I-Eclipse of Reason

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaMeyi 5, 2014
UMsombuluko Weviki Lesithathu LePhasika

SAM USotiropoulos wayebuza kuphela amaphoyisa aseToronto umbuzo olula: uma iCriminal Code yaseCanada ibenqabela ubunqunu bomphakathi, ^[1]Isigaba 174 sithi umuntu “ogqoke kabi ukona ukuhlonishwa noma ukuhleleka komphakathi” “unecala lokujeziswa uma etholwa enecala elifingqiwe.” bazobe bephoqelela lowo mthetho embukisweni we-Toronto Gay Pride? Ukukhathazeka kwakhe bekungukuthi izingane, ezivame ukulethwa embukisweni ngabazali nothisha, zingavezwa obala emphakathini.

Ngenxa yalokho, izishoshovu ezingongqingili zamgxeka zathi “'uyimbobo yabantu abathandana nobungqingili' futhi 'uyisidlwangudlwangu esinolaka.'” ^[2]qhathanisa LifeSiteNews.com, Febhuwari 17, 2014 Impendulo yakhe:

Kuyathakazelisa ukuphawula ukuthi kulula kangakanani labo abangafuni ukubizwa ngokuthi, baphonsa amalebula futhi banyundele abanye… Ukucabanga, laba ngabantu 'ababandakanya bonke' ?! Ngingathi, 'Ihlazo kuwe,' kepha akukho siphakamiso sokuthi bangaqonda ukuthi kuyini. —USam Sotiropoulos, umphathiswa weBhodi Lesikole SesiToronto Sesifunda, LifeSiteNews.com, Febhuwari 17, 2014

Sonke siyazi ukuthi nganoma yiluphi usuku olunikeziwe, owesilisa noma owesifazane onqunu ohamba ngomgwaqo uzoboshwa ngokushesha — ikakhulu uma behamba ebaleni lezingane lokudlala. Kuzoba nolaka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ukulahlwa ngokushesha ezindabeni, nokujeziswa okusheshayo kohlelo lwezobulungiswa. Kodwa ngenxa yesizathu esithile esiyindida, leli zinga elifanayo alisebenzi lapho abesilisa nabesifazane, izinyawo nje kude nobuso bezingane, behamba ngokuvusa futhi benqunu ngokuphelele embukisweni — imvamisa namaphoyisa nosopolitiki njengoba Abahlanganyeli. Okuxakayo ukuthi bona laba bantu abafisa ukubona abapristi bezingane ezishiswa esigxotsheni abanalutho olutheni ngalobu buzenzisi obusobala.

Lesi esinye nje isahluko kulokho uBenedict XVI akuchaze ngokucacile njengo “kufiphala kwesizathu” ezikhathini zethu. ^[3]qhathanisa Ngosuku luka-Eva Ngaphambi Kokufa KukaKristu nokubulawelwa ukholo kwabafundi bokuqala nabaPhostoli, isimo sezulu sasifana.

… Abantu baseKhilikhiya nase-Asiya, beza baphikisana noStefanu, kepha abakwazanga ukumelana nokuhlakanipha noMoya ayekhuluma ngawo. (Ukufunda kokuqala)

Lokhu akuzange kubangele abashushisi bakaStefanu ukuthi bame kancane bese becabanga ngeqiniso lezimpikiswano zakhe. Esikhundleni salokho, kwabhebhethekisa inzondo nokungabekezelelani kwabo kangangokuthi basebenzise ukubulala abalingiswa.

… Izikhulu zihlangana zikhulume kabi ngami… (iHubo Lanamuhla)

Abafowethu nodadewethu, isikhathi sokubonisana, sokuphikisana, sokukholisa abanye ngeqiniso — ngale kokungenelela okungaphezu kwamandla emvelo — sibukeka sisondela ngasemaphethelweni. Kungani?

… Lesi yisinqumo, ukuthi ukukhanya kweza emhlabeni, kepha abantu bakhetha ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngoba imisebenzi yabo imibi. (Johane 3:19)

Umhlaba uyazi izimfundiso zokuziphatha zeSonto LamaKhatholika — futhi uzilahlile. Ukusitheka kwesizathu kufiphaze izingqondo zalesi sizukulwane ngezinga lokuthi, njengoJesu, okuwukuphela kwempendulo engaba khona ekugcineni Impendulo Ethule. Kepha kufanele kube ukuthula kothando, ukuthobeka, nokubekezela. Ukuthula kwenjabulo ejulile. Ukuthula okungcwele kwempilo evuthayo nothando lukaNkulunkulu, impilo eyenza i i-kerygma, umyalezo oyinhloko weVangeli, owethulwa kwabanye ngokutholwa kweZwi empilweni yomuntu. ^[4]qhathanisa Uthando Lokuqala Lulahlekile Le yinhliziyo, umyalezo, nesibonelo sikaPapa Francis. ^[5]qhathanisa Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 164

Angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngicabanga ngomusho ovela ezinkondlweni zosanta wethu osanda kugunyazwa:

Uma igama lingaguqukanga, kuzoba yigazi eliguqukayo.  —ST. UJOHN PAUL II, ovela enkondlweni “I-Stanislaw"

Abasemhlabeni abafuni ukudla komoya, kepha bayabola, njengakwiVangeli lanamuhla. Bafuna uJesu ukwanelisa inyama yabo, hhayi imiphefumulo yabo. Yingakho abahlaziyi abaningi benkululeko beshayela uPapa Francis ihlombe namhlanje — bathatha amagama anjengokuthi “Ngingubani ukwahlulela?” ^[6]qhathanisa Ngingubani Mina Ukwahlulela? futhi nizidle ngaphandle kokubheka iqiniso elingemuva kwazo. UJesu watuswa eneminyaka eyi-12 ngokuhlakanipha kwakhe. Kepha ngenkathi eveza iqiniso lokuthi wayengubani, bakwenqaba ngokuphelele ukuhlakanipha Kwakhe. Isikhathi sizofika lapho, njengoKristu noSt. UStephen noSt. Paul, uPapa, nabo bonke labo abangayikulahla iqiniso, bezoshushiswa ngokusobala. Ingabe leso sikhathi asikasondeli? Hhayi isikhathi sokuhlulwa, kepha sokunqoba okuphethwe uthando oluthanda izitha zethu kuze kube sekupheleni.

Kuyamangalisa njengoba lokhu kubonakala, siyakwazi ukuholela amadoda kuKristu futhi akekho ongasinqoba, ngoba "ukukholwa kwethu kunqoba umhlaba." —Inceku kaNkulunkulu Catherine de Hueck Doherty, kusuka Isikhathi Sesihe.

Masikhulekele ukwethembeka kukaSt. Stephen, ukubekezela kukaKristu - kanye nesibindi sikaSam.

Susa kimi indlela yamanga, ungibonise umusa ngomthetho wakho. Ngiyikhethile indlela yeqiniso; Ngibekile izahlulelo zakho phambi kwami. (IHubo)

Umhlaba wehlukaniswa ngokushesha waba amakamu amabili, ubumbano lokulwa noKristu nobuzalwane bukaKristu. Imigqa phakathi kwalaba ababili iyadonselwa…. kungqubuzwano phakathi kweqiniso nobumnyama, iqiniso alikwazi ukulahleka. - UVenerable Fulton John Sheen, uMbhishobhi, (1895-1979); Umthombo awaziwa, mhlawumbe “Ihora LamaKatolika”

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