Kodi timakonda bwanji Mulungu? Mitundu itatu ya kukonda Mulungu

Kukonda kwa mtima. Chifukwa timakhudzidwa ndipo timamva kukoma mtima komanso timamenya mwachikondi abambo athu, amayi athu, wokondedwa; ndipo mwina sitimakhala ndi chikondi cha Mulungu wathu? Komabe Mulungu ndiye abambo athu, abwenzi, otithandiza; zonse ndi za mtima wathu; Amati: Kodi ndingakuchitireni chiyani? Tsiku la Oyera mtima linali kumenya kosalekeza kwa chikondi cha Mulungu, ndipo athu momwe ziliri?

2. Kukonda zenizeni. Nsembe ndi umboni wa chikondi. M'pofunika kubwereza pang'ono: Ndimakukondani, Mulungu wanga; Ndimakhalira inu, Mulungu wanga: zonse ndi zanu, mukapanda kukhalabe ochimwa, pomwe mulibe ntchito yochitidwa chifukwa cha chikondi cha Mulungu, pomwe simukufuna kuvutika ndi chilichonse chifukwa cha iye, pomwe simulola kupereka chilichonse chifukwa cha iye. Wodala Valfrè adamverera, ndi kutaya mtima, kusiya ntchito, ndi ntchito zachifundo zambiri, chikondi chake cha Mulungu; tili bwino m'mawu ...?

3. Chikondi. Kondani dziko lapansi, mudzakhala dziko lapansi; potembenukira kumwamba, mudzakhala akumwamba (St. Augustine); mtima wathu umafuna kutonthozedwa, chuma, zosangalatsa, ulemu; imadyera pamatope ndikukhomerera nthaka. Oyera adalumikizana ndi Mulungu m'mapemphero, m'mayanjano okhazikika, pakupembedza Salmramenti Yodala, machitidwe onse; ndipo potero adakulitsidwa mu uzimu, m'chiyankhulo, machitidwe, muntchito zawo.

MALANGIZO. - Imbirani pafupipafupi: Ambuye, ndikufuna kukukondani, ndipatseni chikondi chanu choyera.