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NGEZINYE izikhathi Ngikuthola ukuphawula ngaphansi kwendaba kukuthakazelisa njengendaba uqobo — kufana ne-barometer ekhombisa ukuqhubekela phambili kwe- Isivunguvungu Esikhulu ezikhathini zethu (noma sikhula ngolimi olungcolile, izimpendulo ezimbi, nokungavuseleli kuyakhathaza).

Bengifunda ukuphawula ngendaba esematheni yakamuva lapho uPapa Francis aqanjwa khona ngokuthi “Indoda Yonyaka” ngumagazini i-TIME. Umuntu oyedwa uthumele ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika liyisikhungo esikhohlakele futhi esikhohlakele kakhulu emhlabeni. Hm. Kuzwakala sengathi kukhona obelokhu efunda uRichard Dawkins noma uChristopher Hitchens — amasosha amabili athi uNkulunkulu akekho, athe ngokusebenzisa ubuhlakani nangobuhle, abhema futhi abamba izibuko, abe nomthelela omkhulu entsheni ezikhathini zethu ngokuhlasela kwabo iSonto kaningi okungenasisekelo. “Isizathu.”

UJesu wathi "isihlahla saziwa ngesithelo saso." [1]I-Matt 12: 33 Ubeka ngenye indlela eVangelini lanamuhla ngemuva kokuthi abagxeki bosuku lwakhe bemsola ngokuba yisidakwa nesiminzi.

… Ukuhlakanipha kufakazelwa ngemisebenzi yakhe.

Ngokufanayo kukhona ubumpumputhe obuthile osukwini lwethu obungesinye “sezibonakaliso zezikhathi” esitshelwa kakhulu, lokho uBenedict XVI akubiza ngokuthi “ukusitheka kwelanga.” [2]Ngosuku luka-Eva Uyabona, kunomehluko phakathi kwesihlahla se-apula esinegatsha elinezithelo ezimbi, ne-apula elingakhiqizi lutho kodwa izithelo ezimbi. Eyokuqala ikhombisa igatsha eligulayo; lesi sakamuva, isihlahla esigulayo. Abanye babagxeki beSonto LamaKatolika abanamazwi ahlulekile ukuhlukanisa laba bobabili, bashesha babeka imbazo empandeni.

Ngihlanganyele nabafundi okwesikhashana emuva lapho mina nabalingani bami abaningi sasihlukunyezwa ngokocansi ngumqeqeshi wethu webhola eliphakeme webhola. Angikaze ngicabange ukuthi ngiphethe ngokuthi zonke izinhlelo zebhola kuleli “zikhohlakele futhi zikhohlakele kakhulu.” Lokho kungaba ukunyundela nokungathembeki ngokwengqondo. Ngokunjalo, iqiniso lokuthi iSonto LamaKhatholika lisibonile isimo esidabukisayo nesinyanyekayo sokukhohliswa ngokocansi ebupristini, noma ukusetshenziswa kabi kwemali ngumbhishobhi lapha, noma ukuvikelwa okuhlulekile kwezingane ezilwaneni eziyizisulu lapho… akwenzi iBandla lonke libe nehlazo. Uma kunjalo, lapho-ke-ke njengoba sifunda izindaba zamaphoyisa anukubeza izingane, amajaji, amasenenja, ososayensi, othisha kanye nabashintshi baseWall Street — alikho ibhizinisi, inhlangano, noma isikhungo emhlabeni, noma amalungu alo, angenayo “inkohlakalo umnyombo. ” Kubandakanya umkhakha kaDawkin webhayoloji yokuziphendukela kwemvelo.

Iqiniso ukuthi, iSonto lizoqinisekiswa ngemisebenzi yalo. Ukuhamba emaphandleni aseYurophu noma ukuhamba emazweni aseSlavic ukubona ngokucacile ukuthi iSonto laguqula kanjani izizwe, hhayi kuphela ngokwakhiwa nangamasonto amahle, kepha okubaluleke kakhulu, ngokusungulwa kwezikole, izindlu zezintandane, nezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi. Ukufunda ngemithethosisekelo, umlando, nenkululeko edlange emazweni aseNtshonalanga nakanjani kuholela umuntu koyise abangabasunguli nasekukholelweni kwabo, nasekusebenziseni iVangeli likaJesu Kristu, lokho okwenze ukuthula ezizweni zabo.

Kodwa-ke kufanele futhi siqaphele ukuthi singalipendi iSonto ngemibala egqamile, yize kunamanga aqhubekayo ngoGalileo, Inkantolo Yamacala Ezihlubuki, “ingcebo” yeSonto, njll. Isikhuthazo sabaphostolin ukuvezwa okunamandla kokugula okukhona emagatsheni amaningi eVine. Kungukubizelwa ekuphendukeni kuqala kweSonto, ngoba okunye ukugxekwa kwamalungu alo kuvumelekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amahlazo asanda kwenziwa eminyakeni engu-50 edlule aqede ukuthembeka kwawo wonke amaKatolika ngezinga elikhulu.

Ngakho-ke kufanele ibe yini impendulo yethu kulokhu? Impendulo ilula kakhulu: yiba igatsha elithela izithelo ezinhle. Ukufundwa kokuqala kuthi,

Uma ulalela imiyalo yami, ukuchuma kwakho kungaba njengomfula, nokulwela kwakho njengamaza olwandle.

Mina nawe, iSonto, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, uJesu, sizoqinisekiswa kuze kube sezingeni lokuthi siyeke lo mhlaba futhi samukele okulandelayo. Lokhu sikwenza ngokwenza izinqumo ezinqala zokubeka uMbuso kaNkulunkulu kuqala kukho konke esikwenzayo. Futhi lokho kusho ukuthembela othandweni lukaNkulunkulu yize unesono, ukuthandana noJesu, bese ukhombisa ubuso bakhe kulabo abaseduze kwakho. ISonto alisoze likholwe ngaphandle kokuthi singene ezitaladini sithande abampofu, labo abampofu ngokomoya nangokwenyama; ngaphandle kokuthi sithande izitha zethu futhi sixolele labo abasilimazile; ngaphandle kokuthi sabelane ngezinto zethu futhi sisebenzise ingcebo yethu ukusiza abanye; ngaphandle kokuthi siyeke ukuba namahloni ngoJesu futhi siqale ukuhlanganyela Izindaba Ezinhle Zothando Lwakhe kanye nesihe sakhe kwabasizungezile — emindenini yethu, emiphakathini yamapharadesi, nasezindaweni zomsebenzi nasesikoleni.

Labo abalimele ukwahlukana okungokomlando bakuthola kunzima ukwamukela isimemo sethu sokuxolelwa nokubuyisana, ngoba bacabanga ukuthi asibunaki ubuhlungu babo noma sibacela ukuba badele inkumbulo nezinhloso zabo. Kepha uma bebona ufakazi wemiphakathi enobuzalwane futhi ebuyisene, bazothola lowo fakazi ekhanya futhi ekhanga. —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 100

Ngokuqondene nalabo abajivaza iSonto ngokungafanele, bavame ukulinyazwa ngamalungu alo, ngesikhathi esithile benambitha “izithelo ezimbi”

Kepha ngithi kini, thandani izitha zenu, nithandazele labo abanishushisayo, ukuze nibe ngabantwana bakaYihlo osezulwini, ngoba wenza ilanga lakhe liphumele ababi nabahle, futhi ubangela imvula ine kwabalungileyo futhi abangalunganga. (Math 5: 44-45)

Mhlawumbe bazothola ukwelashwa futhi babuyisane noKristu neBandla Lakhe. Ngokwethu uhlangothi, sizothanda… futhi uKristu abe yijaji lethu.

Ngokuba iNkosi iyabuka indlela yabalungileyo, kepha indlela yababi iyanyamalala. (IHubo 1)

Hawu! lapho kuwo wonke amadolobhana nemizana umthetho weNkosi ugcinwa ngokwethembeka, lapho kukhonjiswa inhlonipho ngezinto ezingcwele, lapho amaSakramente ehanjelwa kaningi, futhi kugcwaliswa izimiso zempilo yobuKrestu, ngokuqinisekile ngeke sisaba khona isidingo sokuthi sisebenze kanzima ukuze bheka zonke izinto zibuyiselwe kuKristu… Bese kuthi-ke? Ekugcineni, kuzocaca kubo bonke ukuthi iSonto, njengalokhu lasungulwa nguKristu, kumele lithokozele inkululeko ephelele futhi lizimele kulo lonke igunya langaphandle… “Uyophula amakhanda ezitha zakhe,” ukuze bonke bazi “ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyinkosi yomhlaba wonke,” “ukuze abezizwe bazi ukuthi bangamadoda.” Konke lokhu, Bazalwane Abahloniphekile, Siyakukholelwa futhi sikulindele ngokukholwa okungenakunyakaziswa. —UPAPPI PIUS X, U-E Supremi, Encyclical "Ekubuyiselweni Kwazo Zonke Izinto", n. 14, 6-7

 

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