Ukuzinikela kuJesu nokwambulelwa eSan Bernardo
USanta Bernard, u-Abbot waseChiaravalle, ubuze ngomkhuleko kwiNkosi yethu ukuthi iyiphi
wayekade ebuhlungu obukhulu obabuzwa emzimbeni emzimbeni ngesikhathi sikaPastor. Waphendulwa: "Benginenxeba ehlombe, iminwe emithathu ijulile, namathambo amathathu angembuliwe ukuthwala isiphambano: leli nxeba linginike ubuhlungu obukhulu nobuhlungu ukwedlula bonke abanye futhi amadoda awaziwa.
Kepha uyiveza kristu okholekile, wazi ukuthi noma imuphi umusa abawucela kimi ngenxa yalesi sifo uzobanikezwa; futhi kubo bonke labo ngenxa yokuthanda bazongihlonipha ngamaPatter amathathu, ama-Ave amathathu no-Gloria abathathu ngosuku engizobaxolela ngalo izono zabo futhi angisayikukhumbula imiphefumulo yabantu futhi ngeke bafe ngokufa ngokuzumayo futhi embhedeni wabo wokushona bayohanjelwa yiNkosazana Ebusisiwe umusa nesihe ”.
INkosi ethandwa kakhulu uJesu Kristu, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elithobekile kunazo zonke, mina soni esimpofu, ngithanda futhi ngidumise isishayo sakho esingcwele kunazo zonke ositholile ku-Beer ngokuthwala isiphambano esinzima kakhulu seCalvary, lapho atholakala khona
amathambo ama-Sacralissima amathathu, abekezelela ubuhlungu obukhulu kuwo; Ngiyakuncenga, ngamandla nangemfanelo ye-said P isifo, ukuthi ungihawukele ngokungithethelela zonke izono zami, ezokufa nezenhliziyo, ungisize ngehora lokufa futhi ungiholele embusweni wakho obusisiweyo.
Ama-degree amane wothando lukaSan Bernardo
Ku-De bidigendo Deo, uSan Bernardo uyaqhubeka nokuchaza ukuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu lungatholakala kanjani, ngendlela yokuthobeka. Imfundiso yakhe yobuKristu yothando ingeyangempela, ngakho-ke ezimele kunoma yiliphi ithonya likaPlatoonic neNeoplatonic. Ngokusho kukaBernard, kukhona ama-degree amakhulu wothando, awuthula njengohambo, oluphuma kuye uqobo, afuna uNkulunkulu, futhi ekugcineni abuyele kuye uqobo, kepha afune uNkulunkulu kuphela.
1) Ukuthanda wena:
"[...] uthando lwethu kumele luqale ngenyama. Uma-ke iqondiswa ngokulandelana, [...] ngaphansi kokuphefumlelwa nguGrace, ekugcineni izokwenziwa ipheleliswe ngumoya. Eqinisweni, okungokomoya akuveli kuqala, kepha lokho okuyinyama kuyandulela okungokomoya. [...] Ngakho-ke umuntu wokuqala uzithanda yena [...]. Lapho esebona ukuthi akekho yedwa, uqala ukufuna uNkulunkulu ngokukholwa, ngoba edingeka futhi uyamthanda. "
2) Uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngathi:
«Ngakho-ke, kuleli banga lesibili uthanda uNkulunkulu, kepha ezithanda yena, hhayi yena. Kepha, lapho eqala ukuzibandakanya noNkulunkulu nokumhlonipha ngokuhambisana nezidingo zakhe, uya kancane kancane amazi ngokufunda, ngokukhombisa, ngomkhuleko. , ngokulalela; ngakho-ke usondela kuye ecishe ngokungenangqondo ngokujwayela okuthile futhi unambitha indlela amnandi ngayo. "
3) Uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngoNkulunkulu:
"Ngemuva kokunambitha lobu bumnandi umphefumulo udlulela ezingeni lesithathu, ungamthandi uNkulunkulu, kepha uthande yena. Kulesi sigaba umuntu uyeka isikhathi eside, kodwa, angazi ukuthi kule mpilo kungenzeka yini ukuthi afike kuleli banga lesine."
4) Ukuzithanda uNkulunkulu:
"Lokho kusho ukuthi, lapho umuntu ezithanda yena ngenxa kaNkulunkulu kuphela. [...] Ngemuva kwalokho, uyothandeka ngokumangazayo, acishe azilahle ukuze anikeze konke kuNkulunkulu, kakhulu ukuze abe nomoya kuYe kuphela. Ngikholwa ukuthi wazizwa lo mprofethi, lapho ethi: "-Ngizongena emandleni eNkosi futhi ngizokhumbula kuphela ukwahlulela Kwakho-". [...] »
Ku-De bidigendo Deo, ngakho-ke, uSanta Bernard uveza uthando njengamandla aqondiswe ekuphakameni okuphezulu kakhulu futhi okuphelele kakhulu kuNkulunkulu ngoMoya Wakhe, okuthi, ngaphezu kokuba ngumthombo walo lonke uthando, futhi "ngumlomo" wakhe, isono asikho "ukuzonda", kepha ekusakazeni uthando lukaNkulunkulu kuye (inyama), ngakho-ke singasinikezeli kuNkulunkulu uqobo, Uthando lothando.