UMTHANDAZO KWI S. GEMMA UKUZIBUZA NGAMBULELO

Owu Gemma othandekayo, ovumela ukubunjwa ngu-Kristu obebethelelwe emnqamlezweni, efumana imiqondiso yePasion yakhe ezukileyo emzimbeni wakho ophathekayo, ukuze usindiswe ngabo bonke, uzuze ukuze siphile ngokuzinikela kwethu ekubhaptizweni ngokuzinikela ngesisa kunye nokusithethelela kwiNkosi ukuze sinike imithombo oyifunayo.
Amen

Santa Gemma Galgani, asithandazele.
Bawo wethu, Ave Maria, Gloria

Ngemvume yecawa-Ingcwele yaseSanta Gemma - uLucca

Wazalwa nge-12 Matshi 1878 eBogonuovo di Camigliano (Lucca). Umama wakhe u-Aurelia wasweleka ngo-Septemba ka-1886. Ngo-1895 uGemma waphefumlelwa ukuba alandele umendo woMnqamlezo ngokuzimisela kunye nesigqibo. UGemma unemibono yengelosi yakhe. Nge-11 ka-Novemba ngo-1897, utata ka-Gemma, u-Enrico, naye wasweleka. Ugulayo, uGemma ufunda i-biografi ye-Passionist ehloniphekileyo uGabriele dell'Addolorata (ngoku oyingcwele), obonakala kuye kwaye amthuthuzele. U-Gemma okwangoku ukhula kwisigqibo kwaye ngokuhlwa kwe-8 kaDisemba, umthendeleko we-Immaculate Conception, uthatha isifungo sobuntombi. Ngaphandle konyango lwezonyango, isifo sikaGemma, isifo samathambo se-lumbar vertebrae esinamathumba kwi-groin, saba mandundu ukuya kwinqanaba lokukhubazeka kwemilenze, nangona kunjalo waphiliswa ngokungummangaliso. Imibono kaGemma iyaqhubeka kwaye unikwe ubabalo lokwabelana nokubandezeleka kukaKristu. Ngo-Meyi ka-1902 uGemma wagula kwakhona, wabuya wachacha, kodwa waphinda wabuya ngo-Okthobha. Usweleke ngomhla we-11 ku-Epreli 1903.