ULourdes: useza amanzi kwaye uyaphilisa emva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini

UMadeleine RIZAN. Wathandazela ukufa okuhle! Uzalelwe ngonyaka we-1800, ehlala eNay (France) ukugula: I-hemiplegia yasekhohlo iminyaka engama-24. Waphiliswa ngo-Okthobha 17, 1858, eneminyaka eyi-58. Ummangaliso owamkelwa ngomhla we-18 kuJanuwari we-1862 ngu-Mons. Laurence, ubhishophu waseTarbes. U-Madeleine wayelele ebhedini ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 ngenxa yokuxineka ngakwicala lasekhohlo. Ogqirha kudala beyeka ithemba lokuphinda baphulukane nonyango. NgoSeptemba 1858 wafumana i-Unction enkulu. Ukususela ngaloo mhla ukuya phambili, thandazela "ukufa okuhle". Kwinyanga kamva, nge-16 ka-Okthobha, ukufa kubonakala kusondele. Xa, ngosuku olulandelayo, intombi yakhe imzisela amanzi avela kuLourdes, ithatha iziqwengana ezimbalwa kwaye ihlambe ubuso nomzimba wayo. Kwangoko isifo siyanyamalala! Ulusu luphinda lubonakale ngokuqhelekileyo kwaye izihlunu zenza imisebenzi yazo! Wayesifa kuphela ngosuku olungaphambi koko waziva enobuhlobo kwakhona. Uya kuthi kamva akhokele ubukho obuqhelekileyo kwiminyaka elishumi elinanye. Wasweleka, engaphindanga wabuya, ngo-1869.

Umthandazo kwiNkosikazi yethu yeLourdes

O Ntombi Enyulu, Unina Wenceba, impilo yabagulayo, indawo yokusabela yaboni, umthuthuzeli wabaxhwalekileyo, Uyazazi iimfuno zam, ukubandezeleka kwam; Ndinike ithuba lokundijonga ndikhulule kwaye ndikhulule. Ngokuvela kwi-grotto yeLourdes, ubufuna ukuba yindawo elungileyo, apho usasazeka khona, kwaye abantu abaninzi abangonwabanga sele belifumene iyeza kubuthathaka babo bokomoya kunye nobokunye. Nam ndizele ukuzithemba ukubongoza ububele bakho kumama; yiva umthandazo wam wokuthobeka, Mama onesisa, kwaye uzaliswe zizibonelelo zakho, ndiya kuzama ukuxelisa ubuhle bakho, ukuthatha inxaxheba ngenye imini kubuqaqawuli bakho ezulwini. Amen.

I-3 Ave Maria

Inenekazi lethu leLourdes, lisithandazele.

Usikelelekile uMqondo oMangalisayo kunye noMfuziselo woNtombi Enyulu uMariya, uMama kaThixo.