Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, Mohalaleli oa letsatsi la la 24 Phupu

(Mots'eanong 8, 1828 - la 24 Hlakubele 1898)

Pale ea Saint Sharbel Makhlouf
Le ha mohalaleli enoa a e-so ka a etela hole le motsana oa Lebanon oa Beka-Kafra moo a hlahetseng teng, ts'usumetso ea hae e phatlalalitse hohle.

Joseph Zaroun Maklouf o holisitsoe ke malome hobane ntate oa hae, mule, o hlokahetse ha Joseph a le lilemo li tharo feela. Ha a le lilemo li 23, Joseph o ile a kenela ntlo ea baitlami ea St. Maron e Annaya, Lebanon mme a reha lebitso la Sharbel ho tlotla moshoela-tumelo oa lekholo la bobeli la lilemo. O ile a etsa boitlamo ba hae ba ho qetela ka 1853 mme a hlomamisoa lilemo tse tšeletseng hamorao.

Ho latela mohlala oa Saint Maron oa lekholo la bohlano la lilemo, Sharbel o phetse e le moemeli ho tloha ka 1875, ho fihlela lefung la hae. Botumo ba hae ba khalalelo bo entse hore batho ba mo batle ho fumana tlhohonolofatso le ho hopoloa lithapelong tsa hae. Ho itima lijo ka thata ho ile ha latela mme o ne a inehetse haholo Sakramenteng e Hlohonolofalitsoeng. Ha baokameli ba hae ba mo kopa nako le nako ho tsamaisa lisakramente metseng e haufi, Sharbel o ile a etsa joalo ka thabo.

O ile a hlokahala thapama ka khitla bosiu ka Keresemese. Bakreste le bao eseng Bakreste ba ile ba fetolela lebitla la hae sebakeng sa maeto a pholoso le pholiso. Mopapa Paul VI o ile a otla Sharbel ka 1965 mme a mo hlakola lilemo tse 12 hamorao.

Tlhatlhobo
John Paul II o ne a lula a re Kereke e na le matšoafo a mabeli - Bochabela le Bophirima - mme e tlameha ho ithuta ho hema ka bobeli. Ho hopola bahalaleli ba kang Sharbel ho thusa Kereke ho ananela ho fapana le bonngoe tse teng Kerekeng e K'hatholike. Joalo ka bahalaleli bohle, Sharbel o re supisa ho Molimo mme o re mema hore re sebelisane ka mosa le mohau oa Molimo, ho sa natsoe maemo a bophelo ba rona. Ha bophelo ba rona ba thapelo bo ntse bo teba le ho tšepahala, re ikemisetsa ho fana ka karabo e mosa.