11 SEPTEMBA USIKELELWE IBONAVENTURA. Umthandazo mawenziwe namhlanje

UMichele Battista Gran, owazalelwa eRiudomes (eSpain) ngo-1620, washiya umhlolo kwaye waba ngundaba-mlonyeni negama likaBonaventure waseBarcelona. Wayekwiindawo ezininzi zonqulo zaseSpain, ebonisa imeko yokomoya enzulu, uyathobela ngovuyo, uphila ubomi bokurhoxa nobokufa. Abo bahlala ecaleni kwakhe bangamangqina ezinto ezingummangaliso nezisivumela ukuba sikubone ukusondela kwakhe kuThixo. Uziva ngathi iNkosi ifuna kuye ukuzibophelela okuthile ekuvuseleleni umoya waseFranciscan ngeziko le "Retreats", ukubuyela ngokomoya kunye nentlupheko yaseFranciscan yemvelaphi. Uya eRoma kwaye apha ufumana abantu abahluphekayo nabasweleyo. Njengonyana oyinyaniso kaSt. Utshintsho olwenziwe nguFranciscan luyamtsala ukuba avumelane nabasemagunyeni becawa nakwabanye ooPopu uAlexander VII noInnocent XI, ekuthi kuye kwavela imvume yoo “Retreat” bakhe. Usweleke eSan Bonaventura al Palatino ngo-1684. (Avvenire)

UMTHANDAZO

Owu Bawo, osikelelekileyo Bonaventure waseBarcelona
usinike imodeli yokufezekisa ivangeli,
sinike, sithandaze,
sikhule elwazini lukaKristu
Ukwamkela nokungqina ngobomi
ilizwi leVangeli.
INkosi yethu uYesu Krestu, unyana wenu, onguThixo,
kwaye siphile kwaye silawule kunye nawe, kubunye boMoya oyiNgcwele,
kuyo yonke iminyaka.