UPopu Francis: ubhaptizo linyathelo lokuqala kwindlela yokuthobeka
Ngokucela ukubhaptizwa, u Yesu wenza umzekelo wobizo lobuKristu lokulandela indlela yokuthobeka kunye nokuthozama kunokuba uhambe ujikeleze ube ngumbono, utshilo uPopu Francis.
Ethetha nabahambi ngezonqulo eSt.Peter's Square nge-12 kaJanuwari, umthendeleko weBhaptizo leNkosi, upopu uqinisekisile ukuba isenzo sikaKristu esithobekileyo sibonisa "isimo sengqondo sokulula, imbeko, ukumodareyitha kunye nokuzimela okufunekayo kubafundi beNkosi namhlanje."
“Bangaphi - kubuhlungu ukusitsho - ngabafundi beNkosi beqhayisa ngokuba bangabafundi beNkosi. Umntu oqhayisayo akangomfundi olungileyo. Umfundi olungileyo uthobekile, ululamile, wenza okuhle ngaphandle kokushiya okanye ukuzibona, ”utshilo uFrancis ngethuba lentetho yakhe yasemini malunga no-Angelus.
Upopu waqala usuku ngokubhiyozela uMthendeleko kunye nokubhaptiza abantwana abangama-32 - amakhwenkwe ali-17 kunye namantombazana ali-15 - kwiSistine Chapel. Kwikhaya lakhe elifutshane ngaphambi kokuba abhaptize abantwana, upopu uxelele abazali ukuba umthendeleko bubutyebi obunika abantwana "amandla oMoya".
Yiyo loo nto kubalulekile ukuba ubhaptize abantwana ukuze bakhule ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, utshilo.
“Lo ngumyalezo endingathanda ukukunika wona namhlanje. Namhlanje uzise abantwana bakho apha ukuze babe noMoya oyiNgcwele phakathi kwabo. Khathalela ukukhula ngokukhanya, ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele, ngekatekisisi, ubancede, ubafundise, ngemizekelo oya kubanika yona ekhaya “, utshilo.
Njengokuba ingxolo yabantwana abanyanzelayo igcwele indlu yenkonzo entsha, upopu waphinda iingcebiso zakhe eziqhelekileyo koomama babantwana, ebakhuthaza ukuba babeke abantwana babo bakhululeke kwaye bangakhathazeki xa beqala ukukhala ecaweni.
Musa ukuba nomsindo; Bayekeni abantwana balile kwaye bakhwaze. Kodwa, ukuba umntwana wakho uyakhala kwaye uyalila, mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba eziva eshushu kakhulu, ”utshilo. “Thatha into, okanye ukuba balambile, ubanyise; apha, ewe, uhlala useluxolweni. "
Emva kwexesha, ngaphambi kokuthandaza u-Angelus kunye nabahambi, uFrancis wathi umthendeleko wobhaptizo lweNkosi "usikhumbuza ngobhaptizo lwethu", kwaye wacela abahambi ukuba bafumane umhla ababhaptizwa ngawo.
“Bhiyozela umhla wokubhaptizwa kwakho minyaka le entliziyweni yakho. Vele uyenze. Ikwangumsebenzi wobulungisa eNkosini osenzele okuhle, ”utshilo upopu.