Umgwaqo Ophilisayo

UJesu Uhlangana NoVeronica, nguMichael D. O'Brien

IT kwakuyihhotela elinomsindo. Bengidla i-lousy take-out, ngibuka ithelevishini ethile ethandekayo. Ngakho-ke, ngakuvala, ngabeka ukudla ngaphandle komnyango wami, ngahlala embhedeni wami. Ngaqala ukucabanga ngomama onenhliziyo ephukile engangithandaze naye ngemuva kwekhonsathi yami ngobusuku bangayizolo…

I-GRIEF

Indodakazi yakhe eneminyaka eyi-18 ibisanda kudlula emhlabeni, futhi lo mama wama phambi kwami edangele kakhulu. Ngaphambi kokuba ashone, indodakazi yakhe ibikade idwebele amagama ebhayibhelini lakhe encwadini kaJeremiya:

Ngokuba ngazi kahle imicabango enginayo ngani, ”usho uJehova,“ icabanga inhlalakahle yenu, hhayi umaye! uhlela ukukunikeza ikusasa eligcwele ithemba. (29:11)

"Asho ukuthini la magama ngenkathi ethathelwa ikusasa lendodakazi yami ngokungazelelwe?" encenga. “Kungani ezizwe edonseleka ekudwebeleni lezo amagama? ” Ngaphandle kokucabanga, la mazwi alandelayo adlula ezindebeni zami: “Ngoba lawo mazwi adwetshelwe u- wena. "

Wawa phansi ekhala; bekuyisikhathi esinamandla, umzuzu wethemba, ngenkathi ngiguqa ngikhala naye.

INDLELA YETHEMBA

Ukukhumbula leso sehlakalo kwangivulela imiBhalo ngokushesha. Ngaqala ukubona ukuthi singawuthola kanjani umusa nokuphola kwesilonda esingabangelwa ukufa kothandekayo (noma olunye usizi olujulile); ingatholakala ayinde umgwaqo odlula eGolgotha.

Kwakudingeka uJesu ahlupheke. Kwakudingeka adlule esigodini seSithunzi Sokufa. Kepha bekungekhona ukunikela kuphela ngomhlatshelo womzimba wakhe negazi lakhe ngenxa yezono zethu, kepha uku sikhombise indlela, Indlela eya ukwelashwa. Lokhu kusho ukuthi, ngokulandela isibonelo sikaJesu sokuthoba nokushiya intando kaBaba lapho kusho ukubethelwa kwenhliziyo ngandlela thile, lokho kuzoholela ekufeni kobuntu bethu obudala futhi ekuvukeni koqobo lwangempela, okwenziwe ngomfanekiso wakhe. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uma uPetru ebhala, “Niphulukisiwe ngamanxeba Akhe" ^[1]isib. 1 Pet. 2:24 Ukuphulukiswa nomusa kuza lapho simlandela, hhayi emgwaqeni obanzi futhi olula, kepha lowo mgwaqo onzima kakhulu, odidayo, ongaqondakali, onesizungu, nosizi.

Silingeka ukukholelwa lokho, ngoba uJesu wayenguNkulunkulu, usizi lwaKhe lwalungumoyana omncane. Kepha lokhu kungamanga ngokuphelele. Wahlupheka kakhulu yonke imizwa yomuntu. Ngakho-ke lapho silingeka ukuthi sithi, “Nkulunkulu, kungani ungikhetha?”, Uphendula ngokukubonisa amanxeba Akhe — amanxeba aKhe ajulile. Futhi ngaleyo ndlela, amazwi kaPaul Paul aletha kimi, induduzo enamandla:

Asinaye umpristi omkhulu ongakwazi ukuzwelana nobuthakathaka bethu, kepha olingiwe njengaye ngandlela zonke, engenasono… Ngokuba yena uqobo wahlolwa ngalokho ahlupheka ngakho, unamandla okusiza labo abakhona ihlolwe. (Heb 4:15, 2:18)

