UKUBUKA iqhwa liwela ngaphandle kwefasitela lokubaleka kwami, lapha ezansi kwamaRockies aseCanada, lo mbhalo ovela ekwindla ka-2008 weza engqondweni. UNkulunkulu anibusise nonke… ninani enhliziyweni yami nasemikhulekweni yami…
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoNovemba 10, 2008
IZIMBALI ZETHEMBA
Amaqabunga wonke awile lapha enkabeni yeCanada, futhi amakhaza aseqala ukuluma. Kepha ngabona okuthile ngolunye usuku engingakaze ngikunake ngaphambili ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka: izihlahla ziqala ukwakha amahlumela amasha. Angikwazi ukuchaza ukuthi kungani, kepha ngokuzumayo ngagcwaliswa ngethemba elikhulu. Ngabona ukuthi izihlahla zazingafile, kepha ziqala ukukhiqiza impilo futhi.
Leyo mpilo ibizovela — ngaphandle kwe Winter-Kubambezela ukuqhakaza kwalawo maqabunga. Ubusika abubabulali, kepha buyamisa ukukhula kwabo.
Kodwa bewazi ukuthi isihlahla siqhubeka sikhula, ngisho nasebusika?
Ngaphandle kokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kungekudala, ngahlangana nesazi sezimbali saseMelika esangibuza ngobusika bethu baseCanada. Ungitshele ukuthi manje sekuyaziwa ukuthi, ebusika, izimpande zezihlahla zikhula kakhulu kunabalimi bezimbali ababekholelwa phambilini. Lapho esho lokhu, ngangazi ekujuleni komphefumulo wami ukuthi ngangizokuqonda ezingeni elisha ngelinye ilanga.
Futhi lolo suku lubonakala selufikile.
ISIKHATHI SOKUSHAYA
Eminyakeni engamashumi amane eyedlule, kwafika isikhathi sentwasahlobo esontweni eSontweni lapho uNkulunkulu ethela khona uMoya oNgcwele kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi "ukuvuselelwa okuhehayo." Kukhiqize ukuqhuma okukhulu kwempilo njengoba abefundisi kanye nabantu abavamile ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene behlangabezana noguquko olujulile nolunzulu ngokugcwaliswa okusha kukaMoya oNgcwele. Lokho kwaveza ukwanda kokuvangela, amagatsha amasha aqinile eSontweni aqala ukuqhakaza.
Lezi zimbali, noma ama-charism, ayehluma ezindaweni eziningana. Izipho zokuphrofetha, ukufundisa, ukushumayela, ukuphilisa, izilimi nezinye izimpawu nezimangaliso kwalungisa ukukholwa kwabaningi ngesithelo esizayo. Ngempela, izimbali ezinhle zaqala ukubuna, amacembe azo awela phansi. Abanye bathi bekuwukuphela kokuvuselelwa, kepha kunokuthile okukhulu okuzayo…
IHLOBO
Ngokukhula kwamagatsha, izimbali zakhula zaba isithelo esinamandla: engikubiza ngokuthi “ukuvuselelwa kwekhathekizimu.”
AmaKhatholika amaningi ayethanda uJesu, kodwa hhayi iSonto Lakhe. Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu wathululela umoya waKhe Wobuhlakani, wavusa abahlubuki abaningana (isib. Scott Hahn, Patrick Madrid, EWTN njll. Kungasaphathwa izimfundiso zikaJohn Paul II) ukuqala ukufundisa ngokukholwa ngendlela enamandla futhi efingqiwe ukuze izigidi zamaKhatholika kuphela ezaqala ukuthandana neSonto labo, kepha amaProthestani aqala ukuthutheleka aya “eRoma” ekuzingeleni okuyinqwaba. Lokhu kuhamba eMzimbeni kulethe isithelo esinamandla futhi esivuthiwe: abaphostoli bagxile ngokujulile futhi bangantengantengi eQinisweni, nasetsheni likaKristu, iBandla.
Kodwa ngisho nalesi sithelo kubonakala sengathi sibe nesikhathi saso. Useqalile ukuwela phansi, senzela amahlumela amasha, isikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo...
WINTER
Izikhathi zokukhula ngokomoya nangokwengqondo eBandleni manje seziyekela ukukhubazeka ebusika; ukumiswa “kokungakwazi ukuzisiza” lapho, phezu kwazo zonke izipho anikezwe futhi anikezwe zona, sizokwazi futhi ukuthi ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu, akukho esingakwenza. Singena esikhathini lapho sizophucwa khona konke ukuze singabi nalutho ngaphandle kwakhe; inkathi, lapho njengoLowo Obethelwe esiphambanweni, sizothola izandla nezinyawo zethu zinwebekile futhi zingenakuzisiza, songele iZwi lethu elimemeza lithi, “Ezandleni zakho!” Kepha ngalowo mzuzu, kuzovela inkonzo entsha, iphume, isuke enhliziyweni yeSonto…
Izimbali, amaqabunga, izithelo… kude nalokho osekudlulile, ziguqulwa zenziwe ukudla kwe-the Roots ezikhula ngokungapheli. Kuzofika isikhathi lapho isivivi singavunyelwe ukulenga ngaphandle kwesihlahla esihlahleni. Lokhu kuhlanza is Ukukhanya okusondela kakhudlwana:
Ngabuka ngenkathi ivula uphawu lwesithupha, kwaba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu; ilanga laphenduka laba mnyama njengendwangu yesaka emnyama nenyanga yonke yaba njengegazi. Izinkanyezi ezisesibhakabhakeni zawela emhlabeni njengamakhiwane angavuthiwe azanyazanyiswa esihlahleni kunomoya onamandla. (IsAm 6: 12-13)
Kuvunguza imimoya yenguquko, futhi bathathe ukuphola kwe- a Winter, ubusika beSonto-okungukuthi, iPassion yakhe. ISonto lizobonakala maduzane kuhlubulwe ngokuphelele, ngisho nokufa. Kepha ngaphansi komhlaba, uzokhula aqine, alungiselele isikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo esizoqhuma sikhazimule emhlabeni wonke.
