I-Essence

IT kwakungo-2009 lapho mina nomkami siholwa ukuba sithuthele ezweni nezingane zethu eziyisishiyagalombili. Kwakunemizwa exubile lapho ngalishiya idolobha elincane esasihlala kulo… kodwa kwakubonakala sengathi uNkulunkulu wayesihola. Sathola ipulazi eliqhelile maphakathi neSaskatchewan, eCanada elaliphakathi kwezindawo ezingenamithi, ezitholakala kuphela ngemigwaqo ewubhuqu. Ngempela, besingenakukwazi ukukhokhela okunye okuningi. Idolobhana eliseduze lalinabantu ababalelwa ku-60. Umgwaqo omkhulu wawuwuxhaxha lwezakhiwo eziningi ezingenalutho, eziwohlokayo; indlu yesikole yayingenalutho futhi ishiywe; ibhange elincane, iposi, nesitolo segrosa zavalwa ngokushesha ngemva kokufika kwethu kungashiyi minyango ivuliwe kodwa iSonto LamaKatolika. Kwakuyindawo engcwele enhle yezakhiwo zakudala - inkulu ngokumangalisayo emphakathini omncane kangaka. Kodwa izithombe ezindala zaveza ukuthi igcwele amakholwa ngeminyaka yawo-1950, emuva lapho kwakunemindeni emikhulu namapulazi amancane. Kodwa manje, kwakunabangu-15-20 kuphela ababevela esifundweni sangeSonto. Cishe wawungekho umphakathi wamaKristu okwakungakhulunywa ngawo, ngaphandle nje kwedlanzana labadala abathembekile. Idolobha eliseduze laliqhele cishe ngamahora amabili. Sasingenabo abangani, umndeni, ngisho nobuhle bemvelo engakhula ngabo eduze kwamachibi namahlathi. Angizange ngibone ukuthi sasisanda kuthuthela "ogwadule" ...

Ngaleso sikhathi, inkonzo yami yomculo yayinenguquko enkulu. UNkulunkulu wayeseqalile ukuvala impompi yokuphefumula ekubhalweni kwezingoma futhi kancane kancane wavula impompi ka IZwi Manje. Angizange ngikubone kuza; kwakungekho phakathi my izinhlelo. Kimina, injabulo emsulwa yayihlezi eBandleni ngaphambi kweSakramente Elingcwele ehola abantu ngengoma ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. Kodwa manje ngazithola ngizihlalele ngedwa phambi kwe-computer, ngibhalela izilaleli ezingenasici. Abaningi babebonga umusa nesiqondiso ababenikezwa yile mibhalo; abanye bangicwasa futhi bangigcona “njengomprofethi wenhlekelele nesigayegaye,” lowo “mfo wezikhathi zokuphela.” Nokho, uNkulunkulu akazange angilahle noma angishiye ngingakuhlomele lokhu inkonzo yokuba “umlindi,” njengoba uJohn Paul II akubiza kanjalo. Amazwi engiwabhalile ayehlale eqinisekiswa eziyalweni zopapa, “izibonakaliso zezikhathi” ezembulekayo futhi vele, izibonakaliso zikaMama wethu Obusisiwe. Eqinisweni, ngokubhala ngakunye, ngangihlale ngicela uNkosikazi Wethu ukuthi athathe izintambo ukuze amazwi akhe abe ngawami, nawami abe kwelakhe, njengoba kusobala ukuthi uqokwe njengomprofethikazi wasezulwini omkhulu wezikhathi zethu.

Kodwa isizungu enganginaso, ukuncishwa imvelo nomphakathi ngokwawo, kwaya ngokuya kuyiluma enhliziyweni yami. Ngolunye usuku, ngakhala kuJesu, “Kungani ungilethe lapha ogwadule na?” Ngaleso sikhathi, ngathi nhló encwadini yezenzakalo ze-St. Faustina. Ngasivula, futhi nakuba ngingasakhumbuli ngokuqondile, kwakuyinto eyayigudle umthambo kaSt. Faustina eyayibuza uJesu ukuthi kungani ayeyedwa kangaka kwenye yezindawo zakhe zokungcebeleka. Futhi iNkosi yaphendula ngalokhu: “Ukuze nizwe izwi Lami ngokucacile.”

