Ukuphila, inkonzo kanye nokucaphuna koMama Theresa

Sekuyisikhathi eside igama elithi Mama Teresa seliba igama lomndeni. Kuye sihlanganisa uthando, isihe, umusa. Wayengubani futhi kungani ehlonishwa emhlabeni wonke?

Umama Teresa ungubani?

Umama uTheresa waseCalcutta ungumfundisi wamaKatolika, owaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngenkonzo yakhe yezithunywa zevangeli. Wazalwa eMbusweni wase-Ottoman edolobheni lase-Uskub ngo-1910 ngo-Agasti 26. Kusukela ekuzalweni kwakubizwa ngokuthi u-Agnes Gonja Boyagiu.

Lapho eneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, wathuthela e-Ireland, waba ilungu le-monastic "odade base-Ireland uLorto", futhi ngo-1931 wathatha isikhwama futhi wathatha igama elithi Teresa, ngemva kwalokho eqondiswa umyalelo othunyelwe eCalcutta. Ngomnyaka we-1948, wasungula umphakathi we-"Sisters of the Missionary Love", owawuhlanganyela ekusungulweni kwezindlu zokuhlala, izikole, izibhedlela zabagulayo abagulayo kakhulu. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-50 uMama Teresa uye wakhonza abantu emhlabeni wonke.

Kuye, into eyinhloko kwakuwukuthi abantu bangabheka amehlo, bakhonose, bazi ukuthi bayamukelani futhi bathethelele. Ngokulingana nokubaluleka komuntu kokubili abampofu kanye nabamele abanamandla, uMama Teresa wacabangela. Izithombe nama-presidents kanye nabantu abahluphekile abajwayelekile ababufakazi obucacile. Wayenabangane abaningi abangamshayela noma nini futhi bakhulume.

Inhliziyo kaMama Teresa yashaya ngo- September 5, 1997. Izwe lonke lililela isanta lakhe. Ngezinsizakalo zakhe wanikezwa imiklomelo eminingi. Okuvelele kakhulu yiNobel Peace Prize kanye neGold Medal yase-US Congress.

Ngo-2003, iSonto LamaKatolika lalinganiselwe.

Amaphuzu avela kuMama Teresa

Kungokwamazwi wokuthi uma ukuphila kwakungazange kuphile ngenxa yabanye abantu, ngeke kubhekwe njengokuphila. Amazwi amaningi asakaze emhlabeni jikelele njengezingcaphuno kuMama Theresa. Wathi uma kungekho ndlela yokudla abantu abayikhulu, yondla eyodwa. Uma kubuzwa ukuthi yini engenziwa ukuze kulondolozwe ukuthula emhlabeni wonke, impendulo yayilula: "Hamba ekhaya futhi uthande umndeni wakho." Emazwini akhe, waphawula ukuthi akuwona wonke umuntu ongenza izinto ezinhle, kodwa wonke umuntu angenza izinto ezingabalulekile ngothando olukhulu.

Izitatimende mayelana nokuphila

U-Teresa wathi umama onamazwi kakhulu ngokuphila:

• Ukuphila kuyithuba okufanele lisetshenziswe.
• Ukuphila kuyinto ebuhle okumelwe ihlonishwe.
• Ukuphila kuyinjabulo yokuba nakho.
• Ukuphila kuyiphupho elidinga ukugcwaliseka.
• Ukuphila kuyimfanelo okumelwe igcwaliseke.
• Ukuphila ngumdlalo ongadlala kuwo.
• Ukuphila impilo okufanele ivikelwe.
• Ukuphila uthando, futhi kuyadingeka ujabulele
• Ukuphila kuyimfihlakalo, okubalulekile ukwazi
• Ukuphila ingcebo okufanele ihlonishwe.
• Ukuphila kuyithuba lokusebenzisa.
• Ukuphila kuyisihlungu okumelwe sinqobe.
• Ukuphila umzabalazo okumelwe uqiniseke.
• Ukuphila kuyinto adventure okudingayo ukunquma.
• Ukuphila kuyinkinga ebalulekile ukunqoba.
• Ukuphila injabulo oyidinga ukuyidala.

