Ibali likaSan Gerardo, ingcwele eyathetha nengelosi yakhe engumlondolozi
ISan Gerardo wayeyindoda yonqulo yaseTaliyane, eyazalelwa kulo Ngowe-1726 eMuro Lucano e-Basilicata. Unyana wentsapho ethobekileyo ehlwempuzekileyo, wakhetha ukuzinikela ngokupheleleyo kubomi bokomoya ngokungena kuLungelelwaniso lwabaKhululi. UGerard wayengumzekelo wobuhle kunye nokuzinikela, owaziwa kakhulu ngothando lwakhe kunye nesisa kwabo baswele kakhulu. Wayedume ngokuthandaza ngokunyanisekileyo nangemimangaliso emininzi awayeyenza.
Wafa ngaphambi kwexesha eneminyaka nje enye 29 iminyaka kwaye yenziwa ingcwele ngo-1904 ngu Pope Pius I-Saint Gerard namhlanje ihlonelwa njengengcwele yabasetyhini abakhulelweyo, oomama kunye nabantwana abangekazalwa.
UGerard, oNgcwele owafumana imimangaliso yophindaphindo, wenza ibali lakhe laziwe kulo lonke elaseYurophu kwiinkulungwane ezimbini ngaphambili IPadre Pio. Wadlala encokola nowakhe ingelosi yokukhokhela. Wedwa 7 iminyaka wavakalisa umnqweno wokufumana uMthendeleko, phezu kwako nje ukuba wawuyinto eqhelekileyo kubantwana ngelo xesha.
Ubomi bukaGerardo babuza bunzima emva kohambo lwakhe ukufa kukayise kwafuneka aphile ngokulandela emanyathelweni kayise njengoko umthungi. Emva koko wazama ukujoyina amaCapuchins kwaye emva koko aBahlengi, nangona impilo yakhe ibuthathaka. Nangona kunjalo, uhambo lwakhe lokholo lwaluphawulwa ngamaxesha omoya onzulu kunye ukubonakaliswa okungaqondakaliyo.
I-Saint Gerard yandisa izipho ezingcwele
Esinye seziqendu ezilungileyo ngokungaqhelekanga yobomi bukaGerardo kwenzeka ngexesha lokuhamba ngezonqulo kwiSanctuary ye San Michele kwiNtaba yaseGargano, apho wayekunye neqela labahlobo bakhe. Emva kokuba ephelelwe ngumsebenzi yaye engakwazi ukubuyela ekhaya, uGerardo wathembisa ukuba uza kuyinyamekela ukondla kwaye ubambe wonke umntu. Edakumbile, waya phambi komfanekiso oqingqiweyo'Ingelosi enkulu ecaweni kwaye wathandaza ngokunyanisekileyo. Ngomzuzu wokuphelelwa lithemba, umfana ongaziwayo weza kuye waza wamnika ibhegi ezele yimali, ngokwaneleyo ukuhlawula iindleko zembuyekezo.
Esi siganeko siqinisekisile i fede kaGerard nokuthembela kwakhe kumandla kaThixo okunyamekela iintswelo zabo bathembele kuye.” Ibali likaGerard liye laphefumlela abantu abaninzi eYurophu yaye lisaqhubeka lixelwa njengomzekelo wokholo nemimangaliso. Ukukwazi kwakhe nandise izipho ezingcwele imenza abe nguSanta ongaqhelekanga, obomi bakhe baphawulwa ngamava awodwa angummangaliso-okomoya.