UPapa Francis ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimusi: Umkhombe ompofu wayegcwele uthando
Ngosuku olwandulela uKhisimusi, uPapa Francis wathi ubumpofu bokuzalwa kukaKristu esitebeleni buqukethe isifundo esibalulekile sanamuhla.
"Lowo mkhombe, ompofu kukho konke kodwa ogcwele uthando, ufundisa ukuthi ukondleka kwangempela empilweni kuvela ekuzivumeleni sithandwe uNkulunkulu nokuthanda abanye nabo," kusho uPapa Francis ngoDisemba 24.
“UNkulunkulu uhlala esithanda ngothando olukhulu kakhulu kunalolu esinalo thina. … Uthando lukaJesu kuphela olungaguqula izimpilo zethu, lupholise amanxeba ethu ajulile futhi lusikhulule emijikelezweni emibi yokudumala, intukuthelo nezikhalazo eziqhubekayo, ”kusho uPapa kwiSt.
UPope Francis wethule "iMisa laphakathi kwamabili" ekuqaleni konyaka ngenxa yomthetho wewashi wase-Italy kuzwelonke ngo-22 ebusuku. Izwe lingene ekuvinjelweni ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi ngemizamo yokulwa nokusabalala kwegciwane lengculazi.
Enkulumweni yakhe kaKhisimusi, upapa wabuza umbuzo: kungani iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yazalelwa ebuphofini besitebele?
“Emkhombeni othobekile wesitebele esimnyama, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yayikhona ngempela,” kusho yena. “Kungani azalwe ebusuku engenazo izindlu ezisezingeni elifanele, ebuphofini nasekulahlweni, lapho bekufanele ukuzalwa njengenkosi yamakhosi amakhulu ezigodlweni ezinhle kakhulu? "
"Ngani? Ukusenza siqonde ubukhulu bothando lwakhe ngesimo sethu sobuntu: sithinte nokujula kobumpofu bethu ngothando lwakhe oluqinile. INdodana kaNkulunkulu yazalwa ikhishwa inyumbazana, ukusitshela ukuthi wonke umuntu okhishwa inyumbazana ungumntwana kaNkulunkulu ”, kusho uPapa Francis.
"Uze emhlabeni njengoba zonke izingane ziza emhlabeni, zibuthakathaka futhi zisengozini, ukuze sifunde ukwamukela ubuthakathaka bethu ngothando oluthambile."
Upapa wathi uNkulunkulu "ubeke insindiso yethu emkhombeni" ngakho-ke akabesabi ubumpofu, wengeza wathi: "UNkulunkulu uyathanda ukwenza izimangaliso ngobumpofu bethu".
“Dadewethu othandekayo, mfowethu othandekayo, ungapheli amandla. Ingabe ulingeka ukuba ube nomuzwa wokuthi bekuyiphutha? UNkulunkulu uyakutshela: "Cha, uyindodana yami". Ngabe unomuzwa wokwehluleka noma wokungafaneleki, ukwesaba ukungalokothi ushiye umhubhe omnyama wokulingwa? UNkulunkulu uthi kuwe: 'Yiba nesibindi, nginawe,' ”kusho yena.
“Ingelosi imemezela kubelusi ithi: 'Lokhu kuzakuba yisibonakaliso kini: umntwana olele emkhombeni.' Lolo phawu, Ingane esemkhombeni, nalo luyisibonakaliso kithina, lokusihola empilweni, ”kusho upapa.
Cishe abantu abayikhulu babekhona ngaphakathi kweBasilica beyokwenza iMisa. Ngemuva kwesimemezelo sokuzalwa kukaKristu ngesiLatini, uPapa Francis wachitha isikhashana ehlonipha ingane kaKristu ekuqaleni kweMisa.
"UNkulunkulu weza phakathi kwethu ehlupheka futhi enesidingo, ukusitshela ukuthi ngokusebenzela abampofu, sizobakhombisa uthando lwethu," esho.
UPapa Francis wabe esecaphuna imbongi u-Emily Dickinson, owabhala wathi: "Indawo yokuhlala kaNkulunkulu iseduze neyami, ifenisha yakhe iluthando".
Ekupheleni komndeni, uPapa wathandaza: “Jesu, uyiNgane engenza ingane. Uyangithanda njengoba nginjalo, ngiyazi, hhayi njengoba ngicabanga. Ngokukugona, Ndodana yomkhombe, ngiphinda ngiphila impilo yami futhi. Ngokukwemukela, Isinkwa sempilo, nami ngifisa ukunikela ngempilo yami “.
“Wena, Msindisi wami, ungifundisa ukukhonza. Wena ongangishiyanga ngedwa, ngisize ngiduduze abafowenu nodadewenu, ngoba, uyazi, kusukela kulobu busuku kuqhubeke, bonke bangabafowethu nodadewethu ”.