Umbono ongaqhelekanga wobuso bukaYesu ubonakala kuSaint Gertrude
USanta Gertrude wayengunongendi waseBenedictine wenkulungwane ye-12 owayenobomi obunzulu bomoya. Wayedume ngokuzinikela kwakhe kuYesu nobuchule bakhe bokunxibelelana Naye ngomthandazo. Ugqalwa njengemfihlakalo kunye nomfundisi wezakwalizwi, umgcini wegadi kunye nabahlolokazi. Ubomi bakhe ngumzekelo wentobeko, umthandazo nothando ngakuThixo nakwabanye, kwaye uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza abantu abaninzi abathembekileyo kwihlabathi liphela.
Namhlanje sifuna ukukuxelela malunga nosuku esadibana nalo umbono wobuthixo ongaqhelekanga. UYesu wambonisa uBuso bakhe obuNgcwele, amehlo akhe akhazimla njengelanga elibengezela ngokukhanya okuthambileyo nokungenakuthelekiswa nanto. Oku kukhanya kwangena ebuntwini bakhe, kwamguqula waluvuyo nolonwabo olungenakuchazwa.
Kwenzeka ntoni kuSaint Gertrude ngexesha lombono ongaqondakaliyo
Kulo mbono, uSaint Gertrude waziva ngokupheleleyo iguqulwe, ngokungathi umzimba wakhe utshatyalalisiwe bubukho bobuthixo obunamandla. Lo mbono wawumkhulu kangangokuba ngewawumbulele ukuba wayengancedwa ngokukhethekileyo ukuze axhase ubume bakhe basemhlabeni obubuthathaka. USanta wavakalisa uluvo lwakhe umbulelo ngenxa yaloo mava abalaseleyo, awathi amenza ukuba abone uvuyo olukhulu ukuba luya kuba njalo akunakwenzeka ukuchaza ngamazwi ehlabathi.
Ngesinye isihlandlo, uSaint Gertrude wathwalwa yimincili wambona uYesu ejikelezwe nga ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo. Ukuwuchukumisa, waziva ngathi uyafa phantsi kwamandla alo anamandla kaThixo. Ngoko nangoko wacela uThixo ukuba enze njalo nciphisa ukukhanya, kuba ubuthathaka bakhe babungakwazi ukubuthwala ubunzulu babo. Ukususela ngelo xesha ukuya phambili, wayenokucamngca ngobuninzi Iingelosi, abaPostile, abafeli-nkolo, abavumo kunye neentombi ezinyulu, bonke bengqongwe kukukhanya okukhethekileyo okwakubonakala kubamanyanisa noMlingane wabo ongcwele.
La mava angaqhelekanga kaSaint Gertrude asikhumbuza ngawo ubungakanani kunye nobungangamsha bobuthixo, obuzibonakalisa ngeendlela ezimangalisayo kwaye kananjalo busimema ukuba yifumce malunga nobuntu bethu obulinganiselweyo kunye nesidingo soncedo olukhethekileyo ukuze sikwazi ukubona ubukho bobuthixo kwaye singcamle ulonwabo lweZulu.
Obu bungqina kufuneka busikhuthaze kwaye luhlaziye ukholo lwethu, Isityhalela ukuba sifune ubukho bukaