Ibhalwe nguRobin Gomes
UPapa uFrancis ngoMgqibelo umeme amaKristu ukuthi abonge futhi adumise uNkulunkulu ngokuhle akwenzile empilweni yethu njengoba kwenza iNcasakazi kuMagnificat, okwaba umthombo wenjabulo yakhe.
UPapa uFrancis wenze lesi sikhuthazo emthandazweni wasemini othi “Angelus” eSt. Peter’s Square eRoma, ngosuku iBandla eligubha ngalo uMkhosi Wokwenyuka KukaMariya ezulwini.
Imfundiso yokholo eyamenyezelwa uPapa uPius XII ngoNovemba 1, 1950, ithi iNcasakazi uMariya “lapho isiqede inkambo yokuphila kwayo yasemhlabeni, yathathwa umzimba nomphefumulo waba enkazimulweni yasezulwini”. UPapa uFrancis uthe i-Assumption ikhanya "njengesibonakaliso sethemba eliqinisekile nenduduzo kubantu bakaNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwabo emhlabeni", njengoba i-Second Vatican Council ikubeka.
Ukucabangela: kuNkulunkulu akukho okulahlekile
Ekhuluma nesixuku samaholide evele ngefasitela lesitudiyo sakhe esibheke esigcawini, uPapa uthe kwethi Ukwenyukela KukaMariya Ezulwini, sigubha ukunqoba okukhulu ngokungenakulinganiswa “kunesinyathelo esikhulu sesintu” lapho umuntu eqala ukubeka unyawo enyangeni. Lapho iNcasakazi ephansi yaseNazaretha ibeka unyawo epharadesi, umzimba nomoya, yathi, “kwakuwukuqagela okukhulu kwesintu”.
Lokhu, kusho uPhapha, kusinika ithemba lokuthi “siyigugu, simiselwe ukuvuka futhi”. “UNkulunkulu akayivumeli imizimba yethu inyamalale ize. KuNkulunkulu, akukho okulahlekile!”
Ukuthobeka kukaMariya kuphakamisa ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu
Iseluleko sikaMariya kithi, uBaba Ongcwele wathi, sitholakala engomeni yakhe, “Magnificat” – “Umphefumulo wami uyayitusa iNkosi”. “UMariya ‘ukhulisa’ iNkosi: hhayi izinkinga, ayengazintulanga ngaleso sikhathi,” kuchaza uPapa. Akakuvumeli “ukukhungathwa ubunzima nokungenwa ukwesaba”. Kunalokho, ubeka uNkulunkulu njengobukhulu bokuqala bokuphila, okuba umthombo wobukhazikhazi bakhe. Injabulo yakhe izalwa “hhayi ngenxa yokungabikho kwezinkinga, ezifika ngokushesha noma kamuva, kodwa ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu”, ngoba mkhulu futhi ubheka abaphansi. “Thina,” kugcizelela uPapa, “siwubuthakathaka bothando Lwakhe.”
UMary, uPapa waqhubeka, uyavuma ukuthi mncane futhi uphakamisa "izinto ezinkulu" iNkosi emenzele yona. Uyasibonga isipho sokuphila, useyintombi nto kodwa uyakhulelwa, futhi u-Elizabeth, owayesekhulile, ukhulelwe umntwana. UPapa wathi, “iNkosi yenza izimanga ngalabo abaphansi …, abanikeza uNkulunkulu indawo eyanele ekuphileni kwabo,” uMariya adumisa uNkulunkulu ngakho.
Ukukhohlwa okuhle kushwabanisa inhliziyo
Ngakho uPapa Francis wamema bonke ukuba bazibuze, ukuthi thina, njengoMariya, siyamdumisa futhi simbonge uNkulunkulu ngezinto ezinhle asenzela zona, ngothando Lwakhe, ukuthethelela, ububele nokusinika uMama wakhe nabafowethu nodadewethu.
“Uma sikhohlwa okuhle,” kuxwayisa uPapa, “inhliziyo iyashwabana.” “Kodwa uma, njengoMariya, sikhumbula izinto ezinkulu iNkosi ezenzayo, uma okungenani kanye ngosuku “besingayikhulisa,” siyobe sithatha igxathu elikhulu eliya phambili,” kuphetha uPapa, enezela, izinhliziyo zethu ziyokwenza lokho. andise futhi injabulo yethu izokwanda.
