Umlayezo 6 kaJanuwari 3, 1946
"Ngizwa Izwi lithi,
'Ngilandi, qaphela!'
Bese ngibona iNgilandi nesonto elikhulu phezu kwayo. Ngiyaqonda ngaphakathi: 'I-Westminster Abbey.' Bese ngibona umbhishobhi. Akaveli eSontweni lethu. Ngiyaqonda ngaphakathi: 'Lona ngumbhishobhi waseNgilandi.'
Bese ngibona uPapa ehlezi phambi kwami. Ubukeka engathi sína kakhulu. Bese ngibona umbhishobhi futhi. Kuphathelene neNgilandi. INkosikazi ikhomba iNgilandi. Ngibona igama elithi 'Fight' libhalwe ngaphezu kwekhanda lombhishobhi. Umuzwa ongavamile ungifikela. Ngizwa sengathi konke okungaphakathi kimi kushintshile. Angikwazi ukukuchaza. Ngokungazelelwe ngibheka ngakwesobunxele, phezulu, bese ngibona iNkosikazi futhi. Igqoke okumhlophe futhi imi kancane phezulu. Idonsela ukunaka kwami entweni ethile. Ngiyibheka futhi ngibona iNgilandi ilele phambi kwami futhi. INkosikazi ithi kimi:
'Impi izogubuzela yonke iYurophu nangale kwayo.'
Umuzwa onzima, okhubazayo kanye nokukhathala okukhulu ngokomoya kuza phezu kwami. INkosikazi ithi:
'Lona ukulwa okungokomoya okunzima.'
Imiyalezo yeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke yakha into ehlangene futhi iphethe umyalezo ocacile: isikhathi somzabalazo ongokomoya siyasondela, esizovela ngaphakathi kweSonto nangale kwemingcele yalo. INkosazana Yezizwe Zonke imemezela ukuthi lokhu kuzoba yimpi yemibono nengokomoya ngokuyinhloko.
Umbono owanikwa u-Ida Peerdeman ubonisa uPapa nombhishobhi wase-Anglican, enegama elithi "ukulwa" ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe. Lolu uphawu oluphazamisayo, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa izimfundiso zikaKristu, owabiza ukuthula—ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabafundi bakhe. Ukuze uqonde kahle incazelo yalo myalezo, kubalulekile ukuwucabangela ngokuphelele: zonke izithombe ezivezwayo, nakuba zihlukahlukene, zakha umyalezo owodwa, ohambisanayo ngaphakathi.
Lo myalezo ubhekisela kokubili emasontweni amaKatolika nase-Anglican, ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukuqala ngohlu olufushane lomongo womlando. ISonto lase-Anglican lahlukana neSonto lamaKatolika ngekhulu le-16 ngenxa yengxabano phakathi kweNkosi uHenry VIII noPapa uClement VII. Lokhu kuhlukana kwenzeka phakathi kuka-1532 no-1534, okwaphawulwa ngokomfanekiso yi-Act of Supremacy ka-1534, lapho uHenry VIII azibiza khona ngokuthi "uyiNhloko Ephakeme yeSonto eNgilandi." Imbangela yangempela yalokhu kungezwani kwaba ukwenqaba kukaPapa ukuchitha umshado kaHenry VIII noCatherine wase-Aragon—umshado lapho ukungabikho kwendlalifa yesilisa kwakuchazwa njengehlazo kuNkulunkulu. UCatherine wazala izingane eziyisithupha, kodwa uMary Tudor kuphela owasinda; ezinye izingane zashona ngesikhathi sokubeletha noma ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho.
Ngemva kokufa kukaHenry VIII, iSonto laseNgilandi lathatha kancane kancane isimo samaProthestani, laqeda, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukungashadi kwabefundisi kanye nokuhlonishwa kwabangcwele.
Ngesikhathi semibono ka-Ida Peerdeman ngeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uGeoffrey Francis Fisher wayeyinhloko yeSonto laseNgilandi. Wayengowokuqala kusukela kuHenry VIII ukuhlangana noPapa—isenzakalo esenzeka ngo-1960. Ngenxa yalokhu, umyalezo ka-1946, ohlanganisa uPapa nombhishobhi wase-Anglican, ungafundwa njengokugcwaliseka kwesiprofetho esimemezela umhlangano womlando, owathi ngemva kweminyaka engaphezu kwamakhulu amane, wavula indlela yengxoxo yenkolo yamasonto.
Nakuba uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uFisher engafuni ukuhlangana neSonto LamaKatolika, wayefisa ukuthi womabili la maSonto “ahambisane.” Nokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ithonya elikhulayo lemifudlana yase-Anglican eSontweni LamaKatolika lingabonakala—kufaka phakathi isenzakalo “sokukhukhuleka kwamaProthestani.” Lokhu kusobala, phakathi kwezinye izinto, endleleni indima kaMama kaNkulunkulu ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu lwensindiso ebonwa ngayo. Isibonelo yidokhumenti yeDicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, iMater Populi Fidelis, yangoNovemba 4, 2024, eyasayinwa nguKhadinali Víctor Manuel Fernández futhi yavunyelwa nguPapa Leo XIV. Lo mbhalo ungahunyushwa njengokubhekisela emibuthanweni yamaProthestani futhi wakha ukubonakaliswa kobunye obuqondakala ngendlela engafanele. Kuhle ukukhumbula ukuthi amaProthestani ayayenqaba indima kaMariya emsebenzini wensindiso.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amazwi ayanda ngokuphakanyiswa mayelana nokuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika liyeke ukungashadi okuphoqelekile—umkhuba osekuyisikhathi eside ubonakala eSontweni Lase-Anglican.
Zonke lezi zenzakalo ziholela ekucabangeni okuphazamisayo: iSonto LamaKatolika liqala ukufana neSonto Lase-Anglican ngezindlela ezithile, lamukela eminye yemikhuba yalo nezindlela zokucabanga. Ngokusho kwemiyalezo yeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, lokhu kuwumkhuba oyingozi, esixwayiswa ngawo ngokucacile. Esifanekisweni somyalezo, umbhalo othi "ukulwa," obekwe ngaphezu kwesithombe sombhishobhi wase-Anglican, awusho ingxoxo enkulu kodwa umzamo wokuphoqelela izimfundiso zakwamanye amazwe eSontweni LamaKatolika—okuyinto, ngokubheka izehlakalo zanamuhla, ebonakala njengengozi yangempela.
Okulandelayo, u-Ida Peerdeman ubona iNgilandi ilele phambi kwayo njengezwe eliwile, kanti iNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke ikhombisa ukuthi ukulwa kuzogubuzela lonke iYurophu futhi kudlulele ngale kwemingcele yayo. Kuvela eSontweni Lase-Anglican lapho imfundiso yamanga kufanele ivele khona—kulula futhi kulula ukuyamukela, ngoba iseduze nomoya waleli zwe. Eqinisweni, akuyona ngisho imfundiso, kodwa ukubuyela emqondweni ongadingi lutho kubantu.
