Ummangaliso eLourdes: umlenze wakhe ufana ntsha

I-Antonia MOULIN. Ithemba liboshwe emzimbeni ... Wazalwa ngo-Epreli 13, 1877 eVienna (eFrance). Isifo: I-osteitis eyiyo eyi-femur fistulised osteitis. Waphiliswa nge-10 ka-Agasti ngo-1907, eneminyaka engama-30 ubudala. Ummangaliso owamkelwa nge-6 kaNovemba ka-1911 ngu-Bishop Paul E. Henry, ubhishophu waseGrenoble. Emva kweentsuku ezintlanu echithe eLourdes ngonyaka ka-1905, uAntonia wemka waya ekhaya ngaphandle koncedo kwimpilo yakhe. Ngaphakathi, uhlangabezana nohlobo lwamathandabuzo kunye nokuxhalaba okufumana abantu abagulayo abangatyhilekanga. Ndinethemba lantoni ngoku, emva kukaLourdes? Kodwa, nzulu emphefumlweni wakhe, ithemba alifanga ... Inkxalabo yakhe yaqala ngoFebruwari 1905. Ekujikeni kwesifo esibuhlungu, ithumba lifumaneka emlenzeni wakhe wasekunene, libi ngokwaneleyo ukumnyanzela ukuba ahlale iinyanga ezintandathu esibhedlele. Ubomi bakhe ke buye bube yinto engapheliyo kunye nokuhamba phakathi kwendlu nesibhedlele. Imeko yayo ngokubanzi iba mandundu. Ngo-Agasti ka-1907 wemka kwakhona waya eLourdes, kwiminyaka emibini emva kwamava akhe okuqala. Uza kuwe njengesigulana esinganyangekiyo ... kodwa ngethemba elikhulu. Kwiintsuku ezimbini emva kokufika kwakhe, nge-10 ka-Agasti, uyakhokhelwa kwakhona kwiqula lokuqubha. Xa uyibopha kwakhona, uyaqonda ukuba inxeba lakho lipholile, umlenze wakho ufana "ntsha"! Ukubuyela kwakhe "elizweni", kubangela ukumangaliswa wonke umntu, ngakumbi ugqirha wakhe.