Ranar rana don Janairu 4: labarin St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Waliyin ranar 4 ga Janairu
(28 Agusta 1774 - 4 Janairu 1821)

Labari na St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Uwar Seton na ɗaya daga cikin maɓuɓɓugan cocin Katolika na Amurka. Ta kafa kungiyar addini ta Amurka mace ta farko, 'Yan uwan ​​Mata na Sadaka. Ya bude makarantar Ikklesiyar Amurka ta farko kuma ya kafa gidan marayu na Katolika na Amurka na farko. Duk wannan ta yi tsawon shekaru 46 yayin da take renon yaranta biyar.

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 'yar gaskiya ce ta Juyin Juya Halin Amurka, wanda aka haifa a ranar 28 ga Agusta, 1774, shekaru biyu kacal kafin Bayyanar da' Yanci. Ta haihuwa da aure, tana da alaƙa da dangin farko na New York kuma tana jin daɗin 'ya'yan manyan jama'a. Ta tashi azaman Episcopalian tabbatacciya, ta koyi darajar addu'a, Nassi da binciken lamiri na dare. Mahaifinta, Dr. Richard Bayley, ba ya son coci-coci, amma ya kasance mai son taimakon jama'a, yana koya wa 'yarsa soyayya da hidimtawa wasu.

Mutuwar mutuwar mahaifinta a cikin 1777 da kanwarta a 1778 sun ba wa Elizabeth azancin dawwama da rayuwar duniya a matsayin mahajjata a duniya. Ba wai kasancewa cikin damuwa da baƙin ciki ba, ta fuskanci kowane sabon “ƙonawa”, kamar yadda ta sanya, tare da bege da farin ciki.

A 19, Elizabeth ita ce kyakkyawar New York kuma ta auri kyakkyawan ɗan kasuwa, William Magee Seton. Sun haifi yara biyar kafin kasuwancinsa ya tabarbare kuma ya mutu da cutar tarin fuka. A shekaru 30, Elizabeth bazawara ce, ba ta da kuɗi, tare da ƙananan yara biyar don tallafawa.

Yayinda yake cikin Italiya tare da mijinta mai mutuwa, Elisabetta ya ga Katolika a aikace ta hanyar abokai na dangi. Mahimman abubuwa guda uku sun sa ta zama Katolika: imani a cikin Tabbacin Gaskiya, sadaukarwa ga Uwargida mai Albarka da kuma tabbacin cewa Cocin Katolika ya dawo da shi ga manzanni da kuma ga Kristi. Yawancin dangi da abokai sun ƙi ta lokacin da ta zama Katolika a cikin Maris 1805.

Don tallafawa yaranta, ta buɗe makaranta a Baltimore. Tun daga farko, ƙungiyarsa ta bi layin ƙungiyoyin addinai, wanda aka kafa bisa hukuma a cikin 1809.

Harafin Uwar Seton dubu ko sama da haka suna bayyana ci gaban rayuwarta ta ruhaniya daga kyautatawa ta yau da kullun zuwa tsarkakakkiyar jaruntaka. Ta gamu da manyan gwaje-gwaje na rashin lafiya, rashin fahimta, mutuwar ƙaunatattun su (mijinta da ƙananan daughtersan mata biyu) da kuma baƙin cikin ɗan tawaye. Ta mutu a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1821 kuma ta zama ba’amurke na farko da aka yi wa lakabi da (1963) sannan kuma aka ba shi mukamin (1975). An binne ta a Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Tunani

Elizabeth Seton ba ta da kyauta mai ban mamaki. Ba ta kasance mai sihiri ko sananne ba. Bai yi annabci ko magana da waɗansu harsuna ba. Yana da manyan sadaukai guda biyu: yin watsi da nufin Allah da kuma tsananin kauna ga Albarkacin Sacramenti. Ta rubuta wa wata kawarta, Julia Scott, cewa ta gwammace ta sayar da duniya da "kogo ko hamada". "Amma Allah Ya ba ni abubuwa da yawa da zan yi, kuma a koyaushe kuma a koyaushe ina fata na fi son nufinsa fiye da kowane buri na." Alamarsa ta tsarkaka a bude take ga kowa idan muna kaunar Allah kuma muna yin nufinsa.