USanta Maria Goretti, oyiNgcwele wosuku lwe-6 kaJulayi
(Okthobha 16, 1890-Julayi 6, 1902)
Ibali likaSanta Maria Goretti
Esinye sezihlwele ezikhulu ezakhe zahlanganiselwa i-canonization- i-250.000-yabonisa impendulo yezigidi ezichaphazelwe libali elilula likaMaria Goretti. Wayeyintombi yomlimi ohluphekileyo wase-Italiya, wayengenalo ithuba lokuya esikolweni, wayengazange afunde ukufunda okanye ukubhala. Xa uMary wenza uMthendeleko wakhe wokuQala kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba asweleke eneminyaka eyi-12, wayengomnye wamalungu amadala kunye nabuyela umva eklasini.
Ngenjikalanga kaJulayi eshushu, uMaria wayehleli phezulu kwizinyuko endlwini yakhe, elungisa ihempe. Wayengekho kwiminyaka eli-12 ubudala, kodwa wayekhulile ngokomzimba. Inqwelo yatsalwa ngaphandle kwaye ummelwane, u-Alessandro oneminyaka eyi-XNUMX, wabalekela kwizinyuko. Wamphakamisa wamrhuqela kwigumbi lokulala. Wazabalaza wazama ukucela uncedo. "Hayi, uThixo akafuni," wakhala. "Linyala. Ungaya esihogweni ngale nto. UAlexander waqalisa ukumbetha ngokungaboni ngamehlo ngekrele elide.
UMaria wasiwa esibhedlele. Iiyure zakhe zokugqibela zaphawulwa ngovelwano oluqhelekileyo lokulungileyo: inkxalabo yokuba umama wakhe ulele phi, uxolelo lombulali wakhe (wayemoyika, kodwa engatsho nto ukuze angabangeli ngxaki kusapho lwakhe), kunye nokwamkelwa kwakhe ngokuzinikela I-Viaticum, uMthendeleko wakhe oNgcwele wokugqibela. Usweleke malunga neeyure ezingama-24 emva kohlaselo.
UAlessandro wagwetywa iminyaka engama-30 entolongweni. Kangangexesha elide wayengaguquki kwaye enomsindo. Ngobunye ubusuku waphupha okanye umbono kaMariya eqokelela iintyatyambo kwaye emnika zona. Ubomi bakhe butshintshile. Xa wakhululwa emva kweminyaka engama-27, isenzo sakhe sokuqala yayikukucela uxolo kumama kaMariya.
Ukuzinikela kumfeli-nkolo osemncinci kwakhula, imimangaliso yenziwa kwaye kwisithuba esingaphantsi kwesiqingatha senkulungwane walungiswa. Kwisikhundla sakhe sokubethwa ngo-1947, umama wakhe oneminyaka engama-82, oodade wabo ababini kunye nomntakwabo bavela kunye noPopu Pius XII kwi-balcony yaseSt. Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, xa uMariya wangcwaliswa, u-Alessandro Serenelli oneminyaka engama-66 waguqa phakathi kwezigidi zabantu kwaye walila iinyembezi zovuyo.
Ukucingisisa
UMary usenokuba nengxaki yekatekizim, kodwa wayengenangxaki nokholo. Ukuthanda kukaThixo ubungcwele, isidima, imbeko emzimbeni womntu, ukuthobela ngokupheleleyo, ukuthembela okupheleleyo. Kwilizwe elintsonkothileyo, ukholo lwakhe lwalulula: lilungelo ukuthandwa nguThixo nokumthanda, nokuba sekumnyam 'entla.