Umthandazo ku-Saint Joseph umgcini woSapho oluNgcwele.
Kutheni uthandaza Ist? USt.Joseph wayengumgcini oqinisekileyo weSapho eliNgcwele. Singabeka zonke iintsapho zethu kuye, siqiniseke ukuba sanelisekile kuzo zonke iintswelo zethu. Uyindoda elungileyo nethembekileyo ebekwe nguThixo njengomgcini wendlu yakhe, njengesikhokelo kunye nenkxaso kaYesu noMariya: nangakumbi uya kuzikhusela iintsapho zethu, ukuba sizinikela kuye kwaye simcela ngokusuka entliziyweni.
Ukuthandaza eSt. Joseph: nayiphi na i-grazia Omnye ucela iSt. uJoseph ngokuqinisekileyo uya kunikwa, nabani na ofuna ukukholelwa kufuneka enze uvavanyo ukuze aqiniseke ”, utshilo uSt. Teresa waseAvila Ndamthatha u-Saint Joseph ozukileyo njengegqwetha lam kunye nomxhasi wam ndaza ndazincoma kuye ubushushu. Lo tata nomkhuseli wam wandinceda kwiimfuno endazifumana ndikuzo nezinye ezininzi ezinzulu, apho iwonga lam kunye nempilo yomphefumlo yayisemngciphekweni. Ndabona ukuba uncedo lwakhe lwalusoloko lukhulu kunokuba ndandicinga.
Naluphi na ubabalo obuzwe kuSt. Joseph ngokuqinisekileyo luya kunikwa
Kunzima ukuthandabuza, ukuba sicinga ukuba phakathi kwabo bonke abangcwele abathobekileyo umchweli waseNazarete ngowona usondeleyo kuYesu noMariya: wayesemhlabeni, ngakumbi ezulwini. Ngenxa yokuba wayenguyise kaYesu, nangona wamkhulisa, kwaye kaMariya wayeyindoda. Ubabalo olufunyenwe kuThixo ngokubhenela kulo alunakubalwa ngenene St. Joseph. Umxhasi jikelele weCawa ngokuyalelwa UPopu Pius IXUkwabizwa ngokuba ngumxhasi wabasebenzi kunye nabo baswelekayo kunye nemiphefumlo kwindawo yentlambululo-miphefumlo, kodwa ukuxhasa kwakhe kufikelela kuzo zonke iimfuno, kunceda zonke izicelo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ungumkhuseli ofanelekileyo nonamandla wosapho ngalunye lwamaKristu, njengoko wayenjalo kwiNtsapho eNgcwele.
Sithandaza yonke imihla Ngaloo ndlela sizinikela ku-Saint Joseph: ezandleni zakho, Joseph, ndishiya izandla zam ezihluphekileyo; ndiyadibanisa kwiminwe yakho, ndithandaza, iminwe yam ethe-ethe. Wena, owondla iNkosi ngomsebenzi wemihla ngemihla, nika isonka kwitafile nganye kunye noxolo oluxabisa ubuncwane. Wena mkhuseli wasezulwini izolo, namhlanje nangomso, sungula ibhulorho yothando edibanisa abazalwana abakude. Kwaye xa, ndithobela isimemo, ndibuyisela isandla sam kuwe, yamkela intliziyo yam etyumkileyo kwaye uyizise kuThixo kancinci. Ke nangona izandla zam zingenanto, ndidiniwe kwaye ndinzima, xa uzijongile uya kuthi: "Zinjalo ke izandla zabangcwele!"