Ukuqhubeka Komuntu

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MHLAWUMBE isici esinombono omfushane kakhulu wesiko lethu lesimanje umbono wokuthi sisendleleni eqondile yokuthuthuka. Ukuthi siyakushiya emuva, ngemuva kokufezeka komuntu, ubuqaba nokucabanga okuncane kwezizukulwane namasiko adlule. Ukuthi sithukulula amaketango obandlululo nokungabekezelelani futhi simasha sibheke ezweni elibuswa ngentando yeningi, elikhululekile neliphucukile.

Lokhu kucabanga akuyona nje amanga kuphela, kodwa kuyingozi.

Eqinisweni, njengoba sisondela kowezi-2014, sibona umnotho wethu womhlaba udikibala onqenqemeni lokuwa ngenxa yezinqubomgomo zokuzitika zomhlaba waseNtshonalanga; ukuqothulwa kohlanga, ukuqothulwa kohlanga nobudlova bamahlelo kuyanda emazweni aseMpumalanga; amakhulu ezigidi alamba emhlabeni wonke naphezu kokudla okwanele ukondla iplanethi; inkululeko ye izakhamizi ezijwayelekile ziyahwamuka emhlabeni jikelele egameni “lokulwa nobuphekula”; ukukhipha isisu, ukusiza ukuzibulala, kanye ne-euthanasia kuyaqhubeka nokukhuthazwa njengezixazululo zokuphazamiseka, ukuhlupheka kanye nokubhekwa njengabantu abaningi ngokweqile; ukushushumbiswa kwabantu kwezocansi, ubugqila nezitho zomzimba kuyanda; izithombe zocansi, ikakhulukazi, izithombe zocansi zezingane, ziyaqhuma emhlabeni wonke; imidiya nezokuzijabulisa ziya ngokuxakaniseka kakhulu ngezici eziyisisekelo nezingasebenzi kahle zobudlelwano babantu; ubuchwepheshe, kude nokuletha ukukhululwa komuntu, ngokusobala kuveze uhlobo olusha lobugqila lapho ludinga isikhathi esithe xaxa, imali nezinsizakusebenza ukuze "kuhambisane" nezikhathi; kanye nokungezwani phakathi kwezizwe ezihlome ngezikhali zokubhujiswa kwabantu abaningi, kude nokwehla, kusondeza ubuntu eMpini Yezwe Yesithathu.

Ngempela, lapho nje abanye babecabanga ukuthi umhlaba ubheke emphakathini ongenabandlululo, onakekelayo, olinganayo, uvikela amalungelo abantu bonke, sekuya kolunye uhlangothi:

Ngemiphumela ebuhlungu, inqubo ende yomlando ifinyelela ekuguqukeni. Inqubo eyake yaholela ekutholeni umqondo “wamalungelo esintu” —amalungelo atholakala kuwo wonke umuntu nangaphambi kwanoma yimuphi umthetho-sisekelo noMbuso — namuhla imakwe ngokuphikisana okumangazayo. Impela esikhathini lapho amalungelo angenakuvinjelwa omuntu amenyezelwa ngokuqinile futhi nenani lempilo liqinisekiswa esidlangalaleni, ilungelo lokuphila liyenqatshwa noma linyathelwe, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuphila: isikhathi sokuzalwa kanye nesikhathi yokufa… Yilokhu okwenzekayo futhi nasezingeni lezepolitiki kanye nohulumeni: ilungelo lokuqala lempilo elingenakwehlulwa liyabuzwa noma liyanqatshwa ngesisekelo sevoti lephalamende noma ngokuthanda kwengxenye eyodwa yabantu - noma ngabe kuyilona iningi. Lokhu kungumphumela omubi wobumbano olubusa ngaphandle kokuphikiswa: "ilungelo" liyayeka ukuba njalo, ngoba alisasekelwa ngokuqinile esithunzini somuntu esingenakubaleka, kepha senziwa ukuba sithobele intando yengxenye enamandla. Ngale ndlela intando yeningi, ephikisana nemigomo yayo, ihamba ngempumelelo ifike ohlotsheni lobushiqela. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, IVangelium Vitae, "IVangeli Lokuphila",n. 18, 20

