Ukuzinikela kwemini: amandla oxolelo

Imeko yoxolelo. INkosi ifuna ukubeka emandleni akho, umgwebo oya kwenziwa nguwe, utsho uChrysostom. Umlinganiselo ofanayo osetyenzisiweyo uya kukunceda; onentliziyo engenanceba uya kohlwaywa ngokungenanceba; Nabani na ongenalo uthando lommelwane wakhe akalithembi kuThixo. - Zonke izivakalisi zeVangeli. Uyazi ukuba xa ungaxoleli, awuyi kuxolelwa; okwangoku, zingaphi intiyo, zingaphi iintiyo kunye nokungakhathali omele ummelwane wakho!

Ukwahluka kwamatyala. Ngaba amatyala ethu kuThixo xa kuthelekiswa namatyala esinokuthi sibaxolele abamelwane bethu, ayizizo iitalente ezingamawaka alishumi xa kuthelekiswa nezikhulu ezilandulayo, njengoko umzekeliso usitsho? UThixo uyaxolela kwangoko; kwaye uyenza ngobunzima obukhulu! UThixo uyenza ngovuyo, kwaye nawe uyenyanye kakhulu! UThixo ukwenza ngokukhululekile kangangokuba uyacima ubugwenxa bethu; kwaye unciphile kangangokuba uhlala ucinga ngayo, kwaye kunzima ukuzibamba!

Ngaba uxolele okanye uxoke. Ukugcina inzondo, umsindo, ubutshaba, umsindo entliziyweni, kwenzeka njani ukuba uPater alinge ukuthetha? Awuyoyiki ukuba umtyholi uza kuphosa indoda elihlazo ebusweni bakho: Uyaxoka? Ngaba ufuna ukuxolelwa, kwaye awuzange unike yona kangangeenyanga ezininzi? Ngaba awumvakalisi umgwebo wakho ngokungafanelekanga uxolelo? -Ngaba kungcono ke ukuba ungaphinde uthi Pater? Izulu lilumkele: buza, ngayo, amandla okutshintsha ngokukhawuleza intliziyo. Malingatshoni ilanga nicaphukile. Utsho uSt.

UKUZIPHATHA. -Ukuba uziva unenzondo namhlanje kwaye uhlala usenza oko; cengceleza iPater ezintathu kwiintshaba zakho.