Isiprofetho SikaJuda

 

Ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula, iCanada ibilokhu iqonde kweminye yemithetho eyedlula yonke yokubulawa kwabantu emhlabeni ukuze ingagcini ngokuvumela “iziguli” zeminyaka eminingi ukuthi zizibulale, kodwa iphoqe odokotela nezibhedlela zamaKhatholika ukuthi zibasize. Omunye udokotela osemusha wangithumela umbhalo othi, 

Ngiphuphe kanye. Kuwo, ngaba udokotela ngoba ngangicabanga ukuthi bafuna ukusiza abantu.

Futhi-ke namuhla, ngiwushicilela kabusha lo mbhalo kusuka eminyakeni emine eyedlule. Isikhathi eside kakhulu, abaningi eSontweni bazibeke eceleni lezi zinto zangempela, bazidlulisa “njengembubhiso nesigayegaye.” Kepha kungazelelwe, manje sebemi emnyango wethu ngenqama yokushaya. Isiphrofetho sikaJudasi siyokwenzeka njengoba singena engxenyeni ebuhlungu kakhulu "yokubhekana kokugcina" kwalesi sikhathi…

 

'KUNGANI wazibulala yini uJudas? Okungukuthi, kungani engazange asivune isono sakhe sokukhaphela ngenye indlela, njengokushaywa nokuphangwa imali yakhe ngamasela noma ukubulawa eceleni komgwaqo yisixuku samasosha aseRoma? Esikhundleni salokho, isithelo sesono sikaJuda sasingu ukuzibulala. Phezulu, kubonakala sengathi ubengumuntu nje ophelelwe yithemba. Kepha kunokuthile okujule kakhulu ekufeni kwakhe kokungamesabi uNkulunkulu okukhuluma osukwini lwethu, kusebenza, empeleni, njenge isixwayiso.

Kuyinto Isiphrofetho sikaJudasi.

 

IZINDLELA EZIMBILI

Bobabili uJuda noPetru bakhaphela uJesu ngendlela yabo. Zombili lezi zimele lowo moya ohlale ukhona wokuhlubuka ngaphakathi nangaphandle komuntu, nokuthambekela esonweni esikubiza kanjalo inkanuko ^[1]qhathanisa ICatechism yeSonto LamaKatolika (CCC), hhayi. 1264 lokho kuyisithelo semvelo yethu ewile. Womabili la madoda wona ngokungathi sina awaletha ezingeni lezindlela ezimbili: indlela yokuphenduka noma indlela yokuphelelwa yithemba. Bobabili babenjalo walingeka kokugcina, kodwa ekugcineni, uPeter uthobekile ngokwakhe futhi wakhetha indlela yokuphenduka, okuyindlela yomusa evulwe ukufa nokuvuka kukaKristu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uJudas wayenza lukhuni inhliziyo yakhe kuYe ayazi ukuthi unguMusa uqobo, futhi ngokuziqhenya, walandela indlela eholela ekuphelelweni yithemba ngokuphelele: indlela yokuzibhubhisa. ^[2]funda Kulabo Abasesonweni Sokufa

Kula madoda, sibona isithombe somhlaba wethu wamanje uqobo lwawo ofike ekuphambukeni okunjalo emgwaqeni — ukukhetha indlela ukuphila noma indlela ye ukufa. Phezulu, kuzwakala njengokukhetha okusobala. Kepha ngokusobala akunjalo, ngoba — noma ngabe abantu bayakuqaphela noma cha — umhlaba uzinikele ekubhujisweni kwawo, kusho opapa…

 

