Ububi Obungelapheki

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NgoLwesine Weviki Lokuqala Lentente, ngoFebhuwari 26, 2015

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Ukukhulekelwa kukaKristu neNtombi, kukhonjwe nguLorenzo Monaco, (1370-1425)

NINI sikhuluma "ngethuba lokugcina" lomhlaba, kungenxa yokuthi sikhuluma "ngobubi obungelapheki." Isono sizingene kakhulu ezindabeni zamadoda, sonakalisa kakhulu zona kanye izisekelo zezomnotho nezepolitiki kuphela kodwa noxhaxha lokudla, umuthi, kanye nemvelo, kangangokuthi akukho lutho olungalula ngokuhlinzwa komhlaba ^[1]qhathanisa Ukuhlinzwa kweCosmic kuyadingeka. Njengoba uMhubi esho,

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

Lokhu futhi kwakungumbono kaSt.John Paul II kuleyo ngxoxo engagunci nezihambeli zaseJalimane

Kufanele sikulungele ukubhekana novivinyo olukhulu esikhathini esizayo esingekude kakhulu; izilingo ezizodinga ukuthi sikulungele ukunikela ngisho nangezimpilo zethu, kanye nesipho esiphelele sokuzinikela kuKristu nakuKristu. Ngemithandazo yakho neyami, kungenzeka ukunciphisa lolu sizi, kepha akusakwazi ukuluvimba, ngoba kungale ndlela kuphela lapho iSonto lingavuselelwa khona ngempumelelo. Ngempela, kukangaki kwenziwa ukuvuselelwa kweSonto ngegazi? Lesi sikhathi, futhi, ngeke kube ngenye indlela. Kumele siqine, kufanele sizilungiselele, kufanele sizinikele kuKristu nakuMama Wakhe, futhi kufanele sinake, sinake kakhulu, emthandazweni weRosari. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, waxoxisana namaKatolika eFulda, eJalimane, ngoNovemba 1980; www.ewtn.com

Sifunde izolo ngempendulo yeNineve kuNkulunkulu. Baphenduka ngempela ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu waguquka - okwesikhashana… ngoba abantu bawela esonweni esibi kakhulu. Emashumini eminyaka kamuva, ekugcineni iNineve labhujiswa ngaphambi nje kokuba umprofethi uNahume akhiphe isexwayiso sokugcina:

INkosi iyephuza ukuthukuthela, kepha inamandla amakhulu; iNkosi ayiyikuyekela abangenacala bengajeziswa. Ufika esivunguvungwini nesiphepho… (Nahume 1: 3)

Futhi manje, ezikhathini zethu, a Isivunguvungu Esikhulu ^[2]qhathanisa IziMpawu eziyisiKhombisa zeRevolution silapha futhi siyeza — isiphepho okuyothi, lapho sesiqedile, sishiye umhlaba ushintshe unaphakade. Ofaka isicelo egameni lethu nguMama kaNkulunkulu, ofanekiselwa iNdlovukazi u-Esteri:

Sisindise esandleni sezitha zethu; shintsha ukulila kwethu kube ngukuthokoza nezinsizi zethu zibe ngukuphelela. (Kufundwa kokuqala namuhla)

KwiVangeli lanamuhla, uJesu usitshela “Celani, khona niyakuphiwa;”Imithandazo yoMama wethu iyezwakala ngoba uhlala ethandaza encwadini yefa KaNkulunkulu.

Sinakho lokhu kuthembela kuye, ukuthi uma sicela utho ngokwentando yakhe, uyasizwa. (1 Johane 5:14)

Ubani ongabala imiphumela yokuncengela kwakhe, isikhathi asithenge ngaso, umusa awutholile ngoMlamuli wethu omkhulu, uJesu Kristu? Okwe…

Yimuphi kini onganika indodana yakhe itshe lapho icela isinkwa… kakhulu kangakanani uYihlo osezulwini uzobapha izinto ezinhle labo abacela kuye. (IVangeli Lanamuhla)

Impela, amazwi eHubo lanamuhla kumele abe sezindebeni zakhe: Ngizakukubonga, Nkosi, ngayo yonke inhliziyo yami, ngokuba uzwile amazwi omlomo wami. Kanjalo-ke-ke, uma kufanele njalo singanikeli ngokubonga kwethu kuphela, kodwa futhi nomthandazo wethu nokuzila ukudla ukuze kuguqulwe umhlaba, ikakhulukazi leli Lenti.

Kepha kuzofika umzuzwana lapho lesi sikhathi somusa nesihe sizophela; lapho ikhambi kuphela laleli zwe elizoba isijeziso. Futhi-ke uMama wethu uzothandazela uNkulunkulu umusa ezinxushunxushwini. Ngoba ubulungiswa baKhe bunesihe…

Umusa omkhulu kaNkulunkulu ukungavumeli lezo zizwe zihlale ngokuthula zodwa ezingenakho ukuthula Naye. —USt. UPio kaPietrelcina, My Daily Catholic Bible, k. 1482

Ngakho-ke, njengoba ukuphela kwaleli zwe kusondela, isimo sezindaba zabantu kufanele siguquke, futhi ngokudlanga kobubi kube kubi kakhulu; ukuze manje lezi zikhathi zethu, lapho ububi nokungahloniphi kuye kwanda kwaze kwaba sezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, kungahlulelwa ukuthi kuyajabulisa futhi kucishe kube yigolide uma kuqhathaniswa nalobo bubi obungenakulashwa. —ULactantius, Obaba beBandla: Izikhungo Zaphezulu, Incwadi VII, Isahluko 15, I-Catholic Encyclopedia; www.newadvent.org