Yaron da ya ga Budurwa Maryamu: mu'ujiza ta Bronx

Harshen ya zo 'yan watanni bayan ƙarshen yakin duniya na biyu. Dubun-dubatan sojoji masu farin ciki suna dawowa daga gari daga ƙasar waje. New York babu makawa game da kai. Jan Morris ya fada a cikin littafinsa na "Manhattan '45" "Duk alamun sun kasance birni mafi girma a yammacin duniya, ko ma duniya baki daya." Ya kara da cewa, a cikin 'yan New Yorkers, ta yin amfani da kalma daga littafin kyakkyawan fata na kamfanin, suna ganin kansu a matsayin mutane "wanda babu abin da ba zai yuwu ba".

Wannan musamman rashin yiwuwar, hangen nesa, ba da daɗewa ba ya ɓace daga kanun labarai. Archdiocese na New York ya ki bayar da sanarwa kan ingancinsa kuma tare da wucewar kwanaki, watanni da shekaru, 'yan darikar Roman Katolika na gida sun manta da "Mu'ujiza Bronx", kamar yadda mujallar Life ta kira shi. Amma saurayi Joseph Vitolo bai taɓa mantawa ba, ko a lokacin Kirsimeti ko kuma a wasu lokatai na shekara. Ya ziyarci wurin a kowane maraice, aikin da ya kore shi daga abokai a cikin makusantansa Bedford Park waɗanda suka fi sha'awar zuwa filin wasa na Yankee ko Orchard Beach. Da yawa a cikin aji aji aiki, har ma da wasu manya, sun yi masa dariya saboda tausayinsa, suna kiran shi "St. Joseph."

A cikin shekarun talauci, Vitolo, mutumin kirki wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai kula da lafiyar asibitin Jacobi kuma ya yi addu'ar cewa 'ya'yansa mata biyu sun sami maza na kirki, ya ci gaba da wannan ibadar. Duk lokacin da yayi kokarin fara rayuwa nesa da wurin neman izinin - sai ya gwada sau biyu ya zama firist - yasan kanshi yana jan hankalin tsohuwar unguwar. A yau, zaune a gidansa mai hawa uku, Mr. Vitolo ya ce lokacin ya canza rayuwarsa, ya kara masa lafiya. Yana da babban littafi mai tsada da tamani game da taron. Amma rayuwarsa tayi birgima a farkon rayuwarsa: menene zai iya gasa? - kuma akwai gajiya, mai tsaro kewaye da shi,

Shin kun taɓa tambayar abin da idanunku suka gani? "Ban taba samun wata shakku ba," in ji shi. “Wasu mutane sun aikata shi, amma ban yi ba. Na san abin da na gani. " Labarin mai ban sha'awa ya fara dare biyu kafin bikin Halloween. Jaridu suna cike da labaru game da halakar da yakin ya yi a Turai da Asiya. William O'Dwyer, tsohon lauya ne na dan asalin Irish, 'yan kwanaki bayan zabensa a matsayin magajin gari. Magoya bayan Yankee sun koka game da matsayi na hudu na kungiyarsu; babban bugun ya kasance tushe na biyu Snuffy Stirnweiss, ba daidai bane Ruth ko Mantle.

Joseph Vitolo, ɗan danginsa kuma ƙarami don shekarunsa, yana wasa tare da abokai lokacin da ba zato ba tsammani 'yan mata uku sun ce sun ga wani abu a kan wani dutse a bayan gidan Yusufu, a kan Villa Avenue, wani kango daga Grand. Ganawa. Yusufu ya ce bai lura da komai ba. Ofaya daga cikin suggestedan matan ta ba shi shawarar ya yi addu'a.

Shawarwa da Ubanmu. Babu abin da ya faru. Sa'an nan, da babbar tunani, ya karanta wata Ave Maria. Nan da nan, in ji shi, ya ga wata siffa mai iyo, wata budurwa mai ruwan hoda, mai kama da Budurwar Maryamu. Wahayin ya kira shi da suna.

