Ikhandlela elitshisayo

Ikhandlela elitshisayo nguMark Mallett. Yapapashwa okokuqala ngoJanuwari 12, 2007 ngo ILizwi ngoku...

 

Inyaniso yavela njengekhandlela elikhulu
ukukhanyisa umhlaba wonke ngedangatye eliqaqambileyo.

—St. UBernadine waseSiena

 

UNAMANDLA umfanekiso uze kum… umfanekiso ophethe inkuthazo kunye nesilumkiso.

Abo bebelandela le mibhalo bayazi ukuba injongo yabo ibikukuya ngqo silungiselele amaxesha alungiselelwe ngqo iBandla nehlabathi. Azininzi kangako ngekatekisisi ngokusibizela kwi Indawo yokubalekela ekhuselekileyo.

 

Ikhandlela elitshisayo 

Ndabona ihlabathi lihlanganisene ngokungathi kwigumbi elimnyama. Embindini kukho ikhandlela elivuthayo. Imfutshane kakhulu, i-wax phantse iyanyibilika. ILangatye limela ukukhanya kukaKristu: inyaniso. [1]Qaphela: oku kwabhalwa iminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba ndive nge “Idangatye Lothando” Kuthethwe nguMama wethu ngemiyalezo evunyiweyo eya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann. Jonga ukuFunda okunxulumene noko. I-wax imele ixesha lobabalo sihlala kuyo. 

Umhlaba ubukhulu becala uyalihoya eli Flame. Kodwa kwabo bangekhoyo, abo bajonge ukukhanya kwaye bayakuvumela ukuba kubakhokele, kwenzeka into emangalisayo nefihlakeleyo: ngaphakathi kubaswa ngokufihlakeleyo.

Liyeza ngokukhawuleza ixesha apho eli thuba lobabalo lingasayi kuba nakho ukuxhasa i-wick (impucuko) ngenxa yesono sehlabathi. Iziganeko ezizayo ziya kuliwa ngokupheleleyo ikhandlela, kwaye ukuKhanya kweli khandlela kuya kucinywa. Kuza kubakhona i isiphithiphithi ngequbuliso “kwigumbi”

Urhola ingqondo kubaphathi belizwe, bade baphuthaphutha emnyameni kungekho kukhanya; ubenza bahexa njengamanxila. (Umsebenzi 12: 25)

Ukupheliswa kokuKhanya kuya kukhokelela kwisiphithiphithi esikhulu kunye noloyiko. Kodwa abo bebekade bekufunxa ukuKhanya ngeli xesha lokulungiselela esikulo ngoku izakuba nokuKhanya okungaphakathi okuzakubakhokela (kuba ukuKhanya akunakucinywa). Nangona baya kuba nobumnyama obubangqongileyo, ukuKhanya kwangaphakathi kukaYesu kuyakukhanya ngokuqaqambileyo ngaphakathi, kubakhokele ngokwemvelo kwindawo efihlakeleyo yentliziyo.

Emva koko lo mbono waba nombono ophazamisayo. Kwakukho isibane kumgama… isibane esincinci kakhulu. Kwakungavumelekanga, njengokukhanya kwefluorescent encinci. Ngesiquphe, uninzi kwigumbi listampu ngaku kukhanya, ekuphela kokhanyiso ababenokubona. Kubo kwakulithemba… kodwa kwakububuxoki, ukukhanya okulahlekisayo. Ayibonisanga Ukufudumala, okanye uMlilo, okanye uSindiso-laa Flame babesele beyalile.  

… Kwiindawo ezinkulu zehlabathi ukholo lusemngciphekweni wokutshabalala njengelangatye elingasenayo ipetroli. —Ileta yobungcwele bakhe uPope Benedict XVI eya kubo Bonke ooBhishophu Behlabathi, ngoMatshi 12, 2009

Kusekupheleni kanye kwewaka lesibini leminyaka apho amafu amakhulu, asoyikisayo ehlangana eluntwini bonke ubumnyama buzehlela emiphefumlweni yabantu.  —UPOPU JOHN PAUL II, wasuka kwintetho yakhe, ngoDisemba, 1983; www.v Vatican.va

 

Lixesha ngoku

Isibhalo seentombi ezilishumi safika engqondweni kwangoko silandela le mifanekiso. Zintlanu kuphela iintombi ezinyulu ezazineoyile eyaneleyo kwizibane zazo ukuba ziphume zihlangabeze uMyeni oza ngobumnyama 'ezinzulwini zobusuku' (UMateyu 25: 1-13). Oko kukuthi, ziintombi ezintlanu kuphela ezazizalise iintliziyo zazo ngobabalo oluyimfuneko ukubanika ukukhanya ukuze babone. Ezinye iintombi ezinyulu ezintlanu zazingazilungiselelanga zisithi, “… izibane zethu ziyacima,” kwaye waya kuthenga ioyile ngakumbi kubarhwebi. Iintliziyo zabo zazingakulungelanga, ke ngoko bafuna “ubabalo” abaludingayo… hayi kuMthombo oMsulwa, kodwa ku Abathengisi abakhohlisayo.

Kwakhona, imibhalo apha yenzelwe injongo enye: ukukunceda ufumane le oyile kaThixo, Ukuze uphawulwe ngeengelosi zikaThixo, ukuze ubone ngokukhanya okungcwele ngalo mhla xa uNyana eya kusithwa ixesha elifutshane, efaka uluntu kumzuzu obuhlungu, nobumnyama.

