UPapa Francis: singamjabulisa kanjani uNkulunkulu?
Singamjabulisa kanjani uNkulunkulu ngobuhlakani? Lapho ufuna ukujabulisa othandekayo, ngokwesibonelo ngokubanika isipho, kufanele uqale wazi ukunambitheka kwabo, ukugwema ukuthi isipho saziswa kakhulu yilabo abasenzayo ukwedlula nalabo abasamukelayo. Lapho sifuna ukunikela okuthile eNkosini, sithola lokho akuthandayo eVangelini. Masinyane nje ngemuva kwendima esilalele namhlanje, Uthi: "Konke enikwenze komunye wabafowethu abancane kimi, ukwenzile kimi" (Mt 25,40). Laba bafowethu abancane, abathandayo, ngabalambile nabagulayo, abangaziwa kanye nesiboshwa, abampofu nabalahliwe, abahlupheka ngaphandle kosizo nabaswele belahliwe. Ngobuso babo singabubona ubuso bakhe bubunjiwe; ezindebeni zabo, noma ngabe kuvaliwe ngobuhlungu, amazwi akhe: "Lokhu kungumzimba wami" (Mt 26,26). Kwabampofu uJesu ungqongqoza izinhliziyo zethu futhi, womile, ucela uthando. Lapho sinqoba ukunganakwa futhi ngegama likaJesu sizichitha ngenxa yabafowabo abancane, singabangane bakhe abahle nabathembekile, abathandayo ukuzijabulisa naye. UNkulunkulu umazisa kakhulu, uyasazisa isimo sengqondo esisilalele kuFundwayo lokuqala, lowomfazi "oqinile" ovula izintambo zezandla zakhe kwabampofu, welulela isandla sakhe kwabampofu "(Pr 31,10.20). Lesi yisiphephelo sangempela: hhayi isibhakela esinqobekile nezingalo ezisongelwe, kepha izandla ezikhuthele nezeluliwe zithulela abampofu, ziye enyameni yeNkosi elimele.
Lapho, kwabampofu, kubonakaliswa ubukhona bukaJesu, owazenza ompofu njengendoda ecebile (cf. 2 Kor 8,9: XNUMX). Lokhu kungakho kubo, ebuthakathakeni babo, kukhona "amandla okusindisa". Futhi uma emehlweni omhlaba enenani elincane, yibona abavula indlela ezulwini, bayipasipoti yethu eya epharadesi. Kithina kungumsebenzi wevangeli ukubanakekela, abangumcebo wethu weqiniso, futhi ukwenza lokho hhayi ngokubanika isinkwa kuphela, kepha futhi nangokuhlephula nabo isinkwa seZwi, abangabemukeli bemvelo kakhulu. Ukuthanda abampofu kusho ukulwa nobuphofu bonke, ngokomoya nangokwenyama.
Futhi kuzosenzela okuhle: ukuhlanganisa ndawonye labo abampofu kunathi kuzothinta izimpilo zethu. Kuzosikhumbuza ukuthi yini ebaluleke ngempela: thanda uNkulunkulu nomakhelwane. Lokhu kuphela okuhlala njalo, konke okunye kudlula; ngakho-ke lokho esitshala uthando kusasala, okuseleyo kuyanyamalala. Namuhla singazibuza: "Yini ebalulekile kimi empilweni, ngitshala kuphi?" Emcebweni odlulayo, umhlaba ongaze waneliswa kuwo, noma engcebweni kaNkulunkulu, onikeza impilo yaphakade? Lokhu kukhetha kuphambi kwethu: ukuphilela ukuba nokuphila emhlabeni noma ukupha ukuze uzuze ezulwini. Ngoba lokho okunikiwe akuvumelekile ezulwini, kepha okunikezwayo, futhi "noma ubani oziqongelela ingcebo akazicebisi ngoNkulunkulu" (Lk 12,21:XNUMX). Asibheke okuhle kakhulu kithi, kodwa okuhle kwabanye, futhi ngeke saphuthelwa lutho oluyigugu. Kwangathi iNkosi, enozwela ngobumpofu bethu futhi isembathisa amathalenta ayo, ingasipha ukuhlakanipha kokufuna okubalulekile nesibindi sokuthanda, hhayi ngamazwi kepha ngezenzo.
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