UYesu watyhilela uSanta Brigida iimpawu ezibalulekileyo zomphefumlo
UYesu wathi: «Xelisa ukuthobeka kwam; kuba ndinguKumkani wozuko kunye noKumkani weengelosi, ndandambethe amadlavu amadala kwaye ndibotshwe ze kwikholam. Ndikuve konke ukugculelwa, konke ukunyeliswa kutyholwa ngam. Ukhetha intando yam kuneyakho, kuba ebomini bakhe bonke uMariya, uMama wam kunye neNkosikazi yakho, akazange enze enye into ngaphandle kwentando yam. Ukuba uyayenza nawe, intliziyo yakho iya kuba yeyam kwaye iya kuvutha luthando lwam; kwaye kanye njengokuba into eyomileyo neyomileyo ibamba umlilo ngokulula, ngendlela efanayo umphefumlo wakho uya kugcwaliswa ngam kwaye ndiya kuba kuwe, ukuze zonke izinto zokwexeshana zijike zibe krakra kuwe kwaye nakuphi na ukuthanda izinto ngokwasemzimbeni kuyityhefu kuwe. Uyakuphumla ezingalweni zobuThixo bam, ongenanto kwaphela yokuzibandakanya ngokwasenyameni, kodwa oqulathe uvuyo nolonwabo lomoya; enyanisweni umphefumlo ugcwele ngaphakathi nangaphandle konwaba awucingi okanye unqwenele nantoni na ngaphandle kovuyo olwenza ukuba lushukume. Ke sukuthanda nantoni na ngaphandle kwam; Ngale ndlela uya kuba nayo yonke into oyifunayo kwi-profusion. Ayibhalwanga na into yokuba ioyile yomhlolokazi ayipheli? Kwaye ukuba iNkosi yethu iyenze yanisa imvula emhlabeni, ngokwamazwi omprofeti? Ngoku, ndingumprofeti wenene. Ukuba uyakholelwa kum amazwi am kwaye uwalandele, kuwe ioyile, uvuyo, imihlali ayisoze yasilela ». Incwadi I, 1
«Ndikhethe ndaza ndakuthatha emtshatweni ukuze ndikutyhilele iimfihlelo zam, kuba oku kuyintando yam. Emva kwakho konke, ungowam ngokuchanekileyo, njengokuba ukufa komyeni wakho wawushiya ukuthanda kwakho ezandleni zam, kuba, nangona emva kokufa kwakhe, wacinga kwaye wathandazela ukuba uhlwempuzekile kwaye ufuna ukushiya yonke into ngenxa yothando lwam. Ngenxa yoku ungowam ngokulungileyo. Kwafuneka ukuba ndikunakekele ngothando olukhulu kangako; ke ndiyakuthatha emtshatweni kunye nakwintanda yam, uvuyo uThixo awuvayo ngomphefumlo omsulwa. Umtshakazi ke, kufuneka alungele xa umyeni efuna ukwenza umtshato, ukuze abe sisityebi ngokwaneleyo, ahombise kwaye ahlanjululwe kwisono sika-Adam; kukangaphi ndiwela esonweni, ndikuxhase kwaye ndakugcina. Ngapha koko, umakoti kufuneka enxibe uphawu kunye ne-livery yomyeni wakhe esifubeni sakhe; oku kuthetha ukuba kuya kufuneka uthathele ingqalelo izibonelelo endikugcwalisele zona, nemisebenzi endiyenzele yona, oko kukuthi: kangakanani na ubungangamsha endakudalayo ngokukunika umzimba nomphefumlo; Ndikunike obuphi ubukhulu ngokukunika impilo kunye nempahla yexeshana; Ndikukhokele kamnandi kangakanani, xa ndakufela ndaza ndadlulisela kwilifa lam kuwe, ukuba unqwenela ukulifumana. Umtshakazi ke makenze intando yendoda yakhe; yintoni ukuthanda kwam, ukuba ayiyiyo le yokuba uyandithanda ngaphezu kwazo zonke izinto kwaye awufuni nto ngaphandle kwam? Ngoku, mlingane wam, ukuba akukho nto uyinqwenelayo ngaphandle kwam kwaye uyayidela yonke into ngenxa yothando lwam, andizukukunika kuphela abantwana nabazali njengomvuzo omnandi noxabisekileyo, kodwa kunye nobutyebi nozuko, hayi igolide nesilivere, kodwa mna. ; NdinguKumkani wozuko, ndiza kukunika ngokwam njengoMlingane kunye nomvuzo. Ukuba uziva uneentloni ngokuba lihlwempu kwaye udeliwe, cinga ukuba mna, Thixo wakho, ndikuhambile phambi kwale ndlela; abakhonzi bam nabahlobo bam, eneneni, bandishiyile emhlabeni, kuba andizifunanga izihlobo zomhlaba, kodwa izulu. Kwakhona, ukuba uyoyika umthwalo wokudinwa kunye nobulwelwe, cinga ngendlela ekubuhlungu ngayo ukutshisa umlilo. Ungafanelwa yintoni xa uthe wakhubekisa umntu njengokuba ukhubekise mna? Nokuba ndikuthanda ngentliziyo yam yonke, andisayi kuze ndisilele emgwebeni wam; kuba undikhubekisile kumalungu akho onke; uya kufumana ulwaneliseko kuwo. Nangona kunjalo, xa unikwe intando entle oza kuyibonisa kunye neenjongo zakho zokulungisa, ndiguqula ubulungisa bam bube yinceba, ndibuyisele umva, nditshintshisa ngentlawulelo encinci, ezona ntlungu zibuhlungu. Ke ngoko yamkela ngentshiseko intlungu encinci, ukuze, xa uhlanjululwe, ufumane umvuzo omkhulu ngokukhawuleza okukhulu; kusengqiqweni, enyanisweni, ukuba umtshakazi asokole kwaye asebenze nomyeni, ukuze aphumle naye ngokuthembeka okukhulu ”. Incwadi I, 2
«NdinguThixo wakho kwaye iNkosi uyayihlonela. Ndinguye onamandla akhe obambe izulu nomhlaba, kwaye ngubani ongenakuxhasa okanye kumxhasa. Ndingumntu othi, phantsi kohlobo lwesonka newayini, uThixo oyinyaniso kunye nomntu oyinyani, abethelwe imihla ngemihla. Ndim onikhethileyo. Beka uBawo; ndithande; Thobela umoya wam, unike imbeko enkulu kumama, iNenekazi lakho. Bahloneleni bonke abangcwele bam, gcina ukholo oluchanekileyo lokuba lowo uziboneleyo ngokwakhe ungquzulwano lwenyaniso kunye nolobuxoki kwaye ophumeleleyo enkosi ngoncedo lwam uya kukufundisa. Gcina ukuthobeka kwam kuyinyani. Kuyintoni ukuthobeka kokwenyani ukuba ayisiyo eyokubonisa into oyiyo, kwaye ukudumisa uThixo ngempahla asinike yona? Ngoku, ukuba ufuna ukundithanda, ndiza kukusa kwisisa sam, njengoko umbane utsala isinyithi; kwaye ndiya kukubopha ngamandla engalo yam, inamandla kangangokuba akukho mntu unokuyolula, eqinile kangangokuba xa woluliwe akukho mntu unokuyijija okanye ayigobise; kwaye kwaye imnandi kangangokuba idlula yonke i-aroma kwaye ayinakuthelekiswa nobumnandi behlabathi, kuba idlula zonke ». Incwadi I, 3