INkosazana Yezizwe Zonke imemezela ukuthi wonke amaKatolika azokuzwa ukukhathala kwale mpi. Kodwa-ke, ngeke kube ukulwa ngenkemba, kodwa kuzoba umzabalazo ongokomoya: ukuphikelela eqinisweni, ukwethembeka eVangelini elimsulwa, kanye nokumelana nezimfundiso zamanga eziqhubeka zingena hhayi emhlabeni kuphela kodwa naseBandleni uqobo. Lo mzabalazo udinga ukwethembeka ezimfundisweni zangempela zikaKristu—ngisho noma kusho ukumelana nezingcindezi zezwe lanamuhla.
"Bese kuthi uNkosikazi kimi,
'Woza!' bese ekhomba esandleni sami.
Kunjengokungathi kufakwe isiphambano kuso. UNkosikazi manje ungibonisa lokho okumele ngikwenze. Ngishukumisa isandla esinesiphambano ngaphezu komhlabathi. Kufanele ngisikhombe. Bese kuthi uNkosikazi kimi,
'Yebo, bheka isiphambano.'
Ngenza lokhu, futhi ngisasibheka, isiphambano siyaphuma esandleni sami, engisibamba sibe yinqindi. Kufanele ngisibheke naso. Bese kuthi uNkosikazi,
'Bheka isiphambano futhi.'
Bese kuthi isiphambano silale esandleni sami futhi. UNkosikazi ushukumisa umunwe wakhe ngokuxwayisa athi,
'Bafuna ukufaka lesi siphambano kwezinye iziphambano esikhundleni saso.'
Manje ngibona izinto ezahlukahlukene zijikeleza phambi kwamehlo ami: ubukhomanisi kanye nomkhuba omusha ozofika; inhlanganisela ye-swastika kanye nobukhomanisi."
U-Ida Peerdeman uthola umyalo ocacile: ukubuka iSiphambano bese usibonisa abanye. ISiphambano asisona nje uphawu lokuhlupheka; ngaphezu kwakho konke, siwuphawu lokunqoba nokuthula, ngoba phezu kwaso kuvela uMholi – uJesu Kristu. Nguye ozohola isintu empini ezayo engokomoya neyemibono ezogubuzela umhlaba wonke.
Njengoba nje uJoshuwa, umkhuzi wakwa-Israyeli, ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu, anqoba izitha zabo futhi wahola abantu ekunqobeni, noKristu – uMholi weqiniso ongokomoya – uzohola umhlaba ukuze unqobe imibono yamanga nokudideka okungokomoya. Lokhu kuqinisekisa umyalezo wangaphambilini, lapho u-Ida Peerdeman abona khona iSiphambano esikhulu, lapho zonke izimpawu zemibono yobugebengu zawela khona ezinyaweni zakhe. U
-Ida Peerdeman kumelwe abukele njengoba iSiphambano sikhishwa ezandleni zakhe – isenzo esinencazelo ejulile engokomfanekiso. Lapho izandla zakhe zingasigubhi iSiphambano, zibamba isibhakela. Lesi yisibonakaliso sokufakwa esikhundleni komthetho wothando nokuthula ngomthetho wamandla. Umuntu uvame ukuhlupha ngezandla zakhe, kodwa uma ematasa ngeSiphambano, akanakulimaza umakhelwane wakhe, ngoba uKristu uletha ukuthula nothando.
Kodwa-ke, akukhona nje ukubamba iSiphambano ngokwenyama. Ingqikithi yomyalezo ikhombisa ukuthi izandla kufanele zimatasa ngomsebenzi kaKristu—ukudala okuhle, ukwakha ukuthula, nokukhonza abanye, kunokuba zibe yizikhali zobubi.
Kunjalo nangokubheka iSiphambano. Lapho amehlo ethu egxile kuKristu, sigxila kuYe: sibona okuhle esikhundleni sobubi, ukuthula esikhundleni sentukuthelo. Esimweni esinjalo, akukho okubi okungangena ezinhliziyweni zethu. Lapho ukubheka kuKristu kunyamalala, uthando nokuthula nakho kuyanyamalala—futhi ubudlova nentukuthelo kuthatha indawo yakho ngokushesha.
INkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe ixwayisa ngokuthi abanye bazama ukufaka esikhundleni seSiphambano sangempela ezinye “iziphambano”—izimpawu zemibono ephethe ngaphakathi kubo umoya wobukhomanisi, ubuNazi, noma izinhlobo zanamuhla zobushiqela. Kulo mongo, lezi “ziphambano” zimelela imimoya ehamba phambili yemibono enethonya elinamandla emhlabeni. Nakuba zivame ukubonakala “njengezindinganiso ezintsha,” empeleni zingcoliswe ubudlova, ukuxhaphaza, kanye nokugqilazwa. Aziholeli ensindisweni, kodwa ekugqilazweni komuntu ngokomoya nangokokuziphatha. Izinhlelo ezinjalo zihlala zilwela ukuthobisa inhliziyo yomuntu—zibhubhisa inkululeko, unembeza, neqiniso.
Isiphambano sangempela sikaKristu asigqilazi, kodwa siyakhulula. Siba umthombo wenkululeko kuphela uma umuntu engaphambukisi amehlo akhe kuYe futhi ngokuthobeka azivumele ukuqondiswa uKristu, yena ngokwakhe owahamba indlela yokuzidela ukuze asindise umhlaba futhi anike isintu ithuba lokusindiswa. Ngamunye wethu kumelwe enze umhlatshelo ofanayo; izenzo ezincane zanele.
"INkosikazi ithi,
'AmaKristu azokhathala ukulwa.'
Igcizelela igama elithi 'ukukhathala,' futhi ngizwa uhlobo lokukhathala ngokomoya lungifikela.
INkosikazi ikhomba okuthile phambi kwami, bese ngibona indawo enesihlabathi, ugwadule. Ipulpiti iyamiswa lapho. Bese ipulpiti iyanyamalala futhi, futhi okwesikhashana ngibona ugwadule phambi kwami futhi. Ngizwa izwi libiza ngolimi lwangaphandle, kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo. Lokhu kuziphinda phambi kwamehlo ami izikhathi eziningana futhi ngokushesha okukhulu.
Bese iNkosikazi ikhomba okuthile futhi. Ngibona iVatican. Kubonakala sengathi ijikeleza phakathi komhlaba. EVatican, ngibona uPapa, ephethe ikhanda lakhe neminwe emibili iphakanyisiwe. Ubheka phambili kakhulu. Ngabe sengishaya isifuba sami kathathu."
Esifanekisweni esingenhla, esinikezwe u-Ida Peerdeman, sibona ukufanekisa impi engokomoya amaKristu okuzodingeka ayilwe ngokumelene nemimoya yemibono engamanga ephikisana noNkulunkulu neSonto. Lena impi hhayi nje kuphela yeqiniso kodwa futhi neyamasakramente - izisekelo zokuphila okungokomoya, okuwukuvuma izono nokubhapathizwa.
