Ngisho uSanta Joseph uMsebenzi wake wangasebenzi

Njengoba ukungasebenzi kwabantu abaningi kusesiphezulu njengoba ubhadane lwe-coronavirus ludonsa, amaKatolika angabheka uSt.Joseph njengomkhulumeli okhethekile, kusho abapristi ababili.

Ekhuluma ngokubalekela koMndeni Ongcwele eGibhithe, umbhali okhulekelayo uBaba uDonald Calloway uthe uSt.Joseph "unozwela kakhulu" kulabo ababhekene nenkinga yokungasebenzi.

"Naye uqobo ubezobe engasebenzi ngesikhathi esithile eNdizeni eya eGibhithe," kusho umfundisi etshela iCNA. “Bekufanele baqoqe konke bese beya kwelinye izwe bengenalutho. Babengeke bakwenze lokho. "

UCalloway, umbhali wencwadi ethi Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, ungumpristi ozinze e-Ohio weMarian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception.

Uphakamise ukuthi uSt.Joseph "ngesinye isikhathi wayekhathazeke kakhulu: uzowuthola kanjani umsebenzi kwelinye izwe, engalwazi ulimi, engabazi abantu?"

Ngokwemibiko yakamuva, abantu baseMelika ababalelwa ezigidini ezingama-20,6 bafaka izicelo zemihlomulo yokungasebenzi ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba. Abanye abaningi basebenza ekhaya ngemikhawulo yokuhamba ye-coronavirus, kuyilapho abasebenzi abaningi bebhekene nezindawo zokusebenza lapho bangaba sengozini yokuthola i-coronavirus futhi bayiyise emindenini yabo.

Ubaba uSinclair Oubre, ummeli wabasebenzi, naye wacabanga ngokubalekela eGibhithe njengesikhathi sokungasebenzi kukaSanta Joseph, kanye nesikhathi esakhombisa isibonelo sobuhle.

“Hlala ugxile: hlala uvulekile, qhubeka ulwe, ungazishayi phansi. Ukwazile ukuzakhela imali yokuziphilisa yena nomndeni wakhe, ”kusho u-Oubre. "Kulabo abangasebenzi, uSt.Joseph usinikeza isibonelo sokungavumeli ubunzima bempilo buchoboze umoya womuntu, kodwa ngokuthembela ekuphatheni kukaNkulunkulu, futhi ngokwengeza kulokho kuhlinzeka isimo sethu sengqondo nokuziphatha okuqinile emsebenzini."

U-Oubre ungumphathi wobufundisi beCatholic Labour Network nomqondisi we-Apostolate of the Seas of the Diocese of Beaumont, ekhonza abasolwandle nabanye emsebenzini wasolwandle.

UCalloway ukhombisile ukuthi iningi labantu empilweni lingabasebenzi, ekuhambeni nasetafuleni.

"Bangathola imodeli eSan Giuseppe Lavoratore," esho. "Noma ngabe uyini umsebenzi wakho, ungaletha uNkulunkulu kuwo futhi ungazuzisa wena, umndeni wakho nomphakathi wonkana."

U-Oubre uthe kuningi okungafundwa ngokubheka ukuthi umsebenzi ka-St Joseph wakhulisa futhi wavikela kanjani iNcasakazi uMariya noJesu, ngakho-ke kwakuyindlela yokungcweliswa komhlaba.

"Ukube uJoseph akakwenzanga akwenzayo, bekungekho indlela yokuthi uMariya uMariya, intombazane eyodwa ekhulelwe, abengasinda kuleyo ndawo," kusho u-Oubre.

“Siyabona ukuthi umsebenzi esiwenzayo awenzeli nje lo mhlaba, kodwa kunalokho singasebenza ukusiza ukwakha umbuso kaNkulunkulu,” kuqhuba yena. "Umsebenzi esiwenzayo unakekela imindeni yethu nezingane zethu futhi usiza ekwakheni izizukulwane ezizayo ezikhona".

UCalloway uxwayise "ngemibono yokuthi yimuphi umsebenzi okufanele ube".

“Kungaba yisigqila. Abantu bangaphenduka abasebenza ngokweqile. Kukhona ukungaqondi mayelana nokuthi yini umsebenzi okufanele ube yikho, ”kusho yena.

USt Joseph wanikeza isithunzi ukusebenza “ngoba, njengokhethiwe ukuba abe ngubaba kaJesu wasemhlabeni, wafundisa iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ukwenza imisebenzi yezandla,” kusho uCalloway. "Wayephathiswe umsebenzi wokufundisa indodana kaNkulunkulu umsebenzi, ngokuba ngumbazi".

"Asibizelwe ukuba yizigqila zomsebenzi othile, noma ukuthola injongo yethu yokuphila emsebenzini wethu, kodwa ukuvumela umsebenzi wethu ukhazimulise uNkulunkulu, sakhe umphakathi wabantu, ube ngumthombo wenjabulo kubo bonke," eqhubeka. . "Isithelo somsebenzi wakho senzelwe ukujatshulelwa nguwe nabanye, kepha hhayi ngenxa yokulimaza abanye noma ukubaphuca iholo elifanele noma ukubalayisha ngokweqile, noma ukuba nezimo zokusebenza ezidlula isithunzi somuntu."

U-Oubre uthole isifundo esifanayo, ethi "umsebenzi wethu uhlala usebenzela umndeni wethu, umphakathi wethu, umphakathi wethu, umhlaba uqobo".