• Ukuphila kuyinselele okumelwe yamukeleke.
• Ukuphila kuyamangalisa kakhulu, akufanele kungonakaliswe.
• Ukuphila ukuphila, futhi kubalulekile ukulwa nalo!

Ubuhlobo noNkulunkulu

UNkulunkulu wakhetha uMama Teresa ukuba akhonze abantu hhayi ngenxa yokuthi wayenezimfanelo ezikhethekile. Ukufunda izingcaphuno zikaMama Teresa, kusobala ukuthi wayengenakucabangela impilo yakhe ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu. Wagcizelela ukuthi udinga usizo lukaNkulunkulu nomusa kangakanani. Umama uTeresa wayevame ukuzwa ebuthakathaka futhi engavikelekile, futhi wayengenakukwazi ukubhekana naye, okuyinto eyenza uNkulunkulu akwazi ukuyisebenzisa. Ebona ukungabi namandla kwamandla akhe, wayelokhu ephendukela kuNkulunkulu usizo, isihe futhi akholelwa ukuthi bonke abantu kudingeka baxhumane noNkulunkulu ngomthandazo. Ukushiwo kukaMama Teresa kuyadingeka ngaso sonke isikhathi, wayekholelwa ukuthi abantu baphila ukuze bathande umhlaba futhi babelane ngokukhanya. Ukuthandaza akumelwe kube ukuthola ulwazi olusha noma isipiliyoni, kodwa ukwenza izinto ezivamile ngemfutho engavamile.

Mayelana nenkonzo yakhe, uMama Teresa uthe usekelwe ekukholweni kwakhe kuJesu Kristu. Wakholelwa ukuthi kunzima ngabantu ukuveza uthando lwabo ngoNkulunkulu ngaphandle kokumbona. Bangahlala bebonisa uthando lwabo ngomakhelwane babo futhi baziphathe nabo njengoba bezoziphatha noNkulunkulu uma bekwazi ukukubona.

UMama Teresa wayembonisa njalo ukuthi uyamthanda futhi unakekele abampofu, abagulayo, izintandane, abanochoko, abafa. Uthisha kuye kwakunguJesu, owathi wothandana, wayazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ngeke afune lokho okungenakwenzeka.

Mayelana nothando

Umuntu kunzima kakhulu uma ezwa ukuthi unqatshiwe, unesizungu, ugula, ukhohliwe, engathandwa. UMama Teresa wayenakekela abantu abanjalo futhi weluleka izinto ezilula. Ukholelwa ukuthi udinga ukukhumbula ukuthi unenani elikhulu emehlweni kaNkulunkulu, Uyakuthanda, futhi udinga ukubonisa uthando kwabanye. Umama njalo uTheresa wakhuluma ngothando lukaNkulunkulu, njengoba iNkosi imthanda futhi njalo ifundisa izifundo zothando.

Ukuze uphathe uthando, kubalulekile ukuthi ungaboni izici ezimbi kumuntu, kodwa uzame ukuqonda okuhle nokuhle kubantu abasizungezile kanye nezwe. Yilokho uMama Theresa afundisa khona. Isithombe, lapho ekhonza abantu, siqinisekisa uthando lwakhe olungenamkhawulo nobuqotho enkonzweni.

Ezinye izinkulumo zikaMama Teresa ngothando nazo ziyaziwa:

• Kulula ukuthanda umuntu kwenye ingxenye yomhlaba, kodwa kunzima ukuthanda umuntu oseduze.
• Uthando, ukuba lwangempela nokudla konke, akufanele lube mnandi. Udinga isifiso esiqhubekayo sokuthanda. Ngezinye izikhathi kuthatha umzamo omkhulu, ngezinye izikhathi isikhathi kanye nemithandazo, kodwa uma lesi sifiso singaphakathi kithi, sithola uthando.