USaint Bernard kunye nokudibana nomtyholi
San Bernardo of Chiaravalle ngomnye wamanani abalulekileyo kwimbali yeCawa yamaKatolika. UBernard wazalwa ngowe-1090 eFransi, waza wangena kudidi lweemonki zaseCistercian ngowe-1113. Ukusuka apho waqalisa umsebenzi wonqulo obaluleke gqitha nonempembelelo.
UBernardo wayesaziwa ngaye ukholo kunye nokuzinikela Ngokungenamiqathango kuThixo njengemonki yaseCistercian, wanikela ubomi bakhe kuye preghiera, ekucamngceni nasekunquleni uThixo.” Wayedume ngokuphila ubomi obulula nobungqongqo, nto leyo eyayibonakala kukhetho lwakhe lwezohlwaya nokuzila ukutya rhoqo. Akazange azinikele kuphela kubomi bakhe bokomoya, kodwa nasekuphuhliseni nasekukhuthazeni umyalelo weCistercian.
USaint Bernard kunye nokudibana nomtyholi
USanta Bernard waseChiaravalle ebomini bakhe wenza iihambo ezininzi kwaye kwenye yezi, esendleleni eya Babenamandla wazibona sele ejongene ne isi-divolo owaphula ivili lenqwelo abehamba ngayo. Noko ke, imonki yakwazi ukumbamba yaza yakufika apho yayisiya khona, yambamba utshiswe esibondeni. Emva koko waluxovula uthuthu kwisitena esigcinwe esixekweni. Nanamhlanje abemi baseVigevano bakhumbula okwenzekayo ngokutshisa a unopopi phambi kwecathedral yengcwele.
Le ntsomi yahlala iminyaka, ngamabali eemonki. Ngenye imini kwafika indoda entsha kwi-abbey lala bhuti, umntu ongaqeqeshekanga owazi konke owaluxabanisa uxolo lwezinye iimonki. Wahlwayela ukhula kunye nemimoya evuthayo, isasaza intlebendwane kunye namahemuhemu.
San Bernando ngaloo mihla waya abbey njengoko umlawuli kwaye wafunda ngesiphithiphithi esibangelwe yile friar intsha. Kwangoko waba nexhala kwaye wabiza wonke umntu kwigumbi lesahluko. Ngexesha apho wakhuza, waphawula ukuba lo ufikayo ifihlwe ngasemva kwegumbi kwaye wayenentloko engasigqubutheleyo kunye nesimo sengqondo esingaqhelekanga. Xa ungcwele esondela kuye, yena wabuya umva. Ngelo xesha waqonda ukuba nguMtyholi kwaye wenza umqondiso womnqamlezo, efuna uncedo Dio.
UMtyholi waqalisa fuggire kunye noSt. Bernard wamphosa a iinkozo zesithsaba ukuba wayephethe ezandleni zakhe. Njengoko usathana wayesiya ngasemlanjeni, umbona waqala ukukhula, wade wafikelela kubungakanani bevili lokusila. Kufuphi nomlambo Utshintsho, ukhozo lwamoyisa umtyholi, lusenza ukutshona ndiyabona.