ISan Vincenzo de 'Paoli, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-27 kaSeptemba
(1580 - 27 Septemba 1660)
Imbali kaSan Vincenzo de 'Paoli
Ukuvuma ukufa okuswelekileyo komkhonzi oswelekileyo kwavula amehlo kaVincent de 'Paoli kwiimfuno zokomoya ezililayo zabalimi baseFrance. Oku kubonakala ngathi yayingumzuzu obalulekileyo ebomini bendoda evela kwifama encinci eGascony, eFrance, owayengumbingeleli onamabhongo kancinci kunokuba nobomi obutofotofo.
U-Countess de Gondi, isicaka sakhe awasincedayo, wacenga umyeni wakhe ukuba axhobise kwaye axhase iqela labathunywa bevangeli abanenzondelelo nabazokusebenza phakathi kwabahlali abangathathi ntweni kunye nabantu belizwe ngokubanzi. Ekuqaleni uVincent wayethobeke kakhulu ukuba angabamkeli ubunkokheli, kodwa emva kokusebenza ixesha elithile eParis phakathi kwamakhoboka asentolongweni, wabuyela ekubeni yintloko yento eyaziwa ngoku njengeBandla leMishini, okanye iVincentian. Aba befundisi, benesifungo sendlala, ubumsulwa, ukuthobela kunye nozinzo, babezinikezela ngokupheleleyo ebantwini kwiidolophu ezincinci nakwiilali.
Emva koko, uVincent wamisa ubuzalwana bothando lokunceda ngokomoya nangokwenyama kwabangamahlwempu nabagulayo kuzo zonke iipherishi. Ukusuka kwezi, ngoncedo lukaSanta Luisa de Marillac, kweza iiDaughters of Charity, "apho indlu yoonongendi ligumbi labagulayo, icawe yalo yicawa yeparishi, nezindlu zayo zezitalato zedolophu". Waququzelela abafazi abazizityebi baseParis ukuba baphakamise imali kwiiprojekthi zakhe zobufundisi-ntsapho, waseka izibhedlele ezininzi, wakhulisa imali yokunceda amaxhoba emfazwe, kwaye wakhulula ngaphezulu kwe-1.200 yemikhumbi yamakhoboka evela eMantla e-Afrika. Wayenenzondelelo ekuqhubekeni esebenzela abefundisi ngexesha apho kwakukho uburharha obukhulu, ukuxhatshazwa, kunye nokungazi phakathi kwabo. Wayenguvulindlela kuqeqesho lobufundisi kwaye waba negalelo ekudaleni iisemina.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba uVincent wayengumntu onomsindo omfutshane kakhulu, nkqu nabahlobo bakhe bayayivuma loo nto. Uthe ukuba bekungekho ngenxa yobabalo lukaThixo "uya kuba lukhuni aze ahlasele, ahlasele kwaye abe nomsindo." Kodwa waba yindoda ethambileyo kwaye enothando, enomdla kakhulu kwiimfuno zabanye.
UPopu Leo XIII wammisela ukuba abe ngumphathi wayo yonke imibutho yesisa. Phakathi kwezi, uMbutho waseSt.
Ukucingisisa
ICawe yeyabo bonke abantwana bakaThixo, abazizityebi nabangamahlwempu, abalimi nabaphengululi, abaphucukileyo nabalula. Kodwa ke eyona nkxalabo inkulu yeCawe kufuneka ibe yeyabo bafuna uncedo kakhulu, abo bangenamandla ngenxa yezifo, ubuhlwempu, ukungazi okanye inkohlakalo. UVincent de Paul ungumxhasi ofanelekileyo kuwo onke amaKristu namhlanje, xa indlala iphenduke indlala kwaye ubomi obuphezulu bezityebi bume ngokuchaseneyo nokuwohloka komzimba nokuziphatha apho uninzi lwabantwana bakaThixo banyanzelwa ukuba baphile. .