USanta Rita waseCascia, umgcini wemitshato ongcwele
UMargherita Lotti, owaziwa ngokuba ISanta Rita, wazalwa ngowe-1381. Esenxibe eziqhiyeni wenza imimangaliso yakhe yokuqala. Kuthiwa ngenye imini, ngoxa abazali bakaRita babexakekile besebenza emasimini, babelushiye usana elukhukweni phantsi komthi. Iinyosi ezimbalwa ezimhlophe zaduma ngakuye. Umlimi, owayesandul’ ukungxwelerha isandla sakhe, wakuphawula oko waza wazama ukubatyhala ngelungu elo nzakeleyo. Ngaloo mzuzu waphila ngokungathi kungommangaliso kwaye inxeba lanyamalala ngokupheleleyo.
Imimangaliso yaseSanta Rita
URita wakhula. Wayengumntwana ophucukileyo kwaye ozinikeleyo. Kwiminyaka yobudala 16 Noko ke, kwiminyaka ethile, abazali bakhe bagqiba kwelokuba bamtshate nendoda enogonyamelo awayephuma kuyo 2 abantwana. Le ndoda yabulawa ngamasela athile kwaye kamva nabantwana bayo basweleka ngenxa yokugula.
URita wemka yedwa, wafuna intuthuzelo ngokholo ngokuya kuhlala umzi woonongendi. Kwikhaya loonongendi uRita wayenyamekela enye isityalo eyathi yakufika yayiliplanga elilula. Ngokuhamba kwexesha kunye nokubulela kwinkathalo yakhe yaba ngumdiliya oqaqambileyo ozala unyaka nonyaka Iidiliya ezimhlophe.
Ukutyhubela iminyaka ukuhlonelwa kweSanta Rita ye Kristu wakhula de wafuna ukuva iimbandezelo zakhe. Kwaye kwenzeka. Ngenye imini xa ucinga ngomnqamlezo kwaye ujonge isithsaba sameva, omnye wancamathela ebunzi. Wayithwala ngokubandezeleka iminyaka eli-15, de kwayimini yokufa kwakhe.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba asweleke, wacela umzala wakhe ukuba amphathele yona rose, namakhiwane amabini. Umzala ebengakholelwa nanjengoko bekusebusika iintyatyambo bezingekadumi. Kodwa, ekufikeni kwintsimi kaRocca Polena, wabona i-rose kunye namakhiwane ama-2 ekhephuni. Ukususela ngaloo mzuzu i yavuka yaba luphawu lukaSanta Rita.
Emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa wasweleka kwaye elukhukweni lokufa sabona ukufika kuka iinyosi ezimnyama. Umchweli othobekileyo ozinikele kuNgcwele wayengathanda ukumakhela ibhokisi kodwa ngelishwa wayephulukene nebhokisi.ukusetyenziswa kwezandla. Ngaloo mini esondela kukhuko lokufa ukuze athi ndlela-ntle yakhe yokugqibela, ngendlela engummangaliso uphilisiwe yaye waba nako ukumakhela ityesi yokuthobeka awayemthembise yona.