Inkolo Yomhlaba: Uyini umngcweliso womusa?
Umusa igama elisetshenziselwe ukukhombisa izinto eziningi ezahlukahlukene nezinhlobo eziningi zobuso, ngokwesibonelo umusa wangempela, ukungcwelisa umusa nomusa wesakramente. Unembe ngamunye ophumelelayo unendima ehlukile okufanele ayidlalile empilweni yamaKristu. Umusa osebenzayo, ngokwesibonelo, ngumusa osicindezela ukuba senze okuthile, osinikeza ukusunduza okuncane esikudingayo ukwenza into efanelekile, ngenkathi umusa wesakramente uwumusa ofanele kusakramente ngalinye elisisizayo ekutholeni konke izinzuzo zaleli sakaramenti. Kepha kuyini ukungcwelisa umusa?
Ukucwengisa umusa: impilo kaNkulunkulu emphefumulweni wethu
Njengasikhathi sonke, ikhathekizimu yeBaltimore iyisibonelo sokunqunywa, kepha kulokhu, ukuqonda kwayo ukungcwelisa umusa kungasenza sifune okuningana. Ngemuva kwakho konke, akufanele yini wonke umusa wenze umphefumulo ube “ngcwele futhi uthokozise uNkulunkulu”? Ngabe ukungcwelisa umusa kwehluka kanjani kulo mqondo kusuka emseni wangempela nasemseni wesakramente?
Ukungcweliswa kusho "ukwenza ngcwele". Futhi akukho lutho, olungcwele, olungcwele kunoNkulunkulu uqobo. Ngakho-ke, lapho singcweliswa, senziwa sifana noNkulunkulu, kepha ukungcweliswa kungaphezu kokufana noNkulunkulu; Umusa, njengokweCatechism of the Catholic Church amanothi (isigaba 1997), "ukubamba iqhaza empilweni kaNkulunkulu". Noma, ukwenza igxathu phambili (isigaba 1999):
"Umusa kaKristu uyisipho samahhala uNkulunkulu asinika sona sempilo yakhe, owafakwa nguMoya oNgcwele wangena emphefumulweni wethu ukuze umphilise esonweni futhi umngcwelise."
Kungaleso sizathu iCatechism of the Catholic Church (godu ngokwesigaba 1999) iphawula ukuthi ukungcwelisa umusa kunenye igama: ukukhulisa umusa, noma umusa osenza sifane noNkulunkulu. Sithola lomusa esakramentini le-Baptism; kungumusa osenza sibe yingxenye yoMzimba kaKristu, sikwazi ukuthola obunye ubukhazikhazi obunikezwa uNkulunkulu futhi siwusebenzise ukuze siphile impilo engcwele. I-Sacrament of Confirmation igcwalisa ubhabhadiso, yandisa umusa wokungcwelisa emphefumulweni wethu. (Kwesinye isikhathi ukungcwatshwa komusa kubizwa nangokuthi "Umusa wokucaciswa", njengoba iCatechism of the Catholic Church amanothi esigabeni 1266; okuwukuthi, ngumusa owenza umphefumulo wethu wamukeleke kuNkulunkulu.)
Ngabe singalahlekelwa ukungcwelisa umusa?
Ngenkathi lokhu "kubamba iqhaza empilweni yaphezulu", njengoFr. UJohn Hardon ubhekisela ekungcwelisweni komusa esichazamazwini sakhe sanamuhla sama Katolika, kuyisipho samahhala esivela kuNkulunkulu, thina, sinenkululeko yokuzikhethela, sikhululekile futhi ukwenqaba noma ukusinikela. Lapho senza isono, silimaza impilo kaNkulunkulu emphefumulweni wethu. Futhi lapho leso sono sikhulu ngokwanele:
"Lokhu kufaka ukulahleka kokupha nosizo lokungcwelisa"
Kungakho iBandla likhuluma ngezono ezinkulu njengoku ... okusho ukuthi, izono ezisincisha impilo.
Lapho senza isono sokubulala ngokuvuma okugcwele kwentando yethu, siyenqaba umusa ongcwelisayo esiwutholile ekubhabhadisweni nasekuqinisekisweni kwethu. Ukubuyisela lowomusa ongcwelisayo futhi wamukele impilo kaNkulunkulu emphefumulweni wethu futhi, kufanele senze ukuvuma ngokuphelele. Ngale ndlela kusibuyisela esimweni somusa lapho sasikhona emva kobhaptizo lwethu.