Isikhungo kwiNenekazi lethu leMbasa engummangaliso
La Inenekazi lethu leMbasa yeMmangaliso ngumfanekiso kaMarian ohlonelwayo ngamaKatolika athembekileyo ehlabathini lonke. Umfanekiso wakhe unxulunyaniswa nommangaliso owenzeka ngo-1830 eParis, xa iNtombi Enyulu uMariya yabonakala kuSaint Catherine Labouré, unongendi weentombi ze-Charity yaseSaint Vincent de Paul.
Ngexesha lokubonakala, iNenekazi lethu labonisa uCatherine imbasa, ebizwa ngokuba yiMbasa engummangaliso, eyayimele umfanekiso wakhe ngamagama athi "Owu Mariya ukhawulwe ungenasono, sithandazele thina basabela kuwe“. Intombi enyulu uMariya yacela uCatherine ukuba asasaze indondo njengophawu lokukhusela kunye nentsikelelo kubo bonke abo bahamba nayo fede.
Kweli nqaku sifuna ukukushiyela iSibongozo kwiNenekazi lethu leMbasa yeMmangaliso, eliya kucengcelezwa ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesixhenxe kwinyanga nganye, kanye ngentsimbi yesi-27 ukukunceda kuzo zonke iimeko.
Isikhungo kwiNenekazi lethu leMbasa engummangaliso
Owu Intombi enyulu, siyazi ukuba uhlala uzimisele naphi na phendula imithandazo kubantwana bakho bathinjelwe kule ntlambo yeenyembezi, kodwa siyazi ukuba kukho imihla apho ukholisekile ukusabalalisa ubuncwane benceba yakho kakhulu. Ewe, Mama, naku silapha qubuda phambi kwakho, kwangaloo mini isikelelekileyo, ekhethwe nguwe ukubonakaliswa kweMbasa yakho.
Siza kuwe, sizele dNdinombulelo ongazenzisiyo kunye nokuthembela okungenamkhawulo, ngalo mhla othandekayo kuwe, ukubulela ngesipho esikhulu osinike sona ngokusinika umfanekiso wakho, ukuze ube bubungqina bothando kunye nesibambiso sokukhusela kuthi.
Eli lixa, Mariya, lakho ukulunga okungapheliyo, Yehova, yenceba yakho yoloyiso, ilixa owawenza ngalo umsinga weenceba nezimanga eziwukhukulise umhlaba ngeMbasa yakho. Yenza, Mama, ukuba ngeli lixa, ukuba ukhumbule imvakalelo emnandi yeNtliziyo yakho, eyakutyhalayo ukuba usizisele iyeza lobubi obuninzi, yanga ingalixesha lethu kananjalo: ilixa loguquko lwethu olunyanisekileyo, neyure yokuzaliseka ngokupheleleyo kweminqweno yethu.
Wena ke, wathembisa ukuba ubabalo olukhulu luya kuba kwabo balucelayo ngokuzithemba, khawusijonge ngobubele. Siyavuma ukuba awusifanelanga umbulelo wakho. Kodwa siya kubhenela kubani na, Mariya, ukuba asikuwe?, ukuba unguMama wethu, uThixo ubeke ezandleni zakhe zonke iinceba zakhe? Yiba, ngoko, pietà di noi. Sikucela ngeImmaculate Conception yakho kunye nothando olukutyhale ukuba usinike iMbasa yakho exabisekileyo. Amen.