Ukuzalwa / Ukufa, UMichael D. O'Brien
NGAPHELA isonto kuphela lokuphakanyiselwa kwakhe esihlalweni sikaPeter, uPapa Francis I usevele unikeze iSonto incwadi yakhe yokuqala yokubhala: imfundiso yokulula kobuKristu. Akukho mbhalo, akukho simemezelo, akukho ncwadi — kuphela ngufakazi onamandla wempilo eyiqiniso yobuphofu bamaKrestu.
Cishe njalo ngosuku oludlulayo, sibona intambo yokuphila ngaphambi kukapapa kaKhadinali Jorge Bergoglio iqhubeka nokuzifaka ekwakhiweni kwesihlalo sikaPeter. Yebo, lowopapa wokuqala wayengumdobi nje, umdobi ophansi, olula (imicu yokuqala kwakuyinetha nje lokudoba). Ngenkathi uPeter ehla ngezitebhisi zeGumbi Eliphezulu (futhi eqala ukukhuphuka kwakhe ngezitebhisi zasezulwini), akazange ahambisane nemininingwane yokuphepha, yize ukusongelwa kweSonto elisanda kuzalwa kwakungokoqobo. Wahamba phakathi kwabampofu, abagulayo nezinyonga: “
Isiliva negolide anginakho, kepha enginakho ngikunikeza khona: egameni likaJesu Kristu umNazorean, sukuma uhambe." [1]isib. Izenzo 3:6 Kanjalo noPapa uFrancis ugibele ibhasi, wahamba phakathi kwezixuku, wehlisa isihlangu sakhe sokuvikela izinhlamvu, futhi ake 'sizwe futhi silubone' uthando lukaKristu. Waze wafonela ngokwakhe ukukhansela ukulethwa kwephephandaba emuva e-Argentina. [2]www
Bafowethu nodadewethu… sikhonjiswa futhi izinyathelo ezimangazayo nezingachazeki zoMbazi waseNazaretha, leyo Ndodana yomuntu eyayingenandawo yokubeka ikhanda. Kepha akufanele babhekwe, kodwa wangena. Ngalobu buqiniso obuqabulayo, sikhonjiswa indlela iBandla, ukuthi thina kumele landela. Yebo, iSonto kumele liphinde libe mpofu. Kukangaki ngiyizwa iNkosi isho ukuthi, ikakhulukazi lapha eNtshonalanga, asinalo ulwazi lokuthi siwele kude kangakanani nothando lwethu lokuqala. [3]I-Rev 2: 4-5 Ukungcola komhlaba kugcwele yonke indawo, kukhulu kakhulu, kugxilwe kakhulu eSontweni lanamuhla, kangangokuba umhlaba awusamboni uKristu kithina, futhi asimboni uKristu komunye nomunye. Umhlaba unesizungu ngoba asimtholi Lowo esimlangazelelayo! Futhi sonke ... sonke… siye sayomfuna kwenye indawo, noma ngabe sizijabulisa noma sinethezeka ngamanga, futhi sisale silambile futhi sihlupheka. Ngempela, uMama Teresa kuthiwa wake wathi, ukube wayazi ukuthi iMelika ihlwempu futhi ilambile kangakanani ngokomoya, wayezofika lapho esikhundleni seCalcutta.
ISonto libhekise eSiphepho Esikhulu-ku-Passion yakhe, njengoba uMzimba ulandela uJesu, iNhloko yakhe. UPope Francis akagcinanga nje ngokuhola iBarque of Peter, kepha umhambisa ngqo ngomkhumbi enhliziyweni yeSiphepho. Lapho sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uJesu ahlupheke futhi afe, wahamba waqonda ngqo eJerusalema. Kanjalo futhi, uBaba oNgcwele ngesibonelo sakhe kanye nokuthembeka kwakhe eqinisweni, uzovusa umona nenzondo “yeSanhedrini” kanye nezinkantolo zomhlaba zombono. Umbuzo manje uthi, sizolandela… noma sigxume umkhumbi?
