UKUZINIKELA EKULUNTWELENI KUKAYESU KWIMIPHEFUMLO EYENZEKAYO

USt Geltrude wenze uvumo ngokubanzi ngomsindo. Iimpazamo zakhe zabonakala zingenangqondo kangangokuba, edidekile sisiphene sakhe, wabaleka waya kuqubuda ezinyaweni zikaYesu, ecela ukuxolelwa nenceba. UMsindisi oswiti wamsikelela, esithi: «Ngokukhumbula ukulunga kwam okukhulu, ndikunika uxolelo noxolelo lwetyala lakho lonke. Ngoku yamkela izohlwayo endikuyalela zona: Yonke imihla, unyaka wonke, uya kwenza umsebenzi wesisa ngokungathi ubusenza kum, ngokudibana nothando endiye ndaba yindoda ngalo ukusindisa kunye nothando olungenasiphelo kunye endikuxoleleyo izono zakho ».

UGeltrude wamkele ngentliziyo iphela; kodwa emva koko, ekhumbula ubuthathaka bakhe, wathi: «Awu, Nkosi, ngaba ngekhe kwenzeke kum ngamanye amaxesha ukuwushiya lo msebenzi ulungileyo wemihla ngemihla? Kwaye ndiza kwenza ntoni? ». UYesu wagxininisa: «Ungayishiya njani ukuba kulula kangaka? Ndicela inyathelo elinye kuwe elinikezelwe kule njongo, isenzo, igama elinothando kummelwane wakho, icebiso lesisa kumoni okanye elilungisa. Awungekhe, kanye ngemini, uphakamise umququ emhlabeni, okanye uthi i-Requiem (Ukuphumla okungunaPhakade) kwabafileyo? Ngoku inye kuphela kwezi zenzo Intliziyo yam iyokwaneliseka ».

Bethuthuzelwe ngala mazwi amnandi, uSanta wabuza uYesu ukuba abanye banakho na ukuthatha inxaxheba kweli lungelo, besenza into efanayo. Ewe, waphendula uYesu. olunjani lona ulwamkelo endiza kulunika, ekupheleni konyaka, kwabo bagubungele inkitha yeziphoso zabo ngezenzo zothando! ».

Kucatshulwe kwiSityhilelo seSt. Geltrude (iNcwadi IV Isahluko VII) Mediolani, 5 Okt. 1949 Can. los. I-Buttafava C., uE.