USt Francis kunye nemithandazo yakhe ebhaliweyo yoxolo

Umthandazo ka-St. Francis ngomnye wemithandazo eyaziwa kakhulu kwaye ithandwa kakhulu kwihlabathi namhlanje. Ngokwesiko kubhekiswa ku-St. Nangona kunjalo kubonisa ukuzinikela kwakhe kuThixo kakuhle!

Nkosi, ndenze isixhobo soxolo lwakho;
Apho kukho intiyo, mandihlwayele uthando;
Apho kukho umonakalo, uxolelo;
Apho kukho amathandabuzo, ukholo;
Apho kukho ukuphelelwa lithemba, themba;
Apho kukho ubumnyama, ukukhanya;
Kwaye apho kukho usizi, uvuyo.

Ewe Mnumzana oMkhulu,
ndinike ukuba andifuni kangako
Ukuthuthuzelwa njengokuthuthuzela;
Ukuqondwa, njengokuqonda;
Ukuthandwa, ukuthanda ukuthanda;
Kungenxa yokuba kukupha esikufumanayo,
ukuxolela ukuba sixolelwe,
kwaye kukufa sizalelwa kuBomi obungunaPhakade.
Amen.

Nangona wayevela kusapho olutyebileyo, uSt. Ngaxa lithile waya kuthengisa ihashe lakhe kunye nelaphu kwivenkile kayise ukunceda ukuhlawulela ukwakhiwa kwecawa!

Emva kokubushiya ubutyebi bakhe, uSt. Francis wasungula enye yezona nkonzo zidumileyo zonqulo, iFranciscans. Abantu baseFranciscans babephila ubomi obuzolileyo bobuhlwempu benceda abanye belandela umzekelo kaYesu kwaye beshumayela umyalezo weVangeli kulo lonke elase-Itali nakwezinye iindawo zaseYurophu.

Ukuthobeka kukaSt.Francis wayenjalo kangangokuba akazange abe ngumfundisi. Ukuza kumntu odolo lwakhe lutsala amawaka kwiminyaka elishumi yokuqala, oku kukuthozama ngokwenene!

Ngokufanelekileyo, iSt. Sibona ilifa lakhe kwimisebenzi yamaphepha emnandi eyenziwa ngamaFranciscans namhlanje kwihlabathi liphela.

Ukongeza kwi-Saint Francis Prayer (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi "Saint Francis Prayer for Peace") kukho eminye imithandazo echukumisayo awayibhalayo ebonisa uthando olukhulu lweNkosi yethu kunye nendalo njengenxalenye yendalo kaThixo.