Amaqhekeza obomi bukaRita oNgcwele waseCascia: ukubulawa komyeni wakhe kunye nokufa kwabantwana bakhe
Ibali le ISanta Rita, ehlonelwa njengomgcini weemeko ezingenakwenzeka noonobangela bokuphelelwa lithemba, ineziganeko ezibuhlungu ezaphawula ubomi belo bhinqa.
Uzalwe e Roccaporena, eUmbria, ngowe-1381, uRita esengumntwana wabonakalisa ukuzinikela okukhulu elunqulweni, kangangokuba wacela abazali bakhe ukuba bafune ukungena kwikhaya loonongendi. Kodwa abazali bakhe, amafama kunye nosomashishini ngokomsebenzi, bagqiba kwelokuba bamtshate nendoda eyayihlala kwilali enye, uPaolo Mancini. URita watshata noPaolo xa wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu kuphela kwaye kunye babenabantwana ababini, uGiangiacomo noPaolo Maria.
Il umyeni wasweleka ekulaleleni kwaye uSanta Rita wazama ukufihla ukufa okunobundlobongela kukayise kubantwana babo ngoku abasele bekhulile. Kodwa ukususela loo mini akazange aphumle. Ababulali bomyeni wakhe babezimisele ukubatshabalalisa bonke abantu bosapho lakwaMancini kwaye uTeresa wayesoyika abantwana bakhe.
URita ukubasindisa kweso siphelo sibuhlungu, wathandaza kuThixo angavumeli imiphefumlo yabantwana bakhe be-2 ukuba ilahleke, kunokuba abakhuphe emhlabeni kwaye ahambe nabo. Kunyaka olandelayo abantwana bakhe benjenjalo bagula ngokunzulu kwaye wafa.
Yintoni eyenziwa nguSanta Rita waseCascia emva kokusweleka kwabantwana bakhe
Emva kokusweleka kwabantwana bakhe ababini, uSanta Rita waphila ubomi bentshontsho preghiera kunye nokuzinikela eCaweni. Waqala ukuthandana Icawa yaseCascia, apho wafumana intuthuzelo nokhokelo lokomoya kumfundisi wasekuhlaleni. Kamva, wagqiba kwelokuba aphile njengaye zonqulo.
Yiza nqanaba eliphezulu, uRita oNgcwele wachitha ubomi bakhe bonke emthandazweni nakwimisebenzi yesisa, enceda abasweleyo, ephilisa amanxeba kwaye ethuthuzela abagulayo. Ebudeni beminyaka yakhe kwikhaya loonongendi, waduma ngeyakhe miracoli nobungcwele bakhe, ekuzuzeni i ukuhlonelwa loluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye nodumo lwengcwele.
USanta Rita wafa ngobusuku obuphakathi 21 kunye 22 May 1457emva kokugula ixesha elide. Inkolo yakhe yakhawuleza yaduma kwihlabathi lonke lamaKristu kunye nodumo lwakhe njengomthetheleli ongcwele wezizathu ezinzima ezasasazeka kwihlabathi liphela.