Upapa uFrancis undwendwela ekhangele kwiBasilica yeSant'Agostino eRoma
Upopu uFrancis wenza utyelelo olothusayo kwi-Basilica yase-Saint Augustine ngoLwesine eyokuthandaza engcwabeni laseSanta Monica.
Ngexesha lokutyelela kwakhe kwisasilica kwikota yaseRoma yeCampo Marzio, kufutshane nePiazza Navona, uPopu wathandaza kwigumbi elingaphakathi lecawa eyayinengcwaba leSanta Monica kumhla wakhe wetheko nge-27 ka-Agasti.
USanta Monica uhlonitshwe eCaweni ngenxa yomzekelo wakhe oyingcwele kunye nokuthandazela kwakhe ngokuthandazela unyana wakhe, uSanta Augustine, ngaphambi kokuguquka kwakhe. AmaKatolika namhlanje abuyela eSanta Monica njengomlamleli wamalungu osapho kude neCawa. Ungumphathi woomama, abafazi, abahlolokazi, imitshato enzima kunye namaxhoba okuphathwa gadalala.
Wazalelwa kusapho lwamaKristu eMantla e-Afrika ngo-332, uMonica watshata noPatricius, umhedeni owayedelela inkolo yomfazi wakhe. Uye wajongana ngomonde nemeko embi yomyeni wakhe nokungathembeki kwizifungo zabo zomtshato, kwaye umonde wakhe kunye nokuzeka kade umsindo kwakhe kwavuzwa xa uPatricio wabhaptizwa eCaweni kunyaka ongaphambi kokuba asweleke.
Xa uAugustine, oyena mdala kubantwana abathathu, waba yiManichean, uMonica wahamba elila ebhishophu eyokucela uncedo kuye, awaphendula wathi: "unyana wezo nyembezi soze abhubhe".
Uqhubeke nobungqina bokuguquka kuka-Augustine kunye nokubhaptizwa kuka-Saint Ambrose kwiminyaka eli-17 kamva, kwaye uAugustine waba ngubhishophu kunye nogqirha weCawe.
UAugustine wabhala ibali lakhe lokuguqula kunye neenkcukacha ngendima kamama wakhe kwisivumo sakhe. Wabhala, ebhekisa kuThixo: "Umama, othembekileyo wakho, walila phambi kwam ngenxa yam ngaphezu koomama abaqhele ukulilela ukufa komzimba kwabantwana babo."
USanta Monica usweleke ngoko nangoko emva kokubhaptizwa konyana wakhe e-Ostia, kufutshane ne-Roma, ngo-387. Izinto zakhe ezingcwele zasuswa e-Ostia zasiwa kwi-Basilica yase-Sant'Agostino e-Roma ngo-1424.
I-Basilica yaseSant'Agostino eCampo Marzo iqulethe umfanekiso weshumi elinesithandathu weNtombikazi kaMariya owaziwa njengeMadonna del Parto, okanye iMadonna del Parto Safe, apho uninzi lwabasetyhini luthandazela ukuzalwa okukhuselekileyo.
Upopu uFrancis wenza umthendeleko ngecawe ngomhla womthendeleko ka-Augustine ngomhla wama-28 ku-Agasti 2013. Kwintsapho yakhe, uPopu wacaphula ivesi yokuqala ka-Augustine's Confessions: “Usenzele wena, Owu Nkosi, Intliziyo ayiphumli de ihlale kuwe. "
"KuAugustine yayikukungazinzi entliziyweni yakhe okwamkhokelela ekubeni adibane noKrestu, kwamkhokelela ekubeni aqonde ukuba uThixo okude awayekufuna yayinguThixo osondele kubo bonke abantu, uThixo osondele entliziyweni yethu," usondele kum ”, utshilo uPopu Francis.
“Apha ndinokujonga kuphela kumama: le Monica! Zingaphi iinyembezi awaziphalazayo loo mfazi ungcwele ngenxa yokuguqulwa konyana wakhe! Kwaye kwanamhlanje, bangaphi oomama abasula iinyembezi ukuze abantwana babo babuyele kuKristu! Sukuphelelwa lithemba ngobabalo lukaThixo, ”utshilo upapa