IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
ngoMsombuluko weSonto Lesishiyagalolunye Lesikhathi Esijwayelekile, ngoJuni 1, 2015
Isikhumbuzo sikaSt. Justin
Imibhalo yenkolo lapha
THABA, bafowethu nodadewethu, ithulisa iSonto ezindaweni eziningi futhi ukubopha iqiniso. Izindleko zokwesaba kwethu zingabalwa imiphefumulo: abesilisa nabesifazane bashiye ukuhlupheka futhi bafe esonweni sabo. Ngabe sisacabanga ngale ndlela, sicabanga ngempilo yangokomoya yomunye nomunye? Cha, ezifundeni eziningi asikwenzi lokho ngoba sikhathazeke kakhulu nge- isimo sezwe samanje kunokucaphuna isimo semiphefumulo yethu.
Ekufundeni kokuqala kwanamuhla, uTobit ulungiselela ukugubha umkhosi wePentekoste ngedili. Uthi,
… Kwakulungiselelwa idina me… Itafula belilungiselelwe me.
Kepha uTobit wayazi ukuthi izibusiso azitholile zazihloselwe ukwabiwa. Futhi-ke ucela indodana yakhe uTobiah ukuthi "aphume ayozama umuntu ompofu" ukuze abelane naye ngokudla kwakhe.
NjengamaKatolika, sinikezwe idili langempela iqiniso, ephathiswe ukugcwala kweSambulo, iqiniso “eliphelele” ezindabeni zokholo nezokuziphatha. Kepha akuwona idili "lami" kuphela.
Bekungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umqondo wokuthi umyalezo kaJesu wawunabantu abancane futhi ubhekiswe kumuntu ngamunye kuphela? Sifike kanjani kule ncazelo “yensindiso yomphefumulo” njengembalekela ukuzibophezela kukho konke, futhi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi sithathe iphrojekthi yobuKrestu njengososesho lokuzicelela usindiso olwenqaba umqondo wokusebenzela abanye? —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 16
UTobit ucela indodana yakhe ukuba ilethe "umkhulekeli oqotho kaNkulunkulu" azodla naye. Okungukuthi, umsebenzi wethu njengeBandla akukhona ukuphoqa iqiniso kulabo abangalifuni, ukusebenzisa iZwi likaNkulunkulu njengebludgeon. Kodwa ngenxa yokwesaba kwethu, ngisho nalabo abavulekele iqiniso namuhla bayancishwa futhi babulawa yindlala yalokho “kudla.” Bayancishwa ngoba sesaba ukwenqatshwa nokushushiswa, ngakho-ke sifaka imilomo yethu. “Umuntu ngokwesaba,” kusho uPapa Francis,
… Akenzi lutho, akazi ukuthi enzeni: uyesaba, uyethuka, ugxile kuye ukuze kwenzeke okuthile okulimazayo noma okubi kuye ... ukwesaba kuholela ekuziphatheni okunobugovu futhi kusikhubaze. -POPE FRANCIS, Ukuzindla Ekuseni, L'Osservatore Romano, Masonto onke ed. esiNgisini, n. 21, 22 Meyi 2015
UTobit wayengesabi ukuvula inhliziyo yakhe kwabampofu. Kepha indodana yakhe uThobiya iyabuya ithi,
Baba, kubulawe omunye wabantu bakithi! Umzimba wakhe ulele emakethe lapho afike waklinywa khona!
Ngaphandle kokungabaza, uTobit wasukuma wama ngezinyawo, wathwala lo muntu ofile wamfaka emgwaqweni, wamfaka kwelinye lamagumbi akhe ukuze amngcwabe ngakusasa ekuseni. Wabe esedla “edabukile.” Kepha uyabona, uTobit akazange akwenze lokhu ngaphandle kwezindleko. Ngoba omakhelwane bakhe bamhleka usulu bethi:
Akesabi namanje! Kwake ngaphambili wazingelwa ukuze abulawe ngenxa yale nto kanye; nokho manje njengoba esinde ngokulambisa, nangu futhi engcwaba abafileyo!
Bonke abasizungezile bangabampofu ngokomoya futhi “bafile” namuhla, ikakhulukazi izisulu zokuziphatha okubi ngokobulili. Ukukhuthazwa njalo kwezinye izinhlobo zemishado, inkanuko, ukuxhashazwa kwezocansi, ukufundisa ngocansi okucacile, izithombe zocansi nokunye okunjalo "kubulala" umphefumulo womuntu, okuthusa kakhulu intsha. Futhi nokho, ukwesaba, ukunemba kwezepolitiki, kanye nesifiso sokwamukelwa ukuhlanganisa nokuthulisa uMzimba kaKristu. Omakhaya bavame ukubeka ama-egos ethu, bayeke ukusibiza ukuthi siphenduke, futhi sigweme izingqinamba "ezishisayo" ezingasusa impikiswano uma kungenjalo ukushushiswa. Ababhishobhi bakhipha izitatimende ezishisayo nezinhle ezivela ngemuva kwamasango abo ezinganakwa kakhulu ngabezindaba futhi kuyaqabukela 
ifundwe abantu abavamile. Futhi abantu abavamile bavala imilomo yabo emsebenzini, ezikoleni nasemakethe ukuze “bagcine ukuthula.”
