiphe ohlwini or Bhalisa kule Journal.
