Oopapa, kanye ne-Dawning Era

“Igazi labafel 'ukholo liyimbewu yeSonto,” kusho uBaba weSonto wokuqala, uTertullian. ^[1]160-220 AD, I-Apologeticum,n. 50 Ngakho-ke, futhi, isizathu sale webhusayithi: ukulungiselela umfundi izinsuku ezilindele ngaphambi kwethu. Lezi zikhathi bekufanele zifike, esizukulwaneni esithile, futhi kungenzeka kube ngesethu.

Tokuphawuleka kakhulu ngeziphrofetho eziphathelene "nezikhathi zokugcina" kubukeka sengathi kunenhloso eyodwa efanayo, ukumemezela izinhlekelele ezinkulu ezizayo phezu kwesintu, ukunqoba kweBandla, nokulungiswa komhlaba. -I-Catholic Encyclopedia, Isiprofetho, www.newadvent.org

Umbono onegunya elikhulu, futhi obonakala uvumelana kakhulu neMibhalo eNgcwele, ngukuthi, ngemuva kokuwa komphik 'ukristu, iSonto lamaKhatholika lizophinda lingene enkathini yokuchuma nokunqoba. -Ukuphela Kwezwe Lamanje kanye Nezimfihlakalo Zempilo Yesikhathi Esizayo, UFr. UCharles Arminjon (1824-1885), k. 56-57; ISophia Institute Press

Ngakho-ke, ngaphezu kwakho konke, izikhathi ze- ithemba. Sidlula ebusika obude obungokomoya singena kulokho opapa bethu bakamuva abakubize ngokuthi “yisikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo.” Sithi, “siwela umkhawulo wethemba,” kusho uSt. John Paul II.

[UJohn Paul II] ukwazisa kakhulu ukuthi iminyaka eyinkulungwane yoqhekeko izolandelwa yinkulungwane yeminyaka yokuhlanganiswa… ukuthi zonke izinhlekelele zekhulu lethu, zonke izinyembezi zalo, njengoba uPapa esho, zizobanjwa ekugcineni futhi yaphenduka isiqalo esisha.  —Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Usawoti Womhlaba, Ingxoxo NoPeter Seewald, k. 237

Ngemuva kokuhlanzwa ngokuhlolwa nangokuhlupheka, ukuqala kwenkathi entsha sekuzophela. -IPOPE ST. UJOHN PAUL II, Izilaleli Ezijwayelekile, Septhemba 10, 2003

UMBONO WENKATHI ENTSHA

Ngenkathi ngihlangene namakhulu ezinkulungwane eWorld Youth Day eToronto, eCanada ngo-2002, sezwa uJohn Paul II ebiza thina ukuba sibe “abalindi bakusasa” salesi “siqalo esisha” esilindelwe:

Abancane bazikhombisile ukuthi basebenzela iRoma kanye neBandla isipho esikhethekile sikaMoya kaNkulunkulu… angizange ngibe manqikanqika ukubacela ukuba bakhethe ukholo olukhulu nempilo futhi ngibanikeze umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu: abalindi ”ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9

… Abalindi abamemezela emhlabeni isizungu esisha sethemba, ubuzalwane nokuthula. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, ikheli le-Guanelli Youth Movement, ngo-Ephreli 20, 2002, www.v Vatican.va

UBenedict XVI uqhubekile nokufaka lesi sikhalazo entsheni ngomyalezo ochaza kabanzi 'le nkathi entsha' ezayo (ezohlukaniswa naleyo “inkathi entsha” yomgunyathi ingokomoya lidlange namuhla):

Ukunikezwa amandla nguMoya, nokusebenzisa umbono ocebile wokholo, isizukulwane esisha samaKristu siyabizwa sizosiza ekwakheni umhlaba lapho kwamukelwa khona isipho sikaNkulunkulu sempilo, iyahlonishwa futhi yaziswa — ayilahlwa, yesatshwa njengosongo, futhi yabhujiswa. Inkathi entsha lapho uthando lungenabugovu noma luzifunela okwalo, kepha lumsulwa, luthembekile futhi lukhululekile ngokweqiniso, luvulekele abanye, luhlonipha isithunzi sabo, lufune okuhle kwabo, luveza injabulo nobuhle. Isikhathi esisha lapho ithemba lisikhulula khona ekunciphiseni, ukunganaki, nokuzithathela okubulala imiphefumulo yethu futhi kungcolise ubudlelwano bethu. Bathandekayo abasha, iNkosi ikucela ukuba nibe ngabaprofethi balonyaka omusha… —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, i-Homily, uSuku lweNtsha lweMhlaba, eSydney, e-Australia, ngoJulayi 20, 2008

