Ingcebiso yanamhlanje nge-4 kaSeptemba 2020 yeSant'Agostino

USt Augustine (354-430)
ubishophu waseHippo (eMntla Afrika) nogqirha weCawa

Intetho 210,5 (iThala leeNcwadi elitsha likaAugustinian)
Kodwa iya kufika mihla awothi asuswe kubo umyeni; bandule ke ukuzila ngaloo mihla”
Ngoko ‘masihlale sibhinqile izinqe zethu nezibane zethu zikhanyisiwe,’ ibe sifana ‘nabakhonzi abalindele ukubuya kwenkosi yabo emsithweni’ ( Luka 12,35:1 ). Masithi omnye komnye: “Masidle size sisele, kuba ngomso siya kufa” ( 15,32Ko 16,16:20 ) Kodwa kanye ngenxa yokuba imini yokufa ayiqinisekanga kwaye ubomi bubuhlungu, siyazila ukutya kwaye sithandaza ngakumbi: ngokwenene ngomso siya kufa. “Selilixesha elifutshane – watsho uYesu – kwaye aniyi kundibona, kwaye niya kundibona” (Yohane 22:XNUMX). Lo ngumzuzu awasixelela ngawo: “Niya kulila nibe nibuhlungu, ke lona ihlabathi liya kuvuya” (indima XNUMX); oko kukuthi: obu bomi buzele zizilingo kwaye singabahambi ngezonqulo kude naye. "Kodwa ndobuya ndinibone - wongezelela - kwaye iya kuvuya intliziyo yenu kwaye akukho bani uya kukwazi ukuhlutha uvuyo lwenu" (indima XNUMX).

Nathi ke sivuya ngeli themba ngoku, phezu kwazo zonke izinto – ekubeni lowo wasithembisayo ethembeke kakhulu – elulindelo kolo vuyo luphuphumayo, xa “siya kuba njengaye, ngokuba siya kumbona njengoko anjalo.” ( 1 Yohane 3,2:16,21), kwaye “akukho bani uya kukwazi ukuluhlutha uvuyo lwethu”. (…) “Umfazi xa aza kuzala, utsho uYehova, uyagcuma, ngokuba lifikile ixesha lakhe; kodwa xa athe wazala kubakho umthendeleko omkhulu, ngenxa yokuba kuzelwe umntu ehlabathini” (Yohane XNUMX:XNUMX). Olu iya kuba luvuyo ekungekho bani uya kukwazi ukuluhlutha kuthi yaye esiya kuzaliswa ngalo xa sidlula kwindlela yokukhawula ukholo kubomi bangoku siye ekukhanyeni okungunaphakade. Ngoku ke masizile ukudla, sithandaze; ngokuba lilixa lokuzala.