KAKHULU KUSUKU LWE-MICHELE OTHANDWENI LAMADODA
Mina ngicabanga ukuthi uSt. Awa anamandla kangakanani lawo magama abhekiswe ezingelosini: - Quis ut Deus? - Ngubani onjengoNkulunkulu? Ake sicabange ukuthi impi yasezulwini: U-Lusifa, egcwele ukuqhosha ngokufuna ukufana noNkulunkulu, uyenga futhi adonse ngemuva kwakhe ingxenye yesithathu yamabutho ayizingelosi, owakhulisa ifulege lokuvukela umbuso, wamemeza impi ngoNkulunkulu, sifuna ukugumbuqela impi yakhe isihlalo sobukhosi. Bangaki abanye abebengadukiswa nguLusifa futhi baphuphuthekiswe yintuthu yokuziqhenya kwakhe, uma ngabe Ingilosi Engcwele St Michael ibingavukanga ekuzivikeleni kwabo! Ebeka yena uqobo ekhanda lezingelosi, wamemeza kakhulu: - Quis ut Deus? - njengokungathi uthi: Qaphela, ungavumeli ukudukiswa udrako omubi; akunakwenzeka ukuthi isidalwa sibe njengoNkulunkulu, uMdali wakhe. - Yini? - Nguye kuphela ulwandle olukhulu lokuphelela kwaphezulu nomthombo wenjabulo ongapheli: sonke asiyalutho phambi kukaNkulunkulu.
II. Cabanga ukuthi yayinkulu kangakanani le mpi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uSt. Michael nawo wonke amaNgisi athembekile, ngakolunye uLusifa kanye nabavukeli. ISt. John iyibiza ngokuthi impi enkulu: futhi yayinkulu ngempela indawo lapho kwenzeke khona, okungukuthi, ezulwini; kuhle, ngekhwalithi yabalwa, okungukuthi, Izingelosi ezinamandla kakhulu ngokwemvelo; sikhulu ngesibalo sabahlaseli ababeyizigidi - njengoba kusho umprofethi uDaniel; - kuhle, ekugcineni ngesizathu. Akuzange kuphakanyiselwe uphini, njengezimpi zabantu, kodwa ukuthi alahle uNkulunkulu uqobo esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi, ukuphuthelwa iZwi Laphezulu ekuphakanyisweni kwezikhathi esizayo - njengoba abanye oFata bethi. - O impi eyesabeka ngempela! Kufika ezingxabanweni. ISt. Michael Ingelosi enkulu, umholi wama-Angels athembekile, uhlasela uLusifa, umwisa phansi, amwinele. U-Lusifa nabalandeli bakhe, bephonswe kulezi zihlalo ezibusisiwe, bawa njengombani kwalasha. Izingelosi zase St Michael zizizwa ziphephile futhi zinika inkazimulo nesibusiso kuNkulunkulu.
I-III. Cabanga ukuthi impi enjalo yaqalwa uLusifa ezulwini ayikapheli kanjani: uyaqhubeka nokulwa nodumo lukaNkulunkulu lapha emhlabeni. Ezulwini wayenga amaNgisi amaningi; mangaki amadoda akhohlisa futhi adonsele ekubhujisweni nsuku zonke emhlabeni? Umkristu omuhle udonsela ukwesaba okunempilo kuye futhi akhombise ukuthi uLusifa uyisitha owazi wonke amakhono obuciko bokulimaza, uhlala ezungeza njengebhubesi elambile lokuphanga imiphefumulo! Kufanele sihlale siphapheme, njengoba iSt Peter sinxusa, futhi senqabe ngesibindi izilingo zakhe. Ngubani owazi amahlandla amangaki ukuthi uhlanganiswa nenetha lakhe futhi! kukangaki lapho ukhohlisiwe! Kukangaki, uthokoziswa yinhliziyo yokulingwa, uvukele uNkulunkulu! Mhlawumbe ngisho kwamanje uphakathi kwezingibe zikasathane futhi awazi ukuthi ungazikhulula kanjani kuzo! Kepha ukhumbula ukuthi amaNgelosi ezulu aholwa nguSt. .
ISIQONDISO SE S. MICHELE E-ALVERNIA
UMonte della Verna usalokhu edumile ngezinhlelo zikaS. Michele. Lapho, uSt. Francis wase Assisi wasuka waya esifundweni kangcono walingisa iNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu owaya ezintabeni ukuyothandaza. Futhi njengoba uSt. Francis wazibuza ukuthi ngabe lawo makhaza amakhulu abonakalayo enzeke ngempela ekufeni kukaMhlengi, ebonakala kuye uSt. Michael ayezinikele kuye kakhulu, waqinisekiswa ukuthi lokho ngokwesiko kwakuyiqiniso. Futhi njengoba uSt. Francis onale nkolelo wayevame ukuyodumisa leyo ndawo engcwele, kwenzeka ukuthi ngenkathi elapho ehlonipha iSt. Michael wayesenza ngokuzinikela kwakhe, ngosuku lokuphakanyiswa kwe-Holy Cross kwavela kuye iSt. ka-Seraphic winged Crucifix, futhi ngemuva kokubeka uThando lweserafi enhliziyweni yakhe, wayimaka nge-stigmata engcwele. Ukuthi uSeraphim wayekade eyi-St. Michael the Archangel, kuyiveza njengento engenzeka kakhulu iSt Bonaventure.
UMTHANDAZO
O isivikeli esinamandla kunazo zonke sezingelosi, nkazimulo iSt. Michael, ngiyanxusa, engihlala ngimbona evinjezelwa yizingibe zesitha esingumuntu. Impi ayilwelayo emphefumulweni wami iyesabeka, inzima futhi iyaqhubeka: kepha lapho izingalo zakho ziqina, isivikelo sakho sinamandla kakhudlwana: ngaphansi kwesihlangu somvikeli wakho, ngiphephela, noma ngibe ngumvikeli ohlonishwayo, ngethemba elikhulu lokuwina . Ah, ingelosi enkulu othandekayo, ngivikele manje futhi njalo, futhi ngizosindiswa. (??)
Ukubingelela
Ngiyabingelela; o ISt. Michael: Wena ongenaNgilosi yakho ungayeki ukulwa noSathane ubusuku nemini, ngivikele.
FLIL
Uzovakashela iSonto lika-S. Michele, umcele ukuthi akwamukele ngaphansi kokuvikelwa kwakhe.
Masithandaze kwiNgelosi eyi-Guardian: Ingelosi kaNkulunkulu, oyigada lami, ukhanyise, gada, ungibuse futhi ungibuse, owayephathiswe wena unkulunkulu wasezulwini. Amen.