ISibhalo-Amaxesha ethu, amaXesha Okugqibela?

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UMark Mallett

 

Umntu othile ukhankanye imibhalo yam kumyeni wakhe kungekudala. Waza waphendula, “Owu, asinguye na laa mntu ubhala ngamaxesha okuphela?” Kwafuneka ndihleke. Ngokuchasene noko, into endibhale ngayo iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu amaxesha ethu. Isibakala sokuba zibonakala zifana “namaxesha okuphela” yayingeyiyo ingcamango yam kodwa yayiyeyoopopu benkulungwane edluleyo:[1]cf. Kutheni le nto ooPopu bengekhwaza?

Kukho ukungonwabi okukhulu ngeli xesha emhlabeni naseCaweni, kwaye into ekuthethwa ngayo lukholo. Kuyenzeka ngoku ukuba ndiphindaphinde ibinzana elingaqondakaliyo likaYesu kwiVangeli ka-St. Luke: 'Xa uNyana woMntu ebuya, ingaba usaya kufumana ukholo emhlabeni?'… Ngamanye amaxesha ndifunda isicatshulwa seVangeli sesiphelo Amaxesha kwaye ndiyangqina ukuba, ngeli xesha, ezinye iimpawu zesi siphelo ziyavela. —UPOPE INGCWELE UPAWULOS VI, Imfihlo Paul VI, UJean Guitton, iphe. 152-153, Imbekiselo (7), iphe. ix.

… lowo uyichasayo inyaniso ngobungendawo aze abuye kuyo, wona ngokunzulu kuMoya oyiNgcwele. Kwimihla yethu esi sono siye saxhaphaka kangangokuba loo maxesha obumnyama aye axelwa kwangaphambili nguPawulos oNgcwele, apho abantu babemfanyekiswe ngumgwebo wobulungisa kaThixo. mabathabathe ubuxoki esikhundleni senyaniso, yaye bafanele bakholelwe “kumthetheli weli hlabathi,” olixoki noyise walo, njengomfundisi wenyaniso: “UThixo uya kubathumela ukusebenza kolahlekiso, ukuba bakholwe bubuxoki. (2 Tes. Ii., 10). Ngamaxesha okugqibela abanye baya kuphambuka elukholweni, bethobela oomoya abalahlekisayo, neemfundiso zeedemon ” (1 Tim. Iv., 1). —UPOPE LEO XIII, I-Divinum Illud Munus, n. I-10

… Kusenokubakho emhlabeni "uNyana wentshabalalo" athetha ngaye uMpostile. —IIPOPE ST. IPIUS X, E Supremi, I-Encycology on the Return of zonke Izinto kuKristu, n. 3, 5; Ngomhla we-4 ku-Okthobha 1903

Kakade ke, esona sizathu sokuba ubupostile bam buguquke busuka kwimvumi/umbhali weengoma bube bubupostile “bokubukela nokuthandaza” kungenxa yokuba uSt.[2]UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9

Lutsha olutsha, kuxhomekeke kuwe ukuba ngu abalindi kwangesasa ndibhengeza ngokuza kwelanga ngubani uKrestu ovusiweyo! —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo kaBawo Oyingcwele kuLutsha lweHlabathiI-XVII yoSuku loLutsha lweHlabathi, n. 3; (cf. ngaba 21: 11-12)

Bekungayi kuba bubudenge ukuba ibingeyiyo kanye le nto uJohn Paul II athi ibiyiyo: ukuya vakalisa ukuza kukaYesu: “ukuba babe “ngabalindi kusasa” ekuqalekeni kwewaka leminyaka elitsha,”[3]UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9 ukuvakalisa “intshayelelo entsha yethemba, ubuzalwana noxolo.”[4]Intetho kwiGuanelli Youth Movement, ngoAprili 20, 2002, www.v Vatican.va Kuhlobo "lwengxelo" ebuyela eRoma, ndibhale le leta eya kuPopu: Bawo Oyingcwele ... Uyeza!

Kodwa ukuvakalisa ukuza kukaKristu kukwazisa konke okwandulelayo, kuquka, ngokweSiko eliNgcwele, ukubonakala komchasi-Kristu,[5]Isibakala sokuba umchasi-Kristu ngumntu omnye, kungekhona igunya—kungekhona umoya nje wokuziphatha, okanye inkqubo yezobupolitika, kungekhona umnombo, okanye ukulandelelana kwabalawuli—yayisisithethe seCawa yokuqala.” —ISt. UJohn Henry Newman, "Amaxesha omchasi-Kristu", Isifundo 1 inkqubo yoqoqosho lwehlabathi apho kuphela umntu uya kuba nakho “ukuthenga nokuthengisa”,[6]Rev 13: 17 kunye neembandezelo ezihamba nazo. Kwakhona, ukuze oku kubhekiselele kuyo amaxesha ethu yayingeyombono yam, kodwa leyo kaPope St. Pius X owayecinga ukuba uMchasi-Kristu “usenokuba sele ekhona ehlabathini”, kwakunye noJohn Paul II kuloo ntetho idumileyo kwiNkongolo yeMisa yeFiladelphia ngowe-1976. Udikoni uKen Fournier wayekho. kwaye weva amazwi kanye ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:

