UPopu uFrancis ngobusuku beKrisimesi: Umkhumbi ohlwempuzekileyo wayegcwele luthando
Ngosuku olwandulela iKrisimesi, uPope Francis wathi ubuhlwempu bokuzalwa kukaKristu esitalini buqulathe isifundo esibalulekileyo sanamhlanje.
"Lo mkhombe, uhlwempuzekile kuyo yonke into kodwa uzele luthando, ufundisa ukuba isondlo sokwenene ebomini sivela ekuzivumeleni sithandwe nguThixo kwaye sithande nabanye," utshilo uPopu Francis nge-24 kaDisemba.
“UThixo uhlala esithanda ngothando olukhulu kunathi. … Luthando lukaYesu kuphela olunokuguqula ubomi bethu, lunyange amanxeba ethu anzulu kwaye lusikhulule kwisangqa esidanisayo, ingqumbo kunye nezikhalazo ezingapheliyo, ”utshilo uPopu kwi-Basilica yaseSt.
Upopu uFrancis wanikela "ngeMisa yasezinzulwini zobusuku" ebutsheni balo nyaka ngenxa yexesha lokubuya kwelizwe lase-Itali ngo-22 ebusuku Ilizwe lingene kwi-blockade ngexesha leKrisimesi kwilinge lokulwa nokusasazeka kwe-coronavirus.
Kwikhaya lakhe leKrisimesi, upopu wabuza umbuzo: kwakutheni ukuze uNyana kaThixo azalelwe ebuhlwempu besitali?
"Emkhombeni othobekileyo wesitali esimnyama, uNyana kaThixo wayekhona ngenene," watsho. “Kutheni le nto wazalwa ebusuku engenazindlu zisemgangathweni, endlaleni nasekungamkelweni, xa wayefanele ukuba azalwe njengoyena kumkani mkhulu kwezona zigodlo zintle? "
"Ngoba? Ukwenza ukuba siqonde ubukhulu bothando lwakhe ngemeko yethu yobuntu: ukuchukumisa ubunzulu bobuhlwempu bethu nothando lwakhe lwekhonkrithi. UNyana kaThixo wazalwa elahliwe, ukusixelela ukuba wonke umntu okhutshiweyo ungumntwana kaThixo, utshilo uPope Francis.
"Weza emhlabeni njengoko wonke umntwana esiza emhlabeni, ebuthathaka kwaye esesichengeni, ukuze sifunde ukwamkela ubuthathaka bethu ngothando."
Upopu wathi uThixo "ulubekile usindiso lwethu emkhombeni" kungoko engoyiki intlupheko, wongeza wathi: "UThixo uyathanda ukwenza imimangaliso ngentlupheko yethu".
“Dade othandekayo, mzalwana othandekayo, ungaze utyhafe. Ngaba ulingeka ukuba uzive ukuba yimpazamo? UThixo uthi kuwe: "Hayi, ungunyana wam". Ngaba uziva usilele okanye ungonelisekanga, uloyiko lokungaze ushiye itonela elimnyama lesilingo? UThixo uthi kuwe, 'Yomelela, ndinawe,' watsho.
Ingelosi yabhengeza kubalusi, yathi: 'Oku kuya kuba ngumqondiso kuni: umntwana ulele emkhumbini.' Olo phawu, uMntwana osemkhumbini, ukwangumqondiso kuthi, ukusikhokela ebomini, ”utshilo upopu.
Phantse abantu abayi-100 babekhona ngaphakathi kwi-Basilica yeMisa. Emva kokubhengezwa kokuzalwa kukaKristu ngesiLatin, uPopu Francis wachitha ixesha elithile ehlonipha umntwana onguKristu ekuqaleni kweMisa.
"U-Thixo weza phakathi kwethu endlaleni nasentswelo, ukuba asixelele ukuba ngokunceda abantu abahluphekileyo, sizakubabonisa uthando lwethu," utshilo.
Emva koko uPapa Francis wacaphula imbongi uEmily Dickinson, owabhala wathi: "Indawo yokuhlala kaThixo ikufutshane neyam, ifanitshala yakhe luthando".
Ekupheleni kwekhaya, uPopu wathandaza: "Yesu, unguMntwana ondenza umntwana. Uyandithanda njengoko ndinjalo, ndiyazi, hayi njengoko ndicinga ukuba ndinjalo. Ngokwanga kwakho, Nyana womkhombe, ndamkela ubomi bam kwakhona. Ngokukwamkela, Isonka sobomi, nam ndinqwenela ukunikela ngobomi bam.
“Wena, Msindisi wam, ndifundise ukukhonza. Wena ongandishiyanga ndedwa, ndincede ndithuthuzele abazalwana bakho, kuba, uyazi, ukusukela ngobu busuku, bonke bangabantakwethu noodadewethu ”.