Ngaba ujonge impilo yokomoya esebenzayo? Zama ukucengceleza imithandazo

Ukufunda imithandazo ngentliziyo kukuqinisekisa ukuba zikhona xa ufuna kakhulu uThixo.

Andizange ndikholelwe xa ndazifumana ndifunda i-Ave Maria njengoko ndasiwa ngokukhawuleza kwigumbi lokusebenza kwicandelo lonyango olukhawulezileyo ngoJanuwari ophelileyo. Ngelixa iimvakalelo eziphambili zemizuzu yokugqibela eyakhokelela ekuzalweni kwentombi yam yayiluloyiko ("Ngaba usana lwam luza kulunga?") Kunye nokudana ("Le nto ayihambi ngendlela ebendinethemba ngayo."), Ndikhumbula ukumangaliswa kukuba umthandazo othile uvele kwisazela sam. Ngaphambi kotyando, kwakusele kuyiminyaka ndithandaza kuMary. Ngelixa ndingachasani nokuzinikela kukaMarian, ayisiyiyo eyam indlela yokomoya ngaphezu koDoc Martens olona khetho lwam lokuqala lwezihlangu. Xa ndaba ngumama, nangona kunjalo, ukuthandaza kuMary kwakubonakala kulungile kwaye, nangona kwandothusa, kwandithuthuzela.

Ndiyabulela ukukhumbula ngentloko i-Ave Maria, ukuthandaza kuMariya kweza ngokwendalo ngexesha lam lokudinga, nangona umgama wam uqhele kuye. Ndingomnye wezigidi zamaKatolika abo ukuzinikela kukaMariya kungeyona into eqhelekileyo yobomi babo bokomoya kwaye banako ukuthi Bhotani uMariya emnqwazi. Nokuba siyabulela kwisikolo samaKatolika, imfundo yezenkolo esekwe kwikatekizim yaseBaltimore okanye kwimithandazo yentsapho yasebusuku, esi siseko sobomi bomthandazo wamaKatolika similiselwe ezingqondweni zethu njengesithembiso sokunyaniseka.

Isiqhelo sokufunda nokwenza imithandazo ebhalwe ngabanye kudala. Kwasebutsheni, uYesu ngewayekhe wafunda ngentloko ukuthandaza ngentetho kwindlu yesikhungu. Omnye wemithandazo esisiseko yokholo lwethu -uMthandazo weNkosi-uvela kuYesu ngokwakhe. USt.Paul waphakamisa amaKristu okuqala ukuba aphile ngokuhambelana neemfundiso ezazigqithiselwe kubo, ezazinokubandakanya umthandazo uYesu awasifundisa wona, kwaye ootata abaninzi becawa bangqina ukusetyenziswa okuqhelekileyo kwemithandazo njengophawu lomnqamlezo kunye noMthandazo weNkosi . Malunga no-200 CE UTertullian wabhala wathi: “Kuzo zonke iindawo esihamba kuzo, ekungeneni nasekuphumeni kwethu, ngokunxiba izihlangu, kwigumbi lokuhlambela, etafileni, ekukhanyiseni amakhandlela ethu, ekulaleni phantsi, ekuhlaleni phantsi, kuyo nantoni na Umsebenzi usithathela indawo, siphawula amabunzi ethu ngomqondiso womnqamlezo ”nasekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yesi-XNUMX, i-SS.

Namhlanje icawa iyaqhubeka nokudlulisa le mithandazo isisiseko (kwaye leyo yaphuhliswa kamva, enjengaleyo Isichotho sikaMariya kunye noMthetho weContrition), ifundisa ukuba ukukhumbula imithandazo yinkxaso ebalulekileyo kubomi bokomoya obusebenzayo. Nangona kunjalo, ukulandela imeko ebanzi yemfundo yase-US, ukuziqhelanisa nokukhumbula kwimfundo yezenkolo kuye kwathandwa.

