Ibali likaSt. Francis kunye noxolelo lwase-Assisi
Ngenxa yothando awayenalo ngeNtombi Enyulu, uSt. Francis wayehlala enakekela icawa encinci kufutshane neAssisi ebekelwe uS. Maria degli Angeli, okwabizwa ngokuba nguPorziuncola. Apha waqala ukuhlala isigxina kunye neefriza zakhe ngo-1209 emva kokubuya eRoma, elapha kunye noSanta Chiara ngo-1212 waseka uMyalelo weSibini kaFrancisan, apha wagqiba ikhondo lobomi bakhe basemhlabeni ngomhla we-3 ka-Okthobha ngo-1226.
Ngokwenkcubeko, iSt. Francis yafumana iPlenary Indulgence kwicawa inye (1216), neyathi yangqinwa ngooBhishophu Abakhulu yaza kamva yaya kwiiCawe zoMyalelo nakwezinye iicawe.
Ukusuka kwimithombo kaFrancisan (cf FF 33923399)
Ngobunye ubusuku beNkosi ye-1216, uFrancis wabethelelwa emthandazweni kunye nokucamngca kwicawa yasePorziuncola kufutshane neAssisi, xa ngequbuliso ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo kwasasazeka ecaweni kwaye uFrancis wabona uKrestu ngaphezulu kwesibingelelo kunye noMama wakhe oNgcwele ngasekunene kwakhe, ujikelezwe yingxokolo yeengelosi. UFrancis wanqula iNkosi yakhe ngobuso emhlabeni!
Emva koko bambuza ukuba ufuna ntoni na ukusindiswa kwemiphefumlo. Impendulo kaFrancis yakhawuleza: "Oyena Bawo ungcwele, nangona ndingumoni ongafanelekanga, ndithandaza ukuba wonke umntu, oguqukile, uvumile, uza kuhambela le cawa, amxolelele kwaye axolelwe izono zakhe, ngokuxolelwa ngokupheleleyo kwezono" .
“Into oyicelayo, Mzalwana uFrancis, intle, iNkosi yatsho kuye, kodwa kufanelekile izinto ezinkulu kwaye uyakufumana okuninzi. Ndiyawamkela ke umthandazo wakho, kodwa phantsi kwemeko zokuba ucele iVicar yam emhlabeni, ngenxa yam, Kwaye uFrancis waziswa nguPopu Honorius III owayesePerugia ngezo ntsuku, wamxelela ngumbono awayenawo. Upopu wammamela ngononophelo kwaye emva kobunzima ethile wanika ukuvunywa kwakhe. Emva koko wathi, "Ufuna iminyaka emingaphi le ntengiso?" UFrancis waphendula wathi: "Bawo Ongcwele, andiceleli iminyaka kodwa imiphefumlo". Kwaye onwabile waya emnyango, kodwa uPontiff wambiza kwakhona esithi: "Njani, awufuni amanye amaxwebhu?". NoFrancis: "Bawo Oyingcwele, ilizwi lakho lanele kum! Ukuba oku kuzonwabisa kungumsebenzi kaThixo, Uya kucinga ukubonakalisa umsebenzi wakhe; Andifuni naluphi na uxwebhu, eli khadi kufuneka libe yeyona Ntombi Enyulu ingcwele uMariya, uKrestu notary kunye neeNgelosi ezingamangqina.
Kwaye kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva kunye neeBhishophu ze-Umbria, kubantu ababehlanganisene ePorziuncola, wathi kwienyembezi: "Bantakwethu, ndifuna ukunithumela nonke ezulwini!".