Ingcwele yosuku lwe-11 kaFebruwari: ibali leNkosikazi yethu yaseLourdes
Nge-8 kaDisemba ngo-1854, uPopu Pius IX wabhengeza imfundiso ye-Immaculate Conception kumgaqo-siseko wabapostile u-Ineffabilis Deus. Kwithuba elingaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu kamva, ngoFebruwari 11, 1858, kwabonakala intombazana kuBernadette Soubirous. Oku kuqale uthotho lwemibono. Ngexesha lokubonakala nge-25 ka-Matshi, eli nenekazi lazichaza ngala magama: "NdinguMntwana ongenasono". UBernadette wayeyintombi egulayo yabazali abahluphekileyo. Ukuziqhelanisa kwabo nokholo lwamaKatolika kwakungafane nje kudikidiki. UBernadette angathandaza kuBawo wethu Osezulwini, Yibonge uMariya kunye neCreed. Wayewazi nomthandazo weMbasa engummangaliso: "O Mariya ukhulelwe ngaphandle kwesono".
Ngexesha lokuncinwa, uBernadette uxelele akubonileyo. Ibiyinto "emhlophe emile okwintombazana". Usebenzise igama elithi aquero, igama lesigodi elithetha "le nto". Waye "intombazana entle encinci ephethe irosari engalweni". Ingubo yakhe emhlophe yayijikelezwe ngebhanti eblue. Wayenxibe isigqubuthelo esimhlophe. Kwakukho iroses etyheli kunyawo ngalunye. Wayephethe irosari ngesandla sakhe. UBernadette naye wabethwa yinto yokuba inenekazi alisebenzisanga idilesi engacwangciswanga (tu), kodwa indlela yeentlanga (wena). Intombi ethobekileyo yavela kwintombazana ethobekileyo kwaye yamphatha ngesidima. Ngale ntombazana ithobekileyo, uMaria uvuselele kwaye uyaqhubeka nokuvuselela ukholo lwezigidi zabantu. Abantu baqala ukuthontelana eLourdes bevela kwezinye iindawo zaseFrance nakwamanye amazwe. Ngomnyaka we-1862 abaphathi becawa baqinisekisa ubungqina beembonakalo kwaye bagunyazisa inkolo ka-Lady of Lourdes kwi-diocese. Umthendeleko weNkosikazi yethu yaseLourdes waya kwihlabathi liphela ngo-1907.
Ukucingisisa: ILourdes iye yaba yindawo yokuhambela kunye nokuphilisa, kodwa nangakumbi ukholo. Abaphathi becawa baye babona unyango olungummangaliso olungaphaya kwama-60, nangona kusenokwenzeka ukuba lukho olunye. Kubantu bokholo ayothusi le nto. Kukuqhubekeka kwemimangaliso yokuphilisa kukaYesu, ngoku eyenziwa ngokuthethelelwa ngunina. Abanye banokuthi imimangaliso emikhulu ifihliwe. Uninzi lwabantu abatyelele uLourdes babuyela ekhaya benokholo oluhlaziyiweyo kwaye bekulungele ukukhonza uThixo kubazalwana noodade babo abasweleyo. Kusenokubakho abantu abakuthandabuzayo ukubonakala kukaLourdes. Mhlawumbi eyona nto inokuthethwa kubo ngamazwi azisa ifilimu Ingoma kaBernadette: “Kwabo bakholelwa kuThixo akukho ngcaciso iyimfuneko. Kwabo bangakholwayo, akukho ngcaciso inokwenzeka “.