Kwenzekani lapho sifa?
Ukufa kungukuzalwa empilweni yangunaphakade, kepha hhayi wonke umuntu uyoba nendawo efanayo. Kuzoba nosuku lokwahlulelwa, ukwahlulelwa okuthile, komuntu ngamunye ngesikhathi sokufa. Labo "abatholakala kuKristu" bayojabulela impilo yasezulwini. Kodwa-ke kukhona okunye okungenzeka, lapho uSt. Francis ekhomba khona emthandazweni wakhe wezinkondlo: "Maye kulabo abafela esonweni sokufa!"
ICatechism ifundisa ukuthi: "Wonke umuntu uthola isijeziso sakhe saphakade emphefumulweni ongafi ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe, ekwahlulelweni okuthile okubuyisela impilo yakhe kuKristu: kungaba ukungena ekubusisweni kwezulu - ngokuhlanzwa noma ngokushesha, noma ukulahlwa ngokushesha futhi okuphakade ”(CCC 1022).
Ukulahlwa okuphakade kuzoba indawo lapho abanye beya khona ngosuku lwabo lokwahlulelwa. Bangaki abazobhekana nalesosiphelo? Asazi, kepha siyazi ukuthi kukhona isihogo. Impela kunezingelosi eziwile futhi uMbhalo usitshela ukuthi labo abangaphumeleli esivivinyweni sothando nabo bazolahlwa esihogweni. "Bazohamba ngesijeziso saphakade" (uMathewu 25:46). Impela lowo mcabango kufanele usinike ikhefu!
Umusa kaNkulunkulu usinikezwe; Umnyango wakhe uvulekile; Ingalo yakhe yeluliwe. Okudingakalayo ukusabela kwethu. Izulu linqatshelwa kulabo abafa esimweni sesono esifayo. Ngeke sahlulele ikusasa labantu - ngesihe, lokhu kugcinelwe uNkulunkulu - kepha iSonto lifundisa ngokusobala:
“Ukukhetha ngamabomu - okungukuthi, ukukwazi nokukufuna - okuthile okuphikisana kakhulu nomthetho waphezulu nasekugcineni komuntu ukwenza isono esibi. Lokhu kuqeda kithi isisa senhliziyo ngaphandle kwenjabulo yaphakade engenakwenzeka. Engaphenduki, uletha ukufa kwaphakade. (CCC 1874)
Lokhu "kufa okuphakade" yilokho uSt. Francis akubiza ngokuthi "ukufa kwesibili" kuCanticle yakhe yelanga. Abagwetshwe abananaphakade nobudlelwano noNkulunkulu ayehlose ngabo. Ekugcineni izinketho zilula. Izulu lihlala noNkulunkulu.Isihogo ukungabi bikho kukaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele.Labo abenqaba uSomandla bakhetha ngokukhululeka konke ukwethuka kwesihogo.
Lo ngumcabango osangulukisayo; nokho akufanele iholele ekwesabeni okuqeda amandla. Kufanele silwele ukuzwa ngokugcwele imiphumela yokubhapathizwa kwethu - isinqumo sansuku zonke sentando yethu - ngenkathi sazi ukuthi ekugcineni sithembele emseni kaNkulunkulu.
Kungenzeka ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi ikhotheshini evela kuCatechism ekhuluma ngokungena ekubusisweni kwezulu ithi ingenzeka "ngokuhlanzwa noma ngokushesha" (CCC 1022). Abanye abantu bazobe bekulungele ukuya ngqo ezulwini lapho befa. Njengalabo abamiselwe isihogo, asinankomba yokuthi bangaki abazothatha indlela eqonde enkazimulweni. Kodwa-ke, kuphephile ukusho ukuthi abaningi bethu kuyodingeka baphinde bahlanzwe ngemuva kokufa ngaphambi kokuba sime phambi kukaNkulunkulu ongcwele kakhulu. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi “sonke isono, ngisho nokudla, sisho ukunamathela okungenampilo ezidalweni, okumele kuhlanzwe lapha emhlabeni noma ngemuva kokufa endaweni ebizwa ngePurgatory. Lokhu kuhlanzwa kusikhulula kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi "isijeziso sesikhashana" sesono "(CCC 1472).
Okokuqala kubalulekile ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi isihlanzo esenzelwe labo abashone besesimweni somusa. Lapho umuntu efa, ikusasa lomuntu liyavalwa. Kuphakathi ukuthi udalelwe izulu noma isihogo. Isihlanzo akuyona inketho yalabo abaqalekisiwe. Kodwa-ke, kuyilungiselelo elinomusa kulabo abadinga ukuhlanzwa okwengeziwe ngaphambi kokuphila kwasezulwini.
I-Purgatory akuyona indawo kepha kunqubo. Uye wachazwa ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene. Kwesinye isikhathi kuye kuthiwe njengomlilo oshisa udoti wezimpilo zethu kuze kusele kuphela “igolide” elingcwele lobungcwele. Abanye bayifanisa nenqubo lapho sidedela konke esikubambe kakhulu emhlabeni ukuze samukele isipho esikhulu sasezulwini ngezandla zethu zivulekile futhi zingenalutho.
Noma ngabe yisiphi isithombe esisisebenzisayo, iqiniso liyefana. Isihlanzo inqubo yokuhlanzwa ephela ekwamukelweni ngokugcwele ebudlelwaneni basezulwini noNkulunkulu.