Ukuzinikela kosuku: ukulwa nesilingo

Izilingo zenyama. Impilo yethu isilingo. kubhala uJobe. Ngaphandle kukaMary, bekungekho ongcwele okwathi, ekhala njengoSt Paul, wangabaza: "Mina ngingajabule, ubani ozongikhulula kulo mzimba wokufa?". Inyama iyathopha, iyalinga: kuzo zonke izinhlansi ezincane ibamba ilangabi ukusilinga, isishukumisele ebubini, isikhiphe kokuhle. Mhlawumbe nawe ukhala ngezilingo eziningi kangaka, wesaba ukuwa! Ukumemeza okukhulu: Baba, ungasiholeli ekulingweni!

Izilingo zomhlaba. Yonke into inobubi emhlabeni, ingozi, isimemo sobubi; umhlaba manje ukumema ukuthi ujabulele: kanti wena, ukhohliswe izethembiso zamanga, vumela; manje ukuhoxisa kokuhle ngokwesaba ukuhlonishwa ngabantu, ukuxoxa kwabanye: futhi wena, unamahloni, uvumelana nezifiso zakhe; manje kuyakushushisa, kukunyundela futhi kukuholele ebubini… Kungumsebenzi wakho ukubalekela umhlaba kanye nezikhathi eziseduze zesono, ukuze ungawi; kodwa akwanele: kufanele uthandaze kuNkulunkulu ukuthi ungazivumeli uwele esilingweni.

Izilingo zikadeveli. USt. Anthony eThebhaid, eSt Jerome eBethlehem, eSt. Francis de Sales. St. Teresa, yeka izilingo abazikhuthazelela esitheni, esihlala sifana nebhubesi, sifuna inyamazane! Ngubani ovivinya umphefumulo wakho ngomfutho onjalo, ubusuku nemini, uwedwa noma usenkampanini? Ngubani owenza izinto ezilula, izikhathi ezingenacala kakhulu ziyingozi kuwe? - UDeveli osebenza njalo incithakalo yakho. Umphefumulo obuthakathaka, thandaza kuNkulunkulu angakuvumeli uvume isilingo.

UKWENZA. - Kuzo zonke izilingo, bhekani kuNkulunkulu ngokuzethemba; hlabelela iPater emithathu yabafayo