Ukucamngca kolu suku: thandaza kuBawo wethu
Ukucamngca kosuku thandaza kuBawo wethu: khumbula ukuba uYesu ngamanye amaxesha wayehamba yedwa aze achithe ubusuku bonke ethandaza. Yiyo loo nto, kucacile ukuba u-Yesu uthanda amaxesha amade kwaye anyanisekileyo emthandazweni, njengoko esinikile umzekelo wakhe njengesifundo. Kodwa ke ukhona umahluko ocacileyo phakathi kwento eyenziwe yiNkosi yethu ubusuku bonke nezinto ezigxeke abahedeni ngokwenza kwabo "ngokungxama" ngamagama amaninzi. Emva kokugxekwa komthandazo wabahedeni, u Yesu usinika umthandazo ka "Bawo wethu" njengomzekelo womthandazo wethu. UYesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Emthandazweni, sukuthintitha njengabahedeni, abacinga ukuba bayaviwa ngenxa yamazwi abo amaninzi. Musa ukuba njengabo. UMateyu 6: 7–8
Ukucamngca kosuku thandaza kuBawo wethu: Umthandazo kaTata wethu uqala ngokuthetha noThixo ngendlela enzulu. Oko kukuthi, uThixo akangowamandla onke endalo iphela. Ungumntu oqhelekileyo, uqhelene: unguBawo wethu. UYesu uyaqhubeka nomthandazo esifundisa ukuba simhloniphe uBawo wethu ngokubhengeza ubungcwele bakhe, ubungcwele bakhe. NguThixo noThixo yedwa oyiNgcwele ekuvela kubo bonke ubungcwele bobomi. Xa sibuqonda ubungcwele bukaBawo, kufuneka simamkele njengoKumkani kwaye sifune ubukumkani bakhe ebomini bethu nasehlabathini. Oku kufezekiswa kuphela xa ukuthanda kwakhe kugqityiwe ukwenziwa "emhlabeni njengasezulwini". Lo mthandazo ugqibeleleyo uphela ngokwamkela ukuba uThixo ungumthombo wazo zonke iimfuno zethu zemihla ngemihla, kubandakanya ukuxolelwa kwezono zethu kunye nokukhuselwa yonke imihla.
Pthandaza kuThixo uYise ubabalo
Ukugqitywa kwalo mthandazo wokugqibelela, U-Yesu ubonelela ngemeko apho kufuneka kwenziwe lo mthandazo kunye nawo wonke umthandazo. Ithi: “Ukuba niyabaxolela abantu izigqitho zabo, uYihlo osemazulwini uya kunixolela. Kodwa ukuba anibaxoleli abantu, noYihlo akayi kunixolela izigqitho zenu. Umthandazo uya kusebenza kuphela ukuba siyawuvumela ukuba usitshintshe kwaye usenze sifane noBawo wethu waseZulwini. Ke ngoko, ukuba sifuna umthandazo wethu wokuxolelwa usebenze, kuya kufuneka siphile esikuthandazelayo. Kufuneka nathi sibaxolele abanye ukuze nathi uThixo asixolele.
Ukucamngca kosuku thandaza kuBawo wethu: Cinga, namhlanje, ngalo mthandazo ugqibeleleyo, uBawo Wethu Osezulwini. Esinye isilingo kukuba siqhelane nalo mthandazo kangangokuba siyihoye eyona ntsingiselo yawo. Ukuba oko kuyenzeka, siya kufumanisa ukuba sithandaza kuye ngokungakumbi njengabahedeni abathetha nje amazwi. Kodwa ukuba sithobekile kwaye ngokunyanisekileyo siyaqonda kwaye siqonde onke amagama, sinokuqiniseka ukuba umthandazo wethu uyakufana ngakumbi neNkosi yethu. Ignatius yaseLoyola icebisa ukucamngca kancinci kwigama ngalinye lalo mthandazo, igama elinye ngexesha. Zama ukuthandaza ngale ndlela namhlanje kwaye uvumele uBawo wethu ukuba asuke kubabble aye kunxibelelwano oluyinyaniso noBawo waseZulwini.
Masithandaze: Bawo wethu osemazulwini, malingcwaliswe igama lakho. Yiza ubukumkani bakho. Makwenziwe ukuthanda kwakho nasemhlabeni, njengokuba kusenziwa emazulwini. Siphe namhlanje isonka sethu semihla ngemihla; Usixolele amatyala ethu, njengokuba nathi sibaxolela abo basonayo. Ungasingenisi ekuhendweni, kodwa sihlangule enkohlakalweni. Amen. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.