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“Jemputan Peribadi”

August 9, 2022
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“A Personal Invitation”

SURGA, api penyucian, neraka … adakah tempat itu wujud? Di manakah tempatnya? Adakah mereka tempat seperti bandar dan negara kita? Adakah mereka hanya fantasi, tempat khayalan kebahagiaan abadi atau penderitaan dan kesakitan yang melampau?

Pemahaman kita yang terhad tentang dunia Tuhan tidak akan memberikan jawapan yang memuaskan kepada soalan-soalan itu.

Walaupun demikian, beberapa idea mungkin menyedarkan kita. Satu idea sedemikian ialah “surga dan neraka adalah konsep hubungan”. Sebagai contoh, pada musim panas kami sekeluarga selalu pergi bercuti setiap tahun ke tempat yang paling indah di pergunungan. Kita sering berkata “ini benar-benar surga!”

Walau bagaimanapun, apabila saya melawat tempat itu 10 tahun kemudian untuk lawatan nostalgia, rakan-rakan dan tempat-tempat menarik yang dikenali telah hilang atau mati. Rasanya seperti kembali 100 tahun kemudian dan bagi saya tempat itu bukan lagi surga. Pengalaman ini menunjukkan kepada saya bahawa perhubungan adalah bahagian penting yang menjadikan tempat itu surga atau neraka.

Di manakah hubungan bermula, di manakah surga dan neraka bermula? Ia bermula dalam fikiran dan hati kita. Seperti mana-mana konflik, peperangan tidak bermula di medan perang! 

Oleh itu, Yesus mengarahkan kita, “Jika engkau berdoa, masuklah ke dalam kamarmu, tutuplah pintu dan berdoalah kepada Bapamu yang ada di tempat tersembunyi. Maka Bapamu yang melihat yang tersembunyi akan membalasnya kepadamu” (Matius 6:6). Di sanalah kebahagiaan dan kegembiraan bermula dan menemui penggenapannya dalam pelukan Tritunggal.

Dalam konteks ini, kehidupan Yesus yang tersembunyi dan kehidupan doa adalah penting walaupun rujukan kepada mereka hanyalah sedikit dan jauh di antara Lukas 5:16; Matius 14:14; Markus 1:34 dsb. Mereka akan membantu kita memahami maksud “masuklah ke dalam kamarmu dan tutuplah pintu”.

Apakah tujuan kehidupan Yesus yang tersembunyi? Atau dengan lebih teliti, kenapa Dia berdoa? Bukankah Dia Tuhan, sebahagian daripada Tritunggal, satu dengan Bapa dan Roh Kudus? Mari kita lihat Lukas 2:49-51 baris demi baris dan ulasan saya yang diselitkan.

Selepas tersesat di Yerusalem, Yesus memberitahu ibu bapaNya dengan terus terang: “Kenapa kamu cari saya? Tidakkah kamu tahu bahawa Aku harus berada di rumah BapaKu?” Semua yang Dia lakukan adalah untuk menyenangkan Bapa!

“Dan mereka tidak mengerti perkataan yang Dia katakan kepada mereka. Dan Dia turun bersama-sama mereka dan sampai ke Nazaret, dan Dia taat kepada mereka…”. Untuk membuat mereka memahami apa yang dia katakan, Dia pergi ke Nazaret dan taat kepada mereka.

 “…dan ibunya menyimpan semua perkara ini dalam hatinya.” Maria, yang disebut Alma (bermaksud “tersembunyi, rahsia“) Mater, menerima Yesus pertama-tama di dalam hatinya dan hanya selepas itu di dalam rahimnya.

Oleh itu, dia melakukan apa yang Yesus kehendaki kita lakukan, iaitu “masuk ke dalam biliknya dan tutup pintu”. Sebab “Barangsiapa melakukan kehendak Tuhan, dialah saudaraKu laki-laki, dialah saudaraKu perempuan, dialah ibuKu” (Markus 3:35).

