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Ngokuphikelela kwenu, nizovikela izimpilo zenu.
(Luka 21: 19)

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Usanda kubuka ividiyo yakho noDaniel O'Connor. Kungani uNkulunkulu ebambezela umusa nokulunga Kwakhe?! Siphila ezikhathini ezimbi kakhulu kunangaphambi kukazamcolo omkhulu naseSodoma naseGomora. Isexwayiso esikhulu singabonakala "sinyakazisa" umhlaba futhi sibangele ukuguqulwa okukhulu. Kungani siqhubeka siphila ebubini nasebumnyameni obungaka kulo mhlaba, lapho amakholwa engasakwazi ukuma na?! UNkulunkulu ungu-AWOL [“ukude ngaphandle kokushiya”] futhi uSathane ubulala amakholwa nsuku zonke, futhi ukuhlasela akupheli… Sengilahlekelwe ithemba ngecebo Lakhe.

Ubizo Lokukhuthazela

Izikhathi zethu ngempela beziyobonakala zimbi kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi esinye isizukulwane esingaphambi kwethu. Okungenani, yilokho iZulu elibonakala likucabanga:

Suka emhlabeni futhi ukhonze iNkosi ngokwethembeka. Niphila esikhathini esibi kunesikhathi sikaZamcolo, futhi isikhathi sokubuya kwenu sesifikile. Ungasongi izingalo. Phendukela kuLowo oyindlela yakho, iQiniso nokuPhila. -UMama wethu kuPedro Regis, Okthoba 2, 2021

Nakho futhi unakho ukuthi impendulo yethu kufanele ibe kanjani: ungasongi izingalo zakho… ungaliphonsi ithawula… ungalahli ithemba… kodwa phendukela kuJesu, lowo uSt. Paul athi “ungumholi nomphelelisi wokholo.” Eqinisweni, yonke le ndima yombhalo ibalulekile kule ngxoxo:

Ngakho-ke, njengoba sizungezwe ifu elikhulu kangaka lofakazi, masilahle yonke imithwalo nesono esisinamathele futhi siphikelele ekugijimeni umncintiswano ophambi kwethu, sigxilise amehlo ethu kuJesu, umholi nomphelelisi wokuphila. ukholo. Ngenxa yenjabulo eyayiphambi Kwakhe, wabekezelela isiphambano, edelela ihlazo laso, futhi wahlala ngakwesokunene sesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu. (Heb. 12: 1-2)

Umlando weBandla ugandaywe ngegazi labafel’ ukholo kanye nemiphefumulo eminingi eyahlupheka ngesibindi ngenxa kaKristu. Okubaluleke ngaphezu komhlatshelo abawunikelayo ubufakazi bawo Kanjani banikela ngakho: ngokuzithandela, ngaphandle kokubala izindleko, ngaphandle kokubheka emuva phezu kwegeja. Kanjalo, kwaba nokushintshisana ngentando yabo yomuntu, induduzo nokulondeka kwabo, ukuze bathole injabulo nokuthula okungaphezu kwemvelo. Kungenxa yokuthi bagcina amehlo abo kuJesu ngokuphila komthandazo ojulile nokwethembeka okwenza bathole amandla okukhuthazela kulokho okungenakwenzeka.

Umkhuleko uhambela umusa esiwudingayo… -CCC, n.2010

Uma sesiqala ukuphelelwa ithemba, kungenzeka yini ukuthi sayeka ukuthandaza kuqala?

Bhekani ukuthi ukubekezelela kanjani ukuphikiswa okunjalo yizoni, ukuze ningadinwa, niphele amandla. Emzabalazweni wenu nesono, anikamelani kuze kube seqophelweni lokuchitha igazi. (Ivesi 3)

Ngaphambi kokusakazwa kwethu kuwebhu, mina noDaniel besixoxa ngokuthi bangaki abanxusa ukuthi “Isexwayiso” size futhi uNkulunkulu angenele. Kodwa cabangela lokho amaKristu akukhuthazelela phakathi namakhulu eminyaka ngisho namuva nje, njengaseRussia yobuKhomanisi, eChina, naseNyakatho Korea; lokho amaKristu ahlupheka ngakho eNigeria nakwezinye izindawo lapho ubuKristu buvinjelwe khona. Kalula nje, abaningi bethu abakakamelani kwaze kwaba seqophelweni lokuchitheka kwegazi—ayikapheli ngisho nokuvala.