Ipulpiti liyavela futhi linyamalale ehlane, lapho kuvela khona izwi - ukubhekisela okucacile kuSt. John the Baptist, izwi elikhala ehlane. Iqiniso lokuthi ipulpiti liyavela futhi linyamalale lifanekisela isiphithiphithi esingokomoya kanye nemizamo yokuthulisa izwi leqiniso. Liphinde libonise ukuthi izwi elibiza ukuguqulwa nokuphenduka lizohlaselwa, futhi umyalezo walo ungatshazwa - njengoba sesivele sibona namuhla emizamweni yokwehlisa isithunzi sokuphenduka kanye nendima yobhapathizo.
Kulo mbono, uPapa - ekuqaleni owayethonywe yilokho okubizwa ngokuthi ubunye bamabandla ngaphakathi kwamahlelo ahlukahlukene - kufaka phakathi iSonto Lase-Anglican - ngokuzumayo uyaqaphela iphutha lakhe. Lokhu kubonakaliswa ngokushaya isifuba somuntu kathathu, okufanekisela ukuphenduka. Ngeshwa, ukubhujiswa okungokomoya kuzoba kukhulu, futhi iSonto lizozungezwa nxazonke - hhayi izitha zangaphandle kuphela kodwa futhi nokungezwani kwangaphakathi.
Akumelwe sikhohlwe ukuthi lesi simo siwumphumela wesono, kokubili emhlabeni nangaphakathi kweSonto uqobo. Ngokusho komoya weBhayibheli kanye nesivumelwano seNtaba i-Ebali (Duteronomi 27), ukungalaleli kwabantu bakaNkulunkulu kuphumela esiqalekisweni, kanti ukwethembeka kuphumela esibusisweni. Uma abantu bakaNkulunkulu bebeqinile ekunamatheleni kwabo kuNkulunkulu, iSonto belizojabulela isivikelo nesibusiso saKhe. Ngeshwa, ukungathembeki kanye nokuyekethisa nomoya waleli zwe kuvula umnyango wokuhlaselwa ngokomoya. Ngakho-ke, siyabona ukuthi iZwe eliNgcwele, iSonto, kanye nomphakathi uKristu ake wawuzuzela uNkulunkulu babuyela esonweni—futhi ukuhlaselwa okwandayo kwamaKatolika kuyisibonakaliso esibuhlungu salokhu.
"Ngabe sengibona umuntu ogibele ihhashi egqoke izembatho zempi. Uma ngibuza ukuthi ungubani, ngithola impendulo:
'Joan of Arc.'
Ngokungazelelwe ngibona isonto elikhulu liphakama ngemuva kwakhe. Ngibuza ukuthi liyiliphi isonto futhi ngizwa ngaphakathi:
'Leli yiReims Cathedral.'
Ngibe sengibona udwendwe lwabantu oluya esontweni. Ludwendwe oluvela ezikhathini zasendulo, nomuntu ogibele ihhashi. Uphethe isihlangu nenkemba; uzungezwe yizigebengu. Ngizwa:
'Bourbon!'
Ngizwa: lokhu kungokwakamuva."
Ezimfundisweni zakhe, uKristu uvame ukusebenzisa izithombe ezivela ezweni elibonakalayo ukuze abonise izici ezithile zeZulu. Imiyalezo yeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke iyafana – idweba emlandweni, izimpawu, kanye nezifaniso ezihloselwe ukusisiza siqonde kangcono iqiniso elingokomoya kanye nohlelo lukaNkulunkulu ngomhlaba.
Kulo myalezo, isimo eBandleni siqhathaniswa nezikhathi zikaJoan of Arc – umuntu womlando owadlala indima ebalulekile empilweni engokomoya neyezombusazwe yeFrance ngeNkathi Ephakathi. Ukuze siqonde ngokugcwele lokhu kufana, kumelwe siqale siqonde umongo womlando.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iFrance neNgilandi zazihileleke eMpini Yeminyaka Eyikhulu (1337–1453), lapho amaNgisi ayenqoba khona izindawo ezengeziwe enyakatho yeFrance. Ngo-1428, amaNgisi aqala ukuvimbezela i-Orléans, idolobha elisendaweni ehlelekile eMfuleni iLoire. Ukuwa kwe-Orléans kwakungase kuvulele amaNgisi indlela yokungena eningizimu yeFrance futhi kusongele kakhulu ukuzimela kwezwe lonke.
Kulesi sikhathi esibucayi, kwavela uJoan of Arc. Owesifazane ogcwele ukholo nesibindi, wahlanganisa amaFulentshi empini, futhi ehola ibutho, waba negalelo ekuqedeni ukuvinjezelwa kwe-Orléans ngo-1429. Izenzo zakhe zakhulisa umoya waseFrance futhi zavula indlela yokuphumelela kwezempi okwengeziwe, okwagcina kwenze ukuba uCharles VII abekwe esihlalweni sobukhosi eReims kanye nokubuyiselwa kobukhosi baseFrance. Nakuba iMpi Yeminyaka Eyikhulu yaqhubeka iminyaka eminingi, indima kaJoan of Arc yayibalulekile ekuguquleni igagasi lengxabano nokuqinisa umoya wesizwe.
Uma sibuyela kumongo womyalezo wonke, sibona ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika lapha lifanekisela iFrance, iSonto Lase-Anglican—elifanekisela iNgilandi—elizama ukuyibusa, lifuna ukuphoqelela imithetho nokubusa kwalo. ISonto LamaKatolika nalo liwuphawu lweZwe Elingcwele, kanti ama-Orléans avinjezelwe aba umlingani weJeriko, idolobha elibalulekile endleleni yama-Israyeli yokunqoba iKhanani. Nokho, e-Orléans, isimo sishintshile: ububi, obucindezelwe ngaphambili, buyabuya, busongela iSonto kanye nomphakathi.
Imiyalezo yeNkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe ibiza ukuthi iSiphambano sibuyiselwe enkabeni yezwe eliphinde labuswa yisono nonkulunkulu bamanga. Ngesikhathi sama-Israyeli, uJoshuwa wafeza lo msebenzi, ehola abantu bakaNkulunkulu ekunqobeni izitha zabo. Kamuva, uKristu, okwasungulwa phezu kwesisekelo sakhe iSonto elisha nabantu bakaNkulunkulu, wavuka. Nokho, uJesu akazange alwe ngenkemba, kodwa wakhanyisela abantu ngezimfundiso zakhe ezaletha ukuthula, uthando, nesihe. UKristu wasibonisa ukuthi ububi kumele bususwe enhliziyweni yomuntu ngamazwi, hhayi ngenkemba.
Namuhla, lapho izimfundiso zamanga zeSonto Lase-Anglican zingena eSontweni LamaKatolika, u-Ida Peerdeman uyinhloko "yebutho" elingokomoya. NjengoJoan wase-Arc, kufanele ahlanze iSonto LamaKatolika ngoNkulunkulu. Khumbula ukuthi uJoan wase-Arc wathola imibono kaSt. Michael, owamyala ngalokho okufanele akwenze—okufana noJoshuwa, okwabonakala kuye iNgelosi kaNkulunkulu. Endabeni ka-Ida Peerdeman, yiNkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe, ukuzalwa kukaMoya oNgcwele, okubonisa okuhle nokubi nokuthi yini abantu okufanele bayinake.
