Ngcwele yemini: Usikelelekile u-Antonio Franco, ubomi nemithandazo
SEPTEMBA 02
USIKELELWE ANTONIO FRANCO
U-Antonio Franco wazalwa eNaples nge-26 kaSeptemba ngo-1585 kusapho oluhle kakhulu lwemvelaphi yaseSpain, njengonyana wesithathu wabantwana abathandathu. Kwasebusaneni wabonakalisa ukulunga okuthe ngqo kwengqondo kunye nokholo oludlamkileyo nolunyanisekileyo, awayesazi ukuba angaluhlakulela njani na ixesha ngokuthandaza nangokuzimisela yonke imihla. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ananye waziva ebizelwe ebufundisini kwaye wathunyelwa nguyise ukuba aqhubeke nezifundo zakhe zobufundisi kuqala eRoma emva koko eMadrid. Ngo-1610, eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala, wamiselwa njengomfundisi. Ngomhla we-14 kweyoMqungu ngo-1611 wonyulwa njenge-Royal Chaplain ngu-King Philip III wase-Spain. Kwinkundla yaseMadrid ubuphathamandla bakhe babukhanya bukhulu, kangangokuba owakhe umphathi, owamhlonela ngokunzulu, nge-12 kaNovemba 1616 wammisela njengeMajor Chaplain yoMbuso waseSisili, Ombambela uOrinary kunye no-Abbot we-Prelature nullius waseSanta Lucia del Mela. Wayezinikele ngokupheleleyo ekunyamekeleni imiphefumlo, ekuthandeni abantu abahlwempuzekileyo nakwabagulayo, kumlo ochasene nenzuzo nakwinto eyakhiwayo yeCathedral, awayeyisebenzisela amalungelo akhe. Ukohlwaya, okwabonakaliswa nakwimicimbi yokuzibandakanya, kwamenza waba negama elibalaseleyo ngobungcwele sele eqale ekufeni kwakhe ngaphambi kwexesha, okwamthatha engekabi namashumi amane ananye nge-2 kaSeptemba 1626.
UMTHANDAZO
O Usikelelweyo Anthony, umfanekiso ufikelela koyena mncinci kunye nabasweleyo, uyihlaziyile iCawe ngenyaniso noxolo.
Ubakhe bonke ngokukhumbula amaxabiso anaphakade eVangeli kaKristu, uphila ngokuthembekileyo koko kubhiyozelwa ngemfihlakalo kwiimfihlakalo zikaThixo.
Kuthi, thina sisebenzele ekuthetheni kwakho, hlaziya nanamhlanje ubabalo esikucela kuwe: uthando oluthembekileyo, olunesiqhamo nolungapheliyo kwiintsapho, isibindi kunye nethemba kwabagulayo.
Ndikuncede kwizilingo, kwaye uqiniseke ukuba, ngokuthanda iCawe, singalandela emanyathelweni kaYesu Krestu iNkosi yethu
Ndincede kuwe, mkhonzi uthembekileyo kaThixo Mons.Antonio Franco.bA wena, esifubeni sakhe watshisa ilangatye lothando olukhulu kuThixo nakummelwane, ngakumbi amahlwempu. Ndisaya kuwe ukuthandaza kuYesu olungileyo ukuba abe nobubele kum, naphakathi kweembandezelo ezininzi endizifumanayo. Deh! Ndifumanele olu lubabalo ndithandazayo ngokuthobekileyo (masilubonakalise ubabalo olunqwenelekayo cwaka). Ngapha koko, ndicela ukunyamezela kokulungileyo; intiyo yesono; ukubaleka amathuba amabi kwaye ekugqibeleni ukufa okuhle. Ukuba uyandinika, Owe Mkhonzi uthembekileyo kaThixo, ndinika isonka ngembeko yakho kwabo bahluphekileyo ubuthandileyo emhlabeni. O Monsignor Franco, ngengalo yakho eqinileyo ndikhusele ebomini kwaye undisindise ekufeni.
Ndiza kuwe, mkhonzi uthembekileyo kaThixo Mons.Antonio Franco. Kuwe, esifubeni sakhe idangatye eliphambili lothando kuThixo nakummelwane, ngakumbi amahlwempu, lutshisile. Ndizama kuwe ukuba ndithandaze kuYesu olungileyo ukuba abe nemfesane ngam, phakathi kweembandezelo ezininzi endikuzo. Deh! Ndifumanele olu lubabalo endikucela kuwe ngokuthobekileyo. Ngapha koko, ndicela ukunyamezela kokulungileyo; intiyo yesono; ukubaleka amathuba amabi kwaye ekugqibeleni ukufa okuhle. Ukuba undinika yona, Owu mkhonzi uthembekileyo kaThixo, ndinika isonka ngembeko yakho kwabo bahluphekileyo ubuthandileyo emhlabeni. O Monsignor Franco, ngengalo yakho eyomeleleyo ndikhusele ebomini kwaye undisindise ekufeni.