UPopu "Ukwaluphala kusisondeza kwithemba elisilindele ngaphaya kokufa."
Ngomhla wentwasahlobo, UPapa Francis wayekho kubaphulaphuli bakhe abaqhelekileyo. Phambi kwakhe, isihlwele sabathembekileyo saphulaphula ngenyameko kumazwi akhe. Ngaloo mini, umxholo wawukukwaluphala nentsingiselo yako kubomi bomntu ngamnye.
Ngobulumko kunye nobumnandi, uPope wachaza ukuba iminyaka emidala lithuba elilungileyo lokunikela ubungqina ngovuyo kulindelo lukaKrestu. Abantu abadala balindele a ukuhlangana neNkosi kwaye eli xesha lonyaka lobomi libavumela ukuba bacace ngakumbi kwisithembiso sendawo yokwenene yobomi: a beka etafileni kunye noThixo, ebukumkanini bakhe.
Uyibethelele into yokuba ukwaluphala kwakuhlala kwihlazo lamathuba awaphosiweyo tristezza kungekhona kubo kuphela, kodwa nakwabanye. Kunoko, ukwaluphala kwakuhlala kunye ubumnandi kunye nentlonipho ubomi bokwenyani uyakwazi ukusombulula ukungaqondi kakuhle kwamandla omele ukuzimela.
Kubaphulaphuli uPope wayigxininisa into yokuba xa sizikhulula ekucingeni ukuba sihlala sikhona ugqibelele kwaye usempilweni, ixesha lokwaluphala liba ngumsebenzi omkhulu ngakumbi. Eli nqanaba lobomi lisenza sisixabise isipho sikaThixo size sabelane ngaso nabanye. Pha imfazwe emhlabeni ayizivaleli ngokwayo, kodwa imiselwe ukuya phambili, ngekhondo lokufa. Indawo yethu yokwenyani yokufika ayikho apha, kodwa ecaleni kweNkosi, apho ahlala khona ngonaphakade.
KuPope, ukwaluphala kusondeza umzuzu wokuzaliseka kobukho bethu
UPontifu walumkisa ukuba ufuna ukumisa ixesha, ukukhangela a ulutsha olungunaphakade kunye nentlalontle engenamkhawulo ayinakwenzeka kwaye ehlekisayo. Ubukho bethu emhlabeni lithuba lokudlula silungiselela ubomi obungunaphakade. Asifezekanga kwasekuqaleni yaye sihlala singafezekanga de kube sekupheleni. Kuphela kwi Dio siya kufumana inzaliseko yobukho bethu.
Ukwaluphala, uFrancis waqukumbela, ngako oku kuzaliseka. Uyayazi intsingiselo yexesha kwaye ukusikelwa umda yendawo esihlala kuyo ukuqalwa kwethu kubomi obungunaphakade. Abantu abadala, ngobulumko babo, baba ngamangqina speranza esilindele ngaphaya kokufa.