Ubhekise kulesi sikhathi esisha futhi ngenkathi ekhuluma nabantu base-United Kingdom ekuhambeleni kwakhe lapho:

Lesi sizwe, kanye neYurophu okwasiza [oNgcwele] uBede nabantu besikhathi sakhe ukwakha, kuphinde kwaba semkhawulweni wenkathi entsha. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli e-Ecumenical Celebration, eLondon, eNgilandi; Septhemba 1, 2010; I-Zenit.org

Le "nkathi entsha" kwakuyinto ayibona kusengaphambili ngo-1969 lapho eprofetha kwinhlolokhono yomsakazo:

Kusukela enkingeni yanamuhla kuzovela iSonto lakusasa - iSonto elahlekelwe kakhulu. Uzoba mncane futhi kuzofanele aqale kabusha ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngeke esakwazi ukuhlala ezindlini eziningi azakhile ngokuchuma. Njengoba inani labalandeli bakhe lincipha, ngakho-ke lizolahlekelwa ngamalungelo akhe amaningi kwezenhlalo… Le nqubo izobanzima kakhulu, ngoba ukucabanga ngamahlelo amancane nokuzikhethela kuzodingeka kuchithwe… Kepha lapho ukuqulwa kwecala lokhu kuhlunga kudlulile, amandla amakhulu azogobhoza esuka eSontweni elinomoya futhi elenziwe lula. —UKhadinali Ratzinger (UPAPA BENEDICT), “Lizobukeka Kanjani iSonto ngonyaka ka-2000”, intshumayelo yomsakazo ngo-1969; Ignatius Cindezela; ucatholic.com

ISIVIVINYO SE-APOSTOLIC

Ngichazile phambilini ukuthi le nkathi entsha isuselwe kanjani eSikweni LobuPhostoli esilitholile, ngokwengxenye, koFata beSonto bokuqala (bheka Ukubusa Okuzayo KweSonto) futhi, kunjalo, umBhalo Ongcwele (bona Amambuka nemibuzo eminingi).

Ngokuphawuleka kakhulu, nokho, yilokho oFata abaNgcwele bebelokhu bekusho sonke lesi sikhathi, ikakhulukazi kuleli khulu leminyaka elidlule. Okungukuthi, uJohn Paul II noBenedict XVI abaphakamisi ithemba eliyingqayizivele lekusasa, kepha bakhela phezu kwalelozwi lobuPhostoli lokuthi impela kuzofika isikhathi lapho umbuso kaKrestu ongokomoya uzokwakhiwa, kuze kube sekupheleni lomhlaba.

UNkulunkulu uthanda bonke abesilisa nabesifazane emhlabeni futhi ubanikeza ithemba lesikhathi esisha, inkathi yokuthula. Uthando Lwakhe, olwembulwe ngokugcwele eNdodaneni Eyinyama, luyisisekelo sokuthula komhlaba wonke. Lapho lwamukelwa ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yomuntu, lolu thando lubuyisana nabantu noNkulunkulu kanye nabo uqobo, luvuselela ubudlelwano babantu futhi luvuselele leso sifiso sobuzalwane esikwazi ukuqeda isilingo sodlame nempi. IJubili Elikhulu lixhunyaniswe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nalo mlayezo wothando nokubuyisana, umyalezo onikeza izwi ezinhlosweni eziyiqiniso zesintu namuhla.  —U-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo kaPapa John Paul II Wokugubha USuku Lomhlaba Lomhlaba Lokuthula, Januwari 1, 2000

Isazi semfundiso yenkolo sikaJohn Paul II kanye noPius XII, uJohn XXIII, uPaul VI, noJohn Paul I, baqinisekisa ukuthi le “nkathi yokuthula” elindelwe isikhathi eside emhlabeni iyasondela.

Yebo, kwathenjiswa isimangaliso kuFatima, isimangaliso esikhulu kunazo zonke emlandweni womhlaba, esesibili kuphela emva Kovuko. Naleso simangaliso kuzoba inkathi yokuthula engakaze inikezwe ngempela emhlabeni. - UMario Luigi Cardinal Ciappi, Okthoba 9, 1994, Ikhathekizimu Yomndeni, k. 35

UKhadinali Ciappi uxhumanisa izitatimende zikamantshi zangaphambilini ne-Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, okungukunqoba kweSonto ngasikhathi sinye.

