AmaKatolika amathathu aseMelika aza kuba ziiNgcwele

AmaKatolika amathathu aseCajun avela kwiDiocese yaseLafayette, eLouisana sele eza kuba ngabangcwele abangcwele emva komsitho wembali ebutsheni balo nyaka.

Ngexesha lomsitho we-11 kuJanuwari, u-Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel wase-Lafayette wavula ngokusesikweni amatyala ama-Katolika amabini ase-Louisiana, u-Miss Charlene Richard kunye no-Mnu u-Auguste “Nonco” Pelafigue.

Ityala lomgqatswa wesithathu wokuthanjiswa, uLieutenant Father Verbis Lafleur, uye waqwalaselwa ngubhishophu, kodwa inkqubo yokuvula ityala ithatha ixesha elide, njengoko kufanelekile ukusebenzisana nabanye oobhishophu ababini - amanyathelo ongezelelweyo avela kwinkonzo yasemkhosini kaLafleur.

Abameli bomgqatswa ngamnye babekhona kulo msitho, benika ubishophu iiakhawunti ezimfutshane ngobomi bomntu kunye nesicelo esisemthethweni sokuvulwa kwesizathu sabo. UBonnie Broussard, ummeli wabahlobo bakaCharlene Richard, uthethe kulo msitho kwaye wagxininisa ukholo lukaCharlene olunobunono esemncinci kangaka.

UCharlene Richard wazalelwa eRichard, eLouisana ngoJanuwari 13, 1947, waseCajun Roman Katolika owaye "ngumfazi oselula oqhelekileyo" owayethanda ibhola yebhasikithi kunye nosapho, kwaye wakhuthazwa bubomi bukaSt Therese waseLisieux, utshilo uBroussard.

Xa wayengumfundi wesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, uCharlene wafumana uxilongo lwe-leukemia, umhlaza womongo wethambo kunye nenkqubo ye-lymphatic.

UCharlene uphathe uxilongo olubuhlungu "ngokholo olungaphaya kwamandla abantu abadala, kwaye ezimisele ukungayimoshi inkxwaleko ekuza kufuneka ukuba adlule kuyo, wajoyina u Yesu emnqamlezweni wamnika intlungu yakhe nokubandezeleka kwabanye." Utshilo u-Broussard.

Kwiiveki ezimbini zokugqibela zobomi bakhe, uCharlene ubuze uFr. UJoseph Brennan, umbingeleli owayefika amkhonze yonke imihla: "Kulungile Bawo, ndingubani mna ukuba ndinganikezela ngeembandezelo zam namhlanje?"

UCharlene usweleke ngo-Agasti 11, 1959 eneminyaka eyi-12.

"Emva kokubhubha kwakhe, ukuzinikela kuye kwasasazeka ngokukhawuleza, ubungqina obuninzi banikwa ngabantu abaxhamleyo kumthandazo owawuseCharlene," utshilo uBroussard.

Amawakawaka abantu atyelela ingcwaba likaCharlene minyaka le, u-Broussard wongeze, ngelixa i-4.000 yayisiya kwindibano yesikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-30 yokusweleka kwakhe.

Unobangela wesibini wokuvunywa njengongcwalisiweyo ngoMgqibelo yayinguAuguste “Nonco” Pelafigue, umntu oqhelekileyo ogama lakhe linguNonco lithetha “umalume”. Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 10, 1888 kufutshane neLourdes eFrance kwaye bafudukela eUnited States nosapho lwakhe, apho bahlala eArnaudville, eLouisana.

UCharles Hardy, ummeli we-Auguste "Nonco" Pelafigue Foundation, uthe uAuguste ekugqibeleni wafumana igama lesidlaliso "uNonco" okanye umalume kuba "wayefana nomalume olungileyo kubo bonke abangena (isangqa) kwimpembelelo yakhe.".

UNonco wafundela ukuba ngutitshala kwaye wafundisa isikolo sikarhulumente kwindawo esemaphandleni kufutshane nedolophu yakhe ngaphambi kokuba abe lilungu kuphela lesikolo seArnaudville's Little Flower School.

Ngelixa wayefundela ukuba ngutitshala, u-Nonco waba lilungu loMpostile woMthandazo, umbutho owazalelwa e-France no-charisma wawo kukukhuthaza nokusasaza ukuzinikela kwi-Sacred Heart ka-Yesu kwaye athandazele upapa. Ukuzinikela kwakhe kwiNgcwele yeentliziyo zikaYesu kuya kuza kumbala ubomi bukaNonco.

"UNonco wayesaziwa ngokuzinikela kwakhe kwi-Sacred Heart of Jesus kunye ne-Virgin Mary," utshilo uHardy.

“Uye wazinikela ekuthatheni inxaxheba kubunzima bemihla ngemihla kwaye wakhonza naphina apho kufuneka khona. Mhlawumbi eyona nto ikhuthazayo, ngerosari esongelwe ngengalo yakhe, uNonco wawela ezona zitrato ziphambili neziziisekondari zoluntu lwakhe, esasaza ukuzinikela kwiNtliziyo eNgcwele kaYesu “.

Wayehamba kwiindlela zelizwe esiya kutyelela abagulayo nabasweleyo kwaye wayala ubuhlanga babamelwane bakhe nakwezona meko zemozulu zinzima, kuba wayecinga ukuba ukuhamba kwakhe kusisenzo sokuzohlwaya ukuguqula imiphefumlo eMhlabeni kunye nococeko lwabo basepurigatorini. , Hardy wongeze.

