Ukubaluleka komkhuleko wokukhula ngokomoya: kusho abaNgcwele
Umkhuleko uyisici esibalulekile sohambo lwakho olungokomoya. Ukuthandaza kahle kukusondeza kuNkulunkulu kanye nezithunywa zakhe (izingelosi) ebudlelwaneni obuhle bokholo. Lokhu kuvula iminyango yokuthi izimangaliso zenzeke empilweni yakho. Lezi izingcaphuno zemithandazo ezingcwele zichaza indlela yokuthandaza:
"Umkhuleko ophelele ngomunye lapho lowo othandazayo engazi ukuthi uyathandaza." - San Giovanni Cassiano
“Kubonakala kimi ukuthi asiwunaki ngokwanele umthandazo, ngoba ngaphandle kokuthi uvela enhliziyweni okufanele ngabe uyisikhungo sawo, akulutho ngaphandle kwephupho elingenazithelo. Umkhuleko wokuqhuba amazwi ethu, imicabango yethu nezenzo zethu. Kumele sizame kanzima ngangokunokwenzeka ukucabanga ngalokho esikucelayo noma esikuthembisayo. Asikwenzi uma singayinaki imithandazo yethu ”. - ISt. Marguerite Bourgeoys
"Uma uthandaza ngezindebe zakho kodwa ingqondo yakho izula, uzozuza kanjani?" - ISan Gregorio del Sinai
"Umkhuleko uphendulela ingqondo nemicabango kuNkulunkulu. Ukuthandaza kusho ukuma phambi kukaNkulunkulu ngengqondo, ukumbuka njalo engqondweni futhi ukhulume naye ngokwesaba okunethemba nethemba." - USt Dimitri waseRostov
"Kumele sithandaze ngokungaphezi, kuzo zonke izimo nasekusetshenzisweni kwempilo yethu - lowo mthandazo okujwayele ukuthi kube umkhuba wokuphakamisela inhliziyo kuNkulunkulu njengokuxhumana njalo naye." - U-Saint Elizabeth Seton
“Thandaza ngakho konke eNkosini, kuMama wethu omsulwa nakwingelosi yakho ekugadayo. Bazokufundisa konke, ngqo noma abanye. " - USt. Theophan the Recluse
"Umkhuleko omuhle kakhulu yilowo ocela umqondo ocacile kaNkulunkulu emphefumulweni ngakho-ke wenza indawo yokuba khona kukaNkulunkulu ngaphakathi kwethu". - USaint Basil Omkhulu
“Asithandazeli ukushintsha amalungiselelo kaNkulunkulu, kodwa ukufeza imiphumela uNkulunkulu ayihlelile kuzofezeka ngemikhuleko yabantu bakhe abakhethiwe. UNkulunkulu usinikeza izinto ezithile ekuphenduleni izicelo esingethemba ukuthi zingasondela kuye futhi simazi njengomthombo wazo zonke izibusiso zethu, futhi lokhu kwenzelwa ukusizakala kwethu. " - USt. Thomas Aquinas
"Uma uthandaza kuNkulunkulu ngamahubo nangezihlabelelo, zindla enhliziyweni yakho ngalokho okushoyo ngezindebe zakho." - uSt. Augustine
“UNkulunkulu uthi: Thandaza ngayo yonke inhliziyo yakho, ngoba kubonakala kuwe ukuthi lokhu akukuthandi; noma kunjalo ayizuzi ngokwanele, yize ungeke uzizwe. Khuleka ngenhliziyo yonke, noma ungezwa lutho, noma ungaboni lutho, yebo, yize ucabanga ukuthi awukwazi, ngoba uma womile futhi unenzalo, ekuguleni nasekubuthakathakeni, khona-ke umthandazo wakho umnandi kakhulu kimi, noma ngabe ucabanga ukuthi akunambitheki kuwe. Futhi ngakho-ke wonke umthandazo wakho ophilayo emehlweni ami “. USt. Julian waseNorwich
"Sihlala simdinga uNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, kumele sikhuleke njalo. Lapho sithandaza kakhulu, siyamjabulisa ngokwengeziwe futhi sithola okuningi. " - St Claude de la Colombiere
