FOR iminyaka eminingana, ngibuze uJesu ukuthi kungani ngibuthakathaka kangako, ngibekezela kakhulu ekulingweni, ngibonakala ngingenabo ubuhle. “Nkosi,” ngishilo izikhathi eziyikhulu, “Ngithandaza nsuku zonke, ngiya kuConfession isonto ngalinye, ngithi iRosari, ngithandaza eHhovisi, ngiye eMiseni lansuku zonke iminyaka… kungani-ke ukungcola okungaka? Kungani ngibopha ngaphansi kwezilingo ezincane kakhulu? Kungani ngithukuthele kangaka? ” Ngingawaphindaphinda kahle kahle amazwi kaSt. Gregory the Great njengoba ngizama ukuphendula ubizo lukaBaba Ongcwele lokuba "umlindi" wezikhathi zethu.
Ndodana yomuntu, ngikwenze umlindi wendlu ka-Israyeli. Qaphela ukuthi indoda iNkosi eyithumela njengomshumayeli ibizwa ngokuthi umlindi. Umlindi uhlale emi endaweni ephakeme ukuze abone ukude okuzayo. Noma ngubani oqokelwe ukuba ngunogada wabantu kumele ame endaweni ephakeme impilo yakhe yonke amsize ngokubona kwakhe kusengaphambili.
Kunzima kanjani kimi ukusho lokhu, ngoba ngawo lawa mazwi ngiyazilahla. Angikwazi ukushumayela ngekhono elithile, kodwa-ke njengoba ngiphumelela, namanje angiphili impilo yami ngokwentshumayelo yami.
Angiphiki umthwalo wami wemfanelo; Ngiyabona ukuthi ngiyivila futhi ngiyadembesela, kodwa mhlawumbe ukuvuma iphutha lami kuzongenza ngixolelwe yijaji lami elilungile. —USt. UGregory Omkhulu, u-homily, Imfundo yamahora, Umq. IV, k. 1365-66
Ngenkathi ngithandaza phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ngincenga iNkosi ukuba ingisize ngiqonde ukuthi kungani nginesono kangaka emva kwemizamo eminingi kangaka, ngabheka phezulu ku-Crucifix ngezwa iNkosi ekugcineni iphendula lo mbuzo obuhlungu nosabalele…
UMHLABA WEDWA
Impendulo ize emfanekisweni woMhlwanyeli:
Umhlwanyeli waphuma wayohlwanyela… Enye yawela emadwaleni, lapho yayinomhlabathi omncane. Yavela masisha ngoba inhlabathi yayingakajuli, kwathi ekuphumeni kwelanga yahangulwa, yabuna ngokuswela izimpande… Labo abasendaweni enamadwala yilabo abathi, lapho belizwa, balamukele izwi ngenjabulo, kepha aninampande; bakholwa okwesikhashana bese bewa ngesikhathi sokulingwa. (Mt 13: 3-6; Luk 8:13)
Ngenkathi ngibuka isidumbu sikaJesu esishayiwe nesidabukile silenga ngaphezu kweTabernakele, ngezwa incazelo emnene emphefumulweni wami:
Unenhliziyo enamadwala. Kuyinhliziyo entula uthando. Uyangifuna, ukuze ungithande, kodwa ukhohlwe ingxenye yesibili yomyalo Wami omkhulu: ukuthanda umakhelwane wakho njengoba uzithanda wena.
Umzimba wami ufana nensimu. Wonke amanxeba Ami acwile kakhulu enyameni Yami: izipikili, ameva, isishayo, imvithi emadolweni ami
nembobo edabukile ehlombe lami esiphambanweni. Inyama yami ihlwanyelwe isisa senhliziyo — ngokuzinikela okuphelele okumba kanye nokugobhoza kanye nokukhalisa inyama. Lolu uhlobo lothando lomakhelwane engikhuluma ngalo, lapho kudlula khona ukufuna ukusebenzela unkosikazi wakho nezingane, uyaziphika — umba nenyama yakho.
