ISan Carlo Borromeo, iNgcwele yosuku lukaNovemba 4
Ingcwele yosuku lwangoNovemba 4
(2 Okthobha 1538 - 3 Novemba 1584)
Ifayile yomsindo
Imbali yeSan Carlo Borromeo
Igama likaCarlo Borromeo linxulunyaniswa notshintsho. Wahlala ngexesha loHlaziyo lwamaProtestanti kwaye wenza igalelo ekuhlaziyweni kweCawa yonke kwiminyaka yokugqibela yeBhunga laseTrent.
Nangona wayengowasebukhosini baseMilanese kwaye enxulumene nosapho olunamandla lwamaMedici, uCarlo wayenqwenela ukuzinikela eCaweni. Ngo-1559, xa umalume wakhe, uKhadinali de Medici wonyulwa njengoPopu Pius IV, wammisela ukuba ngumdikoni omkhulu kunye nomphathi we-archdiocese yaseMilan. Ngelo xesha, uCharles wayesengumntu oqhelekileyo kunye nomfundi oselula. Ngenxa yeempawu zakhe zobukrelekrele, uCharles wanikwa izikhundla ezininzi ezibalulekileyo ezinxulumene neVatican, kwaye kamva wonyulwa njengonobhala welizwe onoxanduva kurhulumente wobupapa. Ukusweleka kwangaphambi kwexesha komntakwabo omdala kukhokelele uCharles kwisigqibo sokugqibela sokubekwa njengomfundisi, ngaphandle kokunyanzelwa zizalamane zakhe ukuba atshate. Ngokukhawuleza emva kokubekwa njengomfundisi eneminyaka engama-25, uBorromeo wamiselwa njengobhishophu waseMilan.
Ukusebenza emva kwezigcawu, iSan Carlo ifanelwe kukufumana ukubanjwa kweBhunga laseTrent kwiseshoni xa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo laliza kunyibilika. UBorromeo ukhuthaze upopu ukuba ahlaziye ibhunga ngo-1562, emva kokumiswa iminyaka elishumi. Wayiphatha yonke imbalelwano ngexesha lomjikelo wokugqibela. Ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe kwiBhunga, uBorromeo akazange akwazi ukuhlala eMilan de kube kugqitywe iBhunga.
Ekugqibeleni, u-Borromeo wavunyelwa ukuba achithe ixesha lakhe kwi-Archdiocese yaseMilan, apho umfanekiso wenkolo kunye nokuziphatha wawungakhazimli kwaphela. Uhlengahlengiso olufunekayo kuwo onke amabakala obomi bamaKatolika kubefundisi nakumarhamente lwaqaliswa kwibhunga lephondo labo bonke oobhishophu abangaphantsi kwakhe. Imigaqo ethe ngqo yaqulunqelwa oobhishophu kunye nezinye iicawa: ukuba abantu baguqukele kubomi obungcono, uBorromeo kwafuneka abe ngowokuqala ukumisela umzekelo olungileyo kwaye ahlaziye umoya wakhe wobupostile.
UCharles wakhokela ekumiseleni umzekelo omhle. Unikele uninzi lwengeniso yakhe kwisisa, walela konke ukonwaba kwaye wanyanzelisa isohlwayo esiqatha. Wabuncama ubutyebi, amawonga aphezulu, ukubekeka kunye nefuthe lokuba lihlwempu. Ngexesha lesibetho nendlala ye-1576, uBorromeo wazama ukondla abantu abangama-60.000 ukuya kuma-70.000 ngosuku. Ukwenza oku, waboleka imali eninzi eyathatha iminyaka ukuyibuyisa. Ngelixa abasemagunyeni babaleka esona sibetho siphezulu, wasala esixekweni, apho anyamekela abagulayo nabafayo, enceda abasweleyo.
Umsebenzi kunye nemithwalo enzima yeofisi yakhe ephezulu yaqala ukuyichaphazela impilo ka-Archbishop Borromeo, ekhokelela ekufeni kwakhe eneminyaka engama-46.
Ukucingisisa
INgcwele uCharles Borromeo yawenza awakhe amazwi kaKrestu: "... bendilambile kwaye undinike ukutya, bendinxaniwe, wandinika ukuba ndisele, ndingumntu wasemzini nandamkela; ndize entolongweni, nandivelela ”(Mateyu 25: 35-36). UBorromeo wabona uKristu kummelwane wakhe, kwaye wayesazi ukuba uthando olwenzelwe owokugqibela womhlambi wakhe luthando olwenzelwe uKristu.