AGASTI 28 SANT'AGOSTINO. Umthandazo oza kufundiswa kwiNgcwele

Ewe, Augustine, ubawo wethu kunye nomfundisi-ntsapho, uthungelwano lweendlela ezikhanyayo zikaThixo kunye neendlela ezihlukumezayo zamadoda, siyayithanda imimangaliso yokuba u-Nceba kaThixo usebenze ngaphakathi kuwe, ekwenza ube lingqina elinomdla lenyaniso nelungileyo, kwinkonzo yabazalwana.

Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha eyaphawulwa ngumnqamlezo ka-Kristu, sifundise ukuba sifunde imbali ngokukhanya kobuNcedo lobuthixo, obukhokelela kwiminyhadala kwindlela yokuhlangana ngokuqinisekileyo noBawo. Sikhokelele kwicala lokufika koxolo, usondla entliziyweni yakho ngokuzilangazelela kwezo nqobo unakho ukuzakhela, ngamandla avela kuThixo, "umzi" wabantu.

Imfundiso enzulu, enithi ngokufunda kunye nokufunda ngomonde nifunde kwimithombo ehlala ihleli yezibhalo, ibakhanyisela abo namhlanje bahendwa yimilambo ehlukanisayo. Fumana isibindi sokuba baqalise indlela eya kuloo “mntu ungaphakathi” lowo unokuphela kwakhe onika uxolo iintliziyo zethu zingalindi.

Uninzi lwexesha lethu lubonakala ngathi luphulukene nethemba lokukwazi, phakathi kweembono ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, ukufikelela kwinyaniso, ethi, nangona kunjalo, ulwalamano lwabo olusondeleyo luhlale lukho. Kubafundisa ukuba bangaze bayeke ukwenza uphando, ekuqinisekeni ukuba, ekugqibeleni, umzamo wabo uya kuvuzwa ngokuzaliseka kwaloo Nto iphakamileyo engumthombo wayo yonke inyaniso edaliweyo.

Okokugqibela, Sinezinto ezilungileyo, August Oyingcwele, usithumelele nesiqinisekiso sothando olunzulu lweCawa, umama wama-Ngcwele wabangcwele, owaxhasa kwaye waxhokonxa iinzame zenkonzo yakho ende. Sivume ukuba, ukuhamba kunye sikhokelwe ngabefundisi ngokwasemthethweni, sifikelele kubuqaqawuli belizwe lasezulwini, apho, kunye nazo zonke Iintsikelelo, siya kuba nako ukuzimanya kunye ne-canticle entsha yesulu engapheliyo. Amen.