Ngezindaba zeVatican
NgoSepthemba 27, iBandla lizophawula i-106th Usuku Lomhlaba Lwabafuduki Nababaleki.
Umkhosi wokuqala walolu suku wawungo-1914, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokugqashuka kweMpi Yezwe I, lapho uPapa St Pius X enxusa wonke amaKristu ukuba athandazele abafuduki. Ngo-2005, uPapa St John Paul II wamemezela ukuthi uSuku Lomhlaba lwaluzogujwa kulo lonke iBandla ngeSonto lesibili ngemva kwe-Epiphany; ngo-2018, ngesicelo sezingqungquthela ezihlukahlukene zababhishobhi, uPapa uFrancis wathuthela umkhosi ngeSonto lokugcina ngoSeptemba.
Kuye Umlayezo esikhumbuzweni salonyaka, uPapa uFrancis uyabhala, “UNkulunkulu wayengafuni ukuba imithombo yeplanethi yethu izuzise abambalwa kuphela. Lokhu kwakungeyona intando yeNkosi! Kumele sifunde ukuhlanganyela ukuze sikhule ndawonye, singashiyi muntu.”
Indaba ka-Eric
Kuleli sonto, i-Migrants and Refugees Ingxenye yeDicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development ishicilele ividiyo yayo yesine emkhankasweni wezokuxhumana ukusiza ukusabalalisa umlayezo kaPapa Francis.
Kule vidiyo, u-Eric Estrada Buenaño ulandisa ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe njengomuntu owabalekela ekhaya eVenezuela.
“Ngaphenduka umuntu ongenakhaya ngenxa yezizathu eziningana,” uyachaza: “ukuntuleka kwamanzi okuphuza negesi yasendlini, nokungalondeki.” Uphawula futhi ukuthi izwe lakubo “likude futhi belilokhu linezinkinga zamavukela-mbuso, ukungabi namthetho, ubugebengu obuhleliwe nokuthumba.”
Njengomndeni wesibili
U-Eric uthole umuzi onomkhaya omusha, omnike indawo yokuhlala, wahlanganyela ukudla kwawo, futhi wamsiza ukuba athole umsebenzi. Uthi: “Banjengomkhaya wesibili kimi, futhi baye bangisiza kakhulu.”
“Baye bangisiza ukuba ngikhule okholweni,” uyanezela.
Ukwabelana kusenza sibe ngabantu
Esebenzisa okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe, u-Eric uthi, “Kunabantu abadinga usizo lwethu. Ukwabelana kusenza sibe ngabantu abengeziwe, kuqinisa ukholo lwethu kuNkulunkulu, futhi kusenza sizizwe njengabantwana Bakhe.”
Kodwa ukwabelana, uthi, kungaphezu kokumane uhlanganyele izinto ezibonakalayo: “Kumayelana nokuhlanganyela okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu ekuphileni, intokozo yethu, uthando, izwi lesikhuthazo.”
“Konke esingakunika khona kuyakwenza okuhle; ngandlela thize, kuzosiza othile,” kugcizelela u-Eric.
