Ithole Legolide

WE kukhona ekupheleni kwenkathi, nasekuqaleni kwesikhathi esilandelayo: Inkathi Yomoya. Kepha ngaphambi kokuqala okulandelayo, inhlamvu kakolweni —isiko leli — kumele iwele emhlabathini ife. Ngoba izisekelo zokuziphatha kwisayensi, kwezepolitiki nakwezomnotho ziye zabola kakhulu. Isayensi yethu manje isetshenziselwa ukuvivinya abantu, ezombusazwe ukubasebenzisa, nezomnotho ukubenza izigqila.

UPapa Francis waphawula 'ushintsho lwe-epochal' esibhekene nalo ngokubheka nje:

… Iningi lesikhathi sethu liphila kanzima usuku nosuku, nemiphumela emibi. Ziningi izifo ezisakazwayo. Izinhliziyo zabantu abaningi zibanjwe ukwesaba nokuphelelwa yithemba, ngisho nasemazweni okuthiwa acebile. Injabulo yokuphila ivamise ukuphela, ukungahlonishwa kwabanye nobudlova kuyanda, futhi ukungalingani kuya ngokuya kubonakala. Kungumshikashika wokuphila futhi, kaningi, wokuphila ngesithunzi esincane esiyigugu. —I-POPE FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 52

Kungani? Kungani, ngemuva kwesikhathi esibizwa ngokuthi “Ukukhanyiselwa”, ukusabalala kwentando yeningi, ukuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe, umkhathi wezokuxhumana emhlabeni wonke, indlela ehamba phambili kwezokwelapha… kungani isintu sizithola sesingene onqenqemeni lweMpi Yezwe yesithathu, yobuningi indlala, igebe elandayo phakathi kwabacebile nabampofu, nezifo ezidlangile?

Kungenxa yokuthi asihlukile kuma-Israyeli asendulo. Bakhohlwe imibuzo eyisisekelo: isizathu sokuba khona kwabo, nokuningi, owabenza baba khona. Futhi ngakho-ke baziphendulela ngokwabo ukubheka okwesikhashana ukwaneliseka, izakhi zokuzijabulisa, igolide labo lokuthola okuthile okuzokhonzwa.

Banana inkazimulo yabo ngomfanekiso wenkunzi edla utshani. (Ihubo lanamuhla)

Umuntu wanamuhla akahlukile. Sishintshanise inkazimulo yethu, okuyisithunzi sokuba ngamadodana namadodakazi kaNkulunkulu, ngenjabulo edlulayo, "inkonyane yegolide" yesikhashana. Njengama-Israyeli abakhohlwe izimangaliso uNkulunkulu azenzile ukubakhulula eGibhithe, nathi sikhohliwe izimangaliso ezinhle uNkulunkulu azenzile eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezimbili. Sikhohliwe ukuthi impucuko yaseNtshonalanga yakhiwa kanjani, phezu kwayo kanye imiyalo nezimiso zobuKrestu. Ngakho-ke, uJesu uthi kithi:

… Anikaze nilizwe izwi [likaYise] futhi anisibonanga isimo sakhe, futhi aninalo izwi lakhe elihlala kini, ngoba anikholwa kulowo amthumileyo. (IVangeli Lanamuhla)

Asikholwa ngoba asibhekene nemibuzo ebaluleke kunazo zonke:

Ngingubani? Ngivelaphi futhi ngiyaphi? Kungani kukhona ububi? Yini okukhona ngemuva kwalokhu kuphila? … Yimibuzo enomthombo wayo ofanayo ekufuneni incazelo okuhlale kuphoqa inhliziyo yomuntu. Eqinisweni, impendulo enikezwe le mibuzo inquma inkomba abantu abafuna ukuyinikeza ezimpilweni zabo. —UBUSISEKILE UJOHANE PAUL II, UFides et Ratio, hhayi. 1

Ukuqondiswa kwalesi sizukulwane ekuzibhubhiseni ^[1]qhathanisa Isiprofetho SikaJuda ngeke iguquke — hhayi ngoba singenazo izimpendulo — kodwa ngoba thina wenqaba ukubuza imibuzo! Isishingishane esesabekayo sokuxakeka, umsindo, ukuthenga abathengi, inkanuko nokufa, njengesixazululo esikahle kunazo zonke ezinkingeni zethu, simise imibuzo kwaze kwaba sezingeni lokuthi singakwazi nokuzwa izisekelo zidilika ngaphansi kwethu!

Uma izisekelo zibhujiswa, yini engenziwa yilowo olungile? (IHubo 11: 3)

Yini mina nawe can yenzani Uqobo Phendula imibuzo. Futhi ukubaphendula ukuthola izinto eziza kuqala kithi futhi. Kungukuphenduka. Kumele "iphume eBabiloni" bese iqala ukuhlala ngonyawo olulodwa ezweni elilandelayo. Kungukuba babe abafundi bakaJesu lalela ezwini lakhe, abamlandelayo, noma ngabe kubiza izimpilo zethu. Ngale ndlela, kungenzeka singakwazi ukonga isiko, kodwa sizoba yisibonakaliso kwabanye—impendulo kwabanye—okuthi, njengoba impucuko yethu ingena ezigabeni zokugcina zokuhwalala, ezoqala ukufuna “isibani esivuthayo nesikhanyayo” ebumnyameni obungazelelwe abazozithola bekuyo.

Yebo, uKristu ubiza wena nami ukuba sibe yilokho kukhanya, sikhombe ekuKhanyeni okusha. Kepha kufanele siqiniseke ukuthi ukukhanya kwethu kuzobonakala, kungacimi phansi kokuwa okuzayo kweBabiloni.

Sukani kuyo, bantu bami, ukuze ningahlanganyeli ezonweni zayo futhi ningahlanganyeli ezinhluphekweni zayo, ngoba izono zayo zanqwabelana zaze zafika esibhakabhakeni, futhi uNkulunkulu uyabukhumbula ubugebengu bayo… (IsAm 18: 4-5)

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