THE Umphongolo uNkulunkulu awunikile ukuba uphume kuphela ezivunguvungwini zamakhulu eminyaka adlule, kodwa ikakhulukazi iSiphepho ekupheleni kwalesi sikhathi, awulona ithala lokuzivikela, kodwa umkhumbi wensindiso ohloselwe umhlaba. Okusho ukuthi, isimo sethu sengqondo akufanele “sisindise okwethu okusemva” kuyilapho wonke umhlaba ukhukhuleka olwandle lwembubhiso.
Asikwazi ukwamukela ngomoya ophansi sonke isintu esibuyele emuva ebuhedeni. -Cardinal Ratzinger (IPOPE BENEDICT XVI), Ukushunyayelwa Okusha, Kwakha Impucuko Yothando; Ikheli elibhekiswe kubafundisi beKhathekisthi neNkolo, ngoDisemba 12, 2000
Akuphathelene “nami noJesu,” kodwa uJesu, mina, futhi umakhelwane wami.
Bekungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umqondo wokuthi umyalezo kaJesu wawunabantu abancane futhi ubhekiswe kumuntu ngamunye kuphela? Sifike kanjani kulokhu kuchazwa "kokusindiswa komphefumulo" njengokweqa umthwalo wemfanelo kukho konke, futhi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi sithathe iphrojekthi yobuKristu njengokusesha okunobugovu kwensindiso okwenqaba umqondo wokusebenzela abanye? —I-POPE BENEDICT XVI, I-Spe Salvi (Saved In Hope),n. 16
Kanjalo nathi kumele sigweme isilingo sokubaleka siyocasha ndawana thize ehlane kuze kudlule iNkanyamba (ngaphandle uma iNkosi ithi umuntu akenze njalo). Lokhu "isikhathi somusa,” futhi kunanini ngaphambili, imiphefumulo iyakudinga “nambitha futhi ubone” kithi impilo nokuba khona kukaJesu. Sidinga ukuba yizimpawu ze- ngethemba kwabanye. Ngamafuphi, inhliziyo ngayinye kufanele ibe “umkhumbi” womakhelwane bethu.
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