Egameni likaYise, nelikaNyana, nelikaMoya Oyingcwele. Amen. Isipho somusa kaNkulunkulu noduduzo lwakhe olujulile kube nani nonke.
Nkosi, hawukela. Kristu, hawukela. Nkosi, hawukela.
Bazalwane abathandekayo kuKristu,
Lalelani amazwi kaMarta lapho ebona uJesu eza eBethaniya: “Nkosi, uma ubukhona lapha, umfowethu ngabe akafanga.”
Yeka ukwethembeka okungaka kwenhliziyo elimele! UMarta akasabi ukukhipha inhliziyo yakhe yonke phambi kukaJesu. Futhi uJesu akamxoshi noma amsole ngalokho ukukhuluma… kunalokho, umnika isithembiso esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ezintweni zonke: “Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila; ukholwa ngimi, noma efile, uyoqhubeka aphile.”
EKhaya laseBethaniya, uMarta, uMariya, noLazaru bakha indawo ekhethekile yothando nokwamukela uJesu. Kwaleyo ndawo encane, uKristu wathola ukuthula nesiphephelo emhlabeni.
Lapho sicabanga ngo-Benjamin Vo, sicabanga nangaleyo ndawo engcwele yothando ekhaya labo — umndeni wabo abawubiza ngokuthi "abane abaphelele". UBenjamin wayenomoya omnene noduduzayo kakhulu. Siyakhumbula ukusondelana kwakhe okujulile no-Dad wakhe u-Alan, u-Mom u-Thao, nomfowabo u-Ryan lapho behamba ndawonye bezungeza umhlaba, baze bavakashela nezindawo ezicwezelayo nezingcwele ezifana ne-Lourdes ne-Vatican. UBen wayethwala leyo nhliziyo emnene, ethambile, egcwele uthando lwempela nomusa kubazali bakhe.
Sekuphele amaviki ayisithupha namuhla kusukela u-Benjamin ahamba ekhaya waya ezandleni zikaYise ngo-June 13.
Siyazi ukuthi endlini yaseBethaniya kwakukhona izinyembezi ngezinsuku zomunyu. Kodwa uJesu wasukuma phakathi kwazo. Naku-Alan no-Thao namuhla, uKristu uza azome eceleni kwenu ethi: "Umfana wenu uyoqhubeka aphile." Izinyembezi enizichithayo azisho ukuthi uthando luphelile… zimane zisho ukuba uthando lunzulu kangakanani. U-Benjamin Vo ulele ngokuthula ezandleni zikaKristu ezinehawe.
Kuwe Ryan, mfo wethu omncane: ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ukhumbula uhambo lwenu nemizuzu emnandi eyahlanganisa izinhliziyo zenu, khumbula ukuthi uthando luka-Ben lusekhona nawe. Uphila kuyo yonke inhliziyo yakho nasezulwini eNkosini.
Sidlulisa ududuzo nakuyonke imindeni namantombazane nabafana abagulayo abasibukela ezindaweni ezikude. Kuwo wonke umzali othwele umthwalo onzima nemicabango yokuzibuza: uNkulunkulu akasoli muntu; uyanigona namuhla ngomusa wakhe ogcwele ngezandla zikaMariya Oyingcwele.
U-Benjamin usekhaya elifudumele ezulwini, ehlala no-Saint Carlo Acutis eTafuleni laseZulwini. Kwangathi uNkulunkulu angaba yisiphephelo sethu saphakade ngosuku losizi. Amen.
For the intentions entrusted to Ben on our prayer wall:
Ngosizo loMsindisi futhi sifundiswe yimfundiso yaphezulu, silokotha sithi:
Baba wethu osezulwini, malingcweliswe igama lakho; umbuso wakho mawuze, intando yakho mayenziwe emhlabeni njengasezulwini. Siphe namuhla isinkwa sethu semihla ngemihla, usithethelele izono zethu, njengoba nathi sibathethelela abasonayo; ungasifaki ekulingweni, kodwa usikhulule ebubini. Amen.
Kwangathi uNkosi angamukela uBenjamin Vo nokukhanya kwakhe ezulwini, futhi aniphe ukuthula nomusa enhliziyweni yenu. Egameni ekaYise, nelikaNyana, nelikaMoya Oyingcwele. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.