Ubuso bokugcina

FEAST OF ST ST. UJOSEFA

LOKHU ukubhala kwaqala ukushicilelwa ngo-Okthoba 5, 2007. Ngiphoqelekile ukuthi ngiphinde ngishicilele lapha namuhla, okuwuMkhosi waseSt. Esinye seziqu zakhe eziningi njengosanta ongumvikeli sithi “UMvikeli weSonto.” Ngiyangabaza ukuthi isikhathi sogqozi lokuphinda uthumele le ndatshana senzekile.

Okugqame kakhulu ngezansi amagama ahambisana nomdwebo omangalisayo kaMichael D. O'Brien, “The New Exodus”. Amagama angokwesiprofetho, nokuqinisekiswa kwemibhalo ku-Eucharist engikhuthazwe ngayo kuleli sonto eledlule.

Kube nokuqina enhliziyweni yami kokuxwayisa. Kubonakala kucace kimi ukuthi konke okusizungezile ukuwa kwe "Bhabhiloni" iNkosi ekhulume nami ngalo, futhi ngenxa yalokho engabhala ngalo ku Amacilongo Esixwayiso – Ingxenye I nakwezinye izindawo, kuqhubeka ngokushesha. Ngenkathi ngicabanga lokhu ngolunye usuku, kwafika i-imeyili evela kuSteve Jalsevac ka LifeSiteNews.com, insizakalo yezindaba enikezelwe ekubikeni izimpi eziphakathi "kwesiko lokuphila" kanye "nesiko lokufa." Uyabhala,

Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwe-10 senza lo msebenzi kepha nathi simangele ngejubane lentuthuko emhlabeni namuhla. Nsuku zonke kuyamangaza ukuthi impi phakathi kokuhle nokubi ishuba kanjani. -Isifinyezo sezindaba ze-imeyili, Mashi 13, 2008

Yisikhathi esijabulisayo sokuphila njengomKristu. Siyawazi umphumela wale mpi. Okwesibili, sazalelwa lezi zikhathi, ngakho-ke siyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu unecebo ngathi ngamunye wethu okunqoba, uma sihlala sithobekile kuMoya oNgcwele.

Eminye imibhalo eseqa isuka kimi namuhla, futhi engiyincomayo kulabo abafuna ukuvuselela izinkumbulo zabo, itholakala ezansi kwaleli khasi ngaphansi kokuthi “Ukuqhubeka Nokufunda”.

Masiqhubeke sibambane ngokuhlanganyela emthandazweni… ngoba lezi yizinsuku ezijulile ezidinga ukuthi siqhubeke nokuhlala sisangulukile futhi siqaphile, “ukubuka nokuthandaza.”

St. Joseph, sikhulekele.

Ukufuduka okusha, nguMichael D. O'Brien

NjengakwiPhasika kanye no-Eksodusi weTestamente Elidala, abantu bakaNkulunkulu kumele bawele ugwadule baye eZweni Lesithembiso. Ngenkathi yeTestamente Elisha, “insika yomlilo” ukuba khona kweNkosi yethu Yesidlo. Kulo mdwebo, amafu ezesivunguvungu ayabuthana bese kufika ibutho, ngenhloso yokucekela phansi abantwana besivumelwano esisha. Abantu badidekile futhi banovalo, kepha umpristi uphakamisa ubukhazikhazi lapho kuvezwa khona uMzimba kaKristu, iNkosi iqoqa kubo bonke labo abalambele iqiniso. Maduze ukukhanya kuzosabalalisa ubumnyama, kuhlukanise amanzi, kuvule indlela engenzeki eya ezweni lesithembiso lePharadesi. —UMichael D. O'Brien, ukuphawula ngalo mdwebo Ukufuduka okusha

INSIKA YOMLILO

UJESU uzohola abantu baKhe baye “ezweni lesithembiso” —an I-Era Yokuthula lapho abantu bakaNkulunkulu besivumelwano bayophumula khona emisebenzini yabo.

