UmBhalo - Faka Emalangabi Isipho

Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, ngikukhumbuza ukuthi uvuse ilangabi
isipho sikaNkulunkulu olaso ​​ngokubekwa kwezandla zami.
Ngoba uNkulunkulu akasinikanga umoya wobugwala
kodwa kunalokho okwamandla, lothando, lokuzithiba.
(Ukufunda Kokuqala kusukela eSikhumbuzweni sabaNgcwele uThimothewu noThithu)

 

Ku-Cowardice

Kusukela ngoKhisimusi, ngiyavuma, bengilokhu ngizizwa ngikhathele. Iminyaka emibili yokulwa nala manga ngalesi sikhathi sodlame ithathe izintambo njengoba lokhu kuyimpi, ekugcineni, phakathi kwezikhulu namandla. (Namuhla, i-Facebook isanda kungimisa futhi izinsuku ezingu-30 ngenxa yokuthi ngithumele impatho esindisa ukuphila, ebuyekezwe ontanga endaweni yabo ngonyaka odlule. Silwa nokuhlolwa kweqiniso ngaso sonke isikhathi, impi yeqiniso phakathi kokuhle nokubi.) , ukuthula kwabefundisi—okungase kube “ubugwala” uSt. uPawulu akhuluma ngabo—kuye kwadabukisa kakhulu futhi, kwabaningi, ukukhaphela okucindezelayo.^[1]qhathanisa Abelusi Abathandekayo… Nikuphi?; Lapho ngangilambile Njengoba ngabhala ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane, lokhu kunjalo EGetsemane lethu. Ngakho-ke, siphila ebuthongweni abaningi kangaka,^[2]qhathanisa Uyabiza ngenkathi Silala ubugwala babo, futhi ekugcineni, ukulahla kwabo umqondo ophusile, ukuhluzeka kwengqondo, kanye neqiniso - njengoba noJesu, oQiniso, naye walahlwa ngokuphelele. Futhi njengoba ahlanjalazwa, ngokufanayo, labo abakhuluma iqiniso benziwa amademoni ngamalebula angamanga: “obandlulula ngokohlanga, abantu ababukela phansi abesilisa nabesifazane, ababandlululi abamhlophe, i-conspiracy theorist, anti-vaxxers, njll. Kuhle futhi kuwubuwula - kodwa kukhona labo abakhohliseka ngokwanele ukuthi bakholwe. Ngakho-ke, kukhona futhi ukungezwani kwansuku zonke kokubhekana nalabo emndenini wethu noma emiphakathini yethu eholwa umoya wokwesaba futhi yenza ngokufanele. Kuyimfundo yesikhathi sangempela ebabazekayo kwabaningi bethu ukubona ngqo ukuthi imiphakathi, njengeJalimane noma kwenye indawo, yazuza kanjani ekwamukeleni ubushiqela nokuqothulwa kohlanga, ngisho nokusekela lokho.^[3]qhathanisa I-Miss Psychosis kanye neTotalitarianism Yebo, asilokothi sikholwe ukuthi kungenzeka kithi - kuze kube yilapho sibheka emuva emashumini eminyaka kamuva sithi, "Yebo, kwenzekile - njengoba nje saxwayiswa. Kodwa asizange silalele. Asizange senze kanjalo ufuna ukulalela.” Mhlawumbe uBenedict XVI wakusho kahle kakhulu ngenkathi esengukhadinali:

Kusobala namuhla ukuthi yonke impucuko emikhulu ihlupheka ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene kusuka ezinkingeni zamanani nemibono ethi kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba ibe nezimo eziyingozi… Ezindaweni eziningi, sisemaphethelweni okungalawuleki. — “Upapa wesikhathi esizayo uyakhuluma”; catholiculture.com, Meyi 1, 2005

Ngakho-ke, singadangala kalula. Kodwa uSt. Paul umi phezu kwethu namuhla njengomfowethu omkhulu ethi, “Awume kancane: awuzange unikezwe umoya wokwesaba nokwesaba. UngumKristu! Ngakho gudluza lesi sipho saphezulu emlilweni! Yimpahla yakho efanele!” Eqinisweni, wathi uPapa St. Paul VI:

… Zinkulu kakhulu izidingo nezingozi zalesi sikhathi samanje, kukhulu kakhulu umkhathizwe wesintu odonselwe kuwo ukuhlalisana komhlaba futhi akunamandla okukufeza, ukuthi ayikho insindiso yayo ngaphandle kokuthi a ukuthululwa okusha kwesipho sikaNkulunkulu. Makabe eseza, uMoya Odala, ukuvuselela ubuso bomhlaba! —I-POPE PAUL VI, UGaudete eDomino, Kwangathi i-9th, i-1975, www.v Vatican.va

