UPadre Pio: inkululeko, sebenzela amahlwempu
KwakungoJanuwari 1940 xa IPadre Pio Uthethe okokuqala malunga neprojekthi yakhe ukufumana eSan Giovanni Rotondo isibhedlele esikhulu sokunyanga abagulayo abasweleyo. Indawo leyo ilibalekile kubo bonke apho bekukho isidingo esikhulu senceba ukunceda abantu basekuhlaleni abahluphekileyo.
Kuyo yonke indawo kwakungekho nto ngaphandle kosizi, usizi kunye nokushiya. Akukho zibhedlele, akukho zikhusi zabona babuthathaka, akukho nto inokunceda ukunyamezela amanxeba kobo bunzima bunzulu. Nkqu nesibhedlele esincinci esasihlala kwindawo yoonongendi bangamahlwempu kutshatyalaliswa ngo-1938 kwinyikima.
Umnqweno kaPadre Pio uba yinyani
Kwakhe phupha isibhedlele esitsha bekufanele ukuba sibe indawo ngenxa cura yomzimba kodwa eyomphefumlo. Ukunyanga izono kuthatha fede kodwa ukuphilisa umzimba udinga oogqirha abalungileyo kunye neendawo zokwamkela, le yayiyingcinga yakhe.
Isibhedlele afuna ukusithiya igama Indlu yoNcedo lokubandezeleka bekufanele ukuba iphakame kanye ecaleni kwakhe chiesa. Zininzi miracoli ukuba uPadre Pio wenze kodwa eyona inkulu kwaye ebonakala ingenakwenzeka kuye wonke umntu yafezekiswa njengoko wayephupha ngayo. Emva kweminyaka emibini, enyanisweni, ikomiti yesibhedlele yabangathathi ntweni, ababandezelekileyo nabahluthwayo bazalwa.
Kwiminyaka elandelayo imali eninzi yaphakanyiswa. Inkqubo ye- iminikelo beza bevela kwihlabathi lonke. Isibhedlele savulwa ngoMeyi 5, 1956 phambi kwamagunya asekuhlaleni amaninzi. Ngokucacileyo kwakungekho kunqongophala kwe- ukugxeka iintshaba zakhe. Ewe wakhuza ukuba uchithe imali eninzi, wakha isakhiwo sobunewunewu. Amabhastile amaninzi kunye nezinto ezibiza kakhulu ezenze ukuba ulwakhiwo lubukeke njengehotele enkulu endaweni yeziko lezempilo.
NgokukaPadre Pio ekufuneka ukuba yayiyindlu apho, phambi kwe ukubandezeleka kunye uJesu,, bonke babefana: izityebi namahlwempu, abancinci nabadala. Kungekudala isibhedlele sabamba oogqirha ababalaseleyo ababolekisa ngomsebenzi wabo simahla ikwazile ukuzixhobisa ngezona teknoloji zale mihla cura yabagulayo. Namhlanje, emva kweminyaka emininzi, ubume buyaqhubeka nokukhula kuba iibhedi zihlala zingonelanga ngenxa yokuqhubeka kwezigulana ezivela kulo lonke elase-Itali.