Ukuhlukaniswa Futhi Ukuqashiswa: uNkulunkulu ufuna okuthile kithi
Mngane othandekayo, namuhla ngifuna ukubheka isikhathi esiphila kuso. Njengoba wazi umhlaba uguqa ngamadolo ikakhulukazi i-Italy yethu ye-coronavirus ebhebhetheka ngokwengeziwe endaweni yethu. EBandleni, izinkinga sezikhulile selokhu kwavalwa umgubho omncane womphakathi. Konke lokhu kwenzeka enkathini yaminyaka yonke yeSonto lamaKhatholika elibalulekile empeleni siseLent. Ukubolekwa kwethu thina maKatolika kuyinkathi yokucabanga, yokuziphendulela, yezimbali nemikhuleko. Kepha mangaki ama Katolika enza konke lokhu? Iningi labathembekile abenza imisebenzi engokomoya eLent yilabo abasondelene noNkulunkulu abafuna ukunikeza injongo yangempela yokomoya kukho konke abakwenzayo. Esikhundleni salokho ingxenye enhle kulesi sikhathi yenza konke abakwenzayo phakathi nonyaka: ngisebenze, ngidla, ngenza ibhizinisi labo, ubudlelwano, ukuyothenga, ngaphandle kokunikeza umuzwa wokuziphendulela ngalesi sikhathi.
Mngane othandekayo, ngenze isithombe namuhla kusihlwa engifuna ukukusho ukuthi "akubukeki kuyamangaza yini kuwe ukuthi lokhu kukalwa okuphoqelelekile kwe-coronavirus akwenzekanga ngengozi?".
Awucabangi ukuthi ngalesi sikhathi ukuthi asinakuba neziphazamiso eziningi kakhulu kodwa siphoqeleke ukuba sihlale ezindlini kungumyalezo ovela kuBaba waseZulwini?
Mngane othandekayo kimi othanda ukubeka umunwe kaNkulunkulu kukho konke okwenzeka emhlabeni nasempilweni yendoda ngingakutshela ukuthi ngokuhlukaniswa yedwa kanye neLent akuyona ingozi.
Ukuhlukaniswa nabanye kufuna ukuthi sibonise ukuthi izinto esizisho "konke" njengebhizinisi, umsebenzi, ezokuzijabulisa, amadina, ukuphuma, ukuyothenga, zisuswe kithi njengezinto ezingekho. Kule nkathi, yona kanye impilo yabanye abantu yathathwa njengento engelutho.
Kepha izinto azange zithathwe kithina ezifana nomndeni, umthandazo, ukuzindla, ukuba ndawonye. Ukuthenga okufanayo kusenza siqonde ukuthi singamelana ngaphandle kokuthenga izinto zokunethezeka kepha kuphela izimpahla eziyinhloko zokuziphilisa.
Mngane othandekayo, umyalezo kaNkulunkulu kule nkathi uyimpoqo ebophezelekile. Lokhu kuhlukaniswa kwenziwa kwenziwa ngaphambi kokokugcina kwePhasika ukusinika isikhathi sokubonisa. Futhi ngubani phakathi kwethu kulezi zinsuku ongazange abe nesikhathi sokukwenza umthandazo, afunde ukuzindla noma aphendulele uNkulunkulu umbono owodwa? Mhlawumbe ochwepheshe abaningi abalilalelanga i-Mass kodwa abaningi, abantu abaningi, ngisho nabangakholelwa ebukhoneni kanye nabangakholwa, noma ngenxa yokwesaba noma ukukhombisa, baphendukele kuMbethele, noma babuze nje ukuthi kungani konke lokhu.
Isizathu sabhalwa eminyakeni engaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezintathu edlule ngumprofethi u-Isaya "wonke umuntu uzobheka lowo abamgwaza". Manje siphila le nkathi ngoba abaningi bethu, noma ngabe bebengafuni, sebeguqukele kubona kuJesu obebethelwe esiphambanweni. Kuzoba iPhasika elicebile kodwa elingokomoya kakhulu. Abaningi bethu bathole umbono ohlukile wobukhona bethu ukuthi umjaho wezinto ezibonakalayo kuleli zwe usenze ukuba siwushiye.
Lokhu akuyona indawo yokuhlala kepha i-Lent yangempela okwakudingeka yenziwe sonke.