Ibonisa ntoni imimangaliso kwaye yintoni uThixo afuna ukuba ayinxibelelane nathi?
Imimangaliso luphawu olubonisa ubungqina bokuba nguThixo kunye nendawo yethu yokugqibela kunye naye
Inqaku elibhalwe NGAMAKI A. MCNEIL
Ngomthendeleko wanamhlanje wokuzalwa kukaPopu John Paul II, abanye baphinda baphinde babuke imimangaliso ekhokelela ekusukelweni koThixo. Iintshatsheli zoMama oBusisiweyo kunye nemimangaliso eyenziwa eNenekazi lethu laseLourdes, upopu wasePoland ngewayengathandabuzi ukuba ummangaliso wamashumi asixhenxe eLourdes wamkelwa ngokusesikweni yiCawa yamaKatolika ngo-2018.
Ngokungafaniyo no-John Paul ongasekhoyo kwaye umkhulu ngokwenene, ndiyavuma ukuthandabuza ngokulumkileyo malunga nemapparitions yaseMarian; mhlawumbi ukumiswa kwiintsuku zam zobuProtestanti. Ke ukulindelwa kwam kwakusezantsi njengabanye oogxa bam kwaye ndaziqhuba kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo kwiindlela ezisezantsi kwePyrenees ukuya kwisixeko esihle saseFrance iLourdes. Yayiyimini entle nentwasahlobo yasentwasahlobo kwaye, ngaphandle kwabakhenkethi abambalwa kunye nabemi balapha, saba nayo yonke indawo le yethu. Sikwafumene nendawo yokupaka kufutshane nomqolomba odumileyo womlambo.
Amanye amabali emimangaliso kaLourdes akukho nto imfutshane ngokumangalisayo. UPedro Arrupe, SJ, umJesuit owaziwayo owathi kamva waba nguyise jikelele woMbutho kaYesu, wabona abanye babo. Njengomfundi oselula kwezonyango ohambela eLourdes kwiintsapho, wazivolontiya ukuba alusebenzise uqeqesho lwakhe kwezonyango ngokuvavanya amabango emimangaliso. Kungekudala emva kokuba ebone ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqu somfana owayephethwe yipoliyo, wayeka umsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngugqirha waqalisa ukuba ngumfundisi wamaJesuit.
Amabali anje ayashukuma, kodwa sonke siyayazi ukuba imimangaliso ayenzeki ngalo lonke ixesha siyicela. Kutheni le nto uThixo esenza imimangaliso kwezinye iimeko hayi kwezinye? Indawo yokuqala, njengoko inemibuzo emininzi malunga nokholo, sisibhalo esingcwele.
Imimangaliso ayiqhelekanga eBhayibhileni kunokuba ucinga. Ngexesha lamawaka ambalwa embali elandelwayo eBhayibhileni, kukho amaxesha ambalwa amafutshane abonakaliswa yimimangaliso emininzi, ngelixa ngamanye amaxesha enqabile. Sifumana ixesha lokuqala lemimangaliso kwimfuduko evela eYiphutha (iEksodus 7-12), kubandakanya ukoyiswa kweKanan kunye neminyaka yokulandela eyalandelayo (umz. IYeriko, uSamson). Ixesha lesibini lemimangaliso livela kwiinkonzo zesiprofetho zikaEliya noElisha (1 Kumkani 17-19). Kwaye kwakuza kudlula iinkulungwane emva kokuqhambuka kwemimangaliso kwiZibhalo ngobomi bukaYesu nobufundisi babaPostile bokuqala.
Imimangaliso yebhayibhile isebenza njengeempawu ezibonisa amaxesha akhethekileyo esityhilelo sikaThixo. IVangeli likaYohane likwenza kucace oku ngokubhekisa kwimimangaliso "njengemiqondiso" (umz. UYohane 2:11). Ekukhanyeni kokungafani kwala maxesha kwimbali yebhayibhile, kukho intsingiselo etyebileyo kuMoses noEliya ebonakala kunye noYesu kuTshintsho (Matewu 17: 1-8).
