Ingcwele yosuku lukaFebruwari 1: Ibali likaSanta Ansgar, umxhasi wesanta waseDenmark
"Umpostile wasemantla" (eScandinavia) wayenonxunguphalo olwaneleyo lokuba ngcwele, kwaye wenza njalo. Waba nguBenedictine eCorbie, eFrance, apho wayefunde khona. Kwiminyaka emithathu kamva, xa ukumkani waseDenmark waguqukayo, u-Ansgar waya kwelo lizwe iminyaka emithathu yobufundisi, engakhange aphumelele. ISweden yacela abathunywa bevangeli abangamaKristu, kwaye waya khona, ukunyamezela ukubanjwa kwepirate kunye nobunye ubunzima endleleni. Ngaphantsi kweminyaka emibini kamva, wabizwa kwakhona ukuba abe ngu-Abbot waseNew Corbie (Corvey) kunye nobhishophu wase Hamburg. Upopu wamenza wabotshelelwa kwimishini yaseScandinavia. Iimali zobuwexuki basentla zayeka ukusweleka kuka-Emperor Louis. Emva kweminyaka eli-13 yokusebenza e-Hamburg, u-Ansgar wayibona idilizwa emhlabeni ngokuhlasela amaNorthmen; ISweden neDenmark babuyela kubuhedeni.
Wakhokela imisebenzi emitsha yabapostile eMantla, esiya eDenmark kwaye enceda ukuguqula enye inkosi. Ngoncedo olungaqhelekanga lokwenza amaqashiso, ukumkani waseSweden wavumela abavangeli abangamaKristu ukuba babuye.
Ababhali ngobomi buka-Ansgar baqaphela ukuba wayengumshumayeli obalaseleyo, umbingeleli othobekileyo nothanda ukuzincama. Wayezinikele kumahlwempu nakwabagulayo, waxelisa iNkosi ngokuhlamba iinyawo zabo, ebakhonza etafileni. Usweleke ngoxolo eBremen, eJamani, engakhange awufezekise umnqweno wakhe wokuba ngumfeli-nkolo.
ISweden yaphinda yaba ngumhedeni emva kokufa kwakhe kwaye yahlala njalo de kwafika abavangeli basemazweni kwiinkulungwane ezimbini kamva. USant'Ansgar wabelana ngomthendeleko wakhe kunye neSan Biagio ngoFebruwari 3.
Ukucingisisa
Imbali irekhoda okwenziwa ngabantu kunoko bakuko. Ukanti isibindi kunye nokuzingisa kwamadoda nabafazi abanjengo-Ansgar kunokuza kuphela kwisiseko esiqinileyo somanyano kunye nesithunywa sevangeli sokuqala nesibindi. Ubomi buka-Ansgar sesinye isikhumbuzi sokuba uThixo ubhala ngqo ngemigca egoso-goso. U-Kristu uyayikhathalela imiphumo yokwehla komntu ngendlela yakhe; uxhalabile kuqala ngococeko lwabapostile ngokwabo.