Nyaya yaSan Gerardo, mutsvene akataura nengirozi yake inomuchengeta
Mutsvene Gerard aiva murume wechitendero cheItaly, akaberekerwa mu 1726 muMuro Lucano muBasilicata. Mwanakomana wemhuri ine mwero yevarimi, akasarudza kuzvipira zvachose kuhupenyu hwemweya kuburikidza nekupinda muChirongwa cheVadzikinuri. Gerard aive muenzaniso wekunaka uye kuzvipira, kunyanya kuzivikanwa nerudo rwake uye rupo kune avo vanonyanya kushaiwa. Aizivikanwa neminyengetero yake yemwoyo wose uye zvishamiso zvakawanda zvainzi akaitwa.
Akafa nguva isati yakwana pazera rimwe chete 29 makore uye yakanzi tsvene muna 1904 na Papa Pius Saint Gerard nhasi anoremekedzwa semutendi wevakadzi vane pamuviri, vanaamai nevana vasati vazvarwa.
Gerard, Mutsvene akasangana nezvishamiso zvekuwanda, akaita kuti nyaya yake izivikanwe muEurope yose mazana maviri emakore zvisati zvaitika Padre Pio. Akatamba achitaura newake ngirozi. Ndega 7 makore akataura chishuvo chokugamuchira Chirairo, pasinei zvapo nokuva muitiro usingawanzoitiki kuvana panguva iyoyo.
Upenyu hwaGerardo hwakanga husina matambudziko pashure penguva kufa kwababa vake aifanira kuwana chokurarama nacho achitevera tsoka dzababa vake se musoni. Zvadaro akaedza kujoina maCapuchins uyezve Redemptorists, kunyangwe hutano hwake husina kusimba. Zvisineyi, rwendo rwake rwekutenda rwakaratidzwa nenguva dzemweya wakadzama uye zviratidzo zvisinganzwisisike.
Mutsvene Gerard anowanza zvipo zvehumwari
Chimwe chezvikamu zvakanakisisa zvinoshamisa yehupenyu hwaGerardo yakaitika panguva yerwendo rwekuenda kunzvimbo Tsvene ye San Michele paGomo reGargano, kwaaive aine boka reshamwari. Pashure pokunge apererwa uye asina kukwanisa kudzokera kumba, Gerardo akavimbisa kuti aizoitarisira dyisa uye tambira munhu wese. Mukupererwa nezano, akaenda pamberi pechifananidzo cha'Ngirozi huru muchechi uye akanyengetera nomwoyo wose. Munguva yekupererwa, rimwe jaya risingazivikanwe rakasvika paari ndokumupa bhegi rizere nemari, zvakakwana kuvhara mari yekudzoka.
Chiitiko ichi chakasimbisa fede yaGerard uye chivimbo chake musimba roumwari rokugovera zvinodikanwa zvaavo vanovimba naye.” Nhau yaGerard yakakurudzira vanhu vakawanda muEurope uye inopfuurira kutaurwa semuenzaniso wokutenda nezvishamiso. Kugona kwake muwande zvipo zvaMwari zvinomuita Mutsvene anoshamisa, ane hupenyu hwairatidzwa nezvakasiyana-siyana zvepamweya zviitiko.