Ngamana, inyanga kaMariya: ukucamngca ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesibini

ISIPROFETO SEXESHA

USUKU lwe-22
Ave Maria.

Ukubongoza. -Mariya, Mama wenceba, usithandazele!

Intlungu yokuqala:
ISIPROFETO SEXESHA
Ukuze ukuzinikela kwiintlungu zikaMariya kuthathe iingcambu ezintliziyweni zethu, masiqwalasele elinye ngamakrele lahlaba iNgxilimbela yeNtombi Enyulu.
Abaprofeti babuchazile ngobomi bukaYesu kuzo zonke iinkcukacha, ngakumbi kwiPassion. Inenekazi lethu, elalizazi iziprofetho, lisamkela ukuba nguMama weNdoda Yosizi, lalisazi ukuba liza kujamelana nobunzima obungakanani.
Kuyinyani ukungazi iminqamlezo asigcinele yona uThixo ebomini bethu; obu buthathaka bethu kukuba buza kungcungcutheka xa ucinga zonke iimbandezelo ezizayo. Uninzi lwengcwele uMariya, ukuze abenako ukubandezeleka aze afanelwe okungakumbi, wayenolwazi oluphangaleleyo malunga neentlungu zikaYesu, ezaziza kuba zezobandezeleka zakhe. Ubomi bakhe bonke wathwala ubukrakra bakhe ngoxolo entliziyweni.
Uhambisa uMntwana uYesu ethempelini, uva uSimon omdala esithi kuye: "Lo Mntwana ubekwe njengophawu lokuphikisana ... Kwaye ikrele liya kuwugqobhoza kanye umphefumlo wakho" (St. Luke, II, 34).
Kwaye ngokwenene, intliziyo yeNtombikazi ihlala ikuva ukuhlaba kwekrele. Wayemthanda uYesu engenamida kwaye wayekhathazekile ukuba ngenye imini uyotshutshiswa, abizwe ngokuba ngumnyelisi kwaye enedemon, wayeza kugwetywa engenatyala aze abulawe. Umbono onjalo awubuhlungu awusukanga entliziyweni yakhe kwaye wayenokuthi: - UYesu wam oyintanda usisiqhu sam semore! -
U-Engelgrave ubhala ukuba le ntlungu yafunyanwa eSanta Brigida. Yatsho iNtombi Enyulu: Yondla uYesu wam, ndacinga ngenyongo neviniga ezaziyinikwe ziintshaba eKalvari; ndimjike wasisongela ngeengubo, iingcinga zam zaya ezintanjeni, apho wayeza kubotshwa nesikrelemnqa; xa ndandicinga ukuba ulele, ndandicinga ukuba ufile; xa ndijonga ezo zandla kunye neenyawo zakhe ezingcwele, ndaye ndacinga ngezikhonkwane ezaziza kumgqobhoza emva koko amehlo am agcwala iinyembezi kwaye Intliziyo yam yayiqhekeke ziintlungu. -
Nathi sinako kwaye siya kuba nosizi lwethu ebomini; ayizukuba likrele elinamandla le-Madonna, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo kumphefumlo ngamnye umnqamlezo wakhe uhlala unzima. Masixelise uMthinjana ekubandezelekeni kwaye sizise ukukrakra kwethu kuxolo.
Kukuthini ukusetyenziswa kokuzinikela kweNkosazana Yethu, ukuba sisezintlungwini asizami ukuzinikela ekuthandeni kukaThixo? Ungaze uthi xa usokola: Oku kubandezeleka kuninzi; ewe, nditsho amandla am. -Ukutsho njalo kukuswela intembelo kuThixo kunye nokujongela phantsi ukulunga kwakhe okungapheliyo kunye nobulumko.
Amadoda ayazi iintsimbi ezinokuthi zithathwe yimijekethi yazo kwaye ingaziniki ubunzima obungaphezulu, hayi ukuze zibenze baqaqadeke. Umbumbi uyazi ukuba ixesha elide kangakanani udongwe lakhe kufuneka luhlale ehovini, ukuze luphekwe kwinqanaba lobushushu elenza ukuba lilungele ukusetyenziswa; akakushiyeli ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi.
Asifanelanga ukuba sabonakalisa ukuba singoyiki into yokuba uThixo, uBulumko obungenasiphelo kwaye othanda uthando olungapheliyo, unokulayisha amagxa ezidalwa zakhe ngomthwalo osindayo kwaye unokuhamba ixesha elide kunokuba kufanelekile kumlilo wembandezelo.

UMZEKELO

Kwiileta zoNyaka zoMbutho zikaYesu sifunda indawo eyenzeka kumIndiya oselula. Waye wamkela ukholo lobuKatolika kwaye wayephila njengomKristu olungileyo. Ngenye imini wabanjwa sisilingo esomeleleyo; akazange athandaze, engakhange acinge ngobubi awayezokwenza; inkanuko yayimfamekisile.
Ugqibe kwelokuba ashiye indlu enze isono. Uthe xa esiya emnyango weva la mazwi: -Yima! … Uyaphi? -
Wajika wabona into emangazayo: umfanekiso weNtombi Enyulu Yosizi, owawuseludongeni, wabuyela ebomini. Inenekazi lethu lisuse ikrele elincinci ebeleni laza laqala ukuthi: Yiza, thatha eli krele undilimaze, endaweni yoNyana wam, ngesono ofuna ukusenza! -
Le ndoda, ingcangcazela, yaqubuda phantsi ngobuso kwaye nangenguquko yokwenene icela uxolo, ilila kakhulu.

Ukukhuphela. - Sukuchitha inkxwaleko, ngakumbi ezincinci, kuba zinikelwe kuThixo ngenxa yemiphefumlo, zixabiseke kakhulu.

Utyando. - Owu Mariya, ngenxa yamandla akho kwiintlungu, sincede kwiintlungu zobomi!