UbuKatolika obutofotofo Mabuphele

NguConstance T. Hull for Utshintshiselwano lwamaKatolika.

 

Iwayesazi kancinci ngoCharlie Kirk. Ubuso bakhe buthi gqi kwifidi yam yeYouTube amaxesha ngamaxesha. Ngezo zihlandlo, ndabona ukuba wayenxulumana nolutsha kwimibandela eyahlukahlukeneyo. Ndandihleli ngasemlanjeni kumthunzi weentaba zaseBeartooth ngaseRed Lodge, eMontana xa ndabona ukuba ubulewe kwikhampasi yasekholejini. Ndandise Montana kuba umama waye wasinda kwisifo sentliziyo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. Mna nosapho lwam sasiphumle umzuzwana kwindalo kaThixo emva konyaka onzima kakhulu. Zandikhwankqisa ezi ndaba zazalisa usizi olukhulu.

Ngenxa yokubulawa kwakhe kunye nokudutyulwa kwakhe kwi-Annunciation Catholic Church kunye neSikolo saseMinneapolis, kuye kwacaca ukuba izinto ziyatshintsha. Amandla obumnyama uninzi lwethu awaziyo ukuba ayasebenza kwinkcubeko ayachitheka kubomi bamaKatolika bemihla ngemihla kunye nabantu bokulunga. Kuyaqala ukubiza ngaphezulu ukuba ngumKatolika kweli lizwe suku ngalunye oludlulayo. Ukufela ukholo kwabantwana ababini abancinci besikolo emthandazweni ngumbono omncinci wento abazalwana noodade bethu kuKristu baphila ngayo yonke imihla kwihlabathi liphela kwiindawo ezifana neNigeria neCongo.

Nangona ndandisazi kancinci ngoCharlie Kirk de kwaba yiveki edlulileyo, ndothuka njengabaninzi ukubona utata wabantwana ababini abancinci kunye nomyeni kumfazi wakhe onothando ebulawa phambi kwabo. Ukwazi ukuba olu sapho luqhelekileyo, luyinto ekujoliswe kuyo. Ndicinga ukuba abantu abaninzi bafumana ingqiqo yokuba nathi sijolise kwimikhosi yeedemon kunye namahlakani abo asebenza ngaphakathi kwenkcubeko.

Le nto ayidumanga ukuyithetha kuba sichithe ixesha elininzi silibala ukuba sikumlo wokomoya ochasene namagunya kunye nezikhulu. Amashumi eminyaka exelelwa ukuba usathana yintsomi okanye isiganeko sasengqondweni sivela ngokuchasene nenyaniso yokuba iidemon zikhona kwaye zirhuqela imiphefumlo ukuya esihogweni. Into encinci endiyibonileyo kuManifesto kaAnnunciation ikhomba umntu omaziyo usathana. Ububi buyinyani. Kufuneka sikhethe phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi yonke imihla. Asisenakuphinda siphile njengabantu abathanda izinto eziphathekayo abakhotyokiswe kukuthuthuzelwa kunye nomnqweno wobuxoki wokungashukumisi isikhephe. Mhlawumbi sikunye noKrestu, okanye sichasene naye.

Kukho imibuzo emininzi esinokuzibuza yona malunga neziganeko zamva nje, kodwa ndicinga ukuba eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba uKristu ungowokuqala ngokwenene ebomini bethu. Ndiyazi ukufa kukabawo ngesiquphe nokufa ngesiquphe kukamama yayizizihlandlo apho iNkosi yandityhilela iinkalo zobomi bam ukuba andizange ndinikezele kuYo. Amanxeba asanzulu endinawo okuba ngumsebenzi wokunceda ngo-9/11 aphinda avuleka emva kokuhlaselwa yintliziyo kamama ngendlela eyandimangalisayo. Bendinexhala bendingafuni ukubhabha ndigoduke nge-12 kaSeptemba ngenxa yokuba kufutshane ne-9/11 yesikhumbuzo. Ndiyenzile, kodwa iNkosi yandibonisa apho ndisafuna impiliso enkulu ngokuzinikela kuYo. Ngaba ndingatsho ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba ndingancama yonke into ngenxa kaKristu? Yabuya impendulo inguhayi ovakalayo. Ndisabambelele kakhulu kobu bomi kunye nehlabathi. Andikabikho ngcwele.

Ndazibuza kunye nabahlobo bamaKatolika: Ngaba iCawa iya kufumana ilizwi layo lesiprofeto kule mihla yobumnyama, okanye siya kuqhubeka nokuzifihla ngelixa uCharlie Kirks ephakama? Ndicinga ukuba ngamnye kuthi kufuneka abuze umbuzo onyanisekileyo ukuba sinikele yonke into kuKristu, kwaye ukuba asinayo, ukuba sibongoze iNkosi ngobabalo ukuba ngenkalipho nangenkalipho siphile Iindaba Ezilungileyo nangona intiyo siya kudibana nayo zombini ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweCawa ngokwenza oko. Ndiyazi ukuba silambele ukukhalipha, ubunkokeli obungcwele bokusikhokelela endleleni.

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UConstance T. Hull ngumfazi, umama, umama wokomoya, umphathiswa wekholeji yekholeji, utitshala kunye nombhali. Unesidanga seMasters kwiTheology.

 

exhonyiweyo imiyalezo, Eminye Imiphefumlo.