Ukuzinikela kwemini: Umphefumlo kaMariya onothando

Uthando oluqhelekileyo lukaMariya. Ukuncwina kwabangcwele kukuthanda uThixo, kukukhala ngokungakwazi kwakhe ukuthanda uThixo.UMariya yedwa, abangcwele bathi, wakwazi emhlabeni ukuzalisekisa umthetho wokuthanda uThixo ngentliziyo yakhe yonke, nangamandla akhe onke. UThixo, uhlala enguThixo, nguThixo kuphela, wayefuna, wafuna, wayithanda Intliziyo kaMariya, Yabetha kuphela ngenxa kaThixo; Intombazana encinci yazingcwalisela kuye, umntu omkhulu wazincama ngenxa yokumthanda.

Uthando olusebenzayo lukaMariya. Akwanelanga ukuba anike uThixo uthando lwentliziyo: ngokulunga kunye nemisebenzi, wakubona ukunyaniseka kothando lwakhe. Ngaba ubomi bukaMariya babungebubo obona buntu bunyuliweyo? Yithanda ukuthobeka phambi kobukhulu bakhe, ukholo kumagama eNgelosi, ukuzithemba ngexesha lokulingwa, umonde, ukuthula, ukuxolelwa kukonzakala, ukurhoxa, ubunyulu, inzondelelo! Ndineenxalenye ezilikhulu zobuhle obuninzi!

Umphefumlo onothando, noMariya. Kukuphi ukudideka kuthi ukuba siphile ndityhafile eluthandweni lukaThixo! Intliziyo yethu iyasidinga isidingo sikaThixo, iyayazi into engento yomhlaba… Kutheni singabuyeli kuYe ekuphela kwakhe onokuzalisa ubuze bentliziyo? Kodwa, yintoni inqaku lokuthi; Thixo wam. Ngaba ndiyakuthanda, kwaye andenzi ukuthobeka, umonde nezinye izinto ezilungileyo, ezibubungqina bothando lwethu olunyanisekileyo ngoThixo? Namhlanje, enoMariya, masizifudumeze uthando lwenene nolunyamezelayo.

UMSEBENZI. -Buya uPatre kunye no-Hail kwi-Ntliziyo ezintathu zikaYesu, uYosefu noMariya; chitha usuku uyonwabile.