MY isihloko sakamuva esibizwa Iyaphela indlela mhlawumbe uthole izimpendulo ze-imeyili eziningi kunoma yini engake ngabhala.
IMPENDULO YOMZWELO
Kube nokuthululwa okukhulu kokuxolisa kwabantu baseMelika abaningi ngokuphathwa kwethu emngceleni, kanye nokuqashelwa ukuthi i-US isenkingeni, ngokokuziphatha nakwezepolitiki. Ngiyabonga ngezincwadi zenu zokungisekela—ubufakazi obuqhubekayo bokulunga kwabantu abaningi baseMelika—nakuba inhloso yami kwakungekona ukucela uzwelo. Kunalokho, bekuwukumemezela isizathu sokukhansela amakhonsathi ami. Ngiphinde ngasebenzisa leso sikhathi ukubhekana nokuhambisana kwesimo kukho konke ukuzindla kule webhusayithi—okungukuthi, i-paranoia nokwesaba ziwuphawu lwezikhathi (bona ukuzindla kwami ku Luphele Uvalo).
Bekukhona nezincwadi ezithi bengihlasela abantu baseMelika ngokujwayelekile, nokuthi bengidukile “empini yobuphekula.” Yebo, ukufunda ngokucophelela incwadi yami kukhomba ukukhathazeka ngokwanda kwe-paranoia kanye nokungezwani okudalwa yi labo abaphethe amandla—hhayi wonke amaMelika. Kodwa abanye abantu bakuthatha mathupha lokhu. Kwakungeyona inhloso yami nakancane, futhi ngiyaxolisa ngokuthi abanye baphatheke kabi ngalokhu.
Asibabambeli magqubu onogada basemngceleni nalabo abathumela izincwadi ezinomoya omubi. Kodwa ngizochaza isisekelo sokuphawula kwami njengoba akuzona ezombangazwe kodwa zingokomoya.
UKUTHANDA IZWE NOKUHLAKANIPHA
Iningi labafundi bami baseMelika. Abanye babo bangamasosha ase-Iraq abangibhalela ngezikhathi ezithile. Eqinisweni, isizinda sethu sabanikeli sibaningi baseMelika, futhi esikhathini esidlule baye basiza ngokushesha kule nkonzo. Sivakashela e-US njalo, futhi sakhe ubudlelwano obuningi obuyigugu lapho. Kukho konke ohambweni lwami emhlabeni wonke, kuseMelika lapho ngithole khona amanye amaphakethe athembeke kakhulu nangokwenkolo yobuKatolika. Kuyizwe nabantu abahle ngezindlela eziningi.
Kodwa uthando lwethu ngezwe alukwazi ukuza ngaphambi kothando lweVangeli. Ukushisekela izwe akukwazi ukwandulela ukuhlakanipha. Izwe lakithi liseZulwini. Ubizo lwethu elokuvikela iVangeli ngezimpilo zethu, singadela iVangeli ngenxa yefulegi nezwe. Ngimangele ngandlela-thile ngamazwi empi kanye nokuphika iqiniso okuvela kumaKhatholika aqinile.
Izwe laseNtshonalanga liwohloka ngokushesha ekuziphatheni. Futhi uma ngithi iNtshonalanga, ngibhekise eNyakatho Melika naseYurophu ikakhulukazi. Lokhu kuwohloka kokuziphatha kuyizithelo zalokho uPapa uBenedict aye wabhekisela kukho ngokuthi “ubushiqela be-relativism”—okungukuthi, izindinganiso zokuziphatha zichazwa kabusha ukuze zivumelane “nokucabanga” kwezikhathi. Ngikholelwa ukuthi “impi yokuvimbela” yamanje iwela ngokuyingozi kulo moya wokuzicabangela, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa izexwayiso ezishiwo yiBandla.
Futhi i isibonakaliso sezikhathi ngenxa yethonya layo emhlabeni jikelele:
Okufike kungihlabe umva nje-futhi ngicabanga kakhulu ngakho-ke ukuthi kuze kube manje, ezikoleni sifundiswa ngezimpi ezimbili zomhlaba. Kepha engisanda kugqekeza manje, ngiyakholelwa, kufanele futhi ichazwe ngokuthi 'yimpi yezwe,' ngoba umthelela wayo uthinta umhlaba wonke. —UKhadinali Roger Etchegaray, isithunywa sika-PAPA JOHN PAUL II e-Iraq; Izindaba ZamaKhatholika, Mashi 24, 2003
Kuye kwashiwo ngu-a Ukushicilelwa kwe-Houston ukuthi abezindaba abavamile e-US abazange baphathe imibiko yokuphikisa kweBandla impi. Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe kusenjalo yini, ngisusela kulokho okushiwo abanye babafundi bami.
