UPope Francis umema abathembekileyo ukuba baguqule ithemba libe ziimpawu zothando
Kumyalezo wakhe weLente, UPapa Francis umema abathembekileyo ukuba baguqule ithemba libe ziimpawu zothando, kunye nomthandazo kunye nobomi benkonzo yomthendeleko. Iqaqambisa ukubaluleka kweesakramente zoxolelwaniso kunye noMthendeleko, ezisembindini wenkqubo yethu yenguquko. Ngokufumana uxolelo lukaThixo, nathi siba ngabasasazi bokuxolelwa, ngokukwazi ukuba nengxoxo ecingisisiweyo nokuziphatha okuthuthuzela abo banxungupheleyo.
Ngexesha Ukuzila, uPope Francis usibongoza ukuba sisebenzise amagama ukukhuthaza, bathuthuzele, bomeleze kwaye babakhuthaze abanye, kunokuba bahlazeke, babe lusizi, bacaphukise okanye bagculele. Ngamanye amaxesha, ukunika ithemba, ukuba ngumntu kwanele ububele abakhathalele abanye, bebeka bucala amaxhala obuqu kunye nongxamiseko lokunikela ingqalelo kunye nika uncumo, igama lokuvuselela okanye indawo yokuphulaphula.
Ithemba elingadaniyo
Ubungqina bethemba buchazwa nguCardinal Spidlik ngexesha lenkomfa ethi "Ithemba elingadanisi". Ubalisa ibali ibali likanongendi owayenyanga isigulana somhlaza esibandezeleke kakhulu. Nangona isigulane sathi UThixo wayengekho, kuba ukuba bekunjalo, ngewayengekho kwezo meko, lo nongendi waqhubeka emphatha engathethi.
Ngenye imini, umguli ngequbuliso wathi uThixo umele ukuba ukho. Unongendi wambuza ukuba ufikelele njani kwesi sigqibo yaye eli bhinqa ligulayo laphendula lathi kulungile into eyenziwe kuye ayinakulahleka. Le ngxelo ibonisa ukuba konke okulungileyo kokwenyani esikwenzayo sinako ixabiso elingunaphakade yaye yinjongo yobuKristu bethemba. Idini le-Ekaristi, apho sinikela ubomi bethu njengesonka esibingelelweni kwaye sifumane umvuzo ofanayo, lufuzisela ukuvuka kwethu kunye noKristu. Kwanezinto ezincinci zemihla ngemihla zinokubakho mkhulu ngonaphakade.
UPope ukwasikhumbuza ngegalelo le ISere Teresa yaseLisieux, owafumanisa ukuba ekuphela kokulunga kokwenyaniso luthando yaye oku kunokuqondwa kwizinto ezincinane zobomi bemihla ngemihla. Ezi zenzo zincinci zinexabiso lanaphakade kwaye zilithemba nakuthi.