I-San Lorenzo Ruiz kunye namaqabane, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-22 Septemba

(1600-29 okanye 30 Septemba 1637)

I-San Lorenzo Ruiz kunye nebali lamaqabane akhe
U-Lorenzo wazalelwa eManila kutata ongumTshayina kunye nomama wasePhilippines, bobabini bangamaKristu. Yiyo loo nto wafunda isiTshayina nesiTagalog kubo, kunye neSpanish kumaDominican, awayesebenza njenge-altare lenkwenkwe kunye ne-sacristan. Waba yi-calligrapher yobungcali, ekhuphela amaxwebhu ngokubhala okuhle. Wayelilungu elipheleleyo leConfraternity yeRosary eNgcwele phantsi kolawulo lweDominican. Watshata waba noonyana ababini nentombi.

Ubomi bukaLorenzo bathatha ngesiquphe xa wagwetyelwa ukubulala. Ayikho enye into eyaziwayo, ngaphandle kwengxelo eyenziwa ngamaDominican amabini ekuthiwa "wafunwa ngabasemagunyeni ngenxa yokubulawa kwakhe.

Ngelo xesha, abefundisi abathathu base-Dominican, u-Antonio Gonzalez, u-Guillermo Courtet kunye no-Miguel de Aozaraza, babeza kuhamba ngomkhumbi baye eJapan nangona babetshutshiswa ngogonyamelo. Babenaye umfundisi waseJapan, uVicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, kunye nomntu nje ongaziwayo uLazaro, owayeneqhenqa. U-Lorenzo, ethabathe indawo yokhuseleko kunye nabo, wagunyaziswa ukuba ahambe nabo. Kodwa kuxa babeselwandle kuphela apho wayesazi ukuba baya eJapan.

Bafika eOkinawa. U-Lorenzo wayenokuya eFormosa, kodwa, wathi, "Ndithathe isigqibo sokuhlala nooTata, kuba amaSpanish ebezakundixhoma apho". E-Japan bakhawuleza babhaqwa, babanjwa basiwa eNagasaki. Indawo yokuphalazwa kwegazi ngokubanzi xa ibhombu yeatom yawiswa yayisele ifumene intlekele. AmaKatolika angama-50.000 XNUMX awakha ahlala apho aye asasazeka okanye abulawa yintshutshiso.

Babephantsi kohlobo oluthile lokuhlushwa okungachazekiyo: emva kokuba isixa esikhulu samanzi sityhalelwe ezantsi emqaleni wabo, benziwa ukuba balale phantsi. Iibhodi ezinde zabekwa esiswini kwaye oonogada banyathelwa eziphelweni zeebhodi, banyanzela amanzi ukuba aphume ngamandla emlonyeni, empumlweni nasezindlebeni.

Ophakamileyo, uFr. UGonzalez wasweleka emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa. Zombini p. UShiwozuka kunye noLazaro baqhekeza phantsi koxinzelelo, olubandakanya ukufaka iinaliti zoqalo phantsi kwezikhonkwane. Kodwa bobabini babuyiselwa kwisibindi ngabahlobo babo.

Ngethuba likaLorenzo lobunzima, wabuza itoliki: “Ndingathanda ukwazi ukuba, ngokuwexuka, bazobusindisa ubomi bam”. Itoliki ayizibophelelanga, kodwa kwiiyure ezilandelayo uLorenzo waziva lukhula ukholo lwakhe. Waba nesibindi, nokuba nesibindi, xa wayencinwa.

Abahlanu babulawa ngokuxhonywa bajonge ezantsi emhadini. Iibhodi ezinemingxunya enesangqa semilenze zazifakelwe ezinqeni kwaye amatye abekwa phezulu ukonyusa uxinzelelo. Babenxibelelene ngokusondeleyo, nokucotha ukujikeleza kunye nokuthintela ukufa ngokukhawuleza. Bavunyelwa ukuba baxhonywe iintsuku ezintathu. Ngelo xesha uLornzo noLazaro babeswelekile. Besaphila, aba babingeleli bathathu banqunyulwa iintloko.

Ngo-1987, uPopu John Paul II wabenza aba bangcwele: abanye base-Asiya nabaseYurophu, amadoda nabafazi, abasasaza inkolo kwiiPhilippines, eFormosa naseJapan. U-Lorenzo Ruiz ngumfeli-nkolo wokuqala wase-Filipino. Umthendeleko weLiturgical weSan Lorenzo Ruiz kunye neCompagni ngowama-10 kweyoMsintsi.

Ukucingisisa
Thina maKristu aqhelekileyo anamhlanje, singamelana njani neemeko abajamelene nazo? Siyavelana naba babini abalukhanyeleyo okwethutyana ukholo. Siyawuqonda umzuzu ombi wokulingwa kukaLornzo. Kodwa sikwabona isibindi - esingachazekiyo ngokwabantu - esaphuma kukholo lwabo. Ukufela ukholo, njengobomi obuqhelekileyo, ngummangaliso wobabalo.