AMANGA NOMBULALI

Ayikho impucuko ezingqondweni zabo ezilungile engake ikhethe ukuzilimaza. Futhi-ke, lapha singo-2012 sibheke izwe laseNtshonalanga ukuthi lizivimbele lingabe lisaba khona, likhiphe ikusasa lalo, liphikisana ngamandla ngokugunyazwa "kokubulala umusa", futhi liphoqelele le migomo "yokunakekelwa kwempilo yokuzala" emhlabeni wonke (ku ukushintshana ngokuthola imali yosizo). Futhi-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu, abaningi emasikweni ethu aseNtshonalanga babheka lokhu “njengenqubekela phambili” futhi “kuyilungelo,” noma ngabe abantu bethu sebekhulile futhi — besindisa abokufika — bancipha ngokushesha. Sifuna ukuzibulala. Lokhu kungabonakala kanjani njengokuhle? Kulula. Okwalabo abafisa ukubusa, noma abanye bamaphikankani, noma labo abadelela isintu, ukwehlisa inani labantu, Nokho kuza, ushintsho olwamukelekile.

Okusemqoka wukuthi zikhona ukhohlisiwe.

UJesu wachaza uSathane ngamagama athile:

Wayengumbulali wabantu kwasekuqaleni… ungumqambimanga noyise wamanga. (Johane 8:44)

USathane uqamba amanga futhi akhohlise ukuze adonsele imiphefumulo, futhi ekugcineni nemiphakathi, ogibeni lwakhe lapho bengabhujiswa khona, ngokomoya nangokwenyama. Wenza lokho ngokwenza ukuthi okubi kubonakale njengokuhle. USathane wathi ku-Eva:

Ngokuqinisekile ngeke ufe! UNkulunkulu wazi kahle ukuthi lapho nidla kuwo amehlo enu azovuleka futhi nibe njengonkulunkulu, abakwaziyo okuhle nokubi. (UGenesise 3: 4-5)

USathane uphakamisa ukuthi akudingekile ukuthembela kuNkulunkulu — ukuthi umuntu angaklama ikusasa ngamandla akhe obuhlakani "nangokuhlakanipha" ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu. Njengo-Adamu no-Eva, isizukulwane sethu silingwa ukuba "sibe njengonkulunkulu", ikakhulukazi ngobuchwepheshe. Kepha ubuchwepheshe obungalawulwa yisimilo esifanele sokuziphatha yiyona isithelo esenqatshelwe, ikakhulukazi lapho isetshenziselwa ukonakalisa noma ukuguqula impilo ezinhlelweni zayo zokuqala.

Ngokunikwa isimo esinzima kangako, manje sidinga kakhulu kunanini ngaphambili ukuba nesibindi sokubheka iqiniso emehlweni nokubiza izinto ngegama lazo, ngaphandle kokuvumela ukuyekethisa okulula noma isilingo sokuzikhohlisa. Mayelana nalokhu, isihlamba soMprofethi siqonde kakhulu: “Maye kulabo ababiza okubi ngokuhle nokuhle ngokubi, ababeka ubumnyama njengokukhanya nokukhanya esikhundleni sobumnyama” (Is 5:20). —POPE JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, “IVangeli Lokuphila”, n. 58

UMbuso WaseRoma wawungumphakathi ochumayo, okhululekile ukuthi ngokusebenzisa inkohlakalo nokuziphatha okubi kwangena ngaphakathi. UPapa Benedict waqhathanisa izikhathi zethu ukuthi umbuso owile, ^[3]qhathanisa Ngosuku luka-Eva ekhomba ezweni elilahlekelwe ukuvumelana kwalo ngezindinganiso ezibaluleke kakhulu njengelungelo lempilo lomuntu wonke elingasukumi kanye nesikhungo somshado esingashintshi. 

