Beka icilongo ezindebeni zakho,
ngoba inqe liphezu kwendlu yeNkosi. (Hoseya 8: 1)
NGOKUTHILE kubafundi bami abasha, lo mbhalo unikeza isithombe esibanzi kakhulu salokho engibona sengathi uMoya ukusho eSontweni namhlanje. Ngigcwele ithemba elikhulu, ngoba lesi siphepho samanje ngeke sihlale. Ngasikhathi sinye, ngizwa iNkosi iqhubeka inginxusa ukuthi (ngaphandle kwemibhikisho yami) ukusilungiselela amaqiniso esibhekene nawo. Akusona isikhathi sokwesaba, kodwa esokuqinisa; hhayi isikhathi sokuphelelwa yithemba, kodwa ukulungiselela impi yokunqoba.
Kodwa a impi noma kunjalo!
Isimo sengqondo sobuKristu sikabili: esibona futhi siqonde umzabalazo, kepha ngaso sonke isikhathi sithembele empumelelweni etholakala ngokholo, nasekuhluphekeni. Lokho akulona ithemba elithukuthele, kepha isithelo salabo abaphila njengabapristi, abaprofethi, namakhosi, ababamba iqhaza empilweni, intshisekelo, nasekuvukeni kukaJesu Kristu.
KumaKrestu, isikhathi sesifikile sokuzikhulula enkingeni yamanga ephansi… ukuba ngofakazi bakaKristu abanesibindi. —UKhadinali Stanislaw Rylko, uMongameli woMkhandlu WabaPapa Wabantu Abangcwele, LifeSiteNews.com, Novemba 20, 2008
Ngivuselele lo mbhalo olandelayo:
Sekucishe kube unyaka selokhu ngahlangana nethimba lamanye amaKrestu noFr. UKyle Dave waseLouisana. Kusukela ngalezo zinsuku, uFr. Mina noKyle ngokungalindelekile sathola amazwi aqinile angokwesiprofetho kanye nemibono evela eNkosini ekugcineni esiyibhala kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi Izilwane.
Ekupheleni kwesonto sindawonye, sonke saguqa phambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe, sabe sesingcwelisa izimpilo zethu eNhliziyweni Engcwele kaJesu. Ngenkathi sihleli ngokuthula okukhulu phambi kweNkosi, nganikezwa “ukukhanya” okungazelelwe ngokuqondene nalokho engakuzwa enhliziyweni yami njenge “miphakathi ehambisanayo” ezayo.
INKQUBEKO: INDAWO EYAZAYO “INDLELA YOKUPHILA KWEZOMOYA
Muva nje, ngizwe ngiphoqeleka ukungena emotweni ngishayele nje. Kwakuhlwile, futhi ngenkathi ngihamba ngaphezu kwegquma, ngabingelelwa yinyanga egcwele ebomvu yokuvuna. Ngidonse imoto, ngehle, ngivele lalela njengoba imimoya efudumele yaphephetha ebusweni bami. Futhi amazwi eza…
Umoya wenguquko usuqale ukushaya futhi.
Ngalokho, isithombe se- isiphepho yafika engqondweni. Umqondo enganginawo ngukuthi isiphepho esikhulu sase siqala ukuvunguza; ukuthi leli hlobo lalikhona ukuthula ngaphambi kwesiphepho. Kepha manje, lokho esikubonile kuza isikhathi eside, sekufikile ekugcineni-okulethwa yisono sethu uqobo. Kepha ngaphezulu, ukuziqhenya kwethu nokwenqaba ukuphenduka. Angikwazi ukuchaza ngokwanele ukuthi uJesu udabuke kanjani. Ngibe nemibono emifushane yokudabuka Kwakhe, ngakuzwa emphefumulweni wami, futhi ngingathi, Uthando luyabethelwa futhi.
Kodwa uThando ngeke adedele. Futhi-ke, isiphepho esingokomoya sisondela, isiphepho sokuletha umhlaba wonke elwazini ngoNkulunkulu. Kuyisiphepho sikaMusa. Isiphepho sikaThemba. Kepha futhi kuzoba yisiphepho seNhlambuluko.
