ULourdes: Ngosuku lokugqibela lohambo ngezonqulo, amanxeba akhe ayavaleka

uLydia BROSSE. Xa sele ephilisiwe, umntu uzinikela kwabagulayo… Wazalwa nge-14 ka-Okthobha ngo-1889, ehlala eSaint Raphaël (eFransi). Izifo : I-fistula ye-tuberculous eninzi kunye namacandelo amakhulu kwindawo ye-gluteal ekhohlo. Waphila ngo-Oktobha 11, 1930, eneminyaka engama-41 ubudala. Ummangaliso wamkelwa ngo-Agasti 5, 1958 nguMons. Jean Guyot, ubhishophu waseCoutances. NgoSeptemba 1984, uLourdes waphulukana ngomnye wabona bantu bathembekileyo ababelalisa izibhedlele: uLydia Brosse, owasweleka eneminyaka engama-95 ubudala. Wabakhonza abagulayo ngamandla akhe onke nangomphefumlo wakhe wonke. Kwakutheni ukuze kugwetywe ngolo hlobo? Impendulo ilula: wayefuna ukubuyisela ezinye zezinto awayezifumene. Ngenxa yokuba kukho konke okulindelekileyo, ngenye imini ngo-Oktobha 1930, uThixo, akholelwa kuye ngokunyanisekileyo, waphilisa amanxeba alo mfazi omncinci we-40 kilo. ULidiya wayesele enezifo ezininzi zamathambo, ezinemvelaphi yesifo sephepha. Uye watyandwa izihlandlo ezininzi namathumba amaninzi. Wayedinwe eyimfe, ebhityile kwaye ephelelwa ngamandla ngenxa yokopha. Ebudeni bohambo lwakhe ngo-Oktobha 1930, akuzange kubekho mpucuko ibonakalayo kwimeko yakhe. Ngomhla wokugqibela, yeka ukuqubha emachibini. Kungexesha lokubuyela eSaint Raphaël apho afumana khona umnqweno kunye namandla okuvuka. Izilonda zakhe ziyavaleka. Ekubuyeni kwakhe, ugqirha ohambayo uqinisekisa "imeko ekhulayo yempilo, i-cicatrization epheleleyo ...". Ebudeni bayo yonke iminyaka eyalandelayo, uLydia wayedla ngokuya eLourdes kuhambo olungcwele lweRosari ukuze azinikele kwabagulayo. Kwiminyaka engama-28 kuphela emva kokuchacha kwakhe, ummangaliso wabhengezwa ngokusemthethweni, kungekhona kakhulu ngenxa yokudideka koogqirha, kodwa ngenxa yokucotha kweenkqubo zokuqaphela.