Ingcwele yosuku lwe-9 kaFebruwari: ibali leSan Girolamo Emiliani

Ijoni elingenankathalo nelingakhathaliyo kwisixeko saseVenice, uGirolamo wabanjwa ngoqhushululu kwisixeko esingaphandle kwaye wabotshelelwa ngamatyathanga entolongweni. Entolongweni uJerome wayenexesha elininzi lokucinga kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe wafunda ukuthandaza. Akuba ebalekile, wabuyela eVenice apho waye wanyamekela imfundo yabazukulwana bakhe kwaye waqala izifundo zakhe zobubingeleli. Kwiminyaka elandelayo yokumiselwa, iziganeko zaphinda zabiza uJerome kwisigqibo nakwindlela yokuphila entsha. Ubhubhani nendlala zahlasela umntla we-Itali. UJerome waqala ukunyamekela abagulayo kwaye wondla abalambileyo ngeendleko zakhe. Ngelixa wayekhonza abagulayo nabangamahlwempu, kungekudala wagqiba kwelokuba azinikele yena kunye nezinto zakhe ngokukodwa kwabanye, ngakumbi abantwana abalahliweyo. Waseka amakhaya ezintandane amathathu, indawo yokuhlala oonongogo abaguqukayo kunye nesibhedlele.

Malunga no-1532, uGirolamo nabanye abefundisi ababini baseka ibandla, i-Clerks Regular yase-Somasca, elungiselelwe ukunakekela iinkedama kunye nemfundo yabantu abancinci. UGirolamo wasweleka ngo-1537 ngenxa yokugula awayekufumene ngelixa ekhathalela abagulayo. Wabekwa njengongcwalisiweyo ngo-1767. Ngo-1928 uPius Xl wammisela waba ngumkhuseli weenkedama nabantwana abalahliweyo. U-Saint Jerome Emiliani wabelana ngomthendeleko wakhe nge-Saint Giuseppina Bakhita nge-8 kaFebruwari.

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Rhoqo kubomi bethu kubonakala ngathi kuthatha uhlobo "lokuvalelwa entolongweni" ukusikhulula kumatyathanga e-egocentrism yethu. Xa "sibanjiwe" kwimeko esingafuni ukuba kuyo, ekugqibeleni sazi amandla akhululayo eNye. Kungoko kuphela apho sinokuthi sibe lelinye "lamabanjwa" kunye "neenkedama" ezisirhangqileyo.