Emiseni upapa uthandazela ubumbano, ukwethembeka ngezikhathi ezinzima
Ukwethembana nobumbano kungaba nzima ukukubekezelela ngezikhathi zokulingwa, uPapa Francis uthe, bathandazela uNkulunkulu ukuba anikeze amaKriya umusa wokuhlala ebumbekile futhi ethembekile.
"Kwangathi ubunzima balesi sikhathi bungasenza sithole ubudlelwano phakathi kwethu, ukufinyelela okuhlale kuphakeme kunanoma yikuphi ukwahlukana", uPapa wathandaza ngo-Ephreli 14 ekuqaleni kweMisa lakhe lasekuseni eDomus Sanctae Marthae.
Emndenini wakhe, upapa ubonakale ekufundweni kokuqala kosuku kusuka encwadini yeZenzo zabaPhostoli, lapho uSt.Peter eshumayela kubantu ngePentekoste ebamema ukuba "baphenduke futhi babhapathizwe".
Ukuguquka, kuchazwa upapa, kusho ukubuyela ekuthembekeni, okuwukuthi "isimo somuntu esingajwayelekile ezimpilweni zabantu, ezimpilweni zethu".
"Kuhlale kunemibono eheha abantu futhi izikhathi eziningi sifuna ukulandela le mibono," esho. Kodwa-ke, amaKristu kufanele anamathele ekuthembekeni "ngezikhathi ezinhle nezimbi".
Upapa ukhumbule ukufundwa okusencwadini yesiBili yeziKronike, ethi ngemuva kokuthi inkosi uRehobowamu isungulwe futhi umbuso wakwa-Israyeli uvikelekile, yena nabantu "bawushiya umthetho weNkosi."
Kukaningi, esho, ukuzizwa uvikelekile nokwenza amasu amakhulu ngekusasa kuyindlela yokukhohlwa uNkulunkulu bese ungena ekukhonzeni izithombe.
“Kunzima kakhulu ukugcina ukholo. Wonke umlando wakwa-Israyeli, ngakho-ke wonke umlando wesonto, ugcwele ukungathembeki, ”kusho upapa. "Ugcwele ubugovu, ugcwele iziqiniseko zakhe ezenza abantu bakaNkulunkulu bafulathele iNkosi balahlekelwe yilokho kuthembeka, umusa wokwethembeka".
UPapa Francis ukhuthaze amaKrestu ukuthi afunde esibonelweni sikaSanta Mary Magdalene, "ongazange akhohlwe konke iNkosi emenzele khona" futhi wahlala ethembekile "naphezu kokungenzeki, nasebusweni benhlekelele".
"Namuhla, sicela iNkosi umusa wokuthembeka, ukuyibonga lapho isisinikeza ukuphepha, kodwa singalokothi sicabange ukuthi bayiziqu" zami ", kusho upapa. Cela “umusa wokwethembeka ngisho nangaphambi kwethuna, lapho ubhekene nokuwa kwemibono eminingi