Simthanda njani uThixo? Iintlobo ezintathu zothando ngoThixo

Uthando lwentliziyo. Ngenxa yokuba sishukunyisiwe kwaye siziva sithambile kwaye sibetha ngothando kutata wethu, umama wethu, umntu esimthandayo; kwaye kunqabile ukuba sibe nomnqweno wokuthanda uThixo wethu? Okwangoku, uThixo ngutata wethu, umhlobo, isiniki; konke oko kungenxa yentliziyo yethu; Uthi: Yhini enye into ebendinokuyenza ndikuncede? Usuku lwabaNgcwele lwaluyintliziyo engapheliyo yothando ngoThixo, kwaye injani eyethu?

2. Uthando enyanisweni. Idini bubungqina bothando. Akuncedi nto ukuphindaphinda: Ndiyakuthanda, Thixo wam; Ndihlala kuwe, Thixo wam: Ndingowakho wonke, xa ungahlali unamathele esonweni, xa imisebenzi eyenziweyo ngenxa kaThixo isilela, xa ungafuni ukubandezeleka ngenxa yakhe, xa ungakulungelanga ukuncama yonke into ngenxa yakhe. Ubusisiwe uValfrè wazibonakalisa, ngeepenances, ngokurhoxa, ngemisebenzi eliwaka yothando, uthando lwakhe ngoThixo; silungile kuphela ngamazwi ...?

3. Uthando olumanyanisayo. Wuthande umhlaba, uya kuba ngumhlaba; jika esibhakabhakeni, uya kuba seselestiyali (St. Augustine); Intliziyo yethu iyabuthanda ubutofotofo, ubutyebi, iziyolo, iimbeko; itya udaka kwaye ihlala ibethelelwe emhlabeni. Abangcwele babemanyene noThixo emthandazweni, kwiiMthendeleko ezishushu, ekudumiseni iSakramente Esikelelekileyo, kuzo zonke izenzo; kwaye ke baphakanyiswa ngokomoya, ngolwimi, kwindlela yokuziphatha, kwimisebenzi yabo.

UMSEBENZI. -Mema rhoqo: Nkosi, ndifuna ukukuthanda, ndiphe uthando lwakho olungcwele.