La maqiniso kufanele anikeze ikhefu kuwo wonke umuntu wokuthakazelelwa, kungaba umuntu ongakholelwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu noma onolwazi ngoNkulunkulu, ukuze abuze lo mbuzo kungani-Ngani, ngaphandle kwemizamo emihle yabantu esizithola sibanjwa kaninginingi ku-vortex yokubhujiswa nobushiqela, kuphela esikalini esikhulu nesikhulu somhlaba? Okubaluleke kakhulu, likuphi ithemba kukho konke lokhu?

I-FORESEEN, KWABikezelwa

Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-500 ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu, umprofethi uDaniel wabona kusengaphambili ukuthi umhlaba uzodlula impela kumjikelezo wempi, ukubusa, inkululeko, njll. ^[1]isib. UDaniel Ch. 7 kwaze kwaba ekugcineni izizwe zinqotshwa umbuso wobushiqela owesabekayo wembulunga yonke — lokho okubusisiwe uJohn Paul II akubiza ngokuthi “ubushiqela.” ^[2]isib. Dan 7: 7-15 Mayelana nalokhu, ubuKrestu abukaze buhlongoze “ukwenyuka okuqhubekayo” koMbuso kaNkulunkulu lapho umhlaba uguqulwa kancane kancane ube yindawo engcono. Esikhundleni salokho, umyalezo weVangeli uhlala umema futhi umemezela ukuthi isipho esinamandla senkululeko yomuntu singakhetha ukukhanya noma ubumnyama.

Kusitshela ngokujulile ukuthi iSt John-ngemuva kokubona i- Uvuko kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwePhentekoste — bekungeke kubhale ngezizwe ekugcineni, unomphela, ukuba abalandeli bakaJesu, kodwa ukuthi umhlaba ekugcineni uzogcina kanjani wenqaba iVangeli. Eqinisweni, babeyokwamukela inhlangano yomhlaba wonke eyayizobathembisa ukuphepha, ukuvikelwa, “nokukhululwa” ezimfunweni zobuKristu uqobo.

Inesasasa, umhlaba wonke walandela isilo… Savunyelwa futhi ukuba silwe nabangcwele futhi sibanqobe, sanikwa igunya phezu kwazo zonke izinhlanga, abantu, izilimi nezizwe. (IsAm 13: 3, 7)

Futhi uJesu akazange akhombise ukuthi umhlaba ekugcineni uzokwamukela izindaba ezinhle ngaleyo ndlela uqede unomphela ukungezwani. Uvele wathi,

… Oqinisela kuze kube sekupheleni uyakusindiswa. Futhi leli vangeli lombuso lizoshunyayelwa emhlabeni wonke njengobufakazi ezizweni zonke, khona-ke ukuphela kuyofika. (Math. 24:13)

Lokho kusho ukuthi, isintu sizobhekana nokwehla nokugeleza kwethonya lobuKristu kuze kuthi, ekugcineni, uJesu abuye ekupheleni kwesikhathi. Kuzoba nempi engapheli phakathi kweSonto kanye ne-anti-Church, uKristu nomphikukristu, eyodwa ebusa ngaphezu kwenye, kuya ngokuthi abantu bazikhethele ngokukhululekile ukwamukela noma ukwenqaba iVangeli kunoma yisiphi isizukulwane esithile. Futhi-ke,

Umbuso uzogcwaliseka,-ke, hhayi ngokunqoba kweBandla umlando ngokunyuka okuqhubekayo, kepha kuphela ngokunqoba kukaNkulunkulu ukwembulwa kokugcina kobubi, okuzokwenza ukuthi uMlobokazi wakhe wehle ezulwini. Ukunqoba kukaNkulunkulu ukuhlubuka kobubi kuzothatha isimo sesahlulelo sokugcina ngemuva kwesiphithiphithi sokugcina salo mhlaba odlulayo. --CCC, 677

Ngisho "nenkathi yokuthula" okukhulunywa ngayo kuSambulo 20, lapho abangcwele bezothola uhlobo "lokuphumula kwesabatha", ngokusho koFata BeSonto, ^[3]qhathanisa Baba Ongcwele Othandekayo… Uyeza! kugcina amandla omuntu okufulathela uNkulunkulu. Impela, imiBhalo ithi izizwe ziwela enkohlisweni eyodwa yokugcina, ngakho-ke, ziletha “ukunqoba okungokomlando” kukaGood phezu kwalokhu “kuvulwa kobubi okokugcina” nokuqala amaZulu Amasha noMhlaba Omusha ingunaphakade. ^[4]I-Rev 20: 7-9

UKWALA

Empeleni, inhliziyo yosizi lwezikhathi zethu, kuzo zonke izikhathi, ukuphikelela komuntu ekwenqabeni amacebo kaNkulunkulu, ekwenqabeni uNkulunkulu uqobo.

Ubumnyama obuyisongo sangempela esintwini, empeleni, ukuthi angabona futhi aphenye izinto ezibonakalayo, kepha angaboni lapho umhlaba uya khona noma uqhamuka kuphi, lapho kuphila kwethu uqobo ukuhamba, okuhle nokubi. Ubumnyama obumboze uNkulunkulu nezindinganiso zokufihla buyingozi yangempela ebukhoneni bethu nasemhlabeni jikelele. Uma uNkulunkulu nezindinganiso zokuziphatha, umahluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi, zihlala ebumnyameni, khona-ke zonke ezinye “izibani”, ezibeka lezi zindlela zobuchwepheshe ezingakholeki, aziyona inqubekela phambili kuphela kepha futhi ziyizingozi ezibeka thina nomhlaba engcupheni. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, u-Easter Vigil Homily, ngomhlaka-7 Ephreli 2012

Kungani umuntu wesimanjemanje engaboni? Kungani umehluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi, ngemuva kweminyaka engama-2000, "uhlala ebumnyameni"? Impendulo ilula kakhulu: ngoba inhliziyo yomuntu ngokuvamile ifuna ukuhlala ebumnyameni.

Yilesi isinqumo, ukuthi ukukhanya kweza emhlabeni, kepha abantu bakhetha ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngoba imisebenzi yabo imibi. Ngoba wonke umuntu owenza izinto ezimbi uzonda ukukhanya futhi akezi ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ingadalulwa. (Johane 3:19)

Akukho lutho oluyinkimbinkimbi ngalokhu, yingakho inzondo kaKristu neBandla Lakhe isalokhu ishubile nanamuhla njengoba yayinjalo eminyakeni engama-2000 eyedlule. ISonto libiza futhi limema imiphefumulo ukuthi yamukele isipho samahhala sensindiso yaphakade. Kepha lokhu kusho ukulandela uJesu, lapho-ke, endleleni, ngeqiniso, nangokuphila. Indlela iyindlela yothando nomsebenzi; iqiniso imihlahlandlela Kanjani kufanele sithande; futhi impilo ngukuthi umusa wokungcwelisa uNkulunkulu usinika wona ngokukhululekile ukuze simlandele futhi simlalele futhi siphile Kuye. Kuyisici sesibili — iqiniso — izwe eliliphikayo, ngoba iqiniso elisikhululayo. Futhi uSathane ufisa ukugcina isintu sigqilazwe yisono, futhi inkokhelo yesono ngukufa. Ngakho-ke, umhlaba uyaqhubeka nokuvuna isivunguvungu sokubhujiswa njengoba uqhubeka nokulahla iqiniso nokwamukela isono.

Isintu ngeke sibe nokuthula kuze kube yilapho siphenduka ngokuthembela emseni Wami.—UJesu waya eSt. Faustina; Isihe Saphezulu emphefumulweni wami, idayari, hhayi. 300

LIPHI ITHEMBA?

