I-Lourdes: emva kwendwendwe, qala ukuhamba

UEstere BRACHMANN. “Ndikhuphe kule ndawo yokugcina izidumbu!” Wazalelwa eParis, ngo-1881 (eFransi). Isifo: I-Tuberculous peritonitis. Waphiliswa eLourdes ngoAgasti 21, 1896, eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala. Ummangaliso wamkelwa ngoJuni 6, 1908 nguBhishophu Omkhulu uLéon Amette waseParis. UEstere akasaphili ubomi bobutsha. Kwiminyaka eyi-15, unoluvo lokuba isibhedlele saseVillepinte yindawo yokugcina izidumbu yokwenene. Lo mbono awukude ekwabelwaneni ngabalingane abalishumi elinesibini, kunye nesifo sephepha, abathi, njengaye, benze olu hambo lokundwendwela ithuba lokugqibela. SingoAgasti 1896. Ngentsasa yomhla wama-21 ka-Agasti, abahambi kwisibhedlele saseNotre Dame de Salut, abakhonzi abathembekileyo ababegula kuHambo Lonqulo Lwesizwe, bamthabatha bamehlisa kuloliwe baza bamthwalela eGrotto baza, ukusuka apho, baya kwindawo yokuqubha. amadama. Uphuma eqinisekile ukuba uphilisiwe. Iintlungu ziyekile… Ukudumba kwesisu sakhe kwanyamalala. Uyakwazi ukuhamba… ulambile. Kodwa umbuzo uyamkhathaza: "Kutheni mna?". Emva kwemini, ulandela imisebenzi yohambo ngezonqulo njengomntu osempilweni. Kwiintsuku ezimbini emva koko, wakhatshwa kwi-Bureau of Medical Finds apho oogqirha, emva kokuxilongwa ngononophelo, baqinisekisa ukuba uchache. Ukubuyela eVillepinte, oogqirha abanyangayo bothukile, bamangalisiwe, badidekile. Bamgcina ejonge uEstere kangangesithuba esingangonyaka! Kuphela ngo-1897, xa bebuya kuhambo lokubulela, baye bathabatha isatifikethi apho waqatshelwa khona ukuba "waphiliswa emva kokubuya kwakhe eLourdes, ngo-1896". Ngomnyaka we-1908, wavavanywa kwakhona kwaye enempilo egqibeleleyo, ngexesha lophando oluvulwe ngubhishophu omkhulu waseParis, uMons Leon Amette, ngenxa yokuqatshelwa kokuphiliswa kunye noClementine Trouvé noMarie Lesage noLemarchand. , amaqhawekazi azenzekelayo “enoveli” kaZola!