Isikhathi sami esifundeni sase-Ottawa / Kingston eCanada sasinamandla phakathi nobusuku obuyisithupha namakhulu abantu ababekhona bevela endaweni. Ngize ngaphandle kwezinkulumo ezilungiselelwe noma amanothi nginesifiso kuphela sokukhuluma “izwi manje” kubantwana bakaNkulunkulu. Ngiyabonga ngokwengxenye emithandazweni yakho, abaningi baba noKristu uthando olungenamibandela nokuba khona ngokujule kakhulu njengoba amehlo abo evuleka futhi emandleni amaSakramente neZwi lakhe. Phakathi kwezinkumbulo eziningi ezisalele kukhona inkulumo engayinika iqembu labafundi abaphezulu. Ngemuva kwalokho, enye intombazane yeza kimi yathi ibhekene nobukhona nokuphulukiswa kukaJesu ngendlela ejulile… yabe seyikhala izinyembezi ezandleni zami phambi kwalabo efunda nabo.
Umlayezo weVangeli muhle ngokungapheli, unamandla njalo, usebenza ngaso sonke isikhathi. Amandla othando lukaNkulunkulu ahlala ekwazi ukubhoboza ngisho nezinhliziyo ezilukhuni. Ngalokho engqondweni, "izwi manje" elilandelayo lalisenhliziyweni yami isonto lonke eledlule…
NGESIKHATHI izimishini engizinikeze e-Ottawa ngesonto eledlule, isithombe se- arrow kwakuhamba phambili emqondweni wami. Ngemuva kwemibhalo yami emibili yokugcina mayelana nokucophelela ukuthi sifakaza kanjani ngamazwi ethu, bekusenokuphawula okumbalwa okuvela kubafundi okuphakamisa ukuthi ngikhuthaza ubugwala “ukuthula” kanye “nokuyekethisa” noma ukuthi, ngazo zonke izinxushunxushu ezenzeka esigabeni sabaphathi, ngiphila “komunye umhlaba.” Nokho, kulawo mazwi okugcina, ngithemba ngempela ukuthi ngiphila kwelinye izwe—indawo yoMbuso kaKristu lapho ukuthanda uNkulunkulu nomakhelwane umthetho wempilo. Ukuphila ngokuvumelana nalowo mthetho yini kodwa ngamagwala...
Ngoba uNkulunkulu akasinikanga umoya wobugwala kepha wamandla namandla nothando nokuzithiba. (2 Thimothewu 1: 7)
Kulapho kanye umuntu esebenza kulowo moya lapho ubufakazi babo bunamandla okuwenza anqobe umhlaba. [1]I-1 John 5: 4
UMcibisholo Waphezulu
Ukuze umcibisholo ufinyelele ngokugcwele ekuhlosweni kwawo, kunezici ezinhlanu ezidingekayo: umnsalo; ithiphu noma umcibisholo; umphini; i-fletching (okugcina umcibisholo uqondile ekundizeni), futhi okokugcina, i-nock (inotshi encike kuntambo yomnsalo).
UJesu wathi, “Amazwi engiwakhuluma kini angiwakhulumi ngokwami. UBaba ohlezi kimi wenza imisebenzi yakhe.”[2]John 14: 10 nguBaba okhulumayo; uJesu ophayo izwi kuleloZwi; kanye noMoya oNgcwele okufaka enhliziyweni yalowo okwakuhloselwe yena.
Ngakho-ke, cabanga ngoMcibisheli njengoJesu Kristu. Ngempela, iNcwadi yeSambulo imchaza kanje:
Ngabona, bheka, nanto ihhashi elimhlophe, nomgibeli walo enomnsalo. Wanikezwa umqhele, futhi waphuma enqoba ukuze athuthukise ukunqoba kwakhe. ( IsAmbulo 6:2 )
UnguJesu Kristu. Umvangeli ophefumulelwe [uSt. John] akagcinanga ngokubona incithakalo elethwa yisono, impi, indlala nokufa; wabona futhi, kwasekuqaleni, ukunqoba kukaKristu. —Ikheli, Novemba 15, 1946; umbhalo waphansi we I-Navarre Bible, "Isambulo", kk .70
Umnsalo unguMoya oNgcwele futhi uMcibisholo wakha iZwi likaNkulunkulu. Mina nawe siyintambo yomnsalo, leyo ngxenye okufanele ithobeke futhi ilalele, ishiywe esandleni soMcibisheli Waphezulu.