Kuphela uma kunokuvumelana okunjalo ngezinto ezibalulekile lapho umthethosisekelo nokusebenza komthetho. Lokhu kuvumelana okuyisisekelo okuvela efeni lobuKristu kusengcupheni… Empeleni, lokhu kwenza isizathu singaboni ukuthi yini ebalulekile. Ukumelana nalokhu kusitheka kwesizathu nokugcina amandla aso okubona okubalulekile, ukubona uNkulunkulu nomuntu, ukubona okuhle nokuyiqiniso, intshisekelo evamile okumele ihlanganise bonke abantu benentando enhle. Ikusasa lomhlaba lisengozini. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe Kumkhosi WaseRoma, ngoDisemba 20, 2010

Kunentambo entanyeni yomhlaba…

Ukuzibulala kohlanga lwesintu kuzoqondwa yilabo abazobona umhlaba ugcwele abantu asebekhulile futhi benciphise izingane: kushiswa njengehlane. —USt. UPio kaPietrelcina, ingxoxo noFr. UPellegrino Funicelli; lindani.com

 

AMANGA AMAHLE KAKHULU

Ngemuva kweminyaka eyi-1500 yobuKrestu, ithonya leSonto, elaliguqule izizwe kulo lonke elaseYurophu nakwamanye amazwe, laqala ukuncipha. Inkohlakalo yangaphakathi, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwamandla ezepolitiki, kanye noqhekeko kwakwenze buthakathaka kakhulu ukuthembeka kwakhe. Ngakho-ke, uSathane, inyoka yasendulo, wabona ithuba lokusebenzisa ushevu wakhe. Wakwenza lokho ngokuhlwanyela amanga wefilosofi lokho kwaqala lokho okubizwa, ngokuxakayo, inkathi "Yokukhanyiselwa". Ngokuhamba kwamakhulu eminyaka ambalwa alandelayo, kwavela umbono womhlaba owabeka ubuhlakani kanye nesayensi ngaphezu kokholo. Ngesikhathi sokukhanyiselwa, kwavela amafilosofi anjenge:

• I-Deism: Ukhona uNkulunkulu… kepha washiya isintu ukuba sisebenzele ikusasa nemithetho yakhe.
• Isayensi: abasekeli benqaba ukwamukela noma yini engenakubonwa, ukukalwa noma ukulingwa.
• Ukucabanga: inkolelo yokuthi amaqiniso kuphela esingawazi ngokuqiniseka atholakala ngokucabanga kuphela.
• Ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo: inkolelo yokuthi okuyiqiniso kuphela indawo yonke ebonakalayo.
• Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo: inkolelo yokuthi uchungechunge lokuziphendukela kwemvelo lungachazwa ngokuphelele ngezinqubo zebhayoloji ezingahleliwe, ngaphandle kwesidingo sikaNkulunkulu noma sikaNkulunkulu njengembangela yaso.
• Usizo: umbono wokuthi izenzo zivunyelwa uma zilusizo noma ziyinzuzo eningi.
• Ingqondo: ukuthambekela kokuhumusha izehlakalo ngamagama aphansi, noma ukwenza ihaba ngokubaluleka kwezici ezingokwengqondo.
• Ukukholelwa kuZimu: inkolelo noma inkolelo yokuthi uNkulunkulu akekho.

Cishe wonke umuntu wayekholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu eminyakeni engama-400 eyedlule. Kepha emakhulwini amane eminyaka kamuva namhlanje, ngemuva kwalokhu kungqubuzana okukhulu komlando phakathi kwala mafilosofi neVangeli, umhlaba usuthatha indawo yawo ukungakholelwa kuNkulunkulu futhi IMarxism, okuyi-pragmatic application yokungakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu. ^[4]qhathanisa Isexwayiso esedlule

Manje sesimile sibhekene nengxabano enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni isintu esidlule kuyo… Manje sesibhekene nengxabano yokugcina phakathi kweBandla nabamelene neBandla, leVangeli kanye neVangeli. —Ukhadinali Karol Wojtyla (JOHN PAUL II), e-Eucharistic Congress, ePhiladelphia, PA; Agasti 13, 1976

