Egameni likaYise, neleNdodana, neleMoya oNgcwele. Kwangathi umusa nokuthula kukaNkulunkulu uBaba uSomandla kungaba nani nonke.
Nkosi, usihawukele. Kristu, usihawukele. Nkosi, usihawukele.
Ake sicabange ngomzuzu othule kakhulu. Cabanga ngesithombe esisodwa: uBenjamin Vo, esemncane, ehlezi eceleni kukayise, beqaphe izindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza. U-Ben wayengumfana owayethanda ukubuka indlela izindiza ezisuka ngayo emhlabathini zikhuphukele esibhakabhakeni. Wayengabuki nje izindiza; wayebuka ubuhle bokuhamba, ubuhle bokufika endaweni entsha, ubuhle bokuba nendiza yakhe, leyo ayeyibiza ngokuthi 'con chim airlines'. Lowo mamatheko wakhe omnene, lowo gigo owayehamba nokukhanya kwamehlo akhe lapho ekhuluma ngamaphupho akhe, kwakuwukubonakaliswa komphefumulo owayephila ngokujula okungaphezu kweminyaka yakhe. Wayeyindoda encane eyayinomqondo ocijile, kodwa inhliziyo eyayithambile kakhulu, inhliziyo eyayikwazi ukuzidela ngaphandle kokungabaza.
Namuhla, uSaint Paul usitshela amazwi aqinile esifundweni sokuqala: 'Run so as to win.' UPaul usikhumbuza ukuthi impilo akuyona nje into esiyenza ngokungahleliwe. Uthi, 'I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight as if I were shadowboxing.' Lo mfanekiso womgijimi oqeqeshiwe usikhumbuza uBenjamin. Ben wayengumuntu owayezinikele. Wayengumfana owayezimisele ukuzama, ukuzikhandla, nokunikeza konke ayenakho, kungaba enkundleni ye-badminton noma ekufundeni ubuchwepheshe obuyinkimbinkimbi be-cloud infrastructure. Wayengagijimi ngokungahleliwe. Wayegijima ngenhloso, ngenhliziyo egcwele uthando, nangenkolelo yokuthi impilo iyisipho esifanele ukunakekelwa.
Kodwa kufanele sikhulume iqiniso namuhla. Sekuphele izinyanga ezimbili manje. Kusukela ngalelo langa lika-June 13, 2026, isikhathi sibonakala sishintshile. Izinyanga ezimbili zokubheka isihlalo esingenalutho. Izinyanga ezimbili zokuzwa ukuthula endlini lapho kwakufanele kube khona umsindo wokugigela kuka-Ben ngenkathi ekhuluma nge-'con chim airlines'. Usizi lufana nomthwalo osindayo. Alan no-Thao, ngiyazi ukuthi izinhliziyo zenu zizizwa zomile, njengomhlabathi odinga imvula. Niyazibuza ukuthi ingabe kukhona okungaphezulu enanikwenza. Niyazibuza ukuthi kungani lo mfana omuhle, owayephila ngothando, kumele ahambe. Ngicela nilalele kahle namuhla: Ukugula akulona iphutha lenu. UNkulunkulu akakaze akubeke icala. U-Benjamin akakubeki icala. Nenze konke okusemandleni enu ngothando olumsulwa. Susa lowo mthwalo wokuzisola enhliziyweni yakho, ngoba uNkulunkulu akakubheki ngokwahlulela, ubheka uthando olugcwele enhliziyweni yakho. UJesu ukhuluma eVangelini lanamuhla: 'Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?' UJesu ukhulula, akabophi. Ukhulula imiphefumulo yethu ekuzisolenikeni okungafanele.
Bhekani, lapho uJesu ethi 'Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly', usho ukuthi ukubona kwethu kumele kuqale ngokuthembela kuNkulunkulu. U-Benjamin manje usekulolu lwazi olujulile. Akasaboshwa yizibhedlela, akasaboshwa yimishini. Usekhululekile, njengendiza endiza phezulu ngaphandle kwemingcele. Ryan, mfowabo omncane, u-Ben uyamthanda. U-Ben uyambona njengoba ukhula. Ungalokothi uzizwe ungedwa, ngoba uthando lwenu luyisibopho esingasoze saphuka. U-Ben uyaziqhenya ngawe. Qhubeka uphila ngesibindi, ube yindoda efana naye—enomusa, enesibindi, nenhliziyo evulekile. Khumbula ukuthi nina nobabili nifana nezindiza ezimbili ezindiza ngokubambisana; umoya kaNkulunkulu ubanikeza amandla.
Kubo bonke abazali abathwele iziphambano ezifanayo, nabantwana abagulayo emhlabeni jikelele: UNkulunkulu uyanibona. Akabheki nje izinyembezi, kodwa ubheka ukholo lenu. U-Benjamin Đại Dương Vo—igama lakhe elisho 'Ulwandle Olukhulu'—useyisiphephelo sothando lukaNkulunkulu. U-Ben use-Banquet of Heaven, eceleni kuka-Saint Carlo Acutis, esikhulekela sonke. Njengoba u-Ben ayethanda ukusiza abanye, uthando lwakhe lusaqhubeka lugeza umhlaba ngaleyo 'Giếng Gioan Baotixita'—umthombo wamanzi ahlanzekile owakhiwe egameni lakhe, olethela ukuphila kwabanye abantu. Njengoba niphuma lapha namuhla, ngicela nenze into eyodwa encane. Lapho ubona izindiza zindiza, noma lapho ubona inyoni, yima kancane. Zitshele ukuthi: 'Nkosi, ngiyabonga ngempilo ka-Benjamin.' Khumbula ukuthi impilo yakhe yayiyisipho, futhi uthando lwakhe lusaqhubeka lugeza umhlaba njengolwandle olukhulu. Benjamin, lala ngokuthula. Uthando lwakho luyisibani esingasoze sacima. 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 onamandla angabusisa imindeni yenu futhi aninike ukuthula okudlula konke ukuqonda. Hambani ngokuthula.
✝ May almighty God bless you: the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.