Ukuthola ethempelini, nguMichael D. O'Brien
DO ufuna ngempela ukubona ushintsho empilweni yakho? Ngabe ufuna ukuzwa amandla kaNkulunkulu aguqula futhi akhulule umuntu emandleni esono? Akuzenzekeli kukodwa. Akunagatsha nje elingakhula ngaphandle uma lidonsa esivinini, noma ingane esanda kuzalwa ingaphila ngaphandle kokuthi incance. Impilo entsha kuKristu ngokubhabhadiswa akusiyo ukuphela; kuyisiqalo. Kepha mingaki imiphefumulo ecabanga ukuthi lokho kwanele!
ISIHLOBO SOKUZIPHATHA SIYABULALA AMAKRISTU
Ekubhabhathizweni, senziwa isidalwa esisha. Sihlanzwe esonweni futhi siphelelisiwe. Kodwa kunjengokungathi sinjalo owazalwa kufonti yokubhabhadisa. Simane nje siyizingane okusamele zikhule futhi zivuthwe…
… Size sonke sifinyelele ebunyeni bokholo naselwazini lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, ebudodeni obuvuthiwe, kuze kube sesilinganisweni esiphelele sikaKristu, ukuze singabe sisaba yizinsana, sijikijelwa amagagasi futhi sikhukhulwe yiyo yonke imimoya yokufundisa okuvela ekukhohliseni komuntu, kobuqili babo ngenhloso yokuqamba ubuqili. (Efe 4: 13-14)
Lesi sifo esesabekayo eSontweni, ikakhulukazi emazweni aseNtshonalanga, kube wukwaneliseka kokholo, ukugcinwa kwesimo futhi kucishe kunengeke kunoma yini engakuphikisa lokho. Uma nje uza eMiseni ngeSonto, ungazishaya emhlane bese uzihalalisela "ngokwenza okungaphezulu kakhulu kokuningi." Uma ukuya eMiseni bekuyithikithi lokuya ezulwini, ngakho-ke ngazo zonke izindlela, kungani uzihlupha ngokwenza okwengeziwe?
Kepha akulona ithikithi. Eqinisweni, kwabanye, kuzoba yi izinsolo—Ukuthi emva kokunikezwa okuningi, senze okuncane kakhulu. Kepha, eqinisweni, izimvu bezilokhu zikhona wanikela kancane. Amapulpiti ezindaweni eziningi athule angachazi inkolo yamaKhatholika; iminikelo, njengeRosari, yehliselwe endulo kanye nenkolo ehlonishwayo nobuciko obungcwele; futhi amaSakramente kwezinye izindawo abe yinto esiyenzayo, kunokuba sihlangane nayo. Ngenxa yalokho, kube nokulahleka okujwayelekile kwendlala kaNkulunkulu, intshisekelo yeQiniso, nentshiseko yemiphefumulo; amaKristu amaningi ezweni lanamuhla ahlala eyizinsana, futhi yini ebuhlungu kakhulu, "izinsana, ezijikijelwa amagagasi futhi zikhukhulwe yiyo yonke imimoya yemfundiso evela ekukhohliseni kwabantu…"
Ukuba nokholo olucacile, ngokwesivumelwano seSonto, kuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-basicism. Kodwa-ke, ukukholelwa ezintweni ezithile, okungukuthi, ukuzivumela uphonswe futhi 'ukhukhulwe yiyo yonke imimoya yemfundiso', kubonakala kuwukuphela kwesimo sengqondo esamukelekayo ezindinganisweni zanamuhla. —UKhadinali Ratzinger (uPapa BENEDICT XVI) ngaphambi komhlangano u-Homily, ngo-Ephreli 18, 2005
Ukuba ngumKristu akusikho ukuba yilungu lekilabhu ethile, kepha kushintsha ngokuphelele impilo yomuntu. Kusho ukulungiswa ngokuphelele kwendlela umuntu aphila ngayo ngokuya ngephethini entsha, indlela entsha yokuphila. Yebo, kunengqondo. Kuyinto onegazi kakhulu! Ngoba yenziwa yenzeka ngokuchithwa kwegazi likaKristu. UJesu wafa esiphambanweni ukukukhulula emandleni okufa ukuze uphile ngokweqiniso, uphile ngokugcwele. INDODA YAKUFELA. Lokhu kungaba kanjani into encane, into "enhle", into yangasese? Ikona the into. Kufanele kube isikhungo sempilo yakho, isisekelo semicabango yakho, amandla azo zonke izenzo zakho. Uma kungenjalo, ungubani-ke wena? Ngabe uyindoda noma owesifazane uNkulunkulu akudalele ukuba ube yikho ngempela, noma usengumntwana osuswe ngumhlaba?
