02 JULY SAN BERNARDINO REALINO. Umthandazo kwiNgcwele

Ewe S. Bernardino, sithathe ukhuseleko lwakho

Fumana ubabalo esilunqwenelekayo ngokulunga,

Phezu kwako konke ukuzisa iziqhamo ezifanele ukohlwaya,

kuba singamkelwa ngenye imini nawe

kulonwabo olungafiyo.

Bayibenjalo

Yiba ngumphathi wesixeko esaphila. I-Lecce, ihlobo le-1616: utata wamaJesuit uBernardino Realino uyafa, kwiminyaka engama-42 emva kokufika apho. Iirhuluneli zeHolo yeDolophu emva koko ziyokundwendwela ngokusemthethweni. Kwaye bamcela ukuba afune ukuba ngumkhuseli wesixeko. Lowo, owayenze okuhle kakhulu eLecce, uyavuma. Uzalelwe kusapho olubalaseleyo lwaseCarpi, olwathi ngezifundo zakhe zokuqala zamenza ukuba abuyele ekhaya, emva koko wathunyelwa kwiModena Academy. Kwiminyaka engama-26, waphumelela kwezomthetho nakwimithetho ye-canon. Phantsi kokhuseleko lukaCristoforo Madruzzo, uBernardino ucacisa indlela eya "kwiiofisi zikarhulumente". Ngexesha elithile, nangona kunjalo, umsebenzi wakhe uphazamiseka. UBernardino Realino waya kumaJesuit kwaye wajoyina iNkampani. Ngomnyaka we-1567 wamiselwa njengomfundisi waza waba yinkosi yama-Jesuit. Kwiminyaka esixhenxe kamva, eLecce, wenza ikholeji awazinikela kuyo de kwasekufeni kwakhe. UPopu Pius XII uza kumbhengeza njengengcwele ngo-1947. (Avvenire)