ISant'Antonio Zaccaria, iNgcwele yosuku lukaJulayi 5
(1502-5 Julayi 1539)
Ibali likaSant'Antonio Zaccaria
Ngelo xesha uMartin Luther wayehlasela ukuxhatshazwa kwiCawa, ukulungiswa kwakusele kuzanywa ngaphakathi kweCawa. Phakathi kwabaxhasi bokuqala boQhushululu ngu-Anthony Zaccaria. Umama wakhe waba ngumhlolokazi eneminyaka eyi-18 kwaye wazinikela kwimfundo yonyana wakhe. Ufumene isidanga sobugqirha kwezamayeza kwiminyaka engama-22 kwaye ngelixa wayesebenza phakathi kwamahlwempu eCremona yakhe yase-Itali, watsalwa kwinkolo yobuhedeni. Ulahlile amalungelo akhe nakweliphi na ilifa elizayo, wasebenza njenge katekist kwaye wamiselwa njengombingeleli eneminyaka engama-26. Ebizelwe eMilan kwiminyaka embalwa, wabeka iziseko zamabandla amathathu enkolo, elinye lamadoda, elinye labafazi, kunye nombutho wezibini ezitshatileyo. Iinjongo zabo yayikukuhlengahlengiswa koluntu olonakeleyo lwexesha labo, ukuqala kwabefundisi, inkolo kunye nabantu.
Ephefumlelwe ngamandla ngu-St. Paul - ibandla lakhe libizwa ngokuba liBarnabites, ngembeko yeqabane lala mntu ungcwele - u-Anthony washumayela ngamandla amakhulu ecaweni nasezitalatweni, wenza iintlanganiso ezithandwayo kwaye engenazintloni zokwenza uloyiso esidlangalaleni.
Ikhuthaze izinto ezintsha ezinje ngokubambisana kubapostile, uMthendeleko oqhelekileyo, ukuzinikela ngentsimbi engamashumi amane, kunye nokukhala kwentsimbi zecawe ngolwesiHlanu ngentsimbi yesithathu malanga. Ubungcwele bakhe buxhokonxe abaninzi ukuba bahlaziye ubomi babo, kodwa njengazo zonke iingcwele, kukwakhuthaze abaninzi ukuba bamchase. Kabini indawo ahlala kuyo kuye kwafuneka ukuba iphandwe ngokwasemthethweni kwaye waphinda wagwetywa.
Ngexesha lokuthunywa koxolo, wagula kakhulu kwaye wasiwa ekhaya esiya kunina. Usweleke e-Cremona eneminyaka engama-36.
Ukucingisisa
Ubungqongqo bemeko yokomoya ka-Anthony kunye nenzondelelo kaPauline ekushumayeleni kwakhe kungenzeka ukuba "ziyabacima" abantu abaninzi namhlanje. Xa noogqirha bengqondo bakhalaza ngokungaziva kwesono, isenokuba lixesha lokuba sizixelele ukuba ayibobubi bonke obuchazwa kukuphazamiseka ngokweemvakalelo, ukungazi nto nokuqhuba ngokungazi, impembelelo yabazali, njalo njalo. Iintshumayelo ezindala ze "isihogo nomgwebo" ziye zanikezela ngendlela eyakhayo, ekhuthaza amakhaya aseBhayibhileni. Sikudinga nyani ukuqiniseka ngoxolelo, isiqabu kuxinzelelo olukhoyo kunye nokothuka kwixesha elizayo. Kodwa sisafuna abaprofeti ukuba baphakame basixelele, "Ukuba sithi, 'Asinasono,' siyazikhohlisa kwaye inyaniso ayikho kuthi” (1 Yohane 1: 8).