Ukuzinikela kuka-Saint Anthony: umthandazo omfutshane wezinto ezilungileyo
Umthandazo uSt.Anthony ahlala ewucacisa:
Jonga umnqamlezo weNkosi!
Baleka imikhosi yotshaba!
Yaphumelela ingonyama yakwaYuda,
Ingcambu kaDavide! Haleluya!
SANT'ANTONIO DA PADUA
ILisbon, ePortugal, c. Ngo-1195-ePadua, ngoJuni 13, 1231
UFernando di Buglione wazalelwa eLisbon. Xa wayeneminyaka eli-15 wayengumntu osandul 'ukuqala kwi-monasteri yaseSan Vincenzo, phakathi kweeCanons eziqhelekileyo zeSant'Agostino. Ngo-1219, eneminyaka engama-24 ubudala, wamiselwa njengomfundisi. Ngo-1220 imizimba yamalungu amahlanu amaFranciscan, anqunyulwa intloko eMorocco, afika eCoimbra, apho ayesiya kushumayela ngokomyalelo kaFrancis waseAssisi. Ukufumana imvume kwiphondo laseFranciscan laseSpain nakwi-Augustinian yangaphambili, uFernando ungena kwimveliso yabancinci, eguqula igama lakhe ukuba nguAntonio. Umenyiwe kwiSahluko esiQhelekileyo sase-Assisi, ufika nabanye abantu baseFranciscans eSanta Maria degli Angeli apho anethuba lokumamela uFrancis, kodwa angamazi buqu. Malunga nonyaka onesiqingatha wayehlala kwindawo yokuhlala yaseMontepaolo. Ngokwamagunya kaFrancis ngokwakhe, uya kuqala ukushumayela eRomgna emva koko emantla e-Itali naseFrance. Ngo-1227 waba liphondo lomntla weItali eqhubeka nomsebenzi wokushumayela. Ngomhla we-13 kuJuni ngo-1231 useCamposampiero kwaye, eziva egula, ucela ukubuyela ePadua, apho afuna ukufela khona: uyakuphelelwa lixesha kwindlu yoonongendi ka-dell'Arcella. (Ixesha elizayo)
UKUMENYWA KWI-SANTONIO
(eSt. Bonaventure)
Khumbula, othandekayo uSanta Anthony, ukuba uhlala unceda kwaye uthuthuzela nabani na oza kuwe kwiimfuno zabo.
Ndidlamkile ngokuzithemba okukhulu nangokuqiniseka ngokungathandazi ilize, nam ndinokusondela kuni, bazizityebi ngokufaneleka phambi kweNkosi. Musa ukwala umthandazo wam, kodwa yiza, ngokuthethelela kwakho, kwitrone kaThixo.
Yiza kundinceda ekubandezelekeni okukhoyo kunye nemfuneko, undenzele ubabalo endilubongoza ngenzondelelo, ukuba kulungele umphefumlo wam ...
Sikelela umsebenzi wam nosapho lwam: gcina izifo kunye neengozi zomphefumlo nomzimba kude nazo. Ndiphe ukuba ngeyure yentlungu novavanyo ndihlale ndomelele elukholweni naseluthandweni lukaThixo.Amen.