I-Lourdes: iphilisiwe ekhubazekeni engalweni
Ngomhla wokuphiliswa kwakhe, wazala umfundisi wexesha elizayo… Wazalwa ngo-1820, ehlala eLoubajac, kufutshane neLourdes. Isifo: I-Cubital Palsy, evela kwi-traumatic plexus ye-brachial plexus, iinyanga ezili-18. Waphiliswa ngoMatshi 1, 1858, eneminyaka engama-38 ubudala. Ummangaliso wamkelwa ngoJanuwari 18, 1862 nguMons. Laurence, ubhishophu waseTarbes. Ngobusuku be-28 kaFebruwari, eshukunyiswe yimpembelelo yequbuliso, uCatherine uvuka ngo-3 ekuseni, avuse abantwana bakhe aze ahambe ngeenyawo ukuya eLourdes. Kangangeminyaka emi-2, indima yakhe njengomama wentsapho inzima kakhulu ukuba ingathwala. Ufanele enze imisebenzi yakhe njengangaphambili phezu kwako nje ukungasebenzi kwesandla sakhe sokunene, umphumo wokuwa komthi ngo-Oktobha 1856. Ngenj’ ixukuxa ngoMatshi 1, 1858, ufika eGrotto, aguqe aze athandaze. Emva koko, ngokulula, umanzisa isandla sakhe kulo mjelo ubhityileyo wamanzi anodaka ongumthombo, eziswe ekukhanyeni nguBernadette kwiintsuku ezintathu ezidlulileyo, ngokwemiyalelo ye "Lady". Kwangoko iminwe yolula kwaye iphinda ikwazi ukutyibilika. Ungazolula kwakhona, uziguqule, uzisebenzise ngokukhululeka ngaphambi kwengozi. Kodwa kufuneka agoduke kwangaloo mini, nto leyo esivumela ukuba siqinisekise usuku lokuchacha kwakhe. Enyanisweni, ekufikeni kwakhe ekhaya, uzala unyana wakhe wesithathu, uJean Baptiste, owathi, ngowe-1882, abe ngumfundisi.
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.
Imithandazo kuMadonna of Lourdes
Yenza isimemo selizwi lakho lokuba ngumama, Ntombi Enyulu yaseLourdes, sibaleka siye ezinyaweni zethu, apho ubusiya khona ubonakala ubonakalisa aboni indlela yomthandazo kunye nokuguquka kunye nokubeka ubuhle kunye nemimangaliso yakho malunga nokubandezeleka ukulunga ngokubanzi. Umbono oqinisekileyo weParadesi, ususe ubumnyama besiphoso kwiingqondo ngokukhanya kokholo, uphakamise imiphefumlo enentliziyo eyaphukileyo ngevumba lethemba lasezulwini, vuselela iintliziyo ezomileyo kunye namaza kaThixo wothando. Senzele uthando kwaye sikhonze uYesu wakho omnandi, ukuze silufanele ulonwabo lukanaphakade. Amen.