INkosikazi ibikezela impi yokomoya ezayo ezogubuzela umhlaba wonke, okuhlanganisa neSonto LamaKatolika, elihlaselwa yizo zonke izinhlangothi - okuhlanganisa nezinye izinkolo zobuKristu eziye, empeleni, zaphambuka ezimfundisweni zikaKristu.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuqaphela ukufana phakathi kukaJoan of Arc no-Ida Peerdeman. UJoan of Arc, owaziwa ngokuthi iNkosazana yase-Orleans, wayengumuntu omsulwa wakhe owaqinisekiswa yikhomishini ekhethekile yesonto. Wayengakaze abe nomyeni noma izingane, futhi wanikela impilo yakhe yonke enkambisweni ayekholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayemqondisa kuyo. Ngokufanayo, u-Ida Peerdeman wayengenawo umndeni, egxile empilweni yakhe ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu ngomsebenzi ohlobene nemiyalezo yeNkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe.
Ngokufanayo, umongo "weMpi Yeminyaka Eyikhulu" ufanelana ngokucace kakhudlwana nomongo ongokomoya wobudlelwano phakathi kweSonto LamaKatolika neSonto LaseNgilandi. Ngesikhathi sikaJoan of Arc, iFrance yayingaphansi kokubusa kukaPapa kanye nengxenye ebalulekile yeSonto LamaKatolika. Esebenzisa lesi sithombe somlando, iNkosazana Yezizwe Zonke ikhomba ezingozini zengxoxo yama-ecumenical, engakwazi—kunokuba ikhuthaze ubunye—ukumelana nomphakathi weSonto LamaKatolika futhi ifiphaze ubuwena balo.
Ngokubheka emuva, eziningi zalezi zixwayiso zibonakala zigcwaliseka. ISonto LamaKatolika libona izinqubo eziholela ekubuthakatheni kokuqonda kwendabuko kwesikhundla sikapapa, ithonya elikhulayo lezinhlangano zamaProthestani, izimfuno zokuqedwa kokungashadi, kanye nokuthambekela kokunciphisa ukubaluleka kwamasakramente angcwele, ikakhulukazi iSidlo SeNkosi.
NjengoJoan wase-Arc, u-Ida Peerdeman ubizelwe ukusebenzela ukusungulwa kweNkosi eyodwa, efanele yomhlaba—ukubeka futhi isiphambano noKristu enkabeni yesintu.
Kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi umsebenzi kaJoan wase-Arc kwakuwukuhlanganisa iFrance ngokuletha ukugcotshwa kweNkosi uCharles VII eCathedral of Reims, indawo yendabuko yazo zonke izinkosi zaseFrance. Kwakuwukugcotshwa eReims okwakhulisa isimo sengqondo sesizwe futhi kwabuyisela umuzwa waso wobuwena, ekugcineni kwavumela ukuxoshwa kwesitha endaweni yaseFrance.
Ngokwesimo semibono ka-Ida Peerdeman, iThempeli leNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke—uMariya acele ukuba lakhiwe—lifana ngokomfanekiso neCathedral of Reims. Kulapha lapho ukugcotshwa okungokomoya kweNkosi eyodwa efanele, ezohlanganisa futhi ibuyisele zonke izizwe zomhlaba, kuzokwenzeka khona.
INkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke ibonisa ngokusobala isifiso sokuhlanganisa isintu emphakathini owodwa ongokomoya osekelwe ekuthuleni, enhloniphweni, nasebunyeni. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi eVangelini, uKristu uthumela abafundi abangu-72 ukuyomemezela Izindaba Ezinhle. Leli nani alilona iphutha—ezikhathini zasendulo, umhlaba wawukholelwa ukuthi uqukethe izizwe ezingu-72. Ngakho-ke, uJesu uthumela abafundi bakhe kubo bonke abantu, kanti uMariya, njengoMama woMsindisi, ufisa ukubizwa ngokuthi iNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke.
Embonweni, u-Ida Peerdeman ubona iNkosi uCharles VII isondela eCathedral of Reims nama-squires akhe. Nokho, ezithombeni zeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, kuvela isithombe sodwendwe lwabantu abalandela umpristi ephethe uMthendeleko, beya endaweni eqokwe nguMariya ukuze kwakhiwe iThempeli leNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke. Lesi sithombe sibhekisela kokubili odwendweni "lukaMirakel", okukhulunywe ngalo ngaphambili, kanye nokungena kukaKristu okuqinile eJerusalema, lapho uJesu ethatha ubukhosi bakhe obungokomoya phezu komhlaba.
Ubukhosi bukaKristu abuyona imvelo yezombusazwe, kodwa bungokomoya. Nguye ozohola umhlaba esiphithiphithini sesimanje semibono nesokuziphatha, ekhulula isintu ethonyeni lesono namanga. UJesu, njengoMholi—elandela isibonelo sikaJoshuwa—uhola abantu bakhe ekunqobeni empini engokomoya phakathi kokuhle nokubi.
Kulesi sithombe esingokomfanekiso, umlando kanye nomyalezo ongokomoya kuyahlangana, kwembula incazelo yomsebenzi ka-Ida Peerdeman kanye nendima yakhe njengethuluzi ezandleni zeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke—njengoba nje uJoan wase-Arc ayeyithuluzi ezandleni zikaNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sakhe kanye nesizwe sakhe.
Lo myalezo uphinde ukhulume ngomndeni wakwaBourbon, ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuthi bangobani. Ngaphansi kweNkosi uCharles VII (owayengu-1422–1461), amaBourbon ayengomunye wemindeni enamandla kakhulu nenethonya kakhulu eFrance. Ayevela ohlwini oluhlangene lobukhosi baseCapetian, futhi nakuba ayengakafiki esihlalweni sobukhosi—amakhosi avela kulolo bukhosi awazange avele kwaze kwaba ngu-1589—ayesevele edlale indima ebalulekile kwezepolitiki, ezempi, kanye neyomhlaba ngekhulu le-15.
Ummeleli obaluleke kakhulu womndeni ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCharles VII kwakunguJean II de Bourbon, uMbusi waseBourbon kusukela ngo-1410 kuya ku-1488. Wayeyisihlobo esiseduze senkosi kanye nomngane wayo othembekile ngesikhathi seMpi Yeminyaka Eyikhulu. Lokhu kwashintsha lapho uCharles VII, lapho ethatha amandla, efuna ukuhlanganisa amandla futhi anciphise ukuzimela kwemindeni emikhulu eyayinamazwe namabutho ayo. UJohn II de Bourbon wenqaba ukuyeka amalungelo akhe futhi ekugcineni wavukela inkosi, wangena esivumelwaneni namaBurgundians, okwakuthi, nakuba ayengamaFulentshi, asekela iNgilandi ngaleso sikhathi.
Igama lomndeni wakwaBourbon livela embonweni, kanye nesitatimende esithi, "Lokhu kungokwakamuva." Ukuhlaziya izenzakalo zomlando phakathi kukaCharles VII namaBourbon, umuntu angabona isisusa sokukhaphela esizweni sakubo. Ngokomongo weZibonakaliso zeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, lokhu kungahunyushwa njengokufanekisela ukukhashelwa kukaKristu kanye neNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke ngamanye amalungu esigaba sobuholi beSonto LamaKatolika.
