Amabali kunye neemfihlakalo: phakathi kuka-Elia ePuglia njengoPadre Pio?
NjengoSt.Francis noSt.Padre Pio, iNkosi yamanyana ngokusondeleyo ebubini kunye nobomi obuyimfihlakalo obutyebileyo kwizipho ezininzi (ukuphilisa, ukuguqula, ukuhambisa, ukusasaza, njl.) Kunye noncedo oluqhubekayo lweengelosi kunye neengcwele. UFra 'Elia yindoda engcwalisiweyo. Qho ngonyaka uhlaziya izifungo zobuhlwempu, ubunyulu nokuthobela. Waseka ibandla elitsha elibizwa ngokuba "ngabapostile bakaThixo". Iqwalaselwe yiCawe kunye neBhishophu yayo, iiMons. UVincenzo Paglia, uBhishophu waseTerni,
UFra 'Elia wazalwa ngo-1962 ePuglia. Njengomntwana wayethandwa kunxibelelwano olungaphaya kwendalo. Ngexesha lokuzila wayengakwazi ukutya kwaye nosapho lwakhe okanye oogqirha apho wayelaliswe esibhedlele babengaqondi ukuba kutheni. Emva kokuqeshwa yi-ofisi yeposi, wangena kunye neCapuchin Friars. Xa ukubekwa ibala wayeneminyaka engama-27, uFra Elia wenqaba kwaphela ukubamkela. Washiya kwikhaya loonongendi laseCapuchin ngethemba lokuba baya kunyamalala… kodwa zange! Emva kwexesha wangena kwi-monastery apho kwakungekho mntu waziyo ngaye okanye ukuba ungubani, kwaye apho wachitha iinyanga ethandaza kwaye ecamngca. Ukuphuma kwakhe wayeyazi into efunwa nguThixo kuye, nokuba wayeza kuba "ngumhambi emhlabeni nasehlabathini", umpostile kaThixo.
Ekugqibeleni waqonda kwaye wamkela ubizo lwakhe. 'Njengompostile kaThixo' emhlabeni nakwihlabathi, ngendlela yakhe uya kulandela ukuthunywa kukaPadre Pio. Rhoqo ngolwesiHlanu ukubandezeleka kukaFra Elia kubuhlungu kakhulu kuba amanxeba akhe avulekile, kwaye unyaka nonyaka ubandezeleka yiPassion ngeVeki eNgcwele. Ukuqinisekiswa ziingcali zonyango ezibalaseleyo, usweleke ngoLwesihlanu oLungileyo. Amavumba asezulwini amngqonge xa amabala evulekile. Yena, kunye nabazalwana bakhe abazinikeleyo, ubomi bokubonelelwa nguThixo, bethandaza kwaye besebenza ekwakhiweni kwakhona komzi wohlala apho bahlala khona.
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