Ngoba ukhulumile ndawana thile ngosuku lwesikhombisa ngale ndlela, “Futhi uNkulunkulu waphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe”… Ngakho-ke, kusasele ukuphumula kwesabatha kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu. (Heb 4: 4, 9)

Impela, leyo nsika yoMlilo iyinhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu evuthayo, UMthendeleko. Umama wakhe, uMary, ufana neNsika Yamafu ebihola le nsali encane yeSonto ngobusuku besono eminyakeni engama-40 edlule. Kepha njengoba i-Dawn isondela, kufanele senze njalo Bheka EMpumalanga, ngoba iNsika yoMlilo iyasukuma ukusiholela ekunqobeni. Nathi, njengama-Israyeli, kufanele siphihlize izithixo zethu, senze izimpilo zethu zibe lula ukuze sihambe kancane, sibheke amehlo ethu esiphambanweni, sibeke ithemba lethu ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu. Kungale ndlela kuphela lapho sizokwazi ukuthatha uhambo.

UKUVANGELWA OKUKHULU

UMary usilungiselela iMpi Enkulu… Impi yemiphefumulo. Liseduze kakhulu nabafowethu nodadewethu, liseduze kakhulu. UJesu uyeza, uMgibeli weHhashi Elimhlophe, INsika yoMlilo, ukuletha ukunqoba okukhulu. KunguPhawu lokuqala:

Ngabona, bheka, nanto ihhashi elimhlophe, nomgibeli walo ephethe umnsalo. Wanikwa umqhele, futhi wagibela phambili enqoba ukuqhubekisela phambili ukunqoba kwakhe. (IsAm 6: 2)

[UMgibeli] nguJesu Kristu. Umvangeli ophefumulelwe [uSt. John] akagcinanga ngokubona incithakalo elethwa yisono, impi, indlala nokufa; wabona futhi, kwasekuqaleni, ukunqoba kukaKristu. —POPE PIUS XII, ikheli, Novemba 15, 1946; umbhalo waphansi we I-Navarre Bible, “Isambulo“, Ikhasi 70

Lapho Izimpawu zeSambulo ziyaphulwa, abaningi bazobuyela emuva babheke eNsikeni yoMlilo, ikakhulukazi labo esibathandazelayo nabazila ukudla manje. Indima yethu kuzoba ukubakhomba kule nsika yoMlilo.

Ngibona ukuqala kwenkathi entsha yezithunywa zevangeli, ezoba usuku oluqhakazile oluthela isivuno esiningi, uma wonke amaKristu, nezithunywa zevangeli namasonto amancane Ikakhulu, phendula ngomusa nangobungcwele ezingcingweni nasezinseleleni zesikhathi sethu. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Disemba 7, 1990: Encyclical, URedemptoris Missio “Umsebenzi KaKristu uMhlengi”

Ngeshwa, abaningi bazolahleka ingunaphakade, kunalokho bakhethe ukukhanya okungamanga lesikhulu sobumnyama. Ngalesi sikhathi, kuzoba nokudideka okukhulu nosizi. Kungakho-ke uJesu abiza lezi zikhathi ngokuthi “izinhlungu zokubeletha”, ngoba bazobe bezala amaKristu amasha phakathi kobuhlungu nokuhlupheka.

Ungalindeli ukubona umhlaba wonke uguquka. Eqinisweni, engikubona enhliziyweni yami ngukuqhubeka nokuhlukaniswa kukakolweni namakhoba.

Akufanele sicabange ukuthi esikhathini esizayo esiseduze ubuKrestu buzophinde bube yinhlangano yabantu, babuyele esimeni esifana nezikhathi zeNkathi Ephakathi… izinkumbi ezinamandla, ezinokuthile ezikushoyo nokuthile okuzokuletha emphakathini, zizonquma ikusasa. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI (UKhadinali Ratzinger), ICatholic News Agency, Agasti 9, 2004

Ngaphambi kokuvulwa koPhawu lwesiKhombisa, uNkulunkulu uqinisekisa ukuthi abantu Bakhe bazomakwa yizingelosi Zakhe ukuze bavikeleke:

Ngase ngibona enye ingelosi inyuka ivela empumalanga, iphethe uphawu lukaNkulunkulu ophilayo. Wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu ezingelosini ezine ezazinikwe amandla okonakalisa umhlaba nolwandle. Ungalimazi umhlaba noma ulwandle noma izihlahla size sibeke uphawu emabunzini ezinceku zikaNkulunkulu wethu… Lowo ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi nguye ozobavikela. (IsAm 7: 2-3, 15)

