UPapa Francis kumsitho wentetho: funda kumonde kaSimeon noAna
Kumsitho weNtetho yeNkosi, uPopu uFrancis wabonisa uSimeon noAnna njengemizekelo "yomonde wentliziyo" onokuligcina liphila ithemba ngamaxesha anzima.
“USimeon noAnna balikhathaza ithemba elivakaliswa ngabaprofeti, nokuba liyacotha ukuzaliseka kwaye likhula lithule phakathi kokungathembeki kunye namabhodlo ehlabathi lethu. Khange bakhalaze ngendlela izinto ezingahambi kakuhle ngayo, kodwa ngomonde bafuna ukukhanya okuqaqamba ebumnyameni bembali, ”utshilo uPope Francis kwikhaya lakhe ngoFebruwari 2.
“Mawethu, makhe siqwalasele umonde kaThixo, sicenge umonde kaSimeon noAna. Ngale ndlela amehlo ethu ayakubona ukukhanya kosindiso kwaye akuluzise kwihlabathi liphela ”, utshilo uPopu kwi-Basilica yaseSt.
Upopu uFrancis wanikela ngoMthendeleko nge-2 kaFebruwari kumsitho woSuku lweHlabathi loBomi obungcwalisiweyo, obubhiyozelwe iminyaka engama-25 ibhiyozelwa minyaka le kumsitho weNtetho yeNkosi.
IMisa yomthendeleko weNtetho yeNkosi, ekwabizwa ngokuba yiCandlemas, yaqala ngokusikelelwa kwamakhandlela kunye nomngcelele kwi-Basilica yaseSt.
Isibingelelo sesihlalo sasikhanyiswe ngamakhandlela amaninzi, kwaye amadoda nabafazi abazinikeleyo ababekhona ebandleni babephethe amakhandlela amancinci.
Ngomnyhadala weCandlemas, amaKatolika ahlala ezisa amakhandlela ecaweni ukuze asikelelwe. Bangakhanyisa la makhandlela ekhaya ngexesha lomthandazo okanye ngamaxesha anzima njengophawu lukaYesu Krestu, ukukhanya kwehlabathi.
Kwincwadi yakhe yosapho, uPapa Francis wathi umonde awusilo "uphawu lobuthathaka, kodwa ngamandla omoya osivumelayo ukuba 'sithwale ubunzima' ... beengxaki zomntu nezasekuhlaleni, ukwamkela abanye njengabahlukileyo kuthi, zingisa ekulungeni xa konke kubonakala kulahlekile, kwaye uqhubeke uqhubele phambili nokuba usindwa kukukruquka kunye nokungakhathali “.
“Masiqwalasele umonde kaSimeone. Ubomi bakhe bonke walinda, esebenzisa umonde wentliziyo yakhe, ”utshilo.
"Emthandazweni wakhe, uSimeon wayefundile ukuba uThixo akazanga kwiziganeko ezingaqhelekanga, kodwa usebenza phakathi kwinto ebonakalayo yobomi bethu bemihla ngemihla, kwisingqi esivamileyo sokuzonwabisa semisebenzi yethu, kwizinto ezincinci ezithi, ukusebenza ngokuzimisela kunye Ukuthobeka, siphumelela kwimizamo yethu yokwenza intando yakhe. Ukunyamezela ngomonde, uSimeone akazange adinwe kukuhamba kwexesha. Ngoku wayesele eyindoda endala, kodwa idangatye lisatshisa kakhulu entliziyweni yakhe.
Upopu uthe kukho "imiceli mngeni yokwenene" kubomi bokuzinikezela obufuna "umonde kunye nesibindi sokuqhubeka nokuqhubela phambili ... kwaye siphendule kukhuthazo loMoya oyiNgcwele."
“Kwakukho ixesha apho sasabela kubizo lweNkosi kwaye ngentshiseko kunye nesisa samnika ubomi bethu. Endleleni, kunye nentuthuzelo, siye safumana ukuphoxeka kunye nokudana, ”utshilo.
“Kubomi bethu njengamadoda nabafazi abazinikeleyo, kunokwenzeka ukuba ithemba liyaphela ngokuthe ngcembe ngenxa yolindelo olungazalisekanga. Kufuneka sinyamezele iziqu zethu kwaye silinde ngethemba amaxesha kunye neendawo zikaThixo, kuba uhlala ethembekile kwizithembiso zakhe “.
Upopu wagxininisa ukuba ubomi boluntu bukwafuna "ukunyamezelana" xa ujongene nobuthathaka kunye neentsilelo zabazalwana noodade.
Uthe: "Hlalani nikhumbule ukuba iNkosi ayisibizi ukuba sizimase ... kodwa ukuba yinxalenye yekwayala enokuthi ngamanye amaxesha ilahle amanqaku okanye amabini, kodwa isoloko izama ukucula ngazwi linye."
Upopu uFrancis wathi umonde kaSimeon uvela emthandazweni nakwimbali yamaJuda, awayehlala eyibona iNkosi "njengoThixo onenceba nobubele, ozeka kade umsindo nogcwele uthando olungagungqiyo kunye nokuthembeka".
Wongeze wathi umonde kaSimeon ubonakalisa umonde kaThixo.
"Ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na, uMesiya, uYesu, lowo uSimeyon wamgona, usibonisa umonde kaThixo, uBawo onenceba oqhubeka nokusibiza, kude kube lixesha lethu lokugqibela," utshilo.
"UThixo, ongafunanga kugqibelela kodwa onomdla onyanisekileyo, ovula amathuba amatsha xa yonke into ibonakala ilahlekile, ofuna ukuvula ulwalamano ezintliziyweni zethu ezilukhuni, ovumela imbewu elungileyo ukuba ikhule ngaphandle kokuncothula ukhula."
“Esi sizathu sethemba lethu: ukuba uThixo akadinwa kukusilinda… Xa sijika, uye asikhangele; xa siwayo, iphakamisa iinyawo zethu; xa sibuyela kuye emva kokuphulukana nendlela yethu, usilindele ngezandla ezishushu. Uthando lwakhe alulinganiswa esikalini sokubalwa kwethu ngabantu, kodwa oko kusinika ngokungagungqiyo isibindi sokuqala ”, utshilo uPope Francis.