UMmangaliso weNovena ka-Nceba ku-St. Francis Xavier

Lo novena wobabalo ungummangaliso watyhilwa nguSt.Francis Xavier ngokwakhe. Umseki-ntsebenziswano wamaJesuit, uSt. Francis Xavier waziwa njengoMpostile waseMpuma kwimisebenzi yakhe yobufundisi eIndiya nakwamanye amazwe aseMpuma.

Ibali le-novena engummangaliso
Ngo-1633, iminyaka engama-81 emva kokubhubha kwakhe, uSt Francis wavela kwiphe. UMarcello Mastrilli, ilungu lomyalelo wamaJesuit owayesondele ekufeni. UFrancis Francis utyhile isithembiso kuTata uMarcello esithi: "Bonke abo bacela uncedo lwam yonke imihla ngeentsuku ezilithoba zilandelelana, ukusukela ngomhla we-4 ukuya kowe-12 kweyoKwindla kubandakanywa, kwaye bafumane ngokufanelekileyo iSakramente seNtetho kunye noMthendeleko oNgcwele ngolunye lweentsuku ezilithoba. ukukhuselwa kwam kwaye ndiya kuba nethemba lokuqiniseka ngokupheleleyo ekufumaneni kuThixo konke ubabalo abalucela ukulunga kwemiphefumlo yabo nozuko lukaThixo “.

Ubawo uMarcello waphiliswa kwaye waqhubeka nokusasaza oku kuzinikela, okuhlala kuthandazwa kulungiselelwa umthendeleko we-St. Francis Xavier (nge-3 kaDisemba). Njengazo zonke i-novenas, inokuthandazwa nangaliphi na ixesha lonyaka.

UMmangaliso weNovena wobabalo kuMnumzana uFrancis Xavier
O St. Francis Xavier, othandekayo kwaye uzele luthando, ngokumanyene nawe, ndiyamhlonela uMhlekazi kaThixo; Kwaye ekubeni ndivuya ngovuyo olungaqhelekanga ngenxa yesipho esinye sobabalo osinike sona ngexesha lobomi bakho nangezipho zakho zobuqaqawuli emva kokufa, ndiyambulela ngokusuka entliziyweni yam; Ndiyakucela ngako konke ukuzinikela kwentliziyo yam ukuba ukonwabele ukundizuzela, ngokundinceda kwakho, ngaphezu kwalo lonke ubabalo lobomi obungcwele kunye nokufa okumnandi. Nceda undifumanele [khankanya isicelo sakho]. Kodwa ukuba into endiyicelayo kuwe ngokungathambekiyo ayihambelani nozuko lukaThixo kunye nokulunga okukhulu komphefumlo wam, nceda undenzele okona kuluncedo kwezi njongo zombini. Amen.
Bawo wethu, Ave Maria, Gloria