“Kodwa-ke, kufanele kwaziwe ukuthi kunezinto ezine ezidingekayo uma umuntu efuna ukuthola lokho akufunayo ngamandla egama elingcwele. Okokuqala, uyazibuza; okwesibili, konke akucelayo kuyadingeka ukuze asindiswe; Okwesithathu, ebuza ngokungcwele, kanti okwesine, ebuza ephikelela - nazo zonke lezi zinto ngasikhathi sinye. Uma ebuza ngale ndlela, uzonikezwa njalo isicelo sakhe. ”- USt. Bernadine waseSiena
“Chitha ihora lonke uthandaza ngokwengqondo nsuku zonke. Uma ukwazi, makube kusekuseni, ngoba ingqondo yakho ayisindwa futhi inamandla kakhulu ngemuva kokuphumula ebusuku. " - USanta Francis de Sales
"Umkhuleko ongapheli usho ukuthi izingqondo zethu zihlale ziphendukele kuNkulunkulu ngothando olukhulu, sigcina ithemba lethu kuye liphila, simethemba noma yini esiyenzayo nanoma yini eyenzekayo kithina." - USt. Maximus the Confessor
“Ngingaluleka labo abathandaza, ikakhulukazi ekuqaleni, ukuthi bahlakulele ubungani nenkampani yabanye abasebenza ngokufanayo. Lokhu kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu, ngoba singasizana ngemikhuleko yethu, futhi ikakhulu ngoba kungasilethela izinzuzo ezinkulu ”. - USanta Teresa wase-Avila
“Umthandazo mawusivikele lapho sishiya amakhaya ethu. Uma sibuya emigwaqweni, siyathandaza ngaphambi kokuba sihlale phansi, noma siphumule imizimba yethu edabukisayo kuze kube yilapho umphefumulo wethu wondla. " - San Girolamo
"Sicela intethelelo ngazo zonke izono zethu nokuphambana nabo, futhi ikakhulukazi sicela usizo kuzo zonke lezo zinkanuko nemikhuba emibi lapho sithambekele khona kakhulu futhi silingwa kakhulu, sikhombisa wonke amanxeba ethu kudokotela wasezulwini, ukuze awalaphe ubaphulukise ngokugcotshwa komusa wakhe “. - San Pietro noma Alcantara
"Ukuthandaza njalo kusincoma kuNkulunkulu". - ISant'Ambrogio
“Abanye abantu bathandaza ngemizimba yabo kuphela, bawasho ngomlomo, kanti izingqondo zabo zikude: ekhishini, ezimakethe, ohambweni lwabo. Sithandaza emoyeni lapho ingqondo icabanga ngamazwi akhulunywa ngumlomo ... Ukuze wenze lokhu, izandla kufanele zihlangane, ukukhombisa ubumbano lwenhliziyo nezindebe. Lona ngumkhuleko womoya “. - iSt. Vincent Ferrer
“Kungani kumele sizinikele ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu? Ngoba uNkulunkulu uzinikele kithi. " - UMama oNgcwele uTeresa
“Emthandazweni wezwi kufanele sengeze umkhuleko ongokwengqondo, okhanyisa ingqondo, ovuthisa inhliziyo futhi ulahle umphefumulo ukuzwa izwi lokuhlakanipha, ukunambitheka okuthokozisayo futhi ube nengcebo yawo. Kepha mina, ayikho enye indlela engcono engingamisa ngayo umbuso kaNkulunkulu, ukuhlakanipha okuphakade, kunokuhlanganisa umthandazo wezwi nowengqondo ngokusho iRosari Elingcwele nokuzindla ngezimfihlakalo zalo eziyi-15. ”- ISt. Louis de Monfort
“Umkhuleko wakho awukwazi ukuyeka ngamagama alula. Kumele iholele ezenzweni nasemiphumeleni ebonakalayo. " - USanta Josemaria Escrivá