USanta Margherita Maria Alacoque, oyiNgcwele womhla we-16 ka-Okthobha
Ingcwele yomhla we-16 ka-Okthobha
(22 Julayi 1647 - 17 Okthobha 1690)
Imbali kaSanta Margherita Maria Alacoque
UMargaret Mary wakhethwa nguKristu ukuba avuse eCaweni ukuzaliseka kothando lukaThixo olufanekiselwa yintliziyo kaYesu.
Iminyaka yakhe yokuqala yabonakaliswa kukugula kunye nemeko yosapho ebuhlungu. "Okona kunqamlezo kweminqamlezo yam yayikukuba akukho nto ndinokuyenza ukukhanyisa umnqamlezo awayebandezeleka ngawo umama." Emva kokuqwalasela umtshato ixesha elithile, uMargaret Mary wangena kwi-Order ye-Sisters Visiting eneminyaka engama-24.
Unongendi woluTyelelo "bekungafanelekanga ukuba abonakale ngokungaqhelekanga ngaphandle kokuba eqhelekileyo", kodwa unongendi omncinci wayengavuyelwa koku kungaziwa. Umntu osebenza naye obizwa ngokuba nguMargaret Mary uthobekile, ulula kwaye uthe tye, kodwa ngaphezulu kwako konke ukulunga nomonde phantsi kokugxekwa ngokuqatha nokulungiswa. Khange akwazi ukucamngca ngendlela esesikweni elindelweyo, nangona enze konke okusemandleni akhe ukuyeka "umthandazo wokulula". Wayecothisa, ethule ethe cwaka, wabelwa ukuba ancede umongikazi owayeyinqwaba yamandla.
NgoDisemba 21, 1674, unongendi oneminyaka emithathu ubudala, wafumana eyokuqala yezityhilelo zakhe. Waziva "etyale imali" phambi koThixo, nangona wayehlala esoyika ukuzikhohlisa kwimiba enjalo. Isicelo sikaKristu yayikukuba uthando lwakhe ngoluntu lubonakaliswe ngaye.
Ngexesha leenyanga ezili-13 ezizayo, uKrestu wayebonakala kuye ngamaxesha athile. Intliziyo yakhe yomntu yayiza kuba luphawu lothando lobuthixo noluntu. Ngothando lwakhe uMargaret Mary kwafuneka abuyekeze ingqele nokungabi nambulelo kwehlabathi: rhoqo kunye nothando umthendeleko ongcwele, ngakumbi ngolwesiHlanu wokuqala wenyanga nganye, kunye neyure yomthandazo ophaphileyo rhoqo ngolwe-Lwesine ngokuhlwa ukukhumbula usizi lwakhe. ukubekwa wedwa eGetsemane. Ukwabize ukuba kusekwe iqela lokubuyisa.
Njengabo bonke abangcwele, uMargaret Mary kwafuneka ahlawule isipho sakhe sobungcwele. Abanye oodadewabo babenobutshaba. Abafundi bezakwalizwi ababebiziwe babhengeza imibono yakhe yokukhohlisa kwaye bacebisa ukuba atye ngakumbi ngendlela elungileyo. Emva kwexesha, abazali babantwana awayebafundisa babembiza ngokuba ngumkhohlisi, umvelisi ongaqhelekanga. Umvumisi omtsha, umJesuit uClaude de la Colombière, wakuqonda ukunyaniseka kwakhe kwaye wamxhasa. Ngokuchasene nokuxhathisa kwakhe okukhulu, u-Kristu wambiza ukuba abe lixhoba lokuzincama kwiintsilelo zoodadewabo, nokumazisa.
Emva kokusebenza njengenkosikazi ye-novice kunye nomncedisi omkhulu, uMargaret Mary wasweleka eneminyaka eyi-43 ngelixa wayethanjiswa. Wathi, "Akukho nto ndiyifunayo ngaphandle koThixo ndilahleke entliziyweni ka Yesu."
Ukucingisisa
Ixesha lethu lobunzululwazi ngezinto eziphathekayo alinakho "ukungqina" izityhilelo zabucala. Abafundi bezakwalizwi, ukuba bayakhuthazwa, bayavuma ukuba akufuneki sikholelwe. Kodwa akunakwenzeka ukukhanyela umyalezo obhengezwe nguMargaret Mary: ukuba uThixo uyasithanda ngothando olunomdla. Ukugxininisa kwakhe ekubuyekezeni nasekuthandazeni kunye nokukhunjulwa komgwebo wokugqibela kufanelekile ukuba kunqabise iinkolelo kunye nokuzithemba ekuzinikeleni kwiNtliziyo eNgcwele, ngelixa kugcinwa intsingiselo enzulu yobuKristu.