EMDIZINI WESIHLALO SENGCWELE UPETRU,
UMPHOSTOLI
Angilandeli mholi ngaphandle kukaKristu
futhi uhlanganyele ekuhlanganyeleni noyedwa ngaphandle kwesibusiso sakho,
okungukuthi, nesihlalo sikaPetru.
Ngiyazi ukuthi idwala leli
okwakhiwe phezu kwayo iBandla.
-St. Jerome, AD 396 AD, Letters 15:2
noma ubukele lapha.
Tithumbu amazwi okuthi ngisho neminyaka eyishumi nantathu edlule abenanelwa ngenjabulo iningi lamaKhatholika athembekile emhlabeni jikelele. Kepha manje, njengoba uPapa Francis elele 'isimo esibucayi,' ngokufanayo, mhlawumbe, ukuthembela “edwaleni iBandla elakhelwe phezu kwalo” futhi esimweni esibucayi…
Ukucabanga Enyameni
Ngokungangabazeki, lokhu kube ubupapa obuyimpikiswano kusukela ekuqaleni. UFrancis wenza umlando njengopapa wokuqala ongeyena owaseYurophu wenkathi yanamuhla, owokuqala waseLatin America, umJesuit wokuqala, futhi owokuqala ukuthatha igama elithi Francis. Abanye bakubona lokhu njengombono odingekayo noqabulayo wobupapa. Kodwa kusukela ekubonakaleni kwakhe kokuqala ngendlela engathandeki e-St. Peter's Balcony kuya emazwini amaningi ayimpikiswano angaphandle kwe-cuff, ama-aphoyintimenti, kanye nemibhalo… abaningi baye balwa nokumamukela kusukela lapho.
Okuxakayo ukuthi uPetru naye washikashikana nokwamukela ukuthunywa kukaJesu kwasekuqaleni. Lapho uJesu ebuza ukuthi abafundi bacabanga ukuthi ungubani, uSimoni wathi:
“Wena unguMesiya, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.” UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: “Ubusisiwe wena Simoni kaJona. Ngokuba inyama negazi akukwambulelanga lokhu, kepha uBaba osezulwini. Kanjalo ngithi kuwe: Wena unguPetru, phezu kwaleli dwala ngiyakulakha iBandla Lami…” (Math 16: 17-18)
Kusukela kuleso sikhathi uJesu waqala ukubonisa abafundi bakhe ukuthi umelwe ukuya eJerusalema, ahlushwe kakhulu ngamalunga, nabapristi abakhulu, nababhali; abulawe, avuswe kwabafileyo ngosuku lwesithathu. Kodwa ngokushesha njengoba uPetru kwathiwa uyidwala, waba yiqiniso itshe lesikhubekiso njengoba ewela ekucabangeni kwezwe.
UPetru wamthathela eceleni waqala ukumkhuza, ethi: “Makube njalo, Nkosi! Ngeke kwenzeke into enjalo kuwe.” Waphenduka wathi kuPetru: “Suka emva kwami, Sathane; Uyisithiyo kimi. Awucabangi ngendlela uNkulunkulu acabanga ngayo, kodwa njengomuntu.” (Funda uMathewu 16:21-23.)
Asiluzwa yini lolu hlobo lokucabanga enyameni eMzimbeni kaKristu namuhla? “Makube kude upapa wethu ukuba angabi naphutha! UNkulunkulu makube kude ukuthi adale isiphithiphithi! UNkulunkulu makakwenqabele ukuthi (njengoJesu), amise uJuda eCuria, noma ahlangane futhi abingelele izoni zomphakathi, njll.!'
“UNkulunkulu akubusise!”
Njengoba bengakwazi ukuqonda injongo yaphezulu ngaleli cala lamanje noma bamukele ubupapa abanezinsumpa, ngakho kubonakala sengathi abaningi bamane bakhuza umbono wokuthi singake sibe sesimeni esinjalo—sake saba nopapa onjalo. Bacubungule zonke izindlela nezindlela zokuqeda ukwesula kukaBenedict XVI noma baphakamise nokuthi upapa ongasekho wenza itulo lokusula kancane esikhundleni sobupapa - ngaleyo ndlela bagcina bengasebenzi ukhetho lukaPapa uFrancis. Ubani uPapa Weqiniso?). Kodwa njengoba umbhali uSteven O'Reilly esho kufanele:
…[letiyori] yenza u-Benedict abe yi- umqambimanga omkhulu; Indoda uphumelele emisebenzini yakhe, oweqa umthwalo wakhe wemfanelo, nakuba kwakungelona ihhovisi lakhe, ukuze "phatha futhi uphakele" izimvu zeNkosi (Funda uJoh. 20:15-17); ebashiya izisulu zeminyaka edlule [eyishumi nanye] kumuntu omelene nopapa kanye “nesonto lamanga”. Ngokumangalisayo, inkolelo-mbono iphikisa ngokucacile ukuthi uBenedict waphetha ngokuthi kwakungcono ukuzenza sengathi awuyena upapa, kunokuba usebenze njengopapa! Kuyinkolelo-mbono engakholakali, futhi iyinhlekisa ngokuphelele. -Steven O'Reilly, UPapa uBenedict XVI - Icala elibhekene nama-Benepapists, p. 86-87
Yebo, eBandleni labafel’ ukholo, kubonakala kungenakucatshangwa ukuthi uBenedict waya ethuneni esaba ukumane akhulume iqiniso.
