UPapa uFrancis: umthandazo uvula umnyango wenkululeko ngoMoya oyiNgcwele
Inkululeko ifumaneka kuMoya oyiNgcwele onika amandla okufezekisa ukuthanda kukaThixo, utshilo uPapa uFrancis kwikhaya lakhe ngeMisa yangoMvulo.
"Umthandazo yiyo evula umnyango kuMoya oyiNgcwele kwaye usinike le nkululeko, obu bungqina, le nkalipho yoMoya oyiNgcwele," utshilo uPapa Francis kwikhaya lakhe ngomhla wamashumi amabini e-Epreli.
"Yanga iNkosi ingasinceda ukuba sihlale sivulekile kuMoya oyiNgcwele kuba uyakusisa phambili ebomini bethu bokukhonza iNkosi," utshilo upopu.
Ethetha ephuma kwigumbi awayehlala kulo eVictoria City, u-Casa Santa Marta, uPopu uFrancis wachaza ukuba amaKristu okuqala akhokelwa nguMoya oyiNgcwele, owabanika amandla okuthandaza ngesibindi nangesibindi.
“Ukuba ngumKristu akuthethi nje ukuzalisekisa iMiyalelo. Kufuneka zenziwe, ziyinyani, kodwa ukuba uyema apho, awunguye umKristu olungileyo. Ukuba ngumkristu olungileyo kukuvumela uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuba ungene kuwe kwaye akuthathe, akuhambise apho ufuna khona, ”utshilo uPopu uFrancis ngokwesiphatho seVictoria News.
Upopu walatha kwingxelo yeVangeli yokuhlangana kukaNikodemo, umFarisi noYesu apho umFarisi abuza khona: "Angazalwa njani na umntu omkhulu?"
Ukuphendula kukaYesu kwisahluko sesithathu seVangeli kaYohane esithi: “Umelwe kukuzalwa ngokutsha. Umoya uphephezela apho uthanda khona, uze usive isandi sawo, kodwa ungawazi apho uvela khona, nalapho usinga khona; kunjalo kubo bonke abo bazelwe nguMoya ”.
UPapa Francis uthe: “Ingcaciso kaMoya oyiNgcwele ayinikwa nguYesu apha inika umdla… ayinqandwanga. Umntu oqhutywa ngamacala omabini nguMoya oyiNgcwele: nantsi inkululeko kaMoya. Kwaye umntu oyenzayo uyathobela, kwaye apha sithetha ngokuthambeka kuMoya oyiNgcwele ”.
"Kubomi bethu bobuKristu amaxesha amaninzi siyema njengoNikodemo… asazi ukuba sithatha manyathelo mani, asazi ukuba singawenza njani okanye asinalo ukholo kuThixo lokuthatha eli nyathelo kwaye singenise uMoya," utshilo. "Ukuzalwa ngokutsha kukuvumela uMoya ungene kuthi".
"Ngale nkululeko kaMoya oyiNgcwele awusoze wazi ukuba uza kuphelela phi," watsho uFrancis.
Ekuqaleni kobunzima bakhe bentsasa, uPapa Francis wathandazela amadoda nabasetyhini abanobizo lwezopolitiko ekufuneka benze izigqibo ngexesha lobhubhane we-coronavirus. Uthandaze ukuba amaqela ezopolitiko kumazwe ahlukeneyo "afune kunye ukulungelwa kwelizwe hayi ukulungelwa kombutho wabo".
"Ipolitiki yindlela ephezulu yokupha," utshilo uPapa Francis.