USanta Teresa waseAvila, uSanta womhla we-15 ka-Okthobha

Ingcwele yomhla we-15 ka-Okthobha
(28 Matshi 1515 - 4 Okthobha 1582)
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Imbali kaSanta Teresa waseAvila

UTeresa wayehlala kwiminyaka yokuhlola kunye nezopolitiko, ezentlalo kunye nenkolo. Kwakuyinkulungwane ye-20, ixesha lesiphithiphithi nohlaziyo. Wazalwa ngaphambi koHlaziyo lwamaProtestanti kwaye wasweleka phantse iminyaka engama-XNUMX emva kokuvalwa kweBhunga laseTrent.

Isipho sikaThixo kuTeresa apho waba ngcwele kwaye washiya uphawu lwakhe eCaweni kwaye kwihlabathi liphindwe kathathu: wayengumfazi; wayecinga; wayengumguquleli osebenzayo.

Njengowesifazane, uTeresa wema yedwa, nakwilizwe lamadoda ngexesha lakhe. "Wayengumfazi wakhe", ejoyina amaKarmele nangona wayechaswa kakhulu ngutata wakhe. Ungumntu osongelwe engathethi kangako emfihlekweni. Wayemhle, enetalente, ephumayo, ehambelana neemeko, enothando, ekhaliphile, ethanda, wayengumntu ngokupheleleyo. NjengoYesu, yayiyimfihlakalo yeemfihlelo: inobulumko, kodwa iyenzeka; ukrelekrele, kodwa uhambelana kakhulu namava akhe; oyimfihlakalo, kodwa onamandla okuguqula izinto; umfazi ongcwele, umfazi obhinqileyo.

UTeresa wayengumfazi "kuThixo", umfazi womthandazo, uqeqesho kunye nemfesane. Intliziyo yakhe yayiyekaThixo.Uguquko oluqhubekayo lwalungumzabalazo onzima ebomini bakhe, kubandakanya ukucocwa okuqhubekayo kunye nokubandezeleka. Iqondwe phosakeleyo, yajongwa gwenxa kwaye iphikisana neenzame zayo zohlaziyo. Ukanti walwa, ukhaliphile kwaye ethembekile; Wayezabalazela ukuba yedwa, ukugula kwakhe, inkcaso yakhe. Kwaye phakathi kwayo yonke le nto wanamathela kuThixo ebomini nasemthandazweni. Imibhalo yakhe malunga nomthandazo kunye nokucamngca kuthathwe kumava akhe: inamandla, iyasebenza kwaye inobabalo. Wayengumfazi womthandazo; umfazi kaThixo.

UTeresa wayengumfazi "kwabanye". Nangona wayecinga, wachitha ixesha lakhe elininzi namandla ezama ukuziguqula yena kunye namaKarmele, ukubabuyisela kulondolozo olupheleleyo loMthetho wamandulo. Waseka ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha samashumi amabini eemonki. Wayehamba, wabhala, walwa, uhlala ezihlaziya, ezihlaziya. Ngokwakhe, emthandazweni wakhe, ebomini bakhe, kwimizamo yakhe yohlengahlengiso, kubo bonke abantu awayebachukumisile, wayengumfazi wabanye, umfazi owakhuthazayo kwaye wanika ubomi.

Imibhalo yakhe, ngakumbi iNdlela yokuGqibelela kunye neNqaba yangaphakathi, incede izizukulwana zamakholwa.

Ngo-1970 iBandla lamnika isihloko awasele ekudala egcinwe engqondweni: Ugqirha weCawa. Yena noSanta Caterina da Siena yayingabafazi bokuqala ababekekileyo.

Ukucingisisa

Lixesha lethu lesiphithiphithi, ixesha lohlaziyo kunye nexesha lenkululeko. Abafazi banamhlanje banomzekelo ovuselelayo eTeresa. Abaququzeleli bohlaziyo, abakhuthazi bomthandazo, bonke eTeresa ngumfazi ukujongana naye, abanokumthanda kwaye bamxelise.