ʻO Teresa Higginson, ke kumu kula me ka stigmata

Ke kauā a ke Akua, Teresa Helena Higginson (1844-1905)

ʻO ke kumu mystic i loaʻa nā makana kupua he nui e like me Ecstasy me nā hihiʻo o ka Passion o Iesū, me ka Crown of Thorns a me Stigmata, a ua kāhea ʻia e hoʻolaha i ka hana o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ke poʻo kapu o Iesū.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Teresa Higginson ma ka lā 27 o Mei, 1844 ma ke kaona kapu o Holywell, ʻEnelani. ʻO ia ke kaikamahine ʻekolu a Robert Francis Higginson lāua ʻo Mary Bowness. Ma mua iki o ka hānau ʻana o Theresa, ua maikaʻi ʻole kona olakino, no laila ua hele ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi hele i Holywell me ka manaʻo e loaʻa kahi lapaʻau ma ka luawai o San Winifred, kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ai nā wai hoʻōla i kapa ʻia ʻo "Lourdes o ʻEnelani" i hana kupaianaha hoola, a no laila ua hānau ʻia kēia keiki o ka hopena kūikawā i loko o kahi kapu kahiko a kaulana hoʻi, ʻo ka mea kahiko i hele mau i ka huakaʻi ma Britain.

Ua ulu ʻo ia ma Gainsborough a me Neston a ma ke ʻano he makua i noho ma Bootle a me Clitheroe, ʻEnelani, a ua hala he 12 mau makahiki ma Edinburgh, Scotland a ma Chudleigh, ʻEnelani, kahi i make ai ʻo ia.

E lilo ia i haipule nui a lawehala nui paha

Mai ka wā kamaliʻi he ʻano ikaika loa ʻo Teresa a makemake, aneane paʻakikī kekahi e ʻōlelo, ʻo ia ka mea i nui ai nā pilikia a me nā hopohopo i kāna mau mākua, no laila i kekahi lā ua kamaʻilio lākou me kahi kahuna kūloko nona, a ua ʻeha loa kēia iā ia. a lilo i hoʻokahi o kāna mea hoʻomanaʻo mua loa

ʻO kona mau mākua, e kamaʻilio ana no nā pilikia a lākou e pili ana i kāna makemake ikaika, ua lohe lākou i ka ʻōlelo a ke kahuna "He haipule nui a keiki hewa paha kēia keiki, a nāna e alakaʻi i nā ʻuhane he nui i ke Akua, a i ʻole mamao aku iā ia."

Ka hoʻokēʻai a me ka hauʻoli

No laila ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo ma ke Kula Katolika ʻo St Mary ma Wigan. Ua hauʻoli a pili loa nā limahana o ke kula ʻo St. Mary. ʻO kekahi o nā mea i huki i ko lākou manaʻo iā Teresa ʻo ia nā helehelena ʻē o ka nāwaliwali i hoʻoili ʻia iā ia i ke kakahiaka nui, ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke Komiona Hemolele. Hele ʻo ia i ka lā nui, akā ua nāwaliwali pinepine ʻo ia a aneane pono e lawe ʻia i nā kuahu kuahu; a laila, ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke Komiona Hemolele, hoʻi hou kona ikaika a hoʻi ʻo ia i kāna kūlana me ke kōkua ʻole ʻia a hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i kāna hana no ke koena o ka lā e like me nā kūlana olakino maʻamau. Ua hoʻomaopopo lākou i ka ikaika o kāna hoʻokē ʻai ʻana. Aia kekahi mau manawa i kona manawa e ola maoli ai i ka Sakrameta Hoʻomaikaʻi wale nō, no ʻekolu mau lā i ka manawa me ka lawe ʻole ʻana i nā meaʻai.