Akagcini ngokusikhombisa izilonda zakhe, uqhubeka athi, “Nginawe. Ngizoba nawe kuze kube sekupheleni, Ngane yami." ^[2]isib. Mat 28:20 Kodwa-ke, emizweni ejulile yosizi, ebonakala icishe ukholo lomuntu, kungaba khona umuzwa owesabekayo wokuthi UNkulunkulu ukulahlile. Yebo, noJesu uyazi lo muzwa:

Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni? (Math 27:46)

Ngakho-ke umuntu umemeza njengomprofethi u-Isaya:

INkosi ingishiyile; iNkosi yami ingikhohliwe. (Isaya 49:14)

Uyaphendula:

Ingabe umama angalukhohlwa usana lwakhe, angabi nalo ububele enganeni yakhe? Noma kufanele akhohlwe, angisoze ngakukhohlwa wena. Bheka, ngikubhalile ezintendeni zezandla zami; izindonga zakho zihlala ziphambi kwami. (Isaya 49: 15-16)

Yebo, Uyabona uzungezwe izindonga zokuhlupheka okungachazeki. Kepha Uzoba yinduduzo yakho. Uyakusho, futhi lokhu kuzindla kuhloswe ukukhombisa ukuthi uhlose ukwenzani ukuba yinyama lawo mazwi ukuze nazi amandla nenduduzo yaKhe ezinsukwini naseminyakeni ezayo. Ngempela, noKristu akazange ashiywe ngaphandle kwezikhathi zokuqiniswa ezamenza akwazi ukuqhubeka aze afike ovukweni. Ngenxa yalokho, uJesu, owathi “NgiyiNdlela, ”Akagcinanga nje ngokufa ukuze asuse izono zethu, kodwa sibonise indlela edlula eyethu inkanuko yakhe edabukisayo.

Lezi izikhathi ezilandelayo zomusa nosizo uNkulunkulu asinikeza lona ku-The Healing Road, indlela yothando lwethu. Ngibhekane nakho ngakunye kwalokhu ngokwami, ikakhulukazi ekulahlekelweni ngudadewethu nomama wami okuwukuphela kwakhe, futhi ngingasho ukuthi kungumusa weqiniso nonamandla ophulukise inhliziyo yami futhi wakugcwalisa futhi ngokukhanya kwethemba. Ukufa kuyimfihlakalo; imvamisa azikho izimpendulo zokuthi "kungani." Ngisabakhumbula, ngisakhala ngezikhathi ezithile. Kodwa-ke, ngikholelwa ukuthi lezi zimpawu ezilandelayo, ngenkathi zingaphenduli ukuthi "kungani," zizophendula umbuzo othi "kanjani"… ungaya kanjani phambili ngenhliziyo egcwele ubuhlungu, isizungu, nokwesaba.

INSIMU YOMTHANDAZO

Futhi ukumqinisa, ingelosi evela ezulwini yabonakala kuye. (Luka 22:43)

Umthandazo, ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye, unikeza amandla esiwadingayo ukuze sibhekane nothando losizi nokulila. Umkhuleko usixhuma kuJesu uMvini, owathi, ngaphandle kokuhlala kuye, “akukho esingakwenza ” (Johane 15: 5). Kepha ngoJesu, singakwazi:

… Ngigqekeza noma isiphi isithiyo, ngoNkulunkulu wami ngikwazi ukukala noma yiluphi udonga. (IHubo 18:30)

UJesu usikhombisa ngesibonelo saKhe esivandeni izindlela esingadweba ngazo umusa wohambo olubonakala lungeke luye phambili phezu kwezindonga zosizi ezisibiyelayo…

Umkhuleko uhambela umusa esiwudingayo… -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, n.2010

