Lourdes: ayinyangeki kodwa iyaphilisa emachibini
Elise SEISSON. Intliziyo entsha… Wazalwa ngo-1855, ehlala eRognonas (eFransi). Isigulo : I-hypertrophy yenhliziyo, i-edema yelungu elisezantsi. Waphiliswa ngo-Agasti 29, 1882, eneminyaka engama-27 ubudala. Ummangaliso wamkelwa ngoJulayi 12, 1912 nguNkskz François Bonnefoy, ubhishophu omkhulu wase-Aix, Arles kunye no-Embrun. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-21, ngowe-1876, uElisa wagula. Kangangeminyaka emithandathu wayenyangwa ibronchitis engapheliyo nesifo sentliziyo. U-Elisa akaphenduli kunyango kwaye uthathwa njengonganyangekiyo. Njengelinge lokugqibela, waya eLourdes ekupheleni kuka-Agasti 1882. Wasiwa kumaqula okuqubha ngosuku lokuqala lohambo ngezonqulo yaye, xa wayehamba, ukudumba kwemilenze yakhe kwaphela! Emva kobusuku obuzolileyo, uvuka eziva ephile ngokupheleleyo. Lo mbono uqinisekisiwe ekubuyeni kwakhe ngugqirha ohambayo. Impilo yakhe entle yazingisa kangangeminyaka engamashumi amathathu eyalandelayo ngaphambi kokuba oku kuphiliswa kugqalwe ngokusemthethweni njengemimangaliso, ngowe-1912, ngubhishophu wakhe.
Umthandazo kwiNkosikazi yethu yeLourdes
itheko nge-11 kaFebruwari
UMaria, ubonakale kuBernadette kwindawo yeli litye.
Ebusika nasebumnyameni bobusika,
wenze ubushushu bobukho
ukukhanya kunye nobuhle.
Kwamanxeba nasebumnyameni bobomi bethu,
kwiCandelo lehlabathi apho ububi bunamandla,
kuzisa ithemba
kwaye buyisela ukuzithemba!
Nina baLwazi ngeNkohliso,
yiza ukusinceda aboni.
Sinike ukuthobeka koguquko,
inkalipho yokuzohlwaya.
Sifundise ukuthandazela onke amadoda.
Sikhokele kwimithombo yoBomi bokwenyani.
Senze abahambisi kolo hambo ngaphakathi kwiCawe yakho.
Anelise indlala ye-Ekrisarist kuthi,
isonka sohambo, isonka soBomi.
Kuwe, Mariya, uMoya oyiNgcwele wenze izinto ezinkulu:
Ngamandla akhe, ukuzise kuye uBawo,
esebuqaqawulini boNyana wakho, ephila ngonaphakade.
Jonga uthando lukamama
Ubuhlungu bemizimba nentliziyo yethu.
Akhanye njengenkanyezi eqaqambileyo kumntu wonke
mzuzu wokufa.
Ndikunye noBernardetta, siyakuncenga, maria,
ngokulula kwabantwana.
Beka engqondweni yakho umoya weBeatopes.
Ke singanakho, ukusuka ezantsi apha, ukuba sazi uvuyo loBukumkani
Cula kunye nawe:
Yimagnificat!
Uzuko kuwe, Ntombi Enyulu,
Sikelela, mkhonzi weNkosi,
Umama wesithixo,
Itempile yoMoya oyiNgcwele!
Amen!