Surga dan neraka bermula dalam fikiran dan hati apabila kita menyenangkan Tuhan.

Bagaimana kita menyenangkan Tuhan? “Apakah yang harus kami perbuat, supaya kami mengerjakan pekerjaan yang dikehendaki Tuhan? Jawab Yesus kepada mereka: …hendaklah kamu percaya kepada Dia yang telah diutus Tuhan” (Yohanes 6:28-29).

Tuhan bukanlah idea, teori atau falsafah hidup. Dia adalah orang yang boleh kita bercakap.

Ketika saya berumur enam tahun dan menerima Komuni Pertama, saya mengalamiNya dalam Ekaristi. Kegembiraan yang saya rasai membuatkan saya sering kembali ke gereja dan berbual denganNya.

Memupuk persahabatan dengan-Nya membantu kita “bertambah hikmatNya dan besarNya, dan makin dikasihi oleh Tuhan dan manusia” (Lukas 2:49-52).

Hikmat atau kebijaksanaan bukanlah “fikiran yang indah” seperti yang kita dapatkan di internet. Hikmat memberikan cara praktikal untuk melakukan sesuatu dengan lebih baik dan lebih cekap. Orang yang bijak peka terhadap keperluan dan perasaan orang lain.

 Sebagai contoh baca Amsal 31:10-31 dan lihat sifat-sifat wanita yang bijak. Sifat-sifat ini hanyalah hasil daripada meluangkan masanya dengan Tuhan. Orang seperti itu sangat popular dan semua orang mahu meluangkan masa bersama mereka.

Jika surga bermula sekarang di dalam hati kita, kita pasti mengharapkan pujian terakhir daripada Bapa yang akan berkata “Baik sekali perbuatanmu itu, hai hambaku yang baik dan setia, engkau telah setia memikul tanggungjawab dalam perkara yang kecil, aku akan memberikan kepadamu tanggungjawab dalam perkara yang besar. Masuklah dan turutlah dalam kebahagiaan tuanmu” (Matius 25:23).

Soalan-soalan:

  1. Siapakah sahabat-sahabatmu dan adakah mereka membawa kamu kepada persahabatan dengan Tuhan?
  2. Apakah hikmat praktikal yang telah kamu pelajari dalam doa?

 

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Fr Guido Gockel MHM

Seorang ahli St Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill, berpusat di London, Father Guido ditahbis menjadi paderi pada tahun 1969. Sejurus selepas pentahbisannya, dia diutus ke Malaysia (Sarawak) di mana dia melayani sebagai misionaris selama 18 tahun.

Sewaktu bercuti di Sabah, dia diperkenalkan kepada sekumpulan anak muda yang terlibat dengan Pergerakan Karismatik (CCR). Pengalaman ini membantunya menjadi instrumental dalam memperkenalkan CCR di Miri, Sarawak, di mana dia diberi misi di stasi luar.

Setelah tujuh tahun tempoh misionarisnya yang pertama pada awal tahun 70-an, dia kembali ke Malaysia untuk tiga lagi misi dan banyak lawatan jangka pendek. Dia tahu berbahasa ‘Melayu pasar’ dan lain-lain Bahasa negeri Sarawak.

Catholic Sabah berpeluang mendekati Fr Guido, yang sangat bermurah hati memberi masanya untuk menulis selama satu tahun di bawah kolum bertajuk “I’m On My Way”, sejak pelancaran portal online Catholic Sabah pada tahun 2020.

Berbekal sedikit galakan, Fr Guido bersetuju untuk terus menulis, dan Catholic Sabah membuat keputusan untuk memuat naik penulisannya sekali sebulan, dalam Bahasa Inggeris dan Bahasa Melayu.

Fr Guido terbuka untuk sebarang soalan untuk perbincangan dan penjelasan lanjut. Dia boleh dihubungi melalui emel  frguidomhm@gmail.com.

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