Ingcwele yosuku lukaDisemba 17: ibali likaSaint Hildegard waseBingen

Ingcwele yosuku lwe-17 kuDisemba
(16 Septemba 1098-17 Septemba 1179)

Ibali likaSaint Hildegard waseBingen

Abbess, igcisa, umbhali, umqambi, ubugqi, usokhemesti, imbongi, umshumayeli, isifundiswa, siqala ngaphi ukuchaza lo mfazi ubalaseleyo?

Uzalelwe kusapho oluhloniphekileyo, wafundiswa iminyaka elishumi ngumfazi ongcwele, esikelelwe uJutta. Xa uHildegard wayeneminyaka eli-18, waba ngunongendi waseBenedictine kumzi woonongendi eSt. Disibodenberg. Wayalelwa ngumvumisi wakhe ukuba abhale imibono awayeyifumene ukusukela kwiminyaka emithathu, uHildegard wathatha iminyaka elishumi ukubhala iScivias (Yazi Iindlela). UPopu Eugene III wayifunda kwaye ngo-1147 wamkhuthaza ukuba aqhubeke nokubhala. Kwalandelwa iNcwadi yakhe yeMfanelo zoBomi kunye neNcwadi yeMisebenzi kaThixo. Wabhala iileta ezingaphezu kwama-300 kubantu ababecela iingcebiso zakhe; Uye waqamba imisebenzi emifutshane kunyango nakwifizoloji kwaye wafuna iingcebiso kubantu bexesha elifanayo njenge San Bernardo di Chiaravalle.

Imibono kaHildegard yamkhokelela ekubeni abone abantu "njengeentlantsi eziphilayo" zothando lukaThixo, zivela kuThixo njengokukhanya kwemini kuvela elangeni. Isono siyitshabalalisile imvisiswano yendalo; Ukufa kukaKristu ngentlawulelo nokuvuka kwakhe kwavula amathuba amatsha. Ubomi obunesidima buyanciphisa ukwahlukana noThixo kunye nabanye okubangelwa sisono.

Njengazo zonke iimfihlakalo, uHildegard wabona ukuhambelana kwendalo kaThixo kunye nendawo yabasetyhini kunye namadoda kuyo. Olu manyano lwalungabonakali kubantu abaninzi bexesha lakhe.

U-Hildegard wayengekho mntu ungaziwayo kwimpikiswano. Iimonki ezikufutshane nesiseko sayo sokuqala zaqhankqalaza ngamandla xa wafudusa indlu yakhe yoonongendi ukuya eBingen, ejonge kwiRhine River.Wajongana noMlawuli uFrederick Barbarossa ngokuxhasa ii-antipopu ezintathu. U-Hildegard wacela umngeni kuma-Cathars, abalahla iCawa yamaKatolika besithi balandela ubuKrestu obucocekileyo.

Phakathi kuka-1152 no-1162, uHildegard wayehlala eshumayela eRhineland. I-monasteri yakhe yayivinjelwe kuba yayivumele ukungcwatywa komfana owayekhutshiwe. Wanyanzelisa ngelithi uye waxolelana neCawe kwaye sele efumene iisakramente phambi kokuba asweleke. U-Hildegard waqhankqalaza kabuhlungu xa u-bhishophu walapha walela ukubhiyozelwa okanye ukwamkelwa kwe-Ekaristi kwindlu yoonongendi yase-Bingen, isohlwayo esaphakanyiswa kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba asweleke.

Ngo-2012, uHildegard wagunyaziswa ukuba abe nguGqirha weCawa nguPopu Benedict XVI. Umthendeleko wayo we-liturgical ungoSeptemba 17.

Ukucingisisa

UPapa Benedict wathetha ngoHildegard wase-Bingen ngexesha labaphulaphuli bakhe ngokubanzi ngoSeptemba ka-2010. Wancoma ukuthobeka athe wafumana ngako izipho zikaThixo nentobelo ayinike abasemagunyeni beCawe. Uye wancoma "umxholo osisityebi sakwalizwi" yemibono yakhe eyimfihlakalo eshwankathela imbali yosindiso kwindalo kude kube sekupheleni kwexesha.

Ngethuba lobupapa, uPapa Benedict XVI wathi: "Sisoloko sicela uMoya oyiNgcwele, ukuze akhuthaze eCaweni abangcwele nabasetyhini abakhaliphileyo njengo-Saint Hildegard wase-Bingen abathi, ngokuphuhlisa izipho abazifumene kuThixo, bazenze zikhetheke kwaye igalelo elixabisekileyo kuphuhliso lokomoya loluntu lwethu kunye neCawe kwixesha lethu “.