UEliya entlango, uMichael D. O'Brien
NOT Kudala-dala, iNkosi yathetha ilizwi elinobulali kodwa elinamandla elihlaba umphefumlo wam:
"Bambalwa kwiCawa yaseNyakatho Melika bayaqonda ukuba bawele kude kangakanani."
Xa bendicinga ngale nto, ngakumbi ebomini bam, ndiyifumene inyaniso kule.
Uthi, Ndisisityebi, ndizityebisile, andiswele nto; ungazi ukuba uludwayinge, ulusizana, ulihlwempu, uyimfama, uhamba ze; (ISityhi. 3: 17)
UPopu Paul VI uthe uphawu lomKristu oyinyaniso yile:
… Ubomi obulula, umoya wokuthandaza, isisa kubo bonke ingakumbi kwabo baphantsi nabo bangamahlwempu, intobeko, intobeko, ukuzincama nokuzincama. Ngaphandle kolu phawu lobungcwele, ilizwi lethu liya kuba nobunzima ekuchukumiseni intliziyo yendoda yanamhlanje. Kusemngciphekweni wokuba lilize nokungabinazintsholongwane. UkuShunyayelwa kweVangeli kwiLizwe laNgoku.
Ungenza njani ukuba mna nawe sibe namandla kuluntu oluhle kangaka, oluthanda izinto eziphathekayo noludlayo, ukuphendula lo mnxeba? Impendulo yeza ngokucacileyo, ngokucacileyo, kufundo lokuqala kwiMisa yezolo. Ingelosi, yalatha ku ijagi yamanzi kwaye Ikhekhe leziko, wathi kumprofeti uEliya,
"Vuka udle, kungenjalo uhambo luza kuba lukhulu kuwe" Wavuka ke, watya wasela, wahamba ngamandla oko kudla iimini ezimashumi mane nobusuku obumashumi mane, wada wafika eHorebhe intaba kaThixo. (I OoKum 1: 19; RSV)
Iintsuku nobusuku obungamashumi amane zimele uhambo lwasemoyeni; Ijagi yamanzi kunye neziko ikeyiki zifanekisela i-Ekaristi, umzimba kaKrestu neGazi; IHoreb imele umanyano noThixo.
Zingaphi izihlandlo apho, ndingenawo amandla obuKristu, ndafumanisa ukuba intliziyo yam ichitheka ngothando, ngesisa, ngobubele, nangomonde-akukho nto endandinayo ndade ndafumana uMthendeleko! Kungenxa yokuba nguKrestu ngokwakhe, ukuzalwa kobuhle bonke, oweza kum isicaka sakhe esihlwempuzekileyo, wandenza isityebi.
Ndicenga nabani na onako ukwamkela umzimba negazi likaKrestu ukuba enjenjalo, kaninzi kangangoko, ebeka konke ukuzithethelela kunye nobuvila. Eli asiloxesha lokuthuthuzelwa. Uhambo oluphambi kweCawa-inene umhlaba-lolunye olunezinto ezimbalwa ezilungiselelwe lona. Ngoku lixesha lokuba "uvuke utye, kungenjalo uhambo luza kuba lukhulu kuwe."
Kungoko ndicebisa ukuba uthenge kum igolide esulungekiswe ngomlilo, ukuze ube nobutyebi, neengubo ezimhlophe zokukwambesa nokugcina ihlazo lobuze bakho lingabonakali. (ISityhi. 3: 18)
Ukuba besizokungahoyi uMthendeleko, singoyisa njani ukusilela kwethu? —UPopu John Paul II, kwi-Ecclesia de Eucharistia
