Lourdes: "ithumba lakhe lesibindi linyamalele"
Udade MAXIMILIEN (Nun of l'Espérance). Ithumba lakhe lesibindi linyamalele… Wazalwa ngo-1858, umhlali wekhaya loonongendi weSisters of Hope, eMarseille (France) Izifo : I-Hydatid cyst yesibindi, i-phlebitis kwilungu elingezantsi elisekhohlo. Waphiliswa ngoMeyi 20, 1901, eneminyaka engama-43 ubudala. Ummangaliso wamkelwa ngoFebruwari 5, 1908 nguKhadinali Paulin Andrieu, ubhishophu waseMarseilles. SingoMeyi 21, 1901. Ngosuku olungaphambili, unongendi oneminyaka engama-43 ubudala onesifo somhlaza wesibindi wafika eLourdes engaziwa ngokupheleleyo. Namhlanje, uDade Maximilien unobuganga bokuvela kwi-Bureau of Medical Observations, phambi kwabaphulaphuli oogqirha abamgocagocileyo kwaye bamgwebe. Unongendi ubalisa ibali elimangalisayo lokugula kwakhe, ukuvela kwayo kwaphazamiseka ngequbuliso kusuku olungaphambili. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-43, egula iminyaka eli-15, elele ebhedini iminyaka emi-5, wayegqalwa njengongenakunyangeka. Ngaphezu koko, imeko yakhe yempilo yayinzima ngenxa ye-phlebitis kumlenze wakhe wasekhohlo. Kwikhaya loonongendi beSisters of Hope eMarseille, wonke umntu wayesazi ukuba unyango aluniki themba. Eneli themba lokufa kungekudala, wafika eLourdes ngoMeyi 20, 1901. Wathi akufika nje, wasiwa emaquleni. Kwimizuzu embalwa kamva waphuma ngeenyawo waza waphila! Ukudumba kwesisu nasemlenzeni kwakuphele kwaphela!
UMTHANDAZO kuLOURDES
Owu Mhlekazi oNgagungqiyo, ndiguqa apha phambi koMfanekiso wakho osikelelekileyo kwaye ndimanyene kwakhona emoyeni nabahambi ngezonqulo abangenakubalwa abahlala bekudumisa kwaye besikelela kwi-grotto nakwitempile yaseLourdes. Ndiyakuthembisa ukuthembeka okungapheliyo, kwaye ndingcwalisela kuwe iimvakalelo zentliziyo yam, iingcamango zengqondo yam, iimvakalelo zomzimba wam, kunye nayo yonke intando yam. Ah! Owu Ntombi Enyulu, okokuqala, ndifumanele indawo kwiLizwe lasezulwini, kwaye undinike ubabalo ... kwaye uqinisekise ukuba usuku olulangazelelwayo luyeza ngokukhawuleza, apho ndinokucinga ngawe ngokuzukileyo eParadesi, kwaye apho ngonaphakade ndiyabulela kwaye ndiyabulela ngenkxaso yakho kwaye usikelele uBathathu Emnye okwenze ukuba ube namandla kwaye unenceba. Amen.
UMTHANDAZO kaPIUS XII
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.
UMTHANDAZO KWINEEZI LETHU LOURDES
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.
3 Ave Maria Inenekazi lethu laseLourdes, sithandazele. Mayisikelelwe iNgcwele kunye neMimba eNgenasiphelo yeNtombi Enyulu esikelelekileyo, uMama kaThixo.
UMTHANDAZO kwi-MADONNA ye-LORDES
UMaria, wabonakala kuBernadette kwindawo yeli litye. Ebusika nasebumnyameni bobusika, wenze ukuba uzive ubushushu bokubakho, ukukhanya kunye nobuhle.
Kwimanxeba nasebumnyameni bobomi bethu, kwizahlulo zehlabathi apho ububi bunamandla, kuzisa ithemba kwaye kubuyise ukuzithemba!
Nina baNgqondo eyiNgcalisayo, nize kubancede aboni. Sinike ukuthobeka kokuguqula, isibindi sokuguquka. Sifundise ukuthandazela onke amadoda.
Sikhokele kwimithombo yoBomi bokwenyani. Senze abahambisi kolo hambo ngaphakathi kwiCawe yakho. Sanelise kuthi ukulamba kwe-Ekrisarist, isonka sohambo, isonka soBomi.
Kuwe, Mariya, uMoya oyiNgcwele wenze izinto ezinkulu: ngamandla akhe ukusizise kuYise, esebuqaqawulini boNyana wakho, ephila ngonaphakade. Jonga uthando lukamama kubuhlungu bemizimba nentliziyo yethu. Akhanye njengenkanyezi eqaqambileyo kuye wonke umntu ngexesha lokufa.
Ndikunye noBernadette, sithandaza kuwe, O Maria, ngokulula kwabantwana. Beka engqondweni yakho umoya weBeatopes. Emva koko sinokuthi, ukusuka apha ezantsi, silazi uvuyo loBukumkani kwaye sicule kunye nawe: Magnificat!
Uzuko kuwe, Ntombi Enyulu, mkhonzi osikelelekileyo weNkosi, Umama kaThixo, Itempile yoMoya Oyingcwele!