Kudzipereka Kwa Tsiku: Tengani St. Augustine monga chitsanzo

Wachinyamata wa Augustine. Sayansi ndi luntha sizinapindule kanthu popanda kudzichepetsa: kunyada chifukwa cha iyemwini ndi ulemu wamakhalidwe, adagwera mu zolakwa zotere ndi a Manichaeans omwe, pambuyo pake, adadzidzimutsa. Zowonadi, pomwe mathithi onyazitsa kwambiri amakonzekereratu anthu onyadawo, momwemonso Augustine adalowa modetsa nkhawa! Mtima wake unagunda pachabe ndipo amayi ake anamukalipira; adadziwona yekha ali panjira yolakwika, koma amangoti mawa ... Si choncho kodi?

Kutembenuka kwa Augustine. Wodwala, Mulungu, iye anayembekezera zaka makumi atatu. Ndi ubwino waukulu chotani nanga ndi chitsimikizo champhamvu chotani nanga kwa ife! Koma Augustine, podziwa kulakwitsa kwake, amadzichepetsa ndikulira. Kutembenuka kwake ndikowona mtima kotero kuti saopa kuti avomereze poyera monga chosinthira kunyada kwake; ndiwowirikiza kotero kuti, mpaka pachisokonezo, tchimo limathawa m'moyo wonsewo .. Koma inu, mutachimwa kwambiri, kulapa kwanu ndi chiyani?

Chikondi cha Augustine. Ndi chikondi chokhwima kwambiri pomwe adapeza njira yolapira mtima ndi njira yobwezera Mulungu pazaka zotayika. Anadandaula za mtima wochepa kwambiri kuti ungakonde kwambiri; mwa Mulungu yekha adapeza mtendere; chifukwa chakukonda iye adachita kusala kudya, adatembenuza miyoyo, adawotcha abale ake ndi chikondi; ndipo tsiku ndi tsiku pomwe amayamba kuchita zambiri, adasanduka serafi wachikondi. Ndizochepa bwanji zomwe ndimachita chifukwa chokonda Mulungu! Zitsanzo za Oyera mtima ziyenera kutichititsa manyazi bwanji!

NTCHITO. - Amachita zinthu zonse ndi chikondi chachikulu kutsanzira Woyera; akubwereza Pater atatu kwa St. Augustine.