Karatu: yana ƙin Kiristoci, ya ga Madonna, ya zama firist

Alfonso Maria Ratisbonne, an haife shi a Strasbourg a 1812, ɗan wani ma'aikacin banki na Yahudawa, likita na addinin Musulunci, ya ƙi Krista. Brotheran uwansa Teodoro, a gefe guda, ya zama babban firist ɗan Katolika yana da shekaru 24. A ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1842, babbar mu'ujiza ta musuluntar da Katolika ta faru. Ratisbonne cikin gaggawa ya nemi mai ikirari kuma don haka ya ba da labari, kusan daga tunanin sa, ga Uba Filippo de Villefort: «Kamar yadda na bi ta cocin Sant'Andrea delle Fratte a Rome, ina jiran abokina Baron Teodoro, na ji wani tashin hankali, to duk abin da ya yi duhu ban da ɗakin majami'a na Ikklisiya, da alama duk hasken yana kumshe ne a ciki. Na ɗaga idanuna ga ɗakin majami'a mai haske da haske da yawa kuma na gani akan bagadin, yana tsaye da rai kuma mai ɗaukaka, an lullube shi da haske mai haske, kyakkyawa kuma cike da jinƙai, kyakkyawar Uwar Allah, Budurwa Maryamu, wacce ke kan lambobin tashar jiragen ruwa. Na faɗi a gwiwoyina ban iya ɗaga idanuna ga darajarta ba. Sannan na fahimci lalacewar zunubin jihar da na tsinci kaina, kyawun addinin Kirista, a cikin kalma na fahimci komai a lokaci guda ”.

Ranar 31 ga Janairu, Alfonso ya karɓi baƙon baftisma a cikin ɗakin majami'ar Sant'Andrea, da ƙarfe tara na safe, daga hannun Cardinal Patrizi. Ratisbonne ya shiga ofungiyar Yesu kuma ya kasance a wurin har kusan shekaru goma sha ɗaya, daga 1842 zuwa 1852, ya zama firist a ranar 23 ga Satumba, 1848. A ƙarshe, tare da babban amincewar Pius IX, ya wuce cikin Ikilisiyar addini na Uwarmu ta Sihiyona, wanda aka kafa don yi hira da Yahudawa. Shi ne ya kafa wurin zama wannan Majami'ar a Palestine.

Ya mutu a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1884 a Urushalima, yana da shekara 70, shekara arba'in da biyu bayan la'asar, yana kira ga Maryamu (wanda wataƙila ya gani a wannan lokacin). «Zan faɗa muku asiri na. Na gaya wa Budurwa Mai Tsiya komai, duk abin da zai iya azabtar da ni, ya ba ni wahala kuma ya damu na; sannan kuma zan barka ka yi shi. " Waɗannan kalmomin ne Alfonso Ratisbonne ya bar mana.