Ukuzinikela kwentliziyo engcwele: ukucamngca nge-23 kaJuni
USUKU 23
IXESHA LEPARADISI
USUKU lwe-23
I-Pater Noster.
Ukubongoza. -Intliziyo kaYesu, ixhoba laboni, yiba nenceba kuthi!
Injongo. -Thandazela uPopu, uBhishophu kunye nabaBingeleli.
IXESHA LEPARADISI
U-Yesu usixelela ukuba sigcine iintliziyo zethu zimile, apho ikhoyo i-gaudi yenene. Uyasibongoza ukuba sihlale sikhutshiwe lihlabathi, ukuba sihlala sicinga ngeParadesi, ukuba sibuxabise obunye ubomi. Silapha emhlabeni, ukuze singasoloko sihlala kuwo, kodwa okwethutyana okanye ixesha elide; nangaliphi na ixesha, inokuba iyure yokugqibela kuthi. Kufuneka siphile kwaye sifuna izinto zehlabathi; kodwa kuyimfuneko ukusebenzisa ezi zinto, ngaphandle kokuhlasela kakhulu intliziyo yakho.
Ubomi kufuneka buthelekiswe nohambo. Ukuba kuloliwe, zininzi izinto ezinokubonwa! Kodwa kuya kuba kukuphamba ukuba lo mhambi xa ebona ilali entle, ephazamisa uhambo kwaye eme apho, elibele isixeko kunye nosapho. Bayaphambana, bathetha ngokuziphatha, abo banamathela kakhulu kulo mhlaba kwaye bacinga kancinane okanye akukho nto malunga nesiphelo sobomi, malunga nobomi obungenasiphelo, esinokuthi sonke silangazelele.
Iintliziyo zethu, ke, zimiselwe eParadesi. Ukulungisa into kuthetha ukuyijonga ngononophelo kwaye ixesha elide kwaye ungathathi nje kancinci. U-Yesu uthi sigcine iintliziyo zethu zihlala zihleli, oko kukuthi, zisebenzisa ulonwabo lwanaphakade; ke ngoko abo bangafane bacinge kwaye basinde kwiParadesi entle baya kusikwa yimfesane.
Ngelishwa amaxhala obomi anameva amaninzi afezekisa iminqweno yokuya ezulwini. Yintoni ohlala ucinga ngayo kweli lizwe? Yintoni oyithandayo? Yeyiphi impahla oyifunayo? ... Ulonwabo lomzimba, ukoneliseka komqala, ukwaneliseka kwentliziyo, imali, izinto ezingeyonzuzo, izinto ezihlekisayo, imiboniso ... Yonke le ayisiyonyani kakuhle, kuba ayizonelisi ngokupheleleyo intliziyo yomntu kwaye ayihlali. UYesu usibongoza ukuba sifune iimpahla eziyinyani, ezizezonaphakade, ezinokuthi amasela angasiphange kwaye umhlwa awunakonakalisa. Iimpahla eziyinyani ziyimisebenzi elungileyo, eyenziwa ngobabalo lukaThixo kunye nenjongo elungileyo.
Abazinikele kwiNtliziyo eNgcwele mabangalingisi okomhlaba, abanokuzithelekisa nezilwanyana ezingcolileyo, abo bakhetha udaka bengakhangeli phezulu; kungcono uxelise iintaka, ezichukumisa umhlaba ngokungxama, ngenxa yesidingo, ukukhangela iintaka, kwaye ngokukhawuleza zibhabhe phezulu.
Owu hayi indlela esemhlabeni ngayo xa umntu ujonga ezulwini!
Singena kwiimbono zikaYesu kwaye singazidanisi kakhulu iintliziyo zethu kwikhaya lethu, esiya kuyishiya ngenye imini, okanye kwiipropathi, eziya kuthi zidlulele kwiindlalifa, okanye emzimbeni, oya kubola.
Asibamoneli abo banobutyebi obuninzi, kuba baphila ngenkxalabo engaphezulu, baya kufa ngokuzisola okukhulu kwaye baya kunika uThixo ingxelo esondele ekusebenziseni kwabo.
Endaweni yoko, sizisa umona ongcwele kule miphefumlo inesisa, abazicebisayo ngokufumana iimpahla ezingapheliyo yonke imihla ngemisebenzi emininzi elungileyo kunye nokuziqhelanisa nokuhlonela uThixo kwaye baxelise ubomi babo.
