Umyalezo onikezwe nguMadonna ngoMatshi 29, 2020

Sithandwa sam,
Ngeli xesha apho uThixo avavanya umhlaba kunye nokholo lwenu nonke niyakwazi ukufumana okuhle kwaye nilisebenzise kakuhle ixesha elikhoyo. Uninzi lwenu luhlala ezibhedlele ngenxa yokugula, kodwa abanye bazinikele ekuncedeni nasekuncedeni abazalwana abasenkingeni. Thatha ixesha lokucamngca kunye nokubona ubukho bukaThixo ebomini bakho. Rhoqo kubomi bemihla ngemihla uThixo ukhona kodwa uyaphazamiseka kwaye awukwazi ukumbona. Ngoku unexesha, camngca ngobukho bakhe. Bantwana abathandekayo, zama ukungcwalisa eli xesha ulifumanayo kwaye uthandaze ukuba uBawo waseZulwini akuhlangule kolu vavanyo. Njengomama ndinawe kodwa ndinokunceda kuphela abo bandibongoza ngokholo olunyanisekileyo. Ndithanda wonke umntu.

KUWE, MARIA

Kuwe, Mariya, umthombo wobomi, umphefumlo wam onxaniweyo uyasondela. Kuwe, ubutyebi obunenceba, Ububi bam buyaphindana nentembelo. Usondele kangakanani na, ngokwenyani ebusweni beNkosi. Uhlala kuwe kwaye uhlala kuye. Kukhanya kwakho, ndingacamngca ukukhanya kukaYesu, ilanga lobulungisa. Mama oyiNgcwele kaThixo, ndiyathemba uthando lwenu olunyulu nolunyulu. Ndibaba ngumlamleli wobabalo kunye noYesu uMsindisi wethu. Uthandile ngaphezu kwazo zonke izidalwa, wakunxiba uzuko nobuhle. Yiza undincede oluhlwempuzekileyo kwaye undivumele ukuba ndisebenzise amphora akho aphuphuma ngesisa.

(ESan Bernardo di Chiaravalle)