Ngakho-ke, lokhu kufundwa kweMisa bekungeke kube yisikhumbuzo esifike ngesikhathi sokuthi kufanele sithandazele iPhentekoste elisha nsuku zonke eBandleni nasemhlabeni. Futhi uma sidangele, sidangele, sidangele, sikhathazekile, siphelelwa amandla, sikhathele… khona-ke kukhona ithemba lokuthi umlotha ongaphakathi ungavunguza futhi ube ilangabi. Njengoba kulotshiwe ku-Isaya ukuthi:

Abamethembayo uJehova bayathola amandla amasha, bayakundiza ngamaphiko okhozi; bayogijima bangakhathali, bahambe futhi bangaphelelwa amandla. (U-Isaya 40: 31)

Lolu akulona uhlelo lokuzisiza, nokho, uhlobo oluthile lweseshini ekhuthazayo yokujabula. Kunalokho, kuyindaba yokuhlangana kabusha noNkulunkulu onguMthombo walamandla, uthando, nokuzithiba. 

 

Power

Kwathi abafundi abangamashumi ayisikhombisa nambili baphuma kanye nabafundi Igunya kaJesu ukuze akhiphe amademoni futhi amemezele uMbuso, kwaze kwaba yilapho “begcwaliswa ngoMoya oNgcwele”^[4]Izenzo 2: 4 ngePhentekoste ukuthi izinhliziyo zanyakaziswa en masse ekuguqulweni - izinkulungwane ezintathu ngosuku olulodwa.^[5]Izenzo 3: 41 Ngaphandle kwamandla kaMoya oNgcwele, umsebenzi wabo wobuphostoli wawunomkhawulo uma ungeyona inyumba. 

… 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

Ngakho, wabhala uPapa Leo XXII:

… Kufanele sithandaze futhi sincenge uMoya oNgcwele, ngoba ngamunye wethu udinga kakhulu ukuvikelwa kanye nosizo lwaKhe. Lapho umuntu entula ukuhlakanipha, amandla ebuthakathaka, ehlulwa yizinkinga, ethambekele esonweni, ngakho-ke kufanele kakhulu ukundiza aye kuye ongumthombo wokukhanya ongapheli, amandla, induduzo, nobungcwele. -IDivinum Illud Munus, Encyclical on the Holy Spirit, n. 11

Kuyinto amandla kaMoya oNgcwele lowo umehluko. Eqinisweni, umshumayeli wendlu kapapa uthi sabhapathizwa “singabopha” umusa kaMoya oNgcwele ezimpilweni zethu futhi sivimbele uMoya ekusebenzeni. 

Imfundiso yenkolo yamaKatolika iyawamukela umqondo wesakramente elisemthethweni kodwa "eliboshiwe". Isakramente libizwa ngokuthi liboshiwe uma isithelo okufanele sihambisane naso sihlala siboshiwe ngenxa yamabhulokhi athile avimbela ukusebenza kwaso. —UFr. Raneiro Cantalamessa, OFMCap, Ubhapathizo ngoMoya

Ngakho, kudingeka sithandazele lokhu “kukhululwa” kukaMoya oNgcwele, uthi, ukuze umusa waKhe ugeleze njengephunga elimnandi ekuphileni kobuKristu, noma njengoba uSt. Futhi sidinga ukuguqula ukuze ususe amabhlogo. Ngakho-ke, amasakramente oMbhapathizo kanye neSiqiniseko ayisiqalo sesenzo sikaMoya oNgcwele kumfundi, kulandelwa usizo lweSivumo kanye ne-Ekaristi.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, sibona emBhalweni ukuthi "singagcwaliswa kanjani ngoMoya oNgcwele" ngokuphindaphindiwe:

• ngomthandazo wokuhlanganyela: “Kwathi bekhuleka, kwazamazama indawo ababebuthene kuyo, bagcwala bonke ngoMoya oNgcwele….” ( IzEnzo 4:31 ; phawula, lezi izinsuku eziningi ngemuva iPhentekoste)

• ngokusebenzisa “ukubeka izandla”: “USimoni wabona ukuthi uMoya wanikelwa ngokubekwa kwezandla zabaphostoli…” (IzEnzo 8:18)

• ngokulalela iZwi likaNkulunkulu: “Kwathi uPetru esakhuluma lezizinto, uMoya oNgcwele wehlela phezu kwabo bonke ababelizwa izwi.” ( IzEnzo 10:44 )

• ngokukhonza: “…nigcwaliswe ngoMoya, nikhulumisane ngamahubo, nangezihlabelelo, nangamaculo okomoya, nihlabelele, nihubele uJehova ngenhliziyo yenu yonke.” ( Efesu 5:18-19 )