Yebo, sifuna ukuthi ububi esibubona buqhuma emhlabeni wonke buphele, futhi kukhona into enhle nenhle kulokho:

Babusisiwe abalambele, bomele ukulunga, ngokuba bayakusuthiswa. (Mathewu 5: 6)

Ngaso leso sikhathi, umBhalo usitshela ukuthi okuhamba phambili kukaBaba Wethu waseZulwini ukusindisa imiphefumulo, hhayi induduzo yethu:

INkosi ayilibali isithembiso sayo, njengoba abanye bethi “ukulibala,” kodwa iyanibekezelela, ingafisi ukuba kubhubhe namunye kodwa ukuba bonke bafinyelele ekuphendukeni. (I-2 Peter 3: 9)

NjengamaKristu, kufanele senze lokhu kube umgomo wethu - hhayi izinhlelo zethu zokuthatha umhlalaphansi, njengoba kudingekile.

UKristu akazange athembise ukuphila okulula. Labo abafisa ukunethezeka bashayele inombolo okungeyona. Kunalokho, usibonisa indlela eya ezintweni ezinkulu, ezinhle, eya ekuphileni okuyiqiniso. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, Ikheli Elibhekiswe kumaPilgrim aseJalimane, ngomhlaka 25 Ephreli 2005

Siphila ehoreni lapho izingxenye eziningi zeBandla zimatasatasa nganoma yini ngaphandle kokusindiswa kwemiphefumulo, ikakhulukazi lapha eNyakatho Melika. Siphila phakathi Kokuvuna Okukhulu kwalokho esikuhlanyele ngokuhlanganyela. Ngabe siyamangala ukuthi uvivinyo ngomlilo lungene emiphakathini yethu, emindenini, emishadweni, nasemiphefumulweni yethu?

Senikhohliwe futhi isiyalo esibhekiswe kini njengamadodana: “Ndodana yami, ungadeleli ukulaya kweNkosi, ungadangali lapho usolwa yiyo; ngoba iNkosi iyamlaya emthandayo; ushaya yonke indodana ayivumayo.” (Heb. 12: 5-7)

Isiphepho Esikhulu

Umndeni wami ubhekene nezilingo ezinzima njengamanje. Kubonakala sengathi izinto ziya ziba zimbi nakakhulu lapho ngicela usizo lukaNkulunkulu! Isilingo esokuthi simsole noma simsole ngempela ngokuhamba AWOL. Kunalokho, ngibona ukuthi lezi zivivinyo, uma sizivumela, ziyisizathu sokuzindla kanye nokuthobeka okujulile nokwethemba. Phela uJesu walingisa lokhu esiphambanweni lapho ememeza ethi, “Nkulunkulu wami, Nkulunkulu wami, ungishiyeleni na? ...kodwa bese kulandela ukuthi, “Baba, ezandleni zakho ngiyawubeka umoya wami.”

Ngifuna ukukushiya nesikhuthazo sikaJesu ngezambulo ezivunyiwe ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann. Akenzi mathambo ngakho: “Isiphepho Esikhulu” ngeke sibekezelelwe abavilapha abangcwaba ithalenta labo emhlabathini, noma intombi engahlakaniphile engenawo amafutha esibani sayo, noma umphefumulo oyivila okhathazeke kakhulu ngokulungiselela kunokuthandaza.