Isihlahla besilokhu sikhula amakhulu eminyaka, edlula ezinkathini eziningi. Kodwa njengoba uPapa John Paul II asho, ubhekene nobusika “bokugcina”, impi yokugcina kule nkathi, ngobukhulu bomkhathi. Ngesikhathi esithile, esaziwa uNkulunkulu kuphela, isihlahla siyobe sesifinyelele ekuphakameni okuphelele, futhi isikhathi sokugcina sokuthena sizongeniswa. UJesu wakhuluma ngesizukulwane esizayo esasizothola lezi zibonakaliso zomhlaba kanye nendawo yonke Ukushushiswa:
Funda isifundo emkhiwaneni. Lapho igatsha lawo lithamba, lihluma, niyazi ukuthi ihlobo seliseduze. Ngendlela efanayo, lapho nibona lezi zinto zenzeka, yazini ukuthi useduze, emasangweni. Amen ngithi kuwe, lesi sizukulwane awusoze wedlula zingakenzeki zonke lezi zinto. (Marku 13: 28-30)
UKUGUQUKA KWEZINKATHI
Ukuze iminyaka engamashumi amane, UNkulunkulu ubelungiselela insali ukuthi ingene ezweni lesithembiso, an I-Era Yokuthula.
Njengala makhiwane amahle, kanjalo nami ngiyakubheka ukuthunjwa kwabakwaJuda… ngiyakubabheka okuhle kubo, ngibabuyisele kuleli zwe, ukubakha, hhayi ukubachitha; ukuzitshala, hhayi ukuzikhipha.
(UJeremiya 24: 5-6)
Bese kuba khona “amakhiwane amabi,” labo kule minyaka engamashumi amane edlule abadukile bazenzela amathole egolide ehlane lesono. Ngenkathi uNkulunkulu eqhubeka ebabizela ekuphendukeni, isikhathi sesifikile lapho kuzokhulunywa khona lawo mazwi asabekayo eHubo 95:
Iminyaka engamashumi amane ngasibekezelela leso sizukulwane. Ngathi: “Bangabantu abanezinhliziyo eziphambukayo futhi abazi izindlela zami.” Ngakho ngafunga ngithukuthele ngathi, "Ngeke bangene ekuphumuleni kwami."
Lapho uJoshuwa ehola abakwa-Israyeli beya eJordani belibangise ezweni lesithembiso, wayala abapristi:
Lapho ufika onqenqemeni lwamanzi aseJordani, kufanele ame anganyakazi eJordani. (UJoshuwa 3: 8)
Ngikholwa ukuthi isikhathi sesifikile, lapho ubupristi buzoba khona “nokuma” —okusho ukuthi, iMisa liyoba sengathi limisiwe ebusuku obumnyama ebusika. Kepha ngomshoshaphansi, izimpande ziyoqhubeka zikhula.
… Abapristi ababethwala umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaJehova bema emhlabathini owomile phakathi neJordani, saze isizwe sonke saqeda ukuwela iJordani. (Joshuwa 3:17)
Insali, bonke labo abamiselwe ukuhlala eNkathini Yokuthula, bazodlula. UMama wethu, ngalesi sikhathi, uzohlala nalesi “sizwe” sensali, ikakhulukazi abapristi bakhe abathandekayo — lawo madodana alungiselelwe ngesandla sakhe azinikele kuye, uMphongolo, oqukethe iMiyalo Eyishumi (Iqiniso), imbiza yegolide yemana (uMthendeleko), kanye nenduku ka-Aaron lokho bekuhluma (ukuthunywa negunya leSonto).
Impela, labo Basebenzi bazophinde baqhakaze futhi yize kuzofihlwa isikhashana eMphongolweni. Bheka-ke, kule nkathi yokholo, hhayi ebusika nanoma yini engaletha, kodwa ukuze amahlumela ethemba azovuleka lapho iNdodana iphakama ibakhanyisela ngenkathi entsha, usuku olusha, ukusa okusha…
...isikhathi esisha sentwasahlobo.
UKUFUNDA OKWENGEZIWE:
- Ukuphela Kokuwa sekufikile: Isikhathi Soshintsho
- Isikhathi Sokuthula: ukuhlubuka noma isiprofetho? Ngama-Heresies neminye imibuzo