"Ngokwenene wayengumvangeli wendlu ngendlu," watsho uHardy. Ngeempelaveki, uNonco wayefundisa inkolo kubafundi besikolo sikarhulumente kwaye waququzelela i-League of the Sacred Heart, eyayihambisa amaphecana ngenyanga ngokuzinikela koluntu. Uye waququzelela imiboniso yokuyila ngexesha leKrisimesi kunye nezinye iiholide ezikhethekileyo ezinamabali ebhayibhile, ubomi babangcwele kunye nokuzinikela kwi-Sacred Heart ngendlela emangalisayo.

“Esebenzisa umdlalo weqonga, wabelana ngothando lukaKrestu olunothando nabafundi bakhe noluntu luphela. Ngale ndlela, wavula kungekuphela iingqondo kodwa neentliziyo zabafundi bakhe, ”utshilo uHardy. Umfundisi kaNonco wabhekisa kuNonco njengomnye umfundisi kwiParish yakhe, waze uNonco wafumana imbasa yePro Ecclesia Et Pontifice kuPopu Pius XII ngo-1953, "evuma ukuzithoba kwakhe nokuzinikela kwakhe kwiCawe yamaKatolika," watsho uHardy.

"Lo mhlobiso kapapa yenye yezona mbeko ziphakamileyo ezinikwe amalungu ethembekileyo," wongeze watsho uHardy. "Eminye iminyaka engama-24 de wasweleka ngo-1977, eneminyaka engama-89, uNonco waqhubeka nokusasaza ukuzinikela kwi-Sacred Heart ka Yesu isithuba seminyaka engama-68 yonke kude kube ngumhla wokufa kwakhe nge-6 kaJuni, 1977, owawungumthendeleko Intliziyo Engcwele kaYesu, ”utshilo uHardy.

UMark Mark Ledoux, ummeli wabahlobo baka-Fr. UJoseph Verbis LaFleur, ngexesha lomsitho kaJanuwari wathi umfundisi wezomkhosi ukhunjulwa kakhulu ngenkonzo yakhe yobuqhawe ngexesha leMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi.

"P. UJoseph Verbis LaFleur waphila ubomi obungaqhelekanga kwiminyaka nje engama-32, utshilo uLedoux.

ULafleur wazalwa ngoJanuwari 24, 1912 eVille Platte Louisiana. Nangona wayevela “kwisiqalo esithobekileyo… (nakwintsapho eqhekekileyo,” uLaFleur kudala ephupha ngokuba ngumfundisi, utshilo uLedoux.

Ngexesha leholide yakhe yasehlotyeni evela kwi-Notre Dame seminari eNew Orleans, uLafleur wachitha ixesha lakhe efundisa ikatekism kunye nabantu bokuqala ukunxibelelana.

Wamiselwa njengomfundisi ngo-Epreli 2, 1938 kwaye wacelwa ukuba abe ngumfundisi wasemkhosini kungekudala ngaphambi kokuqhambuka kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi. Ekuqaleni, isicelo sakhe saliwa ngubhishophu wakhe, kodwa xa umfundisi wabuza okwesibini, sanikwa.

“Njengomfundisi-ntsapho wabonakalisa ubuqhawe ngaphaya komsebenzi, efumana i-Distribution Service Service, iwonga lesibini ngexabiso,” utshilo uLedoux.

"Kodwa ke ibifana nebanjwa laseJapan emfazweni ukuba uLafleur abonakalise ubunzulu bothando" nobungcwele.

"Nangona ekhaba, eqhwatywa ngempama kwaye ebethwa ngabathimbi bakhe, wayehlala ezama ukuphucula iimeko zamanye amabanjwa," utshilo uLedoux.

"Uye wavumela namathuba okuphuncula kwakhe ukuba adlule apho ahlala khona esazi ukuba bayamdinga abantu bakhe."

Ekugqibeleni, umfundisi wagqibela ngenqanawa kunye nezinye i-POWs zaseJapan ezazingxwelerhiwe yinkwili yaseMelika engakhange iqonde ukuba inqanawa yayithwele amabanjwa emfazwe.

“Wagqibela ukubonwa nge-7 kaSeptemba, ngo-1944 xa wayenceda amadoda kumzi wenqanawa eyayitshona awathi emva koko wazuza intliziyo emfusa kunye neenkwenkwezi zobhedu. Kwaye ngo-Okthobha ka-2017, ngezenzo zakhe njengebanjwa lemfazwe, utata wam wanikwa iwonga lesibini lomnqamlezo obekekileyo, ”utshilo uLedoux.

Umzimba kaLafleur awuzange uphinde ubuye. U-Bishop Deshotel ngoMgqibelo ubhengeze injongo yakhe yokuvula ngokusemthethweni injongo yomfundisi, umntu ofumene iimvume ezifanelekileyo kwabanye oobhishophu ababandakanyekayo kwinjongo.

U-Lafleur wamkelwe kwintetho yakhe kwi-National Catholic Prayer Breakfast eWashington, DC nge-6 kaJuni ka-2017, ngu-Archbishop Timothy Broglio we-archdiocese yasemkhosini, owathi, "Wayeyindoda yabanye kude kube sekupheleni .. U-Lafleur uphendule imeko yakhe yasejele ngenkalipho yoyilo. Wasebenzisa ubuhle bakhe ukukhathalela, ukukhusela nokomeleza amadoda awayevalelwe kunye naye “.

Uninzi lwasinda kuba wayeyindoda enesidima kwaye wayezinikela engayeki. Ukuthetha ngobukhulu belizwe lethu kukuthetha ngamadoda nabafazi besidima abazinikeleyo ukuze baxhamle bonke. Sakha ingomso elitsha xa sizobe kuloo mthombo wesidima ”.