Umkhathi wethemba

IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
kaDisemba 3, 2013
Isikhumbuzo sikaSt. Francis Xavier

Imibhalo yenkolo lapha

ISAYA inikeza umbono oduduzayo wekusasa ukuthi umuntu angathethelelwa ngokusikisela ukuthi “kuyiphupho nje” nje. Ngemuva kokuhlanzwa komhlaba "ngenduku yomlomo [weNkosi], nangomoya wezindebe zakhe," u-Isaya uyabhala:

Impisi-ke iyoba yisivakashi sewundlu, nengwe izokwehla nezinyane lembuzi… Akusayikuba khona ukulimala noma incithakalo kuyo yonke intaba yami engcwele; ngoba umhlaba uyogcwala ulwazi lweNkosi, njengamanzi asibekela ulwandle. (U-Isaya 11)

Lolu wulimi olungokomfanekiso lokuchaza umbono wakhe, lapho iNkosi imisa umbuso wokuthula emhlabeni, njengokuthi amadoda aphonse phansi phansi izingalo zawo futhi indalo ingene ekuvumelaneni okusha. Hhayi oFata beSonto bokuqala kuphela, kepha opapa banamuhla bonke bemi embonweni ka-Isaya "ngokholo olungazanyazanyiswa" (bheka Ukufunda Okuhlobene ngezansi). Futhi kuthiwani ngoPapa Francis? Yebo, naye, ngokuhlanganyela nababemandulele, usikhomba “ekujuleni kwethemba” ngokunembile ngoba “yiNkosi uqobo ehola uhambo lwethu” futhi…

… [Uhambo] lwabo bonke abantu bakaNkulunkulu; futhi ngokukhanya kwayo ngisho nabanye abantu bangahamba beqonde eMbusweni wezobulungiswa, beqonde eMbusweni wokuthula. Kuzoba usuku olukhulu kakhulu, lapho izikhali zizodilizwa ukuze ziguqulwe zibe yizinto zokusebenza! Futhi lokhu kungenzeka! Sibheja ethembeni, ethembeni lokuthula, futhi kuzokwenzeka. —UPAPA UFRANCIS, uSunday Angelus, ngoDisemba 1, 2013; I-Catholic News Agency, Ngomhlaka 2, 2013

Ekugcineni kungenzeka ukuthi amanxeba ethu amaningi aphulukiswe futhi bonke ubulungiswa buphume futhi ngethemba lokubuyiselwa kwegunya; ukuthi ubukhazikhazi bokuthula buvuselelwe, bese kwehla izinkemba nezingalo lapho bonke abantu bevuma umbuso kaKristu futhi belalela izwi Lakhe ngokuzithandela, futhi zonke izilimi zizovuma ukuthi iNkosi uJesu isenkazimulweni kaBaba. —UPOPE LEO XIII, Ukungcweliselwa i-Sacred Heart, ngoMeyi 1899

Kungenzeka ngoba Lowo oza egibele ihhashi elimhlophe ukuze ahlanze umhlaba uchazwa uSt. John njengo "Thembeka futhi Uqinisile." ^[1]I-Rev 19: 11 UJesu uthembekile. Nguye oqondisa umlando wesintu. Akasikhohliwe! Akakhohliwe wena… noma ngabe ungazizwa njengoJohn Paul II ngenkathi ezwa ngo-2003:

Ubunzima obukhona emhlabeni, obukhona ekuqaleni kwale millennium entsha, busiholela ekukholweni kuphela isenzo esivela phezulu esingasenza sibe nethemba ngekusasa elinciphile. —I-Reuters News Agency, ngoFebhuwari 2003

Futhi lesi “senzo esivela phezulu” sasingenziwa kanjani sikwazi ukuletha ikusasa eliqhakazile?

Izinselelo ezinkulu ezibhekene nomhlaba ekuqaleni kweMillennium entsha zisenza sicabange ukuthi ukungenelela okuvela phezulu kuphela, okukwazi ukuhola izinhliziyo zalabo abaphila ezimeni zokungqubuzana nalabo ababusa ikusasa lezizwe, kunganikeza isizathu sethemba ngekusasa eliqhakazile. I- I-Rosary ngemvelo yayo ngumkhuleko wokuthula.—UBUSISEKILE UJOHANE PAUL II, URosarium Virginis Mariae,n. 40

Futhi kungani kusimangaze ukuthi uBaba oNgcwele ubengaphendukela kuMama Wethu Obusisiwe kulezi zinsuku zosizi, lapho lona kanye iZwi likaNkulunkulu lifakaza ukuthi owesifazane uzochoboza inyoka ngesithende sakhe? ^[2]isib. UGenesise 3:15 Futhi uzokwenza kanjani lokhu? Ngokukhulisa ibutho elithandana kakhulu noJesu, elithembeke kakhulu kuYe, elilungele ukubathanda umakhelwane, ukuthi amandla okukhanya Kwakhe nothando olukhanya ngabo kuzohlakaza umbuso wobumnyama ngabo Fakaza futhi igama.

