I-Lourdes: emva komdlalo, uhambo, ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo

UMarie BIRE. Emva kokuba isiqaqa, uLourdes… Wazalwa uMarie Lucas ngo-Okthobha 8, 1866, eSainte Gemme la Plaine (eFransi). Izifo : Ubumfama bemvelaphi ephakathi, i-bilateral papillary atrophy. Waphiliswa ngoAgasti 5, 1908, eneminyaka engama-41 ubudala. Ummangaliso waqatshelwa ngoJulayi 30, 1910 nguMons. Clovis Joseph Catteau, ubhishophu waseLuçon. NgoFebruwari 25, 1908 uMarie uphuma kwi-coma kodwa ubuyela kuyo ebusuku. Nanko eyimfama! Emva kokuba efumene umoya wakhe kwakhona, unqwenela ukuya eLourdes. Ubomi bakhe batshintsha malunga neentsuku ezilishumi: ngoFebruwari 14, 1908, ngequbuliso wabonisa iimpawu ezothusayo: ukugabha igazi, ukuqhambuka komphambili wengalo kunye nesandla sasekhohlo kunye neentlungu ezibuhlungu kakhulu. Kwiintsuku ezintathu okanye ezine kamva, uwela kwisiqaqa ngenxa yezizathu zobuchopho. NgoAgasti 5, 1908, uMarie wathabatha olu hambo lunqwenelekayo lokuhamba ngezonqulo. Emva kweMisa eGrotto ngokukhawuleza uphinda abone. Ukuvavanywa kwangolo suku lunye ngugqirha wamehlo, into engakholelekiyo kufuneka ivunywe: izizathu ze-anatomical zobumfama azizange zinyamalale, kodwa uMarie unakho, nangona yonke into, ifunde inqaku elincinci lephephandaba elithotyelwa ngugqirha kuye. Kwiminyaka elandelayo, uphinda axilongwe ngoogqirha. Akusekho silonda. Ukuchacha kwakhe kuqondwa njengokugqibelele nokuzingisa.