IiNgelosi eziGcinwayo: ngoobani, imisebenzi yabo nendlela abazenza ngayo ebomini bethu

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Siyazi ukuba kukho iingelosi ezikhusela iiNtlanga, njengoko uninzi loBawo abaNgcwele bafundisa kwangoko kwinkulungwane yesine, ezifana ne-pseudo Dionysius, iOrigen, iBasil yaseSaint, iSt. John Chrysostom, njl. USt Clement wase-Alexandria uthi "ummiselo waphezulu wasasaza iingelosi phakathi kwezizwe" (Stromata VII, 8). KuDaniel 10, 13-21, sithetha ngeengelosi ezikhuselayo zamaGrike namaPersi. USt. Paul uthetha ngengelosi ekhuselayo yaseMakedoni (Izenzo 16, 9). U-St. Michael uhlala ethathwa njengomkhuseli wabantu bakwa-Israyeli (Dn 10, 21).

Kwi-apula kaFatima ingelosi yasePortugal ityhilwa kathathu ngo-1916 isithi kubantwana abathathu: "Ndiyingelosi yoxolo, ingelosi yasePortugal".

Ukuzinikela kwengeloge elingumlondolozi elingcwele loBukumkani baseSpain kwasasazeka kuyo yonke indawo yePeninsula ngumfundisi odumileyo wase-Spain uManuel Domingo y Sol.Waprinta amawaka kunye namawaka amakhadi eengxelo ngomfanekiso wakhe kunye nomthandazo wengelosi, wasasaza i-novena kwaye waseka Iidayosisi ezininzi zoMbutho weSizwe weNgelosi eNgcwele yaseSpain. Lo mzekelo usebenza nakwamanye amazwe ehlabathi.

Upopu John Paul II nge-30 kaJulayi, 1986 wathi: "Kungathiwa imisebenzi yeengezingelosi, njengabathunywa boThixo ophilayo, ayongezi kuphela kumntu ngamnye nakwabo banikwe izabelo ezithile, kodwa nakwiintlanga zonke".

Kukho iingelosi ezigada iicawe. Kwi-Apocalypse, iingelosi zeecawe ezisixhenxe zeAsiya kuyathethwa ngazo (Rev 1:20). Abangcwele abaninzi bayathetha nathi, ngokusuka kumava abo, ngale nyaniso intle, kwaye bathi iingelosi ezigada iicawa ziyanyamalala apho xa zitshatyalaliswayo. UOrigen uthi idikoni nganye igadwe ngoobhishophu ababini: enye ebonakalayo, enye engabonakaliyo, indoda kunye nesithunywa. U-St John Chrysostom, ngaphambi kokuba aye ekuthinjweni, waya ecaweni yakhe ukuya kuthatha ingelosi yecawa yakhe.

 

U-St. Francis de Sales wabhala kwincwadi yakhe ethi "Philothea": "Baziqhela iingelosi; bayamthanda kwaye bahlonela ingelosi ye-diocese apho ifunyanwa khona ". U-Archbishop Ratti, uKamva uPius XI wexesha elizayo, xa ngonyaka ka-1921 wonyulwa ubhishophu omkhulu waseMilan, wafika esixekweni, waguqa, wancanca umhlaba wazincomela kwingelosi eyayihlala apho.

 

Utata uPedro Fabro, umJesuit, umlingani weSt Ignatius waseLoyola, uthi: "Ukubuya kwam eJamani, ngelixa ndigqitha kwiilali ezininzi zabaphikisi, ndiye ndafumana intuthuzelo enkulu ngokubulisa iingelosi ezingumgcini wamarhamente endihambileyo".

Kubomi bukaSanta John the Baptist Vianney kuthiwa xa babemthumelela umfundisi e-Ars, ejonga icawe ekude, waguqa ngamadolo wazixhasa kwingelosi yakhe.

Ngendlela efanayo, kukho iingelosi ezimiselwe ukugcinwa kwamaphondo, imimandla, izixeko kunye noluntu. Utata odumileyo ongumFrentshi, uLamy, uthetha ixesha elide malunga nengelosi yokukhusela ilizwe, iphondo ngalinye, isixeko ngasinye kunye nosapho ngalunye. Abanye abangcwele bathi usapho ngalunye kunye nonqulo ngalunye luneengelosi yalo ekhethekileyo.

