Ukuzinikela Okusebenzayo Kosuku: Thatha isibonelo kubaNgcwele

Kungakanani enhliziyweni yethu. Siphila kakhulu ngokulingisa; ngokubona abanye benza okuhle, amandla angenakuphikiswa asishukumisela, futhi acishe asishukumisele ukuba sibalingise. USanta Ignatius, u-Augustine oNgcwele, uSere Teresa nabanye abayikhulu babona ingxenye enkulu yokuguquka kwabo kusukela esibonelweni sabaNgcwele… Bangaki abavuma ukuthi badonsa lapho, ubuhle, umdlandla, amalangabi obungcwele! Futhi sifunda futhi sizindle ngokuncane ngezimpilo nezibonelo zabaNgcwele! ...

Ukudideka kwethu uma kuqhathaniswa nabo. Ukusiqhathanisa nezoni, ukuziqhenya kuyasiphenya, njengomFarisi oseduze nomthelisi; kepha lapho sibhekene nezibonelo zobuqhawe zabaNgcwele, sizizwa sincane kanjani! Ake siqhathanise ukubekezela kwethu, ukuthobeka, ukushiya umsebenzi, intshiseko yemikhuleko nezimfanelo zabo ezinhle, futhi sizobona ukuthi lusizi kangakanani izimfanelo zethu ezihlonishwayo, lokho esikufunayo, nokuthi kuningi kangakanani okufanele sikwenze!

Masikhethe usanta othile njengesibonelo sethu. Okuhlangenwe nakho kufakazela ukuthi kulusizo kangakanani ukukhetha ongcwele minyaka yonke njengomvikeli nomfundisi wesimilo esintulayo. Kuzoba ubumnandi eSt Francis de Sales; kuzoba intshiseko eSt. Teresa, eSt. Philip; kuzoba ngamabutho eSt. Francis yase-Assisi, njll. Ngokuzama unyaka wonke ukuzibonakalisa ebuhleni bawo, nakanjani sizothuthuka. Kungani uyeka umkhuba omuhle kangaka?

ISIVIVINYO. - Khetha, ngeseluleko somqondisi ongokomoya, usanta kumlandeli wakho, futhi, kusukela namuhla, ulandele izibonelo zakhe. - I-Pater ne-Ave kwabangcwele abakhethiweyo.