"Na firgita," ya tuna. "Amma muryarsa ta kwantar da ni."

Ya matso kusa da hankali yana saurara kamar yadda wahayin ya faɗi. Ya bukace shi ya tafi can tsawon awanni 16 na jere don ya bayyana rosary. Ya gaya masa cewa yana son duniya ta yi addu'ar zaman lafiya. Ba wasu yara da aka gani ba, wahayin ya ɓace.

Yusufu ya ruga zuwa gida don gaya wa iyayensa, amma sun riga sun sami labarin. Mahaifinsa, ɗan kwandon shara wanda ya sha giya, ya fusata. Ya kashe yaron saboda yin qarya. Vitolo ya ce, "Mahaifina ya yi tauri. “Da zai doke mahaifiyata. Wannan ne karon farko da ya buge ni. " Misis Vitolo, mace ce ta addini da ta sami yara 18, waɗanda 11 ne kawai suka tsira tun suna yara, sun fi kula da labarin Yusufu. A daren da ya biye tare da dansa zuwa wurin.

Labarin yana ta yadu. A wannan maraice, mutane 200 suka hallara. Yaron ya durƙusa a ƙasa, ya fara yin addu'a ya ba da labari cewa wani wahayi game da budurwa Maryamu ya bayyana, a wannan lokacin yana tambayar kowa da kowa ya raira waƙoƙin. George yayin da George F. O'Brien, wani wakilin jaridar The Home News ya rubuta: "Yayin da taron mutane ke yin bauta a waje a daren jiya da kuma kyandir masu kaifin ra'ayi, ... a kalla masu motoci 50 ne suka tsayar da motocinsu kusa da wurin da abin ya faru," in ji George F. O'Brien, mai ba da rahoto na The News News , babban jaridar Bronx. "Wasu sun durƙusa ta gefen titi lokacin da suka ji labarin taron."

O'Brien ya tunatar da masu karatun sa cewa labarin Yusuf ya yi kama da na Bernadette Soubirous, wata attajiri mara kyau wacce ta ce tana ganin Budurwar Maryamu a cikin Lourdes, Faransa, a 1858. Cocin Katolika na Roman ya gane wahayin ta gaskene. daga qarshe kuma ta bayyana shi amintacce, kuma fim din 1943 game da gogewarsa, "Song of Bernadette", ya lashe Oscars hudu. Yusufu ya gaya wa wakilin jaridar cewa bai ga fim din ba.

Nan da 'yan kwanaki masu zuwa, tarihin ya tsallake gaba daya zuwa cikin yanayin Haske. Jaridu sun buga hotunan Yusufu da ya durƙusa a kan dutsen. Masu ba da rahoto na jaridun Italiya da sabis ɗin canja wuri na duniya sun bayyana, ɗaruruwan labaran da aka yada a duk faɗin duniya kuma mutanen da ke fata mu'ujizai sun isa gidan Vitolo a duk sa'o'i. Vitolo ya ce "Ba zan iya barci da daddare ba saboda mutane suna gida koyaushe." Lou Costello na Abbott da Costello sun aika da karamin mutum-mutumi da aka sanya a cikin gilashi. Frank Sinatra ta kawo wani mutum-mutumi na Maryamu wanda har yanzu yana cikin dakin zama na Vitolo. ("Na gan shi a baya," in ji Vitolo.) Cardinal Francis Spellman, Bishop na New York, ya shiga gidan Vitolo tare da sauran firistoci kuma yayi magana da ɗan lokaci.

