ULourdes kunye nemiyalezo emikhulu kaMarian
Inenekazi lethu leLourdes, lisithandazele.
Sele kudlule iminyaka embalwa emva kokuvela kwe1830 eParis, eRue du Bac, apho iNtombi Enyulu, eyandulela inkcazo engqongqo yeCawa, yazityhila “njengokukhawulwa ngaphandle kwesono” imema thina, bantwana bayo, ukuba siguqukele kuyo ukuze siyifumane. iinceba esizifunayo, iinceba ezithi zonke zidlule ezandleni zakhe kwaye njengemitha yokukhanya zikhukulise umhlaba kwaye zibuyisele uxolo nokholo ezintliziyweni zethu.
Emva koko, ngo-1846, eLa Salette, uMninimzi oMnandi ubuyela ukuthetha ngokuguqulwa, ukuguquka, ukuguquka kobomi, ukukhumbula ukubaluleka kokungcwaliswa kweeholide kunye nokuphulaphula ngokuthembekileyo iLizwi likaThixo ... kwaye wenza njalo ekhala, kuba ubuncinane iinyembezi zakhe zichukumisa iintliziyo zethu.
Ngo-1858 i-Immaculate Conception yaphinda yakhetha enye indawo eFransi, kude kube ngoko incinci kwaye ingaziwa, ukutyhila ubukho bakhe kwaye izise omnye umyalezo wokholo, inguquko kunye nenguquko. Inenekazi lethu liyanyanzelisa ... sihlala sinzima ukumamela, sidikidiki ekusebenzeni ... uyanyanzelisa kwaye uya kugxininisa kwakhona, nakwiFatima kwaye kude kube namhlanje!
Xa wayekhetha uLourdes, ukukhanya okukhulu kwakusandul’ ukukhanyiswa esibhakabhakeni seCawe: ngowe-1854 uPope Pius IX wayibhengeza ngokunyanisekileyo imfundiso ye-Immaculate Conception: “Eyona Ntombi inyulu isikelelweyo uMariya ngephanyazo lokuqala lokukhawula kwakhe. Ubabalo kunye nelungelo elilodwa likaThixo uSomandla, ngokulindela ukulunga kukaYesu Krestu, uMsindisi woluntu, ligcinwe likhuselekile kuwo onke amabala esono sokuqala".
Kodwa i-echo yobabalo olungaka ngokuqinisekileyo yayingekafikeleli, kwidolophu encinci kunye nekude, abantu abaninzi abalula, abaninzi bengakwazi ukufunda nokubhala, kodwa benokholo oluqinileyo nolunyulu, oluhlala lukhuthazwa yintlupheko kunye nokubandezeleka.
Ekwindla lowe-1855 uLourdes wayedlakazwe ngubhubhani wekholera. Ngeentsuku ezithile abafileyo babebalelwa kwishumi elinesibini kwaye bafakwa kumangcwaba anzima. UBernadette naye waye wagula kwaye ke ekuphela kwento eyayinokumnceda kukumhlikihla emqolo igazi! Omnye ukubandezeleka ngakumbi, kwaye kungekhona encinci! Uza kuphila, Bernadette, kodwa uya kuhlala ebuthathaka, enempilo enkenenkene kwaye ephethwe sisifuba esingasoze simshiye.
Le yindawo apho iNtombi Enyulu ilungiselela ukudibana nentanda yakhe kwaye imenze umthunywa weLourdes, kwihlabathi liphela.
– Injongo: Sidumisa uMariya, “omkhulu nonamandla onke ngobabalo”, othanda ubuhlwempu, ukuthobeka nokulula kwentliziyo. Masimcele ukuba enze iintliziyo zethu ngolu hlobo.
-Santa Bernardetta, usithandazele.