Ingabe lokhu akukhona yini ukucabanga kwezwe nokucabangela njengokukaPetru, ezama ukulawula nokuphatha izinjongo kanye neNtando yobuNkulunkulu? Nasi isizathu...
Umdlandla Webandla Kumele Ufike
Ngokusho the Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika,
Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iSonto kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi… ISonto lizongena enkazimulweni yombuso kuphela ngaleli Phasika lokugcina, lapho lizolandela khona iNkosi yalo ekufeni nasekuVukeni kwalo. -n. 675, 677
Lokhu kusho ukuthi kumele sidlule kwelethu iGetsemane lapho abelusi bezoba ngamagwala, bephikisana, futhi behlakazekile...
Nonke niyakunyakaziswa ukukholwa kwenu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: 'Ngiyakushaya umalusi, izimvu zihlakazeke.' (Maka 14: 27)
Kusho ukuthi sizobhekana nokwehlukana okubi phakathi kweBandla ngokwalo njengoba amalungu alo egcona umoya wokuphrofetha,[1]I-Matt 27: 40-43 bathethelele ukuzenza kwabo balungile ngomthetho;[2]I-Matt 26: 65 futhi bahlambalaze labo abangacabangi njengoba becabanga.[3]I-Matt 27: 22-25
… Namuhla sikubona kusabeka ngendlela eyethusayo: ukushushiswa okukhulu kweBandla akuveli ezitheni zangaphandle, kodwa kuzalwa yisono ngaphakathi kweBandla. —UPPA BENEDICT XVI, inhlolokhono endizeni eya eLisbon, ePortugal; Meyi 12, 2010
Yebo, ngizalwa ngu emhlabeni ukucabanga.
Kunalokho, bafowethu nodadewethu, naphezu kwezingxabano zangempela zalobupapa engingazinciphisi, bakhonze ukuqala ukuhluza ukhula kumabele. Bayenge uJudase obala. Bafake amaKhatholika bajula oKholweni lwabo… noma bawaholela emaqenjini angaphandle okuhlukana. Lobu bupapa buye benza ukuthi abanye bahoshe izinkemba zabo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana… kanti abanye baguqe ngokuthula nokulahlwa phansi kwesiphambano, njengoba “imfihlakalo yobubi” isibiyele.[4]“Ngaphambi kokubuya kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule ovivinyweni lokugcina oluzozamazamisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi. Ushushiso oluhambisana nohambo lwakhe lwasemhlabeni luyodalula “imfihlakalo yobubi” ngendlela yokukhohlisa engokwenkolo enikeza abantu ikhambi elisobala lezinkinga zabo ngenani lokuhlubuka eqinisweni. Inkohliso engokwenkolo ephakeme kakhulu yileyo kaMphik’ ukristu, inkolelo-mbono-mesiya umuntu azikhazimulisa ngayo esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu nokuthi uMesiya wakhe eze enyameni.” -CCC, n. 675
Kwangathi singaphiwa ukuhlakanipha kwaphezulu ukuze siqonde izinhloso namacebo kaNkulunkulu, ukubambisana nawo othandweni ngenkathi silwela, ngokusemandleni ethu, ukugcina ubunye eMzimbeni kaKristu... funa nathi, sizwe ukusola kweNkosi Yethu: Suka emva kwami, Sathane! Uyisithiyo Kimi. Awucabangi ngendlela uNkulunkulu acabanga ngayo, kodwa njengoba kwenza abantu.
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| ↑1 | I-Matt 27: 40-43 |
|---|---|
| ↑2 | I-Matt 26: 65 |
| ↑3 | I-Matt 27: 22-25 |
| ↑4 | “Ngaphambi kokubuya kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule ovivinyweni lokugcina oluzozamazamisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi. Ushushiso oluhambisana nohambo lwakhe lwasemhlabeni luyodalula “imfihlakalo yobubi” ngendlela yokukhohlisa engokwenkolo enikeza abantu ikhambi elisobala lezinkinga zabo ngenani lokuhlubuka eqinisweni. Inkohliso engokwenkolo ephakeme kakhulu yileyo kaMphik’ ukristu, inkolelo-mbono-mesiya umuntu azikhazimulisa ngayo esikhundleni sikaNkulunkulu nokuthi uMesiya wakhe eze enyameni.” -CCC, n. 675 |