Ubusuku Obumnyama

St. Thérèse woMntwana uJesu

nina umazi ngezimbali zakhe kanye nokuba lula kwengokomoya lakhe. Kodwa bambalwa abamaziyo ngobumnyama obukhulu ahamba kubo ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Ephethwe isifo sofuba, uSt. Thérèse de Lisieux wavuma ukuthi, ukube wayengenalo ukholo, wayezozibulala. Wathi kumhlengikazi wakhe oseceleni kombhede:

Kuyangimangaza ukuthi abekho abantu abaningi abazibulalayo phakathi kwabantu abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu. —njengoba kwabikwa uDade Marie kaZiqu-zintathu; CatholicHousehold.com

Ngesinye isikhathi, uSt. Thérèse wabonakala eprofetha izilingo ezaziyofika esibhekana nazo manje esizukulwaneni sethu—“entsha yokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu”:

Ukube uyazi ukuthi yimiphi imicabango ethusayo engiphethe. Ngikhulekeleni kakhulu ukuze ngingamlaleli uDeveli ofuna ukungincenga ngamanga amaningi kangaka. Ukucabanga kwabantu abathanda izinto ezibonakalayo ezimbi kakhulu okubekwe emqondweni wami. Kamuva, ngokungaphezi intuthuko entsha, isayensi izochaza yonke into ngokwemvelo. Sizoba nesizathu esiphelele sayo yonke into ekhona futhi lokho kuseyinkinga, ngoba kusele izinto eziningi ezizotholwa, njll. njll. -UStherese weLisieux: Izingxoxo Zakhe Zokugcina, Fr. UJohn Clarke, ocashunwe ku khathinazinline.com

Abaningi abasha abangakholelwa kuNkulunkulu namuhla bakhomba ku-St. Thérèse, Mother Teresa, njll. njengobufakazi bokuthi laba kwakungebona osanta abakhulu, kodwa babengakholelwa kuNkulunkulu ngokuzifihla. Kodwa bayaligeja iphuzu (ngaphandle kokungayiqondi imfundiso yenkolo eyimfihlakalo): laba bangcwele benza kanjalo. hhayi ukuzibulala ebumnyameni babo, kodwa, eqinisweni, kwaba imifanekiso yokuthula nenjabulo, naphezu kokucwengwa ababedlula kukho. Eqinisweni, uThérèse wafakaza:

Nakuba uJesu engangiduduzi, unginikeza ukuthula okukhulu kangangokuthi kungisiza kakhulu! -Ukuxhumana Okujwayelekile, Vol I, Fr. UJohn Clarke; cf. I-Magnificat, Septhemba 2014, likh. 34

UNkulunkulu uphuca umphefumulo ukuzwa ubukhona Bakhe ukuze umphefumulo uzihlukanise kakhulu ngokwawo nezidalwa, uwulungisela ubunye Naye kuyilapho usekela umphefumulo ngokuthula kwangaphakathi. “lokho okudlula ukuqonda konke.” ^[1]isib. Fil 4:7

Uma esondela kimi, angimboni; uma edlula, angimazi. ( Jobe 9:11 )

Lokhu okubonakala sengathi “ukulahlwa” nguNkulunkulu akukona neze ukulahlwa nakancane njengoba iNkosi ingakaze imshiye uMlobokazi Wayo. Kodwa nakuba kunjalo “kungobusuku obumnyama bomphefumulo” obuhlungu. ^[2]Igama elithi “ubusuku obumnyama bomphefumulo” lasetshenziswa uJohane Wesiphambano. Nakuba ebhekisela kukho njengokucwengwa okukhulu kwangaphakathi okwandulela ukuhlangana noNkulunkulu, leli gama livame ukusetshenziswa ngokukhululeka ukuze libhekisele kulobo busuku obunzima bokuhlupheka esibhekana nabo sonke.

Jehova, ungilahlelani; ungifihleleni ubuso bakho na? ( IHubo 88:15 )

Ekuqaleni kokubhala kwami ​​ubuphostoli, njengoba iNkosi iqala ukungifundisa ngalokho okwakuza, ngaqonda ukuthi iBandla kufanele manje, njengebandla. umzimba, dlula “kubusuku obumnyama bomphefumulo”. Ukuthi sisonke sizongena enkathini yokuhlanzwa lapho, njengoJesu esiphambanweni, siyozizwa sengathi uBaba usilahlile.

Kodwa [“ubusuku obumnyama”] buholela, ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene, enjabulweni engachazeki etholwa izimfihlakalo “njengokuhlangana komshado.” —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Novo Millennio Ineunte, Incwadi yabaPhostoli, n. 30

Pho sizokwenzenjani?

Impendulo ithi uzilahlekele. Iwukuqhubeka nokulandela intando kaNkulunkulu kukho konke. Lapho uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uFrancis Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận evalelwe iminyaka eyishumi nantathu emajele amaKhomanisi, wafunda “imfihlo” yokuhamba ebumnyameni bokuhlupheka nokubonakala elahliwe.

Sizikhohliwe, siphonsa bonke ubuthina bethu kulokho uNkulunkulu asicela khona esikhathini samanje, kumakhelwane ambeka phambi kwethu, eshukunyiswa uthando kuphela. Khona-ke, kaningi sizobona ukuhlupheka kwethu kushabalala njengokungathi ngomlingo othile, futhi uthando kuphela oluhlala emphefumulweni. -Ubufakazi Bethemba, k. 93

Yebo, yilokhu uSt. Thérèse ayekusho ngokuthi “umncane.” Kodwa ukuba mncane akusho ukuba umuntu ongokomoya. Njengoba uJesu esho, kudingeka sibe njalo qina:

Akekho obeka isandla egejeni futhi abheke kulokho okwasala emuva olungele uMbuso kaNkulunkulu. (Luka 9:62)

Awekho amaKatolika angajwayelekile angaphila, ngakho-ke imindeni ejwayelekile yamaKatolika ayinakusinda. Abanakukhetha. Kumele abe ngcwele — okusho ukuthi angcweliswe — noma azonyamalala. Imindeni kuphela yamaKhatholika ezosala iphila futhi ichuma ngekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye yimindeni yabafel 'ukholo. -Intombi Ezibusisiwe Nokungcweliswa Komndeni, Inceku kaNkulunkulu uFr. John A. Hardon, SJ