Nūhou: hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ʻo ia iā Keristiano, ʻike i ka Madonna, ua lilo i kahuna

ʻO Alfonso Maria Ratisbonne, hānau ʻia ma Strasbourg i ka makahiki 1812, ke keiki a kahi pēpē Iudaio, kauka o ke kānāwai, o ka haipule Iudaio, hoʻowahāwahā ʻia nā Karistiano. ʻO kona kaikaina ʻo Teodoro, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua lilo, i ka makahiki 24, i kahuna pule Katolika. Ma Ianuali 20, 1842, ua hana ʻia ka hana mana nui o kona huli ʻana i Kakolika. Ua ʻimi ikaika ʻo Ratisbonne i kahi mea hōʻoia a laila haʻi ʻia, kokoke iā ia iho, iā Makua Filippo de Villefort: "ʻOiai wau e hele ana i loko o ka hale pule o SantʻAndrea delle Fratte ma Roma, e kali ana no kaʻu hoaaloha ʻo Baron Theodore, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi haunaele, a laila ua pouli koe wale no kahi hale pule ʻaoʻao ʻekahi o ka halepule, me he mea lā ua kau ʻia nā kukui āpau i loko. Ua ʻalawa aʻe koʻu mau maka i ka hale pule e ʻālohilohi ana me ka nui o ka mālamalama a ʻike wau ma ke kuahu, e kū ana me ke ola a hanohano, i uhi ʻia i ka mālamalama mālamalama, nani a piha i ke aloha, ka Makuahine nani o ke Akua, ka wahine puʻupaʻa ʻo Maria, aia ma ka mekala. awa. Ua hina wau i koʻu mau kuli a ʻaʻole hiki ke hāpai i koʻu mau maka i kona nani. A laila ua maopopo iaʻu ka hemahema o ka lawehala o ka mokuʻāina aʻu i loko, ka nani o ka hoʻomana Karistiano, i kahi huaʻōlelo ua maopopo iaʻu i nā mea āpau i ka manawa hoʻokahi ».

Ma Ianuali 31, ua loaʻa ʻo Alfonso i ka sakrameta o ka bapetizo ʻana ma ka hale pule o SantʻAndrea, i ka hola ʻeiwa o ke kakahiaka, mai ka lima o Cardinal Patrizi. Ua komo ʻo Ratisbonne i ka Society of Jesus a noho ma laila ma kahi o ʻumikūmākahi mau makahiki, mai ka 1842 a i ka 1852, a lilo ʻo ia i kahuna pule ma ka 23 Kepakemapa 1848. ʻO ka hope loa, me ke ʻae nui ʻia o Pius IX, ua komo ʻo ia i loko o ka Congregation of Religious of Our Lady of Sion, hoʻokumu ʻia no ka hoohuli o na Iudaio. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kahi noho o kēia ʻaha ma Palestine.

Ua make ʻo ia ma Mei 6, 1884 ma Ierusalema, i ka makahiki 70, kanahākūmālua mau makahiki ma hope o ka helehelena, e kāhea ana iā Maria (ʻo ia paha kāna i ʻike hou ai i kēlā manawa). “E haʻi wau iā ʻoe i kaʻu mea huna. ʻLelo aku wau i nā mea āpau i ka Virgin Virgin, nā mea āpau i hiki ke hōʻeha iaʻu, hāʻawi mai i ka ʻeha a me ka hopohopo iaʻu; a ma hope ua ʻae wau iā ia e hana ». ʻO kēia nā ʻōlelo a Alfonso Ratisbonne i waiho ai iā mākou.