ISan Giuseppe da Cupertino, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-18 Septemba

(Nge-17 kweyeSilimela ngo-1603 ukuya kwe-18 kweyoMsintsi ngo-1663)

Ibali likaSt.Joseph waseCupertino
UGiuseppe da Cupertino udume ngokuthandazelwa. Naxa wayesengumntwana, uYosefu wayewuthanda umthandazo. Emva komsebenzi omfutshane kunye nabakwaCapuchins, wajoyina i-Conventual Franciscans. Emva kwesabelo esifutshane sokukhathalela i-imeyile, uJoseph waqala izifundo zakhe zobubingeleli. Nangona izifundo zazinzima kakhulu kuye, uJoseph wazuza ulwazi olukhulu ngomthandazo. Wamiselwa njengombingeleli ngo-1628.

Umkhwa kaJoseph wokuhamba ngexesha lokuthandaza ngamanye amaxesha wawungumnqamlezo; abanye abantu beza kubona oku njengoko benokuya kumdlalo wesekisi. Isipho sikaJoseph samkhokelela ekubeni athobeke, abe nomonde, kwaye athobele, nangona ngamanye amaxesha wayehendwa kakhulu kwaye eziva elahliwe nguThixo.Wazila ukutya kwaye wanxiba amatyathanga esinyithi ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe.

Iifreyimu zamdlulisa uJoseph amatyeli aliqela ngenjongo yokulungela yena kunye noluntu luphela. Wagxekwa waza waphandwa yiNkundla Yokuncina Amakholwa; abavavanyi bamkhupha.

UJoseph wagwetywa njengongcwalisiweyo ngo-1767. Kuphando olwandulela ukubekwa ezikhundleni, kubhalwe iziqendu ezingama-70 zokuhlawulwa.

Ukucingisisa
Ngelixa i-levitation luphawu olungaqhelekanga lobungcwele, uJoseph uyakhunjulwa nangeempawu eziqhelekileyo azibonisileyo. Wayethandaza nangexesha lobumnyama obungaphakathi kwaye wayephila ngeNtshumayelo yaseNtabeni. Usebenzise "into yakhe eyodwa" - inkululeko yakhe yokuzikhethela-ukudumisa uThixo kunye nokusebenzela indalo kaThixo.