Impendulo inikelwa ngooTata beBandla, esihlala sibhenela kubo kwaye sifumana kubo impendulo, nokuba babehlala nini.
USimeyon waseTesalonika uthetha ngezinto ezintandathu ezifanekiselwa yikhandlela, ebhekisela kwikhandlela elicocekileyo, oko kukuthi. -eyona imbi. Uthi ubonisa:
1) ubunyulu bomphefumlo wethu,
2) ukuguquguquka komphefumlo wethu, ekufuneka sibumbe ngokwemithetho yevangeli,
3) ivumba elimnandi lobabalo lukaThixo, elifanele ukuba liphume kuyo yonke imiphefumlo, njengevumba elimnandi lekhandlela;
4) njengaxa umthwebeba wokwenyani ekhandleleni uxutywa nomlilo, uwutshise kwaye uyondle, ngoko umphefumlo, otshiswa luthando lukaThixo, ngokuthe ngcembe ufikelela kubuthixo;
5) ukukhanya kukaKristu,
6) uthando noxolo olulawulayo kubuKristu kwaye lube luphawu lwabanye.
UNikodemo oNgcwele waseAthos ukwathetha ngeesimboli ezintandathu kunye nezizathu zokuba kutheni sikhanyisa amakhandlela:
1) ukuzukisa uThixo okuKhanya: “Mna ndilukhanyiselo lwehlabathi” (Yohane 8:12);
2) ukugxotha ubumnyama bobusuku nokugxotha uloyiko oluziswa ngabo;
3) ukubonisa uvuyo lwangaphakathi lomphefumlo wethu,
4) ukuhlonipha abangcwele bethu, sixelisa amaKristu amandulo awayekhanyisa amakhandlela emangcwabeni abafel’ ukholo;
5) ukubonakalisa izenzo zethu ezilungileyo ngokwamazwi kaKristu “malukhanye ngokunjalo ukhanyiselo lwenu phambi kwabantu” ( Mat. 5:16a )
6) ukuxolela izono zabo bakhanyisa amakhandlela kunye nezabo bakhanselweyo.
Idangatye liphuma ekhandlela kwaye ilangatye likhupha ukukhanya. Ukukhanya yeyona nto iphambili kwiinkonzo zethu. Sibizelwe ekubeni kukukhanya njengokuba Yena ekuKhanya. Ngexesha le-Holy Liturgy, umfundisi okhokelayo uphendukela kwabathembekileyo ephethe ikhandlela elikhanyisiweyo esandleni sakhe aze athi: "Ukukhanya kukaKristu kukhanyisa wonke umntu." Ngexesha lokuchetywa kweenwele, i-abbot ibamba ikhandlela elikhanyisiweyo kwaye ithi kwakhona "Malukhanye ukhanyiselo lwenu phambi kwabantu, ukuze babone imisebenzi yenu emihle kwaye bazukise uYihlo osemazulwini." (Mat 5:16), kodwa nasekupheleni kweLiturgy eNgcwele sicula “sikubonile ukukhanya okuyinyaniso”. INkosi yethu ihlala isibiza ukuba sibe kuKhanya ngobomi bethu, ngamazwi nangezenzo zethu. Oku kuthetha ukuba ukukhanyisa amakhandlela akumele kube yinto nje yesiqhelo okanye yobugcisa, kodwa kufanele kube yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yephulo lethu lokufuna uThixo nonxibelelwano lwethu Naye.
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