Mawonekedwe: amadana ndi akhristu, atawona a Madonna, adakhala wansembe

Alfonso Maria Ratisbonne, yemwe anabadwa mu 1812 ku Strasbourg, mwana wa Myuda wogwira ntchito ku banki, dokotala wa zamalamulo, wa chipembedzo chachiyuda, ankadana ndi Akhristu. Koma mchimwene wake Teodoro anakhala wansembe wachikatolika ali ndi zaka 24. Pa January 20, 1842, chozizwitsa chachikulu cha kutembenuka kwake kukhala Chikatolika chinachitika. Ratisbonne anafunafuna mwamsanga munthu wovomereza machimo ake ndipo motero, atatsala pang’ono kudandaula, anauza bambo Filippo de Villefort kuti: “Pamene ndinali kuyenda m’tchalitchi cha Sant’Andrea delle Fratte ku Rome, ndikudikirira bwenzi langa Baron Theodore, ndinasokonezeka. chirichonse chinakhala mdima kupatulapo mbali imodzi ya tchalitchi cha tchalitchi, zinkawoneka kuti kuwala konse kunali kokhazikika mmenemo. Ndidakweza maso anga kukachisi wowala kwambiri ndipo ndidawona paguwa lansembe, nditaimirira wamoyo komanso wamkulu, wokutidwa ndi kuwala kowala, wokongola komanso wachifundo, Amayi okongola a Mulungu, Virgin Mary, yemwe ali pa mendulo. doko kuti. Ndinagwada pansi ndipo ndinalephera kukweza maso anga ku ulemerero wake. Kenako ndinamvetsetsa kupunduka kwa uchimo wa dziko lomwe ndinalimo, kukongola kwa chipembedzo chachikhristu, m'mawu omwe ndinamvetsetsa zonse nthawi imodzi ".

Pa January 31, Alfonso analandira sakalamenti la ubatizo m’tchalitchi cha Sant’Andrea, 1842 koloko m’maŵa, kuchokera m’manja mwa Kadinala Patrizi. Ratisbonne adalowa mu Sosaite ya Yesu ndipo adakhala komweko kwa zaka pafupifupi khumi ndi chimodzi, kuyambira 1852 mpaka 23, kukhala wansembe pa Seputembara 1848, XNUMX. Pomaliza, ndi chivomerezo chachikulu cha Pius IX, adalowa mu Mpingo wa Religious of Our Lady of Zion. , yokhazikitsidwa kuti Ayuda atembenuke. Iye anakhazikitsa mpando wa Mpingo umenewu ku Palestine.

Anamwalira pa May 6, 1884 ku Yerusalemu, ali ndi zaka 70, zaka makumi anayi ndi ziwiri pambuyo pa kuonekera, akuitana Mariya (yemwe mwina adamuwonanso panthawiyo). “Ndikuuza chinsinsi changa. Ndimauza chilichonse kwa Namwali Woyera, chilichonse chomwe chingandivutitse, chimandipweteka ndikundidetsa nkhawa; ndipo pambuyo pake ndinamulola achite.” Awa ndi mawu omwe Alfonso Ratisbonne adatisiyira.