Uphawu olufanayo luvela endabeni kaJoan wase-Arc. Kwakungumbhishobhi waseFrance uPierre Cauchon owamgweba ngokumshisa esigxotsheni, eqhutshwa yizisusa zezombusazwe nezifiso ezinkulu esekela iNgilandi. Wayefuna ukugcina ukulawula isifunda saseBeauvais, futhi ngenxa yalokho cishe wakhonza izithakazelo zaseNgilandi. Ngokufanayo, njengoba umyalezo usikisela, uKristu kanye neNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke babengakhashelwa ngamanye amalungu esigaba sobuholi beSonto LamaKatolika. Kulokhu
, kufanelekile ukuhlola ukuthi ubani kubefundisi abaphakeme owabonisa ukuvuleleka okukhethekile eSontweni LaseNgilandi ngenkathi ngesikhathi esifanayo ephikisana nezibonakaliso zeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke. Kuvele ukuthi uPapa Paul VI, okukhulunywe ngaye ekuqaleni, wayengupapa wokuqala kusukela ekuhlukaneni ukuhlangana ngokusemthethweni nombhishobhi wase-Anglican. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayesekela ngenkuthalo ingxoxo yesonto neSonto laseNgilandi futhi ngalokhu wazihlukanisa nabangaphambi kwakhe.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uPaul VI waphikisana nokuqashelwa kwezithombe zeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke. Waqinisekisa umbono ongekho emthethweni owakhishwa nguMbhishobhi uHuibers kanye neBandla Lemfundiso Yokholo. Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1960, waphinda wathi iSonto alizange liqashe lezi zithombe njengezinto ezingaphezu kwemvelo. Ngalo mqondo, umuntu angathi uPapa Paul VI, ngandlela thile, "wabulala" u-Ida Peerdeman kanye nomyalezo weNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, njengoba nje uMbhishobhi uPierre Cauchon aletha ukubulawa kukaJoan wase-Arc.
Elinye iphuzu okufanele lishiwo ukuthi kungani iNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke yagcizelela kangaka ukuthi amaDominican yiwo aphatha isithombe seNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke kanye nemiyalezo yakhe.
Kuvela ukuthi amaDominican abekhona kokubili ekugwetshweni kukaJoan of Arc—ehlanganyela ekuthunyweni okwamlahla—nasekufeni kwakhe, ehamba naye emizuzwini yakhe yokugcina. Khumbula ukuthi kwakungamaRoma alahla uKristu ukufa futhi kamuva athatha umthwalo wemfanelo weSonto LamaKatolika, eliyinhloko-dolobha yalo iVatican, eRoma. Njengoba amaDominican ahlanganyela ekugwetshweni kukaJoan of Arc, kwakuwumsebenzi wawo ukuthatha ukunakekelwa kwakhe ngemva kokufa kwakhe. Futhi njengoba sibona, nakuba uJoan aqale walahlwa njengomhlubuki, kamuva, ngenxa yomsebenzi wabefundisi, wakhululwa kuzo zonke izinsolo ngemva kokufa.
Ngemva kwalolu chungechunge lophenyo, sifika ku-Ida Peerdeman. Umqondisi wakhe ongokomoya kwakunguBaba waseDominican uFrehe, owayehamba naye futhi emsekela ngesikhathi sokubonakala kweNkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe. Kodwa-ke, kamuva wazihlukanisa naye. Kwakufana noJoan of Arc, owaqala wasekelwa abapristi futhi kamuva washiywa yibo, waze wagwetshwa ukufa.
Ngale ndlela, ukufulathela kukaBaba uFrehe u-Ida Peerdeman kungafundwa njengesikhumbuzo esingokomfanekiso sesenzakalo esenzeka eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezimbili ngaphambili—lapho abaphostoli nabo bezihlukanisa noKristu, nomunye wabafundi bakhe, uJuda, emkhaphela ngezingcezu zesiliva.
Ngokomongo kaJoan of Arc, umbono ka-Ida Peerdeman, okuxoxwe ngawo ngaphambili, nawo uba nencazelo ejulile. Kulowo mfanekiso, u-Ida waphawula ukuthi iSiphambano sasiphumile esandleni sakhe, futhi isandla sakhe sasibambe isibhakela. Lapho ebheka isandla sakhe futhi, iSiphambano saphinde savela. Ukuze sichaze kahle lo mfanekiso, kufanelekile ukukhumbula imininingwane ephathelene nokufa kukaJoan of Arc.
Njengoba uJoan eholwa esigxotsheni, wacela ukuba avunyelwe ukubamba isiphambano. Elinye lamasosha aseNgilandi lakha ngokushesha esinye ngezinduku ezimbili lamnika sona. Ngesikhathi eboshelwe esigxotsheni, isiphambano sathathwa kuye, futhi izandla zakhe zaziboshwe ngokuqinile, zakha izibhakela eziboshwe. UJoan wabe esecela omunye wabapristi baseDominican ukuba amlethele isiphambano, ayengasibheka kuze kube sekufeni kwakhe. Isicelo sakhe samukelwa: isiphambano sabekwa phambi kwakhe.
Lokhu kuhlangana kubonisa uhlobo olunezinhlangothi eziningi lwezithombe u-Ida Peerdeman azibonile, nokuthi zihlangana kanjani zibe yinto eyodwa, engokomfanekiso. Izimpawu zesiphambano esilahlekile, isandla esigoqiwe, kanye nesiphambano esitholiwe zinemibono yomlando ezikhathini zokugcina zikaJoan of Arc. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, zidlulisela umyalezo ongokomoya: labo abaphikelela esiphambanweni kuze kube sekupheleni bazophila ezweni elizayo.
Uma sibheka isithombe seNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke ngokukhanya kwalesi sigijimi esithile, simbona emi eduze kwesigxobo sokhuni, esithatha isimo sesiphambano—ngenxa yesiphambano esivundlile. INkosikazi ivezwa njengomuntu ongokomoya, izandla zakhe zikhululekile kunoma yiziphi izibopho. Ngemuva kwayo kusabalala ukukhanya okukhumbuza umlilo owahambisana nokufela ukholo kukaJoan of Arc. Kubalulekile futhi ukuqaphela ukuthi esithombeni seNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, ukubukeka kwakhe kubonakala kuhambisana nobudala bukaJoan of Arc ngesikhathi sokufela ukholo kwakhe, cishe eneminyaka eyi-19 ubudala.
Lesi sithombe sinencazelo ejulile engokomfanekiso. INkosikazi ikhombisa ukuthi ukuze umuntu abe nokuphila okuphakade, kufanele "ashise" emlilweni woMoya oNgcwele—umlilo ongashisi, kodwa ohlanza, oguqula, futhi ongcwelisa.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi uJoan of Arc wagcotshwa njengongcwele weSonto LamaKatolika ngemva kokufa. Esikweni le-hagiographic, kunesimiso lapho imfanelo yongcwele iba yilokho ahlushwa khona ngenxa yokufela ukholo. Ngakho-ke, isibonelo, uSt. Bartholomew, owa—ngokwesiko—wahlikihlwa ephila, uboniswa ezithonjeni ephethe isikhumba esihlikihliwe nommese ohlikihliwe.
