I-Lourdes: kwi-15 ephilisa ngexesha lokuhamba

Ndikhuphe kule ndlu yokucoca umzimba!

UEsther BRACHMANN, owazalelwa eParis, ngonyaka we-1881 (France). Isifo: I-perubonitis yeTberculous. Uphilisiwe eLourdes nge-21 ka-Agasti ka-1896, eneminyaka eli-15. Ummangaliso owamkelwa ngomhla we-6 kuJuni ngo-1908 ngu-Archbishop Léon Amette waseParis. UEstere akasaphili ubomi bobuntwana. Ngeminyaka eyi-15, unoluvo lokuba isibhedlele saseVillepinte sisidumbu sokwenyani. Le meko ayikho kude ekubeni yabelwane ngamaqabane alishumi elinambini, kananjalo nesifo sephepha, esenza, njengaye, lo mlo wokuhambahamba wexesha lokugqibela. Siku-Agasti ka-1896. Nge-21 ka-Agasti, abagcini baka-Notre Dame de Salut, izicaka ezithembekileyo zabagulayo kwi-National Pilgrimage, zehla kuye kuloliwe bamhambisa eGreyto kwaye, ukusuka apho, baya kwiidama zokubhukuda. Iphuma nesiqinisekiso sokuphiliswa. Iintlungu ziphelile ... Ukudumba kwesisu sakhe esilahlekileyo. Uyakwazi ukuhamba ... ulambile. Kodwa umbuzo uyamqumbela: "Kutheni mna?". Emva kwemini, ulandela imisebenzi yohambo njengomntu osempilweni. Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, uphelezelwa kwiZiko lokuFumaneka koNyango apho ogqirha, emva kovavanyo ngononophelo, baqinisekisa ukululama. Emuva eVillepinte, ogqirha banyanga bayothuka, bothukile, babhidekile. Amgcina uEstere ephononongwa unyaka wonke! Ngu-1897 kuphela, ebuyayo kuhambo lokubulela, bancama bakhupha isatifikethi apho wabonwa ukuba "uphilisiwe ukubuya kwakhe eLourdes, ngonyaka we-1896". Ngo-1908, waphinda wavavanywa kwakhona kwaye esempilweni egqibeleleyo, ngethuba lokuphanda kwavulwa ngu-Archbishop omkhulu waseParis, Mons.Leon Amette, ejonge ukwamkelwa kolu philiso kunye nolukaClementine Trouvé noMarie Lesage kunye noLemarchand, Amaqhawekazi azimeleyo e "noveli" ka Zola!