U-Thomas oNgcwele umpostile, Oyena mhla we-3 kaJulayi

(Inkulungwane yokuqala-1 kuDisemba 21)

Ibali likaSt. Thomas the Apostle

Uhlwempu uTomas! Wenza intetho kwaye wabizwa ngegama elithi "Ukuthandabuza uThomas" ukusukela ngoko. Kodwa ukuba uyathandabuza, wakholwa naye. Wenza eyona nto ibalulekileyo yokholo kwiTestamente eNtsha: "Nkosi yam, Thixo wam!" kwaye, evakalisa ukholo lwakhe, wanika amaKristu umthandazo oya kuthi wenziwe kude kube sekupheleni kwexesha. Waphinda wamncoma uYesu esiya kuwo onke amaKrestu kamva: “Wakholwa ngenxa yokuba wandibona? Banoyolo abo bangabonanga, bakholwa ”(Yohane 20:29).

UTomas kufuneka adume ngokulinganayo ngenkalipho yakhe. Mhlawumbi into ayithethileyo ibingxamisekile - kuba ebalekile, njengabanye, kwidabi - kodwa ngekhe anyaniseke xa evakalisa ukuthanda kwakhe ukufa noYesu.Bethany emva kokubhubha kukaLazaro. Ekubeni iBhethani yayikufuphi neYerusalem, oku kwakuthetha ukuhamba phakathi kweentshaba zayo yaye phantse ukufa. Ekuqonde oku, uTomas wathi kwabanye abapostile: "Masihambe nathi, sife naye" (Yohane 11: 16b)

Ukucingisisa
UTomas wabelana ngesiphelo sikaPeter, uJames noJohn, "oonyana beendudumo", uFilipu kunye nesicelo sakhe sokuphambuka sokubona uBawo, ngenene bonke abapostile kubuthathaka babo kunye nokuswela ukuqonda. Akufuneki sizibaxe ngezi zinto, kuba uKrestu akazange akhethe amadoda ngaphandle kwexabiso. Kodwa ke ubuthathaka babo njengabantu buphinda buyigxininise into yokuba ubungcwele sisipho esivela kuThixo, hayi isidalwa esingumntu; inikwa amadoda nabafazi abaqhelekileyo kubuthathaka; NguThixo oguqula ngokuthe ngcembe ubuthathaka abe ngumfanekiso kaKristu, onesibindi, othembekileyo nothando.