Kuzvipira kwezuva: kutadza kutenda Mwari

Kutadza kutenda Mwari. Ishe haatori chikwereti kumunhu; uye kana iye, nekunaka kwake kose, achikupa kana bhenefiti imwe chete, uchakwanisa kumutenda zvakakodzera here? husingagumi, kunyangwe iwe waive nendimi dzakawanda senge kune nhandare dzegungwa, zvaisakwanira kumupa kutenda kwakaringana. O Baba, ndiregererei chikwereti: ini handisi kukwanisa kuchizadzisa. Deo gratias, Vasande vakadzokorora, kunyanya Cottolengo.

Kuregererwa kwezvivi. Mushure mematadzo mazhinji kudaro aunowira mumazuva ese, unogona here kutarisira kukanganwirwa? Mwari vachakuregerera here chikwereti chakakura icho, pasina mutengo weRopa raJesu, wausingatombo gutsa? Vimba: Jesu pachake anoita kuti utaure nguva dzese: Regerera zvikwereti zvedu, nekuti anoshuvira kukuregerera. Asi pamwe iwe unoshandisa zvisina kufanira kureruka kwakadaro kutadza zvakanyanya! Pamwe unotenda Mwari asina hanya nezvivi zvako! Shandurwa: kana zvisiri, iwe uchamuona semutongi anotyisa.

Kuregererwa kwemurango wezvivi. Kukura kwechikwereti chechirango chinotevera mhosva kunogona kunzwisiswa chete neavo vanogomera muPurigatori kana kuGehena, uko zvese zvinofanirwa kubhadharwa nemoto wekuranga! Rutendeuko rudiki runoratidzika sechinhu chikuru kwauri, uye ungangodaro uchiita chero kukuvadzwa; asi chii chakaenzaniswa nechikwereti chako? Nechemumoyo namatira Baba kuti vakuregerere iwe chikwereti ichi chekurangwa; uye funga kuti, kugutsa iwe, Jesu aida kufira hupenyu hwake pamuchinjikwa.

MAITIRO. Dzidzira kutendeuka; anodzokorora mashanu Pater.