UPapa uFrancis: singamkholisa njani uThixo?

Singamkholisa njani ke uThixo? Xa ufuna ukukholisa umntu omthandayo, umzekelo ngokubanika isipho, kufuneka uqale wazi izinto abazithandayo, ukunqande ukuba eso sipho sixhamle kakhulu ngabo basenzayo kunabo basamkelayo. Xa sifuna ukunikela okuthile kwiNkosi, sifumana izinto azithandayo kwiVangeli. Kwangoko emva kwendinyana esayimamela namhlanje, uthi: "Yonke into oyenzileyo komnye waba bakhulu abancinci bam, uyenzile kum" (Mt 25,40). Aba bazalwana bancinci, bayathandwa nguye, ngaba balambile kwaye bayagula, abasemzini nababanjiweyo, amahlwempu nabalahliweyo, ukubandezeleka ngaphandle koncedo kunye nabasweleyo balahliwe. Kubuso babo singabunqamla ubuso bakhe babumbekile; kwimilebe yabo, nokuba ivaliwe yintlungu, amazwi akhe: "Lo ngumzimba wam" (Mt 26,26). Kumahlwempu Yesu unkqonkqoza iintliziyo zethu kwaye, enxaniwe, ucela uthando. Xa sohlula ukungakhathalelwa kwaye egameni likaYesu sichitha thina sibancinci, singabahlobo bakhe abalungileyo nabathembekileyo, abathandayo ukuzijabulisa. U-Thixo umxabisa kakhulu, uyasixabisa isimo sengqondo esasimamela kuFundwe wokuqala, lowo "womfazi owomeleleyo" othi "evule izandla zakhe ukuba abe noswelekileyo, esolula isandla sakhe kumahlwempu" (Pr 31,10.20). Le inqaba yokwenyani: ayingqiniswanga amanqindi kunye neengalo ezisongelweyo, kodwa ekhutheleyo kwaye eyolulekileyo izandla zawo ahluphekileyo, isiya kwinyama yeNkosi eyenzakeleyo.

Apho, kumahlwempu, ubukho bukaYesu butyhileka, owazenza ihlwempu njengendoda esisityebi (cf. 2 Kor 8,9: XNUMX). Yiyo loo nto kubo, kubuthathaka babo, kukho "amandla okusindisa". Kwaye ukuba emehlweni ehlabathi angenaxabiso elincinci, ngabo abavula indlela eya ezulwini, "yipasipoti yethu eya kwiparadesi". Kithina uxanduva lwevangeli ukubakhathalela, abobutyebi bethu bokwenyani, kwaye ukwenza oko kungekuphela ngokubanika isonka, kodwa nangokwaphula isonka seLizwi, abangabamkeli bemvelo ngokwenyani. Ukuthanda amahlwempu kuthetha ukuba ulwa nayo yonke intlupheko, ngokomoya nangokwenyama.

Kwaye kuya kusenzela okuhle: ukudibanisa abahlwempuzekileyo kunathi kuyakuchukumisa ubomi bethu. Iya kusikhumbuza eyona nto ibalulekileyo: thanda uThixo nommelwane. Kuphela oku kuhleli ngonaphakade, yonke enye into iyadlula; ke ngoko into esiyityala eluthandweni ihleli, enye ishiyekile. Namhlanje sinokuzibuza: "Yintoni ebalulekileyo kum ebomini, ndityala phi?" Ngaba kubutyebi obudlulayo, elingeloneliswa lihlabathi, okanye kubutyebi bukaThixo, obunika ubomi obungunaphakade? Olu khetho luphambi kwethu: kukuphila ukuze ube nokuphila emhlabeni okanye ukupha ukuze uzuze ezulwini. Kuba oko kunikiweyo akunakulunga izulu, koko kunikiweyo, kwaye "lowo uziqokelelayolela ubuncwane, akasisityebi noThixo" (Lv 12,21: XNUMX). Sijonge izinto ezintle kakhulu kuthi, kodwa zilungele abanye, kwaye asiyi kuphoswa yinto exabisekileyo. INkosi inemfesane ngentlupheko yethu kwaye isambesa ngeetalente zayo, isinike ubulumko bokufuna ezonto zibalulekileyo kunye nesibindi sokuthanda, kungengamazwi kodwa ngezenzo.

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