Ukuzinikela okusebenzayo kolo suku: uthando ngokuka-St Vincent de Paul

INGCWELE VINCENZO DE' PAOLI

1. Isisa sangaphakathi. Obunjani bona ubomi obumnandi, ukuphila ngokuthanda eyona nto ithandwayo yintliziyo yethu! Ubungcwele buxhomekeke eluthandweni; Ukugqibelela kubandakanya ukufuna ukuthanda kukaThixo kuyo yonke into, incasa kaThixo, watsho uSt. Elinjani lona iziko lothando elaliyintliziyo yalo Ngcwele owayefuna, efuna kwaye ethanda uThixo kuphela! Ubhiyozela uMthendeleko, inkangeleko yakhe ethabatheke kukuzinikela, evutha luthando lukaThixo. Hayi indlela awayecaphuka ngayo! Kwakubanda kangakanani!

2. Isisa sangaphandle. Akukho nto ingenakwenzeka kubantu abathanda uThixo. Akukho mntu wamshiya edanile. Malunga namashumi asibhozo eminyaka ubudala, endaweni yokuphumla, wayesavutha ngumoya wobupostile yaye esebenza ngokuzimisela ukuze kungenelwe abanye. Camngca ngesisa osisebenzisayo kunye nommelwane wakho: indlela omnceda ngayo ngomsebenzi nangemali. Khumbula ukuba uYesu wathi: “Kwabasebenzisa isisa, baya kufumana uthando.”

3. Isisa esimnandi nesithobekileyo. Kwakunjalo ukulunga, ubumnandi kunye nokuhambelana kweSt. Vincent ukuba kubhaliwe ngaye ukuba "ukuba ukuthengiswa kwakungeyona ingelosi yobumnandi, iSt. Vincent yayiza kuba ngumzekelo omhle kakhulu". Ngaba ubumnandi bakho buyabakha abanye? I-St. Vincent, ethathwa njengengcwele, wayekholelwa ukuba akayonto, wazithobisa ezinyaweni zomntu wonke kwaye imbeko yayingenayo impembelelo entliziyweni yakhe. Kuhlala kunjalo: Ozithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa. Wena unekratshi, akuyi kuthotywa na? Funda kanye ukuthobeka ukuze ube ngcwele.

ZIQEQESHE. -Sebenzisa uthando ngobubele kuzo zonke izenzo zakho; abathathu kwiNgcwele ukufumana uthando.