Kumsebenzi wam njengomlawuli wolwakhiwo lwezenkolo, ndifundisa inkqubo yam yokuqinisekisa iparishi, kwaye uninzi lwabafundi bam bayavuma ukuba abayazi imithandazo esisiseko yesiko lethu. Ewe bayifundile kwaye bayayazi imithandazo ngaxa lithile. Ikatekist ezinikeleyo kwibanga lesibini kwiparishi yethu engaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi inika ngamnye wabafundi bakhe abancinci ikhadi "Ndiyayazi imithandazo yam" kwaye, xa befumana uMthendeleko wabo wokuqala, bonke bafunda ngokuzingca kwaye bafumana izitikha zomthandazo. yeNkosi, Uzuko kwaye Yibonge uMariya. Kodwa kuninzi lwabafundi bethu ukubhaliswa kwabo kwinkqubo yethu yokusekwa kwinkolo kukudibana kwabo kuphela necawa, kwaye ngaphandle kokuqiniswa ekhaya okanye ngexesha lobunzima imithandazo igqobhoza kwiinkumbulo zabo njengoko kwenza ikomkhulu lase Bangladeshi ukusukela oko. iminyaka yam eyadlulayo.

Ngamaxesha athile bendizibuza ukuba ingaba kufanele ukuba ndibaqeqeshe na ikatekista ukuba babeke ugxininiso ekukhunjuleni imithandazo ngexesha leklasi zabo zokwakha ukholo ukuze bandule amagama nzulu ezingqondweni zabafundi bethu. Kwangelo xesha, ndikhe ndizibuze nokuba ingaba inxenye yeklasi nganye kufuneka inikezelwe ekugqibezeleni iprojekthi yenkonzo, ukufunda ivangeli yangeCawa, okanye ukuphonononga iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zemithandazo. Inyani yile yokuba likho kuphela ixesha elininzi ngonyaka kwinkqubo yemfundo yenkolo (iiyure ezingama-23 kwezethu, ukuba zichane; inkqubo yethu iyafana njengoko iqala ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba ukuya ekuqaleni kukaMeyi kwaye ayenzi njalo udibana ngeholide okanye ngeempelaveki zesikolo). Yonke imzuzu enikezelwe kwinjongo efanelekileyo yokufunda ithathwa lelinye, kwaye ndiyakholelwa ukuba ndiyazi imizekeliso kaYesu,

Ngaphandle kwento yokuba ixesha leklasi linqabile ngelixa izinto ezibalulekileyo zininzi, andikaze ndiqiniseke ukuba ukukhuthaza ukukhunjulwa komthandazo kudlulisa umyalezo endifuna ukuwuthumela. Ukuba iiklasi zakusasa ngeCawe zikukuphela kwendawo apho uninzi lwabafundi bethu luchaphazeleka kwincoko malunga nokholo noThixo, kufuneka silumke kakhulu ukuba sibaxelela ntoni ngokholo nangoThixo, ukuba akukho enye into, ndifuna ukuba abantwana bethu bazi. UThixo uyabathanda nangayiphi na imeko, ukuba bangabantu abaxabisekileyo kuyo yonke into kwaye nokholo lwabo luya kubakho kubo nakweyiphi na imeko. Andiqondi ukuba ukucengceleza imithandazo kunegalelo kolu lwazi.

Okanye, andicingi ukuba ibinjalo kude kube ndinengxaki yam kwindawo yokusebenzela kunye neyokuhambisa. Okwalo mzuzu ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ukucengceleza imithandazo kwenza okungaphezulu kunokuba ndithanda ukumboleka. Ukufumana ngekhanda u-Ave Maria kwakuthetha ukuba akufuneki ndicinga ngendlela yokuthandaza okanye into emandithandaze; Umthandazo weza engqondweni yam yendalo njengomoya.

Ngexesha elalivuselela kakhulu kwaye lisoyikisa, esi yayisisipho sokwenyani. Njengokuba ndandithandaza amazwi endawankqaya, amazwi athi, ngokuphandle, awathethi lukhulu kum ixesha elininzi, ndaziva ndinoxolo-amava othando lukaThixo- ahlanjwa phezu kwam. Ngamanye amagama, ukuthandaza ngentloko kwenza ukuba ukholo lwam noThixo wam bafikeleleke kum ngexesha lokudinga.

Kutshanje ndiye ndafunda ibali malunga neendlela zoqeqesho ezivela ku-Anson Dorrance, iYunivesithi yaseNorth Carolina umqeqeshi webhola ekhatywayo wabasetyhini kunye nendoda enenye yeerekhodi zomqeqeshi eziphumeleleyo kwimbali yomkhondo kunye nembali yentsimi. Ukongeza kuzo zonke izicwangciso ezilindelweyo- ukulungiswa kwemeko, ukolula, ukubhola - iDorrance ifuna ukuba abadlali bayo babambe ngentloko iikowuti ezintathu zoncwadi minyaka le, nganye ikhethwe kuba inxibelelana nelinye lamaxabiso asisiseko eqela. UDorrance uyayiqonda into yokuba ngamaxesha omceli mngeni ebaleni, iingqondo zabadlali bakhe ziya kwenye indawo, kwaye uvulela indlela yokuba baye kwiindawo ezilungileyo ngokuzalisa iikowuti ezinxibelelana nesibindi, ukomelela, ithuba kunye nesibindi. Apho iingqondo zabadlali ziya khona, balandela isenzo sabo.

