UPapa Francis ngosuku lwabafileyo: Ithemba lobuKristu linikeza injongo empilweni

UPope Francis uhambele emathuneni aseVatican City eyothandaza ngoMsombuluko wabangasekho wanikela ngemisa yabangasekho abathembekile.

“'Ithemba alidumazi', uSt. Paul usitshela. Ithemba liyasiheha futhi linikeze injongo empilweni… ithemba liyisipho esivela kuNkulunkulu esisidonsela empilweni, ekubhekaneni nenjabulo yaphakade. Ithemba liyihange esinalo ngakolunye uhlangothi, ”kusho uPapa Francis ethula inkulumo yakhe ngoNovemba 2.

UPapa wanikela ngeMisa lemiphefumulo yabathembekile abangasekho eSontweni Lethu Lomama Wesihe emathuneni aseTeutonic aseVatican City. Kamuva wama ukuthandaza emathuneni aseTeutonic Cemetery wabe esevakashela i-crypt yaseSt.

UPapa uFrancis ukhulekele bonke abafileyo emithandazweni yabathembekile eMisa, kufaka phakathi "abafile abangenalutho, abangakhulumi futhi abangenamagama, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uBaba abamukele ngokuthula kwaphakade, lapho kungasekho ukukhathazeka noma ubuhlungu."

Enkulumweni yakhe engazenzakaleli, upapa uthe: "Lona umgomo wethemba: ukuya kuJesu."

Ngosuku lwabafileyo nangenyanga kaNovemba, iSonto lenza umzamo okhethekile wokukhumbula, ukuhlonipha nokuthandazela abafileyo. Kunamasiko amaningi amasiko ahlukene ngalesi sikhathi, kodwa okunye okuhlonishwa kakhulu umkhuba wokuvakashela amathuna.

Amathuna aseTeutonic, aseduze neSt. Peter's Basilica, yindawo yokungcwaba abantu baseJalimane, e-Austrian naseSwitzerland, kanye nabantu bezinye izizwe ezikhuluma isiJalimane, ikakhulukazi amalungu e-Archconfraternity of Our Lady.

Amathuna akhiwe endaweni eyingqophamlando yeCircus of Nero, lapho kwabulawelwa khona ukholo amaKristu okuqala aseRoma, kubandakanya iSt.

UPapa Francis wafafaza amathuna emathuneni aseTeutonic ngamanzi angcwele, wama ukuthandaza kwamanye amathuna, ahlotshiswe ngezimbali ezintsha namakhandlela akhanyiselwe lo mcimbi.

Ngonyaka odlule upapa wanikela ngoSuku LweMisa Olufile Emangcwabeni AsePriscilla, okungenye yamathuna abaluleke kakhulu eSonto lokuqala laseRoma.

Ngo-2018, uPapa Francis wanikela ngemisa emathuneni ezingane ezingasekho nezingakazalwa ezibizwa nge- "Garden of the Angels", esemathuneni aseLaurentino emaphethelweni aseRoma.

Emndenini wakhe, uPapa Francis wathi kumele sicele eNkosini isipho sethemba lobuKristu.

“Namuhla, uma sicabanga ngabafowethu nodadewethu abaningi abashonile, kuzosisiza ukubheka amathuna… bese siphinda sithi: 'Ngiyazi ukuthi uMhlengi wami uyaphila'. … Lawa ngamandla asinikeza ithemba, isipho samahhala. Sengathi iNkosi ingasinika sonke, ”kusho upapa.