USanta Peter Claver oNgcwele wosuku lwe-9 Septemba
(Juni 26, 1581-Septemba 8, 1654)
Ibali likaSan Pietro Claver
Imvelaphi yakhe yayivela eSpain, umJesuit oselula uPeter Claver walishiya ilizwe lakowabo ngonaphakade ngo-1610 ukuya kuba ngumthunywa wevangeli kumathanga ehlabathi elitsha. Wahamba ngenqanawa eCagagagagasi, isixeko esimi kakuhle esizibuko esikumda weCaribbean. Wamiselwa apho ngo-1615.
Ngelo xesha urhwebo lwamakhoboka lwalusekwe eMelika phantse iminyaka eli-100 kwaye iCagagagena yayiliziko lalo eliphambili. Amawaka alishumi amakhoboka athululelwa kwizibuko minyaka le emva kokuwela iAtlantiki esuka eNtshona Afrika kwiimeko ezimanyumnyezi kwaye ezingenabuntu kangangokuba kuqikelelwa ukuba isinye kwisithathu sabakhweli babhubhile besendleleni. Nangona umkhwa wokurhweba ngamakhoboka wagwetywa nguPopu Paul III kwaye kamva wabizwa ngokuba "bububi obukhulu" nguPopu Pius IX, uqhubekile uqhuba kakuhle.
Umanduleli kaPeter Claver, uBawo wamaJesuit u-Alfonso de Sandoval, wayezinikele kwinkonzo yamakhoboka iminyaka engama-40 phambi kokuba uClaver afike aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe, ezibiza "njengekhoboka labamnyama ngonaphakade".
Ngokukhawuleza xa inqanawa yamakhoboka yangena ezibukweni, uPeter Claver wafudukela kwindawo awayehlala kuyo ukuze ancede abakhweli abahlukumezekileyo nabatyhafileyo. Emva kokuba amakhoboka esuswe enqanaweni njengezilwanyana ezibotshwe ngamatyathanga aza avalelwa kwiinkundla ezikufutshane ukuze ajongwe sisihlwele, uClaver waziphosa phakathi kwabo ngamayeza, ukutya, isonka, ibranti, iilamuni kunye necuba. Ngoncedo lweetoliki wanika imiyalelo esisiseko kwaye waqinisekisa abantakwabo noodadewabo ngesidima sabo sobuntu nothando lukaThixo.Ngeminyaka engama-40 yobulungiseleli bakhe, uClaver wafundisa kwaye wabhaptiza amakhoboka angama-300.000.
Ukwahlukana kukaP. Claver kwanda ngaphaya kokukhathalela kwakhe amakhoboka. Waba ngamandla okuziphatha, ngokwenene, umpostile waseCagagagena. Wayeshumayela kwibala leedolophu, ethumela oomatiloshe kunye nabarhwebi, kunye namaphulo, apho wayekuthintela, nanini na kunokwenzeka, ukubuk 'iindwendwe kwabatyali kunye nabanini kwaye endaweni yokulala.
Emva kweminyaka emine yokugula, neyanyanzelisa ingcwele ukuba ihlale ingasebenzi kwaye ihoywa kakhulu, uClaver wasweleka nge-8 kaSeptemba, 1654. Oomantyi besixeko, ababekade bekhangeleka benenkxalabo ngabantu abamnyama abahlelelekileyo, bayalela ukuba kungcwatywe ngendleko zoluntu kwaye okukhulu ubungangamsha.
UPeter Claver wahlanjululwa ngo-1888 kwaye uPopu Leo XIII wambhengeza njengomphathi womsebenzi wobufundisi phakathi kwamakhoboka amnyama.
Ukucingisisa
Amandla namandla oMoya oyiNgcwele abonakaliswa kwizigqibo ezimangalisayo zikaPeter Claver kunye nezenzo zesibindi. Isigqibo sokushiya ilizwe lakhe kwaye angaze abuye sityhila isenzo esikhulu sentando ekunzima ukusicinga. Ukuzimisela kukaPeter ukukhonza abantu abahlukumezekileyo, abalahliweyo nabathobekileyo ngonaphakade ligorha elingaphaya kwamandla. Xa sibuthelekisa ubomi bethu nobomntu onjalo, siye siqaphele amandla ethu angafane asetyenziswe kunye nesidingo sethu sokuvula ngakumbi amandla oxakayo kaMoya kaYesu.