Amabutho kaNkulunkulu, kanye namabutho kaSathane azohlungwa ngokuqhubekayo futhi achazwe phakathi nalesi sikhathi, futhi ukubambana okukhulu kukaPapa John Paul s kizo kuzofinyelela kuvuthondaba lwako:

Manje sesibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweSonto nabamelene neBandla, leVangeli nabamelene neVangeli… Kuyicala lelo iBandla lonke. . . kumele uthathe. —Yaphinde yanyatheliswa ka-November 9, 1978, The Wall Street Journal

UPHAWU LWESIKHOMBISA

Labo abakhetha uKristu bazoba Ngokomoya bavikelekile njengoba belandela iNsika yoMlilo. Bazokuba seMphongolweni, onguNkosikazi Wethu.

Lapho uPhawu lwesiKhombisa luvulwa…

… Kwaba nokuthula ezulwini cishe isigamu sehora…. Ingelosi yabe isithatha umcengezi wempepho, yasigcwalisa ngamalahle avuthayo avela e-altare, yasiphonsa emhlabeni. Kade bengu ukuduma, ukuduma, imibani, nokuzamazama komhlaba. (IsAm. 8: 1, 5)

Uphawu lwesiKhombisa luphawula ukuthula kweNkosi, lapho iBandla lizoqala ukuthuliswa ngokusemthethweni, nesikhathi se indlala yezwi likaNkulunkulu kuzoqala:

Yebo, izinsuku ziyeza, isho iNkosi uJehova, lapho ngiyakuthumela indlala ezweni, kungabi yindlala yesinkwa, noma ukomela amanzi, kodwa kube ngukuzwa izwi likaJehova. (Amose 8:11)

Kuphawula ukuqala kwesigaba esinqunyiwe sempi phakathi kweSonto nabamelene neBandla. Sibona lesi senzakalo ngokuningiliziwe kusAmbulo 11 & 12:

Ngemuva kwalokho kwavulwa ithempeli likaNkulunkulu ezulwini, kwabonakala umphongolo wesivumelwano sakhe ethempelini. Kade bengu imibani, ukuduma, nokuduma kwezulu, ukuzamazama komhlaba, nesichotho esinamandla. Kwavela isibonakaliso esikhulu esibhakabhakeni, owesifazane embethe ilanga, nenyanga ingaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, nasekhanda lakhe kukhona umqhele wezinkanyezi eziyishumi nambili. Wayekhulelwe futhi ekhala kakhulu ngezinhlungu njengoba ayesebenza kanzima ebeletha. Kwabe sekuvela esinye isibonakaliso esibhakabhakeni; kwakungudrako omkhulu obomvu, onamakhanda ayisikhombisa nezimpondo eziyishumi, nasemakhanda akhe kukhona imiqhele eyisikhombisa. Umsila wayo wakhukhula ingxenye yesithathu yezinkanyezi esibhakabhakeni yaziphonsa emhlabeni. (11:19, 12: 1-4).

Umama Obusisiwe wembethe iLanga, ngoba ukhombisa ukuthi sekuqala ukubusa kweLanga Lezobulungiswa, uMthendeleko. Khumbula ukuthi lo "wesifazane ogqoke ilanga" uphinde abe uphawu lweBandla. Uyabona manje ukuthi uMama wethu kanye noBaba oNgcwele basebenza ngazwilinye ukuzalwa kokubusa koMthendeleko! Kukhona imfihlakalo lapha: Ingane ezalwa yilo wesifazane nguKristu ku-Eucharist, okuyisikhathi esifanayo neSonto elisele eliyindida kaKristu. Owesifazane-ke usebenza kanzima ukuze abelethe i- Konke Umzimba kaKristu ozobusa Naye ngesikhathi se- I-Era Yokuthula:

Wazala indodana, umntwana wesilisa, omiselwe ukubusa zonke izizwe ngenduku yensimbi. Ingane yakhe yathathwa yaya kuNkulunkulu nasesihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi. Owesifazane uqobo wabalekela ehlane lapho ayenendawo ayilungiselelwe nguNkulunkulu, ukuze anakekelwe lapho izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi amabili nambili. (IsAm 12: 5-6)

“Indodana” ethathwa esihlalweni sobukhosi ngomqondo owodwa inguJesu, “ohlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi.” Lokho wukuthi, umhlatshelo wansuku zonke weMisa uzovinjelwa ekukhulekeleni umphakathi— (bona Ukusithwa KweNdodanaNgaleso sikhathi, iSonto kuyodingeka libalekele ukushushiswa, futhi abaningi bayothathwa bayiswe “ezindaweni ezingcwele” lapho beyovikelwa khona yizingelosi zikaNkulunkulu. Abanye bazobizwa babhekane nebutho likaSathane ngemizamo yokuguqula: isikhathi soFakazi Ababili.

