I novena ngembeko St. Benedict ngokuchasene zonke iingozi
UMnumzana Benedict waziwa njengoyise wobumonki basentshona kwaye uhlonelwa njengengcwele yiCawa yamaKatolika. Wazalelwa eNorcia ngo-480 AD, wakhula kwaye wafumana imfundo eRoma, kodwa emva kweminyaka embalwa wagqiba ekubeni asishiye isixeko esiya kuhlala njengekhaya kwimiqolomba yaseSubiaco. Apha watsala abafundi abathile ababemngqongile, awathi waseka nabo iimonki ezintandathu.
La Umthetho weSt. Benedict, eyabhalwa malunga nowama-540, yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo ekubhekiselwa kuyo kubomi boonongendi eYurophu kwaye isabonwa nanamhlanje ziinkonzo ezininzi. Lo mgaqo wawubanga ukubaluleka komthandazo kodwa ukwangowokubaluleka komntu, amandla omntu ngamnye, obuntu obuthi, obuqhutywa ngoqeqesho, bukhokelela abathembekileyo ekukhonzeni uThixo ngeyona ndlela ilungileyo. Impembelelo yakhe iye yanabela kubugcisa, uncwadi kunye nomculo.
La festa ngembeko yalo ngcwele uyawa I-11 kaJulayi kwaye ibhiyozelwa kumazwe amaninzi ehlabathi. U-St. Benedict yingcwele engumxhasi weemonki, izifundiswa, amafama, abakhi bezakhiwo kunye neenjineli.
Iimpawu zehlelo leSanta Benedict
Inkolo yeSan Benedetto iphawulwa ngeempawu ezininzi. Eyona idumileyo yi Umnqamlezo weSt Benedict, owathi ngokwaloo nto ithethwayo wafunyanwa nguye ongcwele ebudeni bomnye wemibono yakhe. Emnqamlezweni kukrolwe amagama athi "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti” (Umnqamlezo kaBawo Ongcwele uBenedict) kunye neeleta ezininzi, kuquka u-“C” omele Kristu kunye no-“S” oyimeleyo uSathana.
Olunye uphawu olubalulekileyo yi imbasa Benedict St, inxitywe abathembekileyo njengoko protezione ngokuchasene neempembelelo ezimbi zommandla ongqongileyo. I-medallion ibonisa umzobo wengcwele kwelinye icala kunye no-St John uMbhaptizi kwelinye icala kunye nombhalo "Siyanikhupha, nonke imimoya engcolileyo", ebhalwe ngesiLatini.
Okokugqibela, i Umtha wokukhanya eboniswe kwimizobo yengcwele ifuzisela eyakhe ubungcwele namandla ayo okukhanyisa iingqondo zabantu.
ISt. Benedict ibe ngumxholo wabaninzi Umsebenzi wobugcisa, kubandakanywa imizobo, imifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye nefrescoes. Phakathi kwemisebenzi yobugcisa enikezelwe kule ngcwele sifumana i-canvas ye Fra Angelico igcinwe kwi-Uffizi eFlorence kunye nomzobo omkhulu wengcwele owenziwe ngu Antonio Raggi kwikomkhulu leArchdiocese yaseNaples.