Ngiye ngabhekana nalokhu “kugcwaliswa” kukaMoya oNgcwele izikhathi eziningi empilweni yami kulokhu okungenhla. Angikwazi ukuchaza Kanjani UNkulunkulu uyakwenza; Ngiyazi nje ukuthi Uyakwenza. Kwesinye isikhathi, kusho uFr. Cantalamessa, "Kunjengokungathi ipulaki idonsiwe futhi isibani sikhanyisiwe." Lawo amandla omthandazo, amandla okukholwa, okuza kuJesu nokumvulela izinhliziyo zethu, ikakhulukazi lapho sikhathele. Ngale ndlela, sigcwaliswe ngoMoya, kunamandla kulokho esikwenzayo nesikushoyo, njengokungathi uMoya oNgcwele ubhala “phakathi kwemigqa.” 

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

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma singenzi lutho ngaphandle kokugcwalisa ubuze bethu bokomoya ngezinkundla zokuxhumana, ithelevishini, nokuzijabulisa, siyohlala singenalutho - futhi uMoya oNgcwele "uyoboshwa" ngentando yethu yomuntu. 

...ningadakwa yiwayini, okukhona ukuxhwala, kodwa gcwaliswani ngoMoya. (Efe 5:18)

 

Love

Ehlezi esitokisini sakhe elinde ukuqulwa kwecala phambi kwenkantolo yamaNazi, uFr. U-Alfred Delp, u-SJ ubhale imininingwane enamandla ngomkhondo wesintu ebaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Uphawula ukuthi iBandla seliphenduke isitsha esiningi kakhulu sokugcina isimo se-quo, noma okubi nakakhulu, ukuhambisana nalo:

Ngolunye usuku lwesikhathi esizayo isazi-mlando esithembekile sizoba nezinto ezithile ezibabayo esingazisho ngegalelo lamaBandla ekwakheni umqondo wobuningi, wobumbano, ubushiqela nokunye. —Fr. U-Alfred Delp, SJ, Imibhalo Yasejele (Izincwadi ze-Orbis), p. 95; UFr. UDelp wabulawa ngenxa yokumelana nombuso wamaNazi

Uqhubeka athi:

Labo abafundisa inkolo futhi bashumayele amaqiniso okholo ezweni elingakholwa mhlawumbe bakhathazeke kakhulu ngokuzibonakalisa belungile kunokuthola nokwanelisa ngempela indlala engokomoya yalabo abakhuluma nabo. Nalapha, sesikulungele kakhulu ukucabanga ukuthi sazi kangcono kunongakholwayo ukuthi yini emphethe. Sithatha kalula nje ukuthi okuwukuphela kwempendulo ayidingayo iqukethwe kumafomula, esiwajwayele kakhulu, kangangokuthi siwasho ngaphandle kokucabanga. Asiqapheli ukuthi ulalele, hhayi amazwi, kodwa ubufakazi umcabango nothando ngemuva kwamagama. Nokho, uma engaphenduki ngaso leso sikhathi ngezintshumayelo zethu, siziduduza ngombono wokuthi lokhu kungenxa yokukhohlakala kwakhe okuyisisekelo. —Isusela emuva U-Alfred Delp, SJ, Imibhalo Yasejele, (Izincwadi ze-Orbis), k. xxx (eyami yokugcizelela)

UNkulunkulu uluthando. Singahluleka kanjani-ke ukubona ukubaluleka kokuthandana—ikakhulukazi izitha zethu? Uthando yilo olubeka inyama kuNkulunkulu - futhi manje siyizandla nezinyawo zikaKristu. Okungenani, kufanele sibe njalo. Kungenxa “ngobufakazi bomcabango nothando” kulokho esikhetha ukukwenza nesikushoyo ukuthi umhlaba uzokholiswa yithi—ngamazwi angaphezu kwenkulungwane anobuciko angenalo uthando, angenawo uMoya oNgcwele. Yebo, baningi abenza izenzo eziningi zomusa, njll. Kodwa umKristu ungaphezu kukasonhlalakahle: sikhona emhlabeni ukuze silethe abanye ekuhlanganeni noJesu. Ngakho,

Umhlaba ufuna futhi ulindele kithina ukuphila okulula, umoya wokukhuleka, isisa kubo bonke, ikakhulukazi kwabaphansi nabampofu, ukulalela nokuzithoba, ukuzidela nokuzidela. Ngaphandle kwalolu phawu lobungcwele, izwi lethu liyoba nobunzima ekuthinteni inhliziyo yomuntu wanamuhla. Kubeka engcupheni yokuba yize futhi oyinyumba. —UPAPA ST. PAUL VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, n. 76; v Vatican.va

Kunezincwadi eziyisigidi ezilotshwe ngothando lobuKristu. Kwanele ukusho-ke ukuthi okusalayo ukuthi amaKrestu akwenze, abe yilokhu okubukeka uthando.

