Ukuzinikela kwanamuhla: ake sithathe iSilo njengesibonelo

1. Kungakanani ongakwenza ezinhliziyweni zethu. Siphila ikakhulu ukulingisa; ekuboneni abanye benza okuhle, amandla angenakuvinjwa asishukumisela, futhi acishe asihudule ukuba sibalingise. USanta Ignatius, uSanta Augustine, uSanta Teresa nabanye abayikhulu bayabona esibonelweni sabaNgcwele kakhulu ukuguqulwa kwabo ... Bangaki abavumayo ukuthi basuka lapho, ubuhle, intshiseko, amalangabi obungcwele! Futhi siyafunda futhi sizindla okuncane kakhulu ngezimpilo nezibonelo zabaNgcwele! ...

2. Ukudideka kwethu kuqhathaniswa nabo. Uma kuqhathaniswa nezoni, ukuqhosha kusenza siphuphutheke, njengomFarisi osondele kumthelisi; kodwa ngaphambi kwezibonelo zobuqhawe zabaSanta, yeka ukuthi sizizwa sincane kangakanani! Ake siqhathanise ukubekezela kwethu, ukuthobeka kwethu, ukwesula, intshiseko emikhulekweni kanye nobuhle babo, futhi sizobona ukuthi kabi kangakanani izimfanelo zethu eziqhenyayo, izimfanelo zethu ezenziwayo, nokuthi kungakanani okufanele sikwenze!

3. Sikhetha osanta abathile kumodeli yethu. Ukuhlangenwe nakho kukhombisa ukuthi kusiza kangakanani ukukhetha osanta minyaka yonke njengomvikeli nothisha wemfanelo esiswele. Kuzoba ubumnandi eSt Francis de Sales; kuzoba ngentshiseko eSanta Teresa, e-S. Filippo; kuzoba ukuhanjiswa eSt Francis of Assisi, njll. Ukuzama ukuzibonakalisa ubuhle bethu unyaka wonke, sizothuthuka. Kungani uyeka umkhuba omuhle kangaka?

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