Leo the Great, oNgcwele kaNovemba 10, umlando nomthandazo

Kusasa, ngoLwesithathu zingama-10 kuLwezi 2021, iBandla liyakhumbula ULeo Omkhulu.

“Lingisani umalusi omuhle, oyofuna izimvu, azibuyisele emahlombe akhe... niziphathe ngendlela yokuthi labo abaphambuka eqinisweni ngandlela-thile, bababuyisele kuNkulunkulu ngemikhuleko yebandla lakhe. ...".

UPapa Leo ubhalela le ncwadi UThimothewu, umbhishobhi wase-Alexandria, ngomhla ziyi-18 kuNcwaba 460 - unyaka ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe - enikeza iseluleko esiyisibuko sempilo yakhe: somalusi ongazithukutheleli izimvu ezihlubukayo, kodwa osebenzisa uthando nokuqina ukuze azibuyisele esibayeni sezimvu.

Ukucabanga kwakhe, eqinisweni. kufingqiwe ezindimeni ezi-2 ezibalulekile: "Ngisho nalapho kufanele ulungise, gcina uthando njalo" kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke "uKristu ungamandla ethu ... kuye sizokwazi ukwenza konke".

Akuyona into engaqondakali ukuthi uLeo Omkhulu waziwa ngokubhekana no-Attila, umholi wamaHuns, wamkholisa - ehlome kuphela isiphambano sikapapa - ukuthi angamashi eRoma futhi ahlehle ngaphesheya kweDanube. Umhlangano owaba ngo-452 emfuleni iMincio, futhi nanamuhla ungomunye wezimfihlakalo ezinkulu zomlando nokholo.

UMTHANDAZO KABANGCWELE LEONE OMKHULU

Ungalokothi uzinikele,
ngisho nalapho ukukhathala kuzwakala,
ngisho nalapho unyawo lwakho lukhubeka.
ngisho nalapho amehlo akho evutha,
noma imizamo yakho ishaywa indiva,
ngisho nalapho ukudumala kukwenza ucindezeleke,
noma iphutha likudikibalisa,
ngisho nalapho ukukhashelwa kukulimaza,
ngisho nalapho impumelelo ikulahla,
ngisho nalapho ukungabongi kukwesabisa,
noma ngabe ukungezwani kukuzungezile,
ngisho nalapho isithukuthezi sikuwisa,
noma ngabe konke kubukeka njengento engelutho,
nalapho isisindo sesono sikuchoboza...
Biza uNkulunkulu wakho, qinisa izibhakela, umomotheka ... bese uqala futhi!