THE mazuva mashoma apfuura, mweya wangu wakanzwa sekunge chihure chakasungirirwa pairi… sekunge ndiri kutarisa kumusoro pamusoro pegungwa pakunopera kwezuva reZuva, apo ndinonyura zvakadzika nekuneta mukuneta.
Panguva imwecheteyo, ndinonzwa izwi mumoyo mangu richiti,
Usakanda mapfumo pasi! Ramba wakasvinura… iyi ndiyo miedzo yebindu, yeMhandara gumi dzakakotsira chikomba chavo chisati chadzoka…
Chikomba chakanonoka kusvika, vakabatwa nehope ndokuvata. (Mat. 25: 5)
Pakupera kwezuva, ndakatendeukira kuOffice yeRaveings ndikaverenga:
Vakakomborerwa, vakaropafadzwa varanda avo avo Ishe vanozovawana vakarinda paanouya. Yakaropafadzwa nguva yekumirira patinomira takamirira Ishe, Musiki wezvose, uyo anozadza zvinhu zvese uye anopfuura zvinhu zvese.
Ndinoshuva sei kuti dai akandimutsa, iye muranda anozvininipisa, kubva kuhope kwehusimbe, kunyangwe ini ndisina kukosha. Ndinoshuvira sei kuti andimutsidzire nemoto werudo rwamwari. Murazvo worudo rwake unopisa kupfuura nyeredzi. kushuvira kwake kunakidzwa kukuru uye moto wehuMwari unopfuta mukati mangu!
Ndinoshuva sei kuti dai ndaikodzera kuti mwenje wangu ugare uchipfuta husiku mutembere yaIshe wangu, kuvhenekera vese vanopinda mumba maMwari wangu. Ndipei, ndinokumbira imi, Ishe, muzita raJesu Kristu Mwanakomana wenyu uye Mwari wangu, rudo irworwo rwusingakundikani kuitira kuti mwenje wangu, uchipisa mukati mangu uye upe chiedza kune vamwe, ugare uchivhenekwa uye usingazombodzimwa. —St. Columban, Liturgy yemaawa, Vol IV, p. 382.
