Emva kweminyaka engama-50 abakwaFranciscan babuyela kwindawo yokubhaptizwa kukaKristu
Ngethuba lokuqala kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwama-54, abaFriji baseFranciscan of the Custody of the Holy Land babenakho ukubhiyozela iMisa kwipropathi yabo ekubhaptizweni, ebekwe eWest Bank.
IMisa yomthendeleko weBhaptizo leNkosi yabhiyozelwa ecaweni ka-St. John the Baptist e-Qasr Al-Yahud, indawo eyakhiwe ngo-1956 kwaye ibekwe kunxweme loMlambo iJordani.
AmaFranciscan friars oMgcini weLizwe eliNgcwele anendawo ye-135 eehektare ukusukela nge-1632, kodwa banyanzelwa ukuba babaleke ngo-1967 xa kwaqhambuka imfazwe phakathi kuka-Israyeli neJordani.
Abasemagunyeni bakwa-Israeli baphinda basivula isiza kubahambi ngezonqulo ngo-2011, kodwa ukuthoba indawo kuloo mmandla kwaqala ngo-Matshi 2018, kwaphela ngo-Okthobha kwangalo nyaka.
Ngo-Okthobha u-2020 izitshixo zabuyiselwa kwiifranci zeFranciscan, ezazikwazi ukuqala inkqubo yokucoca nokubuyisela eyimfuneko ukuyenza ikhuseleke kubahambi.
Phambi kobunzima nge-10 kaJanuwari, abantu baseFranciscans bafuduka kwikhaya loonongendi laseGrisi i-Orthodox baya kwilizwe labo. UFr Francesco Patton, uCustos weLizwe eliNgcwele, wavula amasango esiza, awayevaliwe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50.
Ithenda lokugqibela elanikezelwa etempileni lali nge-7 Januwari 1967. "Babengumfundisi wamaNgesi, uFr Robert Carson, kunye nomfundisi waseNigeria, uFr Silao Umah", owathi umthendeleko, uFr. UPatton uthe kwikhaya lakhe ngoJanuwari 10. Ababingeleli batyikitya igama labo kwirejista ye-shrine eyafunyanwa ngo-2018.
"Namhlanje, kwiminyaka engama-54 kunye neentsuku ezi-3 kamva, singathi ekuqaleni konyaka wama-55 ukusukela oko yavalwa le rejista, ekupheleni kwalo msitho we-Ekaristi, siza kuyivula kwakhona le rejista, siza kuvula iphepha size iphepha singabhala umhla namhlanje, nge-10 kaJanuwari, ngo-2021, sityikitye namagama ethu, ukungqina ukuba lendawo, eyayiguqulwe yaba yindawo yemfazwe, ibala lemigodi, iphinde ibe yintsimi yoxolo, intsimi yomthandazo, " Utshilo uPatton.
Ubunzima babulandelwa ngumngcelele wesibini ukuya esibingelelweni ngqo elunxwemeni loMlambo iJordani, apho abahlali babefunda isicatshulwa esivela kwiNcwadi yooKumkani.UCustos P. Patton emva koko wathi nkxu iinyawo zakhe emlanjeni.
ULeonardo Di Marco, umlawuli weofisi yezobuchwephesha yoGcino loMhlaba oNgcwele, uthe "kwenziwe umsebenzi ongxamisekileyo ukwenza indawo efanelekileyo ukubhiyozela ukubhaptizwa kwanamhlanje".
"Sijonge ukuvula abahambi ngezonqulo, abaya kuba nakho ukufumana iindawo zokuma nokucamngca kwikona lomthandazo oza kwenziwa ujikeleze icawe esembindini ebekwe kwigadi yesundu".
Ngenxa yezithintelo ze-COVID-19, umda wabantu abamalunga nama-50 abaya eMthendelekweni. U-Bishop Leopoldo Girelli, u-Apostolic Nuncio kwa-Israyeli nase-Cyprus, kunye ne-Apostolic Delegate eJerusalem nase-Palestine babekhona, bekunye nabameli bamajoni akwa-Israyeli.
Umfundisi webandla lase Yeriko, Fr. U-Mario Hadchity, wamkela ii-friars kwilizwe labo. "Siyavuya, ngolu suku lukhethekileyo, ukuba uNyango loMhlaba oNgcwele, ngoncedo lukaThixo, emva kweminyaka engaphezulu kwesiqingatha senkulungwane, ukwazile ukubuyela kwicawa yesiLatin yaseSan Giovanni Battista," utshilo. "Yanga ingayindawo apho bonke abangena badibana nobabalo lukaThixo"