Ukuhlala uthembekile ezikhathini ezingaqinisekile, unxusa uPapa Francis
Ezikhathini ezingacaci, inhloso yethu enkulu kufanele kube ukuhlala ethembekile eNkosini kunokufuna ukuphepha kwethu, kusho uPapa uFrancis ngesikhathi semali yakhe yasekuseni ngoLwesibili.
Ekhuluma esontweni lakhe ahlala kulo eVatican, iCasa Santa Marta, ngo-Ephreli 14, upapa wathi: “Izikhathi eziningi lapho sizizwa siphephile, siqala ukwenza izinhlelo zethu bese sisuka kancane eNkosini; asihlali sithembekile. Futhi ukuphepha kwami akukhona lokho iNkosi enginikeza khona. Uyisithixo. "
KumaKristu aphikisa ukuthi awakhothami phambi kwezithixo, wathi: “Cha, mhlawumbe awuguquli, kodwa ukuthi uyazifuna futhi ukhonze izithombe ezinhliziyweni zakho kaningi, kuyiqiniso. Izikhathi eziningi. Ukuphepha kwakho kuvula umnyango wezithombe. "
UPapa uFrancis wacabanga ngeNcwadi yesiBili yeziKronike, echaza ukuthi iKosi uRehobhowamu, umholi wokuqala wombuso wakwaJuda, wajabula kanjani wasuka emthethweni weNkosi, weza nabantu bakhe.
"Kodwa ukuphepha kwakho akukuhle yini?" kubuza upapa. “Cha, kungumusa. Qiniseka, kodwa futhi uqiniseke ukuthi iNkosi inami. Kepha uma kukhona ukuphepha futhi ngisesikhungweni, ngifulathela iNkosi, njengeNkosi uRehobowamu, ngibe ngongathembekile ”.
“Kunzima kakhulu ukuhlala uthembekile. Wonke umlando wakwa-Israyeli, ngakho-ke wonke umlando weSonto, ugcwele ukungathembeki. Kugcwele. Kugcwele ubugovu, kugcwele ukuqiniseka kwakho okwenza abantu bakaNkulunkulu bafulathele iNkosi, balahlekelwa yilokho kuthembeka, umusa wokwethembeka ".
Egxile ekufundweni kwesibili kosuku (Izenzo 2: 36-41), lapho uPeter abiza khona abantu ukuthi baphenduke ngosuku lwePentekoste, upapa wathi: “Ukuguqulwa yilokhu: ukuthembeka futhi. Ukwethembeka, leso simo sengqondo esingajwayelekile ezimpilweni zabantu, ezimpilweni zethu. Kukhona njalo ukukhohlisa okuheha ukunakwa futhi izikhathi eziningi sifuna ukucasha ngale mibono. Ukwethembeka: ngezikhathi ezinhle nezimbi. "
Upapa wathi ukufundwa kweVangeli kosuku (Johane 20: 11-18) kunikeza "isithombe sokwethembeka": isithombe sikaMariya Magdalena okhalayo obuke eceleni kwethuna likaJesu.
"Wayekhona", uthe, "uthembekile, naphezu kobunzima, naphezu kobuhlungu… Owesifazane obuthakathaka kodwa othembekile. Isithonjana sokwethembeka kwaloMariya waseMagdala, umphostoli wabaphostoli ”.
Ugqugquzelwe nguMary Magdalene, kufanele sithandazele isipho sokwethembeka, kusho upapa.
“Namuhla masicele eNkosini umusa wokwethembeka: ukubonga lapho isinika iziqiniseko, kodwa singalokothi sicabange ukuthi 'iziqiniseko' zami futhi sihlala sibheka ngale kokuqiniseka kwethu; umusa wokuthembeka ngisho nangaphambi kwamathuna, ngaphambi kokuwa kwemibono eminingi. "
Ngemuva kwemisa, upapa wengamele ukukhulekelwa nokubusiswa kweSakramente elibusisiwe, ngaphambi kokuhola labo ababukele ukusakazwa bukhoma emthandazweni wesidlo esingokomoya.
Ekugcineni, ibandla licule i-Easter Marian antiphon "Regina caeli".
Ekuqaleni kwesisa, upapa wathandazela ukuthi izinselelo zenkinga ye-coronavirus zisize abantu banqobe ukungezwani kwabo.
“Sithandazela ukuthi iNkosi isinike umusa wobunye phakathi kwethu,” kusho yena. “Sengathi ubunzima balesi sikhathi bungasenza sithole ubudlelwano phakathi kwethu, ubumbano oluhlale luphakeme kakhulu kunanoma yiluphi uqhekeko