Ngoba batshalile umoya, futhi bazovuna isivunguvungu. (Hos 8: 7)
Njengoba sengike ngabhala phambilini, uNkulunkulu usibizela ku “Lungiselela!”Ngoba lesi siphepho siyoba nokuduma nemibani futhi. Kusho ukuthini lokho, singacabanga nje. Kepha uma ubheka umkhathizwe wemvelo futhi imvelo yomuntu, uzobe usuvele ubona amafu amnyama akhazimulayo alokho okuzayo, okukhonjwa ngubumpumputhe bethu kanye nokuhlubuka kwethu.
Lapho ubona ifu likhuphuka entshonalanga, usho khona manjalo, 'Kuza imvula'; futhi kwenzeka kanjalo. Futhi lapho nibona umoya waseningizimu uvunguza, nithi, 'Kuyoba nokushisa okukhulu'; futhi kuyenzeka. Nina bazenzisi! Nina niyakwazi ukuchaza ukubukeka komhlaba nesibhakabhaka; kepha kungani ningazi ukuhumusha lesi sikhathi samanje na? (ULuka 12: 54-56)
Bheka! Uqhubekela phambili njengamafu esiphepho, izinqola zakhe zinjengesiphepho; Ashesha kunezinkozi amahhashi akhe: “Maye kithi! sonakalisiwe. ” Hlanza inhliziyo yakho kokubi, Jerusalema, ukuze usindiswe… Lapho isikhathi sifika, uyakuqonda ngokugcwele. (Jeremiya 4:14; 23:20)
ISO LEMPUPHUTHO
Lapho ngibona engqondweni yami lesi sivunguvungu esizayo, kwakuyi iso lesiphepho lokho kwangidonsela amehlo. Ngiyakholelwa ekuphakameni kwesiphepho esizayo—Isikhathi sezinxushunxushu ezinkulu nokudideka—the iso izodlula isintu. Ngokushesha, kuzoba nokuzola okukhulu; izulu lizovuleka, futhi sizobona iNdodana ikhanya ithi khanyile phezu kwethu. Imisebe yakhe yoMusa izokhanyisa izinhliziyo zethu, futhi sonke sizozibona ngendlela uNkulunkulu asibona ngayo. Kuzoba yi isixwayiso njengoba sibona imiphefumulo yethu isesimweni sayo sangempela. Kuzoba ngaphezu "kokuvuka".
USt Faustina wabhekana nesikhathi esinje:
Ngokuphazima kweso ngabona isimo esiphelele somphefumulo wami njengoba uNkulunkulu asibona. Ngabona kahle konke okungamjabulisi uNkulunkulu. Bengingazi ukuthi iziphambeko ezincane kunazo zonke kuzodingeka zibalwe. Umzuzu onjani! Ngubani ongachaza? Ukuma phambi kweTratu-Holy-God! —USt. UFaustina; Isihe SikaNkulunkulu Somphefumlo Wami, Idayari
Uma isintu sisonke maduzane sizobhekana nomzuzu okhanyayo, kuzothusa ukusivusa sonke ekuqapheleni ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona, futhi kuzoba yisikhathi sethu sokuzikhethela — noma ukuphikelela ekubeni ngabonkulunkulu bethu abancane, siphike igunya loNkulunkulu oyedwa weqiniso, noma ukwamukela umusa waphezulu futhi siphile ngokugcwele ubuwena bethu bangempela njengamadodana namadodakazi kaBaba. -UMichael D. O 'Brien; Ingabe Siphila Ezikhathini Zokubhujiswa? Imibuzo nezimpendulo (Ingxenye II); September 20, 2005
Lokhu kukhanya, lokhu kuvunguza kwesivunguvungu, ngokungangabazeki kuzoveza isikhathi esikhulu sokuguquka nokuphenduka. Usuku loMusa, usuku olukhulu loMusa! … Kodwa futhi izosebenzela ukuhlunga, ukuhlukanisa ngokwengeziwe labo ababeke ukholo lwabo futhi bathembele kuJesu kulabo abangafuni ukuguqa eNkosini.
Futhi-ke Isiphepho sizoqala futhi.
ISIPhepho SINA AMAHORA
Yini ezokwenzeka engxenyeni yokugcina yaleyo mimoya ehlanzayo? Siyaqhubeka "ukubheka futhi sithandaze" njengoba uJesu eyalile (ngibhale ngalokhu ngokuqhubekayo ku Isivivinyo Seminyaka Eyisikhombisa uchungechunge.)
