I-Lourdes: ekhubazekile, ngokukhawuleza ufumana ubuso bakhe bokwenene kwakhona

UJohanna BÉZENAC. Ekhubazekile, wafumana kwakhona ubuso bakhe bokwenyani ... Uzalelwe uDubos, ngo-1876, ehlala eSanta Laurent des Bâtons (eFrance). Isifo: I-Cachexia evela kwisizathu esingaziwayo, impetigo ezinkalweni nasebunzi. Waphiliswa nge-8 ka-Agasti ka-1904, eneminyaka engama-28 ubudala. Ummangaliso owamkelwa nge-2 kaJulayi, ngo-1908 ngo-Mons. UHenri J. Bougoin, ubhishophu we-Perigueux. Kwiinyanga zamva nje, uJohanna akasenaso nesibindi sokuzibonakalisa. Usulelo lwesikhumba lubenza ubuso bakhe imihla ngemihla. Kodwa esi sifo esimthatha ngoku kwiingcambu zeenwele zakhe sinokubonakaliswa ngokucacileyo ... Konke kwaqala, empeleni, ngovuyo: ukuzalwa komntwana. Kodwa emva kwethuba elide nelingakhathaliyo lokuncancisa, uJohanna wabethwa, nge-Matshi 1901, yinyumoniya enzima eyayisusa ukubonakala kwesifo sephepha. Unyango lubonisa ukungasebenzi. Emva koko, imeko yaya isiba mandundu kwakhona, ngakumbi oku kusuleleka kwesikhumba okuchaphazela isidima sakhe njengowasetyhini. Ukufika kwakhe eLourdes kunye ne-diocesan yokuhambahamba, kubonakala ukuba waphinda waphila. I-Bureau yeZonyango eziFumanisayo inebali elifutshane malunga nale nyange. UJohanna kuthiwa waphilisa ngeentsuku ezimbini, nge-8 nange-9 ka-Agasti ngo-1904 kwaye ukuba le ndlela yokuphilisa idibene namanzi asentwasahlobo, asetyenziswa ekuhlambeni naselifeni. Nge-4 ka-Okthobha ngo-1904, okanye kwiinyanga ezi-2 emva kohambo lwakhe, ugqirha owayeyile waqonda, emva kovavanyo olunzulu, "ukubuyiselwa kwelizwe ngokubanzi kunye".