Kuzvipira kunoshanda kwezuva: chipo cheUchenjeri

1. Kungwara kwevanhu. St. Gregory anozvitsanangura zvakakwana: kungwara kwevanhu kunotidzidzisa kufunga nezvazvino; pachave nenguva yemangwana. Kuziva kurarama, kuziva kunakidzwa, kuziva kunyengera, kuziva kuchengetedza nzvimbo yako, kuziva kutsiva kutukwa kwakagamuchirwa: uku kungwara kwevanhu. Inodzidzisa kuchinjira kumafashoni kuti isazonyangarika; kuita sezvinoita vamwe kuti vatize kunyomba; kuwana mari; kutsvaga mufaro nguva ichiripo: ndihwo uchenjeri hwenyika! Funga nezve kana iri iyo yaunoda zvakare.

2. Uchenjeri hwaMwari. Mweya Mutsvene wakabhabhatidza upenzi uye kungwara kwenyika; uye Njere asina kusikwa akati; Zvakanakirei kuwana pasi rese uye wozorasikirwa nemweya wako? Nechipo cheUchenjeri, mweya unofunga zvakanyanya kukosha, zvinova kuzviponesa pachako. Iye anaravira zvinhu zvekudenga, uye, achiona joko raIshe richitapira, anozviisa pasi pavo; kudzidzira hunhu, kushora; anonongedzera zvese kuna Mwari nekuda kwake uye kuruponeso rwake. Heuno Huchenjeri hwekudenga; unomuziva here?

3. Uchenjeri hwedu chii. Huwandu hwemapenzi hauperi, anodaro Mweya Mutsvene (Muparidzi. I, 15). Chii chauri kutsvaga muhupenyu? Ndeipi yako yakanaka? Pamwe unoseka vanozvipira, vasina mano, vanozvininipisa, vanopfidza…; asi uchagara uchiseka here? Zvichida zvinoita sekuchimbidza kuzvipa kuna Mwari, kumuraramira, kumuda: asi uchave nenguva yekuzviita mangwana? Kumbira chipo cheUchenjeri kuti iwe udanane nerunako, neDenga, naMwari.

RUDZIDZO. - Ne mortification, iye anoteterera huchenjeri hwekudenga; inodzokorora zvinomwe Gloria alto Ghosto S.