Injabulo Eyimfihlo

Ukufel 'ukholo kukaSt. Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya, Umculi Akaziwa

UJESU wembula isizathu sokutshela abafundi Bakhe ngezinsizi ezizayo:

Ihora liyeza, impela selifikile, lapho nizohlakazeka khona. Ngikusho lokhu kini, ukuze nibe nokuthula kimi. (Johane 16:33)

Kodwa-ke, umuntu angabuza ngokufanele, "Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi ukwazi ukuthi ukushushiswa kungenzeka ukuthi kuza kungilethele ukuthula?" Futhi uJesu uyaphendula:

Ezweni niyoba nosizi; kodwa yiba nesibindi, ngiwunqobile umhlaba. (UJohn 16: 33)

Ngibuyekeze lo mbhalo owashicilelwa okokuqala ngoJuni 25, 2007.

INJABULO EMFIHLO

Ngempela uJesu uthi,

Nginitshele lezi zinto ukuze nizovula ngokuphelele izinhliziyo zenu kimi. Njengoba nenza, ngizogcwalisa imiphefumulo yenu ngoGrace. Lapho nivula izinhliziyo zenu ngokubanzi, kulapho-ke ngizonigcwalisa ngentokozo nangokuthula. Lapho uyeka kakhulu lo mhlaba, kulapho uzothola okulandelayo. Lapho uzinikela kakhulu, uzuza kakhulu Kimi.

Cabanga ngabafel 'ukholo. Lapha uzothola indaba ngemuva kwendaba yamabandla angaphezu kwawemvelo akhona kwabaNgcwele njengoba banikela ngezimpilo zabo ngenxa kaKristu. Encwadini yakhe yakamuva, Usindisiwe Ithemba, UPapa Benedict XVI ulandisa ngendaba yomfelukholo waseVietnam, uPaul Le-Bao-Tin († 1857) “okukhombisa lokhu kuguqulwa kokuhlupheka ngamandla ethemba aqhamuka okholweni.”

Ijele lapha lingumfanekiso wangempela wesihogo saphakade: ekuhlukunyezweni ngonya kwazo zonke izinhlobo — amaketanga, amaketanga ensimbi, iminyango — kunezelwa inzondo, impindiselo, amakholomu, inkulumo engamanyala, izingxabano, izenzo ezimbi, inhlamba, iziqalekiso, kanye nosizi kanye usizi. Kepha uNkulunkulu owake wakhulula izingane ezintathu esithandweni somlilo unami njalo; ungikhulule kulezi zinsizi wazenza zaba mnandi, ngoba umusa wakhe umi phakade. Phakathi kwalokhu kuhlukumezeka, okuvame ukwethusa abanye, ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ngigcwele injabulo nokuthokoza, ngoba angingedwa — uKristu unami… Nginibhalela lezi zinto ukuze ukholo lwenu kanye okwami kungahle kube munye. Phakathi kwalesi siphepho ngiphonsa ihange lami ngasesihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu, ihange eliyithemba eliphilayo enhliziyweni yami… -Isikhulumi uSalvi,n. 37

Futhi singahluleka kanjani ukujabula lapho sizwa indaba kaSt. Lawrence, owathi, njengoba ayeshiswa abulawe, wababaza:

Ngiphendule! Sengiqedile ngapha!

USt Lawrence wayethole Injabulo Eyimfihlo: ubumbano neSiphambano sikaKristu. Yebo, iningi lethu ligijima ngenye indlela lapho ukuhlupheka nokulingwa kufika, kepha lokhu kuvame ukuhlanganisa izinhlungu zethu:

Kulapho sizama ukugwema ukuhlupheka ngokuhoxa kunoma yini engabandakanya ukulimala, lapho sizama ukuzithiba emzameni nobuhlungu bokulandela iqiniso, uthando, nokulunga, lapho singena khona ekuphileni okuyize, lapho kungahle kube khona cishe abukho ubuhlungu, kepha umuzwa omnyama wokungasho lutho nokushiywa kukhulu kakhulu. Akusikho ngokucezela eceleni noma ukubalekela ukuhlupheka lapho siphiliswa khona, kepha kunalokho ngamandla ethu okuwamukela, sikhule ngawo futhi sithole incazelo ngobunye noKristu, owahlupheka ngothando olungenamkhawulo. —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, -Isikhulumi uSalvi,n. 37

Abangcwele yilabo abanga futhi baqabule lezi ziphambano, hhayi ngoba bengama-masochist, kepha ngoba bathole Injabulo Eyimfihlo Yovuko efihlwe ngaphansi kobuso obumangelengele nobumangele beWood. Ukulahleka kwabo, babazi, kwakuwukuthola uKristu. Kepha akuyona injabulo umuntu ayihlanganisa namandla wentando yakhe noma imizwa yakhe. Uyisiphethu esiqhuma ngaphakathi, njengehlumela lempilo eliqhuma embewini ewele ebumnyameni bomhlabathi. Kepha kufanele kuqala izimisele ukuwela emhlabathini.

