I-09 AUGUST SANTA TERESA BENEDETTA DELLA CROCE. Umthandazo kufuneka uphindwe namhlanje

O Teresa Benedetta woMnqamlezo,
oyenzileyo inxanelwe inyaniso
ngumthandazo oqhubekayo
sivile ukuba abo bafuna inyaniso bayamfuna uThixo,
Senze ukuba sihlale sifuna iNyaniso.
Wena ohlangane nenyaniso emnqamlezweni kaKristu
masikhanyiselwe ngokukhanya
ekhutshwa kwimfihlakalo yomnqamlezo.
Sinike isipho sokwazi ukuba ungawamkela njani umnqamlezo
njengokuba wawumbamba.

Wena ofumene iNyaniso ubuyifuna
ukufunda ubomi obulula baseSanta Teresina,
Sifumanise ngokulula
ubukhulu bobukho bukaThixo.

Wena uzinikele ngokupheleleyo kuThando
ukuba udibene, yenza uninzi lwabantu abatsha
banokuzinikela kwiNkosi ebizayo
ngaphandle koloyiko lokuphulukana,
kodwa ngovuyo lokupha.

Wena wenze konke okusemandleni akho enkundleni yokufa
ngobulali kunye nenkxalabo yabantu bakho
ukuqinisa intuthuzelo kunye nesibindi
sifumane ngalo lonke ixesha
ukuhlala ngenceba kwabanye.

Wena kwiyure yokufa, ngaphambi kokuba ungene
kwigumbi legesi, wawenza owakho umthandazo kaYesu:
"Ukuba le ndebe ayinakudlula,
Makwenziwe ukuthanda kwakho ",
Sithobise intloko yakho ngokuzola
kwimizuzu yokugqibela yobomi bethu,
ziyeke kuThando lukaThixo oluhlala luthembekile.

U-Saint Teresa Benedetta woMnqamlezo,
Sithandazele!