Kunendima ebalulekile ku Catechism weSonto LamaKatolika engikucaphune kwenye indawo. Lapha ngifuna ukugxila entweni eyodwa (kuqokonyiswe ngomalukeke):
Ngaphambi kokuza kwesibili kukaKristu iBandla kumele lidlule esivivinyweni sokugcina esizonyakazisa ukholo lwamakholwa amaningi. Ushushiso oluhambisana nokuhambela kwakhe emhlabeni luyoveza “imfihlakalo yokungalungi” ngendlela ye- Inkohliso yenkolo enikeza amadoda isisombululo esibonakalayo sezinkinga zabo ngentengo yokuhlubuka eqinisweni. --CCC 675
Njengoba kucashunwe ku- I-Petal Yesibili: Ushushiso! kanye ne Izingxenye III no-IV ze Amacilongo Esixwayiso!, UJohn Paul II ubize lezi zikhathi ngokuthi “ukugcina ukubhekana ngeziqu zamehlo. ” Kodwa-ke, kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi siqaphele, siqonde “izimpawu zezikhathi” singenzi okungaphezulu noma okungaphansi kwalokhu iNkosi yethu uqobo eyasiyala ngakho: “Bhekani futhi Nithandaze!”
Kubonakala sengathi iSonto libheke ekuhlanzweni okukhulu okungenani, ngokuyinhloko Ukushushiswa. Kusobala ngokwenani lamahlazo omphakathi nokuvukela okusobala phakathi kwabezenkolo nabefundisi ikakhulukazi, ukuthi namanje iSonto lidlula esihlanzweni esidingekayo kodwa esibuhlungu. Ukhula selukhulile phakathi kukakolweni, futhi isikhathi sisondela lapho luyohlukaniswa ngokwengeziwe futhi kuvunwe okusanhlamvu. Ngempela, ukwahlukanisa sekuqalile.
Kepha ngifuna ukugxila emshweni, "Inkohliso yenkolo enikeza abantu ikhambi elisobala lezinkinga zabo."
AMAFU OKULAWULA
Kukhona ubushiqela obukhula ngokushesha emhlabeni, iphoqelelwe hhayi ngezibhamu noma ngamabutho, kepha "ngokucabanga kwengqondo" egameni "lokuziphatha" kanye "namalungelo abantu." Kepha akusikho isimilo esigxile ezimfundisweni eziqinisekile zikaJesu Krestu njengoba zivikelwe yiSonto Lakhe, noma yimithetho yokuziphatha kanye namalungelo atholakala emthethweni wezemvelo. Kunalokho,
Kwakhiwa umbuso wobushiqela wobumbano olungabheki lutho njengolucacile, futhi olushiya njengesilinganiso sokugcina kuphela komuntu nezifiso zakhe. Ukuba nokholo olucacile, ngokwesivumelwano seSonto, kuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-basicism. Kodwa-ke, ukukholelwa kulokho okuhilelekile, okungukuthi, ukuvumela ukujikijelwa futhi 'ukhukhulwe yiyo yonke imimoya yemfundiso', kuvela ukuphela kwesimo esamukelekayo ezindinganisweni zanamuhla. —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI (owayenguKhadinali Ratzinger ngaleso sikhathi), I-pre-conclave homily, Ephreli 19 2005
Kepha kuma-relativists, akusenele ukuthi abavumelani nomkhuba we-orthodox nomlando. Izindinganiso zabo ezihlukumezekile manje sezishaywa umthetho ngezinhlawulo zabaphikisayo. Ukusuka ekuhlawuliseni okhomishani bemishado ngokungashadi izitabane eCanada, ukujezisa ochwepheshe bezokwelapha abangahlanganyeli ekukhipheni izisu eMelika, ekushushiseni imindeni efunda emakhaya eJalimane, lezi yizivunguvungu zokuqala zoshushiso ezichitha ngokushesha isimilo. ISpain, iBrithani, iCanada kanye namanye amazwe asevele asethuthele ekujeziseni "ubugebengu bokucabanga": ukuveza umbono ohlukile "ekuziphatheni" okugunyazwe nguhulumeni. I-United Kingdom manje inophiko lwamaphoyisa i "Minorities Support Unit" oluzobopha labo abaphikisana nobungqingili. ECanada, “Izinkantolo Zamalungelo Abantu” ezingakhethwanga zinamandla okujezisa noma ubani ezibona enecala “lobugebengu benzondo.” I-UK ihlela ukuvimbela emingceleni yabo labo abababiza "ngabashumayeli benzondo." Muva nje umfundisi waseBrazil uhlolwe futhi wahlawuliswa ngokwenza amazwi “obungqingili ongqingili” encwadini. Ezizweni eziningi, abahluleli abaqhutshwa yi-ajenda bayaqhubeka "nokufunda" umthetho womthethosisekelo, bakha "inkolo entsha" njengaba "bapristi abakhulu" besimanjemanje. Kodwa-ke, osopolitiki uqobo lwabo sebeqala ukuhola indlela ngomthetho ophikisana ngqo nomyalo kaNkulunkulu, kanti inkululeko yokukhuluma ephikisana nale "mithetho" iyashabalala.
