ULeo Omkhulu, oNgcwele we-10 kaNovemba, imbali kunye nomthandazo

Ngomso, ngoLwesithathu umhla wama-10 kuNovemba 2021, iCawa yenza isikhumbuzo ULeo Omkhulu.

“Xelisani umalusi olungileyo, othi yena, ezifunela izimvu, azibuyisele emagxeni akhe, . . . ...".

Pope Leo ubhala le leta ku UTimoteo, ubhishophu wase-Aleksandriya, Agasti 18, 460 - unyaka ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe - enika ingcebiso esisipili sobomi bakhe: yomalusi ongazicaphukisiyo iigusha ezivukelayo, kodwa usebenzisa uthando kunye nokuqina ukuzibuyisela ebuhlanti bezimvu.

Ukucinga kwakhe, enyanisweni. ishwankathelwe kwiziqendu ezi-2 ezisisiseko: "Naxa kufuneka ulungise, hlala ulondoloza uthando" kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke "uKristu ungamandla ethu ... kunye naye siya kuba nako ukwenza konke".

Akunjalo nje ukuba uLeo Omkhulu waziwa ngokujamelana no-Attila, inkokeli yamaHuns, emkholisa-exhobe kuphela ngomnqamlezo wobupapa - ukuba angahambi eRoma aze abuyele ngaphaya kweDanube. Intlanganiso eyabanjwa ngo-452 kumlambo iMincio, nanamhlanje enye yeemfihlelo ezinkulu zembali nokholo.

UMTHANDAZO WENGCWELE LEONE OMKHULU

Ungaze unikezele,
naxa ukudinwa kuzenza kuvakala,
Nokuba unyawo lwakho luya kukhubeka;
nokuba amehlo akho avutha,
nokuba imizamo yakho ingahoywa,
hayi naxa ukuphoxeka kukudandathekisa;
nokuba impazamo ikutyhafisa,
hayi naxa ukungcatshwa kukukhathaza,
nokuba impumelelo ikushiye,
naxa ukungabi nambulelo kuyakoyikisa,
naxa ukungaqondani kukungqongile,
hayi naxa isithukuthezi sikuwisa,
nangona yonke into ibonakala ngathi akukho nto,
nokuba ubunzima besono bukutyumzayo...
Biza uThixo wakho, qinisa amanqindi akho, uncume ... kwaye uqale kwakhona!