UPapa Francis: 'UKhisimusi ngumkhosi wothando olusenyameni'
UPapa Francis uthe ngoLwesithathu ukuthi uKhisimusi uletha injabulo namandla angaqeda ithemba elalisabalele ezinhliziyweni zabantu ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus.
“UKhisimusi ngumkhosi wothando osesimweni somuntu futhi owazalelwa thina kuJesu Kristu. Kukhanya kwesintu okukhanya ebumnyameni, okunikeza injongo empilweni yomuntu nakuwo wonke umlando, ”kusho uPapa Francis ngomhlaka 23 Disemba.
“UKhisimusi usimema ukuba sizindle, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngomdlalo weshashalazi womlando, lapho abesilisa nabesifazane, abalimele yisono, bengayeki ukufuna iqiniso, isihe nokuhlengwa; ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu, oweza kithi ukuzokhuluma iqiniso elisigcinela thina nokusenza sibe yingxenye yobungani bakhe nasempilweni yakhe ”, kusho uPapa.
Ekhuluma bukhoma eseVatican Apostolic Palace ngenxa yobhadane lwe-coronavirus, upapa uthe ufuna "ukunikeza ukudla okucabangayo" njengoba umhlaba ulungiselela ukugubha uKhisimusi.
UPapa Francis wamema abantu ukuthi bachithe isikhathi esithile bethule, becabanga ngokuzalwa kukaKristu, phambi kwesigcawu sokuzalwa kukaJesu. Wengeze ukuthi incwadi yakhe yobuphostoli emibhedeni ingasiza kulesi senzo sokubonisa.
"Uma ubhadane lusiphoqe ukuba siqhelelene, uJesu, esibhedeni, usikhombisa indlela yesisa yokusondelana, ukuze sibe ngabantu," kusho yena.
Uthe iqiniso lokuba sesimweni somuntu kukaKristu - osengomunye wethu - "kungasinika injabulo enkulu nesibindi".
"Lesi sipho somusa esisithola ngobulula nobuntu ngoKhisimusi singasusa ezinhliziyweni nasezingqondweni zethu ukungabi nathemba, okusabalale kakhulu namuhla ngenxa yalolu bhubhane," esho.
"Singawunqoba lowo mqondo wokulahlekelwa okuphazamisayo, singazivumeli ukuba sikhungatheke ngokwehlulwa nokwehluleka, ngokwazi okusha ukuthi leyo ngane ethobekile futhi empofu, efihlekile futhi engenakho ukuzivikela, inguNkulunkulu uqobo, wasenzela umuntu".
Njengoba i-Italy isizongena esigabeni sayo sesibili sikazwelonke kulo nyaka ngoDisemba 24, iVatican imemezele ukuthi ukubingelela komphakathi okujwayelekile kanye nemithandazo kaPapa yesikhathi sikaKhisimusi izonikezwa ngokusakazwa bukhoma.
UPapa Francis uzodlulisa isibusiso sakhe "u-Urbi et Orbi" ngosuku lukaKhisimusi kusuka ngaphakathi esigodlweni sabaPhostoli. Ngokunjalo, amakheli akhe ahlelwe ngu-Angelus azonikezwa ngokusakazwa bukhoma kusuka ngaphakathi komtapo wolwazi esigodlweni kuze kube nguJanuwari 6.
Ezilalelini zakhe zangoLwesithathu ngokusakazwa bukhoma, upapa waphinda umyalezo wakhe ngeSonto eledlule wokuthi ukugxila kukaKhisimusi akumele kube ukuthenga izinto.
“UKhisimusi akumele wehliselwe emcimbini wokukhathalela noma wokuthenga abathengi, ogcwele izipho nezifiso ezinhle kodwa ongafanele ekukholweni kobuKristu,” kusho yena.
“Ngakho-ke kuyadingeka ukunqanda ukucabanga okuthile kwezwe, singakwazi ukuqonda umnyombo we-incandescent wokholo lwethu, okungukuthi:“ ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu, ugcwele umusa neqiniso; siyibonile inkazimulo yakhe, inkazimulo njengeNdodana ezelwe yodwa evela kuYise “.
UPapa Francis uthe umhlaba udinga ubumnene njengamanje. Ubuye wengeza ukuthi ubumnene yisici esichazayo esintwini, eqaphela ukuthi amarobhothi nobuhlakani bokufakelwa abukwazi ukuveza isisa somuntu.
Uthe ubumnene bungazalwa kabusha kithi ngokucabanga ngokuzalwa kukaKristu "nangendlela emangalisayo uNkulunkulu afuna ukuza ngayo emhlabeni".
"Sicela umusa wokumangala lapho sibhekene nale mfihlakalo, leli qiniso lithambile, lihle kakhulu, lisondele kakhulu enhliziyweni yethu, ukuze iNkosi isinike umusa wokumangala, ukuhlangana nayo, ukusondela kuye, ukusondela kithi sonke" , UPapa Francis uthe.