I-06 FEBRUARY SAN PAOLO MIKI kunye neNkampani

UMTHANDAZO WABABUYI

Owu Thixo, mandla wabafeli-nkolo, obubize uSt.Paul Miki kunye namaqabane akhe ukuba bazukiswe ngonaphakade ngokubulawa komnqamlezo, sinike nathi ngokucela kwabo ukuba banikele ubungqina ebomini nasekufeni kwinkolo yoBhaptizo lwethu. YeNkosi yethu ...

UPaolo Miki wayelilungu loMbutho kaYesu; Uhlonishwa yiCawa yamaKatolika njengengcwele kunye nomfel 'ukholo.

Wafa ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni ngexesha lokutshutshiswa kwamaKristu eJapan: wabhengezwa njengongcwele nguPopu Pius IX kunye namaqabane angama-25 okufela ukholo.

Wazalelwa kufutshane naseKytoto kusapho oluhloniphekileyo lwaseJapan, wabhaptizwa eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala kwaye wangena kumaJesuit njengomntu osandul 'ukuqalisa eneminyaka engama-5: wafunda kwiikholeji zomyalelo waseAzuchi naseTatatsuki waza waba ngumthunywa wevangeli; wayengenakumiselwa abe ngumfundisi ngenxa yokungabikho kobishophu eJapan.

Ukusasazeka kobuKristu ekuqaleni kwakunyamezelwa ngabasemagunyeni, kodwa ngo-1587 daimyō Toyotomi Hideyoshi watshintsha isimo sakhe sengqondo malunga nabantu baseNtshona wakhupha umthetho wokugxotha abathunywa bevangeli bamanye amazwe.

Ubutshaba obabuchasene neYurophu bafikelela kwincopho yabo ngowe-1596, xa kwaqaliswa intshutshiso nxamnye nabantu baseNtshona, phantse bonke abakholwayo, namaKristu, ethathwa njengabangcatshi. NgoDisemba waloo nyaka, uPaolo Miki wabanjwa kunye nabanye abalingane baseJapan abasebenza naye, abathandathu abafundisi baseSpain kunye nabafundi babo balapho abalishumi elinesixhenxe, iiyunivesithi zaseFranciscan.

Babethelelwa emnqamlezweni kwiNduli iTateyama, kufutshane naseNagasaki. Ngokwe-passio, uPawulos waqhubeka nokushumayela nasemnqamlezweni, de kwasekufeni kwakhe.