Hatta mahaifin Yusufu da ya bugu, ya kalli ƙaramin ɗansa dabam. "Ya ce, Me ya sa ba za ku warkar da na ba?" Ya tuna da Signor Vitolo. "Kuma na sanya hannun a bayan sa na ce," Baba, kun fi kyau. " Kashegari ya koma bakin aiki. "Amma yaron duk hankalin ya dame shi." Ban fahimci abin da yake ba, "in ji Vitolo." Mutane sun zarge ni, sun nemi taimako, sun nemi magani. Ni saurayi ne kuma na rikice. ”

A cikin daren bakwai na wahayi, mutane fiye da 5.000 sun cika yankin. Gungun mutane sun hada da mata masu fushinsu a fuskoki wadanda suka shafi rosary; wani rukuni na firistoci da kuma matan da aka bai wa yankin musamman don yin addu'a; da kyawawan ma'aurata waɗanda suka zo daga Manhattan ta limousine. Yusufu ya kawo shi daga dutsen kuma daga tsaunin, wanda ya kare shi daga masu bautar kasa, wadanda wasunsu ma sun riga sun yaye maɓallin yarinyar.

Bayan aiyukan, an ɗora shi a kan tebur a cikin falon ɗakinsa kamar jinkirin tafiyar da mabukata ke gabansa. Bai san abin da zai yi ba, sai ya ɗora hannuwansa ya kan yi addu'a. Ya gan su duka: tsoffin sojoji sun ji rauni a fagen fama, tsoffin mata waɗanda ke da wahalar tafiya, yara masu rauni a farfajiyar makaranta. Ya kasance kamar karamin-Lourdes ya taso a cikin Bronx.

Ba abin mamaki bane, labarun mu'ujiza da sauri suka tashi. Mista O'Brien ya ba da labarin wani yaro wanda nakasasshen hannunsa ya gyara bayan ya taɓa yashi daga wurin. A ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, maraice da aka rubuta game da zane-zane da aka annabta, sama da mutane 20.000 ne suka bayyana, da yawa ta hanyar bas da aka yi haya daga Filadelfia da sauran biranen.

Daren jiya yayi alƙawarin zama mafi kayatarwa. Jaridu sun ba da rahoton cewa Budurwa Maryamu ta faɗa wa Yusufu cewa rijiyar za ta bayyana. Abin jira ya kasance a lokacin zazzabi. Lokacin da aka yi ruwan sama mai sauƙi, tsakanin 25.000 da 30.000 sun zauna don sabis. ‘Yan sanda sun rufe wani sashe na Babban Taro. An sanya shinge a kan hanyar da ta kai tsaunin don hana mahajjata fada cikin laka. Sai aka tura Yusufu a kan dutsen kuma aka sa shi a cikin t seaku mai kyandir guda ɗari biyu.

Yana sanye da mayafi mai launin shuɗi mara nauyi, sai ya fara addu'a. Sai wani daga cikin taron ya yi ihu, "Wahayin gani ne!" Wani motsin murna ya tsallake taron, har sai da aka gano cewa mutumin ya hango wani dan kallo da ke sanye da fararen kaya. Lokaci ne mafi tursasawa. An ci gaba da addu'ar yadda aka saba. Bayan an gama, sai aka ɗauke Yusufu zuwa gida.

"Na tuna lokacin da mutane suka fashe da kuka yayin da suke dawo da ni," in ji Vitolo. Suna ta ihu: 'Ga shi! Duba! Duba! ' Na tuna baya da baya kuma sama ta buɗe. Wasu mutane sun ce sun ga Madonna fararen kaya sun fara zuwa sararin sama. Amma kawai na ga sama ta bude. "

Abubuwa masu ban shaye-shaye na kaka na 1945 alama ce ta ƙarshen lokacin yarinta Giuseppe Vitolo. Ba yadda zai zama ɗan al'ada, dole ne ya rayu har zuwa ɗaukar nauyin wanda ɗaukakar allahntaka ta ɗaukaka shi. Bayan haka, kowane maraice da karfe 7, yana cikin girmamawa ya hau tudun don karanta robar don ƙaramin taron mutane waɗanda ke ci gaba da ziyartar wani wuri da ake juyawa zuwa Wuri Mai Tsarki. Bangaskiyar sa tana da ƙarfi, amma kuma yawan ibadarsa na addini ya sa shi rasa abokai da rauni a makaranta. Ya girma a cikin yaro mai baƙin ciki da rashin sa'a.

Wata ranar, Mr. Vitolo yana zaune a babban falo, yana tuna abin da ya gabata. A cikin wannan kusurwa ɗaya mutum-mutumi da Sinatra ya kawo, ɗaya daga cikin hannayensa ya lalace ta hanyar rufin da ya fadi. A jikin bango akwai zanen Mariya mai haske mai launi, wacce mai zane ya kirkiro bisa ga umarnin Mr. Vitolo.

"Mutane za su yi mini ba'a," in ji Vitolo na matasa. "Ina tafiya akan titi sai manyan mutane suka yi ihu:" Anan, St. Joseph. "Na dakatar da sauka daga wannan titin. Bai kasance lokaci mai sauƙi ba. Na sha wahala. "Lokacin da mahaifiyarsa ƙaunatacciya ta mutu a shekara ta 1951, ya yi ƙoƙari ya ba da ja-gora a rayuwarsa ta hanyar yin karatu ya zama firist. Ya bar makarantar koyon sana'a da fasaha na Samuel Gompers a cikin South Bronx kuma ya yi rajista a cikin makarantar sakandare ta Benedictine a Illinois. Amma yana da sauri yana ƙarfafa kwarewa. Manyan shugabanninsa sun yi tsammanin da yawa daga gareshi - ya kasance mai hangen nesa nesa bayan komai - kuma ya gaji da babban fatan da suke da shi. "Mutane ne masu ban mamaki, amma sun tsorata ni," in ji shi.

Ba tare da wata manufa ba, ya sanya hannu a wani taron kara wa juna sani, amma kuma wannan shirin bai yi nasara ba. Daga nan ya sami aiki a cikin Bronx a matsayin mai koyar da adabi na koyar da sana'o'i kuma ya sake ci gaba da yin ibadarsa a cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki. Amma bayan lokaci sai ya ji haushi da nauyi, ya ci tura da tarkace da kuma wani lokacin fushi. "Mutane sun nemi na yi musu addu'a kuma ni ma ina neman taimako," in ji Vitolo. "Mutane sun yi min tambaya: 'Ka yi addu'a cewa dana ya shiga aikin kashe wuta.' Zan yi tunani, me zai hana wani ya nemo min aiki a sashen kashe gobara? "

Abubuwa sun fara inganta a farkon shekarun 60. Sabuwar rukunin masu bautar sun nuna sha'awar wahayinsa kuma, saboda tausayinsu, Signor Vitolo ya sake sadaukar da kai ga haɗuwarsa da allahntaka. Ya girma ne kusa da ɗayan mahajjata, Grace Vacca ta Boston, kuma sun yi aure a shekarar 1963. Wani mai bautar, Salvatore Mazzela, ma'aikaci ne, ya sayi gidan kusa da wurin, inda ya tabbatar da amincinsa daga masu haɓakawa. Alamar Mazzela ta zama mai kula da Wuri Mai Tsarki, dasa shuki furanni, gina hanyoyin tafiya da sanya gumaka. Shi da kansa ya ziyarci Wuri Mai Tsarki a yayin rubutattun bayanan 1945.

"Wata mata daga cikin taron ta ce mini: 'Me ya sa kuka zo nan?'" In ji Mista Mazzela. “Ban san abin da zan amsa ba. Ya ce, 'Ka zo nan ne domin cetonka.' Ban san shi wanene ba, amma ya nuna mani. Allah ya nuna min. "

Hatta a shekarun 70 da 80, kamar yadda yawancin barnatawa suka shawo kansu ta lalacewar birane da aikata laifi, ƙaramar Wuri ya kasance fagen zaman lafiya. Ba a taɓa cutar da shi ba. A cikin waɗannan shekarun, yawancin Irish da Italiyanci waɗanda suka halarci Wuri Mai Tsarki sun koma ƙauyuka kuma an maye gurbinsu Puerto Ricans, Dominicans da sauran sababbin Katolika. A yau, yawancin masu wucewa basu san komai ba game da dubban mutanen da suka taɓa hallara a wurin.

"Kullum ina mamakin menene," in ji Sheri Warren, wani mazaunin shekaru shida na unguwar, wanda ya dawo daga kantin kayan cin abinci a yammacin jiya. "Wataƙila abin ya faru da daɗewa. Wannan wani sirri ne a gare ni. "

A yau, mutum-mutumi na Maryamu tare da gilashin da aka lullube shi ne cikar Wuri Mai Tsarki, an ɗaga shi a kan dandamali na dutse kuma an sanya shi daidai inda Mr. Vitolo ya ce wahayin ya bayyana. Kusa da benci suna da katako don masu ibada, gumaka na Mala'ikan Mika'ilu da Jaririn Prague da kuma alamar tabletan tebur tare da Dokoki Goma.

Amma idan Wuri Mai aminci ya ci gaba da kasancewa a wancan shekarun, Mr. Vitolo yayi gwagwarmaya. Ya zauna tare da matarsa ​​da 'yarsa biyu a gidan iyali na ramshackle Vitolo, tsari mai hawa uku mai cike da kima daga cocin San Filippo Neri, inda dangin ya dade yana soyayya. Ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban na kaskantar da kai don hana iyali daga talauci. A tsakiyar shekarun 70s, ya yi aiki a Aqueduct, Belmont da sauran wuraren tserewar gida, yana tattara fitsari da samfuran jini daga dawakai. A cikin 1985 ya shiga cikin ma'aikatan Cibiyar Kula da Lafiya ta Jacobi, a arewacin Bronx, inda har yanzu yake aiki, yana kwance da kuma busar da kayan benaye kuma da wuya ya bayyana abubuwan da ya gabata ga masu hadin gwiwa. "Tun ina yaro na kasance abin ban dariya"

Matarsa ​​ta mutu a 'yan shekarun da suka gabata kuma Mr. Vitolo ya kwashe shekaru goma na ƙarshe ya damu da damuwa game da batun kuɗaɗen gidan, wanda yanzu yake rabawa tare da diya, Marie, maimakon ƙara kasancewar Wuri Mai Tsarki. Kusa da gidansa akwai filin wasan da aka watsar da shi kuma aka watsar da shi; a gefen titin shine Jerry's Steakhouse, wanda yayi kasuwanci mai ban sha'awa a cikin faduwar 1945 amma yanzu ya zama fanko, alama ce ta alama mai muguwar alama ta 1940. "Na faɗa wa Yusufu cewa amincin Wuri Mai Tsarki talauci ne," in ji Geraldine Piva, mai ba da gaskiya ga Allah. "IS '

A nasa bangaren, Mr. Vitolo ya ce sadaukar da kai a kai ga wahayi yana ba da ma'ana ga rayuwarsa kuma yana kare shi daga makomar mahaifinsa, wanda ya mutu a shekarun 60. Yana farin ciki duk shekara, in ji shi, tun daga ranar tunawa da sha'awar budurwa, wanda taron jama'a da bikinsu ke yin alama. Masu bautar Wuri Mai Tsarki, waɗanda yanzu adadinsu yakai mutane 70, suna balaguro daga jihohi daban daban don halarta.

Mai hangen nesa ya tsufa tare da tunanin ƙaura - watakila ya tafi Florida, inda 'yarsa Ann da biyu daga' yan uwansa mata ke zaune - amma ba za su iya barin matsayinsa mai tsarki ba. Kasusuwarta masu rauni suna sanya wahalar tafiya zuwa wurin, amma tana shirin hawa har zuwa lokacin da zai yiwu. Ga mutumin da yayi gwagwarmaya na dogon lokaci don neman aiki, wahayi na shekaru 57 da suka gabata ya tabbatar da cewa kira ne.

"Wataƙila idan zan iya ɗaukar wuraren bauta tare da ni, zan motsa," in ji shi. “Amma na tuna, a daren karshe na wahayi na 1945, Budurwa Maryamu ba ta ce da salama ba. Har yanzu ya rage. Don haka wa ya sani, wata rana za ta dawo. Idan kun yi haka, zan kasance a nan ina jiran ku. ”