Bafanele baziphathe njani amaKatolika ngeli xesha le-coronavirus?

Iyajika ibe yiLente esingasayi kuze siyilibale. Ngelishwa, njengoko sithwala iminqamlezo yethu eyahlukileyo kunye nemibingelelo eyahlukeneyo yale Lent, sikwakhona kwinyani yobhubhani obangela ukwesaba okukhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Iicawa ziyavalwa, abantu bayazibeka bodwa, iishelufa zokugcina iimpahla ziya kuba ngamanxuwa kwaye iindawo zikawonke-wonke zingenanto.

NjengamaKatolika, yintoni esifanele siyenze ngelixa ilizwe liphela lisengxakini? Impendulo emfutshane kukuqhubeka nokuziqhelanisa nokholo. Ngelishwa, nangona kunjalo, ukubhiyozelwa esidlangalaleni kweMisa kwamiswa ngoobhishophu abaninzi ngenxa yokoyika ubhubhane.

Ukuba i-Mass kunye neesakramente azifumaneki, sinokuqhubeka njani siqhelisela ukholo kwaye sisabele kule meko? Ndingacebisa ukuba akukho mfuneko yokuba sizame into entsha. Simane senza indlela engqiniweyo esiyinikwe yiCawe. Indlela esebenzayo kakhulu kwintlekele. Indlela elula yile:

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Le ndlela yokupheka esisiseko yokugcina ukuzola, ukuthandaza kunye nokuzila ukutya iya kwenza ukuba umsebenzi wenziwe. Ayisiyiyo ukuba le yinto entsha. Endaweni yokuba kungenxa yokuba le fomyula iza ngqo kwiCawe ngoYesu kunye no-St.

"Musani ukuxhalela nantoni na, kodwa ezintweni zonke thandazani kuThixo ngomthandazo nesikhungo nombulelo" (KwabaseFilipi 4: 6-7).

Okokuqala, phawula ukuba iSt. Paul icebisa ukuba uhlale uzolile. IBhayibhile isilumkisa kaninzi ukuba singoyiki. Ibinzana elithi "ungoyiki" okanye "ungoyiki" livela malunga namaxesha angama-365 kwiZibhalo (Dut. 31: 6, 8, Roma 8:28, Isaya 41:10, 13, 43: 1, Joshua 1: 9, 1 Yohane 4:18, iNdumiso 118: 6, uYohane 14: 1, uMateyu 10:31, uMarko 6:50, amaHebhere 13: 6, uLuka 12:32, u-1 Petros 3:14, njl.).

Ngamanye amagama, into uThixo azama ukuyazisa abo bamlandela ngokunyanisekileyo yile: "Kulungile." Lo ngumyalezo olula ukuba nawuphi na umzali angawuxabisa. Ngaba unokucinga ngexesha apho wawusoloko ufundisa umntwana wakho oneminyaka emi-4 ubudala ukuba oyike okanye akhwele ibhayisekile? Sisikhumbuzo rhoqo esithi “Musa ukoyika. Ndikufumene." Kuyafana ke nakulabo balandela uThixo.Sidinga ukhuseleko olupheleleyo kuThixo.Njengoko uPawulos esitsho, "Zonke izinto zisebenzela bonke abo bamthandayo uThixo" (KwabaseRoma 8:28).

Njengombaleki kumdlalo wokugqibela obalulekileyo okanye ijoni kwibala lomlo, ngoku kufuneka abonise imeko ezolisayo engenalo ixhala okanye uloyiko.

Kodwa singazola njani phakathi kwesibetho sehlabathi? Lula: thandaza.

Emva kokuphuma kwi-inshurensi ukuzola, uPawulos usixelela kwabaseFilipi ukuba into elandelayo ebalulekileyo kukuthandaza. Ewe, uPawulos ukhankanya ukuba kufuneka "sithandaze ngokungapheliyo" (1 Thes 5:16). Kuyo yonke iBhayibhile, ubomi babangcwele, siyabona ukuba ubaluleke kangakanani umthandazo. Ewe, inzululwazi ngoku ikhanyisa izibonelelo ezinzulu zengqondo zomthandazo.

Ewe, uYesu wafundisa abafundi bakhe ukuba bathandaze njani (uMateyu 6: 5-13) kwaye kukho amaxesha okuphindaphindiweyo kwiincwadi zeVangeli ukuba uYesu athandaze (Yohane 17: 1-26, Luka 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18 , UMateyu 14: 23, Marko 6: 46, Marko 1: 35, njl.). Ewe, kwelona xesha libalulekileyo xa wayefuna ngaphambi kokuba angcatshwe kwaye abanjwe, wayesenza ntoni uYesu? Uyiqikelele ngokuthandaza (uMateyu 26: 36-44). Akazange athandaze nje ngokungapheziyo (wathandaza izihlandlo ezithathu), kodwa umthandazo wakhe wawungummangaliso obukhulu kakhulu apho ukubila kwakhe kufana namaconsi egazi (Luka 3:22).

Ngelixa ngekhe wenze imithandazo yakho ukuba namandla, enye indlela yokwandisa i-ante yemithandazo yakho kukuzila ukutya. Umthandazo + wefomula ekhawulezayo inika inqindi eyomeleleyo kuwo nawuphi na umoya wedemon. Kungekudala emva kokwenza i-exorcion, abafundi bakaYesu babuza ukuba kutheni amazwi abo asilele ukukhupha idemon. Impendulo kaYesu kulapho sithatha khona ifomula yethu ecatshulwe ngasentla. "Olu hlobo alunakukhutshwa nangantoni na ngaphandle komthandazo nokuzila ukutya" (Marko 9:29).

Ke ukuba umthandazo ubalulekile, esinye isithako sokuzila kufuneka sibaluleke ngokufanayo. Phambi kokuqala kobulungiseleli bakhe esidlangalaleni, u Yesu wenza inqaku lokuzila iintsuku ezingamashumi amane (Mateyu 4: 2). Kwimpendulo kaYesu ebantwini ngombuzo ngokuzila ukutya, ugxininisa isidingo sokuzila (Marko 2: 18-20). Khumbula ukuba uYesu akazange athi xa uzila ukutya, wathi, "xa nizila ukutya" (uMateyu 7: 16-18).

Ngakumbi, i-exorcist eyaziwayo, uFr. UGabriele Amorth wakhe wathi: "Ngaphandle komda othile, umtyholi akakwazi ukumelana namandla omthandazo nokuzila ukutya." (Amorth, iphe. 24) Ngapha koko, uSt. Francis de Sales uqinisekisile ukuba "utshaba luyoyikeka kunabo bakwaziyo ukuzila". (Ubomi bokuzinikela, iphe. 134).

Ngelixa izinto ezimbini zokuqala zale fomyula zibonakala zinengqiqo: ukuhlala uzolile kwaye uthandaza, isithako sokugqibela sokuzila ngokukhawuleza sihlasela ukukrala kwentloko. Ukutya kukufeza ntoni? Kutheni le nto abangcwele kunye nabakhupha iidemon begxininisa ekubeni siyabadinga?

Okokuqala, kuhlala kunomdla ukuba iziphumo zakutshanje zibonise izibonelelo zempilo ezininzi zokuzila. Kwincwadi yakhe, uGqirha uJay Richard uxela indlela ukuzila ukutya okulungile ngayo engqondweni kwaye ekugqibeleni kulinciphisa inqanaba loxinzelelo.

Kodwa, ukuqonda ukuba kutheni sifuna ukuzila ukutya kwinqanaba lezenkolo, kufuneka siqale siqwalasele indalo yomntu. Umntu, odalwe ngokufana noThixo, unikwe ingqondo kunye nentando anokuthi ngayo aqonde inyaniso kwaye akhethe okulungileyo. Ngenxa yezi zinto zimbini ekudalweni komntu, umntu wenziwa waziwa nguThixo kwaye ngokukhululekileyo ukhetha ukumthanda.

