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ISILINGO indala njengomlando wesintu. Kepha okusha ngesilingo ezikhathini zethu ukuthi isono asikaze sitholakale kalula kangaka, sandile, futhi samukeleke kangaka. Kungashiwo kufanele ukuthi kukhona okuyiqiniso uzamcolo ukungcola okudabula umhlaba. Futhi lokhu kunomthelela omkhulu kithi ngezindlela ezintathu. Eyokuqala, ukuthi ihlasela ubumsulwa bomphefumulo ukuze ivezwe nje ebubini obukhulu kakhulu; okwesibili, ukuhlala njalo kwesono kuholela ekukhathaleni; futhi okwesithathu, ukuwela kaningi komKristu kulezi zono, ngisho nokudla, kuqala ukunciphisa ukuneliseka nokuzethemba kwakhe kuNkulunkulu okuholela ekukhathazekeni, ekudikibeleni, nasekucindezelekeni, ngaleyo ndlela kufiphaze ubufakazi obumnandi bokuphikisana nomKristu emhlabeni .
Imiphefumulo ekhethiwe kuzofanele ilwe neNkosana Yobumnyama. Kuzoba isiphepho esesabekayo - cha, hhayi isiphepho, kepha isiphepho esonakalisa yonke into! Ufuna nokuchitha ukholo nokuzethemba kwabakhethiweyo. Ngizohlala ngiseceleni kwakho esivunguvungwini manje esisaqala. Ngingunyoko. Ngingakusiza futhi ngifuna. —Umlayezo osuka ku-Virgin Mary Obusisiwe waya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913-1985); yamukelwa nguKhadinali Péter Erdö, isikhulu sase-Hungary
Lesi “siphepho” sabikezelwa emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambili kuMama ohloniphekile uMariana de Jesus Torres ngokunemba okumangazayo. Kungaba iSiphepho esilethwe yithonya elonakalisayo le-The Order of Freemason, abasezikhundleni zabo eziphakeme, abebelokhu bexhumanisa ukungena, inkohlakalo, nokubhujiswa hhayi kweSonto kuphela, kodwa nentando yeningi uqobo lwayo.
Izinkanuko ezingalawulwa zizothatha indawo yenkohlakalo ephelele yamasiko ngoba uSathane uzobusa ngamahlelo amaMasonic, ekhombe izingane ikakhulukazi ukuqinisekisa inkohlakalo ejwayelekile…. Isakramente leMatrimony, elifanekisela ukuhlangana kukaKristu neBandla, lizohlaselwa ngokuphelele futhi lingcoliswe. Ukwakhiwa kwamatshe, lapho-ke sekubusa, kuzosebenzisa imithetho emimbi ehlose ukucisha lesi sakramente. Bazokwenza kube lula ukuthi wonke umuntu aphile esonweni, ngaleyo ndlela bande ukuzalwa kwezingane eziyize ngaphandle kwesibusiso seBandla…. Ngalezo zikhathi umkhathi uzogcwala umoya wokungcola okungathi, njengolwandle olungcolile, oluzogcwala imigwaqo nezindawo zomphakathi ngamalayisense amahle.… Ubumsulwa ngeke butholakale ezinganeni, noma ngesizotha kwabesifazane. —INkosikazi Yethu Yempumelelo Enhle eVen. UMama Mariana ngoMkhosi Wokuhlanzwa, 1634; bheka tfp.org futhi hho-banginline.net
UPapa Benedict waqhathanisa lo uzamcolo wenkohlakalo, oqondiswe ikakhulukazi eSontweni, njengokufana nalokho okusencwadini yeSambulo.
