Indoda yaseDetroit yacinga ukuba ingumbingeleli. WayengengomKatolika ubhaptiziweyo

Ukuba ucinga ukuba ungumfundisi, kanti akunjalo, unengxaki. Nabanye abantu abaninzi. Ubhaptizo olwenzileyo lubhaptizo olusemthethweni. Kodwa iziqinisekiso? Akunjalo. Ubuninzi obububhiyozeleyo bebungafanelekanga. Akukho kukhululwa okanye ukuthanjiswa. Kuthekani ngemitshato? Ewe… inzima. Abanye ewe, abanye hayi. Kuxhomekeka emaphepheni, yikholelwe okanye hayi.

Ubawo uMatewu Hood weArchdiocese yaseDetroit wakufunda kabuhlungu konke oku.

Wayecinga ukuba wonyuselwa ubufundisi ngo-2017. Ukusukela ngoko wenza ubufundisi.

Kwaye ngeli hlobo ehlotyeni, wafunda ukuba wayengenguye umbingeleli konke konke. Ngapha koko, wafunda ukuba akabhaptizwa.

Ukuba ufuna ukuba ngumbingeleli, kufuneka kuqala ube ngumdikoni. Ukuba ufuna ukuba ngumdikoni, kuqala kufuneka ubhaptizwe. Ukuba awubhaptizwanga, awunakuba ngumdikoni kwaye awunakuba ngumbingeleli.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, uFr. UHood wayecinga ukuba ubhaptiziwe njengomntwana. Kodwa kule nyanga ufundile isaziso esisandula kupapashwa liBandla laseVatican ngemfundiso yokholo. Inqaku lathi ukutshintsha amagama obhaptizo ngendlela ethile kuyenza ingasebenzi. Ukuba umntu obhaptizelayo uthi: "Siyanibhaptiza egameni loYise neloNyana neloMoya oyiNgcwele", endaweni yokuba "Ndiyanibhaptiza ..." ubhaptizo olo alusebenzi.

Wayekhumbula ividiyo awayeyibonile xa wayebhaptizwa. Wakhumbula ke into eyayithethwe ngumdikoni: "Siyakubhaptiza ..."

Ukubhaptizwa kwakhe kwakungekho semthethweni.

Icawe icinga ukuba umthendeleko usebenza ngaphandle kokuba kukho ubungqina obuchasene noko. Bekuya kucingelwa ukuba uFr. UHood wabhaptizwa ngokusemthethweni, ngaphandle kokuba wayenevidiyo ebonisa okwahlukileyo.

U-Father Hood ubize i-archdiocese yakhe. Ifuna ukuhlelwa. Kodwa okokuqala, emva kweminyaka emithathu esebenza njengomfundisi, ephila njengombingeleli, kwaye eziva njengombingeleli, kwafuneka ukuba abe ngumKatolika. Kwakufuneka abhaptizwe.

Ngexesha elifutshane wabhaptizwa, waqinisekiswa kwaye wafumana uMthendeleko. Wenza umva. Wamiselwa njengomdikoni. Kwaye ngo-Agasti 17, uMatthew Hood ekugqibeleni waba ngumfundisi. Ngokwenene.

I-archdiocese yaseDetroit yabhengeza le meko ingaqhelekanga kwileta ekhutshwe ngo-Agasti 22.

Ileta yachaza ukuba emva kokubona okwenzekileyo, uFr. UHood “usandul 'ukubhaptizwa ngokusemthethweni. Ngapha koko, ekubeni ezinye iisakramente zingenako ukwamkelwa ngokusesikweni emphefumlweni ngaphandle kokubhaptizwa okusebenzayo, naye u-Father Hood kutshanje uqinisekisiwe kwaye wamiselwa ngokufanelekileyo njengomdikoni wotshintsho emva koko waba ngumbingeleli “.

"Siyabulela kwaye sidumisa uThixo ngokusisikelela ngenkonzo kaTat Hood."

I-archdiocese ikhuphe isikhokelo, icacisa ukuba abantu abanemitshato ibhiyozelwa ngu-Fr. IHood kufuneka inxibelelane neparishi yabo kwaye i-archdiocese yayisenza imizamo yayo yokuqhagamshelana nabo bantu.

