Rembrandt galimoto Rijn, “Kubwerera kwa mwana wolowerera”; c. 1662
OF Inde, munthu atha kufunsa Mulungu mwachindunji kukhululukira machimo anzathu, ndipo Iye adzatero (bola, tidzakhululukira ena. Yesu anali womveka pa izi.) Titha, nthawi yomweyo, pomwepo, kuimitsa magazi kuchokera pachilonda cha kulakwa kwathu.
Koma apa ndipomwe Sakramenti la Kuulula ndilofunika. Kwa chilondacho, ngakhale sichikutuluka magazi, chitha kukhalabe ndi kachilombo "ndekha". Kuvomereza kumakoka phokoso la kunyada pamwamba pomwe Khristu, mwa umunthu wa wansembe (John 20: 23), amaipukuta ndikugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ochiritsa a Atate kudzera m'mawu awa, "... Mulungu akupatseni chikhululukiro ndi mtendere, ndipo ndikukhululukirani ku machimo anu…" Zisomo zosaoneka zimasambitsa zovulaza monga - ndi Chizindikiro cha Mtanda - wansembe amatsatira kuvala chifundo cha Mulungu.
Mukapita kwa dokotala kuti akacheke koipa, kodi amangoletsa kutuluka kwa magazi, kapena samasoka, kutsuka, ndi kuvala bala lanu? Khristu, Sing'anga Wamkulu, adadziwa kuti tifunika izi, komanso chidwi chathu pazilonda zathu zauzimu.
Chifukwa chake, Sacramenti ili linali chida chake kuchimwira machimo athu.
Pomwe ali m'thupi, munthu samangodzithandiza koma amakhala ndi machimo ochepa. Koma musanyoze machimo awa omwe timawatcha kuti "owala": ngati mumawatenga ngati kuwala mukawayeza, gwedezani mukawawerenga. Zinthu zingapo zopepuka zimapangitsa misa yayikulu; madontho angapo amadzaza mtsinje; mbewu zingapo zimapanga mulu. Nanga chiyembekezo chathu nchiyani? Koposa zonse, kuulula. —St. Augustine muzinenero zina Katekisimu wa Katolika, n. Zamgululi
Popanda kufunikira kwenikweni, kuulula zolakwa zamasiku onse (machimo obisala) kulimbikitsidwa mwamphamvu ndi Tchalitchi. Zowonadi kuti kuulula machimo athu kwam'thupi kumatithandizira kupanga chikumbumtima, kulimbana ndi zizolowezi zoyipa, tidzilole tokha kuchiritsidwa ndi Khristu ndikupita patsogolo m'moyo wa Mzimu.- Katekisimu wa Mpingo wa Katolika, N. 1458