Lapho-ke, ngokungafani nenhlabathi enamadwala, inhliziyo yakho izothanjiswa ijule kakhulu ukuze iZwi Lami likwazi ukugxila ngaphakathi kuwe futhi lithele izithelo ezicebile… esikhundleni sokushiswa ukushisa kwezilingo ngoba inhliziyo ikha phezulu futhi ayijulile.
Yebo, emva kokuba sengifile — emva kokuba nginikele ngakho konke—ukuthi kulapho inhliziyo yami yahlatshwa khona, Inhliziyo hhayi eyetshe, kodwa eyenyama. Kusuka kule Nhliziyo yothando nomhlatshelo kwaphuma amanzi negazi ukugeleza phezu kwezizwe nokuziphilisa. Kanjalo futhi, lapho ufuna ukukhonza futhi uzinikele konke kumakhelwane wakho, khona-ke iZwi lami, onikezwe lona ngazo zonke izindlela ongifuna ngazo — umthandazo, ukuvuma izono, uMthendeleko oNgcwele — lizothola indawo enhliziyweni yakho inyama ukuhluma. Futhi kuvela kuwe, Mntanami, kusuka enhliziyweni yakho kuzogeleza impilo engaphezu kwemvelo nalobo bungcwele obuzothinta futhi buguqule abakuzungezile.
Ekugcineni, ngaqonda! Kukangaki ngithandaza noma "ngenza inkonzo yami" noma ngimatasa ukukhuluma nabanye "ngoNkulunkulu" lapho umkami noma izingane zami bengidinga. “Ngimatasa ngikhonza iNkosi,” ngangizikhohlisa. Kepha amazwi kaSt. Paul aba nencazelo entsha:
Uma ngikhuluma ngolimi lwabantu nolwezingelosi kepha ngingenalo uthando, ngiyithusi elikhencezayo nensimbi encencethayo. Futhi uma nginesiphiwo sokuprofetha futhi ngiqonda zonke izimfihlakalo nolwazi lonke; uma nginokholo lonke lokususa izintaba kodwa ngingenalo uthando, angiyinto yalutho. Uma ngidela konke enginakho, noma nginikela umzimba wami ukuba ngiziqhayise, kepha ngingenalo uthando, angizuzi lutho. (1 Kor 13: 1-3)
UJesu uyakufingqa:
Kungani ungibiza uthi, 'Nkosi, Nkosi,' kodwa ungakwenzi engikuyala ngakho? (Luk 6:46)
THE YANGEMPELA INGQONDO KAKRESTU
Bengilokhu ngizwa kaninginingi kulo nyaka odlule amazwi eNkosi,
Nokho nginale nto ngawe: ulahlekelwe uthando owawunalo ekuqaleni. Qaphela ukuthi uwe kude kangakanani. Phenduka, wenze imisebenzi owawenza ekuqaleni. (IsAm 2: 4-5)
Ukhuluma neBandla, Ukhuluma nami. Ngabe sesithanda kakhulu ukuxolisa, izifundo zemiBhalo, izifundo zenkolo, izinhlelo zesifunda, ukufunda ngokomoya, izimpawu zezikhathi, umkhuleko kanye nokuzindla… size sakhohlwa ubizo lwethu - ukuthanda—Ukukhombisa abanye ubuso bukaKristu ngezenzo ezingenabugovu zenkonzo ethobekile? Ngoba lokhu yikho okuzoqinisekisa umhlaba, indlela ye-Centurion
waqinisekiswa-hhayi ngokushumayela kukaKristu-kodwa ekugcineni ngalokho akufakazela kwenzeka phambi kwakhe esiphambanweni eGolgotha. Kufanele sikholwe manje ukuthi umhlaba ngeke uguqulwe yizintshumayelo zethu eziqephuzayo, amawebhusayithi abuthuntu, noma izinhlelo ezihlakaniphile.
Uma igama lingaguqukanga, kuzoba yigazi eliguqukayo. —UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, ovela enkondlweni ethi “I-Stanislaw"
Ngithola izincwadi nsuku zonke ezinemininingwane yezikhukhula zokuhlambalaza eziqhubeka ziphuma kwabezindaba baseNtshonalanga. Kodwa ingabe lokhu ukuhlambalaza kwangempela?
Igama lami lihlala lihlanjalazwa ngabangakholwa, isho iNkosi. Maye kumuntu owenza ukuthi igama lami lihlanjalazwe! Kungani igama leNkosi lihlanjalazwa? Ngoba sisho okunye bese senza okunye. Lapho bezwa amazwi kaNkulunkulu ezindebeni zethu, abangakholwa bayamangala ngobuhle namandla abo, kepha lapho bebona ukuthi lawo mazwi awanamthelela ezimpilweni zethu, ukubabaza kwabo kuphenduka inhlekisa, futhi bayawalahla amagama anjengokuthi izinganekwane nezinganekwane. —Kusukela embhalweni owabhalwa ngekhulu lesibili, Umbhalo wamahora, Umq. IV, k. 521
Kungukutshalwa kwenyama yethu nsuku zonke, ukutshalwa kwezinhliziyo zethu ezinamatshe ukuze uThando lwaKhe luvele kuzo — yilokho umhlaba ofisa ukunambitha nokubona: UJesu uhlala kimi. Bese ukushumayela kwami, ama-webcasts ami, izincwadi zami, izinhlelo zami, izingoma zami, izimfundiso zami, imibhalo yami, izincwadi zami, amagama ami athatha amandla amasha — amandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi ngaphezu kwalokho — futhi nangu ngempela umlayezo — uma inhloso yami ukunikela ngempilo yami ngenxa yabanye umzuzu ngamunye, ngikhonza futhi nginikela futhi ngihlakulela ukuzincisha, khona-ke lapho kufika izilingo nezinsizi, angizukuwa ngoba “Gqoka umqondo kaKristu,” sengithathe ihlombe lami isiphambano sokuhlupheka. Inhliziyo yami isiphenduke inhliziyo yenyama, yenhlabathi enhle. Imbewu encane yokubekezela nokubekezela akunikeze ngomkhuleko, ukutadisha, njll. Izobe isisuka kulokhu inhlabathi yothando, futhi ngalokho, ilanga elikhanyayo lesilingo ngeke libaqothule futhi ngeke bathathwe umoya wezilingo.
Uthando lubekezelela zonke izinto… (1 Kor 13: 7)
Lona ngumsebenzi obekwe phambi kwami, phambi kwethu sonke:
Ngakho-ke, njengoba uKristu wahlupheka enyameni, zihlomeni ngesimo sengqondo esifanayo (ngoba noma ngubani ohlupheka enyameni uphule isono), ukuze ungasebenzisi okusele empilweni yomuntu enyameni ezinkanukweni zomuntu, kodwa ngentando zikaNkulunkulu. (1 Pet. 4: 1-2)
Lesi simo sengqondo se ukuthanda ukuzincisha, yilokhu kwephula isivumelwano sethu esinamandla nesono! Yilo "mqondo kaKristu" onqoba izilingo nezilingo kunenye indlela ezungezile. Yebo, isisa senhliziyo ukukholwa okusebenzayo.
Ukunqoba okunqoba umhlaba ukukholwa kwethu. (1 Joh 5: 4)
UKUQEDELELA FUTHI UMTHETHO
Ngeke kube ngumkhuleko uwedwa, ukucabangisisa ngaphandle kokwenza. Laba ababili kumele babe eshadile: ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho futhi umakhelwane wakho. Lapho umthandazo nezenzo zishadile, bazala uNkulunkulu. Lokhu ngukuzalwa kwangempela kohlobo oluthile: ngoba uJesu utshalwe emphefumulweni, wondliwe ngomkhuleko nangamaSakramente, bese kuthi ngokunikela ngokucophelela nangomhlatshelo wami uqobo, aqhubeke umzimba. Inyama yami.
