I-Madonna ibonakala kubantwana abathathu kwaye ivakalise ukuba "yiNtombikazi enentliziyo yegolide"

Ngorhatya lwangoNovemba 29, 1932, intombi enyulu yabonakala okokuqala kuAlberto, uGilberto noFernanda Voisin (abaneminyaka eli-11, eli-13 neli-15), uAndreina noGilberta Degeimbre (abaneminyaka eli-14 neli-9 ubudala). Ngaloo ngokuhlwa uPapa Voisin wayeyalele uFernanda noAlberto ukuba baye kulanda uGilberta kwisikolo ekuhlalwa kuso soonongendi bemfundiso yobuKristu. Kanye kwiziko, bobabini benza umqondiso womnqamlezo ukubulisa uMadonna (ngumfanekiso oqingqiweyo we-Immaculate Conception obekwe kwi-grotto efana ne-Lourdes). Emva kokukhalisa intsimbi emnyango, uAlberto wajonga ngakwigrotto waza wabona uMadonna ehamba. Wafowunela udade wabo namanye amantombazana amabini awayefika ngelo xesha. Bafika noonongendi ababengayihoyanga le nto ithethwa ngulo mfana; UGilberta Voisin naye waphuma, owayengava kumntakwabo, wayengazi nto. Kwizinyuko zezinyuko wakhala, esithi ubone umfanekiso oqingqiweyo umjongile. Abafana aba-5 ababesoyika babaleka; emva kokudlula isango, uGilberta omncinci wawa kwaye abanye bajika ukuba bamncede: babona ukuba umhlophe, umfanekiso okhanyayo wawusekho ngaphezu kwe-viaduct. Basaba, babalekela endlwini yaseDegeimbre. Bamxelela iinyani umama wabo owayengabakholelwa. Kwaye kunjalo nabazali bakaVoisins kamva. Ngorhatya olulandelayo amakhwenkwe aphinda abona umntu omhlophe eshukuma kwindawo enye; ngokunjalo nangorhatya lwe-1 kaDisemba. Emva kwakhona ePensionato malunga nentsimbi yesibhozo, kunye noomama ababini kunye nabamelwane abathile, ababonisi babona iMadonna kwakhona ecaleni kwe-hawthorn. Ngolwesihlanu umhla we 2 ka December bonke abantwana bakwa Voisins nabakwa Degeimbre baye kwi boarding house ngentsimbi yesibhozo. Xa babeziimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kwi-hawthorn, abafana babona iMadonna. UAlberto wafumana amandla okumbuza: "Ngaba uyiNtombi Enyulu?". Lo mfanekiso wancuma kancinci, wathoba intloko waze wolula iingalo. U-Alberto wabuza kwakhona: "Ufuna ntoni kuthi?". Intombi enyulu yaphendula yathi: "Ngamana ungahlala ulungile." Ebudeni bemibono ethe cwaka, eyayili-19 xa ithelekiswa nemibono engama-33, uMadonna wazibonakalisa emhle ngakumbi nangakumbi yaye eqaqambile, ukusa kwinqanaba lokuba bakhale ngeemvakalelo nangovuyo. Ngorhatya lwe-28 kaDisemba, intombi enyulu yabonisa iimboni esifubeni sayo Intliziyo yayo yonke igolide ekhazimlayo, ijikelezwe yimitha eqaqambileyo eyenza isithsaba; wayibonisa kwakhona ngomhla wama-29 kuFernanda nangomhla wama-30 kumantombazana amane yaye, ekugqibeleni, ngowama-31 kuzo zontlanu.

Imiboniso yaphela ngoJanuwari 3, 1933. Ngolo rhatya iNenekazi Lethu lazisa iimfihlelo zobuqu kwiimboni (ngaphandle kukaFernanda noAndreina). KuGilberta Voisin wathembisa oku: “Ndiya kubaguqula aboni. Sala kakuhle!" Ngelixa kuAndreina wathi: “NdinguMama kaThixo, uKumkanikazi weZulu. Hlala uthandaza. Sala kakuhle!" UFernanda, owayengazange abe nombono, waqhubeka ethandaza ekhala, phezu kwayo nje imvula; ngequbuliso umyezo wakhanyiswa yibhola yomlilo eyathi, yaqhekeka, yambonisa iNtombi Enyulu, eyathi kuyo: “Uyamthanda na uNyana Wam? uyandithanda? Ngoko ke zinikeleni nina ngenxa yam. Nisale kakuhle. Kwaye okokugqibela wambonisa iNtliziyo eNgenasiphelo, evula iingalo zakhe. UBhishophu waseNamur ngowe-1943 wavumela inkolo yeNkosikazi Yethu yaseBeauraing; ngo-Oktobha 1945 wawusikelela umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wokuqala weMadonna kwaye nge-2 kaJulayi 1949 waqaphela ubume obuphezulu bezinto ezibonakalayo. Ngo-1947 kwabekwa ilitye lokuqala lendlu yecawa yemiboniso. Bonke abo babenemibono ngoko babephila ubomi obuqhelekileyo, betshata baze babe nabantwana. Inenekazi lethu leBeauraing likwabizwa ngokuba "yiNtombi Enyulu eneNtliziyo yeGolide".