Njengenothi eseceleni, kungaba nzima kakhulu ukuthandaza ekuhluphekeni. Ngesikhathi esithile lapho ngangidabukile futhi ngikhathele, umphathi wami wezomoya wangitshela ukuthi ngihambe ngihlale phambi kweSakramente Ebusisiwe ngingasho lutho. Yiba nje. Ngalala, futhi lapho ngiphaphama, umphefumulo wami wavuselelwa ngendlela engachazeki. Kwanele kwesinye isikhathi ukuthi, njengoMphostoli uJohane, sibeke ikhanda lomuntu esifubeni sikaKristu bese sithi, “Ngikhathele kakhulu ukukhuluma, Nkosi. Ngingahlala nje lapha nani isikhashana? ” Futhi ngezingalo ezikuzungezile (noma ungahle ungazi), Uthi,

Wozani kimi, nina nonke enikhatheleyo nenisindwayo, ngizoniphumuza. (Math 11:28)

Noma kunjalo, uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi asizona nje ezingokomoya, kodwa singabantu benyama. Sidinga ukuzwa, sithinte, futhi sibone uthando lusebenza…

ABAPHATHI BESIPHAMBANO

Bephuma, bahlangana nomKhurene ogama lakhe linguSimoni; bamcindezela lo muntu ukuba athwale isiphambano sakhe. (Math 27:32)

UNkulunkulu uthumela abantu ezimpilweni zethu abathi ngobukhona babo, umusa, amahlaya, ukudla okuphekiwe, ukuzidela, nesikhathi, basize ukuphakamisa umthwalo wosizi lwethu, futhi basikhumbuze ukuthi sisenamandla okuphila. Sidinga ukugcina izinhliziyo zethu zivulekile kulaba bathwala iziphambano. Isilingo sivame ukucasha emhlabeni esivandeni sosizi; ukuzizungeza ngezindonga ezibandayo nokugcina abanye bangasondeli kakhulu ukuzama ukuvimba izinhliziyo zethu ukuthi zingaphinde zilimale. Kepha lokhu kudala indawo entsha yosizi iyodwa-izindonga ngaphakathi kwezindonga. Kungaba yindawo eyonakalisayo yokuzidabukela kunokuba yelapheke. Cha, uJesu akazange ahlale eNsimini, kepha waziyela ezitaladini zekusasa lakhe elibuhlungu. Bekuyi Lapho ukuthi Wenzeka kuSimoni. Nathi sizohlangana "namaSimoni" athunyelwa uNkulunkulu, kwesinye isikhathi kufihlwe ngokungalindelekile, ngezikhathi ezingalindelekile.

Kulezo zikhathi, vumela inhliziyo yakho iphinde ithande.

AKUFANELEKILE

UPontiyu Pilatu wabheka uJesu wathi:

Ububi buni lo abenzile? Angimtholanga enecala lokufa ... Isixuku esikhulu sabantu salandela uJesu, kubandakanya nabesifazane abaningi ababemkhalela futhi bemkhalela. (Luka 23:22; 27)

Ukufa akuyona imvelo. Kwakungeyona ingxenye yohlelo lukaNkulunkulu lwasekuqaleni. Kwethulwa emhlabeni ngokuhlubuka komuntu kuMdali (Rom 5:12). Ngenxa yalokhu, ukuhlupheka kungumngane ongahlosiwe wohambo lomuntu. Amazwi kaPilatu sikhumbuze ukuthi ukuhlupheka kuyafika konke, noma ngabe kufana nokungabi nabulungisa ukulahlekelwa othandekayo.

Lokhu sikubona “esixukwini esikhulu,” okungukuthi, ezindabeni ezisematheni, kumaketanga omkhuleko adluliswa nge-inthanethi, emihlanganweni yesikhumbuzo somphakathi, futhi kaningi, kalula, ebusweni balabo esihlangana nabo. Asisodwa ekuhluphekeni kwethu. Kukhona labo abaseduze kwethu, njengabesifazane abasosizini baseJerusalema — njengoVeronica — abasula igazi bajuluka emehlweni kaKristu. Ngesenzo sakhe, uJesu wakwazi ukubona kahle futhi. Wambuka emehlweni, wabona nosizi lwakhe… usizi lwendodakazi, oluhlukaniswe yisono, oludinga ukusindiswa. Umbono awubuyisele kuJesu wamnika amandla futhi wavuselela ukuzimisela ukunikela ngempilo Yakhe emiphefumulweni ehluphekayo njengaye emhlabeni wonke, esikhathini sonke nasemlandweni. Ama- "Veronicas" anjalo asisiza ukuthi sisuse amehlo ethu kithina, futhi asize nalabo abahluphekayo, yize sinobuthakathaka obukhona manje.