ISonto lamaKatolika, elingumbuso kaKristu emhlabeni, kulindeleke ukuba lisatshalaliswe phakathi kwabo bonke abantu nezizwe zonke… —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ama-Quas Primas, I-Encyclical, n. 12, Disemba 11, 1925; cf. Math 24:14

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

Leli themba laphindwa futhi osukwini lwethu nguPapa Francis:

… [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

Njengabanduleli bakhe, uPapa Francis ubuye ethembeni lokuthi "umhlaba omusha" kungenzeka lapho iSonto liba yikhaya lomhlaba ngempela, abantu ababumbene abazelwe nguMama kaNkulunkulu:

Sinxusa [uMariya] ukuba umama wakhe akhulekele ukuthi iSonto libe yikhaya labantu abaningi, libe ngumama wabo bonke abantu, nokuthi kuvulwe indlela yokuzalwa komhlaba omusha. NguKristu Ovukile ositshela, ngamandla asigcwalisa ngokuzethemba nethemba elingenakunyakaziswa: “Bheka ngenza konke kube kusha” (IsAm. 21: 5). NoMariya siqhubekela phambili ngokuzethemba ekufezekiseni lesi sithembiso… —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 288

Isithembiso sincike ekuguqulweni:

Ubuntu budinga ubulungiswa, ukuthula, uthando, futhi bayoba nakho kuphela ngokubuyela ngenhliziyo yabo yonke kuNkulunkulu, ongumthombo. —UPAPA FRANCIS, eSunday Angelus, eRome, ngoFebhuwari 22, 2015; I-Zenit.org

Kuyaduduza futhi kuqinisekise ukuzwa lokhu kulindelwa okungokwesiprofetho kwesikhathi sokuthula emhlabeni okuvela kubapapa abaningi:

"Bazolizwa izwi lami, kube-yisibaya esisodwa nomalusi munye." Kwangathi uNkulunkulu… maduze angagcwalisa isiprofetho sakhe sokuguqula lo mbono oduduzayo wekusasa ube yiqiniso lamanje… Kungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu ukuletha lelihora elijabulisayo futhi ukwenze kwaziwa yibo bonke… Lapho lifika, kuzokwenzeka ukuthi kube yihora elinamandla, elikhulu elilodwa elinemiphumela hhayi kuphela lokubuyiselwa koMbuso kaKristu, kodwa ukumiswa kwe ... komhlaba. Sithandaza kakhulu, futhi sicela abanye ngokufanayo ukuba bathandazele lokhu kuphakanyiswa komphakathi okufiswa kakhulu. —I-POPE PIUS XI, Ubi Arcani dei Consilioi “Ekuthuleni KukaKristu eMbusweni wakhe”, Disemba 23, 1922

Ekhuluma njengombhalo onegunya kunongumbhalo othile, uPapa Pius X wabhala:

Hawu! lapho kuwo wonke amadolobhana nemizana umthetho weNkosi ugcinwa ngokwethembeka, lapho kukhonjiswa inhlonipho ngezinto ezingcwele, lapho amaSakramente ehanjelwa kaningi, futhi kugcwaliswa izimiso zempilo yobuKrestu, ngokuqinisekile ngeke sisaba khona isidingo sokuthi sisebenze kanzima ukuze bheka zonke izinto zibuyiselwe kuKristu… Bese kuthi-ke? Ekugcineni, kuzocaca kubo bonke ukuthi iSonto, njengalokhu lasungulwa nguKristu, kumele lithokozele inkululeko ephelele futhi lizimele kulo lonke igunya langaphandle… “Uyophula amakhanda ezitha zakhe,” ukuze bonke bazi “ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyinkosi yomhlaba wonke,” “ukuze abezizwe bazi ukuthi bangamadoda.” Konke lokhu, Bazalwane Abahloniphekile, Siyakukholelwa futhi sikulindele ngokukholwa okungenakunyakaziswa. —UPAPPI PIUS X, U-E Supremi, Encyclical "Ekubuyiselweni Kwazo Zonke Izinto", n. 14, 6-7

Ukunanela umthandazo kaJesu wokuhlanganiswa, “ukuze bonke babe munye”(Jn 17:21), uPaul VI waqinisekisa iSonto ukuthi lobu bunye buzofika:

