Isikhuthazo sabefundisi sikaPapa Francis "ukuguqulwa noshintsho kubafundisi beSonto"

Esikhuthazweni sakhe sabaphostoli ngo-2013 "iVangelii gaudium" ("Injabulo yeVangeli"), UPapa Francis wakhuluma ngephupho lakhe "ngenketho yezithunywa zevangeli" (n. 27). KuPapa Francis, lokhu "okukhethwa kukho" kungukuhlelwa okusha kokubalulekile empilweni yansuku zonke yempilo yeSonto edlula ngombono wokuzivikela kuya ekushumayeleni ivangeli.

Ngabe le nketho yezithunywa zevangeli ingasho ukuthini kithina ngaleli Lente?

Iphupho elikhulu likapapa ukuthi siyisonto elingagcini lapho ubheke inkaba. Esikhundleni salokho, cabanga ngomphakathi "ozama ukulahla isimo sengqondo sokuzenzisa esithi," Besihlala sikwenza ngale ndlela "" (n. 33). UPapa Francis uphawula ukuthi le nketho ayibonakali njengezinguquko ezincane, njengokungeza uhlelo olusha lwenkonzo noma i- shintsha esimisweni somthandazo womuntu siqu; kunalokho, lokho akuphuphayo ukushintsha kwenhliziyo okuphelele nokuvuselelwa kwesimo sengqondo.

Cabanga nje ukuguqulwa kwabefundisi okuguqula konke kusuka empandeni, kufaka phakathi "amasiko, izindlela zokwenza izinto, izikhathi kanye namashejuli, ulimi nezinhlaka" ukwenza ibandla "ligxile kakhulu ebufundisini, ukwenza umsebenzi wobufundisi ojwayelekile ubandakanyeke futhi ubandakanye wonke amazinga. . vula, ukuvusa kubelusi isifiso esiqhubekayo sokuya phambili futhi ngale ndlela kuvuse impendulo enhle kubo bonke labo uJesu ababiza ngobungane naye ”(n. 27). Ukuguqulwa kwabefundisi kudinga ukuthi sigudlise amehlo ethu kithina siye ezweni eliswele elisizungezile, lisuke kulabo abasondelene kakhulu nathi siye kulabo abakude kakhulu.

Njengongqongqoshe abefundisi, isicelo sikaPapa Francis ukuguqulwa kwabefundisi kungabonakala kungumsebenzi ohlose ukushintsha impilo yethu yokuba ngongqongqoshe. Kodwa-ke, isikhuthazo sikaPapa Francis sokuguqula yonke into ngomqondo ogxile kwimishini ayisimemo esontweni kuphela, kepha sinxusa ushintsho olukhulu kulokho esikubeka phambili, izinhloso zethu kanye nemikhuba yethu ukuze sigxile emsebenzini wobufundisi. Yikuphi ukuhlakanipha lokhu okubizelwa ekuguqulweni kwabefundisi okuqukethe ohambweni lwethu lweLenten njengezikhonzi zabefundisi?

Ku “Evangelii gaudium”, uPapa Francis uphawula ukuthi "inketho yezithunywa zevangeli" yileyo eguqula ngokuphelele konke. Okunconyelwa nguPapa Francis akusona isisombululo esisheshayo, kepha inqubo yomhlaba yokuqonda konke, kubhekwa ukuthi ngabe kuholela ebudlelwaneni obujulile noJesu Kristu.

ILente liphinde lavuselelwa ngokuya ngobizo luka UPapa Francis ekuguqulweni kwabefundisi kufaka phakathi ukucubungula imikhuba nemikhuba yethu engokomoya yamanje, sihlole ukuthela kwayo izithelo, ngaphambi kokungeza imikhuba emisha noma ukususa eminye. Ngemuva kokubheka ngaphakathi, umbono kaPapa Francis wokuguqula abefundisi usikhuthaza ukuthi sibheke ngaphandle. Uyasikhumbuza: "(Kuyacaca) ukuthi iVangeli aligcini nje ngobudlelwano bethu noNkulunkulu" (n. 180).

Ngamanye amagama, upapa usibiza ukuthi sihlole impilo yethu yokomoya hhayi nje kuphela njengokuzivocavoca uqobo, kodwa futhi sibheke ukuthi imikhuba nemikhuba yethu engokomoya isenza kanjani sibe nobudlelwano nabanye kanye noNkulunkulu. Izenzo zethu zokomoya ziyasikhuthaza futhi zisilungiselele ukuthanda nokuhamba nabanye empilweni nasenkonzweni yethu? Ngemuva kokukhombisa nokuqonda, isimemo sikaPapa Francis sokuguqula abefundisi sidinga ukuthi senze okuthile. Kusikhumbuza ukuthi ukuba semishini kusho "ukuthatha isinyathelo sokuqala" (n. 24). Empilweni yethu nasenkonzweni yethu, ukuguqulwa kwabefundisi kudinga ukuthi sithathe isinyathelo kuqala futhi sihlanganyele.

IVangeli likaMathewu, uJesu uyala isonto ukuba lenze abafundi, usebenzisa igama "Hamba!" (Mt 28:19). Ephefumulelwe nguJesu, uPapa Francis usikhuthaza ukuba sikhumbule ukuthi ukushumayela ivangeli akuyona umdlalo wezethameli; kunalokho, sithunyelwa njengabafundi bezithunywa zevangeli ngenhloso yokwenza abafundi bezithunywa zevangeli. Leli Lent, vumela uPapa Francis abe ngumqondisi wakho. Esikhundleni sokudela ushokoledi bese uthi, "Bengihlala ngikwenza ngale ndlela," phupha ngokuguqulwa komfundisi okwazi ukuguqula konke empilweni nasenkonzweni yakho.