Makabongwe uNkulunkulu, uYise weNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, uYise wobubele, uNkulunkulu wokukhuthazwa konke, osikhuthaza kukho konke ukuhlupheka kwethu, ukuze sikwazi ukukhuthaza labo abasezinkathazweni zonke ngesikhuthazo esisebenza ngaso. thina ngokwethu sikhuthazwa uNkulunkulu. (2 Kor 1: 3-4)

UYANGIKHUMBULA

Kuyindida ukuthi kulokhu kunikela kwethu (lapho sinokuncane kakhulu esingakunikela), sithola amandla amasha nokucaca, injongo nethemba.

Isela elilodwa elibethelwe eceleni kweNkosi yethu lamemeza,

Jesu, ngikhumbule lapho ungena embusweni wakho. (Luka 23:42)

Ngalowo mzuzu, kumele ukuthi uJesu uthole induduzo ngokwazi ukuthi ukukhathazeka kwakhe kudabule insindiso yalo mphefumulo ompofu. Kanjalo futhi, singanikela ngentshiseko yethu yokusindiswa kwabanye. Njengoba uSt. Paul esho,

Ngiyathokoza ezinhluphekweni zami ngenxa yakho, futhi enyameni yami ngigcwalisa okuswele ezinhluphekweni zikaKristu egameni lomzimba wakhe, okuyiBandla. (Kol 1:24)

Ngale ndlela, ukuhlupheka kwethu akukhona ukulahlekelwa, kepha kuyinzuzo lapho kuhlanganiswa ne-Passion kaKristu. Singumzimba waKhe, ngakho-ke, ngokuhlanganisa ngamabomu ukuhlupheka kwethu nokukaJesu, uBaba uthola umhlatshelo wethu ebunyeni neNdodana yaKhe. Ngokumangazayo, ukudabuka nokuhlupheka kwethu kuthatha inzuzo yomhlatshelo kaKristu, futhi “kufakwa” emiphefumulweni edinga isihe Sakhe. Ngakho-ke, akukho neyodwa yezinyembezi zethu okufanele ilahleke. Kubeke kubhasikidi we-Immaculate Heart of Mary, futhi ake awalethe kuJesu, ozowandisa ngokuya ngezidingo zabanye.

UKUDLULA KANYE

Kwakumi ngasesiphambanweni sikaJesu unina kanye nodadewabo kanina, uMariya umkaKlophase, noMariya waseMagdala… nomfundi amthandayo. (Johane 19:25)

Imvamisa lapho kwenzeka ukufa, abantu abaningi bamane bangazi ukuthi kufanele baphendule kanjani noma ukuthi bathini kumuntu ososizini. Ngenxa yalokhu, abavamisile ukusho lutho baze baqhele kude “nokuthola isikhala.” Singazizwa silahliwe… jnjengoba uJesu washiywa ngabaPhostoli Bakhe engadini. Kodwa ngaphansi kweSiphambano, siyabona ukuthi uJesu wayengeyedwa ngokuphelele. Kwakhe umndeni wayekhona nomunye wabangane Bakhe abathandwa kakhulu, uMphostoli uJohane. Imvamisa, ukulila kuyisikhathi esingenza imindeni ihlangane yakha amandla nobumbano lapho ibhekene nokufa. Ubudlelwano obuhlukaniswe yiminyaka yomunyu nokungathetheleli kwesinye isikhathi kunethuba lokuphulukiswa ngokulahlekelwa othandekayo.

UJesu wamemezela eseSiphambanweni:

Baba, bathethelele, abazi ukuthi benzani. (Luka 23:34)

Ngokuxolela nobumnene, imindeni yethu ingaba umthombo wethu omkhulu wamandla lapho sibhekene nezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu. Usizi kwesinye isikhathi lungaholela ekubuyisaneni-nasekuvuseleleni uthando nethemba ngekusasa.

