Kudzipereka kwa tsikuli: konzani kupsa mtima kwanu

Mtima nthawi zambiri umakhala vuto. Munthu aliyense amabweretsa kuchokera ku chilengedwe mtima wa mzimu, kapena mtima, kapena magazi, wotchedwa kutentha. Ndiwopsa mtima kapena wamphwayi, wofulumira kapena wamtendere, wokhumudwa kapena wosewera: zanu ndi ziti? Dzidziweni bwino. Khalidwe labwino silabwino, limakhala cholemetsa kwa ife komanso limazunza ena. Ngati sichiponderezedwa sichingakutsogolereni! Kodi simukumva matonzo a kupsa mtima kwanu?

Konzani mtima wanu. Ndi chinthu chovuta kwambiri; koma ndi chifuniro chabwino, ndimalimbana, ndi chithandizo cha Mulungu, sizotheka; St. Francis de Sales, S, Augustine, sanachite bwino? Zitenga nthawi yayitali, mayeso ambiri komanso kuleza mtima; koma wayamba kale kumulanga? Pazaka zambiri, kodi mwapita patsogolo motani pa inu nokha? Si funso lakuwononga, koma lakuwongolera mkhalidwe wanu kuubwino, kutembenuzira kukonda kwanu kukonda Mulungu, kusasunthika kwanu, kudana ndi tchimo, ndi zina zambiri.

Icho chimanyamula mkhalidwe wa ena. Polumikizana ndi machitidwe ambiri, osiyanasiyana komanso achilendo, kodi mumadziwa kupanga mbiri powalekerera, kuwamvera chisoni, komanso kuwapirira? Zowona, ndizopunthwitsa pakunyada kwathu, ndi ukoma wathu; komabe, kulingalira kumatiuza kupirira ena chifukwa iwo ndi amuna osati angelo; chikondi chimalangiza kuti asayang'anitsitse mtendere ndi umodzi; chilungamo chimafuna kuti muchitire ena zomwe mukuyembekezera nokha; zofuna zanu zimati: Lolezani mtima ndipo muloledwa. Imeneyi ndi nkhani yofunika kuifufuza mozama ndi kukhala tcheru!

NTCHITO. - Bwerezani Angele Dei atatu, ndikufunsani ena kuti akuchenjezeni mukalakwitsa chifukwa cha kupsa mtima