Egameni likaYise, nelikaNyana, nelikaMoya Oyingcwele. Amen. Umusa nezinzuzo zeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, nothando lukaNkulunkulu uYise, nokuhlanganyela kaMoya Oyingcwele makube nani nonke.
Nkosi, ube nomusa kithi. Kristu, ube nomusa kithi. Nkosi, ube nomusa kithi.
Bazalwane abathandekayo kuKristu,
Ake ucabange ngesandla sombumbi sisebenza ngebumba elithambile…
Esifundweni sokuqala namuhla, uNkosi uthumela uJeremiya endlini wombumbi. Lapho, umphrofethi ubuka izandla zomsebenzi zibumba, zicwenga, futhi zilolonga ibumba libe yisitsha esihle. UNkulunkulu uthi kithi: “Njengebumba esandleni wombumbi, nikuyo kanjalo isandla sami.” Bese kuthi eVangelini, uJesu asitshele ngengcebo yomnumzane okhipha phambili “okusha nokudala.”
UNkulunkulu ngamunye wethu usibumba ngezandla ezigcwele uthando, ebeka ingcebo yomusa namalungiselelo azodlula ezizukulwaneni.
Lapho sicabanga ngo-Benjamin Vo, sibona impela isitsha esihle esabunjwa ngezandla zikaNkulunkulu. UBenjamin wayengumfana owayenomyalezo omuhle kakhulu enhliziyweni yakhe. Wayenothando olujulile lokulalela izindaba ezehlukene nezifundo—ikakhulukazi lapho ehlala elalele u-Dad wakhe ecaza izindaba nemicabango. Ngemva kwalokho, uBen wayesenzisa ingqondo yakhe ehlakaniphile ukudala imidlalo yakhe yaziwayo namapulogremu amasha ku-khompyutha… ukukhipha okusha nokudala engcebeni yakhe encane.
Kodwa into eyenza u-Benjamin abe ngokhethekile nakakhulu yinhliziyo yakhe enhle enomusa omkhulu. Siyakhumbula indlela eyayamukela ngayo usizi lwabanye. Lapho umalume wakhe uWilliam eshaywa ukugula nesifo sohlangothi, uBen oneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu wayezimisele ukunikela ngebhange lakhe lonke lezinhlamvu zemali (piggy bank) ukuze asize u-uncle wakhe. Yeka ingcebo yomusa engaka enhliziyweni yomntwana!
Sekuphele amaviki ayisithupha namuhla kusukela u-Benjamin abizwa ekhaya ngo-June 13. Siyazi ukuthi umthwalo wokulahlekelwa u-Ben usasinda ezinhliziyweni.
Alan no-Thao… inhliziyo emnene nomusa womfana wenu uBenjamin ngumphumela wothando enalutshala kuye ngezandla zenu ezimfudumalo. UNkulunkulu akasoli muntu ngalokhu kwenzekile; uyanigona kulo mzuzu ezandleni zakhe zomusa, enisula izinyembezi zenu.
Kuwe Ryan, mfo wethu omncane: qhubeka ukhumbula lezo zindaba nemicabango umfowenu uBen abeyithanda. Uthando lwakhe nenzuzo yakhe okudala nokusha kuhleli nawe njalo.
Sithandazela yonke imindeni nezingane ezihluphekayo kude naseduze. Benjamin Vo uselaphaya no-Saint Carlo Acutis eTafuleni laseZulwini, embozwe ngengubo yomusa kaMariya Oyingcwele. Masithembe eNkosini ebonisa uthando engapheli. 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 uNkulunkulu Somandla, uYise, noNyana, noMoya Oyingcwele angasibusisa futhi asigcine ekuthuleni kwakhe. Amen.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.