Ungayilungiselela njani iNtetho eNgcwele: into ethethwa nguYesu
Kungoko uYesu ephendula athi: «Sijonge isazela sakho ngononophelo kwaye usicoce kangangoko kunokwenzeka, ngesigwebo esinyanisekileyo kunye nokuvuma izono ngokuthobekileyo: ukuze kungabikho bunzima buzoyicinezela kwaye buphazamise ngokuzisola, ukukuthintela ekunyukeni esibingelelweni sikaThixo. umphefumlo okhululekileyo ngokupheleleyo. Yiva intlungu yazo zonke izono zakho ngokubanzi, kodwa uninzi lwazo zonke iintsilelo zakho yonke imihla. Kuyadabukisa kwaye kuyazisola ngokuba usenyameni kwaye usemhlabeni, unganako kangako ukubulala iinkanuko zakho, uzele zizinto onazo zokonwaba, ulumke kangako kwiimvakalelo zakho, uhlala uthabatheke ziingcinga ezililize ezininzi; uthambekele kwizinto zehlabathi, kwaye ungakhathali kakhulu kwizinto zomphefumlo; Kulula ukuhleka, ukuphulukana nokuzibamba, kwaye kunzima ukuguquka kwaye uve iintlungu ngenxa yezono zakho; ilungele yonke into ecokisekileyo kunye nentuthuzelo, kwaye iyonqena kwinto efuna ubungqongqo kunye nenzondelelo; unomdla wokufumana izinto ezintsha kunye nezinto ezintle, kwaye unqabile ukwamkela into ethobekileyo nehlekisayo; Unomdla kakhulu wokufumana, uzimisele ekupheni, uzingise ekugcineni; Ukukhanya okuncinci ekuthetheni, ukungakwazi ukuthula, ukwahlukana namasiko kunye nokungafaneleki kwizenzo; Ukunyoluka ukutya, ukungeva ngeLizwi likaThixo; ukulungele ukwamkela ukuphumla, kwaye ucothe, endaweni yoko, ekuthobeleni ukudinwa; Uyakwazi ukumelana nokulala, xa kufikwa ekuchitheni ixesha uncokola, kwaye ulele, endaweni yoko xa kufuneka uphaphile emthandazweni: ukulangazelela kakhulu, ke, ukufikelela esiphelweni kungekudala, ukuphazanyiswa kukulinda, womile ukunxibelelana nawe, ukuphazamiseka ngokulula, kunqabile ukuqokelelwa ngokupheleleyo, kulula ukuba nomsindo, ukukhubekisa ummelwane wakho, ukugweba, ukumngcikiva; Ndonwaba xa konke kulungile kuwe, ubandezelekile ngenxa yobunzima bonke; kulula kakhulu kwiinjongo ezilungileyo kwaye ungabinako ukuzigcina.
Emva kokuvuma nokuzisola ngezi kunye nezinye izono zobuthathaka bakho ngentlungu nangokuzisola okukhulu, yenza isigqibo esiqinileyo sokuphucula ubomi bakho. Emva koko, ngokushiya ngokupheleleyo kunye nentando egqibeleleyo, zinike imbeko yam kwisibingelelo sentliziyo yakho, njengedini elinyukayo elingapheliyo, oko kukuthi, beka umzimba wakho nomphefumlo kum ngaphandle kokuzisola, ukuze ufaneleke ukwamkela umthendeleko wam. Umzimba.
Ngapha koko, akusekho mnikelo ulungileyo, okanye ulwaneliseko olukhulu, lokuba izono zakho zicinywe, ngaphandle kokunikela okunyulu nokugqibeleleyo, kunye nomnikelo woMzimba kaKristu, eMiseni naseMthendelekweni. Ukuba uyakwenza konke oku ngamandla akho onke, ukuba uyaguquka ngokunyanisekileyo, ngalo lonke ixesha usondela kum uxolelo nobabalo, yazi ukuba andifuni kufa abakhohlakeleyo, kodwa endaweni yoko ndifuna abakhohlakeleyo baguquke. kwaye ndiphila, kwaye andizukukhumbula zonke izono zakhe, kuba zonke ziya kuxolelwa ”(ithathwe kwincwadi ethi“ The Imitation of Christ ”, Incwadi IV, Isahluko 7).