Umqondo wokudala 'umuntu omusha' ohlukaniswe ngokuphelele nesiko lamaJudao-ubuKristu, 'uhlelo lomhlaba' olusha, 'isimilo' somhlaba wonke, uyaqala. —UKhadinali Stanislaw Rylko, uMongameli woMkhandlu WabaPapa Wabantu Abangcwele, LifeSiteNews.com, Novemba 20, 2008
Lezi zinkambiso azibonwanga uPapa Benedict osanda kuxwayisa ngokuthi "ukubekezelelana" okunjalo kusongela inkululeko uqobo:
… Izindinganiso ezisuswe ezimpandeni zazo zokuziphatha kanye nokubaluleka okuphelele okutholakala kuKristu kuguquke ngezindlela eziphazamisa kakhulu…. Intando yeningi iphumelela kuphela lapho isuselwa eqinisweni nasekuqondeni okulungile komuntu. -Ikheli eliya kubabhishobhi baseCanada, Septhemba 8, 2006
UKhadinali Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, uMongameli we Umkhandlu Wepontifical Womndeni, kungenzeka ukuthi wayekhuluma ngokuprofetha lapho ethi,
"… Ukukhuluma ukuvikela impilo namalungelo omndeni, kweminye imiphakathi kuba uhlobo lobugebengu obenziwa kuMbuso, uhlobo lokungalaleli uHulumeni…" futhi waxwayisa ukuthi ngolunye usuku iBandla lingalethwa "Phambi kweNkantolo ethile yamazwe omhlaba". —I-Vatican City, kaJune 28, 2006; Ibid.
“BHEKA UTHANDAZE”
Kungenzeka uJesu wachaza ingxenye yokuqala yalesi siphepho ngaphambi kokuba sifinyelele iso lesiphepho:
Isizwe siyovukela isizwe, nombuso uvukele umbuso; kuyoba khona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu, futhi ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene indlala nezifo eziwumshayabhuqe; kube khona izinto ezesabekayo nezibonakaliso ezinkulu ezivela ezulwini… Konke lokhu kungukuqala kwemihelo. (Luka 21: 10-11; Math 24: 8)
Futhi ngokushesha okulandela le nkathi eVangelini likaMathewu, (mhlawumbe lihlukaniswe "ngukukhanya"), UJesu uthi,
Ngemuva kwalokho bazokunikela ekushushisweni, futhi bazokubulala. Niyakuzondwa yizizwe zonke ngenxa yegama lami. Bese kuthi-ke abaningi baholelwe esonweni; bazakhaphela futhi bazondane. Kuyovela abaprofethi bamanga abaningi futhi bakhohlise abaningi; futhi ngenxa yokwanda kokwenza okubi, uthando lwabaningi luyophola. Kepha okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa. (9-13)
UJesu uphinda kaninginingi ukuthi "sibuke futhi sithandaze!" Kungani? Ngokwengxenye, ngoba kukhona inkohliso ezayo, futhi isivele ikhona, lapho labo abalele bezowela khona:
Manje uMoya usho ngokusobala ukuthi ezikhathini zokugcina abanye bazokufulathela ukukholwa ngokunaka imimoya ekhohlisayo nemiyalo yamademoni ngokuzenzisa kwabanamanga abanonembeza abanophawu (1 Thim 4: 1-3)
Ngiye ngazizwa ngiphoqelekile ekushumayeleni kwami eminyakeni emithathu eyedlule ukuxwayisa ngale nkohliso engokomoya esevele ingaboni abantu bezwe kuphela, kodwa nabantu abaningi “abahle”. Bheka I-Petal Yesine: UMbambi maqondana nale nkohliso.
