IZWI LAMANJE LOKUFUNDWA KWESIMISA
likaSepthemba 1 - Septhemba 6, 2014
Isikhathi Esijwayelekile
Imibhalo yenkolo lapha
THE abavangeli bokuqala — kungakumangaza ukwazi — kwakungebona abaPhostoli. Kade amademoni.
KwiVangeli langoLwesibili, sizwa “umoya wedimoni elingcolile” umemeza uthi:
Ufunani kithi Jesu waseNazaretha? Uze ukusibhubhisa na? Ngiyakwazi ukuthi ungubani: ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.
Idemoni lalifakaza ukuthi uJesu Kristu wayenguMesiya okwase kuyisikhathi eside elindelwe. Nakulokhu, eVangelini langoLwesithathu, sizwa ukuthi “amadimoni” amaningi akhishwa nguJesu ngesikhathi bememeza, “UyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.” Kepha, akukho kulokhu kulandisa lapho sifunda khona ukuthi ubufakazi balezi zingelosi eziwile buletha ukuguqulwa kwabanye. Kungani? Ngoba amazwi abo, ngenkathi eyiqiniso, awazange agcwaliswe ngamandla kaMoya oNgcwele. Okwe…
… UMoya oNgcwele ungummeli ophambili wobuvangeli: nguyena ophoqa umuntu ngamunye ukuba amemezele iVangeli, futhi nguyena ekujuleni konembeza owenza ukuba izwi lensindiso lamukelwe futhi liqondwe. —I-POPE PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. 74; www.v Vatican.va
UPaul Paul wayeqonda ukuthi kwakungeyona impikiswano ekholisayo njengamandla kaNkulunkulu avula izinhliziyo ekusindisweni. Ngakho-ke, weza kwabaseKorinte “Ebuthakathakeni nasekwesabeni nasekuthuthumela okukhulu,” hhayi nge “Amazwi okuhlakanipha aqondisayo” kodwa…
… Ngokukhonjiswa komoya namandla, ukuze ukukholwa kwakho kungahlali ekuhlakanipheni komuntu kepha emandleni kaNkulunkulu. (Ukufundwa kokuqala ngoMsombuluko)
Futhi nokho, Paul wenza sebenzisa amagama. Ngakho usho ukuthini? Akubona ubuhlakani bomuntu kodwa Ukuhlakanipha KukaNkulunkulu ukuthi wakhuluma:
UKristu ungamandla kaNkulunkulu nokuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu. (1 Kor 1:24)
USt. Paul wahlangana kakhulu noJesu, wamthanda kakhulu, waba nenhliziyo eyodwa maqondana noMbuso kaNkulunkulu, kangangokuba wayengathi, "Angiphili mina, kodwa uKristu uphila kimi." [1]isib. Gal 2:20 Ukuhlakanipha kwakuhlala kuPawulu. Futhi nokho uPawulu uthi yena namanje weza ngobuthakathaka, ngokwesaba, nangokuthuthumela. Okuxakayo ukuthi lapho evuma ngokujulile ubuphofu bakhe, waba yisicebi kuMoya kaKristu. Lapho eba "owokugcina kunabo bonke" futhi "eyisiwula ngenxa kaKristu," waba ngukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu. [2]isib. Ukufundwa kokuqala kwangoMgqibelo
Uma noma ubani phakathi kwenu ezibona ehlakaniphile kulesi sikhathi, akabe yisiwula ukuze ahlakaniphe. (Ukufundwa kokuqala kwangoLwesine)
Ukuba “yisiwula” namuhla ukulandela imiyalo kaNkulunkulu; kungukunamathela kuyo yonke inkolo yamaKatolika; kungukuphila ngokumelene nokugeleza komhlaba, kulandela iZwi likaKristu, okuvame ukuphikisana nokuhlakanipha kwabantu.
Njengoba ayedobe usuku lonke, uPeter akazange abambe lutho. Ngakho uJesu umtshela ukuba enze kanjalo “Khiphela ekujuleni.” Manje, iningi labadobi liyazi ukuthi ukudoba okuhle kakhulu emanzini amancane kuthanda ukuba seduzane nolwandle. Kepha uPeter ulalela, futhi ngaleyo ndlela uJesu ugcwalisa amanetha akhe. Ukuqina kwezwi likaNkulunkulu, noma ukubeka ngenye indlela — ukuguqulwa, weqiniso ukuguquka — kuyisihluthulelo sokugcwaliswa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu.
Ukuqala kokuhlakanipha kungukwesaba uJehova… (IzA 9:10)
Lahlani ubuntu obudala bendlela yenu yokuphila yangaphambili, bonakaliswe yizifiso ezikhohlisayo, futhi nenziwe basha emoyeni wengqondo yenu, nigqoke umuntu omusha, owadalwa ngendlela kaNkulunkulu ngokulunga nangobungcwele beqiniso. (Efe 4: 22-24)
Bafowethu nodadewethu, ngalesi sikhathi ningezwa isisindo sokona kwenu — njengoPetru.