Ukholo nesizathu kubonakala kungahambelani. Umuntu ufundisiwe, futhi ngalokho abonwa, njengomkhiqizo wokuziphendukela kwemvelo kanye nayo yonke eminye imikhiqizo evela endaweni yonke engahleliwe. Ngakho-ke, umuntu ubhekwa ngokungabi nasithunzi ngaphezu komkhomo noma isihlahla, futhi aze abhekwe njengokumiswa endalweni uqobo. Ukubaluleka komuntu namuhla akusekho eqinisweni lokuthi udalwe ngomfanekiso kaNkulunkulu, kepha kulinganiswa ukuthi incane kangakanani “indawo yakhe yonyawo” yekhabhoni. Futhi ngaleyo ndlela, wabhala uJohn Paul II Obusisiwe:

Ngemiphumela ebuhlungu, inqubo ende yomlando ifinyelela ekuguqukeni. Inqubo eyake yaholela ekutholeni umqondo “wamalungelo abantu” —amalungelo atholakala kuwo wonke umuntu nangaphambi kwanoma yimuphi umthetho-sisekelo noMbuso — namuhla imakwe ngokuphikisana okumangazayo… lona kanye ilungelo lokuphila liyenqatshwa noma linyathelwe, ikakhulukazi ezikhathini ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuphila: isikhathi sokuzalwa kanye nesikhathi sokufa… Yilokhu okwenzekayo futhi ezingeni lezepolitiki kanye nohulumeni: ilungelo lokuqala nelingenakuphikwa lempilo liyabuzwa noma liyanqatshwa ngesisekelo sevoti lephalamende noma intando yengxenye eyodwa yabantu — noma ngabe iningi. Lokhu kungumphumela omubi wobumbano olubusa ngaphandle kokuphikiswa: "ilungelo" liyayeka ukuba njalo, ngoba alisasekelwa ngokuqinile kwisithunzi somuntu esingaphunyuki, kepha lenziwa lithobele intando yengxenye enamandla. Ngale ndlela intando yeningi, ephikisana nemigomo yayo, ishukumisela ngempumelelo ifomu lobushiqela. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, “IVangeli Lokuphila”, n. 18, 20

Ngakho-ke, sesifikile kule nkathi ngesikhathi lapho amanga kaSathane, ngokufihliwe ecashile ngaphansi komqondo osontekile ongahlelekile ngokweqiniso, edalulwa ngalokho ayikho: a ivangeli lokufa, ifilosofi yamasiko empeleni eyisihibe esivulekile. Kungakapheli nje ikhulu leminyaka elidlule noma ngaphezulu, sesenze izikhali zobuchwepheshe ezikwazi ukuqeda izizwe; sesingene ezimpini zomhlaba ezimbili; senze ukubulawa kwezinsana ngokusemthethweni esiswini; singcolise futhi sidlwengule indalo okudala ukugula okungaziwa; sifake amakhemikhali e-carcinogenic futhi ayingozi ekudleni kwethu, ezweni nasemanzini; sidlale ngamabhulokhi wokwakha izakhi zofuzo sengathi ngamathoyizi; futhi manje siphikisana ngokusobala ngokuqedwa kwabangenampilo, abacindezelekile, noma asebekhulile "ngokubulala ngesihe." Wabhala umsunguli weMadonna House uCatherine de Hueck Doherty waya kuThomas Merton: 

Ngesizathu esithile ngicabanga ukuthi ukhathele. Ngiyazi ukuthi nami ngiyesaba futhi ngikhathele. Ngoba ubuso beNkosana Yobumnyama buyacaca futhi bucace kimi. Kubukeka sengathi akasenandaba nokuhlala "engaziwa kakhulu," "incognito," "wonke umuntu." Kubonakala sengathi ungene kwezakhe futhi uzibonakalisa kulo lonke iqiniso lakhe elibuhlungu. Bambalwa-ke abakholelwa ebukhoneni bakhe angabe esadinga ukuzifihla! -Umlilo Onobubele, Izincwadi zikaThomas Merton noCatherine de Hueck Doherty, k. 60, Mashi 17, 1962, Ave Maria Press (2009)

 

INHLIZIYO YAYO

Umnyombo wale nkinga uthi okungokomoya. Kungukuzikhukhumeza lapho abafunayo abaqhoshayo befuna ukuphatha nokulawula ababuthakathaka.

