USanta Elizabeth waseHungary, oNgcwele wosuku lukaNovemba 17
Ingcwele yosuku lwangoNovemba 17
(1207-17 Novemba 1231)
Ibali likaSt. Elizabeth waseHungary
Kubomi bakhe obufutshane, uElizabeth wabonakalisa uthando olukhulu kumahlwempu kunye nokubandezeleka kangangokuba waba ngumphathi wesisa samaKatolika kunye noMyalelo weFranciscan Order. Intombi kaKumkani waseHungary, uElizabethe wakhetha ubomi bokuzisola nokuzixakekisa xa ubomi bokuzonwabisa kunye nobunewunewu babunokuba bobakhe ngokulula. Olu khetho lwamenza wamthanda kwiintliziyo zabantu abaqhelekileyo kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
Xa wayeneminyaka eli-14 ubudala, uElizabeth watshata noLouis waseThuringia, owayemthanda kakhulu. Wazala abantwana abathathu. Ngaphantsi kwesikhokelo somoya somntu waseFranciscan, wakhokela ubomi bokuthandaza, ukuzincama kunye nokunceda amahlwempu nabagulayo. Ukuzama ukuba ngumntu olihlwempu, wayenxiba iimpahla ezilula. Yonke imihla wayezisa isonka kumakhulu amahlwempu elizwe awayeze kwakhe.
Emva kweminyaka emithandathu betshatile, umyeni wakhe wasweleka ngexesha loMlo kwaye uElizabeth waba buhlungu. Usapho lomyeni wakhe lwalumthatha njengoludlalisa imali yesikhwama sasebukhosini kwaye bamphethe kakubi, ekugqibeleni bamphosa ngaphandle kwebhotwe. Ukubuya kwamahlakani omyeni wakhe kwiiMfazwe zoMnqamlezo kwakhokelela ekubeni abuyiselwe emsebenzini, njengoko unyana wakhe wayeyindlalifa efanelekileyo kwitrone.
Ngo-1228 u-Elizabeth wajoyina i-Order ye-Franciscan Order, echitha iminyaka yokugqibela yobomi bakhe ekhathalela amahlwempu kwisibhedlele awasisekayo ngewonga lika-St. Impilo kaElizabeth yaba nkenenkene kwaye wasweleka ngaphambi komhla wokuzalwa kwakhe wama-24 ngo-1231. Ukuthandwa kwakhe kakhulu kwakhokelela ekubeni abe lilungisa emva kweminyaka emine.
Ukucingisisa
U-Elisabethe wasiqonda kakuhle isifundo esasifundiswa nguYesu xa wayehlamba iinyawo zabafundi bakhe kwisidlo sangokuhlwa sokugqibela. Ngegazi lasebukhosini, uElizabhete wayenokulawula abantu bakhe. Ukanti wabakhonza ngentliziyo enothando kangangokuba ubomi bakhe obufutshane bamzuzela indawo ekhethekileyo ezintliziyweni zabaninzi. U-Elizabeth ukwangumzekelo kuthi ekulandeleni kwakhe isikhokelo somlawuli wokomoya. Ukukhula kubomi bokomoya yinkqubo enzima. Singadlala ngokulula kakhulu ukuba asinaye umntu oza kusicela umngeni.