USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 14: Indaba kaJohn oNgcwele weSiphambano
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 14
(Juni 24, 1542 - Disemba 14, 1591)
Umlando weSt. John weSiphambano
UJohn ungcwele ngoba impilo yakhe yayingumzamo wobuqhawe wokuphila ngokuvumelana negama lakhe: "weSiphambano". Ubuhlanya besiphambano bagcwaliseka ngokugcwele ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. "Noma ngubani ofuna ukungilandela makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe angilandele" (uMarko 8: 34b) yindaba yokuphila kukaJohane. Imfihlakalo yephasika - ngokufa kuye ekuphileni - imaka kakhulu uJohn njengoshintsho, imbongi eyimfihlakalo kanye nompristi wezenkolo.
Wamiswa njengompristi waseKarmeli ngo-1567 eneminyaka engama-25, uJohn wahlangana noTeresa wase-Avila futhi, njengaye, wazifunga kuMthetho wamaKarmeli wakudala. Njengomlingani kaTeresa nangakwesokudla, uGiovanni wazibophezela ekuguquleni umsebenzi futhi wazibonela intengo yenguquko: ukukhula okuphikisayo, ukungaqondi, ukushushiswa, ukuboshwa. Wayesazi kahle isiphambano, ukuzwa ukufa kukaJesu, njengoba wayehlala inyanga nenyanga esitokisini sakhe esimnyama, esimanzi nesiminyene enoNkulunkulu wakhe kuphela.
Nokho, indida! Kulokhu kufa kwejele, uGiovanni waphila, ememezela izinkondlo. Ebumnyameni basejele, umoya kaJohn weza ekukhanyeni. Ziningi izimfihlakalo, izimbongi eziningi; UJohn uhlukile njengombongi oyindida, eveza ejele lakhe ewela injabulo yobumbano oluyimfihlakalo noNkulunkulu engomeni engokomoya.
Kepha njengoba usizi luholela enjabulweni, kanjalo noJohn wakhuphukela entabeni. IKarmeli, njengoba eyibiza kanjalo ngobuciko bakhe bobuciko bephrozi. Njengomuntu-ongumKristu-waseKarmeli, wezwa lokhu kukhuphuka kokuhlanzwa kuye; njengomqondisi wezomoya, wayekuzwa kwabanye; njengesazi sezengqondo-isazi semfundiso yenkolo, wakuchaza futhi wakuhlaziya emibhalweni yakhe yeprose. Imisebenzi yakhe yephrozi ihlukile ekugcizeleleni izindleko zokuba ngumfundi, indlela yobunye noNkulunkulu: isiyalo esinzima, ukushiya, ukuhlanzwa. Ngokungaqondile futhi ngokuqinile uJohn ugcizelela indida yevangeli: isiphambano siholela ovukweni, usizi ekuthokozeni, ubumnyama ekukhanyeni, ukulahlwa ekubeni nefa, ukuzincisha ubunye noNkulunkulu. Uma ufuna ukusindisa impilo yakho, kufanele uyilahle. UJohane "ungowesiphambano" ngempela. Ushone eneminyaka engama-49: impilo emfushane kepha egcwele.
Ukuzindla
Empilweni yakhe nasemibhalweni yakhe, uJohn weSiphambano unegama elibalulekile kithina namuhla. Sijwayele ukuceba, sithambe, sikhululeke. Sibuye sihoxe emagameni anjengokuzincisha, ukuziqinisa, ukuhlanza, ukuzincisha, isiyalo. Sigijima esiphambanweni. Umlayezo kaJohane, njengeVangeli, uzwakala futhi ucacile: ungakwenzi uma ufuna ngempela ukuphila!
USt.John weSiphambano ungcwele ongumvikeli:
I-Mystic John of the Cross ingcwele yabaxhasi:
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