Ukuzindla: "ukuphenduka" kweSanta Clement I, uPapa
Masigcine amehlo ethu egxile egazini likaKristu, ukuqonda ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani phambi kukaNkulunkulu uYise: wathululelwa insindiso yethu futhi waletha umhlaba wokuphenduka emhlabeni wonke.
Ake sibukeze konke okuhle emhlabeni futhi sizobona ukuthi esizukulwaneni ngasinye iNkosi inikeze kanjani nesikhathi nesikhathi sokuphenduka kubo bonke ababezimisele ukubuyela kuye.
UNowa wayengumbikezeli wokuphenduka futhi labo ababemlalele basindiswa.
UJona washumayela incithakalo kwabaseNineve futhi laba, behlawulela izono zabo, wathokozisa uNkulunkulu ngemikhuleko futhi wasindiswa. Noma kunjalo babengebona abantu bakaNkulunkulu.
Akukaze kube nokuntuleka kwabafundisi bomusa waphezulu abathi, baphefumulelwe nguMoya oNgcwele, bashumayela ukuziphendulela. INkosi yazo zonke izinto yakhuluma ngokuziphenduka ngokuthatha isifungo: Kuyiqiniso kanjani ukuthi ngiphila - indawo yeNkosi - angikujabuleli ukufa kwesoni, kodwa kunalokho ukuzisola kwayo.
Wabuye wengeza amagama agcwele ubuhle: Suka, ndlu yakwa-Israyeli, ezonweni zakho. Tshela abantwana babantu bakithi: Noma ngabe izono zakho ezivela emhlabeni zithinte isibhakabhaka, zazibomvu kunokubomvu futhi zimnyama kune-silicon, kufanele uguqule ngenhliziyo yonke ungibize ngokuthi "Baba", ngizokuphatha njengesizwe esingcwele futhi ngizophendula umkhuleko wakho.
Efuna ukwenza ukuthi izimpahla zokuguqula zijabulele labo abathandayo, wabeka intando yakhe yamandla onke ukusayina izwi lakhe.
Ngakho-ke silalela intando yakhe ebabazekayo futhi ekhazimulayo. Masikhothame phambi kweNkosi emncenga ukuba abe nesihe futhi abe nomusa. Masiguqulele ngobuqotho othandweni lwakhe. Silahla yonke imisebenzi yobubi, zonke izinhlobo zempikiswano nomhawu, imbangela yokufa. Ngakho-ke, sizithobile emoyeni. Siyenqaba noma yikuphi ukuziqhayisa okuyisilima, ukuziqhenya, ukuziqhenya ngokuhlanya nentukuthelo. Ase sisebente loko lokubhaliwe. Eqinisweni, uMoya oNgcwele uthi: I-sage yokuhlakanipha kwakhe, amandla amandla akhe, umuntu ocebile ngengcebo yakhe akufanele aziqhayise, kepha noma ngubani ofuna ukuziqhayisa angazigqaja eNkosini, emfuna futhi enza umthetho nobulungiswa (cf. Jer 9, 23-24; 1 Kor 1: 31, njll.).
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, masikhumbule amazwi eNkosi uJesu lapho inxusa ubumnene nokubekezela: Yiba nesihe ukuze uthole isihe; thethelela, ukuze nawe uxolelwe; njengoba uphatha abanye, kanjalo nawe uzophathwa; nikeza futhi uzobuyiselwa; ungahluleli, futhi ngeke wehlulelwe; yiba nomusa, futhi uzozwa ubuhle; ngesilinganiso esifanayo osilinganise ngaso abanye, uzolinganiswa (cf. Mt 5, 7; 6, 14; 7, 1. 2. 12, njll.).
Sima siqine kulayini futhi sinamathela kule miyalo. Sihlala sihamba ngokuthobeka konke silalela amazwi angcwele. Eqinisweni, umbhalo ongcwele uthi: Ngabe amehlo ami aphumula kubani uma kungenjalo othobekile futhi onokuthula futhi wesabe amazwi ami? (cf.Is 66, 2).
Ngakho-ke, njengoba sesiphile izehlakalo ezinkulu futhi ezinhle kakhulu sigijimela emgomweni wokuthula, osilungiselele wona kusukela ekuqaleni. Silungisa amehlo ethu kuBaba noMdali womhlaba wonke, futhi silangazelela izipho zakhe ezinhle nezinzuzo ezingenakuqhathaniswa.