NGAPHAMBI iSakramente elibusisiwe, ngabona ngamehlo engqondo isikhathi esizayo lapho izingcwele zethu zizoba khona ishiyiwe. (Lo mlayezo ushicilelwe okokuqala ngo-Agasti 16, 2007.)
ABALUNGISELELEYO BANOKUTHULA
NjengoNkulunkulu walungisa uNowa ngoba uzamcolo ngokuletha umndeni Wakhe emkhunjini izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngaphambi kukazamcolo, ngakho-ke futhi iNkosi ilungiselela abantu Bayo inhlanzeko ezayo.
Ubusuku bephasika babaziwa ngaphambili kokhokho bethu, ukuze, ngolwazi oluqinisekile ngezifungo ababeka kuzo ukholo lwabo, babe nesibindi. (IzA 18: 6)
Ingabe uKristu akashongo lokhu uqobo?
Ihora liyeza, impela selifikile, lapho nizohlakazeka khona. Ngikusho lokhu kini, ukuthi kimi ungaba nokuthula. (UJohn 16: 33)
Akuzona yini "izifungo" zethu ukuzinikezela kwethu enhliziyweni kaJesu, ngoMariya? Ngempela. Futhi yena oyisiphephelo sethu esingcwele, uMphongolo wethu esivunguvungweni esizayo, usitshela ukuthi akudingeki sesabe. Kepha kufanele sihlale siphapheme.
Ukuhlanzwa
Izwi likaJehova lafika kimi, lathi: “Ndodana yomuntu, phendukela ezintabeni zakwa-Israyeli, uprofethe ngabo,” zintaba zakwa-Israyeli, zwanini izwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu. Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova ezintabeni nasemagqumeni, Bheka, ngiyakwehlisela inkemba phezu kwakho, ngichithe izindawo zakho eziphakemeyo. ”
Lo mbhalo ubhekisela "ezindaweni eziphakeme", iziqongo zezintaba lapho abantu bakwa-Israyeli bakhuphukela khona ukuyokhonza izithombe, noma nini lapho behlubuka. Ngokusobala iNkosi isikhombisa, kokubili esikhathini seTestamente Elidala nakwelisha, ukuthi noma nini lapho indlu yoKholo iqhubekela ekuhlubukeni (kungaba ngamabomu noma ngokungazi), izithelo zalokhu ukufa. Futhi manje siyabubona ubufakazi baleli qiniso nxazonke zethu. Isizukulwane esingalaleli samaKristu samukela ukuvimbela inzalo ngamanani amangalisayo, futhi njengoba nje uPapa Paul VI axwayisa encwadini yakhe yokubhala IHumane Vitae, isizukulwane esalandela sizuze njengefa a isiko lokufa-Impilo yomuntu ayidelelanga ekukhulelweni nasesibelethweni kuphela, kepha yaze yafika ekugugeni. Manje silwa nenqwaba yobubi bokuziphatha okuhle, kubandakanya ubunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo, ukubulawa kwesiguli nokubulawa kwezinsana.
Isithelo sephutha yisono, futhi isithelo sesono ukufa.
Ukubusa Komphikukristu kuyasondela. Imiphunga eminyene engiyibone ikhuphuka emhlabeni futhi ifihla ukukhanya kwelanga yizinkolelo zamanga zokungabi nenkolo nelayisense eziphambanisa yonke imigomo ezwakalayo futhi isakaze yonke indawo ubumnyama obunjalo obusitha ukholo nokucabanga. - Sr. UJeanne le Royer woKuzalwa kukaJesu (ngekhulu le-18); Isiprofetho samaKatolika, Sean Patrick Bloom, 2005, ikhasi. 101
Umprofethi uHezekeli uyaqhubeka:
Ama-altare akho ayokwenziwa incithakalo, nezitsha zakho zempepho ziphulwe… Kuzo zonke izindawo zakho zokuhlala imizi iyakwenziwa incithakalo, nezindawo eziphakemeyo zenziwe incithakalo, ukuze ama-altare akho enziwe incithakalo, achithwe, izithombe zakho ziphulwe, zisuswe, izitendi zempepho ziphihlizwe zaba izicucu Ababuleweyo bayakuwa phakathi kwenu, nazi ukuthi nginguJehova. Ngikuxwayisile. (Ez 6: 1-8)
Ngenkathi ngithandaza muva nje ngaphambi kweSakramente, ngezwa ukuthi izakhiwo zethu zizoba njalo ishiyiwe, ubuciko bethu obungcwele wabhubhisa, nezindawo zethu ezingcwele kungcolisiwe. ISonto lizoba wakhunyulwa wasala nqunu, okungukuthi, ngaphandle kokunethezeka nokuphepha kwezwe akutholile… kepha okumlalise ubuthongo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uzoba njalo sashushiswa, nezwi eliqondisayo likaBaba Ongcwele okwesikhashana uthulisiwe...