ISiphepho Esikhulu siyeza futhi sizothwala imiphefumulo engenandaba edliwa ubuvila. Ingozi enkulu iyoqubuka lapho ngisusa isandla Sami sokuvikela. Xwayisa wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi abapristi, ukuze bashukunyiswe ekunganakeni kwabo… Ningakuthandi ukunethezeka. Ungabi amagwala. Ungalindi. Bhekana neNkanyamba ukuze usindise imiphefumulo. Zinikeleni emsebenzini. Uma ungenzi lutho, ushiyela umhlaba kuSathane futhi wenze isono. Vula amehlo akho futhi ubone zonke izingozi ezithi izisulu futhi usongo imiphefumulo yenu siqu. - UJesu waya ku-Elizabeth, Ilangabi Lothando, k. 62, 77, 34; Kindle Edition; Imprimatur ngu-Archbishop Charles Chaput waseFiladelphia, PA

Leli yicala uNkosikazi Wethu ebesilungiselela lona; lesi yisiphepho esabikezelwa kudala manje esiwela phansi. Yebo, mhlawumbe sisonke sinecala ngokuwohloka kokuziphatha okusizungezile, sishiye umhlaba kuSathane futhi sona ngenkathi sizingcwaba ngokunganaki nokunethezeka. I isimo sezwe samanje kube ukufa kwamapherishi ethu futhi manje amaningi awo angenalutho noma ayavala.

… Ayikho indlela elula yokukusho. ISonto e-United States lenze umsebenzi omubi wokwakha ukholo nonembeza wamaKhatholika iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40. Futhi manje sivuna imiphumela — esigcawini somphakathi, emindenini yethu nasekudidekeni kwempilo yethu. - UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uCharles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., Ukunikela KuKesari: Umsebenzi Wezombusazwe WamaKatolika, NgoFebhuwari 23, 2009, eToronto, eCanada

Angikwazi ukukukhulumela, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi ngiphazamiseka kalula, ngidonseleka kalula kwezinye izindawo lapho kungamoshwa isikhathi namandla. Asikho isikhathi esiningi esisele sokulungisa izindlu zethu, futhi okwamanje - futhi okwamanje! - kusekhona namuhla. Basekhona abantu esingabathanda futhi sibathonye ngokuba khona kwethu nengxoxo yethu, ngobufakazi bethu nangokwethembeka. Bafowethu nodadewethu, isiphithiphithi, ukucekelwa phansi kanye nobubi kuzokuba kubi kakhulu; “ububi buyoziqeda”, uJesu watshela iNceku kaNkulunkulu uLuisa Piccarreta. Nakuba kunempilo ukuqaphela “izibonakaliso zezikhathi,” kungani kufanele sigxile kuzo? Udeveli wenza umdanso wakhe wokugcina, kodwa asibophekile ukuwubuka. Kunalokho, “gxilisa amehlo akho kuJesu umholi nomphelelisi wokholo”… ebukhoneni Bakhe kokunye, othandweni Lwakhe oluhlale lubonakaliswa endalweni, nasebulula kodwa nokho isipho esijulile se-Ekaristi. Phela, ingabe uMngenisi akabona ubufakazi obubonakalayo bokuthi uJesu akayena u-AWOL?

Bhekani, mina nginani njalo kuze kube sekupheleni kwezwe… [Ngakho-ke] kubhekeni njengenjabulo yonke, bazalwane bami, lapho nihlangabezana nezilingo ezihlukahlukene, ngokuba niyazi ukuthi ukuvivinywa kokukholwa kwenu kuveza ukukhuthazela. Futhi ukubekezela makupheleliswe, ukuze nipheleliswe, niphelele, ningantuli lutho... ( Mathewu 28:20; Jakobe 1:2-4 )

ngiyeza masinyane. Bambisisa lokho onakho, ukuze kungabikho muntu okwamuka umqhele wakho. (IsAmbulo 3: 11)

Ngifisa ukumema abantu abasha ukuthi bavule izinhliziyo zabo ngeVangeli futhi babe ngofakazi bakaKristu; uma kunesidingo, okwakhe abafel 'ukholo, ususemnyango we-Millennium Yesithathu. —ST. UJOHN PAUL II ubhekise entsheni, eSpain, ngo-1989

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