Ukuzinikela kwiNkosikazi yethu: ukholo lukaMariya kunye nethemba

Ithemba lizalwa ngokholo. UThixo usikhanyisela ngokholo kulwazi lokulunga kwakhe nezithembiso zakhe, ukuze sinyuke sinethemba lomnqweno wokumphatha. Kuba ngoko uMariya wayenokholo olomeleleyo, wayenethemba lokuqaqamba, okwamenza wathi kuDavide: "Ukulunga kwam kukusondela kuThixo, ndibeke ithemba lam kuyo iNkosi uThixo" (Nd 72,28) ). UMariya wayeliqabane elithembekileyo loMoya oyiNgcwele ekwathiwa ngaye: «Ngubani lo unyuka evela entlango, ezele yimincili, encike kwisithandwa sakhe? »(ICt 8,5 Volg.). Uvuka entlango, uyacacisa uKhadinali Giovanni Algrino, kuba wayehlala ekhutshiwe kwihlabathi, awayecinga ukuba liyintlango, ke ngoko, engathembeli kwizidalwa nakwimfanelo zakhe, wayexhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kubabalo lukaThixo awayethembele kulo yedwa, ukusoloko ehamba phambili Ukuthanda uThixo wayo.Inyulu enguVirginia yabonisa ukuba yayinkulu kangakanani intembelo yayo kuThixo yakuqonda ukuba umyeni wayo ongcwele, uJoseph, engayikhathalelanga indlela yokukhulelwa kwakhe okumangalisayo, wayenengxaki kwaye ecinga ngokumshiya: ukumbuyisela ngasese "(Mt 1,19: 2,7). Njengoko besesitshilo ngaphambili, kwabonakala kufanelekile ukuba uMariya atyhile le mfihlelo ifihliweyo kuye. "Kodwa, utshilo uKorneli kuLapide, iNtombi Enyulu ayifuni ukwazisa ubabalo ebelufumene kwaye ikhethe ukuzishiya kulwalathiso lukaThixo, inethemba lokuba uThixo uyakukhusela ubumsulwa bayo nodumo lwayo". Ukwabonakalise ukuthembela kwakhe kuThixo xa, sele eza kuzala, wazibona ekhutshelwa ngaphandle eBhetelehem nkqu nasehotele yabampofu kwaye encitshiswa ekuzaleni esitalini: "Wayibeka emkhumbini, kuba kwakungekho ndawo yabo ehotele" (Lk XNUMX).

Akazange enze naliphi na ilizwi lesikhalazo kodwa, elahliwe ngokupheleleyo kuThixo, wayenethemba lokuba uya kumnceda kwelo tyala. Umama ongcwele waphinda wabonisa ukuthembela kwakhe kulungiselelo lukaThixo xa, elumkiswa nguSt.Joseph ukuba kufuneka abalekele eYiphutha, kwangobo busuku wathabatha uhambo olude oluya kwilizwe lasemzini nelingaziwayo, ngaphandle kwamalungiselelo, ngaphandle kwemali, ngaphandle kwayo nayiphi na enye into. ehambisana nomntwana wakhe uYesu kunye nendoda yakhe elihlwempu: uYosefu "wavuka, wamthabatha umntwana nonina ebusuku, wemka waya eYiputa" (Mt 2,14:2,4). Okungakumbi uMariya wabonisa ukuzithemba kwakhe xa wayecela kuNyana ubabalo lwewayini kulowo utshatileyo waseKana. Ngamazwi akhe: «Abanawayini», uYesu waphendula wathi: «Ufuna ntoni kum, mfazi? Ilixa lam alikafiki "(Jn 4,13: 24,24). Kubonakele kucacile ukuba isicelo sakhe saliwe. Kodwa iNtombikazi, izithembile ngokulunga kukaThixo, yathi kubakhonzi: "Yenzani nantoni na anixelela yona", kuba yayiqinisekile ukuba uNyana uya kuyinika ubabalo. Ngapha koko, uYesu wayezizalise ngamanzi ezijagi emva koko waziguqula zaba yiwayini. Masifunde ke kuMariya ukuba sithembele ngokupheleleyo, ngakumbi ngokubhekisele kusindiso lwethu lwanaphakade, ekuthi, nangona intsebenziswano yethu iyimfuneko, kufuneka kodwa sithembele kuThixo kuphela ngobabalo lokulufumana, singathembi amandla ethu kwaye siphindaphinda Umpostile: "Ndingenza yonke into kulowo undomelezayo" (Phil XNUMX:XNUMX). Ukumkanikazi wam ongcwele, umfundisi undixelela ngawe ukuba ungunina wethemba: "Mama ... wethemba elingcwele" (Eccli [= Mnumzana] XNUMX Volg.). ICawe Engcwele indixelela ngawe ukuba ulithemba ngokwalo: "Molo, themba lethu". Liliphi elinye ithemba endilikhangelayo? Emva koYesu, nina nonke nilithemba lam. Yile nto ikubiza ngokuba yi-Saint Bernard, yile ndlela ndifuna ukukubiza ngayo: "Isizathu esipheleleyo sethemba lam". Kwaye ndiya kuhlala ndikuxelela nge-Saint Bonaventure: "O lusindiso lwabo bakubongozayo, ndisindise"