Lokhu [isiko lokufa] kukhuthazwa ngamandla yimisinga enamandla yamasiko, yezomnotho nezepolitiki ekhuthaza umbono womphakathi okhathazeke ngokweqile ngokusebenza kahle. Uma ubheka lesi simo ngalokhu, kungenzeka ukuthi ukhulume ngomqondo othile ngempi yabanamandla ngokumelene nababuthakathaka: impilo engadinga ukwamukelwa okukhulu, uthando nokunakekelwa kuthathwa njengokungenamsebenzi, noma okubhekwe njengokungenakubekezelelwa umthwalo, ngakho-ke wenqatshwa ngandlela thile. Umuntu okuthi, ngenxa yokugula, ukukhubazeka noma, ngokulula nje, ngokukhona nje, abeke engcupheni inhlalakahle noma indlela yokuphila yalabo abathandwa kakhulu, uthambekele ekubukweni njengesitha okufanele siphikiswe noma sisuswe. Ngale ndlela kudalulwa uhlobo "lwetulo lokulwa nokuphila". —POPE JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, “IVangeli Lokuphila”, n. 12

Uzungu ekugcineni, futhi, ngobusathane, ngoba idonsela abantu bonke emihlathini yeSilo.

Lo mzabalazo ufana nempi yokubhubhisa echazwe ku- [IsAm 11: 19 - 12: 1-6]. Izimpi zokufa ezilwa nokuPhila: “isiko lokufa” lifuna ukuzibophezela esifisweni sethu sokuphila, futhi siphile ngokugcwele… Imikhakha emikhulu yomphakathi ididekile ngokuthi yini elungile nengalungile, futhi isemseni walabo amandla "okudala" umbono futhi awuphoqelele abanye… Ekhulwini lethu leminyaka, njengakulesi sikhathi esake senzeka emlandweni, isiko lokufa selithathe indlela yomthetho yezenhlalo kanye neyesikhungo ukuze kuthethelelwe amacala amabi kakhulu kubantu: ukubulawa kwabantu. “Izixazululo zokugcina”, “ukuqothulwa kwezinhlanga” kanye nokuthatha izimpilo zabantu ngamandla ngisho nangaphambi kokuba bazalwe, noma bengakafiki ezingeni lokufa ngokwemvelo. "Udrako" (IsAm 12: 3), "umbusi waleli zwe" (Jn 12:31) kanye "noyise wamanga" (Jn 8:44), uzama ngokungaphezi ukuqeda ezinhliziyweni zabantu umuzwa wokubonga nokuhlonipha isipho sokuqala sikaNkulunkulu esingajwayelekile nesisisekelo: impilo yomuntu uqobo. Namuhla lowomzabalazo usuqonde ngqo.  —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, eCherry Creek State Park Homily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993

Ngoba uma nje singumkhiqizo wokuvela, kungani ungasizi inqubo elandelayo? Ngemuva kwakho konke, inani labantu likhulu kakhulu, kusho amandla okulawula osuku lwethu. UTed Turner, umsunguli we-CNN, wake wathi inani labantu emhlabeni kumele lehliswe lifike ezigidini ezingama-500. INkosana uPhillip iphawule ukuthi, uma engaphinde azalwe kabusha, angafuna ukubuya njengegciwane lokubulala.

