USant'Alfonso Rodriguez, oyiNgcwele womhla wama-30 ku-Okthobha
Ingcwele yomhla we-30 ka-Okthobha
(1533-30 Okthobha 1617)
Ibali likaSanta Alfonso Rodriguez
Intlungu kunye nokudelela kubethe ingcwele yanamhlanje kwiminyaka yokuqala yobomi bakhe, kodwa uAlphonsus Rodriguez wafumana ulonwabo kunye nolwaneliseko ngenkonzo elula kunye nomthandazo.
Uzalelwe eSpain ngo-1533, u-Alfonso wazuza njengelifa lenkampani eyolukiweyo eneminyaka engama-23. Kwisithuba seminyaka emithathu, umfazi wakhe, intombi kunye nomama wakhe basweleka; Okwangoku, ishishini lalingalunganga. UAlfonso wabuya umva waphinda wavavanya ubomi bakhe. Wathengisa ishishini kunye nonyana wakhe omncinci wafudukela kwindlu kadadewabo. Apho wafunda uqeqesho lomthandazo kunye nokucamngca.
Ukusweleka konyana wakhe kwiminyaka kamva, u-Alfonso, ngoku owayemalunga namashumi amane, wazama ukujoyina amaJesuit. Khange ancedwe yimfundo yakhe engalunganga. Wafaka isicelo kabini ngaphambi kokuba amkelwe. Iminyaka engama-45 ebesebenza njengomcoci kwikholeji yamaJesuit eMallorca. Xa wayengekho endaweni yakhe, wayehlala ethandaza, nangona wayehlala ehlangabezana nobunzima kunye nezilingo.
Ubungcwele bakhe kunye nomthandazo wakhe watsala abaninzi kuye, kubandakanya iSt.Peter Claver, owayengumfundisi wamaJesuit ngelo xesha. Ubomi buka-Alfonso bokucoca izindlu kungenzeka ukuba babungaqhelekanga, kodwa kwiinkulungwane kamva watsala umdla wembongi yamaJesuit kunye nomJesuit uGerard Manley Hopkins, owamenza umxholo wesinye sezibongo zakhe.
U-Alfonso usweleke e-1617. Ungcwele ongcwele waseMallorca.
Ukucingisisa
Sithanda ukucinga ukuba uThixo uvuza okuhle, nakobu bomi. Kodwa u-Alfonso wayeyazi ilahleko yeshishini, iintlungu ezibuhlungu kunye namaxesha apho uThixo wayebonakala ekude kakhulu. Akukho namnye ekubandezelekeni kwakhe owamnyanzelayo ukuba angene kwigobolondo lokuzisizela okanye ukukrakra. Endaweni yoko, wanxibelelana nabanye ababehlala kwiintlungu, kubandakanya nabamakhoboka baseAfrika. Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi ezazibalulekile emngcwabeni wakhe yayikukugula kunye namahlwempu awayebachukumisile ubomi babo. Ngamana bangafumana umhlobo onjalo kuthi!