Amabutho ezulu amlandela, egibele amahhashi amhlophe futhi egqoke ilineni elihlanzekile elimhlophe… Banqoba [udrako] ngegazi leWundlu nangezwi lobufakazi babo; ukuthanda impilo akuzange kubavimbe ekufeni. (IsAm 12:11)

Futhi manje, bafowethu nodadewethu, ngiyathandaza ukuba niqonde kangcono ukuthi uPhapha omusha ukhuluma ngani, yimuphi umsebenzi anikwe wona ezikhathini zethu. Ukunxusa Kwakhe okusha Kwabaphostoli, U-Evangelii Gaudium, empeleni a uhlelo lwempi ukulungisa iSonto ukuthi lingene emhlabeni ngobulula obuvuselelwe nobuqiniso:

- Kuvuselelwe lula ngokubuyela futhi engqikithini yeVangeli, okuwuthando nesihe sikaJesu;

- kuvuselelwe ubuqiniso ngalokho siletha abanye, ikakhulu abampofu, ekuhlanganeni kweqiniso noJesu ngokubenza bahlangane Naye kithi.

Lokhu kungenzeka kuphela uma thina uqobo sihlangane noJesu, bese kuthi, kusho uBaba oNgcwele, ake uJesu ahlangane nathi.

Ukuzivumela sihlangatshezwe nguNkulunkulu kusho lokhu nje: ukuvumela thina sithandwe yiNkosi! —POPE FRANCIS, Homily, ngoMsombuluko, Disemba 2, 2013; I-Catholic News Agency

Kungakho ngibhale muva nje Nginike Ithemba! ngoba yikho kanye lapho ngithandana noJesu, ngiqonde ukuthi, ngithandana naye futhi ngimvumele angithande - ukuthi "uthando oluphelele luxosha konke ukwesaba." Kulowo obuka umhlaba nezikhathi zethu ngamehlo esaba, amehlo enyama… ikusasa libukeka limfiliba. Yebo, sidinga ukubheka izimpawu zezikhathi, kodwa ngendlela efanele!

INkosi ifuna ukuba siqonde ukuthi kwenzekani, kwenzekani enhliziyweni yami, kwenzekani empilweni yami, kwenzekani emhlabeni, emlandweni. Kusho ukuthini lokhu okwenzekayo manje? Lezi yizimpawu zezikhathi!… Sidinga usizo lweNkosi [ukuze] siqonde izimpawu zezikhathi. —UPapa uFrancis, Homily, Novemba 29, 2013; I-Catholic News Agency

NguMoya oNgcwele, kusho uPapa, "osinika lesi sipho, isipho: ubuhlakani bokuqonda." Kepha lokhu kuhlakanipha akusikho okomhlaba. Njengoba uJesu esho eVangelini namuhla:

… Ngoba yize uzifihlile lezi zinto kwabahlakaniphileyo nabafundileyo uzivezele uJehova njengomntwana. (Luka 10)

Bafowethu nodadewethu, sisondela kulokho uBaba weSonto wokuqala uSt. Irenaeus waseLyons akubiza, “isikhathi soMbuso Wakhe”Lapho, njengoba iHubo lisho namuhla,“ Ubulungisa buyoqhakaza ezinsukwini zakhe nokuthula okujulile… ”Kepha uJesu wathi, ngaphandle kokuthi sibe njengomntwana omncane, ngeke sikwazi ukungena eMbusweni. Abaningi benu bakhungathekile; uyesaba njengoba ubona umhlaba ukuvala ngawe, ukuphepha kwakho kuhwamuka, neziprofetho zihlala zingagcwaliseki. Ulingeka ukuba ulale. I-antitdote yaleli themba yi ukukholwa kwengane lokho kuzishiya entandweni kaNkulunkulu njengoba noJesu enza esiphambanweni.

Masiphinde futhi sigxilise amehlo ethu emkhathini wethemba, bese sizilungiselela. KuJesu — noMariya — banomsebenzi abazowuthunywa.

Masiqondiswe nguye, yena ongumama, 'ungumama' futhi uyazi ukuthi angasihola kanjani. Masiqondiswe nguye kulesi sikhathi sokulinda nokuqapha okusebenzayo. —UPAPA UFRANCIS, uSunday Angelus, ngoDisemba 1, 2013; I-Catholic News Agency, Ngomhlaka 2, 2013

UKUFUNDA OKUFANELEKILE:

• Ingabe uJesu uyabuya… noma ingabe inkathi yabo yokuthula kuqala? Noma ingabe zombili? Funda: Baba Ongcwele Othandekayo… Uyeza! futhi Kuthiwani uma…?

• Okushiwo ngoPhapha ngombono ka-Isaya “wenkathi yokuthula”: Oopapa, kanye ne-Dawning Era

• Indlela iSonto lokuqala elalimhumusha ngayo u-Isaya, iSambulo, nezinye iziphrofetho maqondana nenkathi noma ukubusa kokuthula: Ilahlekile kanjani i-Era

• Ingabe indalo izothinteka ngandlela thile ngokombono ka-Isaya? Funda: Ukudalwa Okusha