UFaro wasendulo, ethakaselwa ubukhona nokwanda kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, wabathobela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zokucindezelwa futhi wayala ukuthi bonke abantwana besilisa abazalwa ngabesifazane abangamaHeberu babulawe (cf. Ex 1: 7-22). Namuhla abambalwa abanamandla emhlabeni benza ngendlela efanayo. Nabo bahlushwa ukukhula kwamanje kwabantu… Ngenxa yalokho, kunokuba bafise ukubhekana nokuxazulula lezi zinkinga ezinkulu ngokuhlonipha isithunzi sabantu kanye nemindeni kanye nelungelo lomuntu ngamunye lokuphila elingenakuphikiswa, bakhetha ukukhuthaza nokubeka ngenkani nganoma iyiphi indlela uhlelo olukhulu lokulawulwa kokuzalwa. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli Lokuphila",n. 16

Lo mqondo wokungamhloniphi uNkulunkulu, empeleni, uyona kanye inkohliso yokuthi Katekisimu izibopho zomsebenzi we Ukristu oza ukuzodala umhlaba "ongcono" kunalowo owenziwe nguNkulunkulu. Umhlaba lapho indalo iguqulwa khona ngokwezakhi zofuzo— ”ithuthukile” ngaphezu kwalokhu okukhona eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane futhi lapho umuntu uqobo ekwazi ukweqa ngale kwemingcele yemvelo yakhe abe ngumuntu ocansini ocansini ongenakho ukukhubazeka kokuziphatha okuqinile kanye nokholo lokukholelwa kuNkulunkulu munye.  ^[5]qhathanisa Umgunyathi Ozayo Kuzoba ithemba elingamanga likaMesiya lokuletha umhlaba Emuva e-Edene—Kodwa i-Edeni yenziwa kabusha ngomfanekiso womuntu uqobo:

Inkohliso Yomphik'ukristu isivele iqala ukwakheka emhlabeni ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kwenziwa isimangalo sokubona emlandweni lelo themba likaMesiya elingafinyelelwa kuphela ngaphesheya komlando ngesinqumo senkathi. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 676

Lokhu kuzoholela ekugcwalisekeni kokugcina kwesiprofetho sikaJudasi: izwe lapho inani lalo liye lancipha kakhulu kangangokuba lizokwamukela ngokungazelelwe ukucabanga kokuphelelwa yithemba ngendlela yokubulawa kwesiguli, ukunciphisa inani labantu, kanye nokubulawa kobuhlanga "okuhle kweplanethi" —Umhlaba ongatholi ndlela yokuphuma ngaphandle “komcu”, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Lokhu kukodwa kuzoveza ukwahlukana okuningi nempi phakathi kwalezo zizwe eziphikisana ne-zeitgeist yamasiko.

… Ngaphandle kokuqondiswa kwesisa senhliziyo ngeqiniso, lo mbuso womhlaba wonke ungadala umonakalo ongakaze ubonwe futhi udale ukwahlukana okusha emndenini wesintu… isintu sinezingozi ezintsha zokugqilazwa nokukhohliswa… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, AmaCaritas eVikisa, n. 33, 26

Abamesiya abasha, ekufuneni ukuguqula isintu sibe yinhlangano enqanyuliwe kuMdali wakhe, ngokungazi bayoletha ukubhujiswa kwengxenye enkulu yesintu. Bazokhipha ama-horror angakaze abonwe: indlala, izinhlupho, izimpi, futhi ekugcineni nobulungiswa bukaNkulunkulu. Ekuqaleni bazosebenzisa ukuphoqa ukuqhubeka nokunciphisa inani labantu, bese kuthi uma lokho kwehluleka basebenzise amandla. - UMichael D. O'Brien, Ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kanye neNew World Order, Mashi 17, 2009

Futhi-ke, sibona kuJuda uphawu lwesiprofetho lwezikhathi zethu: ukuthi ukufuna a umbuso wamanga, kungaba okwakho noma isakhiwo sezepolitiki, kuholela ekubhujisweni komuntu. Ngoba uSt. Paul uyabhala:

… Ku [Kristu] zonke izinto zibambene. (Kol 1:17)

Lapho uNkulunkulu, oluthando, ekhishelwa ngaphandle emphakathini, zonke izinto ziyahlukana.

