Isithombe nguChip Clark ©, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
ITHEMBA LOKUGCINA LENSINDISO
UJesu ukhuluma noSt Faustina we abaningi Izindlela Uthela umusa okhethekile emiphefumulweni ngalesi sikhathi Sesihe. Enye yazo Divine Divine Sunday, iSonto langemva kwePhasika, eliqala ngamaMisa okuqala kulobubusuku (qaphela: ukwamukela umusa okhethekile walolu suku, kudingeka ukuba sivume izono zethu kungakapheli izinsuku ezi-20, futhi bamukele isidlo esimweni somusa. Bheka Ithemba Lokugcina Losindiso.) Kepha uJesu ukhuluma nangesihe afisa ukusithambisa ngemiphefumulo I-Divine Mercy Chaplet, lo Isithombe Sobunkulunkulu Saphezulu, Kanye Ihora loMusa, eqala ngo-3 ntambama usuku ngalunye.
Kepha empeleni, nsuku zonke, umzuzu nomzuzu, umzuzwana ngamunye, singafinyelela umusa nomusa kaJesu kalula nje:
Umhlatshelo owamukelekayo kuNkulunkulu ungumoya owaphukileyo; O Nkulunkulu, inhliziyo ephukile nephukile, ngeke uyidelele. (IHubo 51)
Singafika kuJesu nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngenhliziyo encane — inhliziyo yengane — sivuma izono zethu, futhi sithembele kuye ukuthi uzosisindisa, naphezu kwethu uqobo. Eqinisweni, uJesu uza njalo kithi, womele inhliziyo enjalo:
Bheka, ngimi ngasemnyango ngiyangqongqoza; Uma umuntu ezwa izwi lami futhi avule umnyango, (khona-ke) ngizongena endlini yakhe ngidle naye, naye adle nami. (IsAm 3:20)
Ngakho-ke kungani — kungani leli Sonto elikhethekile, noma iChaplet, noma isithombe…?
IZEMBULWA ZEMVELO
Noma ilanga likhanya emhlabeni kusukela entathakusa kuze kuhlwe, kunezikhathi ezithile zosuku lapho ilanga linamandla kakhulu, lapho ukushisa kwalo kukhulu kakhulu, nokukhanya kwalo kuqonde kakhulu. Lapho ilanga liphuma ekuseni, noma lapho lishona ngehora lesithathu, liyilanga elifanayo, kepha nokho akukho ukuqina nokushisa okufanayo okudingekayo, ngokwesibonelo, ukuze izithelo noma ummbila ukhule.
Umusa “Wesihe Saphezulu” ufana nalezo zikhathi “zosuku” lapho uJesu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, esinikela khona ukuqiniswa komusa. Akukhona ukuthi uKristu uyeka ukusikhanyisela ngamanye amaSonto phakathi nonyaka, noma ngamanye amahora osuku. Kodwa-ke, uKristu usenza sazi ukuthi ngezikhathi ezithile onyakeni wekhalenda, nasemini, iLanga Lomusa lizokhanya kakhulu, linikeze ukukhanya okukhulu kakhulu: umusa okhethekile ngalezo zikhathi. Kwemiphefumulo eminingi, isidingo sokubakhona (noma senziwe ngokuncenga abanye) ngalezi zikhathi kubalulekile emiphefumulweni yabo ngalesi sikhathi emlandweni. Kungakho uKristu abiza lezi zinsizi “Ithemba lokugcina lensindiso,” ngoba kwabaningi abaphila amahora abo okugcina noma izinsuku zokuphila, nangabanye abaningi abangazisebenzisanga izindlela ezijwayelekile zomusa, lezi zibonakaliso namathuba abonakalayo azobaluleka ukuze babone isidingo sabo kuJesu. Isidingo sabo Sesihe Sakhe.
Ngempela, umphefumulo ngamunye kudingeka sikhule ekuqondeni isidingo sethu salesi Sihe esimangalisayo, futhi sisamukele ngokwengeziwe.
UMCEBO WOTHANDO
Yebo, kunezici eziningi kufayela le- Amagugu Omusa: Ukuvuma izono, uMthendeleko, iThe Divine Mercy Chaplet, iRosari, oLwesihlanu bokuqala, iThe Scapular, njll. UNkulunkulu wenza umusa wakhe utholakale ngezindlela esingabona ngazo, sithinte, sinambithe, futhi sifunde. Umnyango woMgcinimafa Wakhe uvulekile kakhulu.
Kepha kukithi ukumvulela iminyango yezinhliziyo.
Ngifisa ukuthi umhlaba wonke wazi isihe Sami esingenamkhawulo. Ngifisa ukunika umusa ongacabangeki kuleyo miphefumulo ethembele emseni Wami… sonke isintu masibonise umusa Wami ongenakulinganiswa. Kuyisibonakaliso sezikhathi zokugcina; emva kwalo luzofika usuku lobulungiswa. Ngenkathi isikhathi sisekhona, mabasebenzise umthombo wesisa Sami; ake bazuze ngeGazi naManzi okuphume kubo. —UJesu, kuSt. Faustina, Idayari, n. 687, 848
Chofoza lapha ukuze Zikhiphe ohlwini or Bhalisa kule Journal.