Ngoku simi phantsi kobona bumdubedube obukhulu obudlulileyo kwimbali yoluntu edlulileyo ... Ngoku sijamelene nembambano yokugqibela phakathi kweCawe kunye nomchasi-wecawe, iVangeli ngokuchasene neVangeli, uKrestu ngokuchasene no-Kristu… Sisilingo… seminyaka engama-2,000 yenkcubeko kunye nempucuko yamaKristu, ngayo yonke imiphumo yesidima somntu, amalungelo abantu, amalungelo abantu namalungelo ezizwe. -Cardinal Karol Wojtyla (JOHN PAUL II), kwi-Eucharistic Congress, ePhiladelphia, PA; Nge-13 ka-Agasti ka-1976; cf. Katolika kwi-Intanethi

UPope uFrancis wade wacebisa kabini ukuba abathembekileyo bafunde incwadi yomchasi-Kristu, Nkosi Yehlabathi, njengokufana nexesha lethu.[7]cf. UPopu uFrancis On... UJohn Paul II wayeza kuthi kamva acwangcise iNcwadi yesiTyhilelo kunye nedabi phakathi "komfazi" kunye "nenamba" njengokhuphiswano, ekugqibeleni, phakathi "kwenkcubeko yobomi" Ukuqobisana "inkcubeko yokufa": 

Lo mzabalazo uhambelana nomlo ongaphefumlelwanga ochazwe ku [Rev 11: 19-12: 1-6, 10 kwidabi phakathi "komfazi owambethe ilanga" kunye "nenamba"]. Ukulwa amadabi okuBulala uBomi: "inkcubeko yokufa" ifuna ukuzinyanzelisa kumnqweno wethu wokuphila, kwaye siphile ngokugqibeleleyo. Amacandelo amaninzi oluntu adidekile malunga nokulungileyo nokungalunganga, kwaye bakwinceba yabo banamandla "okudala" uluvo nokunyanzelisa abanye.  -UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Cherry Creek State Park Homily, eDenver, eColorado, ngo-1993

Ngubani onokuthi ezi ayizoziprofeto ezichane ngokukhwankqisayo ezizaliseka kanye ngeli lixa? Kuba “amandla angaziwayo” anezinto “ezifuna imali engachazwanga,” njengoko uPopu Benedict XVI wakubiza njalo, aguqulela abantu “ukuba ngamakhoboka, angengabo abantu, kodwa ngamandla angaziwa asetyenziswa ngabantu, abathi ngawo abantu bangcungcuthekiswe yaye bade bangcungcuthekiswe. kuxhelwe.”[8]cf. Irhafu; UPAPA BENEDICT XVI, Ukucamngca emva kokufundwa kwe-ofisi yeYure yesiThathu ngale ntsasa kwiSynod Aula, eVictoria City, nge-11 ka-Okthobha ka-2010. Ngokucacileyo, “isidima somntu, amalungelo omntu, amalungelo abantu namalungelo ezizwe” ngoku anyathelwa phantsi. isantya esimangalisayo, ukuhambelana, kunye namandla njengoko iimeko zenkululeko yesijikelezi-langa siphela ngoku zixhomekeke “kwimo yabo yokugonya.”[9]“Abarhwebi bakho babengamadoda amakhulu omhlaba, zonke iintlanga zalahlekiswa kukukhafula kwakho.” (ISityhi 18:23; inguqulelo yeNAB ithi “umxube womlingo”) Igama lesiGrike eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “ukukhafula” okanye “izithako zomlingo” lelithi φαρμακείᾳ (pharmakeia) — “ukusetyenziswa kwamayeza, iziyobisi okanye amakhubalo” - apho sifumana igama elithi amayeza. .

