Umkhuleko onamandla amakhulu: vakashela kuJesu wabethelwa esiphambanweni ngoMoya oNgcwele
O Salvator wethu odabukisayo kakhulu, owasisindisa ekufeni kwaphakade futhi wasebenzisa ukuhlenga okukhulu, waziyeka ngokuphelele entandweni yothando loPhakade, ukuze enze lokho akuthandayo: Uthando? Ah, Jesu omuhle, isiphambano siyangitshela, amanxeba akho, izishayo, ameva angitshele! ... Yebo, Uthando, ngemuva kokukumboza ngenyama efile emzimbeni wenyama, ngemuva kokukuyisa eBhetlehema, ogwadule, esiDlweni Sokugcina, eGetsemane, eziNkantolo, ngemuva kokuba usushintshile ngezinkinga, ekugcineni uyokuyisa eKalvari, uyokuqabula wena emgodini weSiphambano, uyokuvusa kulesisiqu esidumileyo esiphambi komhlaba nomhlaba Izulu ... likwenza uphuze umunyu futhi unciphise kancane i-goblet yobuhlungu kuze kufike esikalini bese? Futhi-ke ukusikhipha emathangeni kaSathane, ususa umphefumulo obusiswe ngumzimba olengiswe emallweni, ukwenze ufe! ... futhi ejabule ngokunqoba okungaka, umemezela umsebenzi omkhulu owenziweyo: okungukuthi, kulungiswa l ukuhlonipha uNkulunkulu, kusulwe isono, iPharadesi elivulekile, nomuntu osindisiwe! O, uthando olungaka olungakaze lube phezu kwakho, Nkulunkulu wami! Kepha uma engenza okungaphezulu kakhulu kuwe, kungani emhlabeni engenza okuncane kangaka? futhi ingabe incane kangaka nangemva kwalezi zinzuzo ezibalulekile? Kuphi ama-sa-crifices omusa, iminikelo eyamukelekayo engiyethula kuwe, noma kuJesu, njengendawo yokubonga? Uyini umqondo wami ngokuvumela ukuholwa nguThando lwakho ngemuva kwakho endleleni eya Esiphambanweni? O, ukumelana okungakanani kulolo Thando Wena, noma uJesu, ongilandele ngalo ngomusa ongaka, ngisho nangendlela yegazi! Futhi ngizoba nenhliziyo yokubheka isithombe sakho uCro-cipisso? Futhi anginamahloni ngobunzima bami nokungabongi? Wena, Jesu, omsulwa futhi ungcwelengcwele, ubuyele ezulwini ngomgwaqo ogudlwe yi-triboli kanye nameva; futhi ngingathanda ukuya lapho emgwaqweni ugcwele ama-roses ... Mina ngonile futhi ngonile kakhulu! Hhawu Jesu olungileyo, Tshela uThando lwakho lwaphakade ukuthi inhliziyo yami iyashintsha. Inhliziyo yami incane kakhulu, yesaba futhi iqinile ngemihlatshelo yokuza emva kwakho kudinga inhliziyo enkulu, eqinile nenomusa. Futhi ingabe Uthando lwakho, olubuye futhi lwashintsha inhliziyo yabafundi bakho, ngeke lushintshe nolwami? Yebo, oh Jesu omuhle, yisho kuMoya oNgcwele ukuthi inhliziyo yami iyashintsha, bese uvuna nezithelo eziningi ezamukelekayo.
Kepha ezinyaweni zikaNkulunkulu ozifela esiphambanweni bonke, akuwona umqondo omuhle ukuzicabangela wena wedwa; cha: kumele sithandazele wonke umuntu, futhi ikakhulukazi labo bantu abaphukile labo ukukhanya kweqiniso levangeli kungakafiki, abamazi uJesu, abalazi Uthando lwakhe. Khumbula-ke, O Msindisi othandekayo, ukuthi ngolunye usuku uyobe ufike emhlabeni kuze kube yilapho abantu bephila; futhi unikele ngokuphila kwakho ngokufa kwakho; kodwa wabe ungeza ukuthi ufuna ukunika le mpilo ngokwedlulele. Ngakho-ke ngiyakuncenga ukuthi ngaphezu kwaleyo mpilo osinike yona ngokufa esiphambanweni nokubhubhisa isigwebo sethu sokufa okuphakade, usinikeza futhi impilo enkulu ngokuhlanganisa uMoya wakho oNgcwele, Uthando Olungapheli. . umgomo obaluleke ngempela futhi ophethe njalo izithelo eziyigugu zokuphila kwangempela. Kepha akwanele ukuba ngikubuze uwedwa kakhulu ukuze ukhiqize, ngifuna ukukubuza ikakhulukazi; futhi okokuqala ngongathembeki abampofu, abangakakwazi; deh! izisebenzi eziningi ezingcwele ezalima lawo masimu, ukuze izithelo eziningi kakhulu zokuphila okuphakade zivuthwe lapho. Ngiyanicela ngakho konke ukukhohlisa nokudideka, ukuze nibabuyisele bonke eSontweni langempela. Ngiyanicela maKhristu amabi. Bazalelwa esifubeni sempilo, futhi bagijimela ngakubo kwalasha lokufa okuphakade! deh, Uthando lwakho lubasindise! Ngiphinde ngincome namaKhristu asivuthayo, asengozini yokuqhekeka echwebeni: fervorateli; Ngincoma abazimiseleyo ukukhuthazela, ngincoma izikhonzi zakho zize zonke zishise ngentshiseko engcwele. Ekugcineni ngiyakuncenga ukuthi ukhuphule phakathi kwethu ukuzinikela kulowoNkulunkulu wewayini okuholele ekuthini nizenzele isiphambano. Pater, Ave noGloria.