Iseluleko sanamuhla 11 Septhemba 2020 weSant'Agostino

I-St. Augustine (354-430)
umbhishobhi waseHippo (eNyakatho Afrika) nodokotela weSonto

Incazelo yeNtshumayelo Yasentabeni, 19,63
Utshani nogongolo
Kulesi siqephu iNkosi isixwayisa ngokungahambisani nokwahlulela okungenabulungiswa; ufuna siziphathe ngenhliziyo elula, siphendukele kuNkulunkulu kuphela.Kunezenzo eziningi empeleni izinhloso zethu ezisiphunyukayo futhi, ngakho-ke, kungaba ukwahlulela ngamawala. Abangcono kakhulu ekwahluleleni budedengu nokusola abanye yilabo abakhetha ukugxeka kunokuba balungise futhi babuyisele okuhle; lo mkhuba uyisibonakaliso sokuziqhenya nobubi. (…) Umuntu, ngokwesibonelo, wona ngenxa yentukuthelo futhi umhlambalaza ngenzondo; kodwa phakathi kwentukuthelo nenzondo kukhona umehluko ofanayo okhona phakathi kotshani nogongolo. Inzondo yintukuthelo engapheli, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, eye yathatha ubukhulu obufanelwe ukufanelwa negama lesigxobo. Kungenzeka ukuthi uthukuthele uzama ukulungisa; kodwa inzondo ayilungisi (…) Okokuqala susa inzondo kuwe futhi kuphela kamuva lapho uzokwazi ukulungisa lowo omthandayo.