Nkulunkulu wami, asifani yini nompristi nomLevi emfanekisweni womSamariya Olungileyo, sihamba futhi “ngaphesheya” komgwaqo ukuze sigweme ukubhekana, ukugqoka, nokupholisa amanxeba abafowethu abafayo futhi odade? Sikhohliwe ukuthi kusho ukuthini uku “Khalani nalabo abakhalayo.” [1]isib. Rom 12: 15 NjengoTobit, ingabe siyakhala ngokwaphuka kwalesi sizukulwane? Futhi uma kunjalo, ingabe siyakhala ngoba umhlaba usube “mubi” noma ukhala ngenxa yozwelo kwabanye abagqilaziwe? Amagama kaSt. Paul eza ngokushesha engqondweni:
Ngiyanitshela, bazalwane, isikhathi sesiphelile. Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, labo abanabafazi mabazenze njengabangenabo, labo abakhalayo njengabangakhali, labo abajabulayo njengabangathokozi, labo abathenga njengokungabanikazi, labo abasebenzisa umhlaba njengongawusebenzisi ngokugcwele. Ngoba umhlaba esimweni sawo samanje uyadlula. (1 Kor. 7: 29-31)
Yebo, isikhathi siyaphela kulesi sizukulwane — cishe bonke abaprofethi abangempela emhlabeni bashaya leli cilongo (lalabo abanezindlebe zokuzwa). UPapa Benedict ubize iSonto ukuthi livuselele ububi obusizungezile:
Ubuthongo bethu phambi kobuso bukaNkulunkulu busenza singabunaki ububi: asimuzwa uNkulunkulu ngoba asifuni ukuphazanyiswa, ngakho-ke sihlala singenandaba nobubi.”… Isimo esinjalo siholela ku "A ukungakhathali komphefumulo maqondana namandla wobubi… Ukulala kwabafundi akuyona inkinga yalowo mzuzu owodwa, kunalokho okwenzeka kuwo wonke umlando, 'ubuthongo' bungobethu, bethu labo abangafuni ukubona amandla aphelele wobubi futhi abafuni ukungena Ukukhathazeka. ” —UPOPE BENEDICT XVI, iCatholic News Agency, iVictoria City, ngo-Ephreli 20, 2011, General Audience
Ngakho-ke, ngaphezu kweqiniso, izwe liyakudinga iqiniso othandweni. Lokho kusho ukuthi, njengoTobit, imiphefumulo elimele futhi elimele ilinde thina ukuthi siyamukele “egumbini” lenhliziyo yethu lapho singabaletha khona. Kuphela lapho imiphefumulo yazi ukuthi iyathandwa yithi lapho ivuleke ngempela ukuthola umuthi weqiniso esiwunikelayo.
Sikukhohliwe yini lokho iqiniso liyasikhulula? Namuhla, amaKatolika amaningi aya ngokuthenga amanga okuthi ukubekezelelana, kunalokho, yindlela eya ekuthuleni. Futhi-ke, isizukulwane sethu sesiyakwazi ukubekezelela, ngaphandle kwemiphefumulo embalwa enesibindi, cishe konke ukwazisa okungakhulelwa isintu. "Ngingubani ukwahlulela?", Sithi-sihlanekezela incazelo yesitatimende esithandwayo sikaPapa Francis. Futhi ngakho-ke sigcina ukuthula, kepha a ukuthula kwamanga, ngoba uma iqiniso lisibeka f
ree, khona-ke amanga ayazigqilaza. Ukuthula kwamanga a imbewu yokubhujiswa ukuthi kungekudala kuzophuca imiphefumulo yethu, imindeni, amadolobha kanye nezizwe ukuthula kwangempela uma sikuvumela ukuba kuhlume, kukhule, futhi kugxile phakathi kwethu “Ngoba ohlwanyela inyama yakhe uyovuna ukonakala enyameni” [2]isib. Gal 6:8.
Christian, mina nawe sibizelwe isibindi, hhayi induduzo. Ngizwa iNkosi ikhala namuhla, isibuza:
Ngabe uzoshiya abafowethu nodadewethu bethi bafile?
Noma njengoTobit, ingabe sizogijimela kubo ngeVangeli Lokuphila — yize senziwa inhlekisa nokushushiswa esizibeka engcupheni yokukuthola?
Ngenxa yokufundwa kwanamuhla, ngifuna ukuqala uchungechunge lwemibhalo egqamile kuleli sonto Ngokobulili Bomuntu Nenkululeko ukuze sikhulume ukukhanya ebumnyameni obuhlasele, ezikhathini zethu, lesi sipho esiyigugu kakhulu sobulili bethu. Kuyithemba lokuthi othile, kwenye indawo, uzokuthola ukudla okungokomoya abakudingayo ukuze aqale ukupholisa amanxeba ezinhliziyo zabo.
Ngikhetha iSonto elilimele, elilimazayo nelingcolile ngoba belilokhu likhona emigwaqweni, kunokuba kube iSonto elingenampilo ekuboshweni nasekubambeleleni ekuphepheni kwalo… Uma okuthile kufanele kusiphazamise kahle futhi sikhathaze onembeza bethu, iqiniso lokuthi abafowethu nodadewethu abaningi baphila ngaphandle kwamandla, ukukhanya kanye nenduduzo abazelwe ngobungane noJesu Kristu, ngaphandle komphakathi wokholo wokubasekela, abangenanjongo nenjongo empilweni. Ngaphezu kokwesaba ukuphambuka, ithemba lami ukuthi sizoshukunyiswa ukwesaba ukuhlala sivalelwe ngaphakathi ezinhlakeni ezisinikeza umuzwa ongewona wokuvikeleka, ngaphakathi kwemithetho esenza sibe ngabahluleli abanokhahlo, ngaphakathi kwemikhuba esenza sizizwe siphephile, ngenkathi emnyango wethu abantu bebulawa indlala futhi uJesu akadinwa ukusho kithi: “Banike okudliwayo” (Mk 6: 37). —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium, hhayi. 49
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