ISan Filippo Neri, iNgcwele yomhla we-26 kaMeyi
(Julayi 21 1515 - Meyi 26 1595)
Ibali likaSan Filippo Neri
UFilipu Neri wayengumqondiso wokuphikisana, ukudibanisa ukuthandwa kunye nokuhlonela uThixo ngasemva kweRoma eyonakeleyo kunye nabefundisi abangathandekiyo: yonke i-post-Renaissance malaise.
Eselula, uPhilip wancama ithuba lokuba ngusomashishini, wafudukela eRoma esuka eFlorence, wanikezela ubomi bakhe nokuzimela kuThixo, emva kweminyaka emithathu efunda ifilosofi nezakwalizwi, wayeka ukucinga. Iminyaka eli-13 elandelayo yayichithwe kubizo olungaqhelekanga ngelo xesha: olomntu oleleyo wayethandaza kakhulu kwaye ethandaza.
Ngelixa iBhunga likaTrent (1545-63) laliguqula iCawe kwinqanaba leemfundiso, ubuntu obumangalisayo bukaFilipu babumhlula kubahlobo kuwo onke amanqanaba oluntu, ukusuka kubaphengululi ukuya kakhadinali. Iqela labantu ababelala lalikhawulezile ukuhlanganisana kuye, boyiswa kukomelela kwakhe ngokomoya. Ekuqaleni badibana njengeqela lomthandazo kunye nengxoxo engekho sesikweni kwaye bakhonza namahlwempu aseRoma.
Ebongozwa ngumvumisi wakhe, uFilipu wamiselwa njengombingeleli kwaye kungekudala waba sisidwangube esaziwayo, enetalente yokubhoboza ubuqhetseba kunye nemibono yabanye, nangona yayihlala ikwindlela yokunceda kwaye ihlala ihlekisa. Waququzelela iintetho, iingxoxo kunye nokuthandazela abaguqukayo kwigumbi elingaphezulu kwecawa. Ngamanye amaxesha wayekhokelela "kwiihambo" ukuya kwezinye iicawa, rhoqo ngomculo kunye nepikniki endleleni.
Abanye babalandeli bakaFilipu baba ngababingeleli kwaye bahlala kunye ekuhlaleni. Esi yayisisiqalo se-Oratory, iziko lenkolo awalisekayo. Inxalenye yobomi babo yayiyinkonzo yemihla ngemihla yasemva kwemini yeentetho ezine ezingacwangciswanga, kunye neengoma zomthonyama kunye nemithandazo. UGiovanni Palestrina wayengomnye wabalandeli bakaFilippo kwaye waqamba umculo weenkonzo. I-Oratory yagqitywa yamkelwa emva kokubandezeleka kangangexesha elithile lezityholo zokuba yindibano yabaqhekeki, apho amarhamente ayeshumayela kwaye ecula iingoma zomthonyama!
Ingcebiso kaFilipu yafunwa ngabaninzi ababalaseleyo bexesha lakhe. Ungomnye wabantu abanempembelelo kuHlaziyo lweNgcaciso, ngokuyintloko ukuguqula uninzi lwabantu abanempembelelo ngaphakathi kweCawa ngokwayo kubungcwele bobuqu. Iimpawu zakhe ezintle zazithobekile kwaye zichwayitile.
Emva kokuchitha usuku ephulaphule ukuvuma izono kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe, uFilippo Neri wahlaselwa ligazi waza wasweleka kumsitho ka-Corpus Domini ngo-1595. Wabethwa ngo-1615 waza wenziwa umsulwa ngo-1622. Kwiinkulungwane ezintathu kamva, uKhadinali John Henry Newman waseka ulwimi lokuqala lwesiNgesi. ikhaya leOratory yaseLondon.
Ukucingisisa
Abantu abaninzi ngempazamo bacinga ukuba ubuntu obunomtsalane nobudlalayo obufana nobukaFilipu abunakho ukudityaniswa nobumoya obukhulu. Ubomi bukaFilipu buchitha imibono yethu engqongqo kunye nemxinwa yokuhlonela uThixo. Indlela yakhe yobungcwele yayingumKatolika ngokwenene, yonke into yayiquka, kwaye ihamba kunye nokuhleka. UFilipu wayesoloko efuna ukuba abalandeli bakhe bangabi ngaphantsi kodwa babe ngabantu ngakumbi ngomzabalazo wabo wobungcwele.