USt Francis nemithandazo yakhe ebhaliwe yokuthula
Umthandazo waseSanta Francis ungomunye wemithandazo eyaziwa kakhulu futhi ethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla. Ngokwesiko kuthiwa yenziwa nguSt. Francis wase-Assisi (1181-1226), okufanekiselwa ngenhla, imvelaphi yayo yamanje isanda kwenzeka. Kodwa-ke kukhombisa ukuzinikela kwakhe kuNkulunkulu kahle!
Nkosi, ngenze ngibe yithuluzi lokuthula kwakho;
Lapho kukhona inzondo, ake ngihlwanyele uthando;
Lapho kukhona umonakalo, ukuthethelelwa;
Lapho kukhona ukungabaza, ukukholwa;
Lapho kukhona ukuphelelwa yithemba, themba;
Lapho kukhona ubumnyama, ukukhanya;
Futhi lapho kukhona ukudabuka, injabulo.
O Master Waphezulu,
unikeze ukuthi angifuni kangako
ukududuzwa njengokududuza;
Ukuqondwa, njengokuqonda;
Ukuthandwa, ukuthanda ukuthanda;
Ngoba kungukupha lapho sithola,
sithethelela ukuthi nathi sithethelelwe,
futhi kungokufa lapho sizalelwa khona ekuPhileni okuPhakade.
Amen.
Yize wayevela emndenini ocebile, uSt.Francis waba nesifiso esinamandla sokulingisa iNkosi yethu ngothando lwayo lokupha abampofu nokuzithandela. Ngesinye isikhathi wahamba waze wathengisa ihhashi lakhe nendwangu esitolo sikayise ukuze asize ukukhokhela ukwakhiwa kabusha kwesonto!
Njengoba eselahle ingcebo yakhe, uSt. Francis wasungula omunye wemiyalo yezenkolo edume kakhulu, amaFranciscans. Abantu baseFranciscan babephila impilo yokuziphilisa yobumpofu bekhonza abanye belandela isibonelo sikaJesu futhi beshumayela umyalezo weVangeli kulo lonke elase-Italy nakwezinye izingxenye zeYurophu.
Ukuthobeka kukaSt. Francis kwakungangokuba engazange abe ngumfundisi. Kuqhamuka kumuntu oku-oda kwakhe kudonse izinkulungwane eminyakeni eyishumi yokuqala, lesi yisizotha impela!
Ngokufanelekile, uSt.Francis ungusanta ongumvikeli weCatholic Action, kanye nezilwane, imvelo kanye nezwe lakhe lase-Italy. Sibona ifa lakhe emsebenzini wephepha omangalisayo owenziwa amaFranciscans namuhla emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngaphezu koMkhuleko ka-Saint Francis (owaziwa nangokuthi "Saint Francis Prayer for Peace") kuneminye imithandazo eshukumisayo ayibhalayo ekhombisa uthando lwakhe olukhulu ngeNkosi yethu kanye nemvelo njengengxenye yendalo enhle kaNkulunkulu.