Umthandazo oya kwiAugustine ukuze iphindwe namhlanje ukucela ubabalo
Ewe, Augustine, ubawo wethu kunye nomfundisi-ntsapho, uthungelwano lweendlela ezikhanyayo zikaThixo kunye neendlela ezihlukumezayo zamadoda, siyayithanda imimangaliso yokuba u-Nceba kaThixo usebenze ngaphakathi kuwe, ekwenza ube lingqina elinomdla lenyaniso nelungileyo, kwinkonzo yabazalwana.
Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha eyaphawulwa ngumnqamlezo ka-Kristu, sifundise ukuba sifunde imbali ngokukhanya kobuNcedo lobuthixo, obukhokelela kwiminyhadala kwindlela yokuhlangana ngokuqinisekileyo noBawo. Sikhokelele kwicala lokufika koxolo, usondla entliziyweni yakho ngokuzilangazelela kwezo nqobo unakho ukuzakhela, ngamandla avela kuThixo, "umzi" wabantu.
Imfundiso enzulu, enithi ngokufunda kunye nokufunda ngomonde nifunde kwimithombo ehlala ihleli yezibhalo, ibakhanyisela abo namhlanje bahendwa yimilambo ehlukanisayo. Fumana isibindi sokuba baqalise indlela eya kuloo “mntu ungaphakathi” lowo unokuphela kwakhe onika uxolo iintliziyo zethu zingalindi.
Uninzi lwexesha lethu lubonakala ngathi luphulukene nethemba lokukwazi, phakathi kweembono ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, ukufikelela kwinyaniso, ethi, nangona kunjalo, ulwalamano lwabo olusondeleyo luhlale lukho. Kubafundisa ukuba bangaze bayeke ukwenza uphando, ekuqinisekeni ukuba, ekugqibeleni, umzamo wabo uya kuvuzwa ngokuzaliseka kwaloo Nto iphakamileyo engumthombo wayo yonke inyaniso edaliweyo.
Okokugqibela, Sinezinto ezilungileyo, August Oyingcwele, usithumelele nesiqinisekiso sothando olunzulu lweCawa, umama wama-Ngcwele wabangcwele, owaxhasa kwaye waxhokonxa iinzame zenkonzo yakho ende. Sivume ukuba, ukuhamba kunye sikhokelwe ngabefundisi ngokwasemthethweni, sifikelele kubuqaqawuli belizwe lasezulwini, apho, kunye nazo zonke Iintsikelelo, siya kuba nako ukuzimanya kunye ne-canticle entsha yesulu engapheliyo. Amen.
kaJohn Paul II
Umthandazo obhalwe nguSt. Augustine
Umkhulu, Yehova, ungowokudunyiswa; ubukhulu bokulunga kwakho, nobulumko bakho abubaleki. Yaye umntu ufuna ukukuncoma, isuntswana lendalo yakho, elithwala ikamva layo lokufa, elizisa ngeenxa zonke ubungqina besono sayo kunye nobungqina bokuba uyabachasa abanekratshi. Ukanti umntu, isuntswana lendalo yakho, ufuna ukukudumisa. Nguwe omvuselelayo ukuba ayoliswe yindumiso yakho, ngenxa yokuba usenzela wena, yaye intliziyo yethu ayiphumli de iphumle kuwe. Ndivumele, Nkosi, ukuba ndazi kwaye ndiqonde ukuba kufuneka siqale sikubize okanye sikudumise, siqale sazi okanye sikucele. Kodwa umntu ongakwaziyo unokukucela njani? Ngenxa yokungazi wayenokuthi enze oku. Ngoko ke ngaba sinokuthi kanye sikubongoze ukuba wazi? Bothini na ke ukumnqula lowo bangakholwanga kuye? Kwaye indlela yokubuza, ukuba akukho mntu unika isaziso kuqala? Abo bamfunayo baya kudumisa uYehova, kuba ekumfuneni kwabo bamfumana, yaye xa bamfumene baya kumdumisa. Ndiya kuquqela kuwe, Yehova, ndikubize, ndikubize ngokukholwa kuwe, ngokuba sifikile ke thina isimemezelo sakho. Nkosi, ndibiza ukholo lwam, owandinika lona wandiphefumlela ngoNyana wakho owenziwe umntu, ngomsebenzi womsasazi wakho.