Ngala macandelo mabini, uThixo unike umntu amandla okucinga (ukuqonda) nokwenza ngokukhululekileyo (intando). Kungenxa yoko le nto oku kubalulekile. Kukho iinxalenye ezimbini emphefumlweni womntu ezingekho kumphefumlo wezilwanyana. La macandelo mabini yingqondo kunye nentando. Inja yakho ineminqweno, kodwa ayinangqondo nomyolelo. Ke ngoko, ngelixa izilwanyana zilawulwa ziinkanuko kwaye zadalwa zanethuku, abantu badalwa babanakho ukucinga ngaphambi kokwenza isenzo simahla. Ngelixa thina bantu sinenkanuko, ukuthanda kwethu kuyilelwe ukuba kulawulwe yintando yethu ngengqondo yethu. Izilwanyana azinayo le ndlela yokudala apho zinokuthi zikhethe khona ngokuziphatha kunye nentando yazo (Frans de Wall, iphe. 209). Esi sesinye sezizathu zokuba abantu baphakanyiswe ngaphezulu kwezilwanyana kuluhlu lokudalwa.

Lo myalelo umiselwe nguThixo yile nto iBandla liyibiza ngokuba "bubulungisa bokuqala"; ukulandelelana okufanelekileyo kwamalungu asezantsi omntu (ukuthanda kwakhe) ukuya kumgangatho wakhe ophezulu nangaphezulu (ingqiqo nentando). Ekuweni komntu, nangona kunjalo, umyalelo kaThixo apho umntu wanyanzelwa ukuba abone inyani kwaye ayikhethe yayonzakele, kwaye inkanuko yomntu ephantsi kunye neenkanuko zeza kulawula ubukrelekrele bakhe nentando yakhe. Thina sizuze ilifa kubazali bethu bokuqala asisindanga kwesi sifo kwaye uluntu luyaqhubeka nokusokola phantsi kobuzwilakhe benyama (Efe. 2: 1-3, 1 Yohane 2:16, Roma 7: 15-19, 8: 5) (Gal. 5:16).

Nabani na othathe i-Lenten ngokukhawuleza uqhelene kakhulu nemfazwe eqhubeka emphefumlweni womntu. Iminqweno yethu ifuna ukusela utywala, kodwa ukuqonda kwethu kusixelela ukuba ukusela utywala kuphazamisa amandla ethu okuqonda. Intando yethu kufuneka yenze isigqibo-okanye simamele ubukrelekrele okanye inkanuko. Nantsi ke i-crux yokuba ngubani olawula umphefumlo wakho. Ukungafezeki kwendalo yomntu kuhlala kumamela uzwilakhe kumandla ethu asezantsi ngaphezulu kwamandla ethu okomoya. Isizathu? Kungenxa yokuba sele siqhele ukukhululeka kunye nolonwabo kangangokuba ukuthanda kwethu kulawula umphefumlo wethu. Isisombululo? Buyisela ubukumkani bomphefumlo wakho ngokuzila ukutya. Ngokuzila ukutya, ucwangco olufanelekileyo lunokuphinda lusekwe kwimiphefumlo yethu. Oko, kwakhona,

Musa ukucinga ukuba ukuzila ukutya ngexesha leLente kumiselwe yiCawe kuba ukutya ukutya okumnandi kusisono. Endaweni yoko, iCawa iyazila kwaye iyayeka inyama njengendlela yokuqinisekisa ulawulo lwengqondo kwiminqweno. Umntu wadalelwa ngaphezulu kwento inyama ayibonisayo. Imizimba yethu yenzelwe ukusebenzela imiphefumlo yethu, hayi enye indlela. Ngokwala iminqweno yethu yenyama ngeendlela ezincinci, siyazi ukuba xa kuvela isilingo sokwenene kunye nengxaki (enjenge-coronavirus), iya kuba yingqondo eqonda ukulunga okuyinyani hayi iminqweno ekhokela umphefumlo. Njengoko uSanta Leo Omkhulu efundisa,

