Ingcwele yosuku lukaJanuwari 16: ibali likaSan Berardo kunye namaqabane

(Ngomhla kaJanuwari 16, 1220)

Ukushumayela ivangeli kuhlala kungumsebenzi oyingozi. Ukushiya ilizwe lomntu kunye nokuziqhelanisa neenkcubeko ezintsha, oorhulumente kunye neelwimi kunzima ngokwaneleyo; kodwa ukufela ukholo kugubungela onke amanye amadini.

Ngo-1219, esikelelwe nguSt. Francis, uBerardo wayishiya i-Italiya noPeter, Adjute, Accurs, Odo noVitalis ukuya kushumayela eMorocco. Ngexesha lokuya eSpain, uVitalis wagula kwaye wayalela abanye oononkala ukuba baqhubeke nomsebenzi wabo ngaphandle kwakhe.

Bazama ukushumayela eSeville, emva koko ezandleni zamaSilamsi, kodwa abaguqukanga. Baya eMorocco, apho bashumayela khona emarikeni. Oonogada babanjwa kwangoko kwaye bayalelwa ukuba balishiye ilizwe; Abavuma. Xa baphinda baqalisa ukushumayela, umphathi-mkhosi owayelugcwabevu ngumsindo wayalela ukuba babulawe. Emva kokunyamezela ukubethwa ngogonyamelo nokwala ukunyotywa ngeendlela ezahlukahlukeneyo ukuze balahle ukholo lwabo kuYesu Krestu, oosiyazi banqunyulwa intloko ngumphathi ngokwakhe ngoJanuwari 16, 1220.

Aba yayingabafeli-nkolo bokuqala baseFranciscan. Xa uFrancis weva malunga nokusweleka kwabo, wathi: "Ngoku ndingatsho ngenene ukuba ndinabaFriars Abancinci abahlanu!" Izinto zabo ezingcwele zaziswa ePortugal apho babangela ukuba u-Augustinian canon omncinci ajoyine ama-Franciscans bashiya iMorocco kunyaka olandelayo. Lo mfana yayinguAntonio da Padova. Aba bafeli-nkolo bahlanu bavunyelwa ngo-1481.

Ukucingisisa

Ukusweleka kukaBerard kunye namaqabane akhe kwavusa ubizo lobufundisi ku-Anthony wasePadua nabanye. Kwakukho abaninzi, abaninzi baseFranciscans abaphendula umngeni kaFrancis. Ukubhengeza iVangeli kungabulala, kodwa oku akubanqandanga abesilisa nabasetyhini baseFranciscan abasabeka ubomi babo emngciphekweni namhlanje kumazwe amaninzi ehlabathi.