Masicinge ngezulu eliseMbandezelweni, sikhumbula amazwi kaYesu: Usizi lwakho luya kutshintshwa lube luvuyo! (Yohane, XVI, 20).
Kuluvuyo oluncinci nolomzuzwana lobomi siphakamisa amehlo ethu siye eZulwini, sicinga: Okonwatyelwa apha ngezantsi akukho nto, xa kuthelekiswa nolonwabo lweZulu.
Masingavumeli nosuku olunye ukuba lugqithe ngaphandle kokucingisisa ngo-Bawo basezulwini; kwaye ekupheleni kosuku sihlala sizibuza: Ndizuze ntoni iZulu namhlanje?
Njengoko inaliti yemagnethi yekhampasi iguqukela rhoqo kwisibonda esentla, ke iintliziyo zethu ziguqukele ezulwini: Intliziyo yethu ihleli ilapho, apho ikhoyo uyolo lokwenene!
UMZEKELO
Umculi
U-Eva Lavallièrs, oyinkedama katata nonina, onesiphiwo sobukrelekrele obuninzi kunye nomoya okhutheleyo, wayenomtsalane kwimpahla yeli lizwe kwaye waya kufuna uzuko nokonwaba. Iithiyetha zaseParis yintsimi yobutsha bakhe. Bangamahlombe! Mangaphi amaphephandaba amphakamisayo! Kodwa zininzi iimpazamo kwaye zingakanani iziphoso! ...
Ngokuthe cwaka ebusuku, xa ebuyela kuye, walila; Intliziyo yakhe ayizange yaneliseke; sinqwenela izinto ezinkulu.
Umculi odumileyo wayethathe umhlala kwilali, ukuba aphumle kancinci kwaye azilungiselele umjikelo wokwenza umdlalo. Ubomi obuzolileyo bamkhokelela ekucamngca. Ubabalo lukaThixo luye lwayichukumisa intliziyo yakhe kunye no-Eva Lavallièrs, emva komzabalazo omkhulu wangaphakathi, wagqiba ekubeni angabi ngumculi kwangoko, angasenqweneli iimpahla zehlabathi kwaye anjongo yakhe kuphela ezulwini. Ayikwazanga ukuvuselelwa yimfuno yokucinezela yabantu abanomdla; wanyamezelela kwinjongo yakhe elungileyo kwaye wabamkela ngesisa ubomi bobuKhristu, kunye nokuhlala rhoqo kweesakramente, ngemisebenzi elungileyo, kodwa uninzi lwalo lonke ngokuthwala ngomnqamlezo omkhulu, owawuza kuwusisa engcwabeni. Ukuziphatha kwakhe okwakhayo kwakubuyisela okwaneleyo kwizingcikivo zinikiweyo.
Iphephandaba laseParis licebise iphepha lemibuzo kubafundi balo, ijolise ekubeni lazi iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuthanda, ngakumbi amantombazana amancinci. Zingaphi iimpendulo ezilulutho kwiphepha lemibuzo! Umculi wangaphambili wayefuna ukuphendula, kodwa kule tenor elandelayo:
«Yeyiphi imbali oyithandayo? »- Ameva esithsaba sikaYesu.
«Eyona midlalo ndiyithandayo? »-Ukohlwaywa.
«Indawo oyithanda kakhulu? »- IMonte Calvario.
«Yeyiphi into ebiza kakhulu? »- Isithsaba seRosary.
«Ithini impahla yakho? "- Ngcwaba.
«Ngaba unokuthetha ukuba uyintoni? »- Umbungu ongahlambulukanga.
«Ngubani owenza ulonwabo lwakho? »- Uphendule u-Eva Lavallièrs, emva kokuxabisa iimpahla zokomoya kunye nokujonga amehlo akhe kwiNtliziyo eNgcwele.
I-foil. Ukuba kukho naluphi na uthando oluphosakeleyo, lunqumle ngokukhawuleza, ukuze ungazibeki emngciphekweni wokuphulukana neParadesi.
Ukujikwa kolusu. Yesu, uYosefu noMariya, ndikunika entliziyweni yam kunye nomphefumlo wam!
(Ithathwe kwincwadana ethi "Intliziyo eNgcwele-Inyanga kwiNgcwele yeentliziyo zikaYesu" nguSalesian Don Giuseppe Tomaselli)
INDODA YOMHLA
Ukuba kukho nayiphi na imbandezelo yothando, yinqumle ngokukhawuleza, ukuze ungazibeki engozini yokuphulukana neParadesi