USt.Thomas waseVillanova, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-10 Septemba
(1488 - 8 Septemba 1555)
Imbali kaSt.Thomas waseVillanova
USanta Thomas wayevela eCastile eSpain kwaye wafumana ifani yakhe kwisixeko awakhulela kuso. Wafumana imfundo ephezulu kwiDyunivesithi yaseAlcala kwaye waba yinjingalwazi eyaziwayo apho.
Emva kokujoyina ii-friars zika-Augustinian eSalamanca, uThomas wonyulwa waba ngumfundisi kwaye waphinda waqalisa ukufundisa, ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka rhoqo kunye nenkumbulo engeyiyo. Waye ngaphambili kwaye emva koko waba liphondo lama-friars, ethumela ii-Augustinians zokuqala kwihlabathi elitsha. Wonyulwa ngumlawuli kwi-archbishophu enkulu yaseGranada, kodwa wala. Xa isihlalo saphinda sangabinamntu, wanyanzelwa ukuba asamkele. Imali awayinikwa yicawa yecawe enkulu yokubonelela ngendlu yakhe endaweni yayo yanikwa isibhedlele. Ingcaciso yakhe yayikukuba “iNkosi yethu iyakuncedakala ngcono ukuba imali yakho ichithwa kwabahluphekileyo esibhedlele. Ifuna ntoni ifriar ehlwempuzekileyo njengam ifuna ifanitshala? "
Wayenxibe kwa lo mkhuba wawufumene kwi-novitiate, ezilungisa ngokwakhe. Iinkonzo kunye nabasebenzi baba neentloni ngaye, kodwa abakwazanga ukumcenga ukuba atshintshe. Amakhulu aliqela amahlwempu ayesiza kumzi kaThomas rhoqo kusasa kwaye afumane ukutya, iwayini kunye nemali. Xa wayegxekwa ngokuxhaphaza ngamanye amaxesha, waphendula wathi: “Ukuba kukho abantu abangavumiyo ukusebenza, ngumsebenzi werhuluneli namapolisa. Umsebenzi wam kukunceda nokunika uncedo kwabo beza kwam “. Wathabatha iinkedama waza wahlawula abakhonzi bakhe ngomntwana ngamnye oshiyekileyo abamzisileyo. Ukhuthaze abazizityebi ukuba baxelise umzekelo wakhe kwaye batyebe ngenceba nothando kunokuba babenezinto zomhlaba.
Egxekwa ngokungavumi ukuba ngqwabalala okanye ukukhawulezisa ukulungisa aboni, uThomas wathi: “Myeke (ummangali) abuze ukuba u-Augustine no-Saint John Chrysostom abangcwele basebenzise i-anathemas kunye nokusika ukunqanda ukunxila kunye nokunyelisa okuxhaphakileyo ebantwini ababephantsi kwabo. "
Ngelixa wayesifa, uThomas wayalela ukuba yonke imali anayo yabelwe amahlwempu. Izinto zakhe eziphathekayo zaziza kunikwa umphathi wekholeji yakhe. IMisa ibibhiyozelwa phambi kwakhe xa, emva komthendeleko, waphefumla okokugqibela, efunda amazwi athi: "ezandleni zakho, Nkosi, ndiwunikela umoya wam".
Sele ebomini bakhe uTommaso da Villanova wayebizwa ngokuba "ngumalizo" kunye "notata wabampofu". Wabekwa njengongcwalisiweyo ngo-1658.
Ukucingisisa
Unjingalwazi ongenayo ingqondo ngumntu ohlekisayo. UTommaso da Villanova ufumene uhlekisa ngakumbi ngokuhlekisa kwakhe nokuzimisela kwakhe ukuzivumela ukuba axhathwe ngabantu abahlwempuzekileyo ababethontelana emnyango. Wabahlaza oontanga bakhe, kodwa uYesu wayekholiswa kakhulu nguye. Sihlala silingeka ukuba sijonge imbonakalo yethu emehlweni abanye ngaphandle kokunikela ingqalelo eyaneleyo kwindlela esijonga ngayo kuKristu. UThomas usasikhuthaza ukuba siqwalasele ezona zinto zibalulekileyo kuthi.