Ngenyanga kaMatshi sikhumbula iMadonna yemimangaliso

Ngenyanga kaMatshi sikhumbula iMadonna yemimangaliso: Umthendeleko weMadonna wemimangaliso unemvelaphi yakudala enyanisweni inkolo yaqala malunga ne-1500, xa abafazi abathathu baseAlcamo eSicily ngelixa babezimisele ukuhlamba iimpahla emfuleni babona umfazi uvela nomntwana phambi kwamehlo akhe. Ngalo mzuzu, bengakhange bakwazi nokuqonda ukuba kwenzeka ntoni, ngequbuliso babethelwa ngamanzi ngaphandle kokuzisa amanxeba emzimbeni.

Ukubuyela kumakhaya abo baxelele okwenzekileyo ekungekho namnye kubo owayefuna ukukholelwa. Abasemagunyeni basekuhlaleni bazisiwe kwaye kwangoko bathatha amanyathelo ukuzama ukuqonda okwenzekileyo, enyanisweni, kwindawo apho isiganeko senzekile, kwafunyanwa i-arch yokusila, apho inkumbulo yalahleka ngaphakathi kwelitye kuboniswe iMadonna umntwana ezandleni zakhe. Ukususela ngoko abemi Alcamo baqala ukuthandaza kuloo mfanekiso apho kuboniswe intombi eyintsikelelo, ngoko kwiintsuku ezilandelayo kwenzeka imimangaliso emininzi.
Ukususela ngo-1547 uMadonna waba ngumgcini wesixeko saseAlcamo.

Ekuqaleni yanikwa igama lika "Madonna delle Grazie" kodwa, ngenxa yemimangaliso engenakubalwa eyenziweyo, yanikwa igama lika UMongameli wethu woBabalo. Baninzi abantu abazinikeleyo abaqinisekisa ngokuqinisekileyo imimangaliso yaseMadonna, inkolo evakalelwa kubunzulu bomphefumlo obuhamba nezizukulwana zonke. Imibhiyozo ibandakanya isixeko siphela kunye neminyhadala yezemidlalo, imi nokutya kwasekhaya kunye neemveliso zewayini, apho iMadonna ithwalwa emagxeni abantu abazinikelayo, kwizitrato zedolophu ukuqukumbela ngokungena kwicawa kunye nemiboniso yomlilo.

Ngenyanga kaMatshi sikhumbula iMadonna yemimangaliso: isikhungo sinikezelwe kuye

OyiNtombi eNgcwele,
uthanda imisebenzi emininzi,
ngaphezu komfanekiso
ipeyintwe emnyango wecawe,
wehle uncomekayo kwibala
ukubuyisa uMntwana wakho,
emva kokuncuma kwimidlalo yabanye abantwana
wenza ukuva nokuthetha komnye wabo,
yehla kwakhona ngentliziyo yakho enkulu phakathi
kubemi bethu,
kumakhaya, kwimizi-mveliso yethu nasemaphandleni.

Jonga oyena Mama wethu unemfesane,
Basikeleleni abo banithandayo;
abo babandezeleka emphefumlweni nasemzimbeni:
bathuthuzele, ubaphilise.
bamemeze abo bakubizayo.
Kodwa ngaphezulu kwako konke, Ntombi Enyulu yeMimangaliso,
Nceda usiguqulele kuqala,
kwaye ke imiphefumlo emininzi ekude kakhulu kuthi,
abaye baba zizithulu nezimumu
kwilizwi leNkosi. Amen.
Ave okanye uMaria ...