Ukuphiliswa kwesi sifo kubulela eSanta Rita

Xa ndandineenyanga ezisithoba, ndabuya ngo-1944, ndagula sisifo samathumbu.

Ngeli xesha, xa iMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi yayigcwele, akukho ziyobisi zokunyanga esi sifo. Abantwana abaninzi endaweni yam basweleka; Ndikwindlela enye, kuba, njengoko umama watshoyo, kwiintsuku ezilishumi, bendisele nje kuphela amaconsi obisi.

Ngoku ethathwe kukuphelelwa lithemba, umama, owayezinikele kakhulu eSanta Rita, wacinga ngokundibeka kuye kwaye waqala uNovena emenza izithembiso zokuba, kwimeko yokuphinda aphile, uya kundithatha aye eCascia enze uMthendeleko wokuQala.

Ngosuku lwesithathu lukaNovena, waphupha ukuba nditshontsiza kwi-bottaccio yomatshini wamanzi phambi kwendlu yethu; Wayengazi ukuba makenze ntoni, ukuba uthe waziphosa emanzini ukuzama ukundisindisa, waba semngciphekweni wokuntywila, ngenxa yoko bobabini oodade babezoshiyeka bodwa.
Ngequbuliso wabona loo nto, equbha, inja emhlophe yasondela kum, yandibamba esinqeni, yandibeka elunxwemeni apho, ilinde mna, kukho iSanta Rita enxibe ezimhlophe.

Umama, wothuka, wavuka, wagijimela ebhedini yam kwaye waphawula ukuba ndilele ngoxolo; Ukususela ngobo busuku imeko yam yomzimba yaphucuka de yalulama ngokupheleleyo.

Nge-15 ka-Agasti ka-1954, wasigcina isithembiso sakhe, wandisa e Cascia, e Basilica, ukuya kwenza uMthendeleko wokuQala. Yayiyimvakalelo enamandla kakhulu kum; ukusukela ngala mhla ndihlala ndigcina iSanta Rita entliziyweni yam, ukusuka apho, ndiqinisekile, andisokuze ndihambe.

UVAVANYO LWE-GIORGIO SPADONI