 

Imindeni

Siyazi ngokwamazwi eNkosi yethu ukuba le mihla iza kubambisa abaninzi njengesela ebusuku:

Njengoko kwakunjalo ngemihla kaNowa, koba njalo nangemihla yoNyana woMntu. Badla, basela, bathabatha amadoda nabafazi, kwada kwayimini awangena ngayo emkhombeni uNowa; wafika unogumbe, wabatshabalalisa bonke. Kunjalo nangemihla kaLote; babesidla, besela, babethenga, bethengisa, babesakha, batyale. Kodwa ngemini yokuphuma kukaLote eSodom, kwana umlilo nesulfure uphuma ezulwini, wabatshabalalisa bonke. Kuya kuba njalo ngemini yokutyhileka konyana womntu. . . Khumbulani umkaLote. Othe wazama ukuwusindisa umphefumlo wakhe, wolahlekelwa nguwo; othe wayilahla, woyigcina. (Luka 17: 26-33)

Abaliqela babafundi bam babhalile, bothuka ukuba amalungu osapho lwabo ayanyamalala, baya besiba nobutshaba ngakumbi kuKholo.

Kwimihla yethu, xa kwiindawo ezinkulu zehlabathi ukholo lusemngciphekweni wokufa njengelangatye elingasenayo ipetroli, eyona nto iphambili kukwenza uThixo abekhona kweli lizwe nokubonisa amadoda nabafazi indlela eya kuThixo. Ayingoothixo bonke, kodwa nguThixo owathetha ngeSinayi; kulo Thixo ubuso bakhe sibubonayo kuthando olucinezela “kude kube sekupheleni” (jn. 13: 1) —kuYesu Krestu, ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni. Ingxaki yokwenyani ngalo mzuzu wembali yethu kukuba uThixo uyanyamalala ebantwini, kwaye, ngokufiphala kokukhanya okuvela kuThixo, uluntu luphulukana nokuthwala, kunye neziphumo ezibonakala zonakalisayo. —Ileta yobungcwele bakhe uPope Benedict XVI eya kubo Bonke ooBhishophu Behlabathi, ngoMatshi 10, 2009

Ngokwenene kukho ukuhluzwa nokucocwa okwenzekayo njengoko sithetha. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yemithandazo yakho kwaye ngenxa yokuthembeka kwakho kuYesuNdiyakholelwa ukuba baya kunikwa ubabalo olukhulu xa uMoya kaThixo uvula zonke iintliziyo ukuze zibone imiphefumlo yabo njengokuba uYise ezibona — eso sipho singummangaliso seNceba esisondelayo. Iyeza lokuthintela olu wexuko phakathi kweentsapho zakho iRosari. Funda kwakhona Ukubuyiswa okuzayo koSapho. 

Ukhethwe nguThixo, hayi ukuzisindisa, kodwa ukuba ube sisixhobo sosindiso kwabanye. Umzekelo wakho nguMariya owazinikezela ngokupheleleyo kuThixo ngaloo ndlela waba ngumlingani wentlawulelo — Co-redemptrix ezininzi. Ungumfuziselo weCawa. Oko kusebenza kuye kusebenza kuwe. Nawe kufuneka ube ngumkhululi kunye noKristu kwimithandazo yakho, ubungqina, kunye nokubandezeleka. 

Ngokuzenzekelayo, ezi zifundo zimbini zivela namhlanje (nge-12 kaJanuwari, 2007) kwiOfisi kunye noMisa:

Abo babonwa befanelekile ukuba baphume njengoonyana bakaThixo kwaye bazalwe ngokutsha ngoMoya oyiNgcwele ovela phezulu, nababambe ngaphakathi kubo uKrestu obahlaziya ebazalisa ngokukhanya, bakhokelwa nguMoya ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo nakwindawo yabo yokuphumla bakhokelwa ngokungabonakaliyo ezintliziyweni zabo ngobabalo. -Ihomeli lombhali wenkulungwane yesine; Ubungakanani bamaxesha eeyure, Umqu. III, iphe. 161

NguYehova umkhanyiseli wam nomsindisi wam; ndingoyika bani? NguYehova inqaba yobomi bam, ndingoyika bani? Bendingafanelana ndirhawulwe ngumkhosi isuka ingoyiki intliziyo yam; Nokuba ndithenjiswa imfazwe, ndokholosa noko. Ngokuba wondigushayo ekhayeni lakhe ngemini yembandezelo; Uya kundisithelisa esitheni lentente yakhe, andimise eweni; (INdumiso 27)

Okokugqibela, eSt. Peter:

Sinesigidimi sesiprofeto esinokuthenjwa ngokupheleleyo. Uya kuba wenza kakuhle ukunikela ingqalelo kuyo, njengakwisibane esikhanya kwindawo emnyama, kude kube ngesifingo kuphume nekhwezi lokusa ezintliziyweni zenu. (2 Pet 1: 19)

 

 

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1 Qaphela: oku kwabhalwa iminyaka esixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba ndive nge “Idangatye Lothando” Kuthethwe nguMama wethu ngemiyalezo evunyiweyo eya ku-Elizabeth Kindelmann. Jonga ukuFunda okunxulumene noko.
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