Leso siqephu sasiwumusa obalulekile. Kwangisekela iminyaka eminingana ezayo ukuthi, ngandlela thize, phakathi kwalolu “gwadule”, kwakukhona inhloso enkulu; ukuthi ngangingaphazanyiswa ukuze ngizwe ngokucacile futhi ngidlulisele “izwi manje.”

Ukuhamba

Khona-ke, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, mina nomkami ngokungazelele saba nomuzwa wokuthi “Sekuyisikhathi” sokuthutha. Ngokuzimele, sathola indawo efanayo; beka isipho kuso ngalelo sonto; futhi ngaqala ukuthuthela e-Alberta ngemva kwenyanga nje ihora noma ngaphansi ukusuka lapho ukhokho nokhokho bami babehlala khona ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule. Manje ngase ngi “sekhaya.”

Ngaleso sikhathi, ngabhala Ukudingiswa Komlindi lapho ngacaphuna umprofethi uHezekeli:

Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi: “Ndodana yomuntu, uhlala phakathi kwendlu edlubulundayo; banamehlo okubona, kepha ababoni, nezindlebe zokuzwa kepha abezwa. Bayindlu ehlubukayo! Manje, ndodana yomuntu, emini bebuka, bopha isikhwama sokuthunjwa, futhi bese bebukela, uye ekudingisweni usuke endaweni yakho uye kwenye indawo; mhlawumbe bazobona ukuthi bayindlu ehlubukayo. ( Hezekeli 12:1-3 )

Umngane wami, owayengumahluleli uDan Lynch osenikele impilo yakhe manje ukuze alungiselele imiphefumulo yokubusa “kukaJesu, iNkosi Yezizwe Zonke”, wangibhalela:

Indlela engiqonda ngayo umprofethi uHezekeli ukuthi uNkulunkulu wamtshela ukuba aye ekudingisweni ngaphambi kokubhujiswa kweJerusalema futhi aprofethe ngokumelene nabaprofethi bamanga ababeprofetha ngethemba lamanga. Wayezoba isibonakaliso sokuthi izakhamuzi zaseJerusalema zaziyothunjwa njengaye.

Kamuva, ngemva kokubhujiswa kweJerusalema lapho esekuthunjweni kwaseBabiloni, waprofetha kumaJuda ayedingisiwe futhi wawanika ithemba lenkathi entsha lapho uNkulunkulu eyobuyisela kokugcina abantu bakhe ezweni labo elalibhujisiwe njengesijeziso ngenxa yokwesaba uNkulunkulu. izono zabo.

Ngokuphathelene noHezekeli, ingabe uyayibona indima yakho entsha “ekudingisweni” iwuphawu lokuthi abanye bazoya ekudingisweni njengawe? Uyabona ukuthi uzoba umprofethi wethemba? Uma kungenjalo, uyiqonda kanjani indima yakho entsha? Ngizothandazela ukuthi nazi futhi nigcwalise intando kaNkulunkulu endimeni yenu entsha. —U-Ephreli 5, 2022

Kuyavunywa, kwadingeka ngicabange kabusha lokho uNkulunkulu ayekusho ngalesi sinyathelo engangingasilindele. Eqinisweni, isikhathi sami eSaskatchewan “kwakuwukudingiswa” kweqiniso, ngoba kwangiyisa ogwadule emazingeni amaningi. Okwesibili, inkonzo yami ngempela kwakuwukumelana “nabaprofethi bamanga” bezikhathi zethu ababesho ngokuphindaphindiwe, “Awu, wonke umuntu uthi zabo izikhathi "izikhathi zokuphela". Asihlukile. Sidlula eqhumeni; izinto zizolunga, njll."

Futhi manje, ngokuqinisekile sesiqala ukuphila “ekuthunjweni kwaseBabiloni”, nakuba abaningi bengakakuboni lokho. Lapho ohulumeni, abaqashi, ngisho nomkhaya womuntu bephoqelela abantu ukuba bangenele usizo lwezokwelapha abangalufuni; lapho iziphathimandla zendawo zikwenqabela ukuba uhlanganyele emphakathini ngaphandle kwawo; lapho ikusasa lamandla kanye nokudla kusetshenziswa idlanzana lamadoda, manje asebenzisa lokho kulawula njenge-bludgeon ukuze aguqule umhlaba ube yisithombe sawo se-neo-Communistic… bese inkululeko njengoba sazi ukuthi ayisekho.

