Namuhla uSanta Maria ngoMgqibelo. Kuncenga iNkosazana ukuthola umusa

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O mama onamandla kaNkulunkulu noMama wami uMariya, kuyiqiniso ukuthi angikufanele ngisho ukukukhuluma, kepha uyangithanda futhi ufisa ukusindiswa kwami. Nginike, yize ulimi lwami lungcolile, ukuze ngikwazi ukubiza iGama lakho elingcwele nelinamandla kakhulu ekuziphenduleni kwami, ngoba iGama lakho liyisizo lalabo abaphilayo kanye nokusindiswa kwalabo abafayo.
UMariya omsulwa kakhulu, Mariya omnandi kakhulu, nginike lomusa iGama lakho lisukela namuhla kuqhubeke umoya wokuphila kwami. Mame, ungalibali ukungisiza njalo uma ngikubiza, ngoba kuzo zonke izilingo nakuzo zonke izidingo zami angifuni ukuyeka ukukukhipha njalo: uMariya, uMaria. Ngakho-ke ngifuna ukukwenza ngesikhathi sokuphila kwami ​​futhi ngithemba kakhulu ehoreni lokufa, ukuzodumisa igama lakho othandekayo kwaphakade eZulwini: "O lenient, or pious, or sweet Mary Mary".
UMariya, Mariya othandekayo kakhulu, yiphi induduzo, ubumnandi obunokwethenjelwa, ukuthembana okungakanani, umoya wami uzwelana kanjani, ngisho nje nokusho igama lakho, noma ukucabanga kwakho nje! Ngibonga uNkulunkulu wami neNkosi ekunikeze leli gama elithandekayo nelinamandla ngokungisiza.
O nkosikazi, akwanele ukuba ngikubize ngesinye isikhathi, ngifuna ukukucela kaningi uthando; Ngifuna uthando lungikhumbuze ukuthi ngikubize njalo ngehora, ukuze nami ngikwazi ukubabaza kanye noSanta Anselmo: "O Igama likaMama kaNkulunkulu, uluthando lwami!".
UMariya wami othandekayo, Jesu wami othandekayo, Amagama akho amnandi ahlala ehlala kimi nasezinhlizweni zonke. Umqondo wami uzokhohlwa bonke abanye, ukukhumbula kuphela naphakade ukunxenxa amagama akho owathandayo.
Umhlengi wami uJesu noMama uMariya wami, lapho isikhathi sokufa kwami ​​sesifikile, lapho umphefumulo kuzofanela ushiye umzimba, bese unginikeza, ngokwenzuzo yakho, ngomusa wokumemezela amazwi okugcina athi futhi futhi: “Jesu noMariya Ngiyakuthanda, Jesu noMariya ngikunikeza inhliziyo nomphefumlo wami ”. (I-Sant'Alfonso M. de 'Liguori)