Manje, umcibisholo ongenawo umphini oqinile awukwazi nje ukundiza ngokuqondile kodwa unamandla lokho bekungayiqhubela ekuhlosweni kwayo. Uma i-shaft ibuthakathaka, izophuka ngaphansi kokucindezeleka noma iphahlazeke lapho ifika lapho ihlose khona. Iqiniso ingumphini woMcibisholo Waphezulu. Iqiniso eliyiqiniso linikezwe thina ngomthetho wemvelo kanye nezimfundiso zikaKristu emiBhalweni naseSikweni Elingcwele. Lona umsele onganqamuki amaKristu ayalwa ukuba awungene emhlabeni. Kodwa-ke, ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umgodi uyiqiniso ngempela, kufanele unamathiselwe ekuguquguqukeni, okungukuthi, IMagisterium noma igunya lokufundisa leBandla, eliqinisekisa ukuthi iQiniso alilokothi liphambuke liye kwesokudla noma kwesokunxele.
Konke okushiwo, uma Iqiniso lingenalo umcibisholo noma ithiphu, okungukuthi Love, bese ihlala iyinto ebuthuntu okuthi, nakuba ikwazi ukufinyelela okuhlosiwe, ingakwazi ukungena enhliziyweni yomunye. Yilokhu engibhekisela kukho emibhalweni yami emibili yokugcina. Ukukhuluma iqiniso ngendlela ephambana nesisa nobulungiswa kugcina kugwaza kunokubhoboza. Luthando oluvula inhliziyo yomunye ukuze kungene umphini weQiniso. Bafowethu nodadewethu, akufanele sibuze iNkosi Yethu mayelana nalokhu:
Ngininika umyalo omusha: thandanani. Njengoba nginithandile, nani kufanele nithandane. (Johane 13:34)
Futhi nakhu ukuthi ithiphu Lothando Lwaphezulu libukeka kanjani:
Uthando luyabekezela, uthando lunomusa. Alunamhawu, [uthando] aluzikhukhumezi, aluzikhukhumezi, aludeleli, aluzifuneli okwalo, alusheshi ukucasuka, aluzikhukhumezi, aluthokozi ngobubi. kodwa uthokoza kanye leqiniso. Lubekezelela izinto zonke, lukholelwa yizinto zonke, luthemba izinto zonke, lukhuthazelela zonke izinto. Uthando aluhluleki. (Funda eyoku-1 Korinte 13:4-8.)
Uthando aluhluleki, okungukuthi, akalokothi ehluleke ukungena enhliziyweni yomunye ngoba “uNkulunkulu uluthando.” Manje, noma loloThando lwemukelwe noma qha; noma ngabe umphini weQiniso uthola inhlabathi enhle kungenye indaba (bheka uLuka 8:12-15). Isibopho somKristu siphela, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, ngenkululeko yokuzikhethela yomunye. Kodwa yeka ukuthi kudabukisa kanjani uma imicibisholo kaKristu yehluleka ngisho nokufinyelela ekuhlosweni kwayo ngenxa yokunganaki kwethu, ukunganaki, noma isono.
ABAPOSTILE BOTHANDO
Emibonweni yeNkosazana Yethu emhlabeni wonke, ubiza amaKristu ukuba abe nguye “Abaphostoli Bothando” ababizelwe "vikela iqiniso." I-Divine Arrow ayiyona nje isisa. AmaKristu awakwazi ukunciphisa umsebenzi wawo ekubeni nje osonhlalakahle. Umcibisholo ongenawo umcibisholo awukwazi ngokufanayo ukubhoboza inhliziyo yomunye ngaphandle kwamandla alelo qiniso “elisikhululayo.”
