UYehova wathetha noYobhi esemoyeni, wathi,
"Ngaba wakha wayalela kusasa ebomini bakho
wasibonisa isifingo indawo yako
ngokuba abambe iziphelo zehlabathi;
Bade bashukunyiswe abangendawo ebusweni bayo?
( Yobhi 38:1, 12-13 )
Siyabulela kuba uNyana wakho uza kuphinda eze ngobungangamsha
gweba abo bangavumiyo ukuguquka baze bavume;
kubo bonke abakuvumayo,
Wakunqula, Wakukhonza enguqukweni, Uya kukwenza
uthi: Yizani, nina nisikelelweyo nguBawo, nilidle ilifa
bobukumkani obalungiselelwa nina kwasekuqalekeni
zehlabathi.
—ISt. UFrancis waseAssisi,Imithandazo kaSaint Francis,
Igama lika-Alan, uTr. © 1988, iNew City Press
PHA Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo abapapa benkulungwane ephelileyo bebesebenzisa isikhundla sabo sokuprofeta ukuze bavuse amakholwa kumdlalo oqhubekayo kumhla wethu (jonga Kutheni le nto ooPopu bengekhwaza?). Yidabi lokuthatha isigqibo phakathi kwenkcubeko yobomi kunye nenkcubeko yokufa… umfazi owembethe ilanga-ezabeleni ukuzala ixesha elitsha—Ukuqobisana inamba ufuna ukutshabalalisa ukuba ayizami ukuseka obakhe ubukumkani kunye "nobudala obutsha" (jonga iSityhilelo 12: 1-4; 13: 2). Kodwa ngelixa sisazi ukuba uSathana uza kusilela, uKrestu akazukuphumelela. Ingcwele enkulu yaseMarian, uLouis de Montfort, izakhele kakuhle:
