UMKHOSI WENKOSIKAZI YETHU YE-GUADALUPE
IPOPE UJohn Paul II wambiza ngokuthi Inkanyezi Yokuvangela Okusha. Ngempela, i-Our Lady of Guadalupe iyona Morning Inkanyezi Yokushunyayelwa Kwevangeli okusha eyandulela i- Usuku lweNkosi.
Kwavela isibonakaliso esikhulu esibhakabhakeni, owesifazane embethe ilanga, nenyanga ingaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe, nasekhanda lakhe kukhona umqhele wezinkanyezi eziyishumi nambili. Wayekhulelwe futhi ekhala kakhulu ngezinhlungu njengoba ayesebenza kanzima ebeletha. (IsAm 12: 1-2)
Ngiyawezwa amazwi,
Kukhona ukukhululwa okunamandla koMoya oNgcwele.
UMoya oNgcwele ungu i-ejenti yokushumayela ivangeli. Futhi ngakho, ukhulekela lokhu kuza. Uzikhandle ngakho. Uyakukhalela—ukukhululwa kukaMoya oNgcwele eZulwini ukuze akhanyisele izinhliziyo nezingqondo zawo wonke umphefumulo osemhlabeni.
Iyeza! Iyeza maduze!
Kodwa kungani uMariya ekhala? Uyakhala ngoba, lapho uMoya ufika, uyayidinga insali yakhe, isithende asenzayo, ukuze alungele ukubuthela imiphefumulo eMphongolweni wenhliziyo yakhe, labo abakhululwe ekubanjweni nguSathane. Kudingeka silungele ukubulala inyoka ngeZwi likaNkulunkulu ehlala ngaphakathi. Ngoba, njengoba ngilobile kwenye indawo, abaprofethi bamanga bakaSathane abenqaba ngokwabo umusa “wesixwayiso,” bayophinde baqoqe amandla abo ukuze bantshontshe lezi zimvu, bazihlanganise nodrako.
Ngakho udinga usizo lwethu; udinga izinhliziyo zethu ukuba zivulekele ukwakheka kweNdodana yakhe ngaphakathi kwethu. Umsebenzi wakhe omkhulu lona. Njengoba uMoya oNgcwele kanye noMariya babumba uJesu ndawonye esibelethweni sakhe, usebenza kanzima noMoya ukwakha uJesu kithi. Uyasidinga thobekile kulo msebenzi ukuze silungele ukuba yizwi leqiniso emva kwesiphithiphithi esikhulu esiyoba umphumela wokuKhanya. UJesu uyiZwi likaNkulunkulu, eliyiNkemba eyohlaba izinhliziyo zomphefumulo ngeQiniso futhi ibakhulule. Uma leNkemba ingakabunjwa kithi, ngeke sisetshenziswe ukunqoba inyoka.
Lalela ukuthi uBaba Ongcwele wathini:
Ngibona ukuqala kwenkathi entsha yezithunywa zevangeli, ezoba a usuku olukhazimulayo ethela isivuno esikhulu, if wonke amaKristu, kanye nezithunywa zevangeli kanye namabandla amasha ikakhulukazi, basabela ngokuphana nangobungcwele obizweni nasezinseleleni zesikhathi sethu. —UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, December 7, 1990: Encyclical, Redemptoris Missio “Umsebenzi kaKristu uMhlengi” (kugcizelela ukuthi “uma” kungokwami)
“Uma”—lelo igama eliyisihluthulelo kulo mbhalo: if siyaphendula.
INGABE SIYAPHENDULA?
Esigamekweni sakamuva okuthiwa sibonwa umbonisi uMedjugorje uMirjana, umboni uthe, “Inkosikazi yethu ibiphatheke kabi kakhulu. Ngaso sonke isikhathi amehlo akhe ayegcwele izinyembezi. Wathumela umyalezo: "
Bantwana abathandekayo! Namuhla, ngenkathi ngibheka izinhliziyo zenu, inhliziyo yami igcwele ubuhlungu kanye nokwesaba. Bantabami, yimani isikhashana nibheke ezinhliziyweni zenu. Ingabe iNdodana yami, uNkulunkulu wakho, isekuqaleni ngempela? Ingabe imiyalo Yakhe iyisilinganiso sempilo yakho ngempela? Ngiyakuxwayisa futhi: ngaphandle kokukholwa akukho ukusondela kukaNkulunkulu noma izwi likaNkulunkulu eliwukukhanya kwensindiso nokukhanya kwengqondo.
