Ukuhlonela uMariya Magdalene yiCawa yamaKatolika kuyahluke kwi-Orthodox. UOrthodoxi uthetha nje ngokuba ngumthi we-myrr, okhutshwa kwiidemon ezisixhenxe, kwaye uvela kwiVangeli kwiziqephu ezimbalwa kuphela. Icawa yamaKatolika sele idlulise uMariya Magadala ngomfanekiso wesifebe esiguqukayo, sihamba kunye nenani elikhulu lamabali.
UMariya Magdalena noYesu Kristu
UMaria wazalelwa eGalley, edolophini yaseMagdala, elunxwemeni lweLake Gennesaret. Wayemncinci kwaye wayemhle, kodwa ngelo xesha wahola ubomi obunesono.
INkosi ihlambulule umphefumlo nomzimba kaMariya ezonweni, zikhuphe zonke iidemon kuwo. Emva kokuphilisa, lo mfazi waqala ubomi obutsha. Ukushiya konke, kunye nabanye abathatha imore, uMariya walandela uMsindisi wakhe waba ngumfundi wakhe othembekileyo. Akazange amshiye uYesu kwaye wabonisa inkxalabo echaphazelayo. UMariya Magdalena nguye kuphela owayengamshiya uKristu xa evalelwa. Ukwesaba okwabangela ukuba abanye abafundi bakaYesu baphambuke baze babaleke, uMary Magdalene wanceda ukunqoba uthando lwakhe. UMary Magdalene wema kunye noMariya oseNtombi uMariya. Wafumana iintlungu zoMsindisi wakhe waza wabelana nosizi olukhulu lukaMama kaThixo. Ngomzuzu ijoni linyanzele ukuphela komkhonto odibeneyo entliziyweni kaYesu ongenalucalulo, intlungu ebuhlungu nayo yahlaba intliziyo kaMariya Magdalene. Kuba uthando lwakhe ngoYesu uMariya Magadala lwahlonelwa ukuba ngowokuqala ukubona uMsindisi ovusiweyo.
UMoya oyiNgcwele kaMagdalene washumayela iVangeli eRoma. Apho apho wamzisa umbusi inkukhu yenkukhu, echaza amagama athi: "UKristu uvusiwe." UMbusi uTiberius wayengabaza ukuba abafileyo bavuke baze bafune ubungqina. Ngelo xesha, iqanda libomvu. Ndiyabulela kuMariya Magdalene, isithethe sasivela ngeCawa yePasika ukuze sasaze amaqanda phakathi kwamaKristu onke.
Xa ubhiyozela uMthendeleko kaMariya Magdalene?
ICawa yamaKatolika ibhiyozela iMthendeleko yaseSt. Mary Magdalena ngoJulayi 22, kunye neCawa yamaOthodoki ngeCawa yesibini emva kweNkcazo yoKrestu ngeCawa, iMini yama-Myrrhbearers.
Yintoni eyathandaza kuMariya Magdalene?
KuSt. Mary Magdalene, amaKristu kunye namaKatolika athatha umthandazo xa efuna ukukhuselwa kwizilwanyana ezinobungozi kunye nezilingo ezonakalisa umphefumlo kunye nomzimba - utshwala, ukuxilonga iziyobisi, ukuziphatha kakubi. Omnye umthandazo kuMariya Magadala uyazikhusela kwiintshukumo zobuthakathi. UMary Magdalene ngumntu onobuncwane bezinwele, kunye nabasemasimini kunye nabasokhemisti.