Ingcwele yosuku lukaJanuwari 5: ibali likaSanta John Neumann
Ingcwele yomhla kaJanuwari 5
(28 Matshi 1811 - 5 Januwari 1860)
Ibali likaSt. John Neumann
Mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba iUnited States iye yaqala kamva kwimbali yehlabathi, inabambalwa abangcwele abangcwele, kodwa inani labo liyanda.
UJohn Neumann wazalelwa kwindawo ngoku eyiRiphabliki yaseCzech. Emva kokufunda ePrague, weza eNew York eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala waza wamiselwa njengomfundisi. Wenza umsebenzi wobufundisi eNew York de wafikelela kwiminyaka engama-29, xa waye wajoyina iRedemptorists kwaye waba lilungu lokuqala ukwenza izibhambathiso eMelika. Waqhubeka nomsebenzi wobufundisi eMaryland, eVirginia, naseOhio, apho wathandwa kakhulu ngamaJamani.
Kwiminyaka engama-41, njengobhishophu waseFiladelfia, waququzelela inkqubo yesikolo kwiparadesi, esonyusa inani labafundi phantse amaxesha angamashumi amabini ngexesha elifutshane.
Eziphiwe ngezakhono ezingaqhelekanga zokwenza umbutho, watsala uninzi loluntu lootitshala boodade abangamaKristu nabazalwana esixekweni. Ngexesha lakhe elifutshane lokuba lilisekela lephondo laBangxengxezeli, wababeka phambili kumbutho werhamente.
Waziwa kakhulu ngobungcwele nenkcubeko, ukubhala ngokomoya nokushumayela, nge-13 ka-Okthobha ka-1963, uJohn Neumann waba ngu-bhishophu wokuqala wase-Melika ukuba abethwe. U-Canonized ngo-1977, wangcwatywa kwicawa yaseSan Pietro Apostolo ePhiladelphia.
Ukucingisisa
UNeumann wawathatha ngokungathí sina amazwi eNkosi yethu: "Hambani niyokufundisa zonke izizwe". Ukusuka kuKrestu wafumana imiyalelo kunye namandla okuyenza. Kungenxa yokuba uKristu akaniki mishini ngaphandle kokubonelela ngeendlela zokuphumeza oko. Isipho sikaBawo kuKristu kuJohn Neumann yayizizakhono zakhe ezizodwa zokulungelelanisa, awayezisebenzisa ukusasaza iindaba ezilungileyo. Namhlanje iBandla lidinga kakhulu amadoda nabafazi ukuba baqhubeke nokufundisa iindaba ezimnandi kumaxesha ethu. Imiqobo kunye nokuphazamiseka kuyinyani kwaye kuyabiza. Nangona kunjalo, njengoko amaKristu esondela kuKristu, ubonelela ngeetalente ezifunekayo ukufezekisa iimfuno zanamhlanje. UMoya kaKristu uyaqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe ngezixhobo zamaKristu anesisa.