IMIPHAKATHI YASEPALLELEL: I-HURRICANE YOKUPHIKISWA
Ukubuyela emuva kuleso sikhathi sokwahlukaniselwa, yilokhu engangibonakala ngathi “ngikubona” kanyekanye ngenkathi ngithandaza ngaphambi kweSakramente elibusisiwe ngalolo suku.
Ngabona ukuthi, phakathi nokuwa okubonakalayo komphakathi ngenxa yezehlakalo eziyinhlekelele, "umholi womhlaba" uzothula isixazululo esingahlonipheki ezinxushunxushwini zezomnotho. Lesi sixazululo sizobonakala silapha ngasikhathi sinye ubunzima bezomnotho, kanye nesidingo esijulile senhlalo yomphakathi, okungukuthi, isidingo somphakathi. [Ngavele ngabona ukuthi ubuchwepheshe kanye nokushesha kokuphila kudale indawo yokuhlala yodwa nesizungu — umhlabathi ophelele wokuvela komqondo omusha womphakathi.] Empeleni, ngabona lokho okwakuzoba “yimiphakathi ehambisanayo” emiphakathini yamaKrestu. Imiphakathi yamaKrestu ngabe isivele isungulwe "ngokukhanyiswa" noma "ngesexwayiso" noma mhlawumbe kungekudala (bebeyoqiniswa ngomusa ongaphezulu komoya kaMoya oNgcwele, futhi bavikeleke ngaphansi kwengubo kaMama Obusisiwe.]
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, “imiphakathi ehambisanayo,” izokhombisa izimiso eziningi zemiphakathi yamaKrestu — ukwabiwa ngokufanele kwezinsizakusebenza, indlela yokomoya nokuthandaza, ukucabanga okufana nokuhlangana komphakathi okwenziwe kwenzeka (noma okuphoqelelwe ukuba kube) ukuhlanzwa okwandulele okungaphoqa abantu ukuba bahlangane ndawonye. Umehluko uzoba yilokhu: imiphakathi efanayo izobe isuselwa enkambisweni entsha yenkolo, eyakhelwe ezingeni lokuziphatha okuhle futhi ehlelwe amafilosofi amaNew Age namaGnostic. Futhi, le miphakathi izophinde ibe nokudla nezindlela zokusinda ngokunethezeka.
Isilingo samaKrestu sokuwelela ngaphesheya sizokuba sikhulu… lapho sizobona imindeni ihlukana phakathi, obaba bephendukelana namadodana, amadodakazi evukela omama, imindeni ilwa nemindeni (bheka uMarku 13:12). Abaningi bazokhohliswa ngoba imiphakathi emisha izoqukatha imibono eminingi yomphakathi wamaKristu (bheka iZenzo 2: 44-45), futhi nokho, zizoba yize, zingamesabi uNkulunkulu, zibe nezakhiwo ezimbi, zikhanye ekukhanyeni okungamanga, zigcinwe ndawonye ngokwesaba ngaphezu kothando, futhi ziqiniswe ngokufinyelela okulula kuzidingo zempilo. Abantu bazokhohliswa umbono omuhle-kepha bagwinywe ngamanga.
Njengoba indlala nokubandlululwa kukhuphuka, abantu bazobhekana nokukhetha: bangaqhubeka nokuhlala bengavikelekile (uma bekhuluma ngokwabantu) bethembela eNkosini kuphela, noma bangakhetha ukudla kahle emphakathini owemukelayo futhi obonakala uphephile. [Mhlawumbe “uphawu” oluthile luzodingeka ukuthi lube kule miphakathi — ukuqagela okusobala kepha okunengqondo (cf IsAm 13: 16-17)].
