Umthendeleko wosuku: ukuthanjiswa kwabagulayo, ngomhla womthendeleko weLourdes

Ukuthanjiswa kwabagulayo ngumthendeleko weCawa yamaKatolika, isithethe esiquka ukuthanjiswa kweoyile esikelelweyo sikhatshwa ngumthandazo emzimbeni womntu ogulayo simele indlela eya "kubomi obungunaphakade". "Mnye kuphela utitshala wethu kwaye nonke ningabazalwana" ukhumbula umvangeli uMateyu (23,8). Icawa inika ubabalo lokuthambisa kwimeko yokubandezeleka, umzekelo njengokuguga okwakungachazwa njengokugula, kodwa iyaqatshelwa ngumthendeleko njengemeko apho kunokwenzeka khona ukubuza abathembekileyo ngesiko lokuthambisa abagulayo. Ngo-1992 uPopu John Paul II wasungulwa ngomhla we-11 kuFebruwari xa ibandla likhumbula inkumbulo kaLady Lourdes, usuku "lwabagulayo" apho unokufumana khona umthendeleko kungekuphela kwabo banesifo okanye bakwi Ukuphela kobomi, kodwa wonke umntu! cinga ngokufa kwabantu abaninzi abancinci nabangxamisekileyo okuye kwenzeka kwiminyaka yakutshanje.

Umthandazo wabagulayo
O Nkosi Yesu, ngexesha lokuphila kwakho emhlabeni wethu
ubonakalisile uthando lwakho, washukunyiswa ebusweni bokubandezeleka
kwaye amaxesha amaninzi ubuyisele impilo kwabagulayo ngokubuyisa uvuyo kwiintsapho zabo. Intanda yethu (igama) iyagula (kakhulu), sisondele kuye ngayo yonke into enokwenzeka ngabantu. Kodwa siziva singenamandla: ubomi abukho sezandleni zethu. Sikunika iimbandezelo zakhe kwaye uzimanya kunye nezo zothando lwakho. Esi sifo masisincede siqonde ngakumbi intsingiselo yobomi, kwaye sinike (igama) lethu isipho sempilo ukuze sonke sikubulele kwaye sikudumise ngonaphakade.
Amen.