Imfihlo yenjabulo ukuthoba kuNkulunkulu nokupha kwabaswele… —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Novemba 2, 2005, Zenit

Noma uhlupheka ngenxa yokulunga, uzobusiswa. Ungabesabi, futhi ungakhathazeki. (1 P4: 3:14)

… Ngoba….

Uyokhulula umphefumulo wami ngokuthula ekuhlaselwa kwami… (AmaHubo 55:19)

UFAKAZI WOKUFELA INKONZO

Ngenkathi uStephen, umfel 'ukholo wokuqala weSonto lokuqala, eshushiswa ngabantu bakhe, uMbhalo uqopha ukuthi,

Bonke ababehlezi phambi kweSanhedrini bambuka futhi babona ukuthi ubuso bakhe babunjengobuso bengelosi. (IzEnzo 6:15)

UStephen wakhipha injabulo ngoba inhliziyo yakhe yayifana nengane encane, futhi kulaba abanjengalaba, uMbuso Wezulu ungowakhe. Yebo, iyaphila futhi iyasha enhliziyweni yalowo olahlwe kuKristu, okuthi ngesikhathi sokulingwa, azihlanganise Yena uqobo ikakhulukazi emphefumulweni. Umphefumulo-ke, njengoba ungasahambi ngokubona kepha ukholwa, ubona ithemba elimlindeleyo. Uma ungayitholi le njabulo manje, kungenxa yokuthi iNkosi ikuqeqeshela ukuthanda uMuphi, hhayi izipho. Uthululela umphefumulo wakho, ukuze ungagcwali lutho ngaphandle kwakhe.

Lapho isikhathi secala sifika, uma wamukela isiphambano, uyothola uvuko ngesikhathi esifanele sikaNkulunkulu esimisiwe. Futhi lowo mzuzu uzokwenza ungalokothi fika sekwedlule isikhathi.

[ISanhedrini] yamgalela amazinyo. Kepha [uStefanu], egcwele uMoya oNgcwele, wabheka phezulu ezulwini, wabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu noJesu imi ngakwesokunene sikaNkulunkulu… bamkhiphela ngaphandle komuzi, baqala ukumkhanda ngamatshe. waguqa ngamadolo akhe wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, “Nkosi, ungababaleli lesi sono”; futhi lapho esho lokhu, walala ubuthongo. (IzEnzo 7: 54-60)

Kukhona ukuhlanzwa okukhulu okwenzeka phakathi kwamakholwa njengamanje — labo abalalele futhi baphendule kule nkathi yokulungiselela. Kunjengokungathi sichotshozwa phakathi kwamazinyo empilo…

Ngoba ngomlilo igolide lihlolwe, futhi amadoda afanelekayo e-crucible yehlazo. (USiraki 2: 5)

Bese kuba khona uSt Alban, umfel 'ukholo wokuqala waseBrithani, owenqaba ukuphika inkolo yakhe. Imantshi yathi makashaywe, kwathi esendleleni eyonqunywa ikhanda, iSt. Alban ngenjabulo yahlukanisa amanzi omfula ababewela ukuze bakwazi ukufika egqumeni lapho ayezobulawa khona egqoke izingubo ezomile!

Yini le hlaya ebinemiphefumulo engcwele njengoba bemashela ekufeni kwabo? Kuyinjabulo eyimfihlo yenhliziyo kaKristu eshaya ngaphakathi kubo! Ngoba bakhethe ukulahlekelwa ngumhlaba nakho konke okukuhlinzekayo, ngisho nempilo yabo uqobo, ukuze bathole amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo kaKristu. Leli pearl lentengo enkulu yinjabulo engachazeki eguqula ngisho nobumnandi obumnandi balelizwe bube mpunga okhanyayo. Lapho abantu bebhala noma bengibuza ukuthi buphi ubufakazi ngoNkulunkulu, angikwazi ukuzibamba ngihleke ngenjabulo: “Angizange ngithande umbono othile, kodwa uMuntu! Jesu, ngihlangane noJesu, uNkulunkulu ophilayo! ”

Ngaphambi kokunqunywa kwakhe ikhanda, uSt.Thomas More wanqaba umgundi ukuze alungise ukubukeka kwakhe.

Inkosi ikhiphe isudi ekhanda lami futhi kuze kube yilapho lolu daba luxazululwa angisazukusebenzisa enye imali ngalo. -Impilo kaThomas More, UPeter Ackroyd

Futhi-ke kukhona ubufakazi obukhulu bukaSt. Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya oveza Injabulo Eyimfihlo ngesifiso sakhe sokufela ukholo:

Ngizojabula kanjani ngezilwane engizilungiselelwe! Ngiyethemba ukuthi bazokwenza umsebenzi omfishane ngami. Ngizobaphoqa ukuthi bangidle ngokushesha futhi bangesabi ukungithinta, njengoba kwenzeka kwesinye isikhathi; empeleni, uma begodla, ngizobaphoqa ukuba bakwenze. Ngibekezelele, ngoba ngiyakwazi okungilungele. Manje sengiqala ukuba ngumfundi. Sengathi akukho lutho olubonakalayo noma olungabonakali olungangiphuca umklomelo wami, onguJesu Kristu! Umlilo, isiphambano, amaphakethe wezingoma zasendle, ukuxegiswa, ukuxegiswa, ukunwetshwa kwamathambo, ukugogeka kwezitho, ukuchobozwa komzimba wonke, ukuhlushwa okubi kodeveli — zonke lezi zinto mazize phezu kwami, uma nje ngingamzuza uJesu UKristu! -I-Liturgy of the Hours, Umq. III, iphe. I-325

Yeka ukuthi kudabukisa kanjani lapho sifuna izinto zalomhlaba! Yinjabulo engakanani uKrestu afisa ukuyinika kulempilo kanye nempilo ezayo kulowo “olahla konke anakho” (uLk 14:33) futhi afune kuqala uMbuso kaNkulunkulu. Izinto zalo mhlaba ziyinkohliso: ukunethezeka kwalo, izinto zalo ezibonakalayo, nezikhundla zalo. Olahlekelwa yilezi zinto ngokuzithandela uzokwambula Injabulo eyimfihlo: wakhe impilo eyiqiniso kuNkulunkulu.

Olahlekelwa yimpilo yakhe ngenxa yami uyokuthola. (Math 10:39)

Ngiwukolo kaNkulunkulu, futhi ngigaywa ngamazinyo ezilwane zasendle, ukuze ngibe isinkwa esimsulwa. —USt. U-Ignatius wase-Antiyokiya, Incwadi eya kwabaseRoma

UKRISTU UNQOBILE

Yize ukufela ukholo "okubomvu" kungokwabanye kuphela, sonke kulokhu kuphila sizoshushiswa uma singabalandeli bakaJesu beqiniso (Jn 15:20). Kepha uKristu uzoba nawe ngezindlela ezizonqoba umphefumulo wakho ngenjabulo, iNjabulo eyimfihlo ezophunyuka kubashushisi bakho futhi idelele labo abakusolayo. Amagama angahlaba, amatshe angalimaza, imililo ingasha, kodwa ukuthokoza kweNkosi kube ngamandla enu ( Nehemiya 8:10 )

Muva nje, ngizwe iNkosi isho ukuthi akufanele sicabange ukuthi nathi sizohlupheka njengaye. UJesu uthathe ukuhlupheka okungakucabangi ngoba nguye yedwa owathatha izono zomhlaba wonke. Lowo msebenzi uphelele: “Kuqediwe. ” NjengoMzimba Wakhe, kufanele futhi silandele ezinyathelweni zothando lwakhe; kepha ngokungafani Naye, sithwala kuphela a isilayidi weSiphambano. Futhi akuyena uSimoni waseKhurene, kodwa nguKrestu uqobo oluthwala nathi. Kungubukhona bukaJesu lapho eceleni kwami, nokwazi ukuthi akasoze ashiya, kungiholela kuBaba, okuba umthombo wenjabulo.

The Injabulo eyimfihlo.

Ngemuva kokukhumbula abaphostoli, [iSanhedrini] babashaya, babayala ukuba bayeke ukukhuluma egameni likaJesu, base bebadedela. Ngakho-ke basuka phambi kweSanhedrini, bejabula ngokuthi batholakale bekufanelekele ukuhlaziswa ngenxa yegama. (IzEnzo 4:51)

Nibusisiwe lapho abantu benizonda, nalapho benikhipha inyumbazana, benithuka, belilahla igama lenu ngokungathi libi, ngenxa yeNdodana yomuntu. Jabulani ngalolo suku, nigxumagxume ngenjabulo, ngokuba bhekani, umvuzo wenu mkhulu ezulwini; ngokuba benze njalo oyise kubaprofethi. (Luka 6: 22-23)

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