Labo abenqaba le miphakathi ehambisanayo bazothathwa njengokungaxoshwa kuphela, kepha izithiyo kulokho abaningi abazokhohliswa kukholelwa "ukukhanyiselwa" kobukhona besintu — isisombululo sesintu esisenkingeni futhi sidukile. [Futhi lapha futhi, ubuphekula kungenye into ebalulekile yohlelo lwamanje lwesitha. Le miphakathi emisha izothokozisa amaphekula ngale nkolo yezwe entsha ngaleyo ndlela ilethe “ukuthula nokuvikeleka” okungamanga, ngakho-ke, amaChristian azoba "amaphekula amasha" ngoba aphikisana "nokuthula" okwasungulwa ngumholi womhlaba.]
Noma abantu sebezwile manje ukwembulwa emiBhalweni mayelana nezingozi zenkolo ezayo yomhlaba, ukukhohlisa kuzogculisa kangangokuba abaningi bazokholwa ubuKhatholika ukuthi buyinkolo yomhlaba "embi" leyo. Ukubulala amaKrestu kuzoba "isenzo sokuzivikela" esizwakalayo egameni "lokuthula nokuvikeleka".
Ukudideka kuzoba khona; konke kuzohlolwa; kodwa insali ethembekile izonqoba.
(Njengephuzu lokucaciswa, umqondo wami uwonke ukuthi amaKrestu ayehlanganiswe ndawonye ngokwengeziwe ngokwezindawo. “Imiphakathi ehambisanayo” nayo izosondelana ngokwendawo, kodwa hhayi impela. Babezobusa emadolobheni… amaKrestu, ama-countrysides. Kepha lokho kungumbono nje ebenginawo iso lengqondo yami. Bheka uMika 4:10. Selokhu ngabhala lokhu, ngifundile ukuthi imiphakathi eminingi emisha yobudala bomhlaba isivele yakha…)
Ngikholwa ukuthi imiphakathi yamaKrestu izoqala ukwakheka “ekudingisweni” (bheka Ingxenye IV). Futhi, yingakho ngikholelwa ukuthi iNkosi ingigqugquzele ukuthi ngikubhale phansi lokhu "njengecilongo lesixwayiso": lawo makholwa njengamanje avalwa uphawu lweSiphambano azonikezwa ukuqonda ukuthi ngobani UmKrestu imiphakathi, futhi yiziphi izinkohliso (ukuthola eminye imininingwane ngokubekwa uphawu kwamakholwa, bheka Ingxenye III.)
Kuzoba nomusa omkhulu kule miphakathi yamaKrestu angempela, ngaphandle kobunzima obuzobhekana nabo. Kuzoba nomoya wothando, impilo elula, ukuvakashelwa izingelosi, izimangaliso zokuhlinzeka, kanye nokukhulekelwa kukaNkulunkulu “ngomoya nangeqiniso.”
Kepha bazoba mancane ngesibalo-insali yalokho okwakukhona.
ISonto lizoncishiswa ngobukhulu balo, kuzodingeka ukuthi liphinde liqale futhi. Kodwa-ke, kulokhu kuvivinywa kuzoqhamuka iSonto elizobe liqiniswe inqubo yokulula eyenziwe ngalo, ngamandla alo avuselelwe wokuzibheka ngaphakathi… iSonto lizokwehliswa ngokwezibalo. -UNkulunkulu noMhlaba, 2001; Peter Seewald, uxoxisana noKhadinali Joseph Ratzinger.
KWABIKELWA SEKULUNGILE — KULUNGILE
Konke lokhu ngikutshele wena ukuthi ungagudluki. Bayonikhipha emasinagogeni; impela, isikhathi siyeza lapho noma ngubani onibulalayo eyocabanga ukuthi ukhonza uNkulunkulu. Futhi bazokwenza lokhu ngoba abamazanga uBaba, nami. Nginitshelile lokho, ukuze kuthi lapho kufika ihora, nikhumbule ukuthi ngakutshela zona. (UJohn 16: 1-4)
Ngabe uJesu wakubikezela ukushushiswa kweSonto ukuze kusigcwalise ngokwesaba? Noma ngabe waxwayisa abaPhostoli ngalezi zinto ukuze i ukukhanya kwangaphakathi kwakuzoqondisa amaKristu ebumnyameni besiphepho esizayo? Ukuze bazilungiselele futhi baphile manje njengabahambi ezweni elinethezekile?
