UPope Francis ubonga abapristi abagulayo nabagugile ngokumemezela iVangeli lempilo
UPapa Francis ubonge abapristi abagulayo nabagugile ngobufakazi babo buthule beVangeli LangoLwesine emyalezweni odlulisa inani elingcwelisayo lobucayi nokuhlupheka.
“Kungaphezu kwakho konke, bangani abathandekayo, abaphila ngeminyaka yokuguga noma ihora elibabayo lokugula, lapho ngizwa khona isidingo sokubonga. Ngiyabonga ngobufakazi bothando lukaNkulunkulu oluthembekile kanye neBandla. Ngiyabonga ngokumemezela buthule kweVangeli lempilo ”, kubhala uPapa Francis emlayezweni owashicilelwa ngomhlaka 17 Septhemba.
“Empilweni yethu yobupristi, ubuthakathaka bungaba 'njengomlilo womcoci noma wesina' (Malaki 3: 2) okuthi, ngokusiphakamisela kuNkulunkulu, kusicwenge futhi kusingcwelise. Asikwesabi ukuhlupheka: iNkosi ithwala isiphambano nathi! Kusho upapa.
Amazwi akhe abhekiswe embuthanweni wabapristi asebekhulile nabagulayo ngoSepthemba 17 ethempelini laseMarian eLombardy, isifunda sase-Italy esithinteke kakhulu ubhadane lwe-coronavirus.
Emyalezweni wakhe, uPapa Francis ukhumbule ukuthi ngesikhathi esinzima kakhulu salo bhubhane - "sigcwele ukuthula okuyisithulu futhi siyize engenalutho" - abantu abaningi babheke phezulu ezulwini.
“Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, sonke sibhekane nemikhawulo. Izinsuku, ezichithwe esikhaleni esilinganiselwe, zabonakala zingenakuphela futhi zihlala zifana. Sasintula uthando nabangane abaseduze. Ukwesaba izifo ezithathelwanayo kusikhumbuze ubungozi bethu, ”kusho yena.
"Empeleni, sike sabhekana nalokho abanye benu, kanye nabanye abantu asebekhulile, ababhekana nakho nsuku zonke," kwengeza uPapa.
Abapristi asebekhulile nababhishobhi babo bahlangana eSanctuary yaseSanta Maria del Fonte eCaravaggio, idolobha elincane esifundazweni saseBergamo lapho ngoMashi 2020 inani labashonile laliphindwe kasithupha kunalelo lonyaka owedlule ngenxa yobhadane lwe i-coronavirus.
Esigodini sombhishobhi saseBergamo kushone okungenani abapristi besifunda-bhishobhi abangama-25 ngemuva kokuthola i-COVID-19 kulo nyaka.
Umhlangano wokuhlonipha asebekhulile umcimbi waminyaka yonke ohlelwa yiNgqungquthela Yabaphathi BaseLombard. Manje sekungunyaka wesithupha, kepha leli sekwindla liqhubeka nokubaluleka ngokwengeziwe ngokwanda kokuhlupheka okukhona kulesi sifunda esenyakatho ne-Italy, lapho izinkulungwane zabantu ziye zafa phakathi nokuvinjelwa amasonto ayisishiyagalombili emingcwabeni nakweminye imikhosi yemikhosi.
UPapa Francis, naye uqobo oneminyaka engama-83, uthe amava alo nyaka ayisikhumbuzo sokuthi “singachithi isikhathi esisinikiwe” kanye nobuhle bokuhlangana komuntu siqu.
“Bafowethu abathandekayo, nginikela ngamunye kini eNcasakazini uMariya. Kuye, Mama wabapristi, ngikhumbula emthandazweni abapristi abaningi ababulawa yileli gciwane kanye nalabo abadlula enqubweni yokwelashwa. Ngikuthumela isibusiso sami kusuka enhliziyweni. Futhi ngicela ungakhohlwa ukungikhulekela, ”kusho yena