Usikelelekile uRaymond Lull Saint wosuku lwe-26 kaJuni

(C. 1235-Juni 28, 1315)

Ibali lika-Raymond Lull osikelelekileyo
URaymond wasebenza bonke ubomi bakhe ukukhuthaza utyelelo kwaye wasweleka engumthunywa wevangeli eNyakatho Afrika.

URaymond wazalelwa ePalma kwisiqithi saseMallorca kuLwandle lweMeditera. Wafumana isikhundla kwinkundla kakumkani apho. Ngenye imini intshumayelo yamkhuthaza ukuba anikezele ngobomi bakhe ekusebenzeni kuguqulwe amaSilamsi eMntla Afrika. Waba ngumFranciscan waseSizwe kwaye waseka ikholeji apho abavangeli basemazweni banokufunda isiArabhu ababeya kuyidinga kwimishini. Ukubuyela kwisizungu, wachitha iminyaka esithoba njengendawo yokuhlala yedwa. Ngelo xesha wabhala kuwo onke amasebe olwazi, umsebenzi owamnika isihloko esithi "Ugqirha Okhanyiselweyo".

URaymond emva koko wenza iihambo ezininzi ukuwela iYurophu ukuya koopopu abanomdla, ookumkani kunye neenkosana ekudaleni iikholeji ezizodwa ukulungiselela abavangeli basemazweni. Yayifezekisa injongo yayo ngo-1311, xa iBhunga laseVienne lalela ukuba kwenziwe izihlalo zesiHebhere, isiArabhu kunye nesamaKaledi kwiiyunivesithi zaseBoli, eOxford, eParis naseSalamanca. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-79 ubudala, uRaymond waya eMntla Afrika ngo-1314 ukuya kuba ngumthunywa wevangeli. Ihlokondiba elinomsindo lamaSilamsi lamxuluba ngamatye kwidolophu yaseBougie. Abarhwebi baseGenoa bambuyisela eMallorca, apho wafela khona. URaymond wahlanjululwa ngo-1514. Umthendeleko wakhe we-liturgical ngu-30 Juni.

Ukucingisisa
URaymond usebenze kakhulu ebomini bakhe ukunceda ekusasazeni iindaba ezilungileyo. Ukungakhathali kwezinye zeenkokheli zamaKristu kunye neenkcaso eMantla eAfrika akuzange kumsuse kwinjongo yakhe. Kwiminyaka engamakhulu amathathu kamva, umsebenzi kaRaymond waqala ukuphembelela amazwe aseMelika. Xa abaseSpain baqala ukusasaza iindaba ezilungileyo kwihlabathi elitsha, basungula iikholeji zabathunywa bevangeli ukunceda umsebenzi. USan Junípero Serra wayengowekholeji efanayo.