 

Ukuzithiba

Nakuba izwe lingase lisithululele amandla ethu obuntu futhi lizame ukusincisha ukuzimisela kwethu, ngisho nethemba, kukhona “ukungabi nalutho” okuthile is okudingekayo. Futhi lokho kungukuchithwa kwentando yethu, i-ego, "Mina" Omkhulu. Lokhu kuthulula noma i-kenosis kubalulekile empilweni yobuKristu. Ngokungafani nobuBuddha, lapho umuntu engenalutho kodwa engakaze agcwaliswe, umKristu uyazidela ukuze agcwaliswe ngoMoya oNgcwele, ngempela, uZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele. Lokhu “kufa kumina” kuza ngosizo lukaMoya oNgcwele ngokusiholela “eqinisweni elisikhululayo”: ^[6]cf. Johane 8:32; Roma 8:26

Ngoba labo abaphila ngokwenyama babeka izingqondo zabo ezintweni zenyama, kodwa labo abaphila ngokuvumelana nomoya babeka izingqondo zabo ezintweni zikaMoya. Ukunaka inyama kungukufa, kepha ukunaka kukaMoya kungukuphila nokuthula…. uma niphila ngokwenyama nizakufa, kepha uma nibulala imisebenzi yomzimba ngoMoya, nizakuphila. (cf Rom 8: 5-13)

Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, kusho uSt.^[7]I-Rom 12: 2 Kufanele senze izinqumo ngamabomu zokulandela uJesu, “ukuphenduka” ezonweni zethu futhi sishiye “inyama” noma “inyama”.Indoda endala“, njengoba uPawulu ebeka. Ukuvuma izono okuvamile, nyanga zonke uma kungenjalo masonto onke, kubalulekile kumKristu oqotho. Futhi yebo, ngezinye izikhathi lokhu kuphenduka kubuhlungu ngoba sibulala ngokoqobo izifiso zenyama. Umoya esiwunikiwe akuwona umoya wokwenza esikuthandayo, kodwa owokuphila siguqe ngamadolo — siphile ngokuzithoba eNtandweni kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu kungase kuzwakale kuwuhlobo olubhapathiziwe lobugqila, kodwa akunjalo. Intando Yaphezulu iwuhlelo lwezakhiwo olukhazimulayo lomphefumulo womuntu. Yibo kanye Ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu okwenza umuntu akwazi ukukhuluma Naye ngobuhlakani, intando, kanye nenkumbulo. Ekuzithibeni, asilahlekelwa kodwa sizithola. Isiko lobuKristu ligcwele izigidi zobufakazi nabafel’ ukholo balabo abathi, ekuphikeni inyama enesono, bathola indida yesiphambano: kukhona njalo ukuvuka ekuphileni okusha kuNkulunkulu lapho sibulala umuntu omdala. 

UmKristu ophila emandleni, othandweni, nasekuzithibeni kukaMoya oNgcwele ungamandla okufanele abhekane nawo. Abangcwele njalo. Futhi ukuthi umhlaba wethu ubadinga kanjani manje. 

Ukulalela uKrestu nokumkhonza kuholela ekutheni sithathe izinqumo ezinesibindi, sithathe lezo ngezinye izikhathi okuyizinqumo zobuqhawe. UJesu ufuna ngenkani, ngoba ufisa injabulo yethu yangempela. ISonto lidinga abangcwele. Bonke babizelwe ebungcweleni, futhi abantu abangcwele kuphela abangavuselela ubuntu. —UPOPE JOHN PAUL II, Umyalezo Wosuku Lwentsha Lomhlaba Wonke ngo-2005, iVatican City, Agasti 27, 2004, iZenit

Ngokuba yilowo nalowo ocelayo uyaphiwa; nofunayo uyafumana; futhi ongqongqozayo uyovulelwa umnyango…. kakhulu kangakanani uBaba osezulwini uzakubapha uMoya oNgcwele abawucela kuye... (ULuka 11: 10-13)

 

—UMark Mallett umbhali we Ubuso bokugcina futhi IZwi Manje, kanye nomsunguli we-Countdown to the Kingdom

 

Ukufunda okuhlobene

Ingabe Ukuvuselelwa Kwemimoya Engcwele kuyinto kaNkulunkulu? Funda uchungechunge: Okuhehayo?

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