Oko sikukhumbule kwenza isandi sobomi bethu; Kanye njengokuba umculo unamandla okuphembelela umoya wethu kunye namandla, ngokufanayo nengoma yezandi yengqondo. Asinakukhetha ngokuchanekileyo xa umculo ucula okanye ingoma idlala ngexesha elithile, kodwa sinako ukulawula, ubuncinci ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba, into esiya kuyitshisa kwisandi esifanelekileyo kwindawo yokuqala.

Uninzi lwethu, umxholo wengoma yethu wagqitywa ngabazali bethu, ootitshala, abantakwethu, okanye imikhwa kamabonwakude kwiminyaka yethu yokuqala. Nanini na xa mna nabantwana basekhaya sisilwa sonke ebuntwaneni, umama wayesixhuzula ecula umthandazo we-Saint Francis. Ngoku, xa ndiza kubuyisa uluvo olungenangqondo, nolukhawulezayo kwaye ndiyakwazi ukuzibamba kuba amagama athi "ndenze ijelo loxolo lwakho" awele engqondweni yam, ndiyabulela. Kwinqaku elincomekayo, uninzi lohambo lwethala leencwadi lubangela ukucula okucaphukisayo "Ukonwaba akunzima xa unekhadi lethala leencwadi" kumboniso wePBS Arthur.

Into yokuba iingoma zethu zizaliswe ziimpazamo zabazali bethu, zeemibongo esizibambe ngentloko ngexesha lesixhenxe kwizifundo zesingesi, shampoo yentengiso ye-jingles okanye i-Latin declinations, iindaba ezimnandi kukuba azibekwanga ematyeni. Zihlala zibhalwa kwakhona kwaye singayilawula into eyenzeka kubo ngokukhetha ngabom ukukhumbula imibongo ethile, iivesi zesibhalo, iindinyana zeencwadi okanye zemithandazo; Ukongeza ithrekhi kulula njengokuphindaphinda amagama esiwafuna ukukhumbula ngentloko nangokuphindaphindiweyo. Isibonelelo esongezelelweyo sokukhumbula kukuba ukuphinda amagama aphindaphindiweyo kubonisiwe ukunciphisa isantya sokuphefumla, ngaloo ndlela kubangela ukuzola kunye nokuphucula uxinzelelo. Inkumbulo, emva kwayo yonke into, ifana nesihlunu; okukhona uyisebenzisa, kokukhona uyqinisa.

Akukho kunqongophala kwemisebenzi yokuthandaza kwiCawe yamaKhatholika kwaye ndinombulelo ngokuba yinxalenye yesiko elinikezela ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zonxibelelwano noThixo.Ukuqonda ukuba ukuthanda kwethu kunye neminqweno yethu inikwe nguThixo njengeziphiwo zethu kunye namandla ethu, Ndicinga ukuba kukho into engalunganga ngokuthambekisela kwindlela ethile. Kwangelo xesha, ndinombulelo ngamava obomi andishukumisela ukuba ndihlale ndizivulele iindlela ezintsha zokwazi uThixo kunye nokomeleza ukholo lwam. Amava am ngexesha lokuzalwa kwentombi yam yayilelinye lala mava, njengoko lakhokelela ekubeni ndive ukuchukumisa kukaMaria kwaye kwandinceda ndabona ukubaluleka kokukhumbula ngentloko.

Ukukhumbula ngentloko imithandazo kufana nokufaka imali kwiakhawunti yokonga umhlalaphantsi- kulula ukulibala ukuba iakhawunti ikhona kuba ayinakufikeleleka kwikamva elibonakalayo, kodwa ke ikho kuwe xa uyifuna kakhulu. Ngoku ndiyabona ukuba kufanelekile ukuchitha ixesha elithile utyala imali kule akhawunti kwaye unceda nabanye ukuba bayenze.