Ngomusa, uJesu waguqula induna yekhulu eyambethela esiphambanweni…

ITHEMBA LAMANGA

Amnika iwayini elithanjiswe ngemure, kepha akalamukelanga. (Marku 15:23)

Kumele sazi ukuthi, ngalesi sikhathi sokulila, kwesinye isikhathi esingahlala isikhathi eside ngokuqina, kuzofika izilingo bamanga induduzo. Umhlaba uzozama ukusinikeza isiponji esigcwele iwayini sezidakamizwa, utshwala, i-nicotine, izithombe zobulili ezingcolile, ubudlelwano obungcolile, ukudla, ithelevishini eyeqile — noma yini ezosusa izinhlungu. Kepha njengoba umuthi onikezwe uJesu ubungeke umduduze, kanjalo nalezi zinto zinikeza ukukhululeka kwesikhashana nokwamanga. Lapho “umuthi” uphela, ubuhlungu busuke bukhona, futhi buvame ukuba bukhulu ngoba sisala sinethemba elincane lapho izixazululo zamanga zincibilika phambi kwethu. Isono asikaze sibe umuthi weqiniso. Kodwa ukulalela kungumuthi opholisayo.

Ukwethembeka KUNKULUNKULU

Kwesinye isikhathi abantu bayesaba ukukhuluma noNkulunkulu ngokusuka enhliziyweni. Futhi, uJesu wakhala kuYise:

"Eloi, Eloi, lama sabaktani? ” okuhunyushwa ngokuthi, “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na?” (Marku 15:34)

Kulungile ukuba ngokoqobo noNkulunkulu, ukumtshela ukuthi uzizwa ulahliwe; ukumveza ekujuleni kwentukuthelo nosizi enhliziyweni yakho, ukukhala ngokungabi nalusizo kwakho ... njengoba noJesu wayengenamandla, izandla nezinyawo zakhe zabethelwa ehlathini. Futhi uNkulunkulu, ozwa ukukhala kwabampofu, uzokuzwa ekuhluphekeni kwakho. UJesu wathi:

Babusisiwe abalilayo, ngokuba bayakududuzwa. (Math 5: 4)

Bayoduduzwa kanjani? Uma bengabambeleli emunyu nasentuthukweni yabo kodwa bekuthululela phambi kukaNkulunkulu (naphambi komngane othembekile ozolalela), bazishiye ezandleni zakhe, entandweni Yakhe engaqondakali, bethembele kuye njengengane encane. Ngendlela nje uJesu, ngemuva kokumemeza ngobuqotho obunqunu, wabe esezinikela kuYise:

Baba, ezandleni zakho ngiyawunikela umoya wami. (Luka 23:46)

UMTHwali OTHULILE

UJoseph wase-Arimatheya… weza ngesibindi waya kuPilatu wacela isidumbu sikaJesu… Ngizocela uBaba, uzokunika omunye uMmeli ukuba abe nawe njalo, uMoya weqiniso… ”(Marku 15:43; Johane 14) : 16)

Njengoba noJesu wayethunyelwe njengommeli wokuthwala umzimba wakhe awuse endaweni yawo yokuphumula, kanjalo noNkulunkulu usithumela “umsizi othule,” uMoya oNgcwele. Uma singavumi ukugqugquzelwa nguMoya okusiholela ekukhulekeni, ukuya eMiseni, ukugwema isilingo… lapho-ke sizothuliswa buthule, imvamisa ngokungabonakali, sithwelwe endaweni yokuphumula lapho izinhliziyo nezingqondo zethu zingathola khona induduzo ngokuthula. Noma mhlawumbe umBhalo, noma phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, eliyiNhliziyo kaJesu eshaya futhi ikhala nathi osizini lwethu:

Nonke nina bomile, wozani emanzini! Nina eningenamali wozani nithenge okusanhlamvu nidle; (Isaya 55; 1)

