Ingcebiso yanamhlanje nge-11 kaSeptemba 2020 yeSant'Agostino

USt Augustine (354-430)
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Umququ kunye nomqadi
Kule ndawo iNkosi isilumkisa ngokuchasene nokugweba ngokungakhathali nangalunganga; ufuna siziphathe ngentliziyo elula, sibuyele kuThixo kuphela.Zininzi izinto ezenziwayo ezingabisindiseli iinjongo zethu, ke ngoko, iya kuba bubudenge ukugweba. Abona banobuchule ekugwebeni ngokungakhathali kwaye besola abanye ngabo bakhetha ukugweba kunokuba balungise kwaye babuyisele okuhle; lo mkhwa luphawu lwekratshi kunye nokuba krwada. (…) Indoda, umzekelo, yenza isono ngenxa yomsindo kwaye uyamngcikiva ngentiyo; kodwa phakathi komsindo nenzondo kukho umahluko ofanayo okhoyo phakathi komququ nomqadi. Inzondo ngumsindo ongacacanga othi, ekuhambeni kwexesha, uthathe ubungakanani obufanelwe kukufanelwa negama lomthi. Kungenzeka ukuba unomsindo kumzamo wokulungisa; kodwa intiyo ayilungisi (…) Kuqala susa inzondo kuwe kwaye kuphela emva koko uya kukwazi ukulungisa lowo umthandayo.