Ukuzinikela okusebenzayo kosuku: inani lesikhathi, lehora
Mangaki amahora alahlekile. Ngabe amahora angamashumi amabili nane osuku namahora acishe abe yizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalolunye unyaka ngamunye asetshenziselwa kahle itiye? Lawo mahora angasetshenziswanga ngokubona nasekuzuzeni iPhakade elijabulisayo amahora alahlekile. Zingaki ulahlekelwa ukulala isikhathi eside! Bangaki ekuzilibaziseni okungenasizotha! Zingaki izingxoxo ezingenamsebenzi! Bangaki ekwenzeni okubi nokubi bengenzi lutho! Bangaki ezonweni! Mangaki amahlaya nezinto ezingasho lutho! ... Kepha awucabangi ukuthi yisikhathi esilahlekile leso ozosibona?
Ngehora ungazilahla wena. Baningi abahamba bengcwele iminyaka eminingi; ihora elilodwa lokulingwa lalanele, futhi balahleka! Ngehora elilodwa nje, akudlalwa mbuso, kepha kuphakade. Umzuzwana wemvume wanele, futhi bonke ubuhle, ubuhle, izinhlawulo zeminyaka emide zilahlekile! UPaul waqhaqhazela ngenxa yokwesaba ukuba ngelinye ilanga wayezoba isideleli. Futhi wena, ogabadelayo, awunandaba, uphonsela inselelo ezingozini futhi uchithe amahora sengathi awalutho!
Ubuhle behora. Ukusindiswa komhlaba kwafezwa nguJesu ehoreni, okugcina empilweni yakhe. Ehoreni lokugcina lokuphila kwakhe, isela elihle lasindiswa: ngehora elilodwa ukuguqulwa kweMagdalene, kukaSt. Ignatius, kwafezwa, ngehora elilodwa ukungcweliswa kukaXavier, waseSt. Teresa kwakuxhomeke. Ehoreni, kukuhle okungakanani, okuhle kangakanani, ubuhle obungakanani bokuzitika, mangaki amazinga enkazimulo angatholwa! Ukube ubunokholo oluthe xaxa, ubuzobe unenkani ngamahora akho, futhi ulahlekile kuphela eZulwini. Kungaba okungenani ngokuzayo ...
ISIVIVINYO. - Musa ukuchitha isikhathi: unikela njalo ngehora kuZiqu-zintathu ezingcwele.