UKUTHUTHUKA KOTHANDO NOKUTHANDANA

UMary Magdalene noMariya unina kaJose babuka lapho abekwa khona. Lapho isabatha selidlulile, uMary Magdalene, uMariya, unina kaJakobe, noSalome bathenga amakha ukuze bahambe bayomgcoba. (Marku 15: 47-16: 1)

Njengoba nje uJesu acela abafundi ukuthi babuke futhi bathandaze Naye eNsimini yaseGetsemane, kanjalo-ke, kuvame ukuthi kube nabantu abaningi abasithandazelayo osizini lwethu. Qiniseka, njengoJesu, ukucela abanye ukuba babe nawe — hhayi ngezwi noma ubukhona kuphela — kodwa kulolo thando buthule olwabonwa ngaphandle kwethuna, lowo mlindelo Umthandazo.

Umphefumulo wami ulusizi kuze kube sekufeni. Hlalani lapha nilinde. (Marku 14:34)

Ukuze imithandazo yabangani bakho nemindeni yakho izwakale ivela kuNkulunkulu ohlale ethintwa uthando lwethu nezinyembezi. Kuzoba kuye njengempepho nemure, okuzothululwa emphefumulweni wakho ekugcotshweni kukaMoya oNgcwele buthule.

Umkhuleko oqotho womuntu olungileyo unamandla amakhulu. (Jakobe 5:16)

UVUKO

Ukuvuka kukaJesu akuzange kwenzeke ngokushesha. Kwakungelona usuku olulandelayo. Kanjalo futhi, nokuqala kwethemba kwesinye isikhathi kufanele kulinde ubusuku bemfihlakalo, ubusuku bokudabuka. Kepha njengoba noJesu athunyelwa izikhathi zomusa ezamusa Ekuvukeni, kanjalo nathi — uma sigcina izinhliziyo zethu zivulekile — sizothola izikhathi somusa ozosiyisa osukwini olusha. Ngaleso sikhathi, ikakhulukazi ebusuku bokudabuka, ithemba libukeka likude uma kungenakwenzeka njengoba izindonga zosizi zikubekele. Konke ongakwenza ngalezi zikhathi ukuhlala unganyakazi, bese ulinda umzuzu olandelayo womusa oholela kokulandelayo nakokulandelayo… futhi ngaphambi kokuthi wazi, isisindo sosizi lwakho sizoqala ukususwa, futhi ukukhanya ukusa okusha kuzoqala ukuqeda usizi lwakho ngokwengeziwe.

Ngiyazi. Bengilapho ethuneni.

Lezi zikhathi zomusa engike ngabhekana nazo zaziyimfihlakalo yokuhlangana noJesu. Yizindlela ezeza kimi kimi ngomgwaqo odlula eGolgotha — Lowo owethembisa ukuthi Akasoze asishiya kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi.

UJesu wangena emhlabeni wethu enyameni, futhi sahlala, sasebenza, futhi sahlala phakathi kwethu. Futhi-ke ubuya futhi ngokuhamba okujwayelekile nokuhamba kwesikhathi, imfihlakalo yokuba senyameni Kwakhe kubonakala ekushoneni kwelanga, ukumamatheka komunye, noma izwi elithobisayo lomuntu ongamazi. Sazi ukuthi akukho sivivinyo esiza kithi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke asinike amandla okukhuthazela, ^[3]isib. 1 Kor 10:13 njengoJesu, sithathe isiphambano sethu nsuku zonke, siqale ukuhamba ngomgwaqo ophilisayo, futhi lindela umusa ngaseNdleleni.

Okokugcina, khumbula ukuphakamisela amehlo akho emkhathizwe waphakade lapho ekugcineni zonke izinyembezi zizomiswa, futhi lonke usizi luzothola impendulo. Lapho sigcina iqiniso phambi kwethu lokuthi le mpilo iyadlula nokuthi sonke sizofa futhi sidlule kulesi sigodi saseShadows, nakho lokho kuyinduduzo.