ISan Giovanni Leonardi, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-8 Okthobha

(1541-9 Okthobha 1609)

Ibali likaSan Giovanni Leonardi
“Ndingumntu nje! Kutheni ndifanele ndenze nantoni na? Kunganceda ntoni? “Namhlanje, njengakulo naliphi na ixesha, abantu babonakala bekhathazwa yingxaki yokuzibandakanya. Ngendlela yakhe, uJohn Leonardi wayiphendula le mibuzo. Wakhetha ukuba ngumbingeleli.

Emva kokumiselwa kwakhe, uFr. ULeonardi wakhuthala kakhulu emsebenzini wobulungiseleli, ngakumbi kwizibhedlele nasezintolongweni. Umzekelo kunye nokuzinikela emsebenzini wakhe kwatsala abantu abancinci abancinci abaqala ukumnceda. Kamva baba ngababingeleli nabo.

UJohn waphila emva koHlaziyo lwamaProtestanti kunye neBhunga laseTrent. Yena nabalandeli bakhe bayile ibandla elitsha labafundisi be-diocesan. Ngesizathu esithile, icebo, elaye lagqitywa lamkelwa, labangela inkcaso enkulu kwezopolitiko. UJohn wagxothwa kwidolophu yakowabo iLucca, e-Italiya, phantse ubomi bakhe bonke. Wafumana ukhuthazo noncedo eSan Filippo Neri, owamnika indawo yokuhlala, kunye nokhathalelo lwekati yakhe!

Ngomnyaka we-1579, uJohn wenza iConfraternity of Christian Doctrine kwaye wapapasha ingqokelela yemfundiso yobuKristu eyahlala isetyenziswa de kwaba yinkulungwane ye-XNUMX.

Ubawo Leonardi kunye nabefundisi bakhe baba ligunya elikhulu lokulunga e-Itali, kwaye ibandla labo laqinisekiswa ngu-Pope Clement ngo-1595. UJohn wasweleka eneminyaka engama-68 kwisifo awasifumana ngelixa wayekhathalela abo bachaphazeleka isibetho.

Ngokomgaqo-nkqubo wabomseki, ooMabhalane abaqhelekileyo bakaMama kaThixo zange babenamahlelo angaphezu kwe-15, kwaye namhlanje babumba ibandla elincinci. Umthendeleko we-liturgical of San Giovanni Leonardi ngu-Okthobha u-9.

Ukucingisisa
Ungenza ntoni umntu? Impendulo iyintabalala! Kubomi bayo yonke ingcwele, inye into icacile: UThixo nomntu sisininzi! Yintoni umntu, ngokulandela ukuthanda kukaThixo kunye nesicwangciso sobomi bakhe, anokuyenza ngaphezulu kokuba ingqondo yethu inokulindela okanye ikucinge. Ngamnye wethu, njengoJohn Leonardi, sine-mission yokufezekisa kwisicwangciso sikaThixo sehlabathi. Ngamnye wethu wahlukile kwaye ufumene italente yokuyisebenzisa kwinkonzo yabazalwana noodade wethu ekwakheni ubukumkani bukaThixo.