Ngikholwa ukuthi iningi leNcwadi Yesambulo alibhekiseli ekupheleni komhlaba, kepha ekugcineni kwalesi sikhathi. Izahluko ezimbalwa zokugcina kuphela ezibheke ekugcineni kwe umhlaba ngenkathi konke okunye ngaphambili kuchaza "ukubambana kokugcina" phakathi "kowesifazane" kanye "nodrako", nayo yonke imiphumela emibi emvelweni nasemphakathini wokuhlubuka okuhambisana nakho. Okwahlukanisa lokho kungqubuzana kokugcina kusukela ekugcineni komhlaba ukwahlulelwa kwezizwe — lokho esikuzwa ikakhulu ekufundweni kweMisa kwaleli sonto njengoba sisondela esontweni lokuqala le-Advent, ukulungiselela ukufika kukaKristu.
Emasontweni amabili edlule ngilokhu ngizwa la mazwi enhliziyweni yami, “Njengesela ebusuku.” Kungumqondo wokuthi izehlakalo ziyeza emhlabeni ezizothatha abaningi bethu ukumangala, uma kungenjalo abaningi bethu ekhaya. Sidinga ukuba sesimweni somusa, kodwa hhayi isimo sokwesaba, ngoba noma ngubani wethu angabizwa ekhaya nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. Ngalokho, ngizizwa ngiphoqelekile ukushicilela kabusha lo mbhalo ofike ngesikhathi kusuka ngoDisemba 7, 2010…