Iqiniso lidinga ukufunwa, litholakale futhi livezwe ngaphakathi "komnotho" wesisa senhliziyo, kepha isisa ngakolunye uhlangothi sidinga ukuqondwa, siqinisekiswe futhi senziwe ekukhanyeni kweqiniso. Ngale ndlela, asigcini nje ngokwenza umsebenzi wokupha okhanyiselwe yiqiniso, kepha futhi sisiza ekunikezeni ukwethembeka kweqiniso, kukhombisa amandla alo athonyayo futhi afakazelayo esimweni esisebenzayo sokuphila komphakathi. Le yindaba engenamsebenzi namuhla, ngokwesimo senhlalo nesamasiko esivuselela iqiniso, imvamisa singalinaki kangako futhi sikhombisa ukwenqena okwandayo ukuvuma ukuthi kukhona. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Caritas e-Varitate, hhayi. 2
Iqiniso elingenalo uthando lizifaka engozini yokuba “ukuguqula abantu” esikhundleni sokushumayela ivangeli. Uthando yilo oluholayo, olunqamula umoya, oluvulela omunye iqiniso elisindisayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuguqulela abantu kwenye inkolo, kungamandla aqinile okuthi nakuba unqoba impikiswano angase ahluleke ukuyinqoba umphefumulo.
ISonto alihlanganyeli nokuguqula abantu. Esikhundleni salokho, uyakhula ngo- "ukukhanga": njengoba nje noKrestu “edonsela konke kuye” ngamandla othando lwakhe, afinyelela umvuthwandaba ngomhlatshelo weSiphambano, kanjalo-ke iSonto lifeza umsebenzi walo kuze kuthi, ngokubambisana noKristu, lifeze yonke imisebenzi yalo ngokomoya nokulingisa okusebenzayo kothando lweNkosi yakhe. —UBENEDICT XVI, Ohlonishwa Ngokuvulwa Kwengqungquthela Yesihlanu Yababhishobhi baseLatin America naseCaribbean, ngoMeyi 13, 2007; v Vatican.va
IZIKHATHI EZIYINGOZI… UBIZO LABANESIBINDI
Bafowethu nodadewethu, siphila ezikhathini eziyingozi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umoya wobushiqela “oxhaswe uhulumeni” usakazeka ngokushesha ofuna ukuthulisa iSonto ngohlelo oluqhubekayo olubizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi “umphikukristu.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kukhona a isonto lamanga 
kusukela phakathi kweSonto LamaKatolika elibizwa ngokufanelekile ngokuthi “isonto eliphikisayo” elikhuthaza “antivangeli.” Njengoba uSt. Paul axwayisa:
Ngiyazi ukuthi emva kokuhamba kwami kuzongena phakathi kwenu izimpisi ezinonya, futhi aziwuhawukeli umhlambi. (Imisebenti 20:29)
Manje simi lapho sibhekene nengxabano enkulu kunayo yonke eyake yaba khona emlandweni. Manje sesibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweBandla kanye ne-anti-church, phakathi kweVangeli ne-anti-ivangeli, phakathi kukaKristu nomphik 'ukristu. —UCarinal Karol Wojtyla (UPAPA JOHN PAUL II) Ingqungquthela Ye-Ekaristi yokugubha iminyaka eyikhulu yokusayinwa kweSimemezelo Sokuzimela, Philadelphia, PA, 1976; cf. I-Catholic Online
Sibhekana kanjani-ke nalokhu “kubhekana kokugcina”? Ngokuvumela uMgibeli Wehhashi Elimhlophe ukuthi asebenzise us ukucibishela uMcibisholo Wakhe WobuNkulunkulu emhlabeni.
[ISt. UJohane] uthi wabona ihhashi elimhlophe, nomgadi wehhashi enomqhele enomnsalo… Wathumela uMoya oNgcwele, amazwi akhe. abashumayeli bathuma njengemicibisholo efinyelela enhliziyweni yomuntu, ukuze banqobe ukungakholwa. - St. Victorinus, Ukuphawula nge-Apocalypse, Ch. 6: 1-2
Umbuzo uwukuthi, ingabe sizovumela i-nock yeNtando Yaphezulu ukuba isicindezele? Noma singamagwala siyesaba ukukhuluma iqiniso? Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingabe singabantu bezwe kakhulu, abaqhoshayo noma abashesha ukucasuka othandweni ukuze baqondise yonke imicabango yethu, amazwi, nezenzo? Ingabe ekugcineni siyakungabaza ukusebenza kweZwi likaNkulunkulu, kokubili kweqiniso nothando, futhi esikhundleni salokho sizibambele mathupha?
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