Ukuzinikela okuSebenzayo koMhla: Thatha umzekelo kwiiNgcwele

Kakhulu kangakanani entliziyweni yethu. Siphila ubukhulu becala ngokulinganisa; Ekuboneni abanye besenza okuhle, amandla angenakuphikiswa asishukumisela, kwaye phantse asiqhubele ekubeni sibaxelise. U-Saint Ignatius, u-Augustine oNgcwele, u-Teresa oNgcwele kunye nekhulu labanye bayayiqonda indawo enkulu yokuguquka kwabo kumzekelo wabaNgcwele. Kwaye sifunda kwaye sicamngce kangako ngobomi nangemizekelo yeeNgcwele! ...

Ukudideka kwethu xa kuthelekiswa nabo. Xa lisithelekisa naboni, ikratshi lisimfamekisa, njengomFarisi okufuphi nombuthi werhafu; kodwa ebusweni bemizekelo yobuqhawe yeeNgcwele, siziva sincinci kangakanani! Masithelekise umonde wethu, ukuthobeka, ukurhoxa emsebenzini, ukuthandazela ukulunga kwabo, kwaye siza kubona ukuba zilusizi kangakanani na iimpawu ezintle esizibonileyo, ukufaneleka kwethu, kwaye kuninzi kangakanani ekufuneka sikwenzile!

Masikhethe iNgcwele ethile njengomzekelo wethu. Amava angqina ukuba kuluncedo kangakanani ukukhetha ingcwele minyaka le njengomkhuseli kunye notitshala wesidima esisweleyo. Kuya kuba mnandi eSt Francis de Sales; iya kuba yinzondelelo eSt. Teresa, eSt. uPhilip; iya kuba lijoni eSt. Francis yase-Assisi, njl. Ngokuzama unyaka wonke ukuzibonakalisa kwiimpawu ezintle, ngokuqinisekileyo siya kwenza inkqubela phambili. Kutheni ushiya isenzo esihle kangaka?

UKUZIPHATHA. -Khetha, ngengcebiso yomlawuli wokomoya, ingcwele njengomxhasi wakho, kwaye, ukuqala namhlanje, landela imizekelo yakhe. -I-Pater kunye ne-Ave kwi-Saint ekhethiweyo.