I-3 ngokukhethekileyo iNgelosi yoMgcini ongayaziyo

INgelosi ETHANDAZAYO

Usikelelwe uRosa Gattorno (18311900) ubalisa: Ngomhla wama-24 kuJanuwari 1889 ndandidiniwe kakhulu ndaza ndaya kuthandaza ecaweni. Ndaziva ndingenasiphelo kuba andifumananga kufutshane endikunqwenelayo kwaye bendisoyika kancinci, kodwa ndizolile. Ingelosi entle yavela kum yathandaza ecaleni kwam. Ndimbuzile ukuba kutheni enze lento, kodwa akandiphendula. Endaweni yokuba ilizwi elingaphakathi lindixelele: ndikuthandazele. Yenza into ongenakukwazi ukuyenza, iyenzela wena. Ukudinwa kwakho kuyamkholisa uThixo, ke le ngelosi uGabriyeli ithatha indawo yakho. Ndonwabe kakhulu kubunzulu bam, kuba bendikhe ndangcamla ukuba loluphi ulwalamano olunokukwenza uzive (57).

I-curate engcwele ye-Ars icebisile: Xa ungakwazi ukuthandaza, cela ingelosi yakho ukuba ikwenzele.

Ngapha koko, ingelosi yethu inomsebenzi ophambili wokubonisa imithandazo yethu nokusithandazela. Ngale nto uBawo uDaniélou wathi ingelosi engumgcini kuya kufuneka ibizwa ngokuba yingelosi yomthandazo.

Kumnandi kakhulu ukwazi ukuba ingelosi yethu engumgcini iyasithandazela kwaye isithandazela, ngakumbi xa singenako ukwenza oko ngenxa yokugula okanye ukudinwa. Kuthekani ukuba ayisiyiyo enye, kodwa zizigidi ezisithandazelayo? Singaphi isisa esingasifumana kuThixo? Ngenxa yoku, masenze isivumelwano neengelosi, masizingcwalise kubo njengabazalwana nabahlobo, ukuze bahlale behleli, iiyure ezingamashumi amabini anesine ngosuku, besithandazela, bemnqula uThixo kwaye bemthanda egameni lethu.

INGELOSI EKHULULEKAYO

Umthunywa waseTshayina ubalise esi siganeko, esapapashwa kwiphephancwadi i-L'ange gardien de Lyon (eFrance): Phakathi kokuguquka kwabahedeni kubuKatolika ndibone into ethuthuzelayo. Ichaphazela inkwenkwana eneminyaka engamashumi amabini ananye athe uThixo wayinika ummangaliso uSt.Peter, ekhululwe entolongweni yingelosi yakhe. Le nkwenkwe ngokufihlakeleyo yagqiba ekubeni ngumKristu, kwaye yahlukana nezithixo zayo, ezayitshisa. Kodwa umkhuluwa wakhe, eyazi into ayenzileyo, waba nomsindo, wamohlwaya ngokukhohlakeleyo wamvalela endlwini ngamatyathanga ezandleni, iinyawo nentamo. Ke uchithe iintsuku ezimbini nobusuku bazo, ezimisele ukufa kunokuba ayeke inkolo yakhe entsha. Ngobusuku besibini, ngelixa wayelele, wavuswa ngumntu angamaziyo, embonisa ukuvulwa eludongeni, wathi kuye "Vuka uphume apha". Kwaoko imixokelelwane yawa kwaye inkwenkwe yaphuma ingakhange icinge kabini. Ngokukhawuleza xa wayesesitalatweni akazange abone ukuvulwa eludongeni okanye umkhululi wakhe. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo waya kumaKristu akufutshane emva koko wazama ukunxibelelana nomntakwabo ukuze amxelele ngokwenzekileyo.

INGELOSI EKHUSELWE NGUMZIMBA

Unongendi ocingisisa nzulu wathi: Xa ndandiseyintombazana, ngenye imini, kwafuneka ndigoduke ebusuku emva kwentlanganiso yamaKhatholika. Ndindedwa kwaye kwafuneka ndihambe iikhilomitha ezimbini emasimini. Ndandisoyika. Ngequbuliso ndibona inja enkulu indilandela. Kuqala bendisoyika, kodwa amehlo akhe ebemnandi kakhulu ... Uye wema xa ndimisa wandilandela xa ndihamba. Ikwangumsila wayo kwaye oku kundinike uxolo lweengqondo. Phantse ekhaya, ndeva ilizwi likadade wethu lisiza kum inja yanyamalala. Andizange ndiyibone kwaye andizange ndiphinde ndiyibone, nangona bendihamba ngaloo ndlela kabini ngemini kwaye ndizazi kakuhle zonke izinja zabamelwane. Ngale nto ndicinga ukuba yayiyingelosi yam endikhuselayo eyayindikhusela njengomlindi.

Kwenzeka into efanayo naku-St. John Bosco ngenja ayibiza ngokuba yiGrey, eyathi yavela xa yayigoduka yodwa ezinzulwini zobusuku. Akazange ayibone isitya kwaye yavela kangangeminyaka engamashumi amathathu, ixesha elide kakhulu kunobomi obuqhelekileyo benja. Nditsho no-St. John Bosco wayekholelwa ukuba yayiyingelosi yakhe emkhuselayo eyabonakala ukuba iyamkhusela kwiintshaba, ezazama ubomi bayo izihlandlo ezininzi. Ngenye imini uGrey kwafuneka ajongane nabaphuli-mthetho ababemhlola kwaye ngewayebengakrwitshwa ukuba uDon Bosco ngokwakhe akazange angenelele.

Utata u-Ángel Peña