Iseluleko sanamuhla 4 Septhemba 2020 weSant'Agostino

Da UPaolo Tescione - Septhemba 4, 2020

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

Inkulumo 210,5 (I-New Augustinian Library)
Kodwa izinsuku ziyeza lapho umkhwenyana eyophucwa kubo; bese kuthi ngalezo zinsuku bazile ukudla "
Ngakho-ke masigcine “izinkalo zethu ziboshiwe nezibani zikhanyisiwe”, futhi sifana nalezi “zinceku ezilindele ukubuya kwenkosi yazo emshadweni” (Lk 12,35:1). Masingasho komunye nomunye ukuthi: "Masidle siphuze ngoba kusasa sizokufa" (15,32 Cor 16,16:20). Kepha ngoba usuku lokufa alunasiqiniseko futhi impilo ibuhlungu, siyazila futhi sithandaze kakhulu: kusasa empeleni sizokufa. "Kusele isikhashana - kusho uJesu - futhi ngeke ungibone isikhashana futhi uzongibona" (Jn 22:XNUMX). Lesi yisikhathi asitshela ngaso: “Nizokhala futhi nidabuke, kodwa umhlaba uyojabula” (v. XNUMX); okungukuthi: le mpilo igcwele izilingo futhi singabahambi kude naye. "Kodwa ngizophinde ngikubone - wanezela - futhi inhliziyo yakho iyojabula futhi akekho oyokwazi ukukususa injabulo yakho" (v. XNUMX).

Siyajabula ngisho namanje kuleli themba, naphezu kwakho konke - ngoba lowo owasithembisa uthembeke kakhulu - ngokulindela leyonjabulo enkulu, lapho "sizofana naye, ngoba sizombona njengoba enjalo" (1 Jn 3,2: 16,21), futhi "Akekho ozokwazi ukusiphuca injabulo yethu". (…) “Lapho owesifazane ezala - kusho iNkosi - usebuhlungwini ngoba ihora lakhe selifikile; kepha lapho esebelethile kuba nomkhosi omkhulu ngoba kuzelwe indoda "(Jn XNUMX:XNUMX) Lokhu kuzoba yinjabulo okungekho muntu ongasiphuca yona futhi esizogcwaliswa ngayo lapho sidlula, sisuka endleleni yokuthola ukholo empilweni yamanje, siye ekukhanyeni kwaphakade. Ngakho-ke masizile ukudla, sithandaze, ngokuba kuyisikhathi sokubeletha.