Yiba njengoMama uTeresa ngesikhathi senhlekelele ye-coronavirus, unxusa uPapa Francis

Isibonelo sikaMama Teresa kufanele sisigqugquzele ukuthi sifune labo okuhlupheka kwabo kufihlwe ngesikhathi senkinga yamakhorali, kusho uPapa Francis eMiseni lakhe lansuku zonke ngoLwesine.

Ekuqaleni kweMisa, ngo-Ephreli 2, uPapa Francis wathi wabona isithombe ephephandabeni labangenamakhaya abalele endaweni yokupaka izimoto. Kungenzeka ukuthi kwakusho isithombe esisatshalaliswa kabanzi sabantu abangenamakhaya amamitha ayisithupha kude eCashman Center eLas Vegas ngoMashi 29.

"Kulezi zinsuku zobuhlungu nosizi uveza izinkinga eziningi ezifihliwe," kusho yena. "Namuhla ephephandabeni kunesithombe esishukumisa inhliziyo: abantu abaningi abangenakhaya abavela edolobheni elilele endaweni yokupaka, ngaphansi kokubhekwa ... Namuhla kunabantu abaningi abangenakhaya".

"Sicela iSanta Teresa di Calcutta ivuse kithi umuzwa wokusondelana nabantu abaningi, emphakathini, empilweni ejwayelekile, abafihliwe kodwa, njengabangenakhaya, ngesikhathi sosizi, bagqamiswa ngale ndlela. "

Emakhaya okwakuhlala kuwo iCasa Santa Marta, umpheme wokuhlala kwakhe eVictoria City, uPapa Francis waveza ngesivumelwano sikaNkulunkulu no-Abhrahama ngeNcwadi kaGenesise.

"INkosi ibilokhu ikhumbula isivumelwano sayo," esho. “INkosi kayikhohlwa. Yebo, khohlwa ecaleni elilodwa kuphela, lapho uthethelela izono. Ngemuva kokuthethelela, ulahlekelwe yinkumbulo yakhe, akazikhumbuli izono. Kwezinye izimo, uNkulunkulu akakhohlwa. "

Upapa waqokomisa izici ezintathu zobuhlobo bukaNkulunkulu no-Abrahama. Okokuqala, uNkulunkulu wayekhethe u-Abrahama. Okwesibili, wamthembisa ifa. Okwesithathu, wayenze ubumbano naye.

"Ukhetho, isethembiso kanye nesivumelwano yizinto ezintathu zokuphila kwokholo, izigaba ezintathu zempilo yobuKristu," kusho upapa. “Ngamunye wethu ukhethiwe. Akekho umuntu okhetha ukuba ngumkristu phakathi kwakho konke okungenzeka ukuthi "imakethe" yenkolo imnika khona, ungokhethiwe ".

“SingamaKhristu ngoba sikhethwe. Kulolu khetho kunesithembiso, kukhona isithembiso sethemba, isibonakaliso siyisithelo: 'U-Abrahama uzoba nguyise wezizwe eziningi futhi ... uyothela izithelo ngokukholwa. Ukukholwa kwakho kuyokhula ngemisebenzi, emisebenzini emihle, nasemisebenzini yokuthela izithelo, ukholo olunezithelo. Kepha kufanele - isinyathelo sesithathu - gcina isivumelwano nami. 'Futhi isivumelwano ukuthembeka, ukwethembeka. Sikhethwe. INkosi yasenzela isithembiso. Manje usicela umfelandawonye, ​​umfelandawonye wokuthembeka ”.

Upapa wabe eseguqukela ekufundeni ivangeli, kuJohane 8: 51-59, lapho uJesu ethi u-Abrahama wajabula ngokucabanga ukuthi wayezobona usuku lukaJesu.

"UmKhristu kayisuye umKhristu ngoba angatshengisa ukholo lokubhabhathizwa: ukholo lokubhabhathizwa luyisitifiketi," kutsho upapa. "UngumKristu uma uthi yebo okhethweni uNkulunkulu akwenzile kuwe, uma ulandela izethembiso ezenziwa yiNkosi kuwe futhi uma uphila isivumelwano neNkosi: lokhu kuyimpilo yobuKristu".

“Izono zokuhamba zihlala ziphikisana nalezi zinto ezintathu: awamukeli ukhetho - futhi 'ukhethe' izithombe eziningi kakhulu, izinto eziningi ezingezona ezikaNkulunkulu; ukungemukeli ithemba esithembisweni, ukuhamba, ukubheka izethembiso kusuka kude, ngisho nezikhathi eziningi, njengoba incwadi eya kumaHeberu isho, ibabingelela ikude futhi yenza izethembiso namuhla ngezithombe ezincane esizenzayo; futhi ukhohlwe isivumelwano, uphila ngaphandle kwesivumelwano, kungathi asikho ngaphandle kwesivumelwano ”.

Waphetha: “Ukuthela izithelo injabulo, leyo njabulo ka-Abrahama owabona usuku lukaJesu futhi egcwele injabulo. Lesi yisambulo izwi likaNkulunkulu elisinikeza namuhla mayelana nokuba khona kwethu kobuKristu. Okufana nokwobaba: uyazi ukuthi uyakhethwa, ujabule ukuya esithembisweni futhi uthembekile ekuhlonipheni umfelandawonye ".