U-Saint Bernard waseClairvaux, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-20 ka-Agasti

(1090 - Agasti 20, 1153)

Imbali kaSaint Bernard waseClairvaux
Indoda yenkulungwane! Mfazi wenkulungwane! Uyabona la magama asetyenziswa kuninzi lwanamhlanje- "golfer of the century", "composer of the century", "tackle of the century" - ukuba umgca awusenayo impembelelo. Kodwa "indoda yenkulungwane yeshumi elinesibini" yaseNtshona Yurophu, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo okanye impikiswano, kwafuneka ukuba ibe nguBernard waseClairvaux. Umcebisi koopopu, umshumayeli wecawa yesibini yomkhuseli, umkhuseli wokholo, umphilisi wokwahlukana, umhlaziyi wenkqubo yoonongendi, umphengululi weZibhalo, isifundiswa sezakwalizwi kunye nomshumayeli oliciko: ngalinye kwezi zihloko lizahlula umntu oqhelekileyo. Ukanti uBernard wayekukho konke oku, kwaye wagcina umnqweno ovuthayo wokubuyela kubomi obufihlakeleyo beentsuku zakhe zobutsha.

Ngomnyaka we-1111, eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, uBernard walishiya ikhaya lakhe wayozibandakanya nomzi woonongendi waseCiteaux. Abantakwabo abahlanu, oomalume ababini kunye nabahlobo abancinci abamalunga namashumi amathathu bamlandela baya kwikhaya loonongendi. Kwisithuba seminyaka emine, uluntu olwalusifa laliphinde lafumana amandla ngokwaneleyo okuseka ikhaya elitsha kwiWormwoods Valley ekufuphi, kunye noBernard njengo-abbot. Umfana onenzondelelo wayefuna ngenkani, kwanokuba wayezithanda ngakumbi kunabanye. Ukonakala kancinci kwezempilo kumfundise ukuba abe nomonde ngakumbi kwaye aqonde. Kungekudala le ntlambo yabizwa ngokuba yiClairvaux, intlambo yokukhanya.

Ukukwazi kwakhe ukuba ngumlamli kunye nomcebisi kuye kwaziwa ngokubanzi. Ngokwandayo, watsalwa wasuswa kwindlu yoonongendi ukuze asombulule iingxabano ezazikade zikho. Ngamaxesha amaninzi, kubonakala ukuba wanyathela iminwe e-Roma. UBernard wayezinikele ngokupheleleyo kwisihlalo sokuqala saseRoma. Kodwa kwileta elumkisayo evela eRoma, uphendule wathi ootata abalungileyo base Roma banako ukwenza ngokwaneleyo ukugcina iCawa iphelele. Ukuba kukho nayiphi na imiba evumayo enika umdla kumdla wabo, wayeya kuba ngowokuqala ukubazisa.

Kungekudala emva kokuba yayinguBernard owangenelela kwisikhewu esipheleleyo kwaye wasekwa ngenxa yompopu waseRoma ngokuchasene nomchasi.

I-Holy See yaqinisekisa uBernard ukuba ashumayele iMfazwe yesiBini eYurophu. Ukuthetha kwakhe kwakuchukumisa kangangokuba umkhosi omkhulu waqokelelwa kwaye impumelelo yomlo womkhosi yabonakala iqinisekile. Iinjongo zamadoda kunye neenkokheli zawo, nangona kunjalo, yayingezizo ezo ze-Abbot Bernard, kwaye iprojekthi yaphela kwintlekele yomkhosi kunye nokuziphatha.

UBernard waziva ngandlela thile ejongene neziphumo ezigwenxa zomnqamlezo. Lo mthwalo unzima mhlawumbi wakhawulezisa ukusweleka kwakhe, okwenzeka ngo-Agasti 20, 1153.

Ukucingisisa
Ubomi bukaBernard eCaweni babusebenza ngaphezu kokuba sinokucinga ukuba kunokwenzeka namhlanje. Imizamo yakhe ivelise iziphumo ezifikelela kude. Kodwa wayesazi ukuba ayizukunceda nganto ngaphandle kweeyure ezininzi zomthandazo kunye nokucamngca okwamzisela amandla nezikhokelo zasezulwini. Ubomi bakhe babonakaliswa ngokuzinikela okunzulu eMadonna. Iintshumayelo zakhe kunye neencwadi ezingoMariya zisengumgangatho wemfundiso yenkolo kaMarian.