INgcwele yosuku: USanta Luisa
Wazalelwa kufutshane naseMeux, eFrance, uLouise waswelekelwa ngunina esengumntwana, utata wakhe amthandayo xa wayeneminyaka eli-15 kuphela ubudala. Umnqweno wakhe wokuba ngunongendi waphoxiswa ngumvumisi wakhe kwaye kwalungiswa umtshato. Unyana wazalelwa kule manyano. Kodwa kungekudala uLouise wazifumana encancisa umyeni wakhe amthandayo ngexesha lokugula ixesha elide elakhokelela ekuswelekeni kwakhe.
ULuisa waba nethamsanqa lokuba nomcebisi onobulumko noqondayo, uFrancis de Sales, emva koko nomhlobo wakhe, ubhishophu waseBelley, eFrance. Omabini la madoda ayenawo ngamaxesha athile. Kodwa ngokusuka ekukhanyeni okungaphakathi waqonda ukuba wayesele eza kwenza umsebenzi omkhulu phantsi kolwalathiso lomnye umntu awayengekadibani naye. Lo yayingumbingeleli ongcwele Monsieur Vincent, owathi kamva waziwa njengoSan Vincenzo de 'Paoli.
Ekuqaleni wayemadolw 'anzima ukuvuma izono zakhe, exakekile nanjengoko wayekunye ne "Confraternities of Charity". Amalungu ayengamanenekazi asebukhosini othando awamncedayo ukuba anakekele amahlwempu kwaye ajonge abantwana abalahliweyo, sisidingo sokwenene sosuku. Kodwa amanenekazi ayexakekile zizinto ezininzi ezibaxhalabisayo kunye nemisebenzi. Umsebenzi wakhe wawufuna uninzi lwabancedisi, ngakumbi abo babengabalimi ngokwabo kwaye ke ngoko bekufutshane namahlwempu kwaye bekwazi ukuphumelela iintliziyo zabo. Kwakudingeka nomntu onokuzifundisa nokuzicwangcisa.
Kuphela emva kwexesha elide, xa uVincent de Paul waqhelana ngakumbi noLuisa, waqonda ukuba wayeyimpendulo kwimithandazo yakhe. Wayekrelekrele, ethozamile, kwaye enamandla omzimba kunye namandla awayebonisa ukuba ubuthathaka obuqhubekayo empilweni. Imishini awamthumelela yona ekugqibeleni yakhokelela kumabhinqa amane alula ukuba amjoyine. Indlu yakhe ayiqeshileyo eParis yaba liziko loqeqesho kwabo babesamkelwa ukuba basebenzele abagulayo nabangathathi ntweni. Ukukhula kwakukhawuleza kwaye kungekudala kwabakho imfuneko yento ebizwa ngokuba "ngumthetho wobomi", noLouise ngokwakhe, phantsi kolwalathiso lukaVincent, wasebenzela iDaughters of Charity yaseSt. Vincent de Paul.
USanta Louise: indlu yakhe ayiqeshileyo eParis yaba liziko loqeqesho kwabo bamkelweyo kwinkonzo yabagulayo kunye namahlwempu
UMnumzana Vincent wayehlala ethatha kade kwaye elumkile ekusebenzisaneni kwakhe noLouise kunye neqela elitsha. Uthe akazange abenalo nofifi lokuba aseke uluntu olutsha, ukuba nguThixo owenza yonke into. “Ikhaya lakho loonongendi,” watsho, “liya kuba likhaya labagulayo; isisele sakho, igumbi eliqeshiweyo; icawe yakho, icawe yaseParish; i-cloister yakho, izitrato zedolophu okanye iiwadi zasesibhedlele. “Ilokhwe yabo ibifanele ukuba yeyabafazi abahluphekayo. Kwakuyiminyaka kuphela kamva apho uVincent de Paul ekugqibeleni wavumela abane babasetyhini ukuba bathathe izifungo zonyaka zentlupheko, ubumsulwa kunye nokuthobela. Kwaye kwagqitha iminyaka engaphaya kokuba inkampani yamkelwe ngokusemthethweni yiRoma kwaye yabekwa phantsi kweliso lebandla lababingeleli laseVincent.
Uninzi lwabafazi abancinci babengafundanga. Nangona kunjalo, yayithandabuza into yokuba uluntu olutsha lubakhathalele abantwana abalahliweyo. ULouise wayexakekile enceda naphi na apho kufuneka khona nangona impilo yakhe yayimbi. Wayehamba eFrance, ebeka amalungu oluntu kwizibhedlele, amakhaya eenkedama nakwamanye amaziko. Ekufeni kwakhe ngo-Matshi 15, 1660, ibandla lalinezindlu ezingaphezu kwama-40 eFrance. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu kamva uVincent de Paul wamlandela ekufeni. U-Louise de Marillac wagunyaziswa ngo-1934 kwaye wabhengeza ukuba ngumxhasi woonontlalontle ngo-1960.
Umboniso: Ngexesha likaLuisa, ukunceda abantu abangamahlwempu yayiqhelekile into yokufimfitha amabhinqa amahle. Umcebisi wakhe, uSt.Vincent de Paul, waqonda ngobulumko ukuba abantu ababhinqileyo abangamahlwempu banokufikelela kumahlwempu ngokukuko kwaye iiNtombi zeCharity zazalwa phantsi kobunkokheli bakhe. Namhlanje loo myalelo-kunye no-Sisters of Charity-uyaqhubeka nokunyamekela abagulayo kunye nabantu abadala kunye nokubonelela ngeenkedama. Uninzi lwamalungu alo ngoonontlalontle abasebenza nzima phantsi kolawulo lukaLouise. Abanye bethu kufuneka babelane ngenkxalabo yakhe ngabo bahlelelekileyo.