IBhunga lomhla we-19 Septemba 2020 weSan Basilio

I-San Basilio (malunga ne-330-379)
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Homily 6, kubutyebi; I-PG 31, 262ss
"Ivelise ikhulu"
Ungumkhonzi kaThixo ongcwele, ulungiselela egameni labanye abakhonzi. Sukukholelwa ukuba iimpahla onazo zimiselwe wena kuphela ... Yenza njengomhlaba, ndoda; Uvelisa isiqhamo, njengaye; sukuba nzima kunento engaphiliyo. Umhlaba awuzivuthisi iziqhamo ukuze uzonwabele ngokwawo, kodwa uzokusebenzela wena. Kwaye nguwe, nguwe ovuna iziqhamo zesisa sakho, kuba umvuzo wezenzo ezilungileyo ubuyela kwabo bazenzayo. Ubahluthise abalambileyo, oko ukunikileyo kubuyela kuwe, kunye nomdla.

Njengokuba imbewu iphoswa emseleni inika isiqhamo kumhlwayeli, nesonka esinikwa abalambileyo kamva sikuzisela inzuzo enkulu. Ke ngoko, xa ixesha lokuvuna lifika emhlabeni, lixesha lokuba uhlwayele phezulu, ezulwini: "Zihlwayelele ngokobulungisa" (Hos 10,12). Kutheni kukho ingxaki engaka? Kutheni ixhala kunye nenkxalabo yokuvala ubutyebi bakho emva kodaka kunye nezitena? "Igama elilungileyo lixabiseke ngaphezu kobutyebi obuninzi" (Pr. 22,1).