Musande wezuva remusi wa11 Kukadzi: iyo nyaya yaMai vedu veLourdes
Musi waZvita 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX akazivisa dzidziso yeiyo Immaculate Conception mubumbiro revapositori Ineffabilis Deus. Anopfuura makore matatu gare gare, musi wa11 Kukadzi 1858, mukadzi wechidiki akazviratidza kuna Bernadette Soubirous. Izvi zvakatanga nhevedzano yezviono. Munguva yekuzviratidza musi wa25 Kurume, mukadzi uyu akazvizivisa nemazwi anoti: "Ndini Akachena Conception". Bernadette aive mwanasikana airwara wevabereki varombo. Kuita kwavo kwekutenda kweKaturike kwaingova kungodziya chete. Bernadette aigona kunyengetera kuna Baba Vedu, Rumbidzai Maria uye Chitendero. Aiziva zvakare munamato weMedhi Unoshamisa: "Iwe Maria wakazvitakura usina chitadzo".
Munguva yekubvunzurudzwa Bernadette akataura zvaakaona. Yakanga iri "chimwe chinhu chichena muchimiro chemusikana". Akashandisa izwi aquero, izwi remutauro rinoreva "chinhu ichi". Aive "musikana mudiki akanaka ane rozari paruoko rwake". Nguo yake chena yakanga yakakomberedzwa nebhanhire rebhuruu. Akange akapfeka vheiri jena. Paive neruva yero patsoka imwe neimwe. Akanga aine rozari muruoko rwake. Bernadette akarohwawo nenyaya yekuti mukadzi haana kushandisa zvisina kufanira kero (tu), asi fomu revahedheni (iwe). Mhandara inozvininipisa yakazviratidza kumusikana akazvininipisa uye akamubata zvine chiremerera. Kuburikidza nemusikana uyo anozvininipisa, Maria akamutsidzira uye anoramba achimutsidzira kutenda kwemamirioni avanhu. Vanhu vakatanga kudirana kuLourdes kubva kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeFrance uye kubva kumativi ese epasi. Muna 1862 vakuru vechechi vakasimbisa huchokwadi hwemashiripiti uye vakabvumira kunamatira kwaMai Vedu weLourdes kune diocese. Mutambo weMukadzi wedu weLourdes wakaenda pasi rose muna 1907.
Kufungisisa: Lourdes yave nzvimbo yekushanya uye kuporesa, asi zvakanyanya kutenda. Vakuru vechechi vakaziva kurapwa kunoshamisa kunopfuura makumi matanhatu, kunyangwe paine zvimwe zvakawanda. Kune vanhu vekutenda izvi hazvishamise. Iko kuenderera mberi kwezvishamiso zvaJesu zvekuporesa, zvino zvaitwa kuburikidza nekureverera kwaamai vake. Vamwe vangati zvishamiso zvikuru zvakavanzwa. Vazhinji vanoshanyira Lourdes vanodzoka kumba vaine kutenda kwakavandudzwa uye vakagadzirira kushandira Mwari muhama nehanzvadzi dzavo dzinoshaya. Panogona kunge paine vanhu vanokahadzika iwo maLourdes mashura. Zvichida zvakanakisa zvingataurwa kwavari mazwi anosuma firimu Rwiyo rwaBernadette: “Kune avo vanotenda muna Mwari hapana tsananguro inodiwa. Kune avo vasingatendi, hapana tsananguro inogoneka “.