Umkhandlu wosuku lomhla ziyi-19 Septhemba 2020 weSan Basilio

I-San Basilio (ca 330-379)
indela nombhishobhi waseKesariya eCappadocia, udokotela weSonto

Homily 6, ngengcebo; I-PG 31, 262ss
"Ithoxe ngokuphindwe kayikhulu"
Uyinceku kaNkulunkulu ongcwele, owenzela abanye abantu osebenza nabo. Ungakholelwa ukuthi izimpahla onazo zimiselwe wena kuphela ... Yenza njengomhlaba, ndoda; uthela izithelo, njengaye; ungabi lukhuni kunento engaphili. Umhlaba awuzivuthisi izithelo ukuze uzijabulele wona, kodwa ukuze ube senkonzweni yakho. Futhi nguwe, nguwe empeleni ovuna izithelo zokupha kwakho, ngoba umvuzo wezenzo ezinhle ubuyela kulabo abazenzayo. Usuthisile abalambile; lokho okunikele kubuyela kuwe, nenzalo.

Njengoba imbewu ephonswa emseleni inika isithelo sayo kumhlwanyeli, kanjalo nesinkwa esinikwa abalambile kamuva sikulethela inzuzo enkulu. Ngakho-ke, lapho isikhathi sokuvuna sifika emhlabeni, sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uhlwanyele lapho phezulu, ezulwini: "Zihlwanyele ngokwabo ubulungiswa" (Hos 10,12). Kungani kunenkathazo engaka? Kungani ukukhathazeka nokukhathazeka ukuvala umcebo wakho ngemuva kodaka nezitini? “Igama elihle libaluleke ukudlula ingcebo enkulu” (IzA. 22,1).