Ukuzinikela ku-Saint Augustine: umthandazo oya kukusondeza kwiNgcwele!

Oyingcwele ingcwele uAugustine, wena owaduma ukuba "Iintliziyo zethu zenzelwe wena kwaye asizoli de ziphumle kuwe". Ndincede kwimfuno yam yeNkosi yethu ukuba ngokuthumelela ubulumko bunokunikwa ukuze ndibone injongo kaThixo. Thandazela ukuba ndibenesibindi sokulandela ukuthanda kukaThixo nokuba sele ndingaziqondi. Cela iNkosi yethu ukuba indikhokelele kubomi obufanelwe luthando lwaYo, ukuze ngenye imini ndingaxhamla kubutyebi bobukumkani bayo.

Cela iNkosi noMsindisi wethu ukuba apholise umthwalo weengxaki zam kwaye azalisekise injongo yam ekhethekileyo, kwaye ndiyakuhlonipha yonke imihla yam. Othandekayo uSanta Augustine, imimangaliso oyenzileyo ngenxa yozuko olukhulu lukaThixo ibangele ukuba abantu bacele ukuthethelelwa kwezona ngxaki zabo ziphambili. Yiva isikhalo sam xa ndibiza egameni lakho ndicela ukholo olungaphezulu kuThixo kwaye andincede kule ngxaki ndikuyo ngoku. (Chaza ubunjani bengxaki yakho okanye ubabalo olukhethekileyo olifunayo) U-Saint Augustine oqaqambileyo Ndicela ngesibindi ukuthethelela kwakho, ndiqinisekile ngobulumko bakho obungapheliyo.

Kwanga oku kuzinikela kungandikhokelela kubomi obuzinikele ekuphumezeni ukuthanda kukaThixo Ngenye imini kungathathwa njengokufaneleyo ukwaba uBukumkani baKhe kunye nawe nabo bonke abangcwele ngonaphakade. USt Augustine wabhaptizwa ngePasika ngonyaka ka-387 AD, waba ngomnye wabakhuseli ababalulekileyo bokholo. Ekuguqukeni kwakhe, wathengisa ngezinto zakhe kwaye waphila ubomi bobuhlwempu, wakhonza amahlwempu kunye nomthandazo kwada kwasekupheleni kobomi bakhe.

Waseka iMbasa ka-Augustine, eyaqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe yakuqala ukufundisa abathembekileyo. Ukufuna kwakhe inyaniso kwakhokelela ekucaciseni kwakhe ngokucacileyo iinkolelo zamaRoma Katolika. Kubandakanya imibhalo yezakwalizwi kwindalo, isono sokuqala, ukuzinikela kwiNtombi Enyulu kaMariya, kunye nokutolika kweBhayibhile.