Ubunye bomhlaba buzoba njalo. Isithunzi somuntu ngeke samukelwe ngokomthetho kuphela kepha ngempumelelo. Ukungavikeleki kwempilo, kusuka esibelethweni kuya ekugugeni… Ukungalingani okungafanele kwezenhlalo kuzonqotshwa. Ubudlelwano phakathi kwabantu buzokuba nokuthula, bunengqondo futhi bube nobuzalwane. Nobugovu, noma ukuzikhukhumeza, noma ubumpofu… [ngeke] kuvimbele ukusungulwa kohlelo lomuntu lweqiniso, okuhle okuvamile, impucuko entsha. —I-POPE PAUL VI, Umlayezo we-Urbi et Orbi, Ngo-Ephreli 4th, i-1971

Phambi kwakhe, uJohn XXIII obusisiwe wacacisa lo mbono wohlelo olusha lwethemba:

Ngezinye izikhathi kufanele silalele, sizisole kakhulu, kumazwi abantu okuthi, noma bevutha ngentshiseko, bengenakho ukuqonda nokukala. Kule nkathi yesimanje akukho okunye abangakubona ngaphandle kokuqagela nokucekela phansi… Sibona ukuthi kufanele singavumelani nalabo baprofethi bokubhujiswa abahlala bebikezela inhlekelele, sengathi ukuphela komhlaba kuseduze. Ezikhathini zethu, ukuhlinzekwa nguNkulunkulu kusiholela ohlelweni olusha lobudlelwano babantu, ngomzamo womuntu nangaphezu kwakho konke okulindelwe, oluqondiswe ekugcwalisekeni kwamacebo kaNkulunkulu aphezulu futhi angaqondakali, lapho konke, ngisho nezingqinamba zomuntu, kuholela okuhle okukhulu kweBandla. —IYABUSISWA UJOHN XXIII, Ikheli Lokuvulwa Komkhandlu Wesibili WaseVatican, ngo-Okthoba 11, 1962; 4, 2-4: I-AAS 54 (1962), 789

Futhi, phambi kwakhe, uPapa Leo XIII naye waprofetha ngalokhu kubuyiselwa okuzayo nobunye kuKristu:

Sizamile futhi saphikelela ukwenza ngesikhathi sobupapa obude buqonde ezinhlosweni ezimbili eziyinhloko: okokuqala, ekubuyiseleni, kubabusi nakubantu, ngemigomo yempilo yobuKrestu emphakathini womphakathi nowasekhaya, ngoba ayikho impilo yangempela kubantu ngaphandle kukaKristu; futhi, okwesibili, ukukhuthaza ukuhlangana kabusha kwalabo abaye bawa iSonto LamaKatolika kungaba ngokuhlubuka noma ngokuhlukana, ngoba ngokungangabazeki kuyintando kaKristu ukuthi bonke babumbane emhlanjini owodwa ngaphansi koMalusi oyedwa. -IDivinum Illud Munus,n. 10

IMBEWU YEKUSASA

Kwi-Apocalypse yaseSt. John, ukhuluma ngalokhu kuvuselelwa kweSonto ngokuya "ngovuko" (IsAm 20: 1-6). UPope Pius XII naye usebenzisa lolu limi:

Kepha nalobu busuku emhlabeni bukhombisa izimpawu ezicacile zokusa okuzayo, kosuku olusha oluthola ukwanga kokukhanya okusha nokukhazimula ngokwengeziwe Ilanga… Ukuvuka kukaJesu okusha kuyadingeka: uvuko lweqiniso, olungasabuni ubukhosi bokufa… Kubantu ngabanye, uKristu kumele abhubhise ubusuku besono esibi ngokuqala kokuphinda komusa. Emindenini, ubusuku bokunganaki nokuphola kumele bunikeze ilanga lothando. Emafemini, emadolobheni, ezizweni, emazweni okungaqondani nenzondo ubusuku kufanele bukhule bukhanye njengemini, nox sicut die illuminabitur, umbango uyophela futhi kube nokuthula. — UPOPE PIUX XII, U-Urbi et Orbi ikheli, Mashi 2nd, 1957; v Vatican.va

Ngakho-ke, lokhu “kuvuka” ekugcineni kungu ukubuyiselwa somusa esintwini ukuze aKhe “Kuyokwenziwa emhlabeni njengasezulwini,” njengoba sikhuleka nsuku zonke.

