USanta Anthony wasePadua, oNgcwele wosuku lwe-13 kaJuni
(1195- 13 kaJuni 1231)
Ibali likaSant'Antonio di Padova
Ikhwelo leVangeli lokushiya yonke into kwaye lilandele uKrestu yayingumthetho wobomi bukaSanta Anthony wasePadua. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo, uThixo wambizela kwinto entsha kwicebo lakhe. Qho xa u-Anthony ephendula ngenzondelelo ehlaziyiweyo kunye nokuzincama ukuze akhonze iNkosi yakhe uYesu ngokupheleleyo.
Uhambo lwakhe njengomkhonzi kaThixo lwaqala xa wayesemncinci kakhulu xa egqiba ekubeni ajoyine iAugustinians eLisbon, enikezela ngekamva lobutyebi namandla okuba ngumkhonzi kaThixo.Emva koko, xa izidumbu zabafeli-bokuqala bakaFrancisan zanqumla isixeko sasePortugal apho wayekuso wamiswa, wabuya enomnqweno onzulu wokuba ngomnye wabo basondeleyo kuYesu: abo ke bafela iindaba ezilungileyo.
Emva koko u-Anthony wangena kwi-Order ye-Franciscan kwaye wemka waya kushumayeza ama-Moor. Kodwa ukugula kwamthintela ekufezekiseni le njongo. Waya e-Italiya kwaye wayemi kwindawo encinci apho wayechitha ixesha lakhe elininzi ethandaza, efunda izibhalo ezingcwele, kwaye esenza imisebenzi ephantsi.
Ubizo lukaThixo lwaphinda lwaya kulungelelwaniso apho kwakungekho mntu uzimisele ukuthetha. Othobekileyo nothobelayo u-Anthony wasamkela eso sabelo. Iminyaka yokukhangela uYesu ngomthandazo, ukufunda iZibhalo ezingcwele, kunye nokusebenzela ubuhlwempu, ubunyulu kunye nokuthobela kwakulungiselele u-Anthony ukuvumela uMoya ukuba usebenzise iitalente zakhe. Intshumayelo ka-Anthony yayimangalisa kwabo babelindele intetho engalungiselelwanga kwaye bengawazi amandla oMoya wokunika amazwi ebantwini.
Wamkelwa njengendoda enkulu yomthandazo kunye nomfundi omkhulu wezibhalo kunye nethiyoloji, u-Antonio waba ngumanduleli wokuqala wokufundisa ubufundisi kwezinye izinto. Kungekudala wabizwa ukusuka kuloo ndawo ukuya kushumayeza abantu baseAlbania eFrance, esebenzisa ulwazi olunzulu lweSibhalo kunye nemfundiso yezenkolo ukuguqula nokuqinisekisa abo babekhohlisiwe ngenxa yokuphika kwabo ubuThixo bukaKristu kunye neesakramente.
Emva kokukhokela iifriya emantla e-Itali iminyaka emithathu, wamisela ikomkhulu lakhe kwisixeko sasePadua. Waqala kwakhona ukushumayela kwaye waqala ukubhala amanqaku ngeentshumayelo zokunceda abanye abashumayeli. Ngentwasahlobo ka-1231 u-Anthony uthathe umhlala phantsi kwikhampasi eseCamposampiero apho wayenentlobo yendlu yomthi eyakhiwe njengendawo yokuhlala. Apho wathandaza walungiselela ukufa.
Nge-13 kaJuni wagula kakhulu kwaye wacela ukubuyiselwa ePadua, apho wasweleka emva kokufumana iisakramente zokugqibela. UAnthony wabhalwa ngokusemthethweni kangaphambi konyaka emva koko wanyulwa njengogqirha weCawa ngo-1946.
Ukucingisisa
UAntonio kufuneka abe ngumphathi wabo bafumana ubomi babo bunyothulwe ngokupheleleyo kwaye babeke indlela entsha nengalindelekanga. Njengabo bonke abangcwele, ungumzekelo ogqibeleleyo wokutshintsha ngokupheleleyo ubomi bakho bube nguKrestu. UThixo wenza noAntonio njengoko uThixo wayethanda-kwaye into awayithandayo uThixo bubomi bamandla okomoya kunye nokuqaqamba okusatsala umdla nanamhlanje. Lowo uzinikezele ekuthandeni kwakhe njengomntu ofuna izinto ezilahlekileyo uzifumene elahlekile ngokupheleleyo ngokhokelo lukaThixo.