UPopu Francis ngomhla wabafileyo: Ithemba lamaKristu linika intsingiselo ebomini

Upopu uFrancis undwendwele amangcwaba kwisiXeko saseVictoria ukuyokuthandaza ngoMvulo wabafileyo kwaye wanikela ngesisa kubathembekileyo abathembekileyo.

"Ithemba alidanisi", uSt. Paul usixelela. Ithemba liyasitsala kwaye linike intsingiselo ebomini… ithemba sisipho esivela kuThixo esisitsalela ebomini, eluvuyweni olungunaphakade. Ithemba yi-ankile esinayo kwelinye icala, ”utshilo uPope Francis kwikhaya lakhe nge-2 kaNovemba.

UPopu wanikela ngoMthendeleko wemiphefumlo yabathembekileyo abathe bahamba kwiCawe yeNkosazana Yethu Yenceba eMangcwabeni aseTeutonic eSixeko saseVatican. Emva kwexesha wayeka ukuthandaza emangcwabeni ase Teutonic Cemetery emva koko wandwendwela i-crypt ye-St Peter's Basilica ukuba achithe umzuzwana ethandazela imiphefumlo yabo popu baswelekileyo bangcwatyelwe phaya.

Upopu uFrancis ubathandazela bonke abafileyo kwimithandazo yabathembekileyo eMisa, kubandakanya "abangenanto, abangathethiyo nabangenamagama, ukuba uThixo uBawo abamkele kuxolo lwanaphakade, apho kungasekho xhala okanye zintlungu."

Kwikhaya lakhe elingalindelwanga, upopu wathi: "Le yinjongo yethemba: ukuya kuYesu."

Ngomhla wabangasekhoyo kwaye kuyo yonke inyanga kaNovemba, iBandla lenza umzamo okhethekileyo wokukhumbula, ukuhlonipha nokuthandazela abafileyo. Zininzi izithethe zenkcubeko ngeli xesha, kodwa enye yezona zinto zihloniphekileyo kukuzihambela kwamangcwaba.

Amangcwaba amaTeuton, akhiwe kufutshane neSt.Peter's Basilica, yindawo yokungcwaba abantu baseJamani, baseAustria nabaseSwitzerland, kunye nabantu bezinye izizwe ezithetha isiJamani, ngakumbi amalungu eArchconfraternity of Our Lady.

Amangcwaba akhiwe kwindawo yembali yeCircus yeNero, apho amaKristu okuqala aseRoma, kubandakanya iSt.Peter, abulawelwa ukholo.

Upopu uFrancis wafefa amangcwaba amaTeutonic Cemetery ngamanzi angcwele, emisa ukuthandaza kwamanye amangcwaba, ehonjiswe ngeentyatyambo ezintsha kunye namakhandlela akhanyiselwe lo msitho.

Kunyaka ophelileyo, upopu wanikela ngoMthendeleko woSuku lwabafi kwiiNdawo zokungcwaba zikaPriscilla, awona mangcwaba abalulekileyo eCawa yaseRoma.

Kwi-2018, uPapa Francis wanikela ngobunzima emangcwabeni abantwana abaswelekileyo nabangakazalwa ebizwa ngokuba yi "Garden of the Angels", emangcwabeni aseLaurentino ngaphandle kweRoma.

Kwintsapho yakhe, uPapa Francis wathi kufuneka sicele eNkosini isipho sethemba lobuKristu.

“Namhlanje, xa sicinga ngabazalwana noodade abaninzi abaswelekileyo, kuyakusinceda ukuba sijonge amangcwaba… siphinde sithi: 'Ndiyazi ukuba uMhlawuleli wam uyaphila'. … La ngamandla asinika ithemba, isipho samahala. Yanga iNkosi ingasinika sonke, ”utshilo upopu.