UPapa Francis: cela uThixo ngesipho sokuguqula kwiAdvent

Kufuneka sicele kuThixo isipho sokuguqula le Advent, uPapa Francis wathi kwintetho yakhe e-Angelus ngeCawa.

Ethetha efestileni ejonge iSt.Peter's Square emanzi yimvula ngoDisemba 6, upopu uchaze iAdvent "njengohambo lwenguquko".

Kodwa waqonda ukuba uguquko lwenene lunzima kwaye sihendelwa ukukholelwa ekubeni akunakwenzeka ukuba sishiye izono zethu ngasemva.

Uthe: “Yintoni esinokuyenza kwezi meko, xa umntu efuna ukuya kodwa evakalelwa kukuba akanakukwazi ukuyenza? Okokuqala masikhumbule ukuba uguquko lubabalo: akukho namnye unokuguqula ngamandla akhe “.

"Lubabalo iNkosi ekunika lona, ​​kwaye ke kufuneka silucele kuThixo. Cela uThixo ukuba asiguqulele kwinqanaba lokuba sizivulele ubuhle, ukulunga, ukuthantamisa kukaThixo".

Kwintetho yakhe, upopu wacamngca ngokufundwa kweVangeli yangeCawa, uMarko 1: 1-8, ochaza uthumo lukaYohane uMbhaptizi entlango.

“Utyhila kubantu bexesha lakhe indlela yokholo efana nale iAdvent icebisa kuthi: ukuba silungiselela ukwamkela iNkosi ngeKrisimesi. Olu hambo lokholo luhambo lwenguquko ”, utshilo.

Ucacise ukuba ngokwebhayibhile, ukuguqula kuthetha ukutshintsha kwesikhokelo.

"Kwindlela yokuziphatha nokuziphatha ngokomoya ukuguqula kuthetha ukuziguqula usuke kokubi uye kokulungileyo, ukusuka esonweni uye kuthando lukaThixo. Yile nto wayeyifundiswa ngumBhaptizi, owathi entlango yelakwaJuda 'washumayela ubhaptizo lwenguquko ukuze kuxolelwe izono" utshilo. .

“Ukufumana ubhaptizo yayingumqondiso wangaphandle kwaye obonakalayo wokuguquka kwabo babephulaphule intshumayelo yakhe bagqiba kwelokuba benze isohlwayo. Olo bhaptizo lwenzeka ngokuntywiliselwa eJordani, emanzini, kodwa kwaba lilize; ibingumqondiso nje kwaye ayinamsebenzi ukuba bekungekho mnqweno wokuguquka nokutshintsha ubomi bukabani “.

Upopu ucacisile ukuba uguquko lokwenyani luphawulwa, okokuqala, ngokuzikhulula esonweni nasekuthandeni ihlabathi. Uthe uYohane uMbhaptizi wayekuqulathe konke oku ebomini bakhe "obunzima" entlango.

Ukuguquka kuthetha ukubandezeleka ngenxa yezono ozenzileyo, umnqweno wokuzisusa, injongo yokuzikhupha kubomi bakho ngonaphakade. Ukusikhuphela ngaphandle isono kuyimfuneko ukwala yonke into enxulumene naso, izinto ezinxulumene nesono, oko kukuthi, kuyimfuneko ukuyala imeko yeli hlabathi, ukuxabiseka okugqithileyo kobuntofontofo, ukuxabiseka okugqithileyo kolonwabo, impilo-ntle, ubutyebi , "Uthe.

Uphawu lwesibini olwahlukileyo lokuguqula, utshilo upopu, kukufuna uThixo noBukumkani bakhe. Ukuzibandakanya nokuzola kunye nokuthanda umhlaba ayisosiphelo kukodwa, ucacisile, "kodwa ijolise ekufumaneni into enkulu, oko kukuthi, uBukumkani bukaThixo, ubudlelwane noThixo, ubuhlobo noThixo".

Uye wathi kunzima ukuqhawula amakhonkco esono. Ucacisile "ukungahambelani, ukudimazeka, ububi, imeko ezingenampilo" kunye "nemizekelo emibi" njengemiqobo kwinkululeko yethu.

Ngamanye amaxesha umnqweno esiwuva ngeNkosi ubuthathaka kakhulu kwaye kubonakala ngathi uThixo uthule; Izithembiso zakhe zentuthuzelo zibonakala zikude kwaye zingeyonyani kuthi ”, wajonga.

Uqhubeke wathi: “Kwaye kuyalingana ukutsho ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuguqula ngokwenene. Kukangaphi siziva sityhafile! 'Hayi, andinakuyenza loo nto. Ndiqale kancinci emva koko ndibuyele umva. Kwaye oku kubi. Kodwa kunokwenzeka. Inokwenzeka. "

Uqukumbele ngelithi: "UMariya Oyingcwele, esizokumbhiyozela ngengomso njengo-Msulwa, sincede ukuba sizihlukanise ngakumbi nangakumbi nesono kunye nehlabathi, sizivulele kuThixo, kwiLizwi lakhe, kuthando lwakhe olubuyisayo nolusindisayo".

Emva kokucengceleza u-Angelus, upopu wancoma abahambi ngezonqulo ngokuzibandakanya naye eSt.Peter's Square ngaphandle kwemvula.

"Njengokuba ubona, umthi weKrisimesi umisiwe kwibala kwaye indawo yokumiliselwa iyamiselwa," utshilo, ebhekisa kumthi onikelwe iVatican sisixeko saseKočevje kumazantsi mpuma eSlovenia. Umthi, phantse i-92 yeenyawo ubude be-spruce, uya kukhanyiswa ngo-Disemba 11.

UPopu wathi: “Kule mihla, le miqondiso mibini yeKrisimesi iyalungiswa nakumakhaya amaninzi, ukuze abantwana bonwabe… nabantu abadala! Yimiqondiso yethemba, ingakumbi kulo mzuzu unzima “.

Wongeze wathi: "Masingapheleli kumqondiso, kodwa masiqonde, oko kukuthi, kuYesu, kuthando lukaThixo olutyhilileyo kuthi, ukuze siye kulunga olungapheliyo athe walukhanyisa ehlabathini. "

“Akukho bhubhane, akukho ngxaki, enokuthi icime oku kukhanya. Masingene ezintliziyweni zethu kwaye sinike isandla kwabo bakudinga kakhulu. Ngale ndlela uThixo uza kuzalwa ngokutsha ngaphakathi kwethu naphakathi kwethu ".