Ukuzinikela kuMariya ngenyanga kaMeyi: umhla we-18 "umthandazo"

USUKU lwe-18
Ave Maria.

Ukubongoza. -Mariya, Mama wenceba, usithandazele!

UMTHANDAZO
Kuluxanduva umphefumlo ngamnye ukuphakamisa ingqondo nentliziyo kuye, ukumnqula, ukumsikelela nokumbulela.
Kule ntlambo yeenyembezi, umthandazo yenye yezona ntuthuzelo zinkulu sinokuba nazo. U-Thixo usibongoza ukuba sithandaze: "Celani kwaye niyakunikwa" (iSt. John, XVI, 24). "Thandaza, ukuze ungangeni ekuhendweni" (iSan Luca, XXII, 40). "Thandaza ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka" (I Tesalonike, V, 17).
Oogqirha beCawa eNgcwele bafundisa ukuba umthandazo yindlela ngaphandle koncedo lokuzihlangula olungenakufumaneka. "Nabani na othandazayo uyagcinwa, nabani na ongathandaziyo ugwetyelwe, ngenene akukho mfuneko yokuba umtyholi amtsalele esihogweni; naye ngokwakhe uya apho ngeenyawo zakhe "(S. Alfonso).
Ukuba oko kuceliweyo kuThixo emthandazweni kuluncedo emphefumlweni, kuyafunyanwa; ukuba ayiloncedo, kungafunyanwa olunye ubabalo, mhlawumbi olukhulu kunolo luceliweyo.
Ukuze umthandazo usebenze, kufuneka wenziwe ukuze kuzuze umphefumlo kananjalo ngokuzithoba okukhulu kunye nokuzithemba okukhulu; Umphefumlo oguqukela kuThixo ukwimeko yobabalo, oko kukuthi, ubotshelelwe esonweni, ngakumbi kwintiyo nokungcola.
Uninzi aluceli nto ngaphandle kobuhle bokwexeshana, ngelixa ezona ziluncedo kakhulu nezo zisetyenziswa nguThixo ngokuzithandela zizinto zokomoya.
Kudla ngokubakho umsantsa emthandazweni; sicela kuphela umbulelo. Kuya kufuneka sithandazele nezinye iinjongo: ukunqula ubuThixo, ukuyibeka kakuhle, ukuyibulela, kuthi nakwabo bakutyeshelayo ukwenza oku. Ukuze umthandazo wamkeleke ngakumbi kuThixo, uzibonakalisa ezandleni zikaMariya, ofanelekileyo kwitrone yoPhezukonke. Sihlala sithandaza kuKumkanikazi onamandla kwaye asizukubhideka. Sivame ukucengceleza u-Hail uMariya, ngaphambi nasemva kokutya kunye nomsebenzi, siqhuba ishishini elibalulekileyo okanye siqala uhambo. Ekuseni, emini nangokuhlwa sibulisa iNtombikazi nge-Angelus Domini kwaye musa ukuchitha usuku ngaphandle kokunikela ngeRosari kuMama wethu. Ukucula ngokunyanisekileyo kukwangumthandazo, kwaye uMariya wamkela iindumiso eziculwa ngembeko yakhe.
Ngaphandle komthandazo welizwi, kukho umthandazo wengqondo, obizwa ngokuba kukucamngca, kwaye ubandakanya ukubonakalisa iinyaniso ezinkulu uThixo asityhilele zona. UMama wethu, njengoko iVangeli ifundisa, wacamngca entliziyweni yakhe amazwi awathethwa nguYesu; masiyixelise.
Ukucamngca ayingomsebenzi wemiphefumlo embalwa ethambekele ekupheleleni, kodwa luxanduva lwabo bonke abo bafuna ukuhlala kude nesono: «Khumbula abatsha bakho kwaye ngekhe wenze sono ngonaphakade! »(INtshu., VII, '36).
Cinga ke ngoko ukuba uza kufa kwaye ushiye yonke into, uza kubola phantsi komhlaba, kwaye kuya kufuneka wazi yonke into kuThixo, nditsho amazwi akho neengcinga zakho, kwaye ukuba bukhona obunye ubomi obulindelweyo kuthi.
Ngokuhlonipha uMama wethu sithembisa ukwenza ukucamngca okuncinci yonke imihla; ukuba asinalo ixesha elininzi, masithathe okungenani imizuzu embalwa. Sikhetha le ncwadi, esiyibona iluncedo kakhulu emphefumlweni wethu. Abo baswele incwadi, funda ukucamngca ngoCrucifix kunye neNtombi yeNtlungu.

UMZEKELO

Umbingeleli, ngenxa yolungiselelo olungcwele, watyelela usapho. Umfazi oselekhulile, okwiminyaka yamashumi asibhozo, wamamkela ngentlonelo kwaye wavakalisa umnqweno wakhe wokwenza umsebenzi wesisa.

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