IVeki eNgcwele: ukucamngca ngolwesiThathu oNgcwele
Umfana omncinci wamjongayo, egqume ngelinen entle emzimbeni wakhe. Bamthabatha ke, kodwa wayishiya ingubo yakhe, wabaleka ze. (Mk 14, 51-52)
Zingaphi izihloko ezimalunga nalo mntu ungabizwa ngagama, ozilungiselela ngokwakhe ukubanjwa kweNkosi! Wonke umntu unokwakha kwakhona, kunye nengcinga yakhe, izizathu ezamkhokelela ukuba alandele uYesu, ngelixa i-dicipoli imshiya esiya kuye.
Ndicinga ukuba ukuba uMark umenzela indawo kwiVangeli yakhe, akakwenzi oko kuphela ekuchazeni ingxelo. Ngapha koko, isiqendu siza emva kwamagama othusayo, afundwe ngazwi linye kwimilomo yabavangeli basemazweni abane: "Kwaye bonke bamshiya babaleka". Lo mfana, nangona kunjalo, uyaqhubeka nokumlandela. Ngaba unomdla, ubuchule, okanye inkalipho yokwenene? Kumphefumlo womntu oselula akukho lula ukulungisa indlela oziva ngayo. Kwelinye icala, uhlalutyo oluthile aluluzuzi ulwazi okanye isenzo. Kuyimbeko kuye, kwaye kuyasilawula, ukuba uyaqhubeka nokuqhubeka nokubanjwa, nokuba abafundi bayamshiya, kwaye nengxaki ajongene nayo ibonisa ubumbano kwabo bantu, ngokomthetho, abasenalo ilungelo lokumanyana. hayi. INkosi ayinakho nokumbulela ngokujonga, kuba ubusuku bugwinya izithunzi kwaye buphazamisa amanyathelo amanqanaba kwingxolo yezihlokondiba; kodwa intliziyo yakhe yobuThixo, eva uzinikelo olupheleleyo, inyikima kwaye iyonwabele le nto yokunganyaniseki. U-haste wamenza ukuba alibale ukunxiba. Wayeziphose ibharacano kuye, kwaye ngaphandle kokulula, wayehambe indlela, ngasemva kweNkosi. Abo bathandayo abakhathali malunga nokuhombisa, kwaye baqonde ukungxamiseka ngaphandle kwenkcazo eninzi okanye inkuthazo. Intliziyo imkhokelela kwisenzo kwaye ikhuphe, ngaphandle kokubuza ukuba ngaba ungenelelo luluncedo okanye alunangqondo. Kukho amabango asebenza ngokuzimeleyo nakuphi na ukuthathelwa ingqalelo kwezinto ezisetyenziswayo. Msweli-kuqonda, akuyi kumsindisa, khosi! Ngaphandle koko, umhle kangakanani, awunxibi nakanye! Ukuba abalandeli bakhe baxhotyisiwe! .... Le yinto eqhelekileyo yokuthetha, kwaye ungammangalela njani ukuba, umzuzwana kamva, umfana ongafundiswanga ushiya i-barracano ezandleni zoonogada, ngubani owayembambile, kwaye wabaleka ze? "Isibindi esihle!". Ulungile, ulungile kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo, abanye, abafundi, ukuze babaleke, zange balinde nokuba babanjwe. Yena, ubuncinci, wanika iintshaba zeNkosi imbonakalo ephazamisayo yokuba umntu uyamthanda kwaye uzimisele ukuzama into yokumsindisa. Yintoni ekufuneka ibaphazamise ngakumbi ukuba babephethe iphepha endaweni yomntu. Nokuba ihlaya linokuziphatha kwalo, njengentsomi. Kwaye oku kukuziphatha: ukuba xa umKristu engenanto ngaphandle kweshidi, engenakufikeleleka, ngelixa amaKristu azizityebi akufumanisa kunzima ukunganikezeli, kwaye aqhubeke elula amaxhoba kwezona zilumko, ezigcina zibeka esichengeni kuzo zonke iindawo. Lo mfana uhamba ze aze afike ebusuku. Akasindisanga isidima sakhe, kodwa wasindisa inkululeko yakhe, ukuzibophelela kwakhe kuKristu. Ngosuku olulandelayo, ezinyaweni zomnqamlezo kufutshane noMama, abafazi kunye nomfundi othandekayo, uya kuba ekho, iziqhamo zokuqala zala maKristu anesisa athi, kuyo yonke iminyaka, anike ubungqina obungagungqisiyo kuKristu nakwiCawe yakhe. (Primo Mazzolari)