INgcwele yosuku: San Clemente
UClement unokubizwa ngokuba ngumseki wesibini weRedemptorists, kuba yayinguye owazisa ibandla likaSant'Alfonso Liguori ebantwini abakumantla eAlps.
UGiovanni, igama awalinikwa xa wayebhaptizwa, wazalelwa eMoravia kusapho oluhlwempuzekileyo, ungowesithoba kwabantwana abali-12. Nangona wayenqwenela ukuba ngumfundisi, kwakungekho mali yezifundo zakhe kwaye wafundiselwa ukubhaka. Kodwa uThixo wakhokela ubutyebi balo mfana. Ufumene umsebenzi kwivenkile yokubhaka yoonongendi apho wayevunyelwe ukuba aye kwizifundo kwisikolo sakhe sesiLatin. Emva kokubhubha kuka-abbot, uJohn wazama ubomi bokuhlala yedwa, kodwa xa uMlawuli uJoseph II ephelise i-hermitages, uJohn wabuyela eVienna nasekhitshini.
Ngenye imini, emva kokuhambisa umthendeleko eSt.Stephen's Cathedral, wabiza inqwelomoya yamanenekazi amabini awayelinde apho emvuleni. Kwincoko yabo bafundile ukuba akangekhe aqhubeke nezifundo zakhe zobufundisi ngenxa yokunqongophala kwemali. Banikela ngesisa ukuxhasa bobabini uGiovanni kunye nomhlobo wakhe uTaddeo kwizifundo zabo zobufundisi. Aba babini baya eRoma, apho batsalwa ngumbono wobomi benkolo ye-Saint Alphonsus kunye ne-Redemptorists. Aba bafana babini bamiselwa kunye ngo-1785.
Ngokukhawuleza xa wayezibiza ukuba uneminyaka engama-34 ubudala, uClement Maria, njengoko wayebizwa njalo ngoku, kunye noThaddeus babuyiselwa eVienna. Kodwa iingxaki zonqulo apho zabanyanzela ukuba bemke baqhubeke baye emantla baye eWarsaw, ePoland. Apho badibana namaKatolika amaninzi athetha isiJamani awayeshiywe engenaye umfundisi ngokucinezelwa kwamaJesuit. Ekuqaleni kwakufuneka baphile kwintlupheko enkulu kwaye bashumayele iintshumayelo zangaphandle. Ekugqibeleni bayifumana icawe yase San Benno kwaye kwiminyaka esithoba elandelayo bashumayela iintshumayelo ezintlanu ngemini, ezimbini ngesiJamani ezintathu kwiPolish, beguqula abaninzi bakholwa. Baye basebenza kwintlalo yoluntu phakathi kwabahlwempuzekileyo, basungula ikhaya leenkedama kwaye emva koko baba sisikolo samakhwenkwe.
Ngokutsala abantu ababeze ebandleni, bakwazi ukuthumela abavangeli basemazweni ePoland, eJamani naseSwitzerland. Zonke ezi ziseko ekugqibeleni kuye kwafuneka zilahlwe ngenxa yoxinzelelo lwezopolitiko kunye nenkolo yexesha. Emva kweminyaka engama-20 esebenza nzima, uClemente Mary ngokwakhe wavalelwa entolongweni wagxothwa elizweni. Kuphela kusemva kokubanjwa apho wakwaziyo ukufikelela eVienna, apho wayeza kuhlala khona kwaye asebenze kule minyaka ili-12 idlulileyo yobomi bakhe. Ngokukhawuleza waba "ngumpostile waseVienna", emamele uvumo lwezityebi kunye namahlwempu, etyelela abagulayo, esebenza njengomcebisi kwabanamandla, esabelana ngobungcwele bakhe nawo wonke umntu esixekweni. Umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa yayikukusekwa kwekholeji yamaKatolika kwisixeko sakhe asithandayo.
Utshutshiso walandela uClement Mary, kwaye kwabakho abo basemagunyeni abakwaziyo ukumnqanda ukuba ashumayele okwethutyana. Kwenziwe iinzame kwelona nqanaba liphezulu lokuba agxothwe. Kodwa ubungcwele bakhe nodumo lwamkhusela kwaye lwakhuthaza ukukhula kweeRedemptorists. Ngombulelo kwimizamo yakhe, eli bandla lamiselwa ngokuqinileyo emantla eAlps ngexesha lokusweleka kwakhe ngo-1820. UClement Maria Hofbauer wahlanjululwa ngo-1909.
Umboniso: UClemente Mary uwubonile umsebenzi wobomi bakhe uba yintlekele. Ukungavisisani kwezenkolo nakwezopolitiko kwamnyanzela yena nabantakwabo ukuba bashiye iinkonzo zabo eJamani, ePoland naseSwitzerland. UClement Maria ngokwakhe wayegxothelwe ePoland kwaye kwafuneka aqale phantsi kwakhona. Omnye umntu wakha wachaza ukuba abalandeli bakaYesu abebethelelwe emnqamlezweni kufuneka babone kuphela amathuba amatsha avulekileyo xa behlangabezana nokusilela. UClemente Maria usikhuthaza ukuba silandele umzekelo wakhe, sithembele kwiNkosi esikhokelayo.