NgoFebruwari wanikezelwa kuMama wethu waseLourdes, umhla we-4: UMariya wenza uKristu aphile njengomama kuthi
“IBandla liyazi kwaye lifundisa kunye noPawulos oNgcwele ukuba mnye kuphela umlamli wethu: “Mnye uThixo, mnye nomlamli phakathi koThixo nabantu, umntu uYesu Kristu, lowo wazinikelayo ukuba abe yintlawulelo” (1 Tim. 2, 5 6). Umsebenzi wobunina kaMariya emadodeni nangayiphi na indlela awusithelisi okanye unciphise olu lamlo lukhethekileyo lukaKristu, kodwa lubonisa ukusebenza kwalo: lulamlo kuKristu.
ICawe iyazi kwaye ifundisa ukuba "yonke impembelelo ephilileyo yeNtombi Enyulu esikeleyo ngokubhekiselele kumadoda izalwa ngokukholisa uThixo kwaye iphuma ebuninzini bokulunga bukaKristu, isekelwe kulamlo lwakhe, ixhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kuyo kwaye itsala yonke impumelelo yayo: hayi. Ithintela unxibelelwano olukhawulezileyo lwamakholwa kunye noKristu nakancinci; endaweni yoko, iyakwenza lula.
Le mpembelelo yosindiso ixhaswa nguMoya oyiNgcwele owathi, njengoko wasibekela iNtombi Enyulu uMariya ngokuqalisa ubunina bobuthixo kuye, ngoko ngokuqhubekayo exhasa inkxalabo yakhe ngabazalwana bakhe. Inene, ulamlo lukaMary lunxulunyaniswa ngokusondeleyo nokuba ngumama, lunesimilo somama esikhethekileyo, esimohlula kwezinye izidalwa ezithi, ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo nezisoloko ziphantsi, zithathe inxaxheba kulamlo olulodwa lukaKristu” (RM, 38).
UMariya ngumama osithethelelayo ngenxa yokuba uyasithanda kwaye akafuni nto ngaphandle kosindiso lwethu olungunaphakade, uvuyo lwethu lokwenene, lowo akukho mntu unokuze ahluthe kuthi. Ekubeni wayephile uYesu ngokupheleleyo, uMariya unokusinceda simenze ahlale kuthi, “ungumbo” apho uMoya oyiNgcwele ufuna ukuvelisa uYesu ezintliziyweni zethu.
Kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kokwenza umfanekiso oqingqiweyo kwisiqabu ngehamile kunye netshiseli kunye nokwenza omnye ngokuwuphosa kwisingundo. Ukwenza ngendlela yokuqala, abakroli basebenza kakhulu kwaye kuthatha ixesha elininzi. Ukwenza imodeli ngendlela yesibini, nangona kunjalo, umsebenzi omncinci kunye nexesha elincinci liyafuneka. Ongcwele uAugustine ubiza iMadonna ngokuthi “Forma Dei”: ukubumba kukaThixo, okufanelekileyo ukwenza kunye nokumisela amadoda awahluleleneyo. Nabani na oziphose kolu bumba lukaThixo uyakhawuleza ukubunjwa aze afuzeke kuYesu noYesu kuye. Ngexeshana elingephi nangeendleko ezincinci uya kuba ngumntu owenziwe isithixo kuba uziphose kwimo apho uThixo wayilwa khona” (Treatise VD 219).
nantsi into esifuna ukuyenza: ziphose kuMariya ukuze umfanekiselo kaYesu uphinde uve ngathi.” Emva koko uBawo, esijongile, uya kuthi: “Nanko unyana wam oyintanda, endifumana kuye intuthuzelo yam, endithuthuzela ngayo kuye. uvuyo lwam!"
Ukuzibophelela: Ngamazwi ethu, kanye njengoko intliziyo yethu iyalela, sicela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba asazise kwaye simthande ngakumbi nangakumbi uMariya oyiNtombi Enyulu ukuze siziphose kuye ngentembeko nokuzithemba kwabantwana.
Inenekazi lethu leLourdes, lisithandazele.