UNkulunkulu uqobo wayehlinzeke ukuletha ubungcwele “obusha nobaphezulu” lapho uMoya oNgcwele ufisa ukucebisa khona amaKristu ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yesithathu, ukuze “enze uKristu abe yinhliziyo yomhlaba.” —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Ikheli Kubobaba beRogationist, n. 6, www.v Vatican.va

Uvuko, nokho, alanduleli iSiphambano. Ngokunjalo futhi, njengoba sizwile, imbewu yalesi sikhathi esisha seNtwasahlobo seSonto izoba futhi isatshalwa kulobu busika obungokomoya. Isikhathi esisha sizoqhakaza, kepha hhayi ngaphambi kokuthi iSonto lihlanzwe:

ISonto lizoncishiswa ngobukhulu balo, kuzodingeka ukuthi liqale phansi. Kodwa-ke, kusuka kulokhu test Kuzovela iSonto elizobe liqiniswe inqubo yokwenza lula elabhekana nakho, ngamandla alo amasha okuzibheka ngaphakathi kwalo… iSonto lizoncishiswa ngokwamanani. -Cardinal Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), UNkulunkulu noMhlaba, 2001; Ingxoxo noPeter Seewald

'Isivivinyo' kungenzeka kube yiso okukhulunywa ngaso ku- Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika:

Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina lokho kuzonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi. Ukushushiswa okuhambisana nokuhambela kwakhe emhlabeni kuzokwembula "imfihlakalo yokungalungi" okuyinkohliso yenkolo enikeza abantu isisombululo sezinkinga zabo ngentengo yokuhlubuka eqinisweni… Inkohliso yoMphikukristu isivele iqala ukwakheka emhlabeni ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kwenziwa isimangalo sokubona emlandweni lelo themba likaMesiya elingafinyelelwa ngaphezu komlando ngokwahlulela komkhathi. -CCC 675, 676

Ngokusobala-ke, opapa abakhulumi ngombuso wezepolitiki ngesitayela seminyaka eyizinkulungwane, kepha bakhuluma ngokuvuselelwa kweSonto ngokomoya okuzoba nomthelela nasekudalweni uqobo ngaphambi “kokuphela” kakhulu.

Kanjalo isenzo esiphelele secebo lokuqala loMdali sichaziwe: indalo lapho uNkulunkulu nendoda, owesilisa nowesifazane, ubuntu nemvelo kuyavumelana, kungxoxo, kwinhlanganyelo. Leli cebo, licasulwe yisono, lathathwa ngendlela emangazayo nguKristu, Okulifeza ngendlela engaqondakali kodwa ngempumelelo eqinisweni lamanje, ngethemba lokuthi lizofezeka…  —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Izilaleli Ezivamile, ngoFebhuwari 14, 2001

Leli ithemba lethu elikhulu nokunxusa kwethu, 'UMbuso wakho mawuze!' - Umbuso wokuthula, ubulungiswa nokuzola, okuzophinde kusungule ukuvumelana kokuqala kwendalo.—ST. UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, Izethameli Ezijwayelekile, ngoNovemba 6, 2002, iZenit

ISIVIVINYO SOKUGQIBELA

Mhlawumbe asikho esinye isikhathi eminyakeni engama-2000 edlule lapho ubuMesiya bezwe buye badlange khona. Ubuchwepheshe, ezemvelo, kanye nelungelo lokuthatha impilo yomunye umuntu — noma eyakho — sekube “yithemba lekusasa,” kunokuba kube nguNkulunkulu nempucuko yangempela yothando olwakhiwe ngokomyalo waKhe. Ngakho-ke, empeleni "sibhekene nokulwa kokugcina" nomoya wale nkathi. UPapa Paul VI kwakubonakala sengathi uyabuqonda ubukhulu obudingekayo kodwa obunethemba lalokhu kungqubuzana lapho egunyaza abafel 'ukholo base-Uganda ngo-1964:

Laba bafel 'ukholo base-Afrika bamemezela ukuqala kwenkathi entsha. Ukube nje ingqondo yomuntu ibingaqondiswa hhayi ekushushisweni nasezingxabanweni zenkolo kepha ekuzameni kabusha kobuKristu nempucuko! -Umbhalo wamahora, Umq. III, ikhasi. 1453, iSikhumbuzo sikaCharles Lwanga nabangane

Sengathi kungakhanya kuwo wonke umuntu isikhathi sokuthula nenkululeko, isikhathi seqiniso, sobulungiswa kanye nethemba. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, umyalezo weRadio, iVatican City, ngo-1981

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