Umbhalo - Uma Ngingenalo Uthando

Uma nginesiphiwo sokuprofetha futhi ngiqonda izimfihlakalo zonke nolwazi lonke; uma nginokholo lonke lokususa izintaba, kodwa ngingenalo uthando, angiyinto yalutho. (Ukufundwa kokuqala kweMisa lwanamuhla; 1 Kor 13: 2)

Akekho kithi ku-Countdown to the Kingdom owayengabikezela ukuthi le webhusayithi izokwethulwa cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo nalapho amasonto emhlabeni wonke ezoqala ukuvalwa futhi abantu bazobe befuna ukuqondiswa. Futhi akekho noyedwa kithi owabikezela izinhlamvu nezithelo ezinhle manje esizithola nsuku zonke kusuka kubafundi emhlabeni wonke besitshela ukuthi yonke imindeni yabo ishukunyiswa kanjani futhi iguqulwa kanjani ngemilayezo lapha. Futhi asibonanga kusengaphambili izingxabano ezicishe zibe masonto onke ezizolandela umsebenzi esiwenza lapha.

Kodwa thina wenza bona kusengaphambili ukuthi konke lokhu okungenhla kuzodonsela ukushushiswa, ukuhlekwa usulu, kanye nokungaqondi-ngoba yilokho okwenzekayo nomaphi lapho kumenyezelwa khona iZwi likaNkulunkulu.

Njengoba uJesu asho eVangelini lanamuhla:

Ngingabafanisa nani abantu balesi sizukulwane? Banjani? Banjengezingane ezihlala ezigcawini, zimemezane, zithi, 'Sanidlalela umtshingo, kepha anidansanga. Sihlabelele ingoma yokulila, kepha anikhalanga. '

Ngamazwi esiprofetho athunyelwa nsuku zonke lapha e-Countdown, sizwa ukukhala kukaMama Obusisiwe kusuka kubaboni emhlabeni jikelele abangakaze bahlangane, abakhuluma izilimi ezahlukahlukene, abagubha imikhosi ehlukile… kepha, besho into efanayo: sixwayisiwe, kepha asilalelanga. Izulu licule ingoma yokulila, kepha asizange sikhale.

Ngoba uJohane uMbhapathizi ufike engadli futhi engaphuzi wayini, futhi nithe, 'Unedemoni.' INdodana yomuntu yeza idla, iphuza, wena wathi: 'Bheka, uyisiminzi, uyisidakwa, umngane wabathelisi nezoni.'

Noma njengoba omunye umgxeki ongumKatolika esho muva nje, ezinye zeziprofetho lapha zimane nje 'ziyizinkanyezi ezibhapathiziwe, ukuqagela kwe-End Times kuthengiswa ngokuthi “isiprofetho,” nobuqili obusekelwe ekwesabeni. Yebo, nansi indlela abanye “bengqondongqondo” abezindaba zamaKhatholika namuhla ababuka ngayo isiprofetho, isipho sikaMoya oNgcwele esiqinisekisiwe emiBhalweni naseSikweni. Ngoba ngaphandle kwenhliziyo enjengengane, akunakwenzeka ukungena eMbusweni weZulu, kusho uJesu — noma ukuqonda izinto eziphathelene nayo.

Kepha akunjalo ngabathobekileyo benhliziyo abangasatshiswa ukwethuka okuthukuthelisayo kwalabo abazosheshe bakhande abaprofethi kunokubabona ngokucophelela. Njengoba i- Ikhathekizimu yeChurc yamaKatolikah ufundisa:

Kuqondiswa yi-Magisterium yeSonto, i i-sensus fidelium [umqondo wabathembekile] uyakwazi ukubona nokwamukela kulezi zambulo noma yini eyakha ubizo lukaKristu noma abangcwele bakhe eSontweni. —N. 67

Yebo, kunezimpikiswano; yebo, kukhona ababhishobhi abangavumelani neziphrofetho ezishicilelwe lapha; yebo, abefundisi nababoni nababoni bonke bangabantu ngakho-ke bathambekele emaphutheni nasekuqondeni kabi. Kungakho amazwi kaSt Paul abaluleke kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi lapho iSonto LamaKatolika lilahlekelwa yinkululeko yalo ngokushesha:

Uthando luyabekezela, uthando lunomusa. Alunamhawu, uthando aluzigabisi, alunomoya, aludeleli, aluzifuneli izinzuzo zalo siqu, aluthukutheli ngokushesha, alukhumbuli ukulimala, aluthokozi ngokwenza okubi kodwa lithokoza ngeqiniso.