UKULUNGISELELA IPENTEKOSTE
Kukhona “iPhentekoste” eliza phezu kweBandla, futhi uJesu ukhomba abantu baKhe, uMlobokazi waKhe, ukuthiphuma eBabiloni, ”Baphuma ezintweni zokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo esezibambe izingxenye eziningi zomhlaba neBandla Lakhe.
Phumani kulo, bantu bami, funa nihlanganyele ezonweni zalo, funa nihlanganyele ezinhluphekweni zalo. (IsAm 18: 4)
UJesu ufuna ukuthela ingcebo engokomoya kithi, kepha uma sigcwalise izinhliziyo zethu ngengcebo edlulayo yaleli zwe, sizoyikhumbula. Lokhu isikhathi sokulungiselela, lapho-ke, akuyona kangako a ukubambelela ukujeziswa, kodwa ngokuza kukaMoya oNgcwele. Wake wezwa nini uMama wethu Obusisiwe etshela izingane zakhe ukuthi kufanele zibanjwe ukwesaba njengempendulo efanele emilayezweni yakhe? USathane ufuna sonke siphazamiseke futhi sikhathazeke futhi sikhathazeke ngama-tsunami, ukuzamazama komhlaba, umnotho, noma lokhu nalokhuya kuze kufike lapho abantu bengakwazi ngisho ukuthandaza noma ukusebenza. IHollywood iye "yagqugquzelwa" yizimo ezimnyama zokubhujiswa ezishiya ithemba elincane futhi zivame ukusebenzela ukwethusa kunokuba zisibuyisele ekuphendukeni. Okwamanje, ngiyethemba uyabona ukuthi izidladla zikaSathane zisebenzisa ulimi olufanayo “oluyisiprofetho” kulelo lezwi eliyiqiniso likaMoya, kepha okuholela ezixazululweni ezingumphik 'ukristu. Kuningi engingakusho ngalokhu ngokuzayo.
Okwamanje, into ebaluleke kakhulu wukuphila iVangeli likaJesu. Ukuthi wena qala futhi futhi uzithobe, ufune ukuxolelwa nguNkulunkulu nalabo obonile. Ukuthi ungena kwi-adventure enkulu, okuwumthandazo, futhi umane ukwenze umsebenzi wesikhashana ngokuzithoba nokuzinikela. Jabula, naphezu kwakho konke, yebo, jabula njalo!
Futhi funa ukuba, njengoNkosikazi Wethu, ube nomoya wangempela wobuphofu. Ezingeni okhishwe kulo “wena uqobo”, yilelo banga oyogcwaliswa ngalo IPhentekoste Elizayo.
Ungalingisi lo mhlaba kepha uguqulwe ngokwenziwa musha kwengqondo yakho. (Rom 12: 2)
Amagama amabili: ukuthathelwa impahla ngokuzithandela. Amagama amabili aqhubeka nokukhula enhliziyweni yami njengombila emasimini…
KUNZIMA KANGAKANANI!
Lokhu kungaba ngumbhalo onzima kakhulu ukufundwa abaningi. Ngoba empucukweni yaseNtshonalanga, bambalwa ababona ukuthi siwele kude kangakanani nomoya weqiniso weVangeli, umoya wabalandeli bakaKrestu beqiniso. UPaul VI usitshela ukuthi kuyini lokho:
Leli khulu leminyaka lomele ubuqiniso… Umhlaba ulindele kithi ukuba lula kwempilo, umoya wokukhuleka, ukulalela, ukuthobeka, ukuzidela nokuzidela. -UPAPA PAUL VI, Ukushunyayelwa Kwevangeli Emhlabeni Wanamuhla, 22, 76
'Impilo elula ... ukuzidela nokuzidela.' Ungafingqa lezi zimfanelo eziphilayo ngokuthi "umoya wobumpofu."
