UPapa Francis unikela ngobuningi bemiphefumulo yababhishobhi abakhulu abangu-169 abashonile
UPapa Francis ukhuthaze amaKhatholika ukuthi athandazele abafileyo futhi akhumbule isithembiso sikaKristu sovuko emcimbini owenziwe ngoLwesine wemiphefumulo yokhadinali nababhishobhi abashone ngonyaka odlule.
“Imikhuleko yabathembekile abangasekho, enikelwe ethembeni lokuthi manje bahlala noNkulunkulu, nayo iyasizuzisa kakhulu ohambweni lwethu lomhlaba. Bafaka kithi umbono weqiniso wempilo; ziveza kithi ukubaluleka kokulingwa okumele sikukhuthazelele ukungena embusweni kaNkulunkulu; zivula izinhliziyo zethu enkululekweni yangempela futhi zisikhuthaza ngokungaphezi ukuba sifune ingcebo yaphakade, ”kusho uPapa Francis ngoNovemba 5.
“Amehlo okholo, adlula izinto ezibonakalayo, abona okungokoqobo ngendlela ethile. Konke okwenzekayo bese kubhekwa ngenye indlela, ubukhulu baphakade, ”kusho uPapa enkulumweni yakhe yeMisa eSt. Peter's Basilica.
Le misa, ebibungazwa e-Altar of the Chair, yanikelwa ukuphumula imiphefumulo yokhadinali abayisithupha nababhishobhi abangu-163 abashona phakathi kuka-Okthoba 2019 no-Okthoba 2020.
Phakathi kwabo kunababhishobhi okungenani abangu-13 abashona ngemuva kokuthola i-COVID-19 phakathi kukaMashi 25 no-Okthoba 31, kubandakanya u-Archbishop Oscar Cruz wasePhilippines, uMbhishobhi Vincent Malone waseNgilandi noMbhishobhi Emilio Allue, uMbhishobhi osizayo waseBoston. . Abanye ababhishobhi ababili abashona eChina naseBangladesh babeluleme ku-coronavirus ngaphambi kokufa.
UKhadinali Zenon Grocholewski, owayengumphathi weBandla leMfundo yamaKhatholika, naye ushone kulo nyaka, kanjalo noKhadinali wokuqala waseMalaysia, uKhadinali Anthony Soter Fernandez, nowayengumongameli Wenkomfa Yababhishobhi BaseMelika kanye nombhishobhi omkhulu waseCincinnati, l UMbhishobhi Omkhulu uDaniel E. Pilarczyk. Kwakunababhishobhi baseMelika abangu-16 phakathi kwabafileyo.
“Njengoba sithandazela okhadinali kanye nababhishobhi asebadlula emhlabeni kulo nyaka odlule, sicela iNkosi ukuba isisize sicabangele umfanekiso wezimpilo zabo kahle. Siyamcela ukuba aqede lobo buhlungu bokungamesabi uNkulunkulu esibuzwayo ngezikhathi ezithile, ecabanga ukuthi ukufa yisiphelo sakho konke. Umuzwa okude nenkolo, kodwa ingxenye yalokho kwesaba ukufa kwabantu okutholwa yibo bonke ”, kusho uPapa Francis.
“Ngalesi sizathu, ngaphambi kwempicabadala yokufa, amakholwa nawo kumele aguqulwe njalo. Sibizwa nsuku zonke ukuthi sishiye isithombe sethu semvelo sokufa njengokucekelwa phansi komuntu. Sibizelwe ukuthi sishiye umhlaba obonakalayo esiwuthatha kalula, izindlela zethu ezijwayelekile zokuziphatha, futhi sizinikele ngokuphelele eNkosini esitshela ukuthi: 'Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila. Labo abakholwa kimi, noma befa, bazophila futhi bonke labo abaphila futhi abakholwa kimi abasoze bafa. '"
Kuyo yonke inyanga kaNovemba, iSonto lenza umzamo okhethekile wokukhumbula, ukuhlonipha nokuthandazela abafileyo. Kulo nyaka, iVictoria yanquma ukuthi ukunwetshwa okujwayelekile kwesonto kwemiphefumulo ePurgatory ngosuku lweSuku Lomphefumulo ngoNovemba 2 kwandiswe kuze kuphele inyanga.
Emiseni langoLwesine, upapa wathi ukuvuka kukaKristu kwakungeyona "into engekho kude", kodwa umcimbi owawukhona manje futhi manje usebenza ngokumangalisayo ezimpilweni zethu.
“Ngakho-ke sikhumbula ngokubonga ubufakazi babakhadinali abangasekho kanye nababhishobhi, abanikezwe ngokuthembeka entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Siyabathandazela futhi silwele ukulandela isibonelo sabo. Sengathi iNkosi ingaqhubeka nokuthulula uMoya wayo wokuhlakanipha phezu kwethu, ikakhulukazi ngalezi zikhathi zokulingwa, ikakhulukazi lapho uhambo luba nzima kakhulu, ”kusho uPapa Francis.
"Akasilahli, kodwa uhlala phakathi kwethu, uhlala ethembekile esithembisweni sakhe: 'Khumbula, nginawe njalo, kuze kube sekupheleni komhlaba".