ISant'Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvão, iNgcwele yosuku lomhla wama-25 ku-Okthobha

Ingcwele yomhla we-25 ka-Okthobha
(1739-Disemba 23, 1822)

Imbali yeSant'Antonio de Sant'Anna Galvão

Isicwangciso sikaThixo ebomini bomntu sihlala sithatha ukujika okungalindelekanga okunika ubomi ngokusebenzisana nobabalo lukaThixo.

Uzalelwe eGuarantingueta kufutshane naseSão Paulo, uAntônio waya kwisikolo sabefundisi bamaJesuit eBelem, kodwa kamva wagqiba kwelokuba abe yingqwayingqwayi yaseFranciscan. Utyalomali ngo-1760, wenza umsebenzi wakhe wokugqibela kunyaka olandelayo kwaye wamiselwa waba ngumfundisi ngo-1762.

E-São Paulo wayesebenza njengomshumayeli, uvuma izono kunye nomphathi. Kwiminyaka embalwa, u-Antônio wonyulwa ukuba avume kwakhona i-Recollette yase-Saint Teresa, iqela loonongendi abavela kweso sixeko. Yena kunye noDade u-Helena Maria woMoya oyiNgcwele baseke indawo entsha yoonongendi phantsi kolawulo lukaMama wethu wokuZalwa kukaThixo. Ukusweleka ngequbuliso kukaDade Helena Maria kunyaka olandelayo kushiye utata u-Antônio ephethe ibandla elitsha, ngakumbi ulwakhiwo lwendibano kunye necawa efanelekileyo inani labo elandayo.

Wayesebenza njenge-novice master yeefriars eMacacu nanjengomgcini wekhaya loonongendi laseSan Francesco eSan Paolo. Waseka indawo yonqulo yaseSanta Chiara eSorocaba. Ngemvume yephondo nobhishophu wakhe, uAntônio wachitha iintsuku zakhe zokugqibela eRecolhimento de Nossa Senhora da Luz, umzi woonongendi bebandla loonongendi awabancedayo.

U-Antônio de Sant'Anna Galvão wagunyaziswa eRoma ngomhla wama-25 ku-Okthobha u-1998 kwaye waba lilungu ngo-2007.

Ukucingisisa

Abafazi abangcwele kunye namadoda abanakunceda kodwa batsalele ingqalelo yethu kuThixo, kwindalo kaThixo, nakubo bonke abantu abathandwayo nguThixo. Ubomi babantu abangcwele bujolise kuThixo kangangokuba oku kube yinkcazo yabo "yesiqhelo". Ngaba abantu babubona ubomi bam okanye bakho njengophawu lothando lukaThixo oluhlala luhleli? Yintoni enokudinga ukutshintsha ukuze kwenzeke oku?