Ngesizathu esifanayo, imfanelo kaSt. Joan of Arc ngumlilo—isici aqeda ngaso uhambo lwakhe lwasemhlabeni. Uma sibheka isithombe seNkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe, sibona imisebe yokukhanya iphuma ezandleni zayo, ifana nomlilo. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akuwona umlilo wokubhujiswa, njengoba sesishilo kakade, kodwa umlilo onikeza umusa nokuphila—umlilo woMoya oNgcwele.
Njengoba nje umlilo uyisici sokufela ukholo kukaJoan of Arc, endabeni yeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, siyabona ukuthi umlilo woMoya oNgcwele uyisici sakhe. Kuvela ezandleni zakhe lapho kuvela khona imisebe yokukhanya, umusa abelana ngawo nabantu. Lona akuwona umlilo ovuthayo, kodwa okhanyisa indlela eya kuNkulunkulu, wembula umehluko phakathi kokuhle nokubi. Kulokhu kukhanya, u-Ida Peerdeman ubonakalisa umfanekiso wesquire kaJoan. Kodwa-ke, ngokomongo obanzi wemibono, u-Ida Peerdeman uzodlala indima kaJoan of Arc omusha, ngenxa yokuthi uKristu—iNkosi eyodwa yeqiniso—uzoma enkabeni yomhlaba, futhi ukugcotshwa Kwakhe kuzokwenzeka eThempelini leNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, okufana neReims Cathedral. Kulo mbono, iNgelosi kaNkulunkulu iyiNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke, enikeza isiqondiso ku-Ida Peerdeman, elandela isibonelo sikaJoshuwa neNgelosi eyabonakala kuye ngaphambi nje kwempi yokuxosha ububi eZweni Elingcwele.
"Khona-ke kumele ngibheke izandla zami. Ngimele bonke abantu. 'Azinalutho,' ngithi kuNkosazana. Uyabheka, futhi njengoba ngimbheka phezulu, kumele ngizigoqe. INkosazana iyamomotheka kimi, futhi kubonakala kimi sengathi yehle isinyathelo. Ithi,
'Woza!'
Manje sekunjengokungathi ngihamba neNkosazana ngaphezu komhlaba. Kungazelelwe ngizizwa ngikhathele kakhulu. Ngithi kuNkosazana, 'Ngikhathele, ngikhathele kakhulu.' Ngikuzwa emzimbeni wami wonke. Kodwa iNkosazana iyangihola.
Bese ngibheka phambili ngibone igama elithi IQINISO libhalwe ngezinhlamvu ezinkulu kakhulu. Ngilifunda ngokuzwakalayo, bese siqhubeka nokuhamba. INkosazana iyanikina ikhanda. Ibukeka ingathi sína futhi idangele, bese ingibuza,
'Uyalubona Uthando Lomakhelwane?'
Ngibheka izandla zami futhi bese ngiphendula ngithi, 'Lezi zandla azinalutho.' Iphinde ibambe isandla sami, bese siqhubeka nokuhamba. Ngenkathi ngibona isikhala esingapheli phambi kwami, ngizwa iNkosazana ibuza,
"Ukulunga, Ubulungiswa, kuphi konke lokhu?"
Lapho u-Ida Peerdeman ebheka izandla zakhe—ezifanekisela bonke abantu—ubona ubuze. Kuyisithombe esinamandla kakhulu, esivumelana ngokugcwele nomyalezo wemiyalezo yeNkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke. Izandla ezingenalutho zibonisa ukunganaki ngokomoya kwabantu: akekho ofuna ukulandela uJesu, akekho othatha umsebenzi wokuguqula umhlaba noma umsebenzi wokuwukhipha ebumnyameni besono. Akekho ophethe iSiphambano ezandleni zakhe, okusho ukuthi akekho ozinikele ekuthwaleni umthwalo wemfanelo wokuhle. Kufanekisela isizungu sikaKristu, olinde labo abazimisele ukuthatha iSiphambano naye futhi benze umzamo wokwenza leli zwe libe yindawo enhle.
Lapho u-Ida ebona ubuze ezandleni zakhe—uphawu lokungabi namandla komuntu—unqotshwa isidingo esikhulu sokuthandaza. Kulesi simo sangaphakathi, ugoqa izandla zakhe, ephathisa uNkulunkulu lokho umuntu angenakukuthwala eyedwa.
INkosikazi Yezizwe Zonke isabela ngokushesha kulesi senzo: yehla isinyathelo esisodwa phambili, isondela kumuntu. Lesi yisibonakaliso esicacile sokuthi umthandazo oqotho nosuka enhliziyweni uletha usizo lukaNkulunkulu kanye nokuba khona kwakhe emhlabeni. NguMoya oNgcwele, ngeNkosikazi yeZizwe Zonke, ozosiza abantu ukuhlukanisa okuhle nokubi.
INkosazana yeZizwe Zonke iveza nokuthi kunzima kangakanani ukuguqula umhlaba. Kuhilela umzamo, ukuzidela, kanye nemizwa ehambisana nomzabalazo ongokomoya: ukukhathala, ukukhathala, ubuhlungu obungokomzimba, ukwesaba, nokungabaza. U-Ida ubhekana nalokhu emibonweni yakhe, futhi ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe, kwembulwa ukuthi ubuhle abufiki kalula kuleli zwe. Yonke imisebenzi emihle ishiya ngaphakathi komuntu kokubili ukuqiniswa kobuhle kanye nomkhondo wemizwa emibi, ngenxa yalokho afunda ukuhlukanisa okuhle nokubi.
Uma umuntu engakaze abhekane nobunzima, ubuhlungu, noma kwadingeka azincishe noma yini, akazi ukuthi okuhle kuyini ngempela. Ngakho-ke, ngokumangalisayo, omunye wemisebenzi yethu yabantu uba ukuthola okuhlangenwe nakho okuhlobene nemizwa emibi. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho akugcini nje ngokusiqinisa ekwenzeni okuhle kodwa futhi kusifundisa indlela yokuhlukanisa okuhle nokubi.
Encwadini kaGenesise, sifunda ukuthi "ngokujuluka kwamabunzi ethu umuntu uyozuza isinkwa sakhe"—futhi isinkwa siwuphawu lobuhle. Lokhu kusho ukuthi indlela ebuyela eMbusweni weZulu iholela ngomzamo, ngokulwa nobunzima, ngokubhekana nemizwa emibi. Le mizwa ingabhalwa emphefumulweni ngezindlela ezimbili: kungaba ngokuzithandela - ngokuzidela, ukuzithuthukisa, kanye nokuzibophezela ebuhleni, noma ngenkani - ngokuhlupheka nokulwa okubangelwa yizimo. Kodwa-ke, lapho umuntu efinyelela ubuhle ngokuzithandela, umphefumulo wakhe uqiniswa ebuhleni, ngesikhathi esifanayo efunda ngobubi.
