Iyintoni intsingiselo yebinzana lika-Benedict "Ukusebenza kukuthandaza?"

Isiqubulo seBenedictine ngumyalelo "Thandaza usebenze!" Kunokubakho ukuvakala apho umsebenzi ungumthandazo ukuba wenziwa ngomoya wokukhumbula kwaye ukuba umthandazo uhamba nomsebenzi okanye ubuncinci bawulandele okanye bawulandele. Kodwa umsebenzi awusoze uthabathe indawo yomthandazo. UBenedict wayecacile kule nto. KuMthetho wakhe ongcwele, ufundisa ukuba akukho nto kufuneka ithathe indawo yomsebenzi wenene woonongendi, unqulo olungcwele kwimicimbi yezonqulo, awubiza ngokuba "nguMsebenzi kaThixo".

Umthandazo kuSan Benedetto
Bawo oyiNgcwele Benedict, uncedo lwabo baphendukela kuwe: Ndamkele phantsi kwenkuselo yakho; Ndikhusele kuko konke okusongela ubomi bam. Ndifumane ubabalo lwenguquko yentliziyo kunye nokuguqula okwenyani ukulungisa izono ezenziwe, ukudumisa nokuzukisa uThixo yonke imihla yobomi bam. Mntu ngokweentliziyo zikaThixo, undikhumbule phambi koPhezukonke ngoba, ndixolelwe izono zam, ndenze ndizinzise kokulungileyo, ungandivumeli ukuba ndohlukane naye, Ndamkele kwikwayara yabanyuliweyo, kunye nawe kunye nomkhosi wabangcwele bakulandela ngovuyo olungapheliyo.
Somandla kunye noThixo ongunaphakade, ngokufaneleka kunye nomzekelo ka-St Benedict, udade wabo, intombi eyi-Scholastica kunye nazo zonke iimonki ezingcwele, hlaziya uMoya oyiNgcwele kum ndinike amandla kumlo wokulwa nokukhohliswa ngongendawo, umonde kwiimbandezelo zobomi, ubulumko kwiingozi. Uthando lobunyulu luyanda kum, umnqweno wobuhlwempu, ukuthanda ukuthobela, ukuthembeka kokugcina ubomi bobuKristu. Ndithuthuzelwe nguwe kwaye ndixhaswe luthando lwabazalwana, ngamana ndingakukhonza ngovuyo nangoloyiso ukufikelela kwilizwe lasezulwini kunye nabo bonke abangcwele. UKristu iNkosi yethu.
Amen.