Inenekazi lethu lekhephu kunye nommangaliso wekhephu phakathi kwehlobo
La Inenekazi lethu lekhephu (USanta Maria Maggiore), eseRoma, yenye yeendawo ezine eziphambili zeMarian esixekweni, kunye neSanta Maria del Popolo, iSanta Maria eTrastevere kunye neSanta Maria sopra Minerva.
Ibali leMadonna della Neve libuyela emva Kwinkulungwane yesi-XNUMX AD. Kuthiwa eRoma, ngobusuku be Nge-Agasti 5, kwabakho ikhephu elingaqhelekanga. Ngobo busuku bangoAgasti 5, 1932, uMaria wabonakala kwisibini esitshatileyo waza wa UPopu Sixtus III, ebabongoza ukuba bakhe icawa kanye kwindawo ababeza kufumana kuyo ikhephu ngosuku olulandelayo.
UPopu Sixtus wayekholelwa kwisigidimi sobuthixo yaye ngentsasa elandelayo waya kuthetha naye Giovanni, isidwangube esingumRoma, saguqukela kubuKristu, esasiphila kulo Esquiline induli. UGiovanni naye wayenalo iphupha elifanayo. Bebethelela ukubaluleka kweli phupha, bobabini baya kwirhuluneli yaseRoma ngelo xesha, indoda egama linguHana Lucio, ukuze acele ukuqonda nokwamkelwa kwakhe.
ULucio akazange awakholelwe amabali abo, kodwa wagqiba ekubeni enze njalo bakhaphe ukuya kwindawo apho amahlwantsi ekhephu kufuneka awile ukulawula imeko. Ukufika kwabo kwiNduli ye-Esquiline, bonke bathi cwaka kumbono. Enyanisweni, induli yayigqunywe ngokupheleleyo yingubo eshinyeneyo ye snow. Abalimi basekuhlaleni babethandabuza baza bazama ukutyhalela kude ikhephu, kodwa bakhawuleza baqonda ukuba oko kwakungenakwenzeka, yayivela kuThixo.
Kwagqitywa ekubeni kwindawo apho ikhephu liwele khona, a Ingcwele yaseMarian. Indawo engcwele, eyayibizwa ngoko USanta Maria Maggiore, yakhiwe kanye kuloo ndawo laliwele kuyo ikhephu. Umfanekiso wamandulo nohlonelwayo weMarian onesihloko esithi Salus populi Romani.
Umthandazo kwiNenekazi lethu lekhephu
O Maria, mfazi wezona ndawo ziphakamileyo, sifundise ukunyuka intaba engcwele leyo UKristu. Sikhokelele kumendo kaThixo, ophawulwe yimikhondo yamanyathelo akho kamama. Sifundise indlela yothando, ukwazi ukuthanda ngamaxesha onke. Sifundise indlela ye igioiaukuze bonwabe abanye. Sifundise indlela ye ipazienza, ukuze bamkele wonke umntu ngesisa.
Sifundise indlela ye ukulunga, ukuze balungiselele abazalwana abasweleyo. Sifundise indlela elula, ukonwabela ubuhle bendalo. Sifundise indlela ye ubulaliukuzisa uxolo emhlabeni. Sifundise indlela ye ukuthembekaukuze singadinwa kukwenza okulungileyo. Sifundise ukujonga phezulu, ukuze singaphulukani nombono wethu wenjongo yethu yokugqibela imfazwe: ubudlelane obungunaphakade noYise, uNyana noMoya oyiNgcwele. Amen!