AmaKrestu abizelwe ukuba abe yimithombo ephilayo umhlaba ongaphuza kuyo impilo kaJesu Kristu. Kepha uma sigcwalisa umthombo ngazo zonke izinhlobo 
kokunamathiselwe ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo futhi sizungeze ngokunethezeka ngokweqile nokunethezeka, kufiphaza ubufakazi bethu. Singakhuluma futhi silandele nemiyalo kaKristu, sihehe imiphefumulo emaphethelweni ezinhliziyo zethu. Kepha uma bebuka ezimpilweni zethu futhi bebona ulwelwe lokuhaha, ukuzitika, nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo kuntanta ezinhliziyweni zethu futhi kukhula ezindongeni zalo, lapho-ke abakwazi “ukunambitha nokubona ubuhle beNkosi.”
O, bangane bami! Ngikubhalela ngomunwe omkhulu omkhulu ukhombe kimi! Ngisabele kabi kanjani esimweni sikaKristu sokuba ngumlandeli wakhe:
Uma kukhona umuntu ongangilandela, akaziphike futhi uthathe isiphambano sakhe ungilandele… wonke umuntu kini ongadeli konke anakho akakwazi ukuba ngumfundi wami. (Math 16:24; 14:33)
Yenqaba futhi ulahle ini futhi?
… Konke okusezweni, inkanuko yenyama, nenkanuko yamehlo, nokuziqhenya ngempilo… (I Jn 2:26)
USIZI
Lapho sizwa la mazwi, impendulo yethu ingenye nokudabuka. Ngokushesha siqala ukucabanga ngaleyo ngcebo yasemhlabeni esiyazisa kakhulu noma esiyifisayo, noma leyo mikhuba nemikhuba esiyigade kalula. Siqala ukuphikisa, njengendoda ecebile eya kuJesu, ukuthi singamaKrestu alungile:
Yonke le miyalo ngiyigcinile kusukela ebusheni bami. (Luka 18:21)
Kodwa uJesu uyaphendula,
Yinye into osantula ngayo. Thengisa konke onakho ukwabele abampofu, khona-ke uyoba nomcebo ezulwini; bese ungilandela. ” Kodwa lapho ekuzwa lokhu wadabuka, ngoba wayenothile kakhulu. (v. 22-23)
UJesu ube esesimangaza ngokuthi umuntu onjalo angene eMbusweni kaNkulunkulu kuzoba nzima kakhulu.
UZakewu naye wayecebile. Kepha kwathi lapho esenquma ukunikela ngempahla yakhe kwabampofu nakulabo wayebaphamba, uJesu wathi:
Namuhla usindiso lufikile kule ndlu. (Luka 19: 9)
Indoda eyodwa yaphila imiyalo, kepha yathanda ingcebo yayo. Omunye wephule imiyalo, kepha walahla ingcebo yakhe. Insindiso ifike kulowo waphihliza izithombe ezazisenhliziyweni yakhe, base beqala nokuphila imiyalo, ngomoya nangeqiniso.
Kepha maye kinina nicebile, ngokuba niyitholile induduzo yenu… khumbulani ukuthi kini, nasempilweni yenu, namukele okuhle kwenu, noLazaru ngokufanayo; kepha manje uyaduduzeka lapha [eZulwini], wena-ke usosizini. (Luka 6:24; 16:25)
Akekho ongakhonza amakhosi amabili… Awungeke ukhonze uNkulunkulu noMamona. (Math. 6:24)
ISIBUSISO
Uma uKristu eyiNhloko yethu, ngabe uMzimba akufanele yini ulandele? Ingabe iNhloko kufanele ithweswe umqhele wobuphofu, kanti uMzimba uhlotshiswe ngengcebo? Noma kunjalo, lokhu 
ukubiza umoya ovuselelwe wobuphofu akufanele kusenze sidabuke, kepha kusenze sifunisise incazelo yamagama:
Ubusisiwe wena mpofu. (Luka 6:20)
IVangeli likaMathewu lithi,
Babusisiwe abampofu emoyeni. (Math 5:23)
Uma silalela umongo wamazwi kaKristu kuyo yonke imiBhalo, kusobala ukuthi ababhali bamaVangeli abasivezi ngezindlela ezimbili, kepha babonisa imibono emibili yeNtaba efanayo yokubusiswa. Lokho wukuthi, indlela yokuphila yobulula nethimba iboleka umoya wobumpofu, futhi umoya wobumpofu kufanele ubonakale endleleni yokuphila yobulula. Yize kungenjalo ngokuphelele, kunzima kakhulu ukungena eMbusweni, kuxwayisa uJesu, kulabo abacebile.
UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisela injabulo yethu yangempela. ISonto lidinga abangcwele. Bonke babizelwe ebungcweleni, futhi abantu abangcwele kuphela abangavuselela ubuntu. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, eVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit.org
UKULULA, HHAYI UKUHLELWA
Yebo, ngikholwa ukuthi uMoya kaJesu usibizela ukuthi siyeke ngokuzithandela ukuphishekela izinto okuthi noma zikhona ngokwazo zingalungile noma zimbi, ziholele izinhliziyo zethu nothando lwethu kude noMbuso. Lokhu akusho ukuthi sibizelwe ukuthengisa yonke into futhi sihlale eqhugwaneni (ngaphandle kokuthi uKristu akunikeze ubizo oluthile ngobuphofu bangempela, njengalokhu wanika uMama oBusisiwe uTeresa waseCalcutta). Kepha ngiyakholelwa ukuthi iNkosi isicela ukuthi sihlele izinto zethu, sithengise noma sinikeze lokho esingakudingi, futhi siyeke ukuphishekela lezo zinto ezintshontsha inhliziyo yethu kuYe futhi zisenze silahlekelwe Ezulwini gxila. Ingxenye yalokhu kugxila, yiqiniso, akuyona nje ukonga isikhumba sami, kepha ukonga kanye Izingubo isikhumba somfowethu. Isimo sobumpofu kuKristu akufanele nanini sibe yisiphetho ngokwako. Esikhundleni salokho, kufanele njalo kusiholele othandweni olukhulu lukaNkulunkulu nothando lomakhelwane wethu, ikakhulukazi kwabampofu.
Ukuphila impilo elula akusho ukuhlala ekungcoleni noma ekungazini. "Umusa wakha kwimvelo," ngakho-ke indawo esikuyo kufanele ihlelwe kahle futhi inakekelwe ngaphandle kwesifiso esedlulele sokuphelela noma "okungcono kakhulu."
UKULUNGISELELWA
Ngifisa ukuphinda futhi amagama aqhubeka ukuzwakala enhliziyweni yami, “Phuma eBhabhiloni!”Ngoba iBabiloni, izwe eliyinkohliso lenyama, liya Ukuwa. Izindonga zalo zizowela kwabacebile, okungukuthi, lezozinhliziyo lapho kwakhiwe khona kanye izindonga zaseBabiloni. Kepha kulabo abaziphuce ngokuzithandela ifa le- 
ukuyenga kwalo mhlaba, ukuwa kwempucuko yaseNtshonalanga [4]qhathanisa Ngosuku luka-Eva ngeke kube ngukushintsha okukhulu, okungenani kwenhliziyo.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, umsindo wezwe ngeke uncintisane nezwi likaJesu. Ngoba uNkulunkulu ukhuluma futhi aqondise abantu bakhe… kepha kungukuhlebeza… “izwi elincane elithule”, ukugqugquzelwa komoya ongcwele. Kuphela Qaphela ngizozwa manje. Futhi singanaka kuphela uma singaphazanyiswa, noma kunalokho, singavumeli ukuphazamiseka.
Engcebweni yakhe, umuntu untula ukuhlakanipha; ufana nezilwane ezibhujiswayo. (IHubo 49:20)
Uma sesaba ukuziphuca impahla yethu yasemhlabeni, lapho-ke asikulungele ukuvikela ngokuqinile ukholo. —USt. UPeter Damian, Imfundo yamahora, Umq. II, k. 1777
Ishicilelwe okokuqala ngoJulayi 26, 2007
KUFUNDWA OKUFUNDILE
- Zindla kuleli sonto ngePassion yeSonto elizayo: Isivivinyo Seminyaka Eyisikhombisa
- IPhentekoste Elizayo: Okuhehayo? Ingxenye VI futhi IPhentekoste Elizayo
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