Ingcwele yosuku lukaDisemba 22: Ibali likaJacopone da Todi

Ingcwele yosuku lwe-22 kuDisemba
(c. 1230-Disemba 25, 1306)

Ibali likaJacopone da Todi

UJacomo okanye uJames, ilungu elibekekileyo losapho lakwaBenedetti wazalelwa kwidolophu esemantla e-Itali. Waba ligqwetha eliphumeleleyo kwaye watshata umfazi ozinikeleyo onesisa ogama linguVanna.

Umfazi wakhe omncinci wazithathela kuye ukuba enze isohlwayo ngenxa yokuzibaxa kakhulu kwendoda yakhe. Ngenye imini uVanna, ngokunyanzelwa nguJacomo, wathatha inxaxheba kwitumente yoluntu. Wayehleli kwizitendi nabanye abafazi ababekekileyo xa izitrato zadilika. UVanes wabulawa. Umyeni wakhe othukileyo wakhathazeka nangakumbi xa waqondayo ukuba ibhanti lokungxengxeza ayelinxibile yayisisono sakhe. Ngelo xesha, wathembisa ukutshintsha ubomi bakhe.

UJacomo wahlulahlula izinto zakhe phakathi kwabampofu wangena kwi-Order yeFranciscan Order. Rhoqo enxibe amalaphu ekohlwayayo, wagezelwa njengesidenge kwaye wabizwa ngokuba nguJacopone, okanye "uCrazy Jim", ngabantu awayefudula enxulumana nabo. Igama waba othandekayo kuye.

Emva kweminyaka eli-10 yokuthotywa, uJacopone wacela ukuba amkelwe kwi-Order of Friars Minor. Ngenxa yedumela lakhe, isicelo sakhe saqala sakhatywa. Waqamba umbongo omnandi malunga namampunge ehlabathi, isenzo esakhokelela ekubeni amkelwe kwi-Order ngo-1278. Waqhubeka nokuphila ubomi bokuzohlwaya ngokungqongqo, esala ukumiselwa njengombingeleli. Okwangoku, wabhala amaculo athandwayo kulwimi lomthonyama.

UJacopone ngequbuliso wazifumana eyintloko yeqela eliphazamisayo lenkolo phakathi kwamaFranciscans. Izinto zokomoya, njengoko zazibizwa njalo, zazifuna ukubuyela kwintlupheko engqongqo kaFrancis. Kwicala labo babenekhadinali ezimbini zeCawe kunye noPopu Celestine V. Ezi khadinali zimbini, nangona kunjalo, zazichasene nomlandeli kaCelestine, uBoniface VIII. Kwiminyaka engama-68 uJacopone wagxothwa ebandleni. Nangona wayivuma impazamo yakhe, uJacopone akazange akhululwe kwaye wakhululwa de uBenedict XI waba ngupopu kwiminyaka emihlanu kamva. Waye kwamkela ukuvalelwa kwakhe njengesohlwayo. Uchithe iminyaka emithathu yokugqibela yobomi bakhe ngokomoya kakhulu kunangaphambili, ekhala "kuba Uthando aluthandwa". Ngeli xesha wabhala iculo elidumileyo lesiLatin, iStabat Mater.

Ngobusuku beKrisimesi u-1306 uJacopone waziva ukuba isiphelo sakhe sikufuphi. Wayekwikhonsathi yaseClarisse kunye nomhlobo wakhe, Usikelelwe uGiovanni della Verna. NjengoFrancis, uJacopone wamkela "uDade Ukufa" ngenye yeengoma zakhe azithandayo. Kuthiwa wagqiba ingoma wasweleka xa umfundisi ecula "Uzuko" lobunzima basezinzulwini zobusuku ngeKrisimesi. Ukusukela ngexesha lokusweleka kwakhe, uBr.Jacopone wayehlonitshwa njengengcwele.

Ukucingisisa

Abantu bexesha lakhe babebizwa ngokuba yiJacopone, "Crazy Jim". Singavuma kakuhle ukungcikiva kwabo, kuba yintoni enye onokuyithetha ngomntu oqale ukucula phakathi kwazo zonke iingxaki zakhe? Sisacula eyona ngoma ibuhlungu kaJacopone, iStabat Mater, kodwa thina maKrestu sibanga enye ingoma njengeyethu, nokuba iintloko zemihla ngemihla ziyakhala ngamanqaku angavumelaniyo. Ubomi bonke bukaJacopone bakhala ingoma yethu: "Aleluya!" Ngamana angasikhuthaza ukuba siqhubeke nokucula.