Abangcwele abazinikele kuSt Joseph: ukuzinikela kukaSt Teresa waseAvila!

Kuyo yonke imbali yecawa, uninzi lweengcwele bezizinikele ngokukodwa kuJoseph St. Funda apha ngezantsi ubungqina obuthile kumandla wokuthethelelwa kukaSt. USt. Teresa waseAvila Kwimbali yakhe yobomi bakhe, ingcwele yaseKarmeli eyimfihlakalo kunye nomhlaziyi uvuma iindumiso zikayise ongcwele, uSt.Joseph, kwaye unika ubungqina bokuthandazela kwakhe:

“Ndithathe i-St Joseph ezukileyo njengomxhasi wam nenkosi yam kwaye ndazincoma ngokunyanisekileyo kuye. Ndabona ngokucacileyo ukuba zombini le ngxaki ikhoyo yam, kunye nezinye ezibaluleke kakhulu, ezinxulumene nembeko yam kunye nokulahleka komphefumlo wam. Utata nenkosi yam bandinikezele kwaye bandinika iinkonzo ezinkulu kunokuba bendisazi ukuba ndicela njani. Andikhumbuli ndimbuza nangaliphi na ixesha nangantoni na angayivumanga; kwaye ndizele kukumangaliswa xa ndicinga ngobabalo olukhulu endilunikwe nguThixo ngale ngcwele isikelelekileyo; iingozi apho andikhulule khona, zombini umzimba nomphefumlo.

Kwabanye abangcwele, iNkosi yethu ibonakala ibanikile ubabalo bokunceda amadoda kwiimfuno ezizodwa kodwa kule ngcwele izukileyo, ndiyazi ngamava, ukuba iyasinceda kwinto yonke. Kwaye iNkosi yethu ingathanda ukuba siyiqonde loo nto ngokuba yayithobele yena emhlabeni. Kuba uSt. Joseph wayenesihloko sikatata kwaye wayengumgcini wakhe, wayenokuyalela oko.

Ndinqwenela ukuba ndicenge abantu bonke ukuba bazinikele kule ngcwele izukileyo; kuba ndiyazi ngokusuka kumava amade ukuba zeziphi iintsikelelo anokuzizuza kuthi ezivela kuThixo, andizange ndazi namnye umntu owayezinikele kuye ngokunyanisekileyo, kwaye wamzukisa ngeenkonzo ezikhethekileyo, owayengakhange abonakale ekhula ngakumbi nangakumbi ekulungeni; kuba uyanceda ngendlela ekhethekileyo loo miphefumlo izincomela kuye.