Agasti 28: ukuzinikela nemithandazo kuSant'Agostino
USanta Augustine wazalelwa e-Afrika eTagaste, eNumidia - njengamanje uSouk-Ahras e-Algeria - mhlaka 13 Novemba 354 emndenini wabaninimhlaba abancane. Wathola imfundo yobuKristu kunina, kodwa ngemuva kokufunda kukaCicero's Hortensio wamukela ifilosofi ngokunamathela kuManichaeism. Uhambo oluya eMilan luqala ku-387, idolobha lapho ahlangana khona neSaint Ambrose. Umhlangano ubalulekile kuhambo luka-Augustine lokholo: kuvela ku-Ambrose ukuthi ubhabhadiswa. Kamuva wabuyela e-Afrika enesifiso sokudala umphakathi wezindela; emva kokushona kukanina uya eHippo, lapho agcotshwa khona umpristi nombhishobhi. Imisebenzi yakhe yemfundiso yenkolo, eyimfihlakalo, yefilosofi kanye neyembongi - eyokugcina ikhombisa umzabalazo omkhulu u-Augustine awulwayo ngokumelana nezinkolelo-ze, anikezela ngazo ingxenye yempilo yakhe - kusafundwa ngazo. U-Augustine ngomcabango wakhe, oqukethwe emibhalweni enjenge- "Confidence" noma "Idolobha LikaNkulunkulu", wayefanelwe yisihloko seDokotela weSonto. Ngenkathi i-Hippo ivinjezelwa amaVandals, ngonyaka we-429 osanta wagula kakhulu. Ushone ngomhlaka 28 Agasti 430 eneminyaka engama-76. (Ikusasa)
UMTHANDAZO KU S. S. AUGUSTINE
Ngaleyo nduduzo ecace kakhulu owalethela yona, O Okhazimulayo wase-Augustine oMnandi, owaletha eSanta Monica unyoko nakulo lonke iBandla, ngenkathi egcotshwa yisibonelo seVictorinus waseRoma kanye nezinkulumo esidlangalaleni, manje osenqatshelwe uMbhishobhi omkhulu waseMilan, uSanta Ambrose , ne-St Simplician ne-Alypius, ekugcineni ezinqume ukuguqula, zisitholele sonke umusa wokuqhubeka nokusizakala ngezibonelo nezeluleko zabahle, ukuze silethe ezulwini injabulo enkulu ngempilo yethu yesikhathi esizayo njengoba sibangele usizi nabanye abaningi ukushiyeka kwempilo yethu edlule. Udumo
Thina esilandele u-Augustine ezulazulayo, kumele simlandele ephenduka. Deh! sengathi isibonelo sakhe singasiholela ekutheni sifune ukuxolelwa futhi sinqamule konke ukuthanda okusiwisa. Udumo
MAXIMUM. - Omama abangamaKristu, uma ukwazi ukukhala nokuthandaza, ukuguqulwa kwama-Augustines akho ngolunye usuku kuzophinda kusule izinyembezi zakho.
UMTHANDAZO KU S. S. AUGUSTINE
kaPapa Paul VI
Augustine, akulona iqiniso ukuthi usibizela emuva empilweni yangaphakathi? Leyo mpilo imfundo yethu yanamuhla, konke okuvezwe emhlabeni wangaphandle, oyivumela ukuba ithambe, futhi icishe isenze sibe nesithukuthezi? Asisazi ukuthi kuhlangana kanjani, asisazi ukuthi sizindla kanjani, asisazi ukuthi kufanele sithandaze kanjani.
Uma-ke singena emoyeni wethu, sizivalela ngaphakathi, bese siphelelwa ngumqondo wangempela wangaphandle; uma siphumela ngaphandle, silahlekelwa ngumqondo nokunambitheka kwangaphakathi nangokweqiniso, ukuthi iwindi lempilo yangaphakathi kuphela elisitholelayo. Asisazi ukuthi singasungula kanjani ubudlelwane obulungile phakathi kokugula nokudlula; asisazi ukuthi singayithola kanjani indlela yeqiniso nokungokoqobo, ngoba sesikhohliwe ukuqala kwayo okuyimpilo yangaphakathi, nephuzu lokufika kwayo okunguNkulunkulu.
Sishayele emuva, O Saint Augustine, ngokwethu; sifundise ukubaluleka nobukhulu bombuso ongaphakathi; usikhumbuze amazwi akho: «Ngomoya wami ngizokwenyuka ..»; beka isifiso sakho emiphefumulweni yethu: «Oh iqiniso, oh iqiniso, lokho ukububula okujulile kuphakama ... kuwe kusuka ekujuleni komphefumulo wami!».
O Augustine, yiba sibe abafundisi bezempilo yangaphakathi; vumela ukuthi siziphinde singene kulo, nokuthi uma sesiphinde sangena ekutholakaleni komphefumulo wethu singathola kuwo ukubonakaliswa, ubukhona, isenzo sikaNkulunkulu, nokuthi singabomthetho esimemweni sobunjalo bethu beqiniso, sisazwisiseka kakhudlwana emfihlakalo ngomusa wakhe, singafinyelela ukuhlakanipha, okungukuthi, ngomcabango iQiniso, neQiniso Uthando, ngoThando ukugcwala kweMpilo okungoNkulunkulu.
UMTHANDAZO KU S. S. AUGUSTINE
nguPapa John Paul II
O omkhulu Augustine, ubaba nomfundisi wethu, oxhumanisa izindlela ezikhanyayo zikaNkulunkulu nangezindlela zokuhlukumeza amadoda, sibonga izimangaliso ukuthi uMusa waphezulu usebenzile kuwe, ekwenze waba ufakazi onentshiseko weqiniso nokuhle, ekusebenzeni kwabafowethu.
Ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane entsha yeminyaka ebhalwe isiphambano sikaKristu, sifundise ukufunda umlando ngokukhanya kwe-Providence yaphezulu, eqondisa imicimbi ekubhekeni kokuhlangana ngqo noYise. Sivumele ukuba sifinyelele lapho sinokuthula, sikondla enhliziyweni yakho isifiso sakho ngalawo mazinga ongawakhela kuwo, ngamandla avela kuNkulunkulu, "idolobha" ngezinga lomuntu.
Imfundiso ebabazekayo, oye wayitadisha emithonjeni ehlala ikhona yemiBhalo, ikhanyisa labo namuhla abalingwa ngemisebe ehlukanisayo. Bacele isibindi sokungena endleleni yaleyo “ndoda yangaphakathi” lapho kungukuphela kwaYe kuphela onganikeza ukuthula enhliziyweni yethu engenakuphikwa.
Abaningi besikhathi sethu kubonakala sengathi balahlekelwe yithemba lokukwazi, phakathi kwemibono eminingi ehlukile, yokufinyelela iqiniso, okuthi, nokho, ukusondelana kwabo okubucayi kugcina nostalgia omubi. Kubafundisa ukuthi bangalokothi bayeke ukwenza ucwaningo, ngokuqinisekile ukuthi, ekugcineni, umzamo wabo uzovuzwa ngokuhlangana okugculisayo naleloQiniso eliphakeme elingumthombo wabo bonke iqiniso elidaliwe.
Okokugcina, O Saint Augustine, usithumele futhi inhlokomo yalolo thando oluzimisele lweBandla, umama wamaKatolika wabangcwele, owasekela futhi wagcizelela imizamo yenkonzo yakho ende. Siphe ukuthi, sihambe ndawonye ngaphansi kokuholwa ngabaFundisi abasemthethweni, sifinyelela inkazimulo yezwe lasezulwini, lapho, ngawo wonke amaBlessings, sizokwazi ukuzihlanganisa nathi nge-canticle entsha yomqondo ongapheli. Amen.
UMTHANDAZO KU S. S. AUGUSTINE
ngu-M. Alessandra Macajone OSA
U-Augustine, ubaba wethu futhi wabo bonke, umfowethu wesikhathi sonke kubo bonke, wena ndoda yokusesha yangaphakathi engalali, oyazi kahle imikhondo ekhanyayo kaNkulunkulu futhi wahlangabezana nezindlela ezihlukumezanayo zabantu, wenza umfundisi wethu wokuphila kanye nomuntu ahamba naye. Sididekile, silahlekile, sigula ngokungaguquguquki. Sikhohliswa nsuku zonke ngezinhloso ezingamanga neziqhamukayo, nathi, njengani, sithanda ukushintshana ngoNkulunkulu, izinganekwane ezinkulu namanga angenamkhawulo (cf. Conf. 4,8).
Ubaba u-Agostino, woza uzosibutha ezihlakazweni zethu, woza uzosiholela "ekhaya", usibeke ohambweni lokuya ekujuleni kwangaphakathi kwethu lapho, ngenhlanhla, ukungahlaliseki kwenhliziyo yethu kungenakho ukuthula. Sikucela njengesipho sokuba nesibindi sokuhamba ngendlela ebuyela kithi nsuku zonke, singene kumuntu wethu wangaphakathi, lapho kuvezwe khona Uthando olungaphezu kwakho konke okulindelwe, obekulindile enhliziyweni yakho futhi lwangena ngqo enhliziyweni yakho. umhlangano.
Ubaba u-Agostino, ubungumculi onothando weQiniso, kubukeka sengathi silahlekile endleleni; sifundise ukuthi singalokothi sesabe, ngoba ubukhazikhazi babo buyisibonakaliso sobuso bukaNkulunkulu. Futhi ngeQiniso sizothola ubuhle bayo yonke into edaliwe futhi okokuqala, isithombe nokufana noNkulunkulu, esinakho okuningi isifiso esibuhlungu.
Ubaba u-Agostino, ucule ubuhle nokucaca kwesimo somuntu, esingathanda ukuba sibuyele emvelaphi yakhe, ukuze sakhe umphakathi omusha. Vusa emphakathini wethu owomile intelezi yenhliziyo emsulwa egcina ibone uNkulunkulu; kuvusa ukuzethemba nenjabulo yobungane beqiniso. Ekugcineni, sibeke ohambweni nawe oluya ezinhlosweni zokuthula, senze izinhliziyo zethu zivuthe ngothando lwakho lobumbano nokuzwana, ukuze sakhe idolobha likaNkulunkulu lapho ubudlelwano kanye nempilo ekufanelekele ukuphila kuhle futhi kungcwele. , ngenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu nangenjabulo yabantu. Amen.