Imbasa ye-Saint Benedict enamandla yokufumana umbulelo kunye nokukhuselwa
Imvelaphi yeMedali kaSt Benedict waseNursia (480-547) indala kakhulu. UPopu Benedict XIV (1675-1758) wakhawulwa uyilo kwaye ngesishwankathelo sango-1742 wayivuma iMedali yokuxolelwa kwabo bayinxiba ngokholo. Kwi-indiva, u-Saint Benedict uphethe umnqamlezo ophakanyiselwe ezulwini ngesandla sakhe sasekunene kunye nencwadi evulekileyo yoMthetho ongcwele ngasekhohlo. Esibingelelweni kukho indebe apho inyoka iphuma khona izokukhumbula isiganeko esenzeka eSan Benedetto: INgcwele, ngomqondiso womnqamlezo, ngewayephule ikomityi enewayini enetyhefu ayinikwa ziiemonki. Ngokujikeleza iMedali, la magama ayilwe: "Eius in obitu nostra presentia muniamur" ("Singakhuselwa bubukho bakhe ngeyure yokufa kwethu"). Ngasemva kwembasa, kukho uMnqamlezo weSt. Benedict kunye noonobumba bokuqala beetekisi. Ezi ndinyana zezakudala kakhulu. Ziyavela kwincwadi yesandla yenkulungwane yeshumi elinesine engqina ukholo kumandla kaThixo nakwiSt. Ukuzinikela kweMedali okanye uMnqamlezo waseSt. Benedict kwaduma malunga ne-1050, emva kokubuyiselwa okungummangaliso kukaBrunone omncinci, unyana ka-Count Hugh wase-Eginsheim, e-Alsace. U-Brunone, ngokokutsho kwabanye, waphiliswa kwisifo esibi, emva kokunikwa imbasa ye-Benedict yase-St. Emva kokuchacha kwakhe, waba yimonki yaseBenedictine emva koko waba nguPopu: wayenguSan Leone IX, owafa ngo-1054. Phakathi kwabasasazi kufuneka siquke iSan Vincenzo de 'Paoli (1581-1660).
Abathembekileyo baxhamle ukusebenza kwayo ngamandla ngokuphendula kuka-Saint Benedict kwezi meko zilandelayo:
ngokuchasene nobubi neminye imisebenzi yesidemon;
ukugxotha amadoda aneenjongo ezimbi kwindawo ethile;
Ukunyanga nokuphilisa izilwanyana kwisibetho okanye sicinezelwe bububi;
ukukhusela abantu kwizilingo, ukukhohlisa kunye nokuxhatshazwa kukasathana ingakumbi kwabo bamsulwa;
ukufumana ukuguqulwa komoni othile, ngakumbi xa esemngciphekweni wokufa;
ukutshabalalisa okanye ukunika ityhefu ingasebenzi;
ukuthintela indyikitya yokufa;
ukubuyisela impilo kwabo bathwaxwa ngamatye, iintlungu esinqeni, hemorrhages, hemoptysis; kwabo balunywe zizilwanyana ezosulelekileyo;
ukufumana uncedo lukaThixo koomama abakhulelweyo ukuphepha ukuqhomfa;
Ukusindisa kumbane nakwizaqhwithi.
Umthandazo we-Holy Benedict medal:
Umnqamlezo woBawo Ongcwele uBenedict. Umnqamlezo oyiNgcwele ube kukukhanya kwam kwaye ungaze ube ngumtyholi intloko yam. Buyela emva, Sathana; soze undikhohlise ngezinto ezililize. Iziselo andinika zona zibi; sela ityhefu yakho ngokwakho. Egameni loYise, loNyana nelikaMoya oyiNgcwele. Amen.