Kufundo lokuqala lweMisa namhlanje, umprofeti uDaniyeli wabona embonweni wakhe “irhamncwa” lokugqibela elaliza kuvela phezu komhlaba “ngexesha lesiphelo” (Dan 12:4). Yayiyimbonakalo eyoyikekayo, ubukumkani obungafaniyo nobunye:

Eyesine irhamncwa, kuya kubakho ubukumkani besine ehlabathini, obungafaniyo nolunye; buya kulidla ihlabathi lonke, bulityumze, bulityumze. Iimpondo ezilishumi kuya kusuka kuphume kobo bukumkani ookumkani abalishumi; kuya kuvela omnye emva kwabo, ongenguye owandulelayo, oya kuthoba ookumkani abathathu. Uya kuthetha ngoPhezukonke, abacudise abangcwele bOsenyangweni, ecinga ukuyiguqula imithendeleko nomyalelo. -Ukufundwa kweMisa kokuqala namhlanje

Namhlanje, sibona indlela ebaluleke ngayo umthetho wendalo oko kuguqulwa phambi kwamehlo ethu: inkcazo yobuntu, umtshato, isini, njl. [10]cf. Ilixa lokuchas 'umthetho Njalo imithetho yenzululwazi ziye zachazwa ngokutsha kulo nyaka uphelileyo.[11]cf. Ityala elichasene neGates Ngeli rhamncwa, uMpostile oNgcwele uYohane kamva wayeza kubhala:

Ngubani na ofana nerhamncwa, ngubani na onokulwa nalo? (ISityhi. 13: 4)

Eneneni, ngubani okhusela izigidi zabasebenzi ehlabathini lonke abagxothwayo baze bagxothwe emsebenzini ngeyure ngenxa yokwala ukuba yinxalenye yolu lingelo lwezamayeza oluyingozi?[12]cf. Irhafu Ngubani okhusela imveku engekazalwa imizimba yabo ebuleweyo yasetyenziswa ukwenza ezi zitofu?[13]ilumkiso.com Ngubani ome endleleni yeli rhamncwa lehlabathi elithe, ngaphandle kokuvota kwethu kulo, lizimisele “Ukusetwa ngokutsha kweHlabathi”?[14]cf. Isiprofeto sikaIsaya soBukomanisi beHlabathi kwaye Ukusetha kwakhona kwakhona Oobhishophu?[15]cf. uFrancis, kunye neNqanawa enkulu yokuphukela; bona Ulungelelwaniso lweMpembelelo Omnye umntu uthe kum ngesidlo sangokuhlwa phezolo, “Ngubani ongakuthi? Andisaqondi neCawe yam ngoku. Silahliwe.” Ngaloo ndlela, sifunda embonweni kaDaniyeli ukuba umchasi-Kristu, olu “phondo” luphumayo, luphumeza ngempumelelo “inkanuko yeBandla”:

Ndalubona uphondo olo, lulwa imfazwe nabangcwele, loyisa, wada wafika uNyangele; kwagwetywa abangcwele bOsenyangweni, kwaza kwafika ixesha lokuba abangcwele babudle ilifa ubukumkani. -Ukufundwa kweMisa kokuqala namhlanje

…kwaye lavunyelwa ukusebenzisa igunya iinyanga ezimashumi mane anesibini; Lawuvulela umlomo walo ekumnyeliseni uThixo, lilinyelisa igama lakhe, nomnquba wakhe, nabo bahleli emazulwini. Lavunyelwa kananjalo ukuba lilwe nabangcwele, libeyise; (ISityhi. 13: 5-6)

Kuya kuba ngathi a Isaqhwithi. 

liya kuza njengesaqhwithi, lishukumise yonke into; liya kulawula njengesaqhwithi, liphele kanye njengesaqhwithi. —UYesu kuMkhonzi kaThixo uLuisa Piccarreta, ngoDisemba 18, 1920, Volume 12

Kwaye ke yintoni? Njengoko sifunda kuDaniyeli, “kwafika ixesha lokuba abangcwele babume ubukumkani.” Ewe, yile nto besiyithandazela kwiminyaka engama-2000 edlulileyo: “Mabufike ubukumkani bakho, mayenziwe intando yakho emhlabeni njengokuba isenziwa eZulwini.” Ukubeka ngokulula:

Izizukulwana aziyi kuphela de intando yam ilawule emhlabeni. —UYesu waya eLuisa Piccarreta, Volume 12NgoFebruwari 22, 1991

Ke ngoko, iPasion yeCawe phantsi komchasi-Kristu ayisosiphelo kodwa ikhokelela Uvuko lweCawa, Ukusa okutsha. " Kukusulungekiswa koMtshakazi kaKristu, emlungiselela ukuba uKristu alawule kuye njengoKumkani wokwenyani-uKumkani eBukumkanini beNtando yakhe yobuThixo. Lo ngowona msebenzi uphambili kaMama osikelelekileyo, lowo "umfazi ombethe ilanga":

Umama wam waseZulwini uya kuba ngumama kunye noKumkanikazi kuwe; uyakwazi ukulunga okukhulu obuya kukuzisa uBukumkani beNtando yam kuwe. Ukuze anelise ukuncwina kwam okutshisekileyo kwaye aphelise ukulila kwam, uya kunithanda njengabantwana bakhe bokwenyani ngokuhambela abantu kwihlabathi liphela ukuze abalahle kwaye abalungiselele ukwamkela ulawulo loBukumkani beNtando yam. Nguye owalungiselela Mna uluntu ukuze ndehle ezulwini ndize emhlabeni. Kwaye ngoku ndinikezela kuye - kuthando lukamama wakhe - umsebenzi wokulahla imiphefumlo ukuze afumane isipho esikhulu kangaka. —UYesu waya eLuisa Piccarreta, Incwadi yoMthandazo weNtando yakhe, iphe. 4; bona kwakho Isipho