Ngizothuma ofakazi bami ababili ukuba baprofethe ngalezo zinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi amabili namashumi ayisithupha, begqoke indwangu yesaka. (IsAm 11: 3)

IZIKHATHI ZOMPHIK'UKRISTU

Udrako ushanela ingxenye yesithathu yezinkanyezi esibhakabhakeni ubheke emhlabeni. Lokhu kugcina kufinyelele ku- Isikhathi Samacilongo Ayisikhombisa, futhi empeleni kungaba ngukuhlukana okugcwele okugcwele eSontweni, nezinkanyezi ezimele, ngokwengxenye, ingxenye yabefundisi ewa:

Lapho eyokuqala ishaya icilongo layo, kweza isichotho nomlilo oxubeke negazi, kwaphonswa phansi emhlabeni. Ingxenye yesithathu yomhlaba yashiswa, kanye nengxenye yesithathu yemithi nabo bonke utshani obuluhlaza. Lapho ingelosi yesibili ishaya icilongo layo, okuthile okunjengentaba enkulu evuthayo kwaphonswa olwandle. Ingxenye yesithathu yolwandle yaphenduka igazi, okwesithathu kwezidalwa ezihlala olwandle kwafa, nengxenye yesithathu yemikhumbi yaphuka… (IsAm 8: 7-9)

Ngemuva kwalokhu kuhlukana, kuzovela umphikisi-Kristu, onkathi yabo oBaba abaNgcwele baleli khulu leminyaka elidlule abathi eduze.

Uma konke lokhu kubhekwa kunesizathu esizwakalayo sokwesaba… ukuze kube khona emhlabeni "iNdodana yokulahlwa" lowo uMphostoli akhuluma ngaye. (2 Thes. 2: 3). —UPAPA ST. I-PIUS X

Khona-ke udrako wathukuthelela owesifazane futhi wahamba wayokulwa nabaseleyo benzalo yakhe, labo abagcina imiyalo kaNkulunkulu futhi abafakaza ngoJesu. Yabeka indawo yayo esihlabathini solwandle… Ngasengibona isilo siphuma olwandle silezimpondo ezilitshumi lamakhanda ayisikhombisa; ezimpondweni zalo kwakukhona imiqhele eyishumi, nasemakhanda aso kukhona amagama enhlamba. Udrako walinika amandla alo nesihlalo sobukhosi, kanye negunya elikhulu. (Rev 12:17, 13:1-2)

Isikhathi esifushane, lapho kuqedwa uMthendeleko, ubumnyama buzoba phakathi kwabantu bomhlaba kuze kube yilapho uKristu ebhubhisa 'ongenamthetho' ngomoya Wakhe, ephonsa iSilo noMprofethi Wamanga echibini lomlilo, futhi ebopha uSathane ngamaketanga a “iminyaka eyinkulungwane."

Kuzoqala kanjalo-ke ukubusa komhlaba wonke koMzimba kaKristu: uJesu, kanye noMzimba Wakhe Oyimfihlakalo, ubumbano lwezinhliziyo, ngoMthendeleko Ongcwele. Yilo mbuso ozoletha owakhe buya ngenkazimulo.

AMAZWI ENKOSI

Isizwe siyovukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyakuba khona indlala nokuzamazama komhlaba izindawo ngezindawo. Konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo. Ngemuva kwalokho bazokunikela ekushushisweni, futhi bazokubulala. Niyakuzondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lami. Bese kuthi-ke abaningi baholelwe esonweni; bazakhaphela futhi bazondane. Kuyovela abaprofethi bamanga abaningi futhi bakhohlise abaningi; futhi ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, uthando lwabaningi luyophola. Kepha okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa. Futhi leli vangeli lombuso lizoshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke njengobufakazi ezizweni zonke, khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika. (Math 24: 7-14)