INgcwele Vonifati yintanta yokuqala ebani abantu abafuna ukulahla utywala, okanye abasondeleyo kwabo babethandwa yiyo nyoka, bajika. UVonifati wayekwazi ukuguquka ezonweni zakhe aze amkele ukuxolelwa nguThixo.
Ibali likaSaint Boniface
UVonifati wayengumkhonzi weRoma ozukileyo. Baye bahlala kunye nokunyaniseka kwaye babenomdla okhethekileyo wokusela. Iminyaka emininzi idlulile, kwaye nangona bobabini behlushwa yizono ezigqibeleleyo, akukho namnye kubo ofumene amandla okushiya ubomi obudlulileyo.
Inkosikazi yaseVonifatia yafunda ukuba iziganeko zabantu abangcwele zinokukunceda ukulahla izilwanyana ezingekho phantsi. Wathumela iVonifatiya emva kwabo kwiedolophu ezikufutshane.
Endleleni, uVonifati waphenduka, wachitha lonke uhambo lwakhe emithandazweni nasezinyembezi, ecela ukuba uThixo amthumele ityala, intlungu ayenokuyenza ngayo ityala lakhe.
UThixo wamva uBoniface. Ngenhlanhla ekufikeni kwakhe kwiintlanzi, wafela ukufa ngenxa yokholo lwakhe oPhezukonke.
Ukususela ngoko, imithandazo yeSaint Boncece ekudakwa kubonwa kukuba iyona ndlela iphumelele, kuba iVonifati yaba ngumkhuseli kunye nabathathi bezidakwa kunye nezihenyu.
Ungathandaza njani kwiSaint Boncece?
Ngaphambi kokuba ubuze iVonifatiya ukuba ulahle utywala kwimithandazo, cela umfundisi ukuba akusikelele kule ngxaki. Ukuba uya kucela uThixo malunga nokuphelisa utywala bonyana, khawula amagama omthandazo womama uze ubuze umfundisi ukuba athandaze kuSomandla.
Ukuba, ngomthandazo ngokusela ku-Woofat oyiNgcwele, umcela ukuba usindiswe, mhlawumbi uyihlo oyingcwele unika intsikelelo yakhe kulo msebenzi obunzima uze uthandaze kuThixo ngomphefumlo wakho.
Ukukrazula utywala, kuya kufuneka uthandaze ukusuka kwiintsuku ezingama-40 ukuya kwiiveki ezingama-40, kuba isifo esitshabalalisa zombini imiphefumlo kunye nemizimba yezigidi zabantu emhlabeni jikelele ngosuku alukwazi ukunqotshwa.
USaint Boncece uya kunceda nje kuphela ukunyanga utywala, kodwa nokuqinisa ukholo lwakhe kuThixo, nangamandla akhe.
Umthandazo kuSanta Boniface
Oo, onke ama-Woniphate engcwele, inceba yenceba yeNkosi! Yivayo abo beza kuwe, benomdla wokusela utywala, kwaye, njengobomi bakho basemhlabeni awuzange wenqabe ukubanceda abo bacelayo, ngoko ngoku, nibanike loo mahlwempu (amagama). Ngesinye isikhathi, ubaba ozilumko, isichotho saqhekeza isidiliya sakho, wena, ubulela uThixo, wawalela ukuba iindawo zokuhlala ezidliwayo zihlale edibanini yewayini kwaye zibize abaceli. Emva koko, ukuthatha iwayini entsha, wawuthululela ngehlombe kuzo zonke iinqanawa ezazingabakhobhishophu, kwaye uThixo, wenza umthandazo wenceba, wenza ummangaliso oqaqambileyo: iwayini kwisikhamo sewayini iyenyuka, kwaye abaceli bazalisa iimpahla zabo. Oyingcwele kaThixo! Njengomthandazo wakho iwayini sele yanda ngenxa yeemfuno zecawa kunye nenzuzo yentlekele, ngoko wena, usikelele, uyancitshisa ngoku apho kuphazamiseka khona, ukusindisa ekugqithiseni kuyo, ukuyeka ukunyaniseka kwehlazo lokunwa kwewayini (amagama), uphilise kwisifo esibuhlungu, zilingo zedemoni, ziqinisekisa, zibuthathaka, zinike, zikhuselekile, inqaba kunye namandla okulunga ukunyamezela ngokukhawuleza esi silingo,