INgcwele yosuku luka-Matshi 17: Saint Patrick
Iintsomi malunga noPatrick zininzi; kodwa inyani iyasetyenzwa ngenxa yokuba sibona iimpawu ezimbini eziqinisekileyo kuye: wayethobekile kwaye ekhaliphile. Ukuzimisela ukwamkela ukubandezeleka kunye nempumelelo ngokungakhathali ngokulinganayo kukhokele ubomi besixhobo sikaThixo sokuphumelela uninzi lweIreland ngoKristu.
Iinkcukacha zobomi bakhe aziqinisekanga. Uphando lwangoku lubeka imihla yakhe yokuzalwa kunye nokufa emva kweengxelo zangaphambili. UPatrick usenokuba wazalelwa eDunbarton, eScotland, eCumberland, eNgilani okanye eNorth Wales. Wazibiza ngokuba ungumRoma kunye nomBritane. Ngeminyaka eli-16, yena kunye nenani elikhulu lamakhoboka kunye nabasebenzi. Uyise wabanjwa ngabahlaseli baseIreland kwaye bathengiswa njengamakhoboka eIreland. Wanyanzelwa ukuba asebenze njengomalusi, wayehlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yendlala nengqele. Emva kweminyaka emithandathu uPatrizio wabaleka, mhlawumbi eFrance, emva koko wabuyela eGreat Britain eneminyaka engama-22. Ukuvalelwa kwakhe kwakuthetha ukuguquka ngokomoya. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wafunda eLerins, kunxweme lwaseFrance; wachitha iminyaka eAuxerre, eFrance. Kwaye wazimisela ukuba ngubhishophu eneminyaka engama-43. Umnqweno wakhe omkhulu yayikukuvakalisa iindaba ezilungileyo kubantu baseIreland.
INgcwele yanamhlanje iSt Patrick ngoncedo
Embonweni wephupha kubonakala ngathi "bonke abantwana baseIreland kwasekuzalweni babebambe izandla zabo" kuye. Wawuqonda lo mbono njengobizo lokwenza umsebenzi wobufundisi kwiIreland yobuhedeni. Ngaphandle kokuchaswa kwabo baziva imfundo yakhe isilela. Kuthunyelwe ukufeza umsebenzi. Waya entshona nasentla - apho ukholo lwalungazange lushunyayelwe khona. Wafumana ukhuseleko kookumkani basekuhlaleni kwaye waguqula amaninzi. Ngenxa yesiqithi semvelaphi yobuhedeni, uPatrick wayezimisele ukukhuthaza abahlolokazi ukuba bahlale benyulu kwaye abafazi abancinci ukuba babungcwalise ubuntombi babo kuKristu. Wabeka ababingeleli abaninzi, wahlula ilizwe laba ziidayosisi, wabamba amabhunga eecawa, waseka izindlu zoonongendi aqhubeka nokubongoza abantu bakhe ukuba babe ngcwele ngakumbi kuKristu.
Yafumana inkcaso enkulu evela kwii-druids zobuhedeni. Wagxekwa eNgilane naseIreland ngendlela awayeqhuba ngayo umsebenzi wakhe. Ngethuba elincinci, isiqithi sasinamava womoya wobuKrestu kwaye sikulungele ukuthumela abathunywa bevangeli abanemizamo yokujongana neYurophu.
UPatrizio wayeyindoda ethath 'amanyathelo, ingenamdla ungako wokufunda. Wayenokholo lwelitye kubizo lwakhe, kwinjongo awayeyizuzile. Enye yeemibhalo ezimbalwa ezichanekileyo ngokuqinisekileyo yiConfessio yakhe, ngaphezu kwako konke isenzo sokuhlonela uThixo ngokubiza uPatrick, umoni ongafanelekanga, kwisikrelemnqa.
Kukho ithemba elingaphaya kwenyani kwinto yokuba indawo yakhe yokungcwaba kuthiwa ikwi-County Down eMantla eIreland, inde indawo yongquzulwano kunye nobundlobongela.
Ukucingisisa: Yintoni ebeka uPatrick ecaleni bubude beenzame zakhe. Xa ujonga ilizwe laseIreland xa wayeqala umsebenzi wakhe. Ubungakanani bemisebenzi yakhe kunye nendlela imbewu awayeyityalile yaqhubeka ikhula kwaye idubula, umntu unokuncoma kuphela uhlobo lomntu uPatrick anokuba wayeyilo. Ubungcwele bomntu baziwa kuphela ziziqhamo zomsebenzi wakhe.