Ukuzinikela kuPadre Pio: uphilisa umntwana eSan Giovanni Rotondo
UMaria ngumama womntwana osandula ukuzalwa ofayo, ofundayo, kulandela uviwo lonyango lokuba isidalwa esincinci sinesifo esintsokothileyo. Xa lonke ithemba lokumsindisa lilahlekile, uMaria ugqiba kwelokuba ahambe ngololiwe aye eSan Giovanni Rotondo. Uhlala kwilali engaphesheya kwePuglia kodwa uve okuninzi ngalo Friar ophethe amanxeba amahlanu opha igazi abhalwe emzimbeni wakhe, ngokufanayo nalawo kaYesu emnqamlezweni, kwaye wenza imimangaliso emikhulu, uphilisa abagulayo kwaye unika ithemba kwabangonwabanga. Umka kwangoko kodwa ebudeni bohambo olude, umntwana uyafa. Uyisongela kwiingubo zakhe zobuqu kwaye, emva kokumjonga kuloliwe ubusuku bonke, uyibuyisela kwisutikheyisi aze avale isiciko. Yiyo loo nto usuku olulandelayo lufika eSan Giovanni Rotondo. Unqwenela, uphulukene nothando aluthandayo emhlabeni kodwa akalahlanga ukholo. Kwangolo rhatya uphambi kwefriar evela eGargano; Ulungele ukuvuma izono kwaye ezandleni zakhe uphethe ityesi enesidumbu esincinci somntwana wakhe, ngoku oswelekileyo ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingamashumi amabini anesine. Ufika phambi kukaPadre Pio. Uyagoba athandaze xa lo mfazi eguqe ngeenyembezi elila ngenxa yokuphelelwa lithemba, emcela ukuba amncede, umjonge ngenyameko. Umama uvula ityesi kwaye ambonise umzimba omncinci. I-friar ehluphekileyo ichukumisekile kwaye naye ukhathazwa yintlungu yalo mama ongathuthuzelekiyo. Uthatha umntwana kwaye ubeka isandla sakhe esimiselweyo entloko, ajike amehlo akho esibhakabhakeni enze umthandazo. Akudluli nje umzuzwana phambi kokuba isidalwa esingathathi ntweni sele sivuseleleka: isenzo esishukumisayo sisusa kuqala imilenze kunye neengalo zakhe ezincinci, kubonakala ngathi uvuka ebuthongweni obude. Eguqukela kunina, wathi kuye: “Mama, kutheni ukhwaza, awuboni ukuba unyana wakho ulele? Isikhalo somfazi kunye nesihlwele esixineneyo kwicawa encinci siqhuma phezulu. Ukusuka emlonyeni ukuya emlonyeni umntu ukhwaza ummangaliso. Ngu-Meyi 1925 xa iindaba zalo mfana uthobekileyo ophilisa iziqhwala kwaye avuse abafileyo, zibaleka ngokukhawuleza kwiingcingo ze-telegraph kwihlabathi liphela.