NgoJanuwari 28 uSt.Thomas Aquinas: buza iNgcwele ngoBabalo ngalo mthandazo
Namhlanje iBandla likhumbula iSt. Kwixesha elidlulileyo bekukho ubungqina bobabalo obufunyenwe yiNgcwele ngalo mthandazo ufumene ngezantsi. Cela ubabalo lukaSt.Thomas kwaye uhlale uthembele kuYesu:
Eyona ntsapho inothando u-Thomas, ngenxa yesipho esikhulu sothando,
isuka kuthixo anike bani, nabani na osweleyo
ngokomoya nangokwexeshana ngokubuyela kuwe sele elungile
Ndibabale, undibabale
umthandazo. Ke ndiyakuthandaza ngokuphila entliziyweni
ngamana ungandifakela ubabalo luka
Guqulula amasiko am, ugcwalise imimiselo yakhe
umthetho ongcwele, ukuze ufezekise isiphelo endikuyo
yenziwe. Nceda uhambise yonke iminqweno yam
Ndibonise iinkxwaleko zam, Ndikhoyo
yabo, kwaye undincedise ekuphatheni kwakho okunamandla kule
ubomi kwaye ngakumbi ngelixa lokufa kwam. bayibenjalo.
Iinyibiba ezingenatyala,
wena owawugcina ubhaptizo weba umhle,
wena owawungqongwe ziingelosi ezimbini yayiyingelosi yokwenene yenyama:
ndicela undicebise kuYesu, mvana engenabala,
nakuMariya, ukumkanikazi weentombi ezinyulu, ukuze nam ndikuxelise
kulomhlaba, nawe, mgcini omkhulu wobunyulu,
Ngamana ngenye imini ungaba phakathi kozuko lweengelosi kwiparadesi. Amen.
Owu Nkosi, owamenza isicaka sakho uSt Thomas wabalasela,
ngenxa yothando oluthambileyo lobunyulu obungcwele, kulwazi olubalaseleyo lwezinto zobuthixo,
ukuze ukhanye eCaweni yakho njengeNgelosi noMfundisi;
Siyakucela, ulandela umzekelo wakhe, owayengafuni elinye ibhaso ngaphandle kwe
ubuqaqawuli bakho, nathi, sisusa yonke iminqweno yamampunge nekratshi,
kuzuko lwakho kufuneka sizalathise izifundo zethu
kunye nothando lwakho olunyulu kakhulu ukufumana imbuyekezo nentuthuzelo.
Yitsho lo mthandazo rhoqo, nkqu nakwiintsuku ezinzima naxa ufuna uncedo.