Impendulo inikezwa oBaba beBandla, esiphendukela kubo njalo futhi esithola kubo impendulo, kungakhathalekile ukuthi bahlala nini.
USimeyoni waseThesalonika ukhuluma ngezinto eziyisithupha ezifanekiselwa yikhandlela, ebhekisela ekhandlela elihlanzekile, okungukuthi. - i-waxy. Uthi ubonisa:
1) ubumsulwa bomphefumulo wethu,
2) ukuguquguquka komphefumulo wethu, okufanele sikubumbe ngokwemithetho yevangeli,
3) iphunga lomusa kaNkulunkulu, okufanele liphume kuyo yonke imiphefumulo, njengephunga elimnandi lekhandlela;
4) njengalapho ingcina yangempela ekhandlelani ixubana nomlilo, ivutha futhi iwondle, kanjalo umphefumulo, oshiswa uthando lukaNkulunkulu, kancane kancane ufinyelela ubunkulunkulu,
5) ukukhanya kukaKristu,
6) uthando nokuthula okubusa kumKristu futhi kube uphawu kwabanye.
U-St. Nicodemus wase-Athos futhi ukhuluma ngezimpawu eziyisithupha nezizathu zokuthi kungani sikhanyisa amakhandlela:
1) ukukhazimulisa uNkulunkulu ongukukhanya: “Mina ngiwukukhanya kwezwe” (Johane, 8:12),
2) ukuxosha ubumnyama bobusuku nokuxosha ukwesaba okukulethayo,
3) ukuveza injabulo yangaphakathi yomphefumulo wethu,
4) ukuhlonipha abangcwele bethu, silingisa amaKristu asendulo ayekhanyisa amakhandlela emathuneni abafel’ ukholo,
5) ukuveza izenzo zethu ezinhle ngokwamazwi kaKristu “ukukhanya kwenu makukhanye phambi kwabantu” ( Math. 5:16a )
6) ukuthethelela izono zalabo abakhanyisa amakhandlela kanye nezalabo abakhanyiselwe bona.
Ilangabi liphuma ekhandlela futhi ilangabi likhipha ukukhanya. Ukukhanya kuyisici esiyinhloko kumasevisi ethu. Sibizelwe ukuba sibe ukukhanya njengoba Engukukhanya. Phakathi ne-Holy Liturgy eyayingcwelisiwe, umpristi ophethe uphendukela kwabathembekile ephethe ikhandlela elikhanyisiwe esandleni sakhe futhi athi: “Ukukhanya kukaKristu kukhanyisa wonke umuntu.” Ngesikhathi sokugunda izinwele ze-monastic, u-abbot ubamba ikhandlela elikhanyisiwe futhi athi "ukukhanya kwenu makukhanye phambi kwabantu, ukuze babone imisebenzi yenu emihle futhi badumise uYihlo oseZulwini." (Mat 5:16), kodwa futhi ekupheleni kwe-Holy Liturgy sicula “sesibonile ukukhanya kweqiniso”. INkosi yethu ihlezi isibiza ukuthi sibe ngukukhanya ngezimpilo zethu, ngamazwi nangezenzo zethu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukukhanyisa amakhandlela akumele kube isenzo esithile nje esivamile noma sokuzijwayeza, kodwa kufanele kube ingxenye ebalulekile yokufuna kwethu uNkulunkulu kanye nokuxhumana kwethu Naye.
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