BEKA UMQONDO KAKRESTU
Ngikubhalele vele mayelana nokuba ne- Inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu futhi ube Ubuso Bothando kwabanye. Kodwa awuyena nje umoya nomzimba; futhi une- umphefumulo. Yindawo lapho kuhlala khona intando nokuqonda. Ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakho, nangawo onke amandla akho (Duteronomi 6: 5) ukuvumelanisa ubukhona bakho ngokuphelele naye. Lokho kusho ukuthi nawe kufanele ugqoke umqondo kaKristu.
UJesu utshengisa ukuthi lokhu kutshoni. Ngesikhathi esemncane, uJesu washiya abazali bakhe ngokungazelelwe:
Emva kwezinsuku ezintathu bamthola ethempelini, ehlezi phakathi kwabafundisi, ebalalele, ebabuza nemibuzo… (uLuka 2:46)
Uma uJesu, uNkulunkulu-uMuntu, wakuthola kunesidingo ukufuna abafundisi nokuthola izimpendulo, kakhulu kangakanani thina, izingqondo zethu ezimnyama yimvelo yomuntu owile, sidinga ukukhanya kolwazi ukusikhombisa indlela okufanele siyithathe?
Utsheliwe, muntu, ukuthi yini enhle, nalokho uJehova akufunayo kuwe: kuphela ukwenza okulungile nokuthanda okuhle, nokuhamba ngokuthobeka noNkulunkulu wakho. (UMika 6: 8)
Yini okulungile? Yini enhle? Siphila ezweni elisinikeza amakhondomu, amaphilisi okulawula inzalo, ubuchwepheshe bokuzala, ezinye izindlela zomshado, ukukhipha isisu, nohlu olukhulayo lwezinkinga zokuziphatha. Yini okulungile? Yini enhle? UmKrestu kumele afake umqondo kaKrestu, ngoba izenzo zokuziphatha ziveza impilo — noma ukufa. Sidinga ukucisha ithelevishini bese siqala ukukhula "olwazini lweNdodana kaNkulunkulu" ukuze siphile.
Ngakho-ke ngiyamemezela futhi ngifakazele eNkosini ukuthi anisayikuphila njengabezizwe, ebuzeni bemicabango yabo; bamnyama ekuqondeni, bahlukanisiwe nempilo kaNkulunkulu ngenxa yokungazi kwabo, ngenxa yobulukhuni benhliziyo yabo, baye baba lukhuni futhi bazinikela ekuziphatheni okubi ukuze benze yonke inhlobo yokungcola ngokweqile. Leyo akuyona indlela owamfunda ngayo uKristu, ucabanga ukuthi uzwile ngaye futhi wafundiswa kuye, njengoba iqiniso likuJesu, ukuthi kufanele ulahle ubuntu obudala bendlela yakho yokuphila yokuqala, onakaliswe izifiso ezikhohlisayo, futhi uvuselelwe emoyeni wemicabango yenu, nigqoke umuntu omusha, owadalwa ngendlela kaNkulunkulu ngokulunga nangobungcwele beqiniso. (Efe 4: 17-24)
UKUGUQULWA NGOMQONDO
Umbono kaSt. Paul wenguquko engokomoya uyinyama. Akahlali nje engenzi lutho elindele ukuthi uNkulunkulu amshintshe. Kunalokho, usinxusa ukuba sivuselele izingqondo zethu.
Ningazifanisi nalenkathi kodwa niguqulwe isimo ngokwenziwa ibe ntsha ingqondo yenu, ukuze nikwazi okuyintando kaNkulunkulu, okuhle nokujabulisayo nokupheleleyo. (Rom 12: 2)
Ngakho-ke amaKristu amaningi namuhla akhiwa ngu-Oprah Winfrey noma i-guru yokuzisiza yakamuva kunokuba ngoMama wabo, iSonto. Bayalalela abafundisi bamanga abakitaza izindlebe zabo ngamakhodi kaDa Vinci, ukuqagela, nokukhohlisa okucashile kuneqiniso elingabakhulula. Ngezinye izikhathi zifana izinsana ezikhetha uswidi kunokudla okunempilo.
Makungabikho muntu onikhohlisa ngamazwi ayize… Yize noma ngabe kufanele ukuthi nibe nibe ngabafundisi ngalesi sikhathi, nidinga ukuthi kube khona umuntu onifundisa futhi izinto eziyisisekelo zamazwi kaNkulunkulu. Udinga ubisi, hhayi ukudla okuqinile. Wonke umuntu ophila ngobisi akanalwazi ngegama le-righteo
usness, ngoba uyingane. Kepha ukudla okuqinile kungokwabantu abavuthiwe, kulabo amakhono abo aqeqeshwe ngomkhuba wokuhlukanisa okuhle nokubi. (Efe 5: 6; Heb 5: 12-14)
Kufanele sifunde "ngokuzijwayeza" ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokuhle nokubi. Senza lokhu, kusho uSt. Paul, ngokuthatha "yonke imicabango iyizithunjwa zokulalela uKristu " (2 Kor 10: 5). Lokhu kuhlunga, noma kunjalo, akuyona inqubo yokuzithoba. Iqiniso akuyona into esiyinqumayo ngoba "ngithandazile futhi ngacabanga ngalo." Iqiniso lisuselwe emthethweni wemvelo nasembukisweni wokuziphatha kukaJesu, njengoba linikezwe iBandla Lakhe, futhi lembulwa ngoMoya oNgcwele. Ngisho noMoya ukhuluma kuphela lokho okunikiwe:
… Lapho efika, uMoya weqiniso, uzokuholela kulo lonke iqiniso. Akayikukhuluma ngokwakhe, kepha lokho akuzwayo uyokukhuluma… (Johane 16:13).
