I-Mass eNgcwele kunye nemiphefumlo yePurgatory

«Ingcwele, iqinisekisa iBhunga laseTrent, elungiselelwe abaphilayo nelabafi; Imiphefumlo esePurattery ingazinceda ngokwabo ubunzima bento yokuphila kwaye nangakumbi ngedini elingcwele leMisa ”. ERoma, ngexesha lokubhiyozelwa kweMisa eNgcwele, kwiCawa ka-S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane, u-S. Bernardo wabona izitebhisi ezide kakhulu ezazinyukela ezulwini. IiNgelosi ezininzi zenyuka zazehla ngayo, zivela ePurgatory zisiya eParadesi imiphefumlo ekhululwe ngeDini likaYesu, ivuselelwa ngababingeleli kwiibingelelo zomhlaba wonke. I-Mass eNgcwele yinto eyiDini likaYesu kwaye ke inexabiso elingapheliyo. UYesu wabethelelwa lixhoba lokwenyani "lezono zethu" (1 Yohane 2,2: 26,28); kwaye iGazi lakhe liyaphalazwa "ukuze kuxolelwe izono" (Mt XNUMX: XNUMX). Yintoni ebambe iMiphefumlo ePurattery, ukuba ayizizo izono ezenziwa ebomini? Amaxesha amathathu, ngaphambi komthendeleko, uMbingeleli kunye nabathembekileyo bayaphindaphinda ukuthandaza: IMvana kaThixo, esusa izono zehlabathi, yiba nenceba kuthi! Sisoloko siphinda lo mthandazo sinqwenela ukukhulula imiphefumlo yethu kunye nabo babandezeleka kumlilo wokucoca esonweni. I-Holy Curé d'Ars, kwi "Catechisms" yayo, yathetha nge-Mass eNgcwele: "Yonke imisebenzi elungileyo eqokelelene ndawonye ayilingani ne-Ngcwele ye-Mass, kuba ngumsebenzi wabantu, ngelixa i-Mass eNgcwele Umsebenzi kaThixo .. Nokuba ukubulawa kwabantu ukholo yinto engeyiyo ngokuthelekiswa, kuba kukuzincama okwenziwa ngumntu ngobomi bakhe kuThixo: IMisa, kwelinye icala, lidini awalenzayo umntu kumzimba woMzimba wakhe kunye neGazi lakhe. «Umbingeleli ongcwele uthandazele umhlobo wakhe. U-Thixo wayekwazisile ukuba use-Purgatory. Wayecinga ukuba akukho nto ibhetele anokuyenza ngaphandle kokunikela ngeCawa ye-Mass. Ngexesha lokuzinikezela, wathabatha umninimzi ezandleni wathi: Ngcwele kwaye nguNaphakade uBawo, masenze utshintsho: Ubambe umphefumlo womhlobo wam ePurgatory kwaye ndibambe uMzimba woonyana bakho ezandleni zam: Simahla mhlobo wam kwaye ndikunika unyana wakho ngayo yonke iminqweno yakhe yokufa nokufa. «Ngomzuzu wokuphakama komamkeli, wabona umphefumlo womhlobo wakhe, wonke ukhanye bubuqaqawuli, obuye benyuka benyuka ezulwini». Ukuthatha inxaxheba kwi-Mass eNgcwele ngendlela esebenzayo kuthi nakwimiphefumlo ese-Purgatory, kunyanzelekile ukuba samkele uMthendeleko: "Ewe nina boMkristu kunye nemiphefumlo ezinikeleyo, uyakhwaza uSt. Bonaventure, nifuna ukunika ubungqina bokwenyani boNyuko lwakho ? Ngaba uyafuna ukubathumela uncedo olusebenzayo kunye nesitshixo sezulu ngokwalo? Rhoqo yenza umthendeleko oNgcwele kubo! ».