Suka kimi, Nkosi, ngoba ngingumuntu onesono. (IVangeli LangoLwesine)
Kepha uJesu wathi kuye njengokusho kwakho kuwe manje:
Ungesabi…
Noma mhlawumbe uzwa izwi elihlekisayo lomhlaba elikutshela ukuthi iVangeli "liwubuwula" [3]Ukufundwa kokuqala kwangoLwesibili. Noma ubezwa bekhuluma ngawe ngento efana naleyo abayenza ngoJesu:
“Lo akayona yini indodana kaJosefa?” (IVangeli LangoMsombuluko)
"Ungumuntu nje ovamile… awusona isazi semfundiso yenkolo… wazi ini!" Kepha okubaluleke kakhulu akukhona ukuthi unamadigri amangaki ezenkolo kodwa ukugcotshwa kukaMoya oNgcwele.
Imvamisa, kaningi, sithola phakathi kwezalukazi zethu ezithembekile, ezilula mhlawumbe ezingazange ziqede ngisho isikole samabanga aphansi, kepha ezingakhuluma nathi ngezinto ezingcono kunanoma isiphi isazi semfundiso yenkolo, ngoba zinoMoya kaKristu. —UPapa uFrancis, eHomily, Septhemba 2, eVatican; I-Zenit.org
Umsebenzi kaJesu wasobala awuzange uqale waze wavela ehlane “Ngamandla kaMoya.” [4]isib. ULuka 4:14 Ngakho-ke lapho efunda esinagogeni imiBhalo eyayizwakale kaningi ngaphambili (“UMoya weNkosi uphezu kwami…”) base bezwa "ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu", uKristu uqobo ekhuluma. Futhi bona “Bamangala ngamazwi anomusa aphuma emlonyeni wakhe.” [5]IVangeli LangoMsombuluko
Ngokufanayo, inkonzo yethu — noma ngabe kumane nje kungumzali noma umpristi— “iqala” lapho nathi “sisemandleni kaMoya.” Kepha nathi kufanele singene ehlane. Uyabona, abantu abaningi bafisa izipho zikaMoya kepha hhayi uMoya uqobo; abaningi bafuna i imiphakathi, kepha hhayi uhlamvu lokho kwenza umuntu abe ngufakazi oqinisile kaJesu. Asikho isinqamuleli; ayikho indlela eya emandleni oVuko kodwa ngeSiphambano! Uma ufisa ukuba “yizisebenzi ezikanye noNkulunkulu” [6]Ukufundwa kokuqala kwangoLwesithathu lapho-ke kufanele ulandele ezinyathelweni zikaKristu! Usho kanjena uSt.
Nganquma ukungazi lutho ngenkathi nginawe ngaphandle kukaJesu Kristu, yena wabethelwa esiphambanweni. (Ukufundwa kokuqala ngoMsombuluko)
kulesi ukwazi UJesu oza ngomthandazo nangokulalela iZwi laKhe, ngokuthembela entethelelweni nasesiheni sakhe… Ukuhlakanipha, okungamandla kaNkulunkulu, kuzalwa kuwe.
Umyalo wakho uhlakaniphile kunezitha zami. (IHubo langoMsombuluko)
Yibo lobu Buhlakani umhlaba obudinga kakhulu.
Manje, sinomcabango kaKristu futhi lowo nguMoya kaKristu. Lokhu ubuKrestu. Ukungabi nomoya wezwe, leyo ndlela yokucabanga, leyoyondlela yokwahlulela… Ungaba neziqu ezinhlanu kwezenkolo, kodwa ungabi nawo uMoya kaNkulunkulu! Mhlawumbe uzoba yisazi semfundiso yenkolo esikhulu, kepha awuyena umKristu ngoba awunawo uMoya kaNkulunkulu! Lokho okunikeza igunya, lokho okunikeza ubunikazi nguMoya oNgcwele, ukugcotshwa kukaMoya oNgcwele. —UPapa uFrancis, eHomily, Septhemba 2, eVatican; I-Zenit.org
Ngiyabonga ngemithandazo yenu kanye nokwesekwa kwenu.
Inoveli eqala ukuthatha umhlaba wamaKhatholika
ngesiphepho…
by
UDenise Mallett
Ukushayela uDenise Mallett umbhali onesiphiwo esimangazayo kuyisinciphiso! Isihlahla kuyaheha futhi kubhalwe kahle. Ngilokhu ngizibuza ukuthi, "Umuntu angabhala kanjani into enjengale?" Akakhulumi.
—UKen Yasinski, Isikhulumi esingumKatolika, umbhali nomsunguli weFacetoFace Ministries
Kubhalwe kahle… Kusukela emakhasini okuqala esandulela,
Angikwazanga ukukubeka phansi!
-UJanelle Reinhart, Umculi wokuqopha ongumKristu
Isihlahla iyinoveli ebhalwe kahle kakhulu futhi ehehayo. UMallett ubhale inganekwane ehloniphekile yabantu neyenkolo mayelana nokuzidela, uthando, ubuqili kanye nokufuna iqiniso kanye nencazelo yokugcina. Uma le ncwadi yake yenziwa ifilimu — futhi kufanele kube njalo — umhlaba udinga kuphela ukuzinikela eqinisweni lomyalezo waphakade.
—Fr. UDonald Calloway, MIC, umbhali & isikhulumi
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