Isimemezelo sikaKristu, isimemezelo soMbuso kaNkulunkulu sikhombisa ukuthi ulalela izwi lakhe ezwini leBandla. "Ukungazikhulumeli okwakhe" kusho: ukukhuluma ngomsebenzi weSonto…-Cardinal Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Ukushunyayelwa Okusha, Kwakha Impucuko Yothando; Ikheli elibhekiswe kubafundisi beKhathekisthi neNkolo, ngoDisemba 12, 2000
UNKULUNKULU UNAKHO NGENGQONDO
Ukuba nomqondo kaKristu ukuba nomqondo weSonto. Umqondo weSonto ngumqondo kaKristu. Akahlukanisiwe noMzimba Wakhe njengoba ungehlukaniswe nokucabanga kwakho neNhloko. Kepha kukhona okuthile okujule kakhulu futhi okwengeziwe lapha. UNkulunkulu ufuna ukukhuluma naye wena, enhliziyweni yakho (bheka UNkulunkulu Ukhuluma… kimi?). Ukugqoka umqondo kaKristu ngaphezu kwakho konke kuza ukwazi umqondo kaNkulunkulu — ukwazi Inhliziyo Yakhe. Lokhu kuyamangalisa, impela, ngoba uNkulunkulu ufuna ukwembula okungaphakathi kuye. Ufuna uhlale ezifundeni zeNhliziyo Yakhe "lelohlo alibonanga, nendlebe ayizwanga, nalokho okungazange kungene enhliziyweni yomuntu, lokho uNkulunkulu akulungiselele labo abamthandayo"(1 Kor 2: 9). Ufisa ukukunika ubuhlakani, ubuhlakani umhlaba obungabazi. Ufuna bonke abantu baKhe babe yimfihlakalo. Ngoba umuntu oyimfihlakalo umane nje uphakamisa amehlo akhe Okwesikhashana ukuya kokuphakade, othatha isikhathi ukubheka emehlweni oThando.Lokhu kungenzeka, ngezinga elithile noma elinye, kuwo wonke amaKrestu angashadile.Kungukuthi, empeleni, ubizo lwethu:
… Ukuze uKristu ahlale ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokukholwa; ukuze nina, nigxilile futhi nigxilile othandweni, nibe namandla okuqonda kanye nabo bonke abangcwele ukuthi yini ububanzi nobude nokuphakama nokujula, nokwazi uthando lukaKristu oludlula ulwazi, ukuze nigcwaliswe ngakho konke ukugcwala kukaNkulunkulu. (Efe 3: 17-19)
Lolu lwazi luzofika kuwe kuphela njengoba, usuku nosuku, wena funa kuqala uMbuso kaNkulunkulu, ukuchitha njalo emthandazweni, ukuvula inhliziyo yakho kuye ngubani ozokhuluma nawe. Uzokhuluma nawe, ngaphezu kwakho konke, eZwini lakhe, umBhalo Ongcwele, okuthi uma wamukelwa njengomntwana omncane, unamandla okukuguqula nokukuguqula. Kepha njengegatsha okumele likhiphe ubisi emvinini, noma ingane, ubisi kunina, kufanele uzinikeze ngokuzimisela ekucabangeni kukaNkulunkulu ukuthobeka, Umthandazo, Futhi ukulalela.
Ukucabanga ngamehlo okholo, agxile kuJesu. "Ngiyambheka futhi naye uyangibuka"… Ukucabanga nakho kuphendukisa ukubuka izimfihlakalo zempilo kaKristu. Ngakho-ke ifunda "ulwazi lwangaphakathi lweNkosi yethu," ngokwengeziwe ukumthanda nokumlandela. -Ikhathekizimu yeSonto LamaKatolika, n. 2715
Izwi likaNkulunkulu-ukulalela nokuzindla ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu ukuhlangana nsuku zonke "nolwazi oludlulele ngoJesu Kristu". UMkhandlu "unxusa ngamandla futhi ngokukhethekile wonke amakholwa athembekile, ikakhulukazi lawo aphila impilo yezenkolo, ukuthi afunde lolu lwazi oluhle kakhulu" (UDi Verbum 25). —U-Cardinal Pironio, u-Eduardard, Ubukhulu Obucabangayo Bempilo Yenkolo, 4-7 Mashi 1980; www.v Vatican.va