Ekupheleni kombono, iNkosazana Yezizwe Zonke iphinde ibonise u-Ida izandla zayo ezingenalutho - uphawu lwaso sonke isintu. Lesi isithombe sezwe lapho kungekho muntu owenza umzamo wokulwela okuhle, okuchazwe yiNkosazana njengothando lomakhelwane, ukulunga, kanye nobulungiswa. Kodwa-ke, noma ngubani onquma ukulwela lezi zindinganiso ngokuqinisekile uzothola imizwa emibi - ngoba zibhalwe esakhiweni sokwenza okuhle emhlabeni.
Kuhle ukukhumbula indaba yeVangeli yowesifazane nendoda ecebile abanikela imihlatshelo ethempelini. Owesifazane ompofu wanikela ngakho konke ayenakho, kanti indoda ecebile yanikela kuphela ngokuningi kwayo. Nakuba isipho sakhe sasiphansi ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo, owesifazane wezwa imiphumela emibi - kungenzeka ukuthi wayehlushwa ubumpofu, mhlawumbe ngisho nendlala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, indoda ecebile ayizange ibhekane nobunzima. Ngale ndlela, sibona ukuthi owesifazane waqinisa umphefumulo wakhe ekwenzeni okuhle futhi wafunda kulesi senzakalo, kuyilapho indoda ecebile, nakuba yayinomusa, ingazange iqinise umphefumulo wayo ngokomoya noma ifunde isifundo kulomhlatshelo.
Le ndaba ayisho ukuthi umuntu kufanele aye esontweni futhi anikele ngakho konke anakho, kodwa ichaza izimiso ezibusa izulu. Kuleli zwe elibi, uma umuntu engahlangabezani nokuhlupheka ngokwenza okuhle, akenzi okuhle kwangempela. Isibonelo esihle kakhulu nguKristu, owahlupheka futhi wafa esiphambanweni ngenxa yobuhle.
Izandla ezingenalutho kanye nokungabikho komthandazo nakho kuyisibonakaliso sesixwayiso: isikhathi siyasondela lapho imizwa edingwa ngumphefumulo ingatholakala hhayi ngezenzo zokuzithandela zothando, kodwa ngokuphoqelelwa, ubuhlungu, nokuhlupheka okubangelwa yizimpi noma izinhlekelele. Esimweni esinjalo, isintu asiqiniswa ebuhleni kodwa sibhekana nobubi enyameni yaso, obuzilethele bona. Futhi lena akuyona indlela uNkulunkulu ayifisayo.
"Ngabe sengibona iSiphambano futhi simi phakathi komhlaba. INkosikazi ikhomba kuso. Kumelwe ngikwamukele, kodwa ngiphenduka ikhanda lami. Kunjengokungathi ngingumuntu wonke futhi ngilahla isiphambano kimi.
'Cha,' kusho iNkosikazi, 'kumele samukelwe futhi sibekwe phakathi. Kuzoba neqembu elithile labantu elizolwa, lilwele, futhi ngizoliholela lapho.'
Ngesikhathi esho lokhu, ngizwa ubuhlungu obukhulu emzimbeni wami kangangokuthi, ngibubula, ngithi, 'O, yeka ukuthi kubuhlungu kanjani!'
Bese ngizwa izwi elikhulu limemeza,
'Jeriko!'
INkosikazi isibuyele endaweni yayo, phezulu. Ibheka phansi, ingibheke, bese ithi,
'Engikutshele khona kumele kwenziwe. Ngaphambi kwalokho, ngeke kube nokuthula.'"
Akekho ofuna ukwamukela iSiphambano ngoba sibonakala singakhangi—sihlotshaniswa nobuhlungu, ukuzidela, nokukhathala. Umuntu wanamuhla ufisa “ukuphila kahle,” egxile enduduzo, enganaki izwe elimzungezile noma iqiniso lokuthi liphawulwe ngokujulile ngobubi. Kodwa-ke, isimo sengqondo esinjalo asiholeli ndawo—uma ububi bunganakwa, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi buzosabalala kakhulu kangangokuthi buthinta wonke umuntu mathupha. Khona-ke umuntu uzofunda ukuthi ububi buyini, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyabufuna noma cha.
Lesi sithombe esingathandeki seSiphambano singahunyushwa ngokukhanya komfanekiso kaJothamu (bheka AbaHluleli 9:7-15), lapho kuyisihlahla sameva esikhethwa njengenkosi. Zonke ezinye imithi—umnqumo, umkhiwane, umvini—zenqaba ubukhosi. Isihlahla sameva kuphela esikwamukelayo. Akekho ofuna ukubuka ameva, ngoba ukuwabona nje kubangela ubuhlungu. Kodwa-ke kusemeveni—ekudeleni, ekuzideleni, nasekuhluphekeni—lapho kukhona amandla eqiniso okuguqula umhlaba ongeke uzishintshe. Lena imizwa edingekayo ekuguqulweni komhlaba.
Okulandelayo, u-Ida Peerdeman uzwa igama elithi: “Jeriko.” Lokhu kubhekisela ngokucacile ezenzakalweni ezichazwe eNcwadini kaJoshuwa – emzini oseZweni Elingcwele owawuzoba ngomunye wabokuqala ukuhlanzwa ebubini. Kodwa-ke, izindonga zaseJeriko azizange ziwe ngenxa yamandla omuntu, isu, noma ubuqili, kodwa ngenxa yamandla kaNkulunkulu nokulalela imiyalo yaKhe kuphela. Izinsuku eziyisithupha, ama-Israyeli azungeza umuzi kanye ngosuku, ephethe uMphongolo weSivumelwano futhi eshaya amacilongo awo. Ngosuku lwesikhombisa, awuzungeza kasikhombisa, kwathi lapho kukhala amacilongo nokumemeza okukhulu kwabantu, izindonga zawa.
Kulo mongo, "iJeriko" iba isithombe seSonto LamaKatolika, eliye langenwa ububi ngezimfundiso ezingamanga, okuhlanganisa nalezo ezikhona eSontweni LaseNgilandi. Ngaphambilini, kwavela uphawu lweMpi Yeminyaka Eyikhulu, lapho iNgilandi yathatha khona amazwe aseFrance, futhi ukungenelela kukaNkulunkulu kuphela – ngoJoan of Arc – kwahlanza la mazwe, kwawabuyisela kuNkulunkulu futhi. Inqubo efanayo izokwenzeka eSontweni LamaKatolika: lapho, futhi, kudingeka ukuhlanzwa, okuhlanganisa nezimfundiso ezingaholeli eqinisweni, kanye nokuzinikela kabusha kuNkulunkulu.
Yingakho uNkulunkulu enika umhlaba iNkosazana Yezizwe Zonke—umuntu osiza ukuhlukanisa okuhle nokubi futhi okhombisa indlela yokuhlanza iSonto ukuze libe yindlela yeqiniso eholela umhlaba ekukhanyeni nakuNkulunkulu. ISonto LamaKatolika livela lapha njenge-"Jeriko" elima endleleni yokuhlanzwa komhlaba wonke. KungeSonto lapho uNkulunkulu esebenza khona, esebenza njengethuluzi Lakhe ekuhlanzeni umhlaba esonweni. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukuthi iSonto ligcwalise intando kaNkulunkulu ngempela.