Ngakho-ke, ukuphendula umbuzo kaDan, yebo, ngizizwa ngibizelwe ukuba yizwi lethemba (yize iNkosi ingenza ngibhale ngezinye izinto ezizayo, ezisaphethe imbewu yethemba). Nginomuzwa wokuthi ngijika iphuzu elithile kule nkonzo, nakuba ngingazi kahle ukuthi kuyini lokho. Kodwa kukhona umlilo ovuthayo kimi ukuze ngivikele futhi ngishumayele IVangeli likaJesu. Futhi kuya ngokuya kuba nzima ukwenza kanjalo njengoba iBandla ngokwalo lintanta olwandle lwenkulumo-ze.^[1]isib. IsAm 12:15 Kanjalo, amakholwa ziya ngokwehlukana kakhulu, naphakathi kwalokhu kufunda. Kunalabo abathi kumelwe simane silalele: themba osopolitiki bakho, izikhulu zezempilo, nabalawuli ngoba “bayakwazi okungcono kakhulu.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kukhona ababona ukonakala kwezikhungo, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwegunya, nezimpawu ezisobala eziyisixwayiso ezibazungezile.

Bese kuba khona labo abathi impendulo iwukubuyela ngaphambi kweVatican II nokuthi ukubuyiselwa kweMisa lesiLatini, ukuhlanganyela ngolimi, njll. kuyobuyisela iSonto ekuhlelekeni kwalo okufanele. Kodwa bafowethu nodadewethu… kwakunjalo impela ukuphakama yenkazimulo yeMisa likaTridentine ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 lapho uSt. Pius X axwayisa ngokuthi “ukuhlubuka” kwakusakazeka “njengesifo” kulo lonke iSonto nokuthi uMphikukristu, iNdodana Yokubhubha “kungenzeka ukuthi usevele emhlabeni"! ^[2]E Supremi, I-Encyclical On the Return of All All Christ in Christ, n. 3, 5; Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1903

Cha, kukhona futhi kwakungalungile - iMisa lesiLatini nakho konke. Kukhona okunye okwakudukile empilweni yeBandla. Futhi ngikholwa ukuthi yilokhu: iBandla belinakho walahlekelwa uthando lwakhe lokuqala - ingqikithi yakhe.

Nokho nginale nto ngawe: ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. Uma kungenjalo, ngizokuza kuwe ngisuse uthi lwakho lwesibani endaweni yalo, ngaphandle kokuthi uphenduke. (IsAm 2: 4-5)

Yimiphi imisebenzi iBandla elayenza ekuqaleni?

Lezi zibonakaliso ziyakubalandela abakholwayo: ngegama lami bayakukhipha amademoni, bakhulume izilimi ezintsha. Bayophatha izinyoka ngezandla zabo, futhi uma bephuza okubulalayo, ngeke kubalimaze. Bayobeka izandla phezu kwabagulayo, futhi bayosinda. ( Marku 16:17-18 )

KumaKhatholika ajwayelekile, ikakhulukazi emazweni aseNtshonalanga, lolu hlobo lweBandla alukho nje kuphela cishe ukuthi alukho nhlobo, kodwa luyanyanyiswa: iBandla lezimangaliso, lokuphulukisa, nezibonakaliso nezimangaliso eziqinisekisa ukushunyayelwa okunamandla kweVangeli. IBandla lapho uMoya oNgcwele uhamba phakathi kwethu, eletha ukuguqulwa, ukulambela iZwi likaNkulunkulu, nokuzalwa kwemiphefumulo emisha kuKristu. Uma uNkulunkulu esinike ubukhosi - upapa, ababhishobhi, abapristi, namakholwa - kungenxa yalokhu:

Wanikela abanye babe ngabaphostoli, abanye abaprofethi, abanye abavangeli, abanye abelusi nabafundisi, ukuze abangcwele bahlomele umsebenzi wenkonzo, kwakhiwe umzimba kaKristu, size sifinyelele sonke ebunyeni bokukholwa nokwazi. leNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ekukhuleni kobudoda, kuze kufike ezingeni lobukhulu obugcweleyo bukaKristu. ( Efesu 4:11-13 )

IBandla lonke libizelwe ukuba lihlanganyele “inkonzo” ngendlela eyodwa noma enye. Kodwa-ke, uma ama-charisms engasetshenziswa, kusho ukuthi uMzimba "awakhiwe"; Ikona i-atrophy. Ngaphezu kwalokho…

