I-scapulars

Yintoni iSkapulari?

AmaKristu amaninzi, yazo zonke iimvaba, badla ngokunxiba iminqamlezo okanye iminqamlezo–abanye ngenxa yokuzinikela kuYehova, ezinye zifana nje nezacholo okanye izihombiso.

AmaKatolika amaninzi nawo anxiba iScapular, eyi a yomthendeleko elengalengayo ukubonisa ukuzahlulela komntu kuThixo.

I-Scapular inamaqhekeza amancinane amabini amalaphu angamaxande, enye ngaphambili enye ngasemva, ezidla ngokuba nombala othile wenkonzo–ntsundu, mhlophe, luhlaza, mfusa, okanye ebomvu–kwaye amaxesha amaninzi ibonisa imifanekiso eqingqiweyo. I-pendant ibizwa ngegama le-scapula, okanye iincakuba zamagxa, apho igqunywe khona. AmaKatolika akholelwa ukuba ubabalo olukhethekileyo luhlonyelwe ekunxibeni kweScapular.

I-Scapular inokulandelwa umva kwi-Saint Simon Stock, owathi wayifumana kwiNtombi Enyulu uMariya xa wabonakala kuye 1251, ethembisayo, “Nabani na ofa enxibe le Skapulari akayi kufumana umlilo wanaphakade.”

Ngaba iSkapulari litikiti lokuya eZulwini?

Esi sithembiso, enokubangela ukuba iSikapulari sibe nempazamo njengohlobo “itikiti lokuya ezulwini,” kufuneka kuqwalaselwe kwimfundiso yeCawa iyonke ngosindiso.

IBandla lifundisa oko “ugwetyelo lusifanelekele ngePassion kaKristu” (ICatechism yeCawa yamaKatolika, isiqe. 1992). Ekukhanyeni kokufa koNyana wakhe, UThixo usinika isipho sosindiso ngesisa, nangona kuhleli kuthi ukwamkela isipho. Ngesiqhelo, oku kubandakanya inguquko noBhaptizo (bona i IZenzo zabaPostile, 2:38).

Emva kokuhlanjululwa esonweni ngoBhaptizo (bona, i Incwadi yokuqala kaPetros, 3:21), kuyimfuneko ukuba sizingise kwimo yobungcwele ubomi bethu bonke, ngenxa “onyamezeleyo kwada kwaba sekupheleni, lowo uya kusindiswa” (UMateyu 10:22). Kuyavunywa, akukho lula ukwenza oko.

Ukholo lwethu kuThixo, ngaphezulu, kufuneka akhuthale ngemisebenzi yothando, ngokuba sithi “kungabi ngokwaselukholweni lodwa” (bona i Incwadi yeSaint James 2:24). Kanjalo, imisebenzi yethu inokufaneleka kuphela xa idityaniswe nomsebenzi ophakamileyo wokufa kukaKristu emnqamlezweni. Zonke iinceba esizifumanayo njengabalandeli bakaKrestu ziphuma kwiNtlawulo. Yiloo nto kanye uYehova awayethetha ngayo xa wayesithi, “Umdiliya ndim, ningamasebe. ohleli kum, nam ndikuye, nguye othwala isiqhamo esininzi, ngokuba, ningekum, aninakwenza nto” (UYohane 15:5).

Kweyakhe Ileta eya kwabaseFilipi (2:12), UPawulos oNgcwele uyasicebisa ukuba “lusebenzeni nilufeze olwenu usindiso, ninokuzoyikela nokungcangcazela.” I-Scapular luphawu lwangaphandle lokuguqukela komntu kuKristu; kunye nesikhumbuzo esingcwele sokuba utyeke yonke imihla esonweni uye kuThixo. Ukuya koku kuphela, kukho iinceba zokwenyani ezincanyathiselwe ekunxityweni kweSkapulari, njengoko uMariya watshoyo, eya kusinceda kakhulu kuthumo lwethu lokuzingisa ebungcweleni–ubabalo esiluzuzelwe nguYesu. Ngamanye amazwi, ukunxiba entanyeni yomntu akwanelanga. Kufuneka kuthetha into, nto leyo ethetha ukuba ukuyiqonda kwalowo uyinxibileyo kumele kumqhubele ekubeni enze okuthile egameni likaThixo nabanye..

Umbono wobabalo lukaThixo olufunyenwe ngento ephathekayo iyavakala kuphela xa umntu eqonda enyameni inkalo yenkolo yamaKatolika.

UbuKhatholika bufanekiselwa kuMzaliso, ukufika kukaKristu emhlabeni, awathi ngalo uThixo ongabonakaliyo wabonakala (bona uPawulos Ileta eya kwabaseKolose 1:15). Kuba uThixo wathatha isimo somntu ubabalo lwakhe ngoku lunokugqithiselwa kuthi ngezinto zenyama. Khawucinge ngengxelo yeVangeli yomfazi owaphiliswa ngokuchukumisa umqukumbelo wesambatho sikaKristu (Phawula 5:28), okanye imilwelwe, eyaphiliswayo ngokuchukumisa iiqhiya ezazicinezelwe emzimbeni kaPawulos (kwi IZenzo zabaPostile 19:11 – 12). Kwezi ngxelo zeBhayibhile, ubabalo lokuphilisa lwalugqithiselwa kumakholwa ngezinto eziphathekayo, ngelaphu ngokwenyani.

Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba xa uMariya wayethembisa usindiso kwabo banxiba iSkapulari wayethetha ngabo abanxiba ngokuthembekileyo!

Umnxibi we-Scapular uhlala ekhululekile ukuba alahle ubabalo oluqhotyoshelweyo kwaye azinikele esonweni. Kwityala, iSkapulari yayiza kuyeka ukuba luphawu lobomi kuKristu, kodwa ube ngumqondiso wokugwetywa, uhlobo lokugculela umnikelo kaThixo.

I-Scapular, ngoko, asilotikiti lokuya ezulwini okanye into yomlingo–yi umjelo wobabalo! Umlingo uthi usebenza ngamandla awo, ezizukisayo. I-Scapular isebenza ngamandla kaKristu, bemzukisa uThixo, ukuba lowo uyinxibileyo ukhetha ukwenjenjalo.

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