… Sithwele njalo emzimbeni kaJesu ukufa kwakhe, ukuze nokuphila kukaJesu kubonakalise emzimbeni wethu. (2 Kor 4:10)
Ngubani oyisibonelo esihle salokhu ngaphandle kukaMariya, njengoba kuboniswe ezimfundisweni ezijabulisayo zerosari? Wakhulelwa uKrestu ngo “fiat” wakhe. Wamcabanga lapho esibelethweni sakhe. Kodwa akuphelelanga lapho. Naphezu kwezidingo zakhe, wawela izwe elinamagquma lakwaJuda eyosiza umzala wakhe u-Elizabeth. Isisa. Kulezi zimfihlakalo ezimbili zokuqala ezijabulisayo sibona umshado ka ukuzindla futhi isenzo. Futhi le nyunyana yakhiqiza Imfihlakalo Yesithathu Ejabulisayo: ukuzalwa kukaJesu.
ISIQINISEKISO
UJesu ubiza iBandla Lakhe ukuba lilungiselele ukufel 'ukholo. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, futhi iningi, a white ukufel 'ukholo. Sekuyisikhathi… O Nkulunkulu, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi yiphile.
NgoNovemba 11, 2010, usuku esikhumbula ngalo labo abanikela ngokuphila kwabo ngenkululeko yethu, ngathola leli gama ngomkhuleko:
Umphefumulo othululiwe, njengeNdodana yaMi wazithulula, ungumphefumulo inzalo yeZwi likaNkulunkulu engathola kuyo indawo yokuphumula. Lapho, imbewu yesinaphi inendawo yokukhula, ukusabalalisa amagatsha ayo, bese ugcwalisa umoya ngephunga lesithelo sikaMoya. Ngifisa ukuthi ube
umphefumulo onjalo, Ngane yami, othela njalo iphunga leNdodana Yami. Ngempela, kukuhlakulela inyama, ekumbeni amatshe nokhula, lapho kukhona khona indawo yokuthi iMbewu ingathola indawo yokuphumula. Ungashiyi itshe livuliwe, hhayi nolunye ukhula lumi. Nothisa inhlabathi ngegazi leNdodana Yami, elihlanganiswe negazi lakho, elichithwa ngokuzincisha. Ungesabi le nqubo, ngoba izothela izithelo ezinhle kakhulu futhi ezimnandi. Ungashiyi itshe livuliwe futhi akukho mkhula omile. Akunalutho—i-kenosis—futhi ngizokugcwalisa ngaMi uqobo.
UJesu:
Khumbula, ngaphandle Kwami awunakwenza lutho. Umkhuleko uyindlela owamukela ngayo umusa wokuphila impilo engaphezu kwemvelo. Ngenkathi ngifa, inyama Yami kuze kufike lapho ngiba ngumuntu yayingakwazi ukuzibuyisela empilweni, kodwa njengoNkulunkulu, ngakwazi ukunqoba ukufa futhi ngavuselwa ekuphileni okusha. Kanjalo futhi nasenyameni yakho, ongakwenza kuphela ukuthi ufe — ufe ngokwakho. Kodwa amandla kaMoya akini, owaphiwa wona ngamaSakramente nangomkhuleko, azokukhulisela empilweni entsha. Kodwa kumele ngabe kukhona okufile okuzokuvusa, Ngane yami! Ngakho-ke, isisa senhliziyo singumthetho wempilo, ukunikela okuphelele ngokwakho ukuze iNew Self ibuyiselwe.
QALA FUTHI
Ngangizoshiya isonto lapho, iNkosi ngomusa Wayo (ngakho ngangingeke ngilahle ithemba), yangikhumbuza ngalawo mazwi amangalisayo ethemba:
Uthando lumboza inqwaba yezono. (1 Petru 4: 8)
Masingabheki igeja emhlabathini ukuzithanda kwethu kushiye kungaphenduliwe futhi kunamadwala. Kepha ukubeka amehlo kumzuzu wamanje, qala futhi. Akukaze kwephuze kakhulu ukuba ngusanta kaJesu inqobo nje uma uphefumula emaphashini akho nezwi olimini lwakho: ifat.
Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe, Ngaphandle kokuthi uhlamvu lukakolweni luwele emhlabathini lufe, luhlala luluhlamvu nje lukakolweni; kepha uma ifa, ithela izithelo eziningi… Kwangathi uKristu angahlala ezinhliziyweni zenu ngokukholwa, ukuze nigxile futhi nigxishwe othandweni… (Efe. 3:17)
UKUFUNDA OKUFANELEKILE:
