Umthandazo kaSanta Augustine wokudumisa uThixo

“Buza ubuhle belizwe, ulwandle, umoya onqabileyo kunye nayo yonke indawo eyandisiweyo; buza ubuhle besibhakabhaka ... buza zonke ezi zinto ziyinyani. Wonke umntu uya kukuphendula: jonga kuthi ubone ukuba sibahle kanjani. Ubuhle babo bufana nengoma yabo yokudumisa ["confessio"]. Ngoku, ezi zidalwa, zintle kangaka kodwa ziyatshintsha, ngubani ozenzileyo ukuba ayinguye omhle ["Pulcher"] ngendlela engaguquguqukiyo?

Umkhulu, Nkosi, ufanele ukudunyiswa; ubukhulu bakho bubuhle kunye nobulumko bakho obungenakubalwa. Kwaye umntu ufuna ukukudumisa, isuntswana lendalo yakho elijikeleza ikamva labo lokufa, elizisa ubungqina besono salo kunye nobungqina bokuba uyabaxhathisa abanekratshi. Ukanti umntu, isuntswana lendalo yakho, ufuna ukukudumisa. Nguwe omvusayo ukuba avuye ngendumiso yakho, kuba usenzele wena kwaye intliziyo yethu ayinakuphumla ide ihlale kuwe.