Guardian Angels: abakwenzayo nendlela abakuqondisa ngayo

Siyazi ukuthi kunezingelosi ezivikela iZizwe, njengoba oFata abaNgcwele abaningi bafundisa ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesine, njenge-pseudo Dionysius, i-Origen, i-Saint Basil, iSt. John Chrysostom, njll. USt Clement wase-Alexandria uthi "umthetho waphezulu wasabalalisa izingelosi ezizweni" (Stromata VII, 8). KuDaniel 10, 1321, sikhuluma ngezingelosi ezivikelayo zamaGrikhi namaPheresiya. USt. Paul ukhuluma ngengelosi evikelayo yaseMakedoniya (Izenzo 16, 9). ISt. Michael bekulokhu kubhekwa njengomvikeli wabantu bakwa-Israyeli (Dn 10, 21).

Ezinhlelweni zikaFatima ingelosi yasePortugal ibonakaliswa kathathu ngonyaka we-1916 ithi ezinganeni ezintathu: "Ngiyingelosi yokuthula, ingelosi yasePortugal". Ukuzinikela kwengelozi elingumlondolozi elingcwele loMbuso WaseSpain kwasakazeka kuzo zonke izingxenye zePeninsula ngumpristi odumile waseSpain uManuel Domingo y Sol.Waphrinta izinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zamakhadi okubika ngesithombe sakhe nomthandazo wengelosi, wasakaza i-novena futhi wasungula izingxoxo eziningana zeNational Association of the Holy Angel yaseSpain. Lesi sibonelo siyasebenza nakuwo wonke amanye amazwe emhlabeni.

Ngomhlaka 30 kuJulayi 1986, uPapa John Paul II wathi: "Kungashiwo ukuthi imisebenzi yezingelosi, njengamanxusa kaNkulunkulu ophilayo, ayigcini ngokuthola wonke umuntu futhi nalabo abanezabelo ezithile, kodwa futhi nakwizizwe zonke".

Kukhona nezingelosi ezigadayo zamasonto. Ku-Apocalypse, kukhulunywa ngezingelosi zamasonto ayisikhombisa ase-Asia (IsAm. 1:20). Osanta abaningi bakhuluma nathi, ngokwazi kwabo, ngale ndaba enhle, futhi bathi izingelosi ezigada amaBandla ziyanyamalala lapho lapho zibhujiswa. U-Origen uthi i-diocese ngayinye igadiwe ngababhishobhi ababili: enye ebonakalayo, enye engabonakali, indoda nengelozi. USt John Chrysostom, ngaphambi kokudingiswa, waya esontweni lakhe ukuyothatha ingelosi yebandla lakhe. USt. Francis de Sales wabhala encwadini yakhe ethi "Philothea": "Bajwayelana nezingelosi; bathande futhi bahlonze ingelosi yesifunda-bhishobhi lapho itholakala khona ». Umbhishobhi omkhulu Ratti, uPapa Pius XI wesikhathi esizayo, lapho ngo-1921 eqokwa ukuba ngumbhishobhi omkhulu waseMilan, wafika kuleli dolobha, waguqa, wagxuma emhlabeni futhi wazitusa kungelosi eyayimgada. Ubaba uPedro Fabro, umJesuit, umlingani weSt Ignatius waseLoyola, uthi: "Lapho ngibuya ngivela eJalimane, ngenkathi ngidlula emizini eminingi yabaphikisi, ngathola induduzo enkulu ngokubingelela izingelosi ezigadayo ezifundeni engihambele kuzo". Empilweni kaSanta John the Baptist Vianney kuthiwa ngesikhathi bemthumelela umfundisi e-Ars, ecwilisa isonto kude, waguqa ngamadolo wancoma ingelosi yephherishi lakhe elisha.

Ngendlela efanayo, kunezingelosi ezimiselwe ukugcinwa kwezifundazwe, izifunda, amadolobha nemiphakathi. Ubaba odumile waseFrance uLamy ukhuluma kabanzi ngengelosi evikelayo yawo wonke amazwe, sonke isifundazwe, wonke amadolobha nayo yonke imindeni. Abanye osanta bathi wonke umndeni nayo yonke imiphakathi yezenkolo inengelosi ekhethekile.

Wake wakucabanga ngokufaka ingelosi yomndeni wakho? kanye nomphakathi wakho osontayo? naleyo yesifunda sakho, noma idolobha, noma izwe lakho? Ngaphezu kwalokho, ungakhohlwa ukuthi kuwo wonke amatabernakele lapho uJesu ebekwa khona isakramente, kunezigidi zezingelosi ezikhonza uNkulunkulu wazo.U-Saint John Chrysostom wabona kaningi isonto ligcwele izingelosi, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi kugubha iMisa eNgcwele. Ngesikhathi sokugcotshwa, amabutho amakhulu ezingelosi eza ukuzogada uJesu ekhona e-altare, kuthi ngesikhathi seNhlanganyelo ajikele umpristi noma ongqongqoshe abasabalalisa i-Ekaristi. Umbhali wasendulo wase-Armenia, uGiovanni Mandakuni, wabhala kwenye yezintshumayelo zakhe: «Anazi ukuthi ngesikhathi sokugcotshwa kwesibhakabhaka siyavuleka futhi noKristu wehla, futhi amabutho asezulwini ajikeleza i-altare lapho kugujwa khona iMass nokuthi konke kugcwele UMoya Ongcwele? " U-Angela da Foligno ubusisiwe wabhala: "INdodana kaNkulunkulu isesaltare elizungezwe inqwaba yezingelosi".

Kungaleso sizathu uSt. Francis wase Assisi ethe: "Umhlaba kufanele udlakaze, isibhakabhaka sonke kufanele sishukunyiswe lapho iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ibonakala e-altare ezandleni zompristi ... Ngemuva kwalokho kufanele silingise isimo sengilosi lapho, lapho sigubha Misa, ahlelwe ezizungeze ama-altare ethu ekukhulekeleni ».

"Izingelosi zigcwalisa isonto njengamanje, zizungeze i-altare futhi zibabaze ubukhulu beNkosi" (iSt John Chrysostom). Ngisho noSt Augustine wathi "izingelosi zizungeze futhi zisiza umpristi ngenkathi egubha iMass". Ukuze lokhu kwenzeke kufanele sibajoyine ekudumiseni futhi sihlabelele iGloria neSanctus kanye nabo. Kwenze nompristi ohlonishwayo owathi: "Kusukela ngiqala ukucabanga ngezingelosi ngesikhathi seMisa, ngizwe injabulo entsha nokuzinikela okusha ekugubheni iMass."

USt. Cyril wase-Alexandria ubiza izingelosi ngokuthi "amakhosi okudumisa". Izigidi eziningi zezingelosi zikhonza uNkulunkulu ku-Sacrament ebusisiwe, noma ngabe itholakala kwiHostele endaweni ephansi kakhulu ekhoneni lokugcina lomhlaba. Izingelosi zikhonza uNkulunkulu, kepha kunezingelosi ezikhethekile ezikhethekile ukuba zimkhonze ngaphambi kwesihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sasezulwini. Isho njalo i-Apocalypse: «Lapho-ke izingelosi zonke zizungeze isihlalo sobukhosi nabadala nezidalwa ezine eziphilayo bakhothama kakhulu ngobuso babo phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi bakhonza uNkulunkulu bethi:“ Amen! Ukudumisa, inkazimulo, ukuhlakanipha, ukubonga, udumo, amandla namandla kuNkulunkulu wethu kuze kube phakade. Ameni ”(Ap 7, 1112).

Lezi zingelosi kufanele kube ngamaserafi, asondele kakhulu esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu ngenxa yobungcwele bazo. U-Isaya uthi: "Ngabona iNkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ... Amzungezile amaserafi, yilelo nalelo lalinamaphiko ayisithupha ... Amenyezelana:" Ingcwele, ingcwele, ingcwele iNkosi yamabutho. Umhlaba wonke ugcwele inkazimulo yakhe "(Is 6: 13).