Ngokubona imiyalezo, umyalezo ucacile: uma iSiphambano siphinde sibekwa enkabeni yomhlaba, futhi abantu besibheka, basithwale, futhi bazivumele ukuqondiswa nguKristu, khona-ke imiphefumulo yabo izoqiniswa ekwenzeni okuhle futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, ifunde incazelo yobubi. Kuleli zwe, ukwenza okuhle kuhlale kuhlotshaniswa nokuhlangenwe nakho kwemizwa emibi: ubunzima, umhlatshelo, ukukhathala, nobuhlungu, kokubili ngokomzimba nangokomoya.
Uma nje abantu benqaba iSiphambano futhi bengaphendukeli kuKristu, ukuthula kweqiniso ngeke kufike. Khona-ke, isintu sizoba nemizwa engemihle hhayi ngenxa yokulwela okuhle, kodwa ngokukhathazeka, izimpi, izingxabano, kanye nezinhlekelele—ukuhlupheka okuzilethela kona.
Ubuze, ukubhujiswa ngokomoya, kanye nokwahlukana kuzoqhubeka kuze kube yilapho umhlaba uqonda ukuthi iSiphambano—nakuba sihlotshaniswa nokuhlupheka—yiyona ndlela kuphela eya ekuthuleni, engazalwa ngamandla omuntu kodwa evela kuNkulunkulu. Isisekelo sale ndlela ukuzivumela ukuba ubethelwe ngaphambi kokwenza okubi, okungukuthi, ukuziphika nokulandela uKristu.
Emilayezweni yeNkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe, iSiphambano sithatha nesilinganiso esingokomfanekiso njengoMuthi Wokuphila. Lokhu kuyisifaniso esicacile, ngoba Umuthi Wokuphila nguMariya, kanti isithelo sakhe nguJesu Kristu. Yingakho, ezibonelweni eziningi, uMama kaNkulunkulu evezwa nomntwana uJesu ezandleni zakhe. Lokhu akuyona nje isenzo sobubele bomama, kodwa isithombe soMuthi Wokuphila ophakathi nePharadesi.
Kulo mongo, izindonga zaseJeriko zembula isimo esingokomfanekiso samakherubi. Njengoba izindonga eziphakeme zaseJeriko seziwile kakade futhi zingenakwakhiwa kabusha, umuntu angasondela futhi athinte kokubili Umuthi kanye neSithelo Sokuphila. Kwanele ukuhamba phezu "kwemfucumfucu yabo."
Esigijimini sesishiyagalombili, iNkosazana Yezizwe Zonke ibonakala ihleli esihlalweni sobukhosi, iphethe uJesu Osemusha ezandleni zayo—isithelo esiphilayo soMuthi Wokuphila. Ezinyaweni zayo kulele ingonyama enesibani, esibhekisela ngokomfanekiso ezindongeni zaseJeriko eziwile. Noma ubani ofisa lokhu angafinyelela isithelo sokuphila, kodwa okokuqala kumele asondele eMthini Wokuphila uqobo. Masikhumbule ukuthi iSonto Lase-Anglican lingamaProthestani futhi, ngokwencazelo, aliqapheli indima kaMama kaNkulunkulu ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu lwensindiso. Futhi njengoba lingaqapheli uMariya, alikwazi ukufinyelela isithelo sokuphila. Lesi sitatimende sifihla iqiniso mayelana nokuhlengwa kukaMariya kanye neNkosazana Yezizwe Zonke.
"Bese ngibona uPapa futhi phambi kwami, kanye neqembu elikhulu labefundisi nabanye abantu abamzungezile. 'Njengokungathi basenkomfeni,' ngithi. Ingxoxo iyashisa. Ngezinye izikhathi kubonakala sengathi bathukuthele. INkosikazi ithi,
'Lena yimpi engokomoya eyenzeka ngaphezu komhlaba. Lo mubi kakhulu kunomunye, futhi umhlaba uyawohloka.'
Kunjengokungathi ngihamba ngaphezu komhlaba futhi sengathi ngimba emhlabathini, njengokungathi ngimba ngijule kakhulu kuwo. Ngidlula kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemihubhe. Bese ngokuzumayo uyama, futhi ngokuzumayo ngizwa,
'Ngilapha.'
Bese ngizwa Izwi elithi,
'Ego Sum.'
Bese ngithi buthule, 'Yeka umhlaba omncane.' Bese, ekhomba ngomunwe wakhe, iNkosikazi ithi,
'Hamba uyosakazeka!'
Futhi ngokuzumayo konke kuyanyamalala.'
INkosikazi Yazo Zonke Izizwe ixwayise kaningi ngemizamo yokufaka esikhundleni sesiphambano sangempela "ngezinye iziphambano" - imibono engenaye uJesu noNkulunkulu. Lezi yizinhlelo zamanga zokucabanga ezithembisa ukuthula nokuchuma, kodwa ezingaholeli ekuthuleni kweqiniso ngoba zenqaba umthombo wokuphila - uNkulunkulu. Noma yimuphi umbono ozihlukanisa noNkulunkulu ekugcineni uholela ebudloveni, ebugqilini obungokomoya, kanye nasekuphazamisekeni kokuziphatha.
Izingcindezi eBandleni nakuMalusi walo Ophakeme - uPapa - zizovela kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Lezi ngeke zibe amandla angaphandle kuphela kodwa futhi nawangaphakathi, asebenza ngaphakathi eBandleni uqobo. Ubunye bamanga, noma ingxoxo namahlelo asuke kuKristu, kuholela ekwephulweni kweSivumelwano noNkulunkulu. Esigijimini, sibona uPapa ezungezwe abefundisi abaphishekela izintshisekelo zabo, ezingahlobene noKristu. Yibo ababangela ukuphazamiseka okuphikisana nezimfundiso zikaKristu. Akunakwenzeka ukukhuluma nawo wonke umuntu nokujabulisa wonke umuntu - ikhambi kuphela ukubuyela kuKristu nokumlandela.
Lena ingozi enkulu kunazo zonke: imibono ephikisana neVangeli ingangena eSontweni cishe ingabonwa, ngaphansi kwesicabha sobuhle, idukise iqiniso elembuliwe futhi ilulaze izisekelo zokholo. Emfanekisweni womyalezo, sibona ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika liyalulazwa, yize abantu bevame ukungazi. Konke kwenzeka ngasese, kodwa phambi kukaNkulunkulu, akukho lutho oluhlala lufihliwe. Ngakho-ke, iNkosazana Yezizwe Zonke isitshengisa izinsongo umuntu ngokwakhe angaziboni.
INkosazana Yezizwe Zonke iphathisa u-Ida Peerdeman umsebenzi wokumemezela imiyalezo ezokwenza isintu siqaphele izingozi ezicashe kokubili esintwini naseSontweni LamaKatolika. Ukudalula lezi zinqubo ezingabonakali—ukululazwa buthule kweqiniso—kubalulekile ekusindisweni komuntu.