Ingelosi yoMgcini kunye nazo zonke iingelosi: ukubaluleka kwazo

Xa kuziwa kwiiNgelosi, akukho kunqongophala kwabo bancokolayo ngokungachani, ngokungathi bayicacisa into yokuba sisihloko esiphume kwifashoni okanye ngaphezulu kukuba libali elimnandi kakhulu ukwenza abantwana balale. Kukho nabo banesidima sokudidanisa nabo bangaphandle, okanye bakhanyele ubukho babo kuba "akukho mntu" ubabonileyo. Nangona kunjalo, ubukho beengelosi yenye yeyona nyaniso yokholo lwethu lobuKatolika.

Icawa ithi: "Ubukho bezidalwa ezingenamoya, zibandakanywayo, iZibhalo eziNgcwele zihlala zibiza iingelosi, yinyaniso yokholo" (Ikati 328). Iingelosi "zizicaka nezithunywa zikaThixo" (Ikati 329). «Njengezidalwa zokomoya ezisulungekileyo, banengqondo kwaye baya kuyenza: zizidalwa zobuqu nezingafiyo. Zidlula zonke izidalwa ezibonakalayo kwimfezeko "(Ikati 330).

U-St. Gregory the Great, obizwa ngokuba "ngugqirha wemikhosi yasezulwini", uthi "ubukho beengelosi buqinisekisiwe phantse kuwo onke amaphepha eSibhalo esiNgcwele". Ngokungathandabuzekiyo iSibhalo sigcwele ungenelelo lwengelosi. Iingelosi zivala iParadesi yasemhlabeni (Gn 3, 24), khusela uLote (Gn 19) asindise uHagare kunye nonyana wakhe entlango (Gen 21, 17), babambe isandla sika-Abraham, owaphakanyiswa ukubulala unyana wakhe u-Isaac (Gn 22, 11). ), yiza noncedo nentuthuzelo kuEliya (1 Kumkani 19, 5), u-Isaya (Is 6, 6), uHezekile (Ez 40, 2) noDaniel (Dn 7, 16).

KwiTestamente eNtsha iingelosi zizibonakalisa ephupheni kuJosefu, zibhengeza ukuzalwa kukaYesu kubelusi, zimkhonze enkangala zimthuthuzela eGetsemane. Bazisa ngovuko lwakhe kwaye babakho kwi-Ascension yakhe. UYesu ngokwakhe uthetha okuninzi malunga nabo ngemifanekiso kunye neemfundiso. Ingelosi ikhulula uPetros entolongweni (Ac 12) kwaye enye ingelosi inceda umdikoni uFilipu ukuba aguqule umTiyopiya wendlela eya eGaza (Ac 8). Kwincwadi yeSityhilelo uninzi longenelelo lweengelosi luhlangatyezwa njengabenzi bemiyalelo kaThixo, kubandakanya nezohlwayo ezenziwa ebantwini.

Bangamashumi amawaka amawaka (Dn 7, 10 kunye neRev 5, 11). Bakhonza oomoya, abathunyelwe ukunceda abantu (Heb 1:14). Ebhekisa kumandla kaThixo, umpostile uthi: "Lowo uzenza iingelosi zakhe zibe njengomoya, nabalungiseleli bakhe babe lilangatye lomlilo" (Heb 1: 7).

Kwi-liturgy, iBandla libhiyozela ngendlela ethile iSt. Michael, iSt.Gabriel kunye neSt. Raphael ngoSeptemba 29 nazo zonke iingelosi ezingabagcini ngo-Okthobha 2. Abanye ababhali bathetha ngoLezichiele, u-Uriele, uRafiele, uEtofiele, uSalatiele, uEmmanuele… kodwa akukho kungqinwa koku kwaye amagama abo akabalulekanga kangako. EBhayibhileni kuphela kwabathathu bokuqala abakhankanyiweyo: UMichael (Ap 12, 7; Gdt 9; Dn 10, 21), uGabriel ebhengeza ukuzalwa kukaMariya (Lk 1; Dn 8, 16 and 9, 21), noRafael, ohamba noTobias kuhambo lwakhe kwincwadi enegama elifanayo.

U-St. Michael uhlala enikwa isihloko sesiphatha-zingelosi, njengoko kutshiwo ku-Gd 9, njengoko eyinkosana kunye nentloko yazo zonke imikhosi yasezulwini. Ukuhlonela ubuKristu kukwathi isihloko seengelosi ezinkulu kuGabriele noRaffaele. Inkolo yeSan Michele yakudala kakhulu. Sele kwinkulungwane ye-709 e-Phrygia (eAsia Minor) yayikhona indawo eyayenzelwe yena. Kwinkulungwane yesihlanu enye yakhiwa emazantsi e-Itali, kwiNtaba yeGargano. Ngo-XNUMX enye indawo enkulu yakhiwa kwiNtaba iSt Michael e-Normandy (France).

Iingelosi "ziinkwenkwezi zokusa kwaye […] ngabantwana bakaThixo" (Yobhi 38: 7). UFriar Luis de León ephawula ngalo mbhalo uthi: "Ubabiza ngokuba ziinkwenkwezi zasekuseni kuba ubukrelekrele babo bucacile kuneenkwenkwezi kwaye kuba bakubonile ukukhanya kwasekuseni kwehlabathi". U-St. Gregory wase-Nazianzen uyangqina ukuba "ukuba uThixo ulilanga, iingelosi ziyimitha yakhe yokuqala neqaqambileyo". U-Augustine uthi: "Bajonge ngothando olukhulu kwaye basinceda ukuze nathi sikwazi ukufikelela kumasango ezulu" (Com al Ps. 62, 6).