Novena don girmama St. Benedict akan duk hatsarori

St. Benedict An san shi a matsayin uban zuhudu na yamma kuma Cocin Katolika na girmama shi a matsayin waliyyi. An haife shi a Norcia a shekara ta 480 miladiyya, ya girma kuma ya yi karatunsa a Roma, amma bayan wasu shekaru ya yanke shawarar barin garin don ya zauna a matsayin magada a cikin kogon Subiaco. Anan ya jawo wasu almajirai a kusa da shi, wanda ya kafa sufi shida tare da su.

La Mulkin St. Benedict, wanda aka rubuta a kusa da 540, ya kasance muhimmiyar ma'ana ga rayuwar zuhudu a Turai kuma yawancin al'ummomin addinai suna lura da su a yau. Wannan doka ta yi iƙirarin muhimmancin addu’a amma kuma tana da kimar ɗan adam, na iyawa, ɗabi’a, wanda aka yi a cikin tsari mai kyau, yana ja-gorar masu aminci su bauta wa Allah a hanya mafi kyau. Har ila yau tasirinsa ya fadada zuwa fasaha, adabi da kiɗa.

La festa don girmama wannan waliyyi ya fadi da 11 Yuli kuma ana yin bikin ne a kasashen duniya da dama. St. Benedict shi ne majibincin sufaye, malamai, manoma, gine-gine da injiniyoyi.

Alamomin ibada na Saint Benedict

Al'adar San Benedetto tana da alamomi da yawa. Mafi shahara shine Cross na St. Benedict, wanda bisa ga abin da aka faɗa ya sami ta wurin wani waliyyi da kansa a lokacin daya daga cikin wahayinsa. A kan gicciye an rubuta kalmomin "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti” (Cross of the Holy Father Benedict) da haruffa masu yawa, gami da “C” da ke wakiltar Kristi da kuma "S" da yake wakilta Shai an.

Wata alama mai mahimmanci ita ce medallion na St. Benedict, sawa da aminci kamar yadda kariya a kan mummunan tasirin yanayin da ke kewaye. Medallion yana nuna siffar waliyyi a gefe ɗaya kuma St. Yohanna mai Baftisma a gefe guda tare da rubutun "Muna kore ku, dukan ƙazanta", an rubuta da Latin.

A ƙarshe, da Hasken haske wanda aka nuna a cikin zane-zane na tsarkaka yana wakiltar nasa tsarki da kuma yadda yake iya haskaka tunanin maza.

St. Benedict ya kasance batun mutane da yawa aikin fasaha, ciki har da zane-zane, sassaka da kuma frescoes. Daga cikin ƙwararrun da aka sadaukar don wannan waliyi mun sami zane na Daga Angelico kiyaye a cikin Uffizi a Florence da kuma babban sassaka na saint halitta ta Antonio Raggi ga hedkwatar Archdiocese na Naples.