Imimangaliso kaYesu yatyhila iinyaniso ezazitshintsha ubomi babo bazibonayo okanye beva ngabo. Indoda eqhwalelayo yehla eluphahleni phambi kukaYesu ingumzekelo obalaseleyo (Marko 2: 1-12). UYesu wabuza abo bamgxekayo: "Yeyiphi elula, kumntu ofe umzimba, 'Izono zakho zixolelwe', okanye ukuthi, 'Phakama, thabatha iphedi yakho uhambe?'" "Kunzima ukuthi" thabatha iphedi yakho uhambe. ”Njengababukeli baya kukhawuleza bazi ukuba unawo na amandla okuphilisa izigulo zomnye umntu. Kunzima ukuma phambi kwesihlwele sabantu kwaye ubhengeze: "Ndingaphakamisa i-5.000 yeepawundi ngezandla zam!" Abaphulaphuli bam banokundilindela ngokwenene! Ukuba uYesu unokwenza eyona nto inzima ukuyithetha, kulandela ukuba sikwisiseko esihle sikholelwa ukuba sinokwenza eyona nto ilula ukuyithetha.
Ke ukuze nazi, ukuba unalo igunya uNyana woMntu lokuxolela izono emhlabeni apha; ndithi kuwe, Vuka, uthabathe ukhuko lwakho, ugoduke. Oku kuphilisa kwakubalaselisa igunya likaYesu lokuxolela izono. Abo babone lo mmangaliso bacelwa umngeni ukuba bamqonde uYesu njengomthombo ongcwele wokuxolela.
Cinga nangamaxesha awahlukeneyo xa uYesu wayethintela abo baphilisiweyo ukuba bangaxeleli abanye ngento eyenzekileyo kubo (umz. Marko 5:43). Kuba intsingiselo yobukumkani buka-Kristu inokuqondwa kuphela ekukhanyiseni kwakhe, ekufeni nasekuvukeni, ukuthetha ngemimangaliso yakhe ngaphandle kwalowo mxholo kunokubangela ukungaqondakali kunye nolindelo oluphosakeleyo. Imimangaliso ayenzelwe ukuba ube wedwa.
Ukubuyela kwimeko yangoku, imimangaliso efana naleyo kaLourdes ayizizo ezenzo zikaThixo ezenziwayo .. Asinakho ukubona kuzo iipateni ezikhokelela kwisiphumo esifunayo. UThixo, njengonobangela wemimangaliso, unquma ukuba ziya kwenzeka nini kwaye nini.
Okokugqibela, inyani yokuba imimangaliso ayenzeki kuzo zonke iimeko iqinisekisa ubungqina obunzima kodwa obubalulekileyo bokuba eli hlabathi asiyonjongo yethu: ibonisa ukuguqulwa "kwezulu elitsha nomhlaba omtsha". Eli hlabathi liyanyamalala. "Yonke inyama injengengca, kwaye uzuko lomntu lunjengentyatyambo yengca" (u-Isaya 40: 6, 1 Petros 1:24). Ngaphandle kokuba siyetyise nzulu le nyaniso, ukucinga kwethu kungafiphala kwaye siyakulindela ilize ukuba eli lizwe lisinike ulonwabo oluhlala luhleli kunye nempilo engenako ukuyinika.
Ukungena kwi-grotto yeLourdes kwangolo suku lwentwasahlobo ebandayo, amandla angalindelekanga andibamba. Ndazaliswa luxolo kunye nobukho bukaThixo. Abanye kwiqela lethu banamava afanayo. Emva kweminyaka, ndiyawuthanda lo mzuzu. Ngesi sizathu, ndafunda ukuthanda uLourdes. Ewe, uThixo uyasimangalisa. Ngamanye amaxesha ukumangaliswa nguThixo kubandakanya ummangaliso.
Ukuba unamanzi kaLourdes, ngokuqinisekileyo uwasebenzise ngelixa uzisikelela wena kunye nabantu obathandayo. Ukuba uThixo uyakuphilisa, mbulele kwaye umdumise. Ukuba ayenzi njalo, yithande. Kungekudala, uThixo uya kuzisa ukuphilisa okupheleleyo xa inkululeko ikubonisa konke ukuncwina kwendalo (Roma 8: 22-24).