Noma ngubani ofuna ukuqeda uthando ulungiselela ukuqeda umuntu kanjalo. —POPE BENEDICT XVI, Encyclical Letter, Deus Caritas Est (UNkulunkulu Uluthando), n. 28b

Encwadini ayibhalela uThimothewu, uSt. Paul wabhala lokho "Uthando lwemali luyimpande yabo bonke ububi." ^[6]I-1 Tim 6: 10 Amafilosofi ayiphutha esikhathi esedlule kuvuthwa namuhla ku ukuzimela lapho isiko ligqugquzela ukuzazisa nokuthola izinto ezibonakalayo, ngenkathi kulahlwa amaqiniso adlula. Lokhu kuholela, noma kunjalo, ku- Umshini Omkhulu lokho kugcwaliswa ukuphelelwa yithemba nokungasebenzi. Kwakunjalo-ke nakuJudas, lapho ebhekene neqiniso lokuthi wayeshintshe uMesiya ngezinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu nje kuphela, waphelelwa yithemba. Esikhundleni sokuphendukela kuKristu “ocebile ngesihe,” uJudas wazilengisa. ^[7]I-Matt 27: 5

Ngoba loba ngubani othanda ukusindisa impilo yakhe, izamlahlekela, kodwa loba ngubani olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uzayithola. Iyiphi inzuzo ebingaba khona ngomuntu ukuzuza umhlaba wonke alahlekelwe impilo yakhe? Noma umuntu angakhiphani ngokushintshana ngokuphila kwakhe? (Math 16: 25-26)

Ngabe kwenzeka ngengozi nje ukuthi njengoba samukela “isiko lokufa,” amazinga okuzibulala emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi entsheni, ayenyuka, sonke lesi sikhathi njengoba amazwe angamaKrestu eshiya ukholo ngokushesha…?

 

UKUKHANYA KUZOKHIPHA UBUMNYAMA

Ngeke sikhohliswe ngethemba elingelona iqiniso, lokuthi ngandlela thile umhlaba wethu wokunethezeka nosizo uzoqhubeka unjengoba unjalo ngenkathi lokhu kungabi nabulungisa okukhulu kwenzeka. Futhi asinakwenza sengathi ukuholwa kwamazwe athuthukile kuyaqhubeka nokuthatha umhlaba wonke, akunamsebenzi omncane. "Ikusasa lomhlaba lisengcupheni," kusho uBaba oNgcwele.

Kodwa-ke, ithemba langempela yileli: nguKristu — hhayi uSathane — oyiNkosi yezulu nomhlaba. USathane uyisidalwa, hhayi unkulunkulu. Kakhulu kangakanani-ke, Umphik'ukristu ulinganiselwe emandleni:

Ngisho namademoni ayahlolwa yizingilosi ezinhle hleze zilimaze kakhulu ngangawo. Ngendlela efanayo, Umphik'ukristu ngeke enze okubi kakhulu ngendlela abefisa ngayo. —USt. UThomas Aquinas, ISumma Theologica, Ingxenye I, Q.113, Ubuciko. 4

UMama wethu waseFatima, oxwayise ngokuthi iMarxism engakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu izosabalala emhlabeni wonke uma kungalandelwa isimemezelo saseZulwini sokuphenduka,

… IRussia izosabalalisa amaphutha ayo emhlabeni wonke ibanga izimpi nokushushiswa kweSonto. Omuhle uzobulawelwa ukholo; uBaba oNgcwele uzoba nokuhlupheka okuningi; izizwe ezahlukahlukene zizobhujiswa. Ekugcineni, Inhliziyo Yami Engumsulwa izonqoba. UBaba oNgcwele uzongcwelisela iRussia kimi, futhi uzoguqulwa, futhi kunikezwe isikhathi sokuthula emhlabeni.Umlayezo kaFatima, www.v Vatican.va

