ISakramente losuku: ukugcotshwa kwabagulayo, ngosuku lomkhosi kaLourdes

Ukugcotshwa kwabagulayo yisakramente leSonto LamaKhatholika, isiko eliqukethe ukugcotshwa kukawoyela obusisiwe ohambisana nomkhuleko emzimbeni womuntu ogulayo umele indlela eya "empilweni engunaphakade". "Munye kuphela uthisha wethu futhi nonke ningabazalwane" kukhumbula umvangeli uMathewu (23,8). Isonto linikeza umusa wokugcotshwa esimweni sokuhlupheka, ngokwesibonelo njengokuguga okwakungachazwa njengokugula, kepha liyaziwa yisakramente njengesimo lapho kungenzeka khona ukucela abathembekile isiko lokugcoba abagulayo. Ngo-1992 uPapa John Paul II wagcotshwa ngosuku lwango-11 kuNhlolanja lapho isonto likhumbula khona inkumbulo kaLady Lourdes, usuku "lwabagulayo" lapho umuntu engathola khona isakramente ngokuzenzekelayo hhayi nje kuphela labo abaphethwe ukugula noma ukuphela kwempilo, kodwa wonke umuntu! cabanga ngokufa kwabantu abaningi abasha futhi okungazelelwe okuye kwenzeka eminyakeni yamuva.

Umkhuleko wabagulayo
O Nkosi Jesu, ngesikhathi sempilo yakho emhlabeni
ukhombisile uthando lwakho, wathinteka ebusweni bokuhlupheka
futhi izikhathi eziningi ubuyisele impilo kwabagulayo ngokubuyisa injabulo emindenini yabo. (Igama) lethu othandekayo liyagula (kabi), sisondele kuye ngakho konke okusemandleni ethu. Kepha sizizwa singenamandla: impilo ayikho ezandleni zethu. Sikunikeza izinhlupheko zakhe futhi sizihlanganisa nalabo bentshisekelo yakho. Lesi sifo masisisize siqonde kabanzi injongo yokuphila, futhi sinikeze (igama) lethu isipho sezempilo ukuze ngokubambisana sikubonge futhi sikudumise kuze kube phakade.
Amen.