Ukufa akusona ukuphela
Ekufeni, ukwahlukana phakathi kwethemba nokwesaba akunakuphikwa. Ngamunye wabafi abalindile uyazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kubo ngesikhathi sesahlulelo sokugcina. Bayazi ukuthi imizimba yabo iyovuselwa ekufeni noma ekuphileni. Labo abanethemba, banethemba ngokuqiniseka. Labo abesabayo, besabe ngokuqiniseka okulinganayo. Bonke bayazi ukuthi yini abayikhethile ngenkululeko empilweni - izulu noma isihogo - futhi bayazi ukuthi isikhathi sesidlulile ukwenza olunye ukhetho. U-Kristu umaHluleli umemezele isiphetho sabo nokuthi ukuphela kwaso kubekwa uphawu.
Kepha lapha nakhathesi, igebe phakathi kwethemba nokwesaba linganqamula. Akumelwe sesabe ukuphela kwalempilo yasemhlabeni. Akudingeki ukuthi siphile ngokwesaba lokho okuza ngemuva kokuvala amehlo ethu okokugcina. Akunandaba ukuthi sibalekela kude kangakanani noNkulunkulu, noma ngabe sikhethe kaningi kangakanani kuye nezindlela zakhe, sisenaso isikhathi sokwenza okunye ukukhetha. Njengendodana yolahleko, singaphindela endlini kaBaba futhi siyokwazi ukuthi uzosemukela ngezandla ezivulekile, aguqule ukwesaba kwethu ukufa kube yithemba lempilo.
Ukwesaba abaningi bethu abazizwa khona lapho bebhekene nokufa, kungokwemvelo. Asenzelwa ukufa. Senzelwe impilo.
Kepha uJesu weza ezosikhulula ekwesabeni kwethu ukufa. Ukulalela kothando anikela ngakho esiphambanweni kuhlawulelwa izono zethu futhi wavula iminyango ezulwini kubo bonke abamlandelayo. Kepha kubuye kwaguqula nencazelo yokufa kulabo abahlangene naye. "Uguqule isiqalekiso sokufa saba yisibusiso", wenza ukufa kwaba ngumnyango oholela ekuphileni okuphakade noNkulunkulu (CCC 1009).
Lokho kusho ukuthi, kulabo abafa ngomusa kaKristu, ukufa akusona isenzo sodwa; "kungukuhlanganyela ekufeni kweNkosi" futhi lapho sifa neNkosi, nathi sivuka neNkosi; sihlanganyela ekuvukeni kwakhe (CCC 1006).
Lokhu kuhlanganyela kuguqula yonke into. Ukuhlaziywa kweSonto kusikhumbuza lokhu. "Nkosi, kubantu bakho abathembekile impilo isishintshile, ayiphelile", sezwa umpristi ekhuluma ngesikhathi sabantu abasemngcwabeni. "Lapho umzimba wekhaya lethu lasemhlabeni ulele ekufeni sithola ikhaya laphakade ezulwini." Lapho sazi ukuthi ukufa akusona ukuphela, lapho sazi ukuthi ukufa kumane nje kuyisiqalo senjabulo yaphakade, yempilo engapheli kanye nokuhlangana okuphakade naLowo esimthandayo, ithemba kususa ukwesaba. Kusenza sifune ukufa. Kusenza sifise ukuba kanye noKristu emhlabeni lapho kungekho khona usizi, ubuhlungu noma ukulahlekelwa.
Ukwazi ukuthi ukufa akusona ukuphela kusenza sifune enye into. Kusenza sifune ukuhlanganyela amathemba ethu nabanye.
Umhlaba usitshela ukuthi sidle, siphuze futhi sijabulise, ngoba kusasa singafa. Umhlaba ubheka ukufa njengokuphela, ubumnyama kuphela abulandelayo. ISonto, nokho, lisitshela ukuthi sithande, sinikele, sikhonze futhi sithandaze, ukuze siphile kusasa. Akakuboni ukufa njengokuphela, kodwa njengesiqalo, futhi kusiphoqa ukuthi sobabili sihlale emseni kaKristu futhi simcele amacebo okukwenza.