Ukungxama ayisiyobuKristu, funda ukuba nomonde kuwe

I. Ekusukeleni imfezeko umntu makasoloko elindile. Inkohliso ekufuneka ndiyifumene, utsho uSt. Francis de Sales. Abanye bangathanda ukugqibelela okulungeleyo, ukwenzela ukuba kuya kuba nokwaneleyo ukuyibeka, njenge-skirt, ukuba bazithole bephelele ngaphandle komzamo. Ukuba oku bekunokwenzeka, bendiya kuba ngoyena mntu ufezekileyo ehlabathini; ekubeni, ukuba bekusemandleni am ukunika abanye ingqibelelo, ngaphandle kwabo benza nantoni na, bendiya kuqala ukuyihlutha kum. Kubonakala kubo ukuba ukugqibelela bubugcisa, apho kwanele ukufumana imfihlelo ngokukhawuleza ukuba yinkosi ngaphandle kobunzima. Enjani yona inkohliso! Imfihlelo enkulu kukusebenza nokusebenza ngenkuthalo ekusebenziseni uthando lobuthixo, ukuze sifikelele ekumanyeni nokulunga kobuthixo.

Noko ke, phawula kakuhle ukuba umsebenzi wokwenza nokubulaleka ubhekisela kwindawo ephezulu yomphefumlo wethu; ngenxa yenkcaso evela kwindawo esezantsi, umntu akafanelanga ukwenza ityala elikhulu kunelo lenziwa ngabahambi ngendlela, kwizinja ezikhonkotha zikude (cf Trattenimento 9).

Masiziqheliseni ke ngoko ukufuna ukuba sigqibelele ngokwendlela eqhelekileyo, sinokuzola, sisenza oko kuxhomekeke kuthi ekuzuzeni izidima, ngokuzondelela ukukwenza oko, ngokwemeko nobizo lwethu; ngoko, ngokuphathelele ukufikelela ngokukhawuleza okanye kamva usukelo esele lulindelwe, masibe nomonde, sikholose ngoLungiso lobuthixo, oluya kunyamekela ukusithuthuzela ngexesha elimisiweyo; kwaye nokuba kufuneka silinde kude kube lilixa lokufa, masaneliswe, saneliseke kukuzalisekisa umsebenzi wethu ngokusoloko sisenza oko kuxhomekeke kuthi nokusemandleni ethu. Siya kuhlala sinayo into enqwenelekayo kungekudala, xa kukholekile kuThixo ukuba asinike.

Oku kuyeka ukulinda kuyimfuneko, kuba ukungabikho kwayo kuphazamisa kakhulu umphefumlo. Ngoko ke masaneliswe kukwazi ukuba uThixo, osilawulayo, wenza kakuhle izinto, kwaye masingalindeli iimvakalelo ezikhethekileyo okanye ukukhanya okuthile, kodwa masihambe ngokumfamekileyo emva kwekhapha leMbonelelo kwaye sisoloko sinalo ithemba kuThixo, nkqu. phakathi kokuphanziswa, uloyiko, ubumnyama kunye neminqamlezo yazo zonke iintlobo, oko kuya kumkholisa ukuba asithumele (cf Tratten. 10).

Ndimelwe kukuzingcwalisa, ndingenzeli inzuzo yam, intuthuzelo, nembeko, kodwa ngenxa yozuko lukaThixo, nokusindiswa kwabaselula. Ngoko ke ndiya kuba nomonde kwaye ndizole nanini na kufuneka ndivume ukubandezeleka kwam, ndiqinisekile ukuba ubabalo olunamandla lusebenza ngobuthathaka bam.

II. Kufuna umonde kuwe. Ukuba ziinkosi zomphefumlo wakho ngomzuzwana kwaye ube nawo ngokupheleleyo ezandleni zakho, kwasekuqaleni, akunakwenzeka. Yanelise ngokufumana umhlaba kancinci kancinci, uyala iSt. Francis de Sales, ebusweni bothando olulwa nawe.

Umntu makanyamezele abanye; kodwa okokuqala masinyamezele kwaye sibe nomonde malunga nokungafezeki. Ngaba singathanda ukufika ekuphumleni kwangaphakathi, ngaphandle kokudlula kwiingxaki eziqhelekileyo kunye nobunzima?

Umphefumlo wakho wubeke eluphumleni kwakusasa; emini qiniseka ukuba umtsalela umnxeba rhoqo kwaye umbuyisele ezandleni zakho. Ukuba kukho inguquko eyenzeka kuwe, musa ukoyika, musa ukuzicingela nokuncinci; kodwa, mlumkise, zithobe ngokuzolileyo phambi koThixo kwaye uzame ukubuyisela umoya wakho kwimeko yobumnandi. Xelela umphefumlo wakho: - Yiza, sibeke unyawo lwethu kwindawo engafanelekanga; masihambe kwangoku silinde. Kwaye ngalo lonke ixesha uphinda ubuyela, uphinda into enye.

Wandule ke, wakunandipha uxolo, lusebenzise ngokuthanda okulungileyo, ukwandisa izenzo zobumnandi ngamaxesha onke, nkqu nakwizincinci; ( Luka 16,10:444 ). Kodwa ngaphezu kwako konke, musani ukutyhafa, uThixo ubamba isandla sakho, kwaye nangona ekuyeka ukhubeke, uyakwenza oko ukuze abonise ukuba xa engakubambanga, uya kuwa ngokupheleleyo: ngoko ke sibambe isandla sakhe ngakumbi. Ileta XNUMX).

Ukuba ngumkhonzi kaThixo kuthetha ukuba nesisa kummelwane kabani, ukwenza kwinxalenye engaphezulu yomoya isigqibo esibalulekileyo sokulandela ukuthanda kukaThixo, ukuba nokuthobeka okunzulu nokulula okusishukumisela ukuba sibe nentembelo kuThixo kuze kusincede siphakame kuzo zonke. yethu bawile, ukuba nomonde kunye nathi kwiinkxwaleko zethu, ukuthwala ngoxolo nabanye ekungafezeki kwabo (Ileta 409).

Mkhonzeni uYehova ngokuthembeka, kodwa nimkhonze ngokukhululekileyo nangothando, ningayicaphukisi intliziyo yenu. Gcina kuwe umoya wovuyo olungcwele, ngokulinganayo diffused kwizenzo zakho kunye namazwi, ukuze abantu abalungileyo abakubonayo bafumane uvuyo kwaye bamzukise uThixo (Mt 5,16: 472), into kuphela iminqweno yethu (Ileta XNUMX). Lo myalezo wokuzithemba kunye nokuthembela kuSt. Francis de Sales uqinisekisa, ubuyisela isibindi kwaye ubonisa indlela ekhuselekileyo yokuqhubela phambili, nangona ubuthathaka bethu, ukuphepha i-pusillanimity kunye nokucingelwa.

III. Ungazilawula njani kwimisebenzi emininzi ukuze uphephe ukungxama. Ubuninzi bemisebenzi yimeko evumayo yokufunyanwa kwezinto ezilungileyo neziqinileyo. Ukuphindaphindeka kwemicimbi kukufela ukholo ngokuqhubekayo; iyantlukwano kunye nobuninzi bemisebenzi iphazamisa ngakumbi kunobuzaza bayo.

Ekuqhubeni ishishini lakho, ufundisa iSt. Francis de Sales, ungathembeli ukuba unokuphumelela ngeshishini lakho, kodwa ubulela kuphela ngoncedo lukaThixo; Ke ngoko, kholosa ngokupheleleyo kuLungelelo lwakhe, uqinisekile ukuba uya kukwenza konke okusemandleni akho, ukuba nje wena, ubeka inkuthalo kuyo ngokuzolileyo. Eneneni, ukukhuthala ngokungxama kuyayonakalisa intliziyo neshishini yaye asikokukhuthala, kodwa ngamaxhala neziphazamiso.

Kungekudala siya kuba ngunaphakade, apho kuya kubonwa indlela emincinane ngayo yonke imicimbi yeli hlabathi nokuba yayingabalulekanga kangakanani na enoba sasiyenzile okanye akunjalo; apha ngokuchaseneyo siyaphithizela sibajikelezile, ngokungathi zizinto ezinkulu. Xa sasisebancinane, enjani yona inzondelelo esaba nayo ekuqokeleleni iithayile, iinkuni nodaka ukuze kwakhiwe izindlu nezakhiwo ezincinane! Ukuba bathe bawaphosa phantsi, yingxaki leyo; kodwa ngoku siyazi ukuba konke oko kwakubalulekile. Kuya kuba njalo ngenye imini ezulwini; ngoko ke siya kubona ukuba ukunamathela kwethu kwihlabathi yayibubuntwana bokwenene.

Anditsho ke ukuba sithi masilutshitshise unyamezelo, ngezinto ezingento, ezincamisayo, ekubeni uThixo ezinike umsebenzi wethu kweli hlabathi; kodwa ndingathanda ukuphelisa ukuvutha kobushushu ekulindeni nina. Masenze nathi izinto zethu ezincinci, kodwa ekuzenzeni asilahleki zintloko zethu. Kwaye ukuba umntu usichithele amakhreyithi neefektri, masingakhathali kakhulu, kuba xa sele kurhatyela, apho kuya kufuneka sizifihle khona, ndithetha ukuba xa sifa, zonke ezi zinto zincinci aziyi kunceda. sandule ke ukurhoxa siye endlwini kaBawo wethu (Ndum 121,1:XNUMX).

Hamba ngeshishini lakho ngenkuthalo, kodwa yazi ukuba akukho shishini elibaluleke ngaphezu kosindiso lwakho (Ileta 455).

Kwiyantlukwano yemisebenzi, isimo sengqondo ozijonga ngaso sahlukile. Uthando lodwa lulo olwahlula ixabiso lezinto esizenzayo. Masizame ukuhlala sinobuncwane kunye nobuhle beemvakalelo, ezisenza sifune incasa yeNkosi kuphela, kwaye uya kwenza izenzo zethu zibe zihle kwaye zigqibelele, nokuba zincinci kwaye ziqhelekileyo (Ileta 1975).

Owu Nkosi, ndenze ndicinge ngokuhlala ndibamba kwaye ndisebenzise kakuhle amathuba okukukhonza, ndiziqhelanisa neempawu ezintle ngomzuzu ngomzuzu, ngaphandle kokukhathalela ixesha elidlulileyo okanye elizayo, ukuze umzuzu ngamnye wangoku undizisele oko kufuneka ndikwenze ngokuzolileyo. nangenkuthalo ngenxa yozuko lwenu (bona iLeta 503).