UNovena ubize "ubabalo" ukuqala namhlanje

INOVENA kwiSAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO

Ngobusuku phakathi kwe-3 ne-4 kaJanuwari ngo-1634 iSan Francesco Saverio yavela yaya kuP. Mastrilli S. owayegula. Wamphilisa kwangoko wamthembisa ukuba, ovumayo kwaye wanxibelelana iintsuku ezili-9, ukusukela nge-4 ka-Matshi ukuya kowe-12 (usuku lokuculwa kweengcwele), ngewayeyithandazile into yokuthandazela kwakhe, wayengeva nemiphumela yokuzikhusela kwakhe. Nantsi imvelaphi ye-novena ethe yasasazeka kwihlabathi liphela. U-Saint Teresa woMntwana uYesu emva kokwenza u-novena (1896), kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba afe, wathi: “Ndicele ubabalo ukuba ndilunge emva kokusweleka kwam, kwaye ngoku ndiqinisekile ukuba ndiye ndaphendulwa, ngoba lo novena ufumana yonke into oyifunayo.

O Owethu uthandekayo nothandwa kakhulu uSanta uFrancis Xavier, ndikunye nawe ndibuhlonela kakhulu ubukhulu boThixo. Ndichulumancile zizipho ezikhethekileyo zobabalo anenzele zona uThixo ngexesha lobomi bakho basemhlabeni kunye nezozuko awakusikelela ngazo emva kokuba uswelekile kwaye ndiyambulela ngokubulela. Ndiyanibongoza ngalo lonke uthando lwentliziyo yam ukuba nindicelele, ngoncedo lwenu olunamandla kakhulu, kuqala kulo lonke ubabalo lokuphila nokufa ngcwele. Ndiyanicenga nam ukuba nindenzele ububele ... Kodwa ukuba endikucelayo kwakungangqinelani nobuqaqawuli obukhulu bukaThixo kunye nokulunga okukhulu komphefumlo wam, ndiyakucela ndicela iNkosi ukuba indinike oko kuluncedo kakhulu koyedwa kunye naku enye into. Amen.

Ipati, i-Ave, iGloria.