Abafileyo bethu esibathandayo bahlale beyidinga imithandazo yethu: nansi isizathu
Ngokuvamile kwabathandekayo bethu ufile, befisa ukuthi baphile futhi babe nenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu yaphakade.” Ngamunye wethu unabo abathandekayo abangasekho ezinhliziyweni zethu. Kuhle futhi kubalulekile ukubathandazela futhi sibonge iNkosi ngokusipha yona, isikhathi eside noma esifushane.
Ngeshwa umqondo wesimanje usenza siqonde ukufa njengesiphetho, ngaphandle kwalokho akukho okungeke kusaba khona. Uma umuntu efa ufile futhi umzimba wakhe umiselwe ukuba ube njalo idliwe yisikhathi futhi ngokwemvelo futhi yehliswa yaba yimpushana.
Lo mbono, nokho, awulungile. Ukufa akusona isiphetho kodwa kukodwa kuphela umnyango wokudlula okusiholela ekuphileni okuphakade, kuze kube mzuzu lapho ngelinye ilanga siyohlanganiswa nabo bonke abeza ngaphambi kwethu futhi sigone abathandekayo bethu futhi. Njengoba amakholwa, kufanele sithandazele abathandekayo bethu abangasekho, sazi ukuthi sihamba nabo sibheke e Inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu.
Abantu esibathandayo abangasekho bayayidinga njalo imithandazo yethu
Abafileyo bethu esibathandayo bahlale bedinga ezethu imikhuleko. Njengoba izazi zemfundiso yenkolo zichaza, lapho sicabanga ngokuphila kwangemva kokufa, kunento eyodwa eqinisekile: uthando nothando olusihlukanisa kwezinye izilwane lunamandla kunokufa.
Futhi ngempela kunjena: bekulokhu kukhona futhi kuyohlale kukhona lokho isixhumanisi esihlanganisa nalabo esibathandayo nabasandulelayo ngokufa. Bangene bonke Paradiso? Noma mhlawumbe ngingenile I-Purgatory? Lona omunye umbuzo onzima okungewona owethu ukuwuphendula.
Okuwukuphela kwento esingayenza ukusiza ababo indlela yokuhlanza ngomthandazo, kodwa nangokugubha a IMisa eNgcwele enkumbulweni yabo noma ngokwenza imisebenzi yothando noma yokuzisola.
Izazi zemfundiso yenkolo ziyasichazela ukuthi umkhuleko neMisa eliNgcwele akugxili ekuhlanganyeleni hhayi nje nemfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu, kodwa nokuphila okuzayo. Ngenxa yalokho, sesingenile inyunyana egcwele ngisho sesihambe kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, akufanele nanini sehluleke ukubathandazela.
Sivala lesi sihloko ngokukhumbula eyodwa inkulumo kaSaint Augustine ababethi labo esibathandayo nabalahlekile abasekho lapho bekhona, kodwa balapho sikhona.