Sizizwa ukuthi lena yimicabango esemqoka edingekayo ekuqhubekeni nokuqonda amagama okusolwa angokwesiprofetho ahlanganiswa lapha. Lokho kuqonda okunesineke kuyadingeka; lokho kuklolodelwa kwesiprofetho akunandawo; ukuze kungabikho umhawu ngaboni abazuza ukunakwa okukhulu kunathi; ukuthi asideleli futhi singenwe yimicabango yethu nemibono yethu ngezikhathi; ukuthi asijabuli lapho umboni usolwa; futhi uma kwenzeka, asikhathazi ngokulimala okudalekile futhi siphendukele kubabhishobhi bethu. Futhi lokho, ngaphezu kwakho konke, sisebenzisa isipho sokuqonda, amathuluzi eSiko Elingcwele, futhi sifunde “izibonakaliso zezikhathi,” siyajabula ngeqiniso lamazwi eNkosi Yethu neNkosikazi, noma ngabe kunzima ukuzwa.

Ngokwethu, thina esisebenza ngasese kule webhusayithi siqhubeka nokuba nezingxoxo zansuku zonke zokuzulazula ngokucophelela ngomusa kepha futhi nezingozi ezikhona ekuqondeni isiprofetho. Kuningi kakhulu kwezenkolo, ucwaningo, ukukalwa kwezitatimende zikamantshi, njll okungena kukho konke esikwenzayo. Sithatha umthwalo wethu ngokungathi sína. Sibuyisela konke lapha ngemibhalo, isiko elingcwele, obaba besonto, neMagisterium futhi sikulungele ukuvikela lo msebenzi ngaleyo migomo. Kungani? Ngoba lokhu kumayelana nemiphefumulo — hhayi ngababoni.

Siyabona ukuthi, njengasesikhathini sikaKristu, kukhona labo abazowuklolodela futhi bahlekise ngalo msebenzi — abazokhipha laba babonisi njengabantu "abanedlozi", "iziminzi" kanye "nezidakwa", ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Akukho okusha phansi kwelanga: sabakhanda ngamatshe abaprofethi basendulo futhi sibakhanda ngamatshe manje. Kuthathwe yi umoya we rationalism ezikhathini zethu, abanye bavele balahlekelwa amandla okuzwa izwi likaNkulunkulu. Banamehlo okubuka kodwa ababoni; banezindlebe zokuzwa, kepha kabalaleli. Akukho okushiwo ababoni namuhla okungekho ezindabeni ezisematheni. Noma kunjalo, njengoba uPapa Francis esho,

Labo abawele kulomhlaba babuka phezulu bekude, bayasenqaba isiprofetho sabafowethu nodadewabo… —I-POPE FRANCIS, U-Evangelii Gaudium,n. 97

Kepha nansi futhi ubizo kulokho uSt. Paul akubiza ngokuthi “indlela enhle kakhulu” kunesiprofetho: indlela yothando. Esikhundleni sokuwela ogibeni lokwehlukaniswa nguSathane emindenini yethu, ezifundeni nasemiphakathini, labo bethu abalalela iMilayezo Yezulu kudingeka babe ubuso besihe, ubuso bothando: ukubekezela, umusa, njll. silwela ukugcina ubunye, noma ngabe asivumelani. Yebo, ikhono lokungavumelani ngokuthula namuhla selilahlekile kulesi sizukulwane ngemiphumela emibi.

Ekugcineni, iqiniso lizonqoba — kufaka phakathi iziphrofetho ezikule webhusayithi eziyiqiniso, noma ngabe zivumelana nemicabango yethu nemibono yethu noma cha. Ngoba, njengoba uJesu asho eVangelini namuhla:

Ukuhlakanipha kulwelwa yizo zonke izingane zakhe.

—UMark Mallett ungumnikeli ku-Countdown to the Kingdom futhi ungumbhali we IZwi Manje.