CINGA Yentliziyo yakho njengeengqayi zeglasi. Intliziyo yakho injalo Zenziwe Ukuqulatha ulwelo olumsulwa lothando, lukaThixo, oluthando. Kodwa ngokuhamba kwexesha, uninzi lwethu luzalisa iintliziyo zethu ngothando lwezinto-ezingcolise izinto ezibandayo njengelitye. Akukho nto banokuyenza ngentliziyo zethu ngaphandle kokugcwalisa ezo ndawo zibekelwe uThixo. Yiyo ke loo nto uninzi lwethu singamaKristu lusizi kakhulu… sithwele uxanduva lwamatyala, ungquzulwano lwangaphakathi, usizi… kuncinci esinokukunika kuba nathi ngokwethu asisafumani.
Uninzi lwethu luneentliziyo ezibandayo ngamatye kuba sizizalisile ngothando lwezinto zehlabathi. Kwaye xa ilizwe lidibana nathi, silangazelela (nokuba bayayazi okanye abayazi) "ngamanzi aphilayo" kaMoya, endaweni yoko, sigalela entloko kubo amatye abandayo okubawa, ukuzingca, nokuzingca kwethu kuxubene netad yenkolo engamanzi. Bayaziva iimpikiswano zethu, kodwa baqwalasele uhanahaniso lwethu; bayakuxabisa ukuqiqa kwethu, kodwa ababoni "sizathu sokuba", nguYesu. Yiyo le nto uBawo oyiNgcwele esibizele ukuba singamaKristu, kwakhona, ukulahla ukuthanda izinto zehlabathi, eli…
… Iqhenqa, umhlaza woluntu kunye nomhlaza wesityhilelo sikaThixo notshaba lukaYesu. —UPOPA UFRANCIS, Irediyo yaseVatican, Oktobha 4th, 2013
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