ISanta Monica, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-27 ka-Agasti
(malunga ne-330 - 387)
Imbali yeSanta Monica
Iimeko zobomi bukaSanta Monica zazinokumenza abe ngumfazi onengxaki, umolokazana onobukrakra, kunye nomzali onxungupheleyo, ukanti engakanikezeli kwezi zilingo. Nangona wayengumKristu, abazali bakhe bamtshata nomhedeni, uPatricius, owayehlala kwidolophu yakowabo iTagaste eMntla Afrika. UPatricio wayeneempawu ezithile zokonga, kodwa wayenobundlobongela kwaye enesidima. U-Monica kwafuneka anyamezele oomamazala abancinci nabahlala ekhayeni lakhe. UPatrick wamgxeka umfazi wakhe ngenxa yothando nenceba, kodwa wayehlala emhlonipha. Imithandazo kunye nomzekelo kaMonica ekugqibeleni wakhokelela umyeni wakhe kunye-umkhwe wakhe kubuKristu. Umyeni wakhe wasweleka ngo-371, unyaka emva kokuba ebhaptiziwe.
UMonica wayenabantwana abathathu okungenani abasindayo. Umdala, uAgostino, ngoyena udume kakhulu. Ngexesha lokusweleka kukatata wakhe, uAugustine wayeneminyaka eli-17 kwaye wayengumfundi weengxelo eCarthage. UMonica wayekhathazekile akuva ukuba unyana wakhe wamkele ihlelo lamaManichean - "yonke inyama imbi" - kwaye wayephila ubomi bokuziphatha okubi. Okwexeshana ebengamvumeli ukuba atye okanye alale endlwini yakhe. Ke ngobunye ubusuku waba nombono owamqinisekisa ukuba uAugustine uza kubuyela elukholweni. Ukususela ngelo xesha ebehlala esondele kunyana wakhe, emthandazela kwaye emenzela ukutya. Ngapha koko, wayehlala esondele kakhulu kunokuba u-Augustine wayefuna.
UAgostino eneminyaka engama-29 wagqiba kwelokuba aye eRoma ukuya kufundisa i-rhetoric. UMonica wayezimisele ukuvana. Ngobunye ubusuku waxelela umama wakhe ukuba wayeza kuya edokeni ayobulisa umhlobo wakhe. Endaweni yoko wakhwela isikhephe esiya eRoma. UMonica waba buhlungu xa wafunda ngendlela uAugustine abenziwe ngayo, kodwa yena wakwenza oko. Ufike eRoma wafumanisa ukuba usele eMilan. Nangona olo hambo lwalunzima, uMonica wamsukela waya eMilan.
EMilan, uAgostino wachukunyiswa ubishophu, uSaint Ambrose, owaba ngumlawuli kwezomoya kaMonica. Wamkela ingcebiso yakhe kuyo yonke into kwaye wayenokuthobeka kokuyeka ezinye izinto ezazisisiqhelo kuye. UMonica waba yinkokeli yabafazi abazinikeleyo eMilan njengoko wayeseTagaste.
Waqhubeka nokuthandazela u-Augustine kuyo yonke iminyaka yokufunda. Nge-Ista ye-387, uSaint Ambrose wabhaptiza uAugustine kunye nabanye babahlobo bakhe. Kwakufutshane emva koko, umbutho wakhe wemka waya eAfrika. Nangona kungekho namnye owaziyo, uMonica wayesazi ukuba ubomi bakhe busondele esiphelweni. Uye wathi kuAugustine: “Nyana, akukho nto kweli lizwe ngoku indonwabisa. Andazi ukuba yintoni eshiyekileyo ukuba ndiyenze ngoku okanye kutheni ndilapha, onke amathemba endinawo kweli lizwe azalisekisiwe. Wagula kungekudala emva koko kwaye wahlupheka kabuhlungu iintsuku ezisithoba ngaphambi kokuba asweleke.
Phantse yonke into esiyaziyo ngo-Saint Monica ikwimibhalo ka-Saint Augustine, ngakumbi kwi-Confessions zakhe.
Ukucingisisa
Namhlanje, ngokukhangela kuGoogle, ukuthenga kwi-intanethi, imiyalezo, iitweets, kunye nekhredithi ekhawulezileyo, sinomonde omncinci kwizinto ezithatha ixesha. Ngokufanayo, sifuna iimpendulo ezikhawulezileyo kwimithandazo yethu. UMonica ngumzekelo wonyamezelo. Iminyaka yakhe emide yokuthandaza, edibene nomlingiswa oqinileyo noqeqeshekileyo, ekugqibeleni wakhokelela ekuguqukeni kwendoda yakhe enomsindo omfutshane, umkhwekazi omfutshane, nomkhwenyana onobuqili kodwa ovukelayo, uAugustine.