UJohn Paul Obusisiwe wabikezela ukuthi ukuxubana kwezikhathi zethu empeleni kusiholela "empini yokugcina" phakathi kukaKristu noMphikukristu. ^[5]qhathanisa Ukuqonda Ukuxabana Okokugcina Manje likuphi ithemba ngokuzayo?

Okokuqala, imiBhalo ngokwayo ikubikezele kwasekuqaleni konke lokhu. Ukwazi nje lelo qiniso, ukuthi kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi kuzoba nokudlikizela okunje, kusishiya siqinisekile ukuthi kune-Masterplan, engaqondakali njengoba injalo. UNkulunkulu akalahlekelwanga ukulawula kwendalo. Wabala kusukela ekuqaleni intengo eyayizokhokhwa yiNdodana Yakhe, noma babe sengozini yokuthi abaningi benqabe isipho samahhala sensindiso. 

Ekugcineni kuphela, lapho ulwazi lwethu oluyingxenye luphela, lapho sibona uNkulunkulu “ubuso nobuso”, lapho sizokwazi khona ngokuphelele izindlela ngazo - nangedrama yobubi nesono - uNkulunkulu aholele indalo yakhe kulokho kuphumula okucacile kweSabatha owadala izulu nomhlaba. -Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,n. 314

Ngaphezu kwalokho, iZwi likaNkulunkulu libikezela ukunqoba kwalabo 'abakhuthazela kuze kube sekupheleni.' ^[6]I-Matt 24: 13

Ngoba uwugcinile umyalezo wami we ukukhuthazela, ngizokugcina uphephile ngesikhathi sokulingwa esizofika emhlabeni wonke ukuhlola abakhileyo emhlabeni. Ngiyeza masinyane. Bambisisa lokho onakho, ukuze kungabikho muntu ozothatha umqhele wakho. 'Onqobayo ngizomenza insika ethempelini likaNkulunkulu wami, futhi akasoze ashiya futhi.' (IsAm 3: 10-12)

Sinethuba lokubheka emuva kukho konke ukunqoba kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu emakhulwini eminyaka adlule lapho ubuKrestu uqobo basongelwa. Sibona indlela iNkosi, kaningi, ebapha ngayo abantu bayo umusa, “ukuze kuthi ezintweni zonke, nihlale ninakho konke enikudingayo, ukuze nibe nokuningi ngawo wonke umsebenzi omuhle. ” (2 Kor. 9: 8)

Futhi yilokho ukhiye: ukuqonda ukuthi uNkulunkulu uvumela amagagasi wobubi ukuba afike ogwini ukuze alethe okuhle okukhulu-insindiso yemiphefumulo.

Kumele siqale ukubona umhlaba ngamehlo okholo, sisuse ukubukeka kwethemba. Yebo, izinto zibukeka zimbi kakhulu ebusweni. Kepha ngokuya ngokuya umhlaba uwela esonweni, kulangazelela kakhulu ukububula! Lapho umphefumulo ugqilazwa ngokwengeziwe, kulapho ulangazelela kakhulu ukusindiswa! Lapho inhliziyo iba yize, kulungela ukugcwaliswa! Ningakhohliswa; umhlaba ungabonakala ngathi uyamlahla uKristu… kepha ngithole ukuthi labo abaphikisana naye ngamandla kakhulu yilabo abalwa neqiniso ezinhliziyweni zabo.

Ubeke kumuntu ukulangazelela iqiniso nokulunga okunganelisa yena kuphela. -Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 2002

Lesi akusona isikhathi sokuba namahloni, kepha ngokuzithoba okukhulu nesibindi sokungena ezinhliziyweni zabantu ngokukhanya kothando neqiniso.

