Iseluleko sanamuhla 2 Septhemba 2020 esivela ku-Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl

UMhlonishwa uMadeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964)
isithunywa sevangeli samadolobha asemadolobheni

Ugwadule lwezixuku

Isizungu, Nkulunkulu wami,
akukhona ukuthi sisodwa,
ukuthi ukhona,
ngoba ngaphambi kwakho konke kuba wukufa
noma konke kuba nguwe. (...)

Siyizingane ezanele ukucabanga bonke laba bantu
kukhulu ngokwanele,
kubaluleke kakhulu,
uyaphila impela
ukumboza umkhathizwe lapho sibheka kuwe.

Ukuba wedwa,
alinawo amadoda adlula, noma abashiyile;
ukuba wedwa, ukwazi ukuthi umkhulu, oh Nkulunkulu wami,
ukuthi nguwe wedwa omkhulu,
futhi awukho umehluko omkhulu phakathi kobuningi bezinhlamvu zesihlabathi nokungapheli kwempilo yomuntu.

Umehluko awuphazamisi isizungu,
njengoba kwenza izimpilo zabantu zibonakale kakhulu
emehlweni omphefumulo, okukhona kakhulu,
ukuxhumana abanakho ngawe,
ukufana kwabo okumangazayo
kuphela ukuthi kuyinto.
Kufana nomphetho wakho nalomphetho
alilimazi isizungu. (...)

Asisoli umhlaba,
asisoli impilo
ukumboza ubuso bukaNkulunkulu ngathi.
Lobu buso, masibuthole, yibo obuzogubuzela, bumunce konke. (...)

Iyini indawo yethu emhlabeni,
Kubaluleke ngani uma kuhlala abantu abaningi,
nomaphi lapho sikhona "uNkulunkulu unathi",
nomaphi lapho sikhona Emmanuel.