UPapa Francis: 'Ukufika lixesha lokukhumbula ukusondela kukaThixo'
NgeCawa yokuqala ye-Advent, uPapa Francis wacebisa umthandazo wesiko lokumema uThixo ukuba asondele kulo nyaka mtsha wenkonzo.
"Ukufika lixesha lokukhumbula ukusondela kukaThixo oweza kuhlala phakathi kwethu," utshilo uPopu uFrancis kwi-Basilica yaseSt.
"Senza umthandazo wethu wesiko lokufika: 'Yiza, Nkosi Yesu'. ... Singayithetha ekuqaleni kosuku ngalunye kwaye siyiphinde rhoqo, phambi kweentlanganiso zethu, izifundo zethu kunye nomsebenzi wethu, ngaphambi kokwenza izigqibo, kuwo wonke umzuzu obalulekileyo okanye onzima wobomi bethu: 'Yiza, Nkosi Yesu' ", utshilo utata kwikhaya lakhe.
Upopu uFrancis wagxininisa ukuba i-Advent isisihlandlo "sokusondela kuThixo kunye nokubukela kwethu".
"Kubalulekile ukuhlala uphaphile, kuba eyona mpazamo inkulu ebomini kukuzivumela uxakeke zizinto eziliwaka ungamqapheli uThixo. UAugustine oNgcwele wathi:" Timeo Iesum transeuntem "(Ndiyoyika ukuba uYesu uzakundidlula ndingabonwanga). Ukutsalwa yiminqweno yethu ... kwaye siphazanyiswe zizinto ezininzi ezililize, sizibeka emngciphekweni wokuphulukana nokubona izinto ezibalulekileyo. Yiyo loo nto namhlanje iNkosi iphinda ithi: 'Kubo bonke endithi kubo: Lumka' ”, utshilo.
“Kufuneka ulumke, nangona kunjalo, kuthetha ukuba kusebusuku ngoku. Ewe, asihlali emini, kodwa silinde ukusa, phakathi kobumnyama nokudinwa. Ukukhanya kwemini kuya kuza xa sikunye neNkosi. Masingapheli amandla: ukukhanya kwemini kuyakufika, izithunzi zobusuku ziya kususwa kwaye iNkosi, eyasifelayo emnqamlezweni, iya kuvuka ibe ngumgwebi wethu. Ukuphaphela ukulindela ukuza kwakhe kuthetha ukungazivumeli ukuba woyiswe kukudimazeka. Kuhlala ethembeni. "
Ngentsasa yangeCawa upopu ubhiyozele ubunzima nge-11 kwiikhadinali ezintsha ezenziwe kwindawo yoluntu ngokubanzi kule mpelaveki.
Kwikhaya lakhe, ulumkise ngobungozi bokuhamba phakathi, ukuba dikidiki kunye nokungakhathali kubomi bobuKristu.
“Ngaphandle kokuzama ukuthanda uThixo yonke imihla kwaye silinde izinto ezintsha azizisayo, siba phakathi, sibe dikidiki, sibe ngabantu behlabathi. Kwaye oku kuyalucekisa ukholo lwethu, kuba ukholo luchasene ngqo nokungena phakathi kwabantu: ngumnqweno otshisayo kaThixo, inzame yokutshintsha, inkalipho yokuthanda, inkqubela phambili, utshilo.
“Ukholo ayingawo amanzi acima amadangatye, ngumlilo ovuthayo; ayisiyo ukuthula kubantu abaphantsi koxinzelelo, libali lothando kubathandi. Kungenxa yesi sizathu le nto uYesu ekuthiyile ukudikidiki “.
UPopu uFrancis wathi umthandazo kunye nothando luchasene nokuhamba kunye nokungakhathali.
“Umthandazo usivusa kubudikidiki bobukho obuthe tye kwaye usenze sijonge phezulu kwezona zinto ziphakamileyo; yenza ukuba sihambisane neNkosi. Umthandazo uvumela uThixo ukuba asondele kuthi; iyasikhulula kubulolo kwaye isinike nethemba, ”utshilo.
"Umthandazo ubalulekile ebomini: njengokuba singenakuphila ngaphandle kokuphefumla, ngokunjalo asinakuba ngamaKristu ngaphandle kokuthandaza".
Upopu ucaphule umthandazo wokuvula ngeCawa yokuqala ye-Advent: "Siphe [thina] ... isigqibo sokubaleka sihlangabeze uKrestu ngezenzo ezifanelekileyo ekufikeni kwakhe."
Isibhengezo
"Uyeza uYesu, kwaye indlela yokumhlangabeza iphawulwe ngokucacileyo: iyadlula kwimisebenzi yesisa," utshilo.
"Isisa yintliziyo ebethayo yomkristu: kanye njengokuba umntu engenakuphila ngaphandle kokubetha kwentliziyo, ke akanakuba ngumkristu ngaphandle kwesisa".
Emva kweMisa, uPopu Francis wacengceleza u-Angelus ngefestile yeVatican Apostolic Palace kunye nabahambi ngezonqulo ababehlanganisene eSt.
“Namhlanje, yiCawa yokuqala yeAdvente, unyaka omtsha wenkonzo. Kuyo, iCawa iphawula ukuhamba kwexesha kunye nokubhiyozela iziganeko eziphambili kubomi bukaYesu kunye nembali yosindiso. Ngokwenza oko, njengoMama, ukhanyisa indlela yobukho bethu, asixhase kwimisebenzi yethu yemihla ngemihla kwaye asikhokelele kwintlanganiso yokugqibela noKristu, utshilo.
UPopu wamema wonke umntu ukuba aphile ngeli xesha lethemba kunye nokulungiselela "ngobungcathu obukhulu" kunye namaxesha alula omthandazo wosapho.
“Imeko esijamelana nayo, ephawulwe ngubhubhane, ibangela inkxalabo, uloyiko nokuphelelwa lithemba kwabaninzi; kukho umngcipheko wokuwela kukuphelelwa lithemba ... Ungasabela njani kuyo yonke le nto? Indumiso yanamhlanje iyasicebisa: 'Umphefumlo wethu ulindele eNkosini: Uluncedo lwethu nengweletshetshe yethu. Kukuye iintliziyo zethu zivuya, 'utshilo.
"I-Advent yifowuni engapheliyo ethembeni: isikhumbuza ukuba uThixo ukhona kwimbali ukuyikhokelela esiphelweni sayo, ukuyikhokelela kwinzaliseko yayo, eyiNkosi, iNkosi uYesu Krestu", utshilo uPope Francis.
“Wanga uMariya Oyingcwele, umfazi olindileyo, angakhapha amanyathelo ethu ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka mtsha wenkonzo kwaye asincede sifeze umsebenzi wabafundi bakaYesu, oboniswe ngumpostile uPeter. Uyintoni lo msebenzi? Ukuphendula ngethemba elikithi "