…akwanele ukuthi abantu abangamaKristu babe khona futhi bahleleke esizweni esithile, futhi akwanele ukwenza ubuphostoli ngendlela yesibonelo esihle. Bahlelelwe le njongo, bakhona ngenxa yalokhu: ukumemezela uKristu kwabangewona amaKristu akanye nabo ngezwi nangesibonelo, nokubasiza ekwamukeleni kukaKristu ngokugcwele. - UMkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican, I-Ad Gentes,n. 15

Mhlawumbe izwe alisakholwa ngoba AmaKristu awasakholwa. Asigcinanga ngokuba sivivi kodwa engenamandla. Akasaziphathi njengoMzimba kaKristu ongaqondakali kodwa njenge-NGO kanye nengalo yokuthengisa Setha kabusha okuhle. Njengoba uSt. Paul asho, senze “ukuzenzisa kwenkolo kodwa siphike amandla ayo.”^[3]I-2 Tim 3: 5

Iya Phambili...

Futhi ngakho-ke, ngenkathi ngafunda kudala ukuthi ungalokothi ucabange yini mayelana nalokho iNkosi efuna ngibhale noma ngikwenze, ngingasho ukuthi okwami inhliziyo wukusiza, ngandlela thize, ukusiza lesi sifundo sokufunda sisuke endaweni yokungaqiniseki uma kungekona ukungavikeleki siye endaweni yokuhlala, ukunyakaza, nokuba kwethu emandleni nomusa kaMoya oNgcwele. EBandleni eseliphinde lathanda “uthando lwalo lokuqala.”

Futhi ngidinga ukusebenza:

INkosi yayala ukuba labo abashumayela ivangeli baphile ngevangeli. ( 1 Korinte 9:14 )

Othile ubuze umkami muva nje, “Kungani uMark engake anxuse abafundi bakhe ukuba basekele? Ngabe lokho kusho ukuthi uqhuba kahle ngokwezimali?” Cha, kusho ukuthi ngincamela ukuvumela abafundi ukuthi bahlanganise “okubili nababili” kunokuba babafune. Sesikushilo lokho, ngenza isikhalazo ekuqaleni konyaka futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngasekupheleni konyaka. Lena inkonzo yesikhathi esigcwele kimi futhi sekuyiminyaka ecishe ibe amashumi amabili. Sinomsebenzi ozosisiza ngomsebenzi wasehhovisi. Ngisanda kumenyusela imali encane ukuze ngimsize asuse ukwenyuka kwamandla emali. Sinezikweletu ezinkulu zanyanga zonke ze-inthanethi zokukhokhela ukusingathwa kanye nethrafikhi ukuya IZwi Manje futhi Ukwehlela eMbusweni. Kulo nyaka, ngenxa yokuhlasela kwe-inthanethi, kudingeke ukuthi sithuthukise izinsiza zethu. Bese kuba nazo zonke izici zobuchwepheshe kanye nezidingo zale nkonzo njengoba sikhula nezwe lobuchwepheshe obuphezulu obushintsha njalo. Lokho, futhi ngisenazo izingane ekhaya ezibongayo uma sizondla. Ngingasho futhi ukuthi, ngokukhuphuka kwamandla emali, sibone ukwehla okuphawulekayo ekusekelweni kwezimali - ngokuqondakalayo.

Ngakho-ke, okwesibili nokokugcina kulo nyaka, ngidlulisa isigqoko kubafundi bami. Kodwa ngokwazi ukuthi nawe ubhekene nengwadla yokwehla kwamandla emali, ngicela ukuthi kube yilabo kuphela ukwazi bangapha - nokuthi labo kini abangakwazi, bazi: lesi siphostoli sisenesandla esivulekile, ngesihle, futhi sinipha ngentokozo. Akukho zindleko noma okubhaliselwe kwanoma yini. Ngikhethe ukubeka yonke into lapha esikhundleni sokuyibeka ezincwadini ukuze isibalo esikhulu sabantu sifinyelele kuzo. Ngiyavuma hhayi ngifuna ukubangela noma yimuphi kini ubunzima - ngaphandle kokungithandazela ukuthi ngihlale ngithembekile kuJesu nakulo msebenzi kuze kube sekupheleni.

Ngiyabonga kini enibambelele nami kulezi zikhathi ezinzima nezihlukanisayo. Nginjalo, ngibonga kakhulu ngothando nemithandazo yenu.

Siyabonga ngokusekela lobu buphostoli.