21 JANUWARI SANT'AGNESE
IMITHANDAZO ESANT'AGNESE
O uyingcwele uSaint Agnes,
Luluphi ugcobe olukhulu owavakalelwa xa wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesithathu,
igwetywe nguAspasio ukuba itshiswe iphila,
Ubone amadangatye ahlukana nawe,
shiya unganabungozi kwaye ungxame endaweni yokucela abo bafuna ukufa!
Ngovuyo olukhulu lokomoya oye wafumana ukubetha okugqithisileyo,
ngokukhuthaza umntu obuleweyo ukuba abambelele esifubeni sakho
isaphetha esenze idini,
sifumane sonke ubabalo lokuxhasa zonke iintshutshiso ngokwakha uzinzo
neminqamlezo apho iNkosi yayifuna ukuzama khona
kunye nokukhula ngakumbi eluthandweni lukaThixo lokutywina ngokufa kwamalungisa
ubomi bokuziphatha kakuhle kunye nokuzincama.
Amen.
Wena, usikelelwe kaliwaka, okanye u-Agnes oNgcwele ococekileyo,
wazinikezela kuYesu ngokukhawuleza ukuba umazi.
Akukho kuncoma, akukho nto ehlabathini, ikoyisile.
Ukuzigcina ulufanele ukholo lwakho, wakucela umngeni ukufela ukholo.
Ngeminyaka elishumi elinesithathu, uYesu wakunika umvuzo kwangoko
uzikhulule kumalangatye omthi
otyale abakhohlakeleyo abafuna ukufa kwakho.
Isibonelelo, oh o-Agnes oNgcwele, ukuba ukholo lwam alunakushukunyiswa
kuye nabuphi na ubungqina bokuba uYesu ufuna ukundithuma,
kwaye wamkelwe ndim ngothando.
Ke ndinokuhlala nawe ngelinye ilanga
ulonwabo olungunaphakade. Amen.
Olunjani uloyiso lwakho, okanye u-Agnes oNgcwele,
xa wagwetywa nguAspasio ukuba abe
watshiswa ephila eneminyaka elishumi elinesithathu,
ubone amadangatye ahlukana phakathi kwakho
ukushiya ungenzakalanga embindini, emva koko uhlasele
nxamnye nabangendawo ababefuna ukufa kwakho!
Deh ngovuyo lwasezulwini owamkele ngalo
ukuvuthelwa okokugqibela, uphilisa umgwebi ngokwakho
ukutyala esifubeni sakho ikrele ebeliza kulenza
ukuzincama kwakho, cela kuthi sonke ubabalo
ukuxhasa ngokwakha ukurhoxa
Zonke iintshutshiso kunye neminqamlezo ayithandayo
iNkosi izame, kwaye ikhule
ngothando lwakhe ukutywina ngokufa kwamalungisa
ubomi obubulawa rhoqo.
Intombi ezukileyo e-Agnes, wena, phakathi
kwiRoma yobuhedeni, ubusazi ukuzigcina umsulwa kwaye umsulwa kwaye,
leliphi ihobe elimhlophe, ngaba ubhabhe wandlula, ungangcolanga,
eludakeni lwenkohliso yehlabathi: wena ngubani,
phakathi kweempazamo zobuhedeni, ubusazi ukugcina
kwaye ugcine ubuncwane obuxabisekileyo bokholo lobuKristu:
wena, xa wayeneminyaka eli-13 ubudala, waba nesibindi sokunyamezela ukufela ukholo,
kunokuba usilele ubuntombi obungcwele,
ubungcwalisile wazinikela kuYesu: deh! ngokulunga
weqabane lakho lobuthixo, kunye nelakho, ndithathe phantsi kwelakho
ukhuseleko olumnandi nolunamandla. Ndiyeke nam ndizigcine
ihlala inyulu kwaye inyulu phakathi kohlaselo lweenkanuko
naphakathi kwenkohliso yenkulungwane:
makagcine ilangatye lokholo lihlala liphila
phakathi kokungakhathali nokungakholwa kwehlabathi:
okokugqibela, ndenze ndizimisele ukuthobela nantoni na
ukungonwabi okanye iintlungu, endaweni yokungaphumeleli emsebenzini wam.
Amen.