UClare wase-Assisi, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-11 Agasti
(16 Julayi 1194 - 11 Agasti 1253)
Imbali yaseSt.Clare waseAssisi
Enye yeefilimu ezithandekayo ezenziwe ngoFrancis waseAssisi zibonisa uClare njengobuhle obunwele obugolide obujikeleza emasimini atshiswe lilanga, luhlobo lomlingani kumfazi wenkqubo entsha yaseFranciscan.
Ukuqala kobomi benkolo yakhe yayiyinto yefilimu. Ngokwala ukutshata eneminyaka eli-15, uClare wachukunyiswa kukushumayela ngamandla kukaFrancis. Waba ngumhlobo wakhe wobomi bonke kunye nesikhokelo somoya.
Nge-18, u-Chiara wabaleka esuka endlwini katata wakhe ngobunye ubusuku, wamkelwa esitratweni ngamafriya aphethe iitotshi, kwaye kwindlu yecawa ehlwempuzekileyo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Porziuncola wafumana ilokhwe erhabaxa, etshintshisa ibhanti lakhe elinentsimbi ngentambo eqhelekileyo enamaqhina , kwaye wancama iibhande zakhe ezinde kwisikere sikaFrancis. Wambeka kwikhaya loonongendi laseBenedictine, apho utata wakhe kunye noomalume bakhe bahamba ngokukhawuleza. UClare wabambelela kwisibingelelo secawa, waphosa isigqubuthelo ecaleni ukubonisa iinwele zakhe ezichebiweyo, kwaye waqina.
Kwiintsuku ezilishumi elinesithandathu kamva udadewabo uAgnes wamthelela. Abanye beza. Bebephila ubomi obulula bentlupheko enkulu, ubungqongqo kunye nokuzihlukanisa bodwa kwihlabathi, ngokomthetho abawunikwe nguFrancis njengoMyalelo weSibini. Xa wayeneminyaka engama-21, uFrancis wanyanzela uClare ukuba athobele ukuze amkele i-ofisi yokungakhathali, awayeyisebenzisa de kwasekufeni kwakhe.
AmaLadies ahluphekileyo ahamba enganxibanga zihlangu, elala phantsi, engatyi nyama kwaye ejonge ukuthula cwaka. Emva kwexesha uClare, njengoFrancis, waqinisekisa oodadewabo ukuba bamodareyithe obu bunzima: "Imizimba yethu ayenzelwanga ngobhedu". Ugxininiso oluphambili, ewe, lwalusekuhluphekeni kwevangeli. Babengenayo ipropathi, nkqu nakwinto efanayo, exhaswa yiminikelo yemihla ngemihla. Xa upopu wazama ukweyisela uClare ukuba ayinciphise le ndlela, wabonisa ukuqina kwakhe: "Ndifuna ukukhululwa ezonweni zam, kodwa andifuni kukhululwa kwisibophelelo sokulandela uYesu Krestu."
Iiakhawunti zangoku zikhanya ngokuncoma ubomi bukaClare kwikhonsathi yaseSan Damiano eAssisi. Uphake abagulayo wahlamba iinyawo zoonongendi abacenga amalizo. Yavela emthandazweni, wazixelela, ubuso bakhe bukhazimla babakhazimla abo bamngqongileyo. Wayegula kakhulu kwiminyaka engama-27 yokugqibela yobomi bakhe. Impembelelo yakhe yayiyeyokuba oopopu, amakhadinali kunye noobhishophu babedla ngokuza kuye: uChiara ngokwakhe akazange ashiye iindonga zeSan Damiano.
UFrancis uhlala engumhlobo wakhe omkhulu kunye nomthombo wokhuthazo. UClare ebesoloko eyithobela intando yakhe kunye neminqweno emihle yobomi bevangeli awayeyibona.
Ibali elaziwayo malunga nomthandazo wakhe kunye nentembelo. U-Chiara wayene-Sacramente Ebusisiweyo eyayibekwe ezindongeni zomzi woonongendi xa wahlaselwa kukuhlasela kweSaracens. “Ngaba uyathanda, Thixo, ukunikela ezandleni zala marhamncwa abantwana abangenakuzikhusela endibondlise ngothando lwakho? Ndiyakubongoza, Nkosi ethandekayo, khusela abo bangakwaziyo ukukhusela “. Kuodadewabo wathi: “Sanukoyika. Thembela kuYesu “. AbakwaSaracen basaba.
Ukucingisisa
Iminyaka engama-41 yobomi benkolo kaClare yimizekelo yobungcwele: ukuzimisela okungalawulekiyo ekukhokeleni ubomi obulula kunye nobokoqobo njengoko uFrancis wamfundisayo; ukumelana ngenkalipho kuxinzelelo kuhlala kukho ukungxenga into efanelekileyo; ukuthanda ubuhlwempu nokuthobeka; ubomi obudlamkileyo bomthandazo; kunye nenkxalabo enesisa ngoodadewabo.