"Siyazihlambulula kuko konke ukudyobheka kwenyama nokomoya (2 kwabaseKorinte 7: 1), ngendlela yokuba sikwazi ukubamba ungquzulwano olukhoyo phakathi kwento enye nenye, umphefumlo, ekulungiselelwe nguThixo ukuba ube umlawuli womzimba unokuphinda abuyele kwisidima segunya lakhe elisemthethweni. Kufuneka ke ngoko simodareyithe ukutya kwethu okufanelekileyo ukuze eminye iminqweno yethu ibe phantsi komgaqo ofanayo. Kuba eli ikwangumzuzu wobumnandi kunye nomonde, ixesha loxolo nenzolo, ekuthi emva kokuba sisuse onke amabala obubi, silwele ukuqina kokulungileyo “.

Apha, uLeo Omkhulu uchaza umntu ekwimo yakhe ayithandayo- olawula inyama yakhe apho asondeleyo kuThixo.Nangona kunjalo, ukuba umntu utyiwa yiminqweno, ngokuqinisekileyo uyakuhla ngendlela eyoyikisayo. I-St. John Chrysostom ibonakalise ukuba "i-wolverine, njengenqanawa egcwele umthwalo, ihamba ngobunzima kwaye, kwisaqhwithi sokuqala sokulingwa, iba semngciphekweni wokulahleka" (True Spouse of Christ, p. 140).

Ukunqongophala kokuzibamba kunye nokulawula inkanuko kukhokelela kutyekelo lokuzibandakanya kwiimvakalelo ezingenakubalwa. Kwaye nje ukuba iimvakalelo ziveliswe, njengoko kunokwenzeka ngokulula kwimeko ye-coronavirus, iyakubahlukanisa abantu nomfanekiso kaThixo kunye nokawo wesilwanyana-esilawulwa ngokupheleleyo kukuthanda kwabo.

Ukuba siyasilela ukuzila kwiminqweno kunye neemvakalelo zethu, indlela elula yamanyathelo amathathu iya kubuyiselwa umva. Apha, asizukuzola ngexesha lengxaki kwaye silibale ukuthandaza. Ngokwenyani, uSt.Alphonsus ubonakalisa ukuba izono zenyama ziyalawula kangangokuba ziphantse zenze umphefumlo ulibale yonke into enxulumene noThixo kwaye baphantse babe ziimfama.

Ngaphezulu, kwindawo yokomoya, ukuzila ukutya kunika ukohlwaya okukhulu apho umntu anokusebenzela khona ukuphakamisa ukubandezeleka kwakhe okanye kwabanye. Lo yayingomnye wemiyalezo yeNkosikazi yethu yeFatima. KwanoAhabhi, oyena moni ukhohlakeleyo emhlabeni, wakhululwa okwethutyana kwintshabalalo ngokuzila ukutya (1 Kg 21: 25-29). Abemi baseNineve bakhululwa ekutshatyalalisweni okuzayo ngokuzila ukutya (Gen 3: 5-10). Ukuzila kukaEstere kwanceda ukuhlangula ilizwe lamaYuda ekukhutshweni (I-Ezek. 4: 16) ngelixa uJoel wabhengeza ubizo olufanayo (Jn 2: 15). Bonke aba bantu babeyazi imfihlo yokuzila ukutya.

Ewe, kwilizwe elonileyo eliwileyo, umntu uya kuhlala ebona ukugula, uxinzelelo, iintlekele zemvelo kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke isono. Oko thina maKatolika sibizelwe ukukwenza kukuqhubeka nokwenza iziseko zokholo. Yiya eMassin, uhlale uzolile, uthandaze kwaye ukhawuleze. Njengokuba u Yesu wasiqinisekisayo, "Ehlabathini niya kuba nembandezelo; kodwa kholwani, ndiloyisile ihlabathi" (Yohane 16:33).

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