Ngenxa yoko, kwiVangeli yale veki uYesu uthi, “xa nithe nazibona ezi zinto zisenzeka, yazini ukuba bukufuphi ubukumkani bukaThixo.”[16]NgoNovemba 26th, 2021; YeVangeli Kwaye kwakhona, “Xa le miqondiso iqala ukwenzeka, yimani nkqo nize niziphakamise iintloko zenu ngenxa yokuba iyasondela inkululeko yenu.”[17]NgoNovemba 25th, 2021; YeVangeli Kakade ke, iNkosi iyasilumkisa ukuba singene iVangeli yanamhlanje bangozeli baze “baphaphe ngamaxesha onke.”[18]cf. Uyabiza ngelixa Silala Kodwa ngokucacileyo, iLizwi likaThixo, kunye noopopu abaqinisekisa ukuchazwa kwalo, kucacile: kukho isifingo esitsha esiza emva kweli xesha lembandezelo.[19]cf. Iipopu kunye neXesha lokuKhangela

Emva kococeko ngokusebenzisa ukuvavanywa kunye nokubandezeleka, ukuqala kwexesha elitsha sele liza kuqalisa. -IPOPE ST. UJOHANE PAUL II, Ababukeli ngokubanzi, nge-10 kaSeptemba 2003

NguThixo ngokwakhe owalungiselela ukuzisa ubungcwele "obutsha nobungcwele" apho uMoya Oyingcwele unqwenela ukucebisa amaKristu ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yesithathu, ukwenzela "ukumenza uKristu intliziyo yehlabathi." —UAPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Idilesi yooTata abaNtsundu n. 6, www.v Vatican.va; bona Ukuza okuNtsha kunye nobuNgcwele obuNgcwele

Le Advent, ke, asiloxesha lokuphelelwa lithemba, koko lokulungiselela; umzuzu wokucoca iintliziyo zethu kuyo yonke into kunye nantoni na engekho kwintando kaThixo Ukuthobela Okulula ukuze, akufika uYesu, afumane ubukumkani ezintliziyweni zethu, obufanele uKumkani.

 

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1 cf. Kutheni le nto ooPopu bengekhwaza?
2, 3 UNovo Millenio Inuente, n. 9
4 Intetho kwiGuanelli Youth Movement, ngoAprili 20, 2002, www.v Vatican.va
5 Isibakala sokuba umchasi-Kristu ngumntu omnye, kungekhona igunya—kungekhona umoya nje wokuziphatha, okanye inkqubo yezobupolitika, kungekhona umnombo, okanye ukulandelelana kwabalawuli—yayisisithethe seCawa yokuqala.” —ISt. UJohn Henry Newman, "Amaxesha omchasi-Kristu", Isifundo 1
6 Rev 13: 17
7 cf. UPopu uFrancis On...
8 cf. Irhafu; UPAPA BENEDICT XVI, Ukucamngca emva kokufundwa kwe-ofisi yeYure yesiThathu ngale ntsasa kwiSynod Aula, eVictoria City, nge-11 ka-Okthobha ka-2010.
9 “Abarhwebi bakho babengamadoda amakhulu omhlaba, zonke iintlanga zalahlekiswa kukukhafula kwakho.” (ISityhi 18:23; inguqulelo yeNAB ithi “umxube womlingo”) Igama lesiGrike eliguqulelwe ngokuthi “ukukhafula” okanye “izithako zomlingo” lelithi φαρμακείᾳ (pharmakeia) — “ukusetyenziswa kwamayeza, iziyobisi okanye amakhubalo” - apho sifumana igama elithi amayeza. .
10 cf. Ilixa lokuchas 'umthetho
11 cf. Ityala elichasene neGates
12 cf. Irhafu
13 ilumkiso.com
14 cf. Isiprofeto sikaIsaya soBukomanisi beHlabathi kwaye Ukusetha kwakhona kwakhona
15 cf. uFrancis, kunye neNqanawa enkulu yokuphukela; bona Ulungelelwaniso lweMpembelelo
16 NgoNovemba 26th, 2021; YeVangeli
17 NgoNovemba 25th, 2021; YeVangeli
18 cf. Uyabiza ngelixa Silala
19 cf. Iipopu kunye neXesha lokuKhangela
exhonyiweyo Abaxhasi bethu, imiyalezo, Isibhalo.