Nina ningukukhanya kwezwe. Umuzi omiswe entabeni awunakufihlwa. Futhi abakhanyisi isibani bese bebeka ngaphansi kwesitsha sebhasi; lubekwe othini lwesibani, lapho lukhanyisa bonke abasendlini. Ngaleyo ndlela, ukukhanya kwakho kumele kukhanye phambi kwabanye, ukuze babone imisebenzi yakho emihle bese bekhazimulisa uYihlo osezulwini. (Math 5: 14-16)

Kungakho uBaba oNgcwele esetshela iBandla futhi ukuthi kumele singene ezitaladini; ukuthi thina kumele baphinde “bangcole”, bahlikihle amahlombe nezwe, babadedele ekukhanyeni komusa ogeleza ngothando, kunokuba bacashe ezindlini zokukhosela ezinde nakuma-samente. Uma kuba mnyama, kufanele amaKristu akhanye ngokugqamile. Ngaphandle kwalapho-ke, nathi uqobo sesisivivi; ngaphandle kokuthi thina ngokwethu siphila njengabahedeni. Yebo-ke, ukukhanya kwethu kuhlala kufihliwe, kusitshekelwe izingqimba zokuyekethisa, ubuzenzisi, i-avarice, nokuziqhenya.

AmaKristu amaningi adabukile, eqinisweni, hhayi ngoba umhlaba ubonakala uboshwe esihogweni, kodwa ngoba indlela yabo yokuphila isengozini. Sesikhululeke kakhulu. Sidinga ukuzanyazanyiswa, ukubona ukuthi izimpilo zethu zimfushane impela futhi zilungiselela ingunaphakade. Ikhaya lethu alikho lapha, kodwa liseZulwini. Mhlawumbe ingozi enkulu namuhla akukhona ukuthi umhlaba ulahlekile ebumnyameni futhi, kepha ukuthi amaKristu awasakhanyi ngokukhanya kobungcwele. Lobo ngubumnyama obukhulu ukwedlula bonke, ngoba amaKristu kufanele abenjalo ngethemba ukuba yinyama. Yebo, ithemba lingena emhlabeni njalo lapho ikholwa liphila ngeVangeli ngokweqiniso, ngoba lowo muntu ube eseba yisibonakaliso “sempilo entsha.” Lapho-ke umhlaba 'unganambitha ubone' ubuso bukaJesu, obukhonjiswe kumlandeli Wakhe weqiniso. We kuzoba yithemba leli zwe elidinga lona!

Lapho sinika umuntu olambile ukudla, siphinde sakhe ithemba kuye. Kunjalo nakwabanye. —UPapa uFrancis, Homily, IVadio Radio, Okthoba 24, 2013

Ngakho ake siqale futhi! Namuhla, nquma ubungcwele, nquma ukulandela uJesu noma yikuphi lapho eya khona, ube luphawu lwethemba. Futhi uyaphi ezweni lethu lobumnyama nokuphazamiseka namuhla? Ngokuqondile ezinhliziyweni nasemakhaya ezoni. Masimlandele ngesibindi nenjabulo, ngoba singamadodana namadodakazi aKhe ahlanganyela emandleni, empilweni, egunyeni nasothandweni Lwakhe.

Mhlawumbe abanye bethu abathandi ukusho lokhu, kepha labo abasondelene nenhliziyo kaJesu, yizona zoni ezinkulu, ngoba Uyazifuna, ubiza bonke athi: 'Wozani woza!' Futhi lapho becela incazelo, uthi: 'Kepha, labo abanempilo enhle abadingi udokotela; Ngizele ukuzophilisa, ukusindisa. ' —UPapa uFrancis, eHomily, eVatican City, ngo-Okthoba 22, 2013; I-Zenit.org

Ukukholwa kusitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu unikele ngeNdodana yakhe ngenxa yethu futhi kusinikeza isiqiniseko sokunqoba ukuthi kuliqiniso ngempela: uNkulunkulu uluthando! Ngaleyo ndlela kuguqula ukungabekezeli kwethu nokungabaza kwethu kube yithemba eliqinisekile lokuthi uNkulunkulu uphethe umhlaba ezandleni zakhe nokuthi, njengoba isithombe esiphawulekayo sokuphela kwencwadi yeSambulo sikhombisa, naphezu kwabo bonke ubumnyama ekugcineni unqoba ngenkazimulo. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, UDeus Caritas Est, Encyclical, n. 39

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