Ngakho-ke nali-izwi leBandla “ngempi yobuphekula”…
UBIZA I-SPADE NGE-SPADE
Ngaphambi kwempi yase-Iraq, uPapa John Paul II waxwayisa kakhulu ngokusetshenziswa kwamandla ezweni elikhungethwe impi:
Impi ayigwemeki ngaso sonke isikhathi. Kuhlala kuwukwehlulwa kwesintu… Impi ayikaze nje ibe enye indlela umuntu angakhetha ukuyisebenzisa ukuze alungise ukungezwani phakathi kwezizwe… impi ayikwazi ukunqunywa, ngisho noma kuyindaba yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bayasizakala, ngaphandle kokuthi kube yindlela yokugcina futhi ngokuhambisana nezimo eziqinile, ngaphandle kokushaya indiva imiphumela kubantu abavamile phakathi nangemva kokusebenza kwezempi.. -Ikheli leDiplomatic Corps, Januwari 13, 2003
Ukuthi “izimo eziqinile” azizange kuhlangatshezwane nazo kwavezwa ngokucacile ngababhishobhi base-US ngokwabo:
Ngama-Holy See kanye nababhishobhi abavela eMiddle East nasezweni lonke, sesaba ukuthi abantu abaphendukela empini, ngaphansi kwezimo zamanje futhi bakhanyisela imininingwane ekhona manje yomphakathi, bebengeke bahlangabezane nemibandela eqinile ekufundiseni kwama Katolika ngokweqile ukucabanga okuqinile ngokumelene nokusetshenziswa zamasosha. -Isitatimende nge-Iraq, Novemba 13, 2002, USCCB
Engxoxweni abe nayo nesikhungo sezindaba i-ZENIT, uCardinal Joseph Ratzinger - manje osenguPapa Benedict - uthe,
Kwakungekho sizathu esanele sokususa impi ne-Iraq. Ukungasho lutho ngeqiniso lokuthi, uma sinikezwe izikhali ezintsha ezenza ukubhujiswa okungaphezu kwamaqembu empi, namuhla kufanele sizibuze ukuthi ngabe kusenayo yini imvume yokuvuma ukuba khona "kwempi elungile". -IZENIT, Kwangathi 2, 2003
Lawa ngamaphimbo ambalwa ezinhlaka ezixwayisa ngokuthi impi yase-Iraq izoba nemiphumela emibi emhlabeni. Ngempela, izixwayiso zabo ziye zafakazelwa njengeziyisiprofetho. Akuwona nje kuphela amathuba okuba nobuphekula enhlabathini yasekhaya njengoba amazwe ase-Arab ebheka i-US njengeya ngokuya iba nenzondo, kodwa ezinye “izitha zendabuko” ezifana neRussia, Iran, North Korea, China kanye neVenezuela manje zibona iMelika njengosongo olusobala njengoba isifakazele. izimisele ukuhlasela noma yiliphi izwe elithathwa njengosongo olwanele. Lezi zizwe ziye zandisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi futhi ziyaqhubeka nokwakha izikhali, zisondeza umhlaba kwenye impi enzima. Isimo esibi lesi.
…ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali akumele kuveze ububi neziyaluyalu ezinkulu kunobubi okumele buqedwe. -Ikhathekhizimu yeBandla lamaKhatholika; 2309 ngemibandela “yempi nje”.
Akekho onqobayo empini—futhi ngokwesitatimende sakamuva soMbhishobhi wase-US, ukusebenza kwe-Iraq kuyaqhubeka nokuphakamisa imibuzo yokuziphatha:
Njengabefundisi nabafundisi, siyaqiniseka ukuthi isimo samanje e-Iraq sisalokhu singamukeleki futhi singenakusimama. -Isitatimende sikaBhishobhi wase-US ngeMpi e-Iraq; IZENITI, Novemba 13, 2007
Nami ngikhathazeke kakhulu ngamasosha asele e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan ebhekene nezitha eziyingozi futhi ezivame ukungabi nalunya. Sidinga ukusekela amasosha ngemithandazo yethu. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, njengamaKatolika athembekile, kudingeka sizwakalise ukuphikisa kwethu noma nini lapho sibona ukungabi nabulungisa kwenzeka, ikakhulukazi ohlotsheni lobudlova—kungaba kusesibelethweni, noma kwelinye izwe.
Ukwethembeka kwethu kuKristu kudlula ukwethembeka efulegeni.
Udlame nezingalo akukwazi ukuxazulula izinkinga zomuntu. —I-POPE JOHN PAUL II, Isisebenzi samaKatolika saseHouston, Julayi - Agasti 4, 2003
IMPI AYISEKHO!