Vuka, nkemba, uvukele umalusi wami, uvukele umuntu engihlanganyela naye, ”usho uJehova Sebawoti. Shaya umalusi ukuthi izimvu zingahlakazeka… (Zak 13: 7)
Ngabona amandla amakhulu evukela eBandleni. Yaphanga, yachitha, futhi yajikijela futhi yadidizela umvini weNkosi, iwunyathele phansi kwabantu futhi wawubambelela ekuhlekisweni yizo zonke izizwe. Njengoba yayichaze ukungashadi futhi icindezela ubupristi, yayinomsebenzi wokuthatha impahla yeSonto nokuzikhukhumeza ngokwayo amandla kaBaba Ongcwele, obuntu bakhe nemithetho yakhe yayiwudelela. - Sr. UJeanne le Royer woKuzalwa kukaJesu (ngekhulu le-18); Isiprofetho samaKatolika, Sean Patrick Bloom, 2005, ikhasi. 101
Ukuhlubuka komuzi waseRoma kummeli kaKristu nokubhujiswa kwawo ngumphikukristu kungahle kube yimicabango emisha kumaKhatholika amaningi, kangangokuthi ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle ukusho umbhalo wezazi zemfundiso yenkolo ohlonishwa kakhulu. Okokuqala uMalvenda, obhala ngokusobala ngale ndaba, uthi njengombono kaRibera, uGaspar Melus, uBiegas, uSuarrez, uBellarmine noBosius ukuthi iRoma izokuhlubuka okholweni, ixoshe uMmeli kaKristu futhi ibuyele ebuhedeni basendulo. … Ngaleso sikhathi iBandla liyakuhlakazeka, liqhutshekelwe ehlane, futhi liyohlala isikhashana, njengasekuqaleni, lingabonakali lifihlwe emangcwabeni, emihumeni, ezintabeni, ezindaweni ezicashile; okwesikhashana iyoshanela, njengokungathi isuka ebusweni bomhlaba. Banjalo ubufakazi bomhlaba wonke boBaba beSonto lokuqala. - UHenry Edward Cardinal Manning (1861), Inkinga Yamanje Ye-Holy See, ELondon: Burns noLambert, amakhasi 88-90
The ukusitheka kweQiniso okwaqala emashumini amaningi eminyaka edlule, ekugcineni kuzoba yikho Inani njengoba Umhlatshelo weMisa uba Kungavunyelwe ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe omhlaba.
Ngalokho ngiyakubuyisa amabele ami ngesikhathi sawo, newayini lami ngesikhathi salo. Ngiyohlwitha uboya bami nefilakisi lami, amboza ngalo ubuze bakhe.
Ngalokho ngiyakulidalula ihlazo lakhe phambi kwamehlo ezithandwa zakhe, akakho ongamophula esandleni sami. Ngiyakuqeda yonke intokozo yakhe, amadili akhe, nokwethwasa kwenyanga kwakhe, namasabatha akhe, nemikhosi yakhe yonke. (Hos 2: 11-13)
IHLANE LESILINGO… NEGAZI
Lokhu Ukusefa Okukhulu kuzoba isenzo sobulungiswa engaphenduki futhi isono simile ngokuqinile eSontweni — njenge ukhula phakathi kukakolweni.
Ngoba sekuyisikhathi sokuthi ukwahlulela kuqale kwabendlu kaNkulunkulu… (1 Petru 4:17)
Kepha ukwahlulela okunomusa, ngoba uNkulunkulu uzohlunga okubi eSontweni nasemhlabeni ukuze alethe phambili uMlobokazi omuhle futhi ohlanziwe — ohlanzwe ogwadule lokulingwa ngaphambi kokumhola, njengomIsrayeli
s, singene "ezweni lesithembiso": an I-Era Yokuthula.
Ngakho-ke ngizomheha; Ngizomholela ehlane futhi ngikhulume nenhliziyo yakhe. Kusukela lapho ngiyakumnika izivini ayenazo, nesigodi sase-Akori sibe ngumnyango wethemba… ngalolo suku, ”usho uJehova,“ uyakungibiza ngokuthi “Umyeni wami,” angabe esaphinda athi “uBhali wami.” … Umnsalo nenkemba nempi ngiyokuchitha ezweni, ngibavumele baphumule ngokulondeka. (Hos 2: 16-20)
Kungenxa yokuphucwa lezo zingqinamba — izakhiwo zethu, imifanekiso, izithombe, nama-altare emabula — uNkulunkulu azowasebenzisa ukuguqula izinhliziyo zethu ngokuphelele ngakuye.
Ekuhluphekeni kwabo, bazongifuna: "Wozani sibuyele eNkosini, ngoba nguye oqashile, kodwa uzosiphilisa; usishayile, kodwa uzobopha amanxeba ethu." (Hos 6: 1-2)
ISonto lizoba ncane, kepha lihle kakhulu futhi libe ngcwele kakhulu kunakuqala. Uzobe egqoke okumhlophe, yena Ubunqunu embethe ubuhle, futhi amehlo akhe agxile kubunye kuMkhwenyana wakhe… ulungiselela ukubuya ngenkazimulo!
Ngiyakwenza izinyonga zibe yinsali, nalabo abaxoshiwe ngibe yisizwe esinamandla. (UMikha 4: 7)
Ngizobuyisa ukubuyiselwa kwabantu bami u-Israyeli; bayokwakha kabusha, bahlale emizini yabo ebhuqiwe, batshale izivini, baphuze iwayini, balime izingadi, badle izithelo zazo. (Amose 9:14)
Ama-WEBCASTS Ahlobene:
- Isiprofetho esinikezwe phambi kukaPapa Paul VI: Isiprofetho eRoma
