Ingcwele yosuku lwe-21 kaDisemba: ibali likaSan Pietro Canisius
Ingcwele yosuku lwe-21 kuDisemba
(Meyi 8, 1521 - Disemba 21, 1597)
Imbali yeSan Pietro Canisio
Ubomi obomeleleyo bukaPietro Canisio bumele butshabalalise naziphi na iingcinga ezinokubakho zobomi benceba njengezidinayo okanye isiqhelo. UPeter waphila iminyaka yakhe engama-76 ngesantya ekufuneka sithathelwe ubuqhawe, nakwilixa lethu lotshintsho olukhawulezileyo. Indoda eneetalente ezininzi, uPeter ungumzekelo omhle wendoda eseZibhalweni ephuhlisa iitalente zayo ngenxa yomsebenzi weNkosi.
UPeter wayengomnye wabantu ababaluleke kakhulu kuHlaziyo lwamaKatolika eJamani. Wadlala indima ebalulekileyo kangangokuba wayebizwa ngokuba "ngumpostile wesibini waseJamani", njengoko ubomi bakhe babufana nomsebenzi kaBoniface wangaphambili.
Nangona uPeter wayekhe watyhola ngobuvila ebutsheni bakhe, ngekhe angasebenzi ixesha elide, kuba xa wayeneminyaka eli-19 wafumana isidanga se-master kwiYunivesithi yaseCologne. Kungekudala emva koko, wadibana noPeter Faber, umfundi wokuqala ka-Ignatius waseLoyola, owaphembelela uPeter kakhulu kangangokuba wazimanya noMbutho kaYesu osandul 'ukusekwa.
Kweli xesha lobudala, uPeter wayesele eqalile ukwenza okuqhubeka ebomini bakhe bonke: inkqubo yokufunda, ukucamngca, ukuthandaza nokubhala. Emva kokumiselwa kwakhe ngo-1546, waduma ngohlelo lwakhe lwemibhalo ka-St Cyril wase-Alexandria no-St Leo Omkhulu. Ukongeza koku kutyekela ekufundeni, uPetros wayenenzondelelo ngakubapostile. Wayehlala efunyanwa etyelela abantu abagulayo okanye esentolongweni, nokuba imisebenzi eyabelwe kwezinye iindawo yayingaphezulu ukogcina uninzi lwabantu luxakeke ngokupheleleyo.
Ngo-1547, uPietro uthathe inxaxheba kwiiseshoni ezininzi zeBhunga laseTrent, imigaqo yakhe awathi kamva wagunyaziswa ukuba ayiphumeze. Emva kwesabelo esifutshane sokufundisa kwikholeji yamaJesuit eMessina, uPeter wanikwa umsebenzi eJamani, ukusukela ngoko ukuya ebomini bakhe. Wafundisa kwiiyunivesithi ezininzi kwaye waba negalelo ekumiseni iikholeji ezininzi kunye neesemina. Ubhale ikatekizim echaza inkolo yama Katolika ngendlela enokuthi iqondwe ngabantu abaqhelekileyo: isidingo esikhulu ngeloxesha.
Esaziwa njengomshumayeli odumileyo, uPeter wazalisa iicawe ngabo babenomdla wokuva ubhalo-buchule bakhe lwegospile. Wayenobuchule obukhulu bokuzakuzo, ehlala esebenza njengomxolelanisi phakathi kwamaqela aphikisanayo. Kwiileta zakhe, egcwalisa imiqulu esibhozo, kukho amagama obulumko kunye neengcebiso kubantu bazo zonke iintlobo zobomi. Ngamanye amaxesha wayebhala iileta ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili zokugxeka iinkokheli zeCawe, kodwa wayehlala kwimeko yokuthanda nokuqonda inkxalabo.
Kwiminyaka engama-70, uPeter waba nengxaki yokukhubazeka, kodwa waqhubeka nokushumayela nokubhala encediswa ngunobhala, de kwasekufeni kwakhe kwidolophu yakowabo iNijmegen, eNetherlands ngomhla wama-21 kuDisemba ka-1597.
Ukucingisisa
Imizamo kaPeter engadinwayo ngumzekelo ofanelekileyo kwabo bathathe inxaxheba ekuhlaziyweni kweCawe okanye ekukhuleni kwesazela sokuziphatha kakuhle kwezorhwebo okanye kurhulumente. Uthathwa njengomnye wabadali kumajelo eendaba amaKatolika kwaye ngokulula angangumzekelo wokuba ngumlobi ongumKristu okanye intatheli. Ootitshala banokubona ebomini bakhe ukuba unomdla wokudlulisa inyaniso. Nokuba kuninzi esinokukunika, njengoPeter Canisius, okanye ukuba sinezinto ezimbalwa esinokuzinika, njengoko umhlolokazi ohluphekileyo kwiVangeli kaLuka wenzayo (bona uLuka 21: 1–4), into ebalulekileyo kukuba sinikele ngako konke esinako. Kungale ndlela ke awathi uPetros abe ngumzekelo kumaKristu akweli xesha lotshintsho olukhawulezileyo apho sibizelwe ukuba sibekho ehlabathini kodwa singabi ngabasehlabathini.