Sekuyisikhathi sokuba amazwe aseNtshonalanga abe “nokukhanya kunembeza.” Kumele sibheke isizathu esenza sivame ukudelelwa ngabezizwe.
UPapa John Paul II usevele wengeza ukukhanya kule ndaba:
Ngeke kube khona ukuthula emhlabeni ngenkathi ukucindezelwa kwabantu, ukungabi nabulungisa, kanye nokungalingani kwezomnotho, okukhona namanje, kusabekezelela. - IMisa LangoLwesithathu Lomlotha, 2003
Abafundi abaningana baseMelika babhale ukuthi amaphekula ahlose ukucekela phansi izwe lawo. Lokhu kuyiqiniso, futhi kudingeka siqaphe—basongele nezwe lami. Kodwa kufanele futhi sibuze kungani sinalezi zitha kwasekuqaleni.
Abantu abaningi emhlabeni bathukuthele ngenxa yokungabi nabulungisa okubi kwezomnotho embulungeni yonke okuqhubekayo kule nkulungwane entsha yeminyaka. Ukukubeka ngokungagwegwesi, kunokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo okukhulu, ukumosha, nokuhaha eNtshonalanga. Njengoba bebuka izingane zethu ziya ngokukhuluphala ngokweqile ngama-iPod namaselula ehlobisa imizimba yazo, imindeni eminingi yomhlaba wesithathu ayikwazi ukubeka isinkwa etafuleni. Ukuthi, kanye nokugeleza kwezithombe zobulili ezingcolile, ukukhipha isisu, nokuhlanganisa kabusha umshado kuyimikhuba engamukelekile emasikweni amaningi… izitayela ezisakaza zisuka eCanada, eMelika, nakwamanye amazwe aseNtshonalanga.
Nakuba ngikuqonda ukukhungatheka okucashile kwabanye babafundi bami, yile mpendulo ephakanyiswe ngomunye umfundi ngempela impendulo…
"... kufanele sikhiphe amabutho ethu kuwo wonke amazwe, sivale imingcele yethu kuwo wonke umuntu, simise yonke imali yosizo lwethu lwangaphandle, futhi zonke izizwe zizenzele."
Noma, uma iNtshonalanga iphendula ngendlela uKristu asiyala ngayo ukuthi:
Kuwe ozwayo ngithi thandani izitha zenu, yenzani okuhle kwabanizondayo, nibusise abaniqalekisayo, nibakhulekele abaniphatha kabi. Kulowo okushaya esihlathini, mnike nesinye; nakulowo okuthatha ingubo yakho, ungagodli ngisho nengubo yakho... kepha thanda izitha zakho, uzenzele okuhle, utsheleke ungalindeli lutho; khona-ke umvuzo wenu uyakuba mkhulu, nibe-ngabantwana boPhezukonke, ngokuba yena unomusa kwabangabongiyo nababi. Yiba nomusa, njengoba noYihlo enesihawu… uma isitha sakho silambile, siphe ukudla; uma somile, siphuzise; ngokuba ngokwenza lokho uyakubuthela amalahle avuthayo ekhanda laso. ( Luka 6:27-29, 35-36; Roma 12:20 )
Ingabe kulula kanjalo? Mhlawumbe kunjalo. Bumba “amalahle avuthayo” esikhundleni samabhomu.
Kuze kube siphila lokhu, ngeke sikwazi ukuthula. Akulona ifulegi laseCanada noma laseMelika okufanele ngabe siliphakamisa. Kunalokho, thina maKristu kufanele siphakamisele phezulu amabhanela ka Love.
Babusisiwe abalamulayo. ( Mathewu 5:9 )
Kungaba yinto ephambene ukuyenza, ukuhlasela i-Iraq, ngoba bayohlasela futhi bahlasele futhi bahlasele, futhi bazilungiselele. Bavele balindele ukuphendula. Balindele okuthile okuncane okuzowela phezu kwayo, amaphekula kanye ne-Iraq ndawonye. Abaholi kumele bazithobe ngenhliziyo futhi bahlakaniphe kakhulu, babe nesineke nokuphana. Silapha kulo mhlaba ukuze sikhonze—khonza, khonza, khonza, futhi ungadinwa ukukhonza. Asisoze savuma ukucasuka; kumele sihlale sibeke imiqondo yethu eZulwini. —Umboni ongumKatolika uMaria Esperanza di Bianchini waseVenezuela, interview with Umoya Nsuku Zonke (kunesikhathi); umbhishobhi wendawo uthathe izinkulumo ezilapho njengeziyiqiniso. Ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, uxwayise ngokuthi impi e-Iraq izoba nemiphumela “emibi kakhulu”.
