USant'Antonio Maria Claret, oyiNgcwele womhla wama-24 ku-Okthobha
Ingcwele yomhla we-24 ka-Okthobha
(23 Disemba 1807 - 24 Okthobha 1870)
Imbali kaSant'Antonio Maria Claret
"Utata wokomoya waseCuba" wayengumvangeli wasemazweni, umsunguli wenkolo, umhlaziyi kwezentlalo, umfundisi kumkanikazi, umbhali kunye nomhleli, ubhishophu omkhulu nembacu. WayenguSpanish umsebenzi wakhe wamsa kwiiCanary Islands, eCuba, eMadrid, eParis nakwiBhunga laseVictoria I.
Ngexesha lakhe lokuzimela njengomluki kunye nomyili weefektri zaseBarcelona, u-Anthony wafunda isiLatin kunye nokuprinta: umbingeleli kunye nomshicileli wexesha elizayo wayelungiselela. Wonyulwa njengomfundisi eneminyaka engama-28, wathintelwa ukuba angene kwinkolo njengeCarthusian okanye umJesuit ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, kodwa waba ngomnye wabashumayeli abadumileyo baseSpain.
U-Anthony uchithe iminyaka eli-10 esenza imishini ethandwayo kunye neendawo zokubaleka, uhlala egxininisa kwi-Eucharist kunye nokuzinikela kwi-Intliziyo engapheliyo kaMariya. Kwathiwa irosari yakhe zange iphume esandleni. Kwiminyaka engama-42 waseka iziko lenkolo labavangeli basemazweni eliqala ngababingeleli abancinci abahlanu, abaziwa namhlanje njengeClaretians.
U-Anthony wonyulwa njengentloko ye-archdiocese yase-Santiago e-Cuba.Uqale uguquko ngokushumayela nokuva uvumo olungapheliyo, kwaye weva inkcaso ekrakra ikakhulu ngokuchasa amashweshwe nokuyalela amakhoboka amnyama. Umbulali oqeshiweyo-owayekhululwe ngu-Anthony entolongweni-wanciphisa ubuso bakhe kunye nesihlahla. U-Anthony ukwazile ukujika isigwebo sokufa sombulali abe sisisele. Isisombululo sakhe kububi baseCuba yayiziifama zosapho ezivelisa ukutya okwahlukeneyo kweemfuno zosapho kunye neemarike. Oku kwavusa ubutshaba bezinto abanomdla kuzo abafuna ukuba wonke umntu asebenze kwisityalo esinye sengeniso: iswekile. Ukongeza kuyo yonke imibhalo yakhe yenkolo, zimbini iincwadi awazibhalayo eCuba: Ukubonakalisa ezoLimo kunye noLonwabo lweLizwe.
Wabizwa ukuba abuyele eSpain ngomsebenzi awayengawuthandi: ukuba ngumfundisi ukumkanikazi. UAnthony wahamba ngemiqathango emithathu: wayehlala kude nebhotwe; wayeza kuphela ukuva uvumo lwendlovukazi kwaye afundise abantwana; kwaye uya kukhululwa kwimisebenzi yenkundla. Kuhlaziyo luka-1868 wabalekela eParis kunye neqela lekumkanikazi, apho washumayela kwikoloni yaseSpain.
Bonke ubomi bakhe Anthony wayenomdla kumajelo eendaba yamaKatolika. Waseka indlu yokupapasha yenkolo, inkampani enkulu yamaKatolika eSpain, kwaye wabhala okanye wapapasha iincwadi kunye neencwadana ezingama-200.
EAVictoria I, apho wayethethelela ngokungagungqiyo imfundiso yokungenzi iimpazamo, u-Anthony waphumelela ukunconywa ngoobhishophu abangoogxa bakhe. UKhadinali Gibbons waseBaltimore uqaphele ngaye: "Nantsi ingcwele yokwenene." Xa wayeneminyaka engama-63 wasweleka ekuthinjweni kufutshane nomda waseSpain.
Ukucingisisa
UYesu waxela kwangaphambili ukuba abo bangabameli bakhe ngokwenene baya kutshutshiswa ngendlela efanayo naye. Ukongeza kwiinzame ezili-14 zobomi bakhe, kwafuneka ukuba uAnthony aphathwe kakubi ngokunyelisa kangangokuba igama elithi Claret ngokwalo lafana ngokuthotywa kunye nelishwa. Amandla obubi awawashiyi ngokulula amaxhoba abo. Akukho mntu kufuneka afune intshutshiso. Ukuphela kwento ekufuneka siyenzile kukuqinisekisa ukuba siyabandezeleka ngenxa yokholo lwethu lokwenene kuKrestu, hayi kwizinto esizithandayo kunye nokungabinangqiqo.