Ukuzinikela kubaNgcwele: ingcinga kaPadre Pio namhlanje nge-6 ka-Agasti

1. Umthandazo kukuthululwa kweentliziyo zethu zibe kwinto kaThixo ... Xa yenziwe kakuhle, ishukumisa intliziyo kaThixo kwaye siyamema ngakumbi ukuba asinike. Sizama ukuthulula wonke umphefumlo wethu xa siqala ukuthandaza kuThixo. Uhleli esongelwe emithandazweni yethu ukuze akwazi ukusinceda.

2. Ndifuna ukuba sobuhlanti kuphela obuthandazayo!

3. Thandaza kunye nethemba; Musa ukuphaphazela. Ukudibana akuloncedo. UThixo unenceba kwaye uya kumamela umthandazo wakho.

4. Umthandazo sesona sixhobo sihle sinaso; sisitshixo esivula intliziyo kaThixo.Ufanele uthethe noYesu ngentliziyo, kunye nomlomo; inene, kwamanye amazwe, kuya kufuneka uthethe kuye kuphela ngokusuka entliziyweni.

5. Ngokufunda iincwadi umntu ukhangela kuThixo, aze acamngce.

6. Yiba ngumkhuleko kwaye ucamngce. Sele undixelele ukuba uqalile. Owu, le nto intuthuzelo enkulu katata okuthandayo kakhulu nangumphefumlo wakhe! Qhubeka uqhubela phambili uqhubeka kwimisebenzi engcwele yokuthanda uThixo. Chitha izinto ezimbalwa yonke imihla: kokubini ebusuku, kwisibane sokukhanya kwesibane naphakathi kokungakwazi ukusebenza kunye nokuqina komoya; zombini ngexesha lasemini, kuvuyo kunye nokukhanya okuqaqambileyo komphefumlo.

7 Ukuba unokuthetha neNkosi emthandazweni, thetha naye, umdumise; ukuba awukwazi ukuthetha ukuba rhabaxa, musa ukuzisola, ngeendlela zeNkosi, yeka egumbini lakho njengabaphathi, ubahlonele. Lowo ubonayo, uya kubuxabisa ubukho bakho, uya kukhuthaza ukuthula kwakho, kwaye kwelinye ixesha uya kuthuthuzeleka xa ekuphethe ngesandla.