 

Wakhe wacinga ngokutsala ingelosi yosapho lwakho? Yeyakho yeyonqulo yakho? nakwiliphi ilizwe lakho, okanye esixekweni, okanye kwelizwe? Ngapha koko, ungalibali ukuba kuyo yonke intente apho uYesu wabekwa khona, kukho izigidi ngezigidi zezingelosi ezinqula uThixo wazo.

 

U-St John Chrysostom wabona izihlandlo ezininzi icawa igcwele iingelosi, ingakumbi ngelixa ibhiyozela iMisa eNgcwele. Ngexesha lokuzahlulela, imikhosi enkulu yeengelosi izokugada uYesu ekhona esibingelelweni, kwaye ngexesha loMthendeleko zijikeleze umbingeleli okanye abaphathiswa abasasaza i-Ekaristi.

 

Umbhali wamandulo wase-Armenia, uGiovanni Mandakuni, wabhala enye yeentshumayelo zakhe: «Anazi ukuba ngeli xesha lokucwengeka isibhakabhaka sivuleka kwaye no-Kristu wehla, kwaye imikhosi yasezulwini ijikeleza isibingelelo apho kubhiyozelwa khona iMass kwaye zonke zigcwele "Ngcwele?" U-Angela da Foligno osikelelekileyo wabhala: "Unyana kaThixo usesibingelelweni esingqongwe sisihlwele esikhulu seengelosi".

 

Kungenxa yoko le nto uSt. Francis waseAssisi wathi: "Umhlaba mawugungqe, isibhakabhaka sonke kufuneka sishukume xa unyana kaThixo ebonakala esibingekweni sombingeleli ... Emva koko kufuneka sixelise isimo sengqondo seengelosi, xa zibhiyozela Ubuninzi, zihlelwe zijikeleze izibingelelo zethu ekunquleni ».

 

"Iingelosi zizalisa icawe ngoku, zangqonge isibingelelo kwaye ziqwalasele ubungangamsha kunye nobukhulu beNkosi" (iSt. John Chrysostom).

Nditsho neSt. Augustine wathi "iingelosi zijikeleze kwaye zincedisa umfundisi ngelixa ebhiyozela iMisa". Ngenxa yesi sizathu kufuneka sibadibanise ekunquleni sicule iGloria kunye neSanctus kunye nabo. Wenze njalo ke nangomnye owayesaziwa ngumbingeleli owathi: "Oko bendiqala ukucinga ngeengelosi ngexesha leMisa, ndaye ndaziva ndonwabile nokuzinikela kumthendeleko weMass."

USt. UCyril wase-Alexandria ubiza iingelosi "ziinkosi zonqulo". Izigidi ezininzi zezithunywa zezulu zinqula uThixo kwi-Sacrament eNgcwele, nokuba ikwindawo yokuhlala encinci kakhulu kwikona yokugqibela yomhlaba. Iingelosi zinqula uThixo, kodwa kukho iingelosi ezinikezelwe ngokukodwa ukuba zimnqule phambi kwetrone yakhe yasezulwini.

 

Utsho uApocalypse: «Ke zonke iingelosi zijikeleze itrone nabadala nezidalwa ezine eziphilayo baqubuda ngobuso babo phambi kwetrone banqula uThixo besithi:" Amen! Udumo, uzuko, ubulumko, umbulelo, imbeko, amandla kunye namandla kuThixo wethu ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Amen "(Ap. 7, 11-12).

Ezi ngelosi zimelwe ukuba ziiserafi, ezikufutshane netrone kaThixo ngenxa yobungcwele bazo. Yiyo loo nto u-Isaya esixelela ukuba: «Ndayibona iNkosi ihleli etroneni .. Ngakuye kwakumi iiserafi, elowo wayenamaphiko amathandathu ... Babedanduluka besithi:“ Ungcwele, ungcwele, ungcwele uYehova wemikhosi. Ubuqaqawuli bakhe buzalise umhlaba wonke "(Is 6, 1-3).