Impela, uJesu usitshela ukuthi ukuba yizakhamizi zombuso waphakade kusho ukuba ngabafokazi nezihambi — abafokazi ezweni esidlula kulo nje. Futhi ngoba sizokhanyisa ukukhanya kwakhe ebumnyameni, sizondwa, ngoba lokho kukhanya kuzodalula imisebenzi yobumnyama.
Kepha nathi sizothanda, futhi ngothando lwethu, sizuze imiphefumulo yabashushisi bethu. Ekugcineni, isithembiso sokuthula soMama Wethu kaFatima ... ukuthula kuyofika.
Uma igama lingaguqukanga, kuzoba yigazi eliguqukayo. —UPAPA JOHN PAUL II, ovela enkondlweni, “Stanislaw”
UNkulunkulu uyisiphephelo namandla ethu, ulusizo olukhona impela ezinkingeni. Ngakho-ke asiyikwesaba noma umhlaba ungaguquka, noma izintaba zizamazama enhliziyweni yolwandle; noma amanzi alo ebhonga, ekhihliza amagquma, nezintaba ziyathuthumela ngokuhlokoma kwakho. uNkulunkulu kaJakobe uyisiphephelo sethu. (IHubo 46: 1-3, 11)
ISIPHETHO
Asisoze sashiywa kulolu hambo, noma ngabe kuletha ini. Okushiwo kulaba abahlanu “Amacilongo Esixwayiso”Yilokho okubekwe enhliziyweni yami, nezinhliziyo zamakholwa amaningi emhlabeni wonke. Asinakusho ukuthi nini, noma nokuqiniseka ukuthi lezi zinto zizokwenzeka yini esikhathini sethu. Isihe sikaNkulunkulu siyamanzi, nokuhlakanipha kwakhe kungaphezu kokuqonda kwethu. Kuyena umzuzu usuku, usuku ngenyanga, inyanga eyikhulu. Izinto zingaqhubeka okwamanje. Kepha lokhu akusona isaba sokulala! Okuningi kuncike ekuphenduleni kwethu kulezi zixwayiso.
UKristu wathembisa ukuhlala nathi “kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi.” Ngokushushiswa, ubunzima, nangazo zonke izinhlupheko, Uzoba lapho. Kufanele uthole induduzo kula mazwi! Lokhu akusikho ukukhuselwa okude, okujwayelekile! UJesu uzobe elapho, khona lapho, eduze nokuphefumula kwakho, noma ngabe izinsuku zingaba nzima kanjani. Kuzoba ngumusa ongaphezu kwemvelo, uvaliwe kulabo abamkhethayo. Abakhetha impilo yaphakade.
Ngikusho lokhu kini, ukuze kimi nibe nokuthula. Ezweni ninosizi; kodwa yiba nesibindi, ngiwunqobile umhlaba. (UJohn 16: 33)
Amanzi avukile neziphepho ezinzima ziphezu kwethu, kepha asesabi ukuminza, ngoba simi siqinile edwaleni. Ulwandle maluthukuthele, alikwazi ukuphula idwala. Vumela amagagasi aphakame, awakwazi ukusika isikebhe sikaJesu. Yini okufanele siyesabe? Ukufa? Impilo kimi isho uKristu, nokufa kuyinzuzo. Ukudingiswa? Umhlaba nokugcwala kwawo kungokukaJehova. Ukuphucwa izimpahla zethu? Asilethanga lutho kulo mhlaba, futhi asisoze sathatha lutho kuwo… Ngalokho ngigxila esimweni samanje, futhi ngiyaninxusa, bahlobo bami, ukuba nibe nokuzethemba. —USt. UJohn Chrysostom
Ubuthakathaka obukhulu kunabo bonke kumphostoli ukwesaba. Okudala ukwesaba ukungazethembi emandleni eNkosi. —Ukhadinali Wyszyñski, Sukuma, Sibe sendleleni yethu nguPapa John Paul II)
Ngibamba ngamunye wenu enhliziyweni yami nasemikhulekweni, futhi ngicela imithandazo yenu. Kepha mina nomndeni wami, sizokhonza iNkosi!
- Septhemba 14, 2006
Umkhosi wokuphakanyiswa kwesiphambano, kanye nobusuku be- Isikhumbuzo Senkosikazi Yethu Yosizi