IBandla kumele lizilungiselele izikhathi ezinzima. UJohn Paul II, owathi manje "sibhekene nengxabano yokugcina," wengeza ngokuthi lesi yisivivinyo "esisezinhlelweni zikaNkulunkulu." NguNkulunkulu ophethe. Ngakho-ke, Uzosebenzisa uMphikukristu njengethuluzi lokuzihlanza elibheke esikhathini sokuthula. ^[8]qhathanisa Ilahlekile kanjani i-Era

Intukuthelo yamadoda izosebenza ukukudumisa; abasindile bayo bakuzungeze ngenjabulo. (IHubo 76:11)

Okulandelayo “yizwi” elafika kumpristi waseMelika ofisa ukungaziwa. Umqondisi wakhe wezomoya, owake waba ngumngani kaSt. Pio kanye nomqondisi wezomoya ka-Happy Mother Theresa, walibona leli gama ngaphambi kokuba lifike kimi. Yisifinyezo sesiprofetho sikaJuda esigcwaliseka ezikhathini zethu — futhi ngokufanayo, ukunqoba kukaPetru owaphenduka ekuphelelweni yithemba waqonda emseni kaJesu, futhi ngaleyondlela waba yidwala.

Ngabe ukubonile lokho ngezinsuku lapho Isandla Sami sikhipha abakwa-Israyeli eGibhithe ebugqilini ukuthi abantu ababephila ngaleso sikhathi babenezimboni ezinkulu, kepha bengaphucukile ngokwanele ukubona isithunzi somuntu? Yini eshintshile ngiyakubuza? Uhlala futhi esikhathini esinezimboni ezinkulu kepha esingesozwana ngokweqile komunye nomunye. Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umuntu uguquke ukuze azenzele yena kepha abe mnyama ngokwengqondo ngokubaluleka kwakhe? Yebo, nanku lo mbuzo: “Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi ube ngcono ekusebenziseni iziphiwo zobuhlakani ukuvula izimfihlo zesayensi kepha ube mnyama ezingqondweni zakho maqondana nobungcwele bomuntu?”

Impendulo ilula! Bonke abehluleka ukwamukela uJesu Kristu njengeNkosi phezu kwesintu nayo yonke indalo, behluleka ukuqonda lokho uNkulunkulu akwenze kuMuntu kaJesu Kristu. Labo abamukela uJesu Kristu babona kubo ngokwabo lokho abakubona Kuye. Inyama yomuntu iye yahlukaniswa futhi yenziwa ubuNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke, umuntu ngamunye osenyameni yakhe “Uyimfihlakalo” ngoba Lowo “oyiMfihlakalo” wabelane ngobuNkulunkulu Bakhe ngoba Uhlanganyela ebuntwini bakho. Labo abamlandelayo njengoMalusi wabo bayalibona “iZwi Leqiniso”, ngakho-ke bayafundiswa futhi badonselwe “Emfihlakalweni Yakhe”. Izimbuzi ngakolunye uhlangothi zingezomunye ofundisa ukwehliswa komuntu komuntu ngamunye. Ufisa ukwehlisa isintu njengesimo esiphansi kakhulu sendalo ngakho-ke isintu sizinikele kuye. Ukudunyiswa kwezilwane nokukhulekelwa kwendalo kumane kuyisiqalo, ngoba icebo likaSathane ngukukholisa isintu ukuthi kumele asuse lo mhlaba ukuze asindiswe. Ungashaqeki ngalokhu, futhi ungasabi… ngokuba Nginawe ukukulungiselela ukuze kuthi lapho isikhathi sifika uzolungela ukuhola abantu Bami baphume ebumnyameni nasogibeni lwecebo likaSathane bangene Ekukhanyeni Kwami naseMbusweni Wami. Wokuthula! —Nikezwe ngoFebhuwari 27, 2012

 

Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoMashi 12, 2012. 

 

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