Gemma di Ribera: ibona ngaphandle kwabafundi. Ummangaliso wePadre Pio

ukusuka kwiGiornale di Sicilia ye-20 kaNovemba 1952

Okwethu asiloxesha lemimangaliso, opaque, bumdaka, okhanyiselwe ngumbane wesayion yebhombu yeatom kunye neNapalm; lixesha logonyamelo, lweenkanuko ezingenachaphaza zentiyo ezilishumi kwaye inezothe; imozulu engwevu; Akuzange kube kudala kwavela amadoda.

Ekuweni kweenkolelo ezininzi, kwiintsomi ezininzi, nasekufikeni kwezinye iinkolelo kunye nezinye iintsomi, umoya wazo zonke izinto waziwa, kokukhona umncinci ngokuziphatha, kokukhona ubuchule busenza sibe namandla entshabalalo.
Ngalo lonke uqhushumbo, ngalo lonke uphengululo olungaphaya kwesithintelo sesandi esingaziwayo, ikratshi lakudala lobuSathana lobulumko bamandla azalwe ngokutsha njengesiqhelo indoda yanamhlanje, iphinde ilibale ukuba kude kangakanani nomda kwaye isalehlula umhlaba ngokungacacanga. ubuncinci bakhe obungenasiphelo kaThixo.
Yinkqantosi yemihla ngemihla apho sonke siphulukana nathi kancinane, ngokungathandekiyo, ngaphandle kwayo yonke imizamo kunye nokholo ngalunye: isihlwele sihlala sitsala wonke umntu simamele ngakumbi kwaye siphaphile.

Linye kuphela ithemba kwaye kusebenza kuphela kwabo bayaziyo ukuba bangawafumana njani amandla ngamanye amaxesha ukuphuma kwi-gora efileyo kwaye uphefumle. Phakathi kwaba banethamsanqa ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kubakho iintatheli ezimbalwa, kuba ikhonkco elisibophelela imihla ngemihla kubugcisa, kwaye silukhuni, sinzima, sifutshane.
Ukanti yonke imihla kwaye emva koko ubomi bayazi indlela yokusibamba ngesandla kwaye basibonise ikona yezulu; siyifumana phambi kwethu singakhange siyibone, kwiindawo ezinamaxesha ahlukeneyo okungalindelekanga: namhlanje siyifumene eNaro, ngamehlo amnyama wentombazana encinci engekafiki kwiminyaka eli-13, eyayidlala umngcwabo kunye namanye amantombazana amancinci, kwiziko elincinci lelo Inayo igama elicacileyo leNgqondo yokuNgafihlwa.

Abo balijonga bekude, ukuba abazi nto, abanakubona into engaqhelekanga; kodwa ukuba singasondela sithethe ngeGemma yezinto zeklasi yakhe, okanye ngompristi webandla elimenze wamkelekile okanye oonongesi abasondele kuye, sifumanisa ngamazwi, emxholweni, akukho lizwi ngokwalo, into ethile ... Mhlawumbi eyethu yayiyinto elula yokubonakalayo kwabo sele "belazi" ibali leGemma ... Ngokuqinisekileyo kwakubonakala kuye ukuba wayenovuyo lolunye uhlobo lokonwabela imibala kunye neemilo; ukuba konke ukubanjwa kwakhe kwathatyathwa, emva kobukhulu obuninzi kangaka kwaye nobumnyama obude bovuyo olungapheliyo lokukhanya.
U-Gemma wazalwa eyimfama, kwaye wakhulela kwindlu encinci yabahlali ngaphakathi kwintlungu yabazali bakhe.

Wayesondele kuye enothando lokugcina ngaphandle kwemida eyenza yonke inkxalabo yoomama kabini, umakhulu uMary owayemkhokelela ngesandla, wathetha naye ngobomi awayevela kubo kude, malunga nemilo, imibala.

IGemma yayizazi izinto ezingabambisi sandla, yelizwi likagogo uMaria: inqwelo moya awuva ngayo umngxuma waseArgentina, isibingelelo apho athandaza khona, i-madonnina yecawa, isikhephe sityhutyha ulwandle olunencasa yeAgrigento ... Umhlaba, ngamafutshane, ngaye wenza izandi awayemamele kunye nemilo emcebisa uthando lukagogo noMaria.
Wayenonyaka ubudala xa uGemma Galvani wangcwaliswa kwaye intombazana encinci yangcwaliswa kuye kunxanelwe ukholo olukhulu, kokukhona amehlo akhe ahluphekayo abonakala emnyama, kuba ngaphandle komfundi.

Emva konyaka uGemma waqala wabona ukukhanya: ifikelela kummangaliso omkhulu wokuqala, wokuba yintoni na le tekisi inamagama angenasiphelo: kwaye ukukhanya kwakukho.
Wayenokuziqonda ngcono iinkcazo katatomkhulu: kodwa ogqirha bahlala bethandabuza kwaye wonke umntu wagqiba kwelokuba le nto yokukhanya kubonwe nguGemma yayisisiqhamo esibuhlungu sesiphakamiso solusapho.

Ngo-1947 uGemma wayeneminyaka esibhozo ubudala, wayeqala ukuziva ngokunzulu ngakumbi idrama yentlekele yakhe; amazwi akhe ayekhe adimazeke, imibuzo yakhe iyanqwenela ngakumbi.
Utat'omkhulu uMaria wambamba ngesandla ngenye imini, wamsa kuloliwe osele ekhulile.

Ubuye wathetha ixesha elide malunga nezinto ezininzi azibonileyo, zininzi ezintsha kuye, wathetha nangeStrait, ye-Madonnina messinese, ngelixa wayethetha nomthandazo othe cwaka ngaphambi kokufika kolunye uloliwe oluza kubathatha bobabini eSan Giovanni Rotondo nguPadre Pio.

Umakhulu ekugqibeleni walala ediniwe ebambe i-Gemma ngesandla kwaye khange aqaphele ukuba abaleke kumhlaba we-Foggia kolunye ulwandle endingazange ndilubone.
Ngequbuliso ilizwi likaGemma ngokuthe ngcembe lamsusa kwimbumbulu yakhe: le ntombazana incinci yathetha kancinci, imdaka, yezinto azibonayo kunye nelixhego lilele, lilandela intetho yakhe njengengcinga entle yokuthuthuzela ... Emva koko ngequbuliso wagxuma amehlo akhe evulekile: I-Gemma yakhwaza ibona isikhephe esikhulu esinomsi elwandle kwaye umakhulu uMaria naye wabona, kwi-Adriatic eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, isitya eshukuma ngokuzolileyo saya echwebeni.

Ke yayilelokuba uloliwe oqhelekileyo, ogcwele abantu abaleleyo, abaphithizelayo abaphazamisekile, abantu abaneentloko zabo zigcwele iirhafu, amatyala, amatyala kunye neenzuzo ezinkulu, baye bakhwazwa.
Kwakuyinto ekhawulezayo kuwo onke amacala kwaye intsimbi ekhalayo yakhala ngokufutshane: I-Gemma yabona!
U-Nonna Maria wayefuna ukuya ePadre Pio, wafika engakhange athethe nto nakubani na kwaye eneGemma ngesandla asindileyo, elinde ithuba lakhe.

Ugogo uMaria kufuneka abe nento enobume bukaSt. Thomas umPostile: wabukela umzukulwana wakhe esoyika ukungalunganga.
Ukufika kukaPadre Pio, ngoko nangoko wambiza uGemma wamvuma kuqala. Intombazana yaguqa phantsi kwaye yathetha ngezinto ezincinci zomphefumlo wakhe kwaye uPadre Pio waphendula ngezinto ezingafiyo nezingcwele: akukho nalinye okanye elinye lafumana ixesha lokugcina umzimba, okanye ngamehlo abonile ngoku ...

Umakhulu uMaria, akuva ukuba uGemma khange athethe noPadre Pio ngamehlo akhe, wothuka; Akakhange athethe nto, athabathe ithuba kwakhona, elindele ukuvuma.
Emva kokufunyanwa kwetyala, waphakamisa ubuso bakhe ngomthi omdaka wenqaku ixesha elide ... La mazwi atshiswa kwimilebe yakhe ... Ekugqibeleni wathi: "Mzukulwana wam, awusiboni ..." Akazange aqhubeke esoyika ukuthetha ubuxoki obukhulu.

UPadre Pio wamjonga ngamehlo aqaqambileyo kunye nesibane sobuhlungu obutshisayo: emva koko waphakamisa isandla sakhe wathi khunubembe: "Uthini, intombazana encinci iyasibona ...!".
Utat'omkhulu uMaria waya kuthatha umthendeleko noGemma ngaphandle kokubanika isandla, bemjongile ngononophelo. Wayibona ihamba ngonyawo olungacacanga lwe-neophyte, ijinga linxano elingapheliyo lezinto ezinkulu nezincinci ...

Ngexesha lokubuyela, umakhulu uMaria wayekhathazeke kakhulu kuba egula kwaye kuye kwamkelwa kwisibhedlele iCosenza. Kugqirha uthe akukho mfuneko yokuba umtyelele; kunje umzukulwana wakhe wayenentlungu yamehlo.
Kwakukho ukuhamba okukhulu kwekhadi ubunzima obuthile, kodwa ugqirha waphela ukugoba ukuya eGemma: “kodwa uyimfama. Ngaphandle komfundi. Umncinci omncinci. Akho ndlela yimbi".

Isayensi ithethe ngokuthe cwaka kwaye umakhulu uMaria ebukele, ejonge phantsi, ekrokra.
Kodwa u-Gemma uthe wasibona, ugqirha odidekile wakhupha ilokhwe, wemka kancinci kwaye wabonakalisa iiglasi zakhe, isigqoko sakhe, esonganyelwe bubungqina, sahamba sikhwaza. Kodwa umakhulu uMaria wayengathethi nto ngePadre Pio.

Ngoku uNonna Maria wayezolile; Ukufika kwakhe ekhaya waxakeka ngoko nangoko ukuba iGemma iye esikolweni ukuze iphinde ifumane ixesha elilahlekileyo; Ukwazile ukumthumela kuNaro evela koonongendi kwaye yena wayehlala ekhaya nomama notata kunye nefoto kaPadre Pio.

Eli libali lamehlo amabini ngaphandle komfundi, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ngenye imini lavela ngaphakathi kokukhanya komphefumlo ocacileyo womntwana ngamandla othando.
Ibali elibonakalayo lisuswe kwincwadi yakudala yemimangaliso: into engekhoyo kwixesha lethu.

Kodwa iGemma ikwiNaro edlalayo, ehlala; umakhulu uMaria ukwindlu yaseRibera enomfanekiso kaPadre Pio. Nabani na ofuna ukuhamba angabona.

I-Hercules Melati