Imizuzu elishumi elinesihlanu uthandaza ukubulela uMthendeleko oNgcwele (Ukucamngca okuyalelwe nguYesu emphefumlweni; ethathwe ku: "Umbulelo kuMthendeleko oNgcwele" nguTata uPaolo Maria Pia Zanetti. Thixo wam nayo yonke into yam. "Mphefumlo owandamkelayo, kumfanekiso wam, ufunwa njengentombi, uthandwa njengomhlobo kunye neqabane, ukuba bendisazi ukuba yintoni umnqweno oqhubekayo kum wokuba kukutya okunondlayo, Amanzi aphilayo akucimayo. Owu, ukuba ubusazi isipho sikaThixo nokuba ngubani kwaye ukuba luthando luni na kuwe, intliziyo yakho ingaziva ityiwa luthando! Cinga: NDINGUYE UTHIXO WAKHO, USOMANDLA USOMANDLA, OPHELELAYO, OWONAKALAYO OPHAKAMILEYO phambi kwemikhosi yeengelosi ezigubungele ubuso bazo, ngokubona ukungafaneleki kwabo ukundijonga, NDILUTHANDO OLUYENZEKILEYO OLUNGASAYE LUPHELE, kodwa, ndiyatsha ngomnqweno wokuzidlela kuwe, ukuze ube ngomnye u-Ah, Ah, luphi uthando endikuphathela lona!
Cinga ukuba ndaba yindoda elingana nawe, ukukusindisa, ukutyhila uBomi bam obuNgcwele kuwe, endihlala noBawo: ubomi bothando, bokukhanya okungunaphakade. Cinga ukuba nam ndaba ngumntu onjengawe, ukubandezeleka njengawe, ndithathe iintlungu zakho, iintlungu zakho, ubuthathaka bakho, wonke umthwalo wezono zakho, ukuze ube novuyo, ubomi boBabalo obubomi bokungafi . Cinga ngothando lwam oluthandekayo kwaye ucinge ukuba andithandabuzi kangakanani na ukukrazulwa emzimbeni, yonke intshabalalo kunye nokutya emphefumlweni, ngoMoya ndibhaptizwe kobona bumnyama bungendawo noboyikekayo, kangangokuba ndiza kuthi: UTHIXO WAM, THIXO WAM, KUTHENI Wandishiya? Yayikukufa okoyikeka kakhulu, okona kuyintloni, okuyakuze kufane. Ndijongane nayo yonke le nto ngenxa yakho, ukuze umoya wakho ukonwabele ukuKhanya kwam okukhanyisa ngonaphakade; ukuze umphefumlo wakho uzaliswe ngabo bonke ubuncwane bam bobulumko nesayensi; YESIPHO PAR ukugqwesa UMOYA OYINGCWELE, UMQONDISI; kuba umzimba wakho, ngaloo ndlela uba yitempile yalolu Khanya luSikelelekileyo, UNOKUVUKA EKUPHELENI KWEXESHA.
Ndixelele, ngaba lukhona uthando olungaphaya koku? Hayi, akukho namnye, ndiyakuxelela, UTHIXO WAKHO. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndikuxelela ukuba: Lala phantsi kwintliziyo yam ye-Eucharistic, osandul 'ukuyifumana (uMamkeli oyiNgcwele) kwaye uphumle kuthando lwam, UNGAHAMBI NGOKUPHELELEYO, NCEDA, NDinguThixo Wakho, NDICELA I-ALEMOSINE A LESINE LEYURE, ukuba ngenene awunakundinika ngaphezulu, kodwa hayi inzuzo, kodwa kuphela kothando oluvuthayo endikuzisela lona kwaye ndifuna ukubonakalisa kwintliziyo yakho. Ke ngoko ndithi kuwe: Ndithande, ngentliziyo yakho yonke, nangengqondo yakho iphela; Ngale ndlela kuphela apho iya kuba luthando olupheleleyo, olwaneleyo kolwam olukhokelele ekubeni ndizisebenzise ngenxa yakho! I-CONSUMMATUM EST!