UMirjana wengeze wathi: “Ngamcela kabuhlungu uNkosikazi Wethu ukuthi angasishiyi futhi angazisusi izandla zakhe kithi. Wamamatheka kabuhlungu esicelweni sami wahamba. Ngalesi sikhathi i-Our Lady ayizange ithi: 'Ngiyabonga.'” (Ngokuvamile uthi “Ngiyabonga ngokusabela ucingo lwami.")
Lalela kahle ukuthi uthini uMama wethu lapha: ngaphandle ukholo, iZwi likaNkulunkulu alihlali ngaphakathi kwethu, ngakho-ke, ukukhanya komqondo ojwayelekile, ukukhanya kweqiniso nensindiso ukusiza labo, manje, nangemva kokuKhanya ngeke kube khona. Futhi lokho kusho ukuthi imiphefumulo eminingi ingalahleka unomphela ekukhohliseni kukaSathane.
ANGIYE UMAMA WAKHO?
Izolo, bengihlushwa usuku lonke ngokungabaza okukhulu ngobuphostoli bami. UFr. UPaul Gousse, ongibambele kumishini yesonto eNew Hampshire, wakhuleka nami ngaphambi kweSakramente Elingcwele. Ngokushesha, kwafika umfanekiso weNkosazana Yethu yaseGuadalupe, futhi la mazwi:
Virgin, onamandla kakhulu.
kanye namazwi awakhuluma ku-St. Juan Diego:
Angisiye unyoko?
Ngangibhekene nokukhetha. Kuphakathi kokuthi ngizothembela kuJesu noMariya, noma ngiqhubeke nokungabaza ukuthi uNkulunkulu nguyena olawulayo ngempela. Ngikholwa ukuthi abaningi bethu basezivivinyweni ezinkulu njengamanje. Kodwa kuphakathi kokuthi sithembele kuNkulunkulu, sithemba ukuthi uyiNkosi yakho konke, noma asimethembi. Kuphakathi kokuthi sithemba ukuthi uMariya uMama wethu ugcwele umusa, futhi ngenxa yalokho, unamandla amakhulu, noma asinawo. Futhi ngokuvamile, asikholelwa ukuthi uMama Wethu uzosisiza. Ngakho-ke, simenza akhale—sikhalele, nalabo esingakwazi ukubafinyelela ngenxa yokuthi asinalo ukholo.
UNGANGABAZI
"Kunezinhlobo ezimbili zemibuzo," uFr. UPawulu waqhubeka wathi kimi. “EkaMariya nekaZakariya.”
Bobabili bakhathazeka lapho kuvela iNgelosi uGabriyeli. Kodwa ngenkathi ingelosi itshela uZakariya ukuthi umkakhe wayeyozala indodana (uJohane uMbhapathizi), yathi, “Ngizokwazi kanjani lokhu na? Ngokuba mina sengimdala, nomkami usekhulile ngeminyaka.” UZakariya wangabaza, ngakho-ke, wenziwa isimungulu futhi engakwazi ukukhuluma.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMariya, lapho ebhekene nokubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukuzala uNkulunkulu, wathi, “Lokhu kungenzeka kanjani njengoba ngingenandoda na?” Akazange angabaze, wazibuza nje ukuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwenza kanjani lokhu.
Iphuzu liwukuthi, uma singabaza njengoZakariya, izinhliziyo zethu ziyoba “ngaphandle kokukholwa… noma izwi likaNkulunkulu eliwukukhanya kwensindiso nokukhanya kwengqondo.” Ngeke sikwazi ukupha ngoba asinakho.
Ngakho-ke, ngacela intethelelo ngokungabaza kwami, futhi ngenza isenzo sokukholwa ukuthi ngizomethemba uJesu noMariya. Futhi ngokungazelelwe ngagcwala ukuthula okukhulu nesibindi.
Akukephuzi kakhulu, kuze kudlule isikhathi. Futhi akukephuzi kakhulu. Beka ukholo kuKristu! Futhi wethembe uMama wakho.
Mningi umsebenzi okufanele siwenze, maduze nje.
…[a] intwasahlobo entsha yempilo yobuKristu… izokwembulwa ngeJubili Elikhulu, if AmaKristu athobekile esenzweni sikaMoya oNgcwele. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, UTertio Millennio Adveniente,n. 18