Inyoka, nokho, ikhiphe isifufula samanzi emlonyeni wayo ngemuva kokuthi lo wesifazane amkhukhulise ngalo msinga. (IsAm 12:15)
Le mpi esizithola kuyo… [silwa] namandla abhubhisa umhlaba, kukhulunywa ngayo esahlukweni 12 seSambulo… Kuthiwa udrako uqondisa umfula omkhulu wamanzi kulowo wesifazane obalekayo, ukumshanela… ngicabanga ukuthi kulula ukuhumusha lokho okumelwe ngumfula: yila maqhuqhuva abusa wonke umuntu, futhi afuna ukuqeda ukholo lweBandla, olubukeka lungenandawo yokuma phambi kwamandla ale misinga eziphoqa njengeyona kuphela indlela yokucabanga, ukuphela kwendlela yokuphila. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, umhlangano wokuqala wesigungu esikhethekile eMiddle East, ngo-Okthoba 10, 2010
Kungakho-ke, bafowethu nodadewethu abathandekayo, ngike ngawandulela lo mbhalo Isiphepho Sokwesaba, ukuze niqiniswe ekuzethembeni kwenu othandweni lukaNkulunkulu ngani. Ngoba akekho kithi ongathintekile namuhla, obhekene cishe nayo yonke indawo, ngalesi sifufula sesilingo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufanele sikhumbule amazwi kaSt Paul ukuthi…
… Lapho isono sanda khona, umusa wagcwala kakhulu. (Rom 5:20)
Futhi njengoba uMama wethu engumlamuleli wawo wonke umusa, [1]Ikhathekizimu leSonto LamaKatolika, hhayi. 969 kungani singeke siphendukele kuye? Njengoba asho kuMama Mariana:
NginguMama Wesihe futhi kimi kukhona ukulunga nothando kuphela. Mabeze kimi, ngoba ngiyobaholela kuye. -Izindaba Nezimangaliso Zentokazi Yethu Yempumelelo Enhle, UMarian Horvat, Ph.D. Isiko Lisebenza, 2002, amakhasi 12-13.
Kodwa-ke, akumele sithandaze futhi sithembe kuphela, kepha futhi kufanele "silwe." Ngokuphathelene nalokhu, nazi izindlela ezine ezisebenzayo zokugwema nokuhlula isilingo kulezi zikhathi.
I. Isikhathi Esiseduze Sesono
Ku- "Act of Contrition", amaKhatholika amaningi athandaza ngesikhathi seSakramente Lokuvuma izono:
Ngizimisele ngokuqinile, ngosizo lomusa Wakho, ukugwema isono ne isikhathi esiseduze sesono.
UJesu wathi, “Nginithuma njengezimvu phakathi kwezimpisi; ngakho-ke hlakaniphani njengezinyoka, nibe lula njengamajuba. ” [2]I-Matt 10: 16 Izikhathi eziningi, sibanjwa yisilingo, bese sona, ngoba besingahlakaniphile ngokwanele ukugwema "ithuba eliseduze" lokona kwasekuqaleni. Umhubi unalesi seluleko:
Ubusisiwe ongahambi nababi, noma ongezi endleleni yezoni, ehlezi phakathi kwabahleki bosulu. (IHubo 1: 1 NIV)
Lokhu ukubizelwa, okokuqala, ukugwema lobo budlelwano obukuholela esonweni. Njengoba uSt. Paul wathi, Abangane ababi bonakalisa isimilo esihle. ” (1 Kor 15:33) Yebo, lokhu kunzima ngoba uthi awufuni ukulimaza imizwa yomunye. Kepha ungathembeka futhi uthi, “Impela ngoba Ngiyakukhathalela, angikwazi ukuqhubeka nalobu budlelwano, obusiholela esonweni sobabili noma nini lapho sindawonye. Ukuze kuzuze umphefumulo wakho nowami, kufanele sihlukane ngezindlela ... ”
Isici sesibili sokugwema isenzakalo esiseduze sesono — futhi lokhu kumane nje kuwumqondo ovamile — ngukugwema lezo zindawo ezingakuholela esonweni. I-inthanethi ingesinye sezikhathi zesono esikhulu kumaKristu namuhla, futhi sonke kudingeka siqaphele futhi sihlakaniphe maqondana nokusetshenziswa kwaso. Imithombo yezokuxhumana, izingosi zokuzijabulisa, kanye nezingosi zezindaba ziyizikhombisi zesifufula se-hedonism ezikhathini zethu. Khetha izinhlelo zokusebenza nezihlungi ukuvimba udoti, ukuqondisa imilayezo kumfundi olula, noma usebenzise isikhathi sakho nomndeni nabangane kunokubandakanya inhlebo engenangqondo, ukunganaki, nokuqhutshwa kwabezindaba. Futhi lokhu kufaka phakathi ukucwaninga nokugwema lawo ma-movie aqukethe ubunqunu noma inhlamba eyedlulele nodlame, okungeke kusize kodwa ukubulala umphefumulo.
Imindeni eminingi ingaguqula amakhaya ayo uma isika ikhebula. Ekhaya lethu, lapho sikhansela elethu, izingane zethu zaqala ukufunda, ukudlala izinsimbi, futhi ukudala.
II. Ubuvila
O Mkristu, wenzani ngesikhathi sakho?
Ubuvila buyindawo yokudlala kaSathane. Ukulala embhedeni kunikeze abaningi ithuba lokona njengoba imicabango icwila kancane kancane ezinkumbulweni zamanxeba adlule, ukungcola, noma amaphupho ezwe. Ukufunda omagazini nezincwadi ezenza umzimba ube yisithixo, osakaza inhlebo, futhi ugxile ezintweni onazo, kuyizindawo ezizalela zonke izinhlobo zezilingo. Ukubuka ithelevishini ngesisekelo sayo 
ezentengiselwano, umyalezo oqhubekayo wokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, nezinhlelo ezijwayele ukudicilela phansi imiphefumulo eminingi kumoya wobuzwe ogcwele kakhulu ezikhathini zethu. Futhi ngabe ngidinga ukusho noma yini mayelana nokubulala isikhathi kwi-intanethi nokuthi iziphi izingozi ezicashe lapho?
UPapa Francis wakhipha lesi sexwayiso esihlakaniphile sokuthi ukuthanda umhlaba kungagcina kusisuse kanjani enkolweni yethu…
… Izwe liyimpande yobubi futhi lingaholela ekubeni sishiye amasiko ethu futhi sixoxisane ngokuthembeka kwethu kuNkulunkulu othembekile njalo. Lokhu… kubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlubuka, oku… kuyindlela “yokuphinga” eyenzeka lapho sixoxisana ngomongo wobuntu bethu: ukwethembeka eNkosini. —UPAPA UFRANCIS ovela emndenini, iVatican Radio, ngoNovemba 18, 2013
Umkhuleko, ukuzidela, nemisebenzi eyakhayo (njengokuhambahamba, ukufunda incwadi enhle, noma ukwenza umdlalo wokuzilibazisa) kungavimba ubuvila bungabi yindawo yokuzala yesono.
Kuleli qophelo, abanye abafundi bangazizwa ukuthi lezi ziyalo zibuqili futhi zibuyela emuva. Kepha izithelo zokuzitika ngalezi zinhlobo ezingenhla “zokuzijabulisa” zikhuluma ngokwazo ngendlela ezisenza sizizwe ngayo, ziyithinta kanjani impilo yethu (uma singamazambane asembhedeni), nokuthi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ziphazamisa ubudlelwane bethu noNkulunkulu, ngakho-ke ukuthula kwethu.
Ungawuthandi umhlaba noma izinto zomhlaba. Uma umuntu ethanda umhlaba, uthando lukaYise alukho kuye. Konke okusemhlabeni, inkanuko evusa inkanuko, ukuyenga kwamehlo, Futhi impilo yokuzidla, akuveli kuBaba kodwa kuvela emhlabeni. Nokho umhlaba nokuyenga kwawo kuyadlula. Kepha owenza intando kaNkulunkulu uhlala kuze kube phakade. (1 Johane 2: 15-17)
III. Izintuthwane ezibambene ... noma amabhere
Yini elula? Ukulwa nentuthwane noma ibhere? Kanjalo futhi, kulula kakhulu ukucisha isilingo lapho singena kuqala kunangemva kokusivumela sikhule enhliziyweni yakho. USt. James uyabhala:
… Umuntu ngamunye uyalingwa lapho eyengwa futhi eyengwa yisifiso sakhe. Lapho-ke isifiso siyakhulelwa siveze isono, kuthi lapho isono sifinyelela ekuvuthweni sizalele ukufa. (Jakobe 1: 13-15)
Okusemqoka wukulwa idlozi ngaphambi kokuba libe yibhere, ukucisha inhlansi ngaphambi kokuba ibe ngumlilo. Okusho ukuthi, lapho uzizwa ulaka lwakho luvutha, kukude 
kulula ukuthi cha kulelo zwi lokuqala lentukuthelo kunokuthi ucishe isifufula samagama uma “usulahlekile.” Lapho ulingeka ukujabulisa inhlebo, kulula kakhulu ukuzisusa engxoxweni noma ushintshe isihloko lapho siqala ukwedlula lapho imininingwane ebabayo ikuphethe. Kulula kakhulu ukusuka kude ne-porn uma kungumcabango nje ekhanda lakho kunalapho uhleli phambi kwekhompyutha. Yebo, izilingo zokuqala zingase zibe namandla, kepha lezo zikhathi ezimbalwa zokuqala azizona nje kuphela ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yempi, kodwa zigcwele umusa kakhulu.
Alikho icala elifikile kuwe ngaphandle komuntu. UNkulunkulu uthembekile futhi ngeke akuvumele ukuba ulingwe ngaphezu kwamandla akho; kepha esivivinyweni uzonikeza nendlela yokuphuma, ukuze nikwazi ukusithwala… (1 Kor 10:13)
IV. Isilingo akusona isono
Kwesinye isikhathi isilingo singaba namandla kakhulu futhi sishaqise kakhulu size sishiye umuntu ezizwa enamahloni athile aze adlule nasemqondweni wakhe — noma ngabe kungumcabango wokuziphindisela, ukuhaha, noma ukungcola. Kepha lokhu kuyingxenye yeqhinga likaSathane: ukwenza kubonakale sengathi isilingo siyefana nesono. Kepha akunjalo. Kungakhathaleki ukuthi isilingo siqine kangakanani futhi siphazamisa kangakanani, uma usenqaba ngokushesha, khona-ke sihlala siyisilingo — njengenja ekhathazayo eketangeni elingakukhonkotha kuphela.
Sichitha izingxabano nakho konke ukuzenzisa okuziphikisa ngokumelene nolwazi lukaNkulunkulu, futhi sithatha yonke imicabango ngokuthobela uKristu. (2 Kor 10: 5)
Ungakhohlwa ukuthi uJesu wayekhona "Lowo ovivinywe ngendlela efanayo, kodwa engenasono." [3]I-Heb 4: 15 Futhi ukholwa kangcono ukuthi iningi 
izilingo ezimbi zathunyelwa ngendlela yakhe. Kodwa-ke, wayengenasono, okusho ukuthi isilingo uqobo sasingeyona isono. Jabulani-ke, hhayi nje ukuthi akusona isono lesi, kodwa nokuthi nikufanele ngokwanele ukuvivinywa.
Kubhekeni njengenjabulo kuphela, bazalwane bami, lapho nihlangabezana nezilingo ezahlukahlukene, ngokuba niyazi ukuthi ukuvivinywa kokukholwa kwenu kuveza ukuqina. (Jakobe 1: 2-3)
UKWENQA UMDLALO
Ekuphetheni, lapho mina nawe sibhabhadiswa, izifungo zakhulunywa ngabazali bethu kanye nonkulunkulukazi egameni lethu:
Uyasilahla isono ukuze uphile enkululekweni yabantwana bakaNkulunkulu? [Yebo.] Uyabulahla ubukhazikhazi bokubi bese wenqaba ukulawulwa yisono? [Yebo.]-Kusukela enkambisweni yokubhabhadisa
Ukulwa nesilingo kungakhathaza… kepha izithelo zokukunqoba ukuthula kwangaphakathi kwangempela nenjabulo. Ukudansa ngesono, ngakolunye uhlangothi, akuvelisi lutho ngaphandle kwezithelo zokungezwani, ukungabi nakuphumula, nehlazo.
Uma nigcina imiyalo yami, niyakuhlala othandweni lwami, njengalokho nami ngigcinile imiyalo kaBaba ngihlala othandweni lwakhe. Nginitshelile lokhu, ukuze intokozo yami ibe kini, nokuthokoza kwenu kuphelele. (Johane 15: 10-11)
Isilingo siyingxenye yempi yamaKrestu, futhi sizoqhubeka kuze kube sekupheleni kwezimpilo zethu. Kepha mhlawumbe akukaze ngaphambili emlandweni womuntu sibe nalo, iSonto, kakhulu sidinga ukuqapha futhi siqaphele uSathane “Uzulazula njengengonyama ebhongayo efuna ongamshwabadela.” (1 Pet 5: 8) Noma kunjalo, akufanele sigxile ebumnyameni, kodwa kuJesu “Umholi futhi uphelele ekukholweni kwethu”…[4]I-Heb 12: 2 nozamcolo oza kithi ngoMama wakhe.
Ngingaqhathanisa lesi sikhukhula (somusa) nePentekoste lokuqala. Izocwilisa umhlaba ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Sonke isintu sizonaka ngesikhathi salesi simangaliso esikhulu. Nakhu kufika ukugeleza okukhulu kweLangabi Lothando Lomama Wami Ongcwele Ngcwele. Izwe elimnyama ebelivele limnyama ngenxa yokungabi nalukholo lizozamazama kakhulu bese abantu bakholwa! Lawa ma-jolts azokhulisa umhlaba omusha ngamandla okholo. Ukwethemba, okuqinisekiswa ukukholwa, kuzogxila emphefumulweni futhi ubuso bomhlaba buzovuselelwa ngaleyo ndlela. Ngoba akukaze kunikezwe ukugeleza okunjalo komusa selokhu iZwi laba yinyama. Lokhu kuvuselelwa komhlaba, okuvivinywa ukuhlupheka, kuzokwenzeka ngamandla nangamandla agxumayo eNcasakazi! —UJesu waya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann
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