I-archdiocese ikwathi yenza umzamo wokunxibelelana nabanye abantu ababhaptizo lwenziwa ngumdikoni uMark Springer, umdikoni owabhaptiza uHood ngokungafanelekanga. Ukholelwa ukuba wabhaptiza abanye ngokungafanelekanga, ebudeni beminyaka eli-14 kwiparishi yaseSt. Anastasia eTroy, eMichigan, esebenzisa indlela efanayo engavumelekanga, ukuphambuka kwinkolo ekufuneka isetyenziswe ngabefundisi xa besenza ubhaptizo.

Isikhokelo sicacisile ukuba ngelixa amatyala enziwe ngu-Fr. UHood phambi kokumiselwa kwakhe ngokuchanekileyo bebengekho ngokwabo, "sinokuqiniseka ukuba bonke abo beza kuBawo Hood, bethembekile, bezokwenza uvumo zange bashiye umlinganiselo othile wobabalo noxolelo kwinxalenye kaThixo".

“Oko bekusitsho, ukuba ukhumbula izono ezinzulu (ezibulalayo) ngewawuzivumile kuTata uHood phambi kokuba amiselwe ngokusemthethweni kwaye engekafiki kwisivumo sezono kamva, kufuneka usise kwisivumo sakho esilandelayo ngokuchazela nawuphi na umfundisi okwenzekileyo. . Ukuba awukhumbuli ukuba uvumile ngezono ezinzulu, kufuneka uzise le nyaniso kwisivumo sakho esilandelayo. Ukuxolelwa okulandelayo kuya kubandakanya ezo zono kwaye kukunike uxolo lwengqondo, ”utshilo umkhokeli.

I-archdiocese ikwaphendule umbuzo olindelwe ngamaKatolika ukuba abuze: “Ngaba akukho semthethweni ukuthi nangona bekukho injongo yokwenza isakramente, bekungekho sakramente kuba kusetyenziswe amagama ahlukeneyo? Ngaba uThixo akazukuyikhathalela le nto? "

"Ithiyoloji yinzululwazi efunda oko uThixo asixelele kona kwaye, xa kufikwa kwisakramente, akufuneki kubekho injongo elungileyo yomphathiswa kuphela, kodwa kufuneka ibe 'nomcimbi' ofanelekileyo (izinto) kunye nefom 'efanelekileyo' (amagama / izijekulo - njengokuphalaza kathathu okanye ukuntywiliselwa kwamanzi sisithethi). Ukuba enye yezi zinto ilahlekile, umthendeleko awusebenzi, ”icacise iArchdiocese.

"Ngokubhekisele kuThixo" uyamkhathalela ", singathemba ukuba uThixo uyakubanceda abo iintliziyo zabo zivulekileyo kuye. Nangona kunjalo, sinokuba nokuzithemba okukhulu ngokuzomeleza ngeesakramente asiphathise zona."

"Ngokwecebo eliqhelekileyo elimiselwe nguThixo, iiSakramente ziyimfuneko kusindiso: ubhaptizo lukhokelela ekwamkelweni kusapho lukaThixo kwaye lubeka ubabalo olungcwalisayo emphefumlweni, kuba asizalwanga kunye nawo kwaye umphefumlo udinga ubabalo olungcwalisayo. xa emka emzimbeni wakhe ayokuchitha unaphakade eparadesi ”, yongeza le archdiocese.

I-archdiocese yathi kuqala yafumanisa ukuba uMdikoni Springer wayesebenzisa indlela engagunyaziswanga yokubhaptiza ngo-1999. Umdikoni wayalelwa ukuba ayeke ukuphambuka kwimibhalo yeenkonzo zenkonzo ngeloxesha. I-archdiocese yathi, nangona yayiphosakele, yayikholelwa ukuba ubhaptizo olwenziwe ngu-Springer lwalusebenza de ingcaciso ye-Vatican yakhutshwa kweli hlobo.

Umdikoni sele ethathe umhlala-phantsi "kwaye akasasebenzi kulungiselelo," yongeze i-archdiocese.

Abakho abanye abefundisi baseDetroit ekukholelwa ukuba babhaptizwa ngokungekho semthethweni, utshilo iArchdiocese.

Kwaye p. Hood, ubhaptiziwe nje kwaye umiselwe nje? Emva kwembandezelo eqale nge-liturgical "ezintsha" zomdikoni, uFr. UHood ngoku ukhonza kwiparishi ebizwa ngegama lomdikoni ongcwele. Ungumfundisi omtsha weSt. Lawrence Parish e-Utica, eMichigan.