Umthandazo wokuba sithi kwiNenekazi lethu laseLourdes ngaphambi komhla womsitho wakhe
UMaria, wabonakala kuBernadette kwindawo yeli litye. Ebusika nasebumnyameni bobusika, wenze ukuba uzive ubushushu bokubakho, ukukhanya kunye nobuhle.
Kwimanxeba nasebumnyameni bobomi bethu, kwizahlulo zehlabathi apho ububi bunamandla, kuzisa ithemba kwaye kubuyise ukuzithemba!
Nina baNgqondo eyiNgcalisayo, nize kubancede aboni. Sinike ukuthobeka kokuguqula, isibindi sokuguquka. Sifundise ukuthandazela onke amadoda.
Sikhokele kwimithombo yoBomi bokwenyani. Senze abahambisi kolo hambo ngaphakathi kwiCawe yakho. Sanelise kuthi ukulamba kwe-Ekrisarist, isonka sohambo, isonka soBomi.
Kuwe, Mariya, uMoya oyiNgcwele wenze izinto ezinkulu: ngamandla akhe ukusizise kuYise, esebuqaqawulini boNyana wakho, ephila ngonaphakade. Jonga uthando lukamama kubuhlungu bemizimba nentliziyo yethu. Akhanye njengenkanyezi eqaqambileyo kuye wonke umntu ngexesha lokufa.
Ndikunye noBernadette, sithandaza kuwe, O Maria, ngokulula kwabantwana. Beka engqondweni yakho umoya weBeatopes. Emva koko sinokuthi, ukusuka apha ezantsi, silazi uvuyo loBukumkani kwaye sicule kunye nawe: Magnificat!
Uzuko kuwe, Ntombi Enyulu, mkhonzi osikelelekileyo weNkosi, Umama kaThixo, Itempile yoMoya Oyingcwele!
Lwesine nge-11 kaFebruwari 1858: intlanganiso
Inkangeleko yokuqala. Ehamba nodadewabo kunye nomhlobo, uBernardette uhamba eMassabielle, kunye neGave, ukuya kuthatha amathambo kunye neenkuni ezomileyo. Ngelixa esusa isitokhwe sakhe ukuwela umlambo, weva ingxolo efana nomoya ovuthuzayo, uphakamisa intloko ebheke eGrotto: "Ndabona inenekazi elinxibe ezimhlophe. Unxibe isuti emhlophe, isigqubuthelo esimhlophe, ibhanti eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nerhasi etyheli kunyawo ngalunye. Wenza umqondiso womnqamlezo kwaye acoce irosari kunye neNenekazi. Emva komthandazo, inenekazi liyanyamalala ngokukhawuleza.