Ingcwele yosuku lwe-10 kaFebruwari: ibali likaSanta Scolastica
Amawele ahlala ekwabelana ngezinto ezifanayo kunye nemibono ngendlela efanayo. Akumangalisi ke ngoko ukuba uScholastica kunye newele lakhe, uBenedict, baseka iindawo zonqulo kwiikhilomitha ezimbalwa. Wazalelwa ngo-480 kubazali abazizityebi, uScholastica noBenedetto bakhuliswa kunye de washiya umbindi we-Itali waya eRoma ukuya kuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe. Kuncinci okwaziwayo malunga nobomi bokuqala bukaScholastica. Waseka indawo yonqulo yabasetyhini kufutshane neMonte Cassino ePlombariola, iikhilomitha ezintlanu ukusuka apho umntakwabo alawula khona isigodlo. Amawele atyelele kanye ngonyaka kwifama kuba iScholastica yayingavumelekanga ngaphakathi kumzi woonongendi. Baye bachitha la maxesha bexoxa ngezinto zokomoya.
Ngokutsho kweeNgxoxo zikaSt. UGregory Omkhulu, umzalwana nodade bachitha usuku lwabo lokugqibela kunye bethandaza kunye nakwincoko. UScholastica weva ukuba ukufa kwakhe kwakusondele kwaye wacenga uBenedict ukuba ahlale naye kude kube ngumhla olandelayo. Wasala isicelo sakhe kuba wayengafuni ukuchitha ubusuku ngaphandle kweemonki, ngaloo ndlela esophula owakhe umthetho. UScholastica wacela uThixo ukuba avumele umntakwabo ahlale kwaye kwaqhambuka isaqhwithi esikhulu, ethintela uBenedict kunye neemonki zakhe ukuba zingabuyeli e-abbey. UBenedict wakhala wathi: “UThixo akuxolele, dade wethu. Ingaba wenze ntoni?" UScholastica uphendule wathi, “Ndikucelile ubabalo walile. Ndicelile kuThixo, wandinika. “Ubhuti nodade bahlukane ngentsasa elandelayo emva kwengxoxo ende. Kwiintsuku ezintathu emva koko, uBenedict wayethandaza kwindlu yakhe yoonongendi, wabona umphefumlo kadade wabo unyukela ezulwini uyinjubaqa emhlophe. U-Benedict emva koko wabhengeza ukusweleka kukadadewabo kwiimonki kwaye kamva wamngcwaba kwingcwaba awayezilungiselele lona.
Umboniso: UScholastica kunye noBenedict bazinikele ngokupheleleyo kuThixo kwaye babeka eyona nto iphambili ekuqiniseni ubuhlobo kunye naye ngomthandazo. Bancame amanye amathuba abebenokuwafumana xa bekunye njengomzalwana nodade wabo ukuze baphumeze ubizo lwabo kubomi benkolo. Njengoko babesondela kuKristu, nangona kunjalo, bafumanisa ukuba basondele ngakumbi komnye nomnye. Ngokujoyina indawo yezenkolo, khange balibale okanye bashiye iintsapho zabo, kodwa endaweni yoko bafumene abazalwana noodade abaninzi.