Ukucamngca kosuku: Ixesha lokuthandaza lokwenyani
Ke wena, xa uthandazayo, ngena egumbini lakho elingaphakathi, uluvale ucango, uthandaze kuYihlo ngasese. Kwaye uYihlo obona emfihlekweni uya kukubuyekeza. UMateyu 6: 6 Enye yezona ndawo zibalulekileyo zomthandazo oyinyani kukuba kwenzeka ngaphakathi kwigumbi elingaphakathi lomphefumlo wakho. Kulapho kubunzulu bobuntu bakho apho uya kudibana noThixo uSanta Teresa waseAvila, ongomnye wababhali abaphambili kwezomoya kwimbali yeCawe yethu, uchaza umphefumlo njengenqaba apho kuhlala uThixo. Ukudibana naye, ukuthandaza kuye nokunxibelelana naye kufuna ukuba singene kwelona gumbi linzulu nelingaphakathi kule nqaba yomphefumlo wethu. Apho kulapho, kwelona khaya lisondeleyo, apho ubuqaqawuli obupheleleyo nobuhle bukaThixo bufunyanwa khona.UThixo akangoThixo nje "ongaphandle", kude lee ezulwini. UnguThixo osondeleyo kwaye osondele ngakumbi kunokuba sinako ukucinga. I-Lent lixesha, ngaphezulu kwalo naliphi na elinye ixesha lonyaka, apho kufuneka sizabalazele ukwenza olo hambo lwangaphakathi ukuze sifumane ubukho boThixo Oziqu zithathu.
Ufuna ntoni kuwe uThixo ngale Lent? Kulula ukuqala ngeLente ngezibophelelo ezingaphezulu, njengokuyeka ukutya okuthandayo okanye ukwenza isenzo esifanelekileyo. Abanye bakhetha ukusebenzisa iLente njengexesha lokubuyela kwimeko yomzimba, kwaye abanye banquma ukuchitha ixesha elininzi ekufundeni ngokomoya okanye kwezinye izinto ezingcwele. Konke oku kulungile kwaye kuluncedo. Kodwa ungaqiniseka ukuba umnqweno onzulu weNkosi yethu ngenxa yakho ngale Nto yokuthandaza kukuba uyathandaza. Umthandazo ke awupheleli nje ekuthandazeni. Ayisiyonto nje yokuthetha iirosari, okanye ukucamngca ngeZibhalo, okanye ukuthandaza kakuhle. Umthandazo ekugqibeleni bubudlelwane noThixo Kukudibana noThixo oziqu zithathu ohlala ngaphakathi kwakho. Umthandazo wenene sisenzo sothando phakathi kwakho kunye noMthandekayo wakho. Kukutshintshiselana ngabantu: ubomi bakho bobukaThixo.Umthandazo sisenzo somanyano kunye nobudlelane esisebenza ngabo simanyana noThixo kwaye uThixo uba munye nathi. Iintsomi ezinkulu zisifundise ukuba kukho amanqanaba amaninzi emthandazweni. Sihlala siqala ngokucengceleza imithandazo, efana nomthandazo omnandi we rosari. Ukusuka apho siyacamngca, sicamngce kwaye sicamngce nzulu ngeemfihlakalo zeNkosi yethu nobomi bayo. Siya simazi ngokupheleleyo kwaye, kancinci kancinci, siyafumanisa ukuba asisacingi nje ngoThixo, kodwa sijonge kuye ubuso ngobuso. Njengoko siqala ixesha elingcwele leLente, camngca kwindlela yakho yokuthandaza. Ukuba imifanekiso yomthandazo eboniswe apha iyakuchukumisa, yenza umgudu wokufumana ngakumbi. Zibophelele ekufumaneni uThixo ngomthandazo. Akukho mda okanye isiphelo kubunzulu uThixo afuna ukukutsalela kubo ngomthandazo. Umthandazo wenene awudiki. Xa ufumanisa umthandazo wenene, ufumanisa imfihlelo engapheliyo kaThixo, kwaye oku kufumanisa kuzuke ngaphezu kwayo nantoni na onokuyicinga ebomini.
Nkosi yam engcwele, ndizinikela kuwe ngale Lent. Nditsale ukuze ndikwazi ngakumbi. Ndityhilele ubukho bakho bobuThixo, obuhlala ngaphakathi kum, bundibizela kuwe. Yanga le Ntente, Nkosi yam ethandekayo, ingazuka njengokuba ndomeleza uthando lwam kunye nokuzinikela kwam ekufumaneni isipho somthandazo wenene. UYesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.