Ummangaliso weSan Gabriel: ukuphiliswa kukaMaria Mazzarelli
UMaria Mazzarelli, ibhinqa elisuka kuMazantsi eItali, lachacha latshintsha ubomi balo. Ibali libhekisa kummangaliso wokuphiliswa kwakhe nguSan Gabriele dell'Addolorata, omnye wabangcwele abahlonelwayo eItali.
UMaria wayengumfazi oselula nonina wabantwana ababini xa kwafika esi sifo. Wagula kakhulu kunye isifo sephepha, isifo esosulelayo esoyikwa kakhulu nesibulalayo ngelo xesha. UMaria wagula kangangokuba oogqirha bamxelela ukuba kusalelwe ziinyanga ezimbalwa ukuba aphile.
Imeko yayibonakala ingenathemba, kodwa uMaria akazange aphelelwe lukholo. Wayezinikele ku ISan Gabriele weNenekazi lethu leNsizi, ingcwele ezinikele ubomi bayo emthandazweni kunye nokukhathalela abagulayo. UMariya wathandaza UGabriyeli oNgcwele rhoqo ngenxa yokuphiliswa kwakhe, ecela ukungenelela kwakhe eNkosini.
Ngobusuku be NgoJanuwari 1900, uMaria waphupha iSt. Gabriyeli ebonakala kuye waza wamxelela ukuba uya kuphiliswa. Ekuvukeni kwakhe, uMaria waziva engcono. Oogqirha bamangaliswa xa bembona, njengoko kwakubonakala ngathi impilo yakhe itshintshe ngesiquphe. Emva kwexesha elithile, oogqirha bamxelela ukuba unyange ngokupheleleyo kwisifo sephepha.
UMaria wayesazi ukuba ukuphiliswa kwakhe kwakuyinto miracolo. Wayethandaze ngentliziyo yakhe yonke kwiNgcwele uGabriyeli yaye ngoku wayechache ngokupheleleyo. Ukholo lwakhe lomelela ngakumbi waza waba ngumkhokeli wengcwele. Emva kokuchacha kwakhe, uMariya wazibhokoxa ekuthandazeni nasekunyamekeleni abagulayo, exelisa umzekelo kaGabriyeli waseSt.
Ibali lokuphiliswa kukaMariya lasasazeka ngokukhawuleza kwaye latsala abantu abaninzi kwingcwaba lengcwele, elikwicawa yaseSan Gabriele dell'Addolorata e-Isola del Gran Sasso. Abantu baqala ukuthandaza kwingcwele ukuba bacele ukuba bathethelele kuYehova ngenxa yezigulo zabo.
Ibali lokuphilisa likaMariya ngumzekelo wendlela ukholo olunokunceda ngayo abantu boyise ubunzima baze bafumane ithemba nokuphiliswa. Ibali lakhe likhuthaze abantu abaninzi ukuba bathandaze kuGabriyeli eSt.
Isishwankathelo, ummangaliso wokuphiliswa kukaMaria Mazzarelli nguSt. Gabriel weNenekazi Lethu Lentlungu bubungqina bamandla okholo nomthandazo.