Watan ranar 5 ga Fabrairu: labarin Sant'Agata

(game da 230 - 251)

Kamar yadda yake a batun Agnes, wata budurwa kuma wacce ta yi shahada a Cocin farko, kusan babu abin da ya tabbata a tarihin wannan saint sai dai ta yi shahada a Sicily a lokacin tsananta wa sarki Decius a 251.

Labari ya nuna cewa an kama Agata, kamar Agnes, a matsayinta na Krista, aka azabtar da shi kuma aka tura shi gidan karuwai don a wulakanta shi. An kiyaye ta daga keta haddi kuma daga baya aka kashe ta.

An yi iƙirarinta a matsayin shugabancin Palermo da Catania. Shekarar bayan mutuwarsa, kwanciyar hankali na fashewar dutsen Mt. An danganta Etna da ceton sa. Sakamakon haka, ga alama mutane sun ci gaba da neman ta addu’a don kare kansu daga wuta.

Tunani

Hankalin ilimin kimiyya na zamani yayi nasara a tunanin cewa ikon dutsen mai fitad da wuta yana dauke da Allah saboda addu'o'in 'yar Sicilia. Wataƙila ma maraba maraba shine ra'ayin cewa wannan waliyyin shine mahimmin aikin sana'a kamar yadda ya bambanta da waɗanda suka samo asali, ma'aikatan jinya, masu hakar ma'adinai da jagororin tsaunuka. Koyaya, a cikin gaskiyarmu na tarihi, mun rasa mahimmancin darajar mutum na ban mamaki da waƙoƙi, da kuma imaninmu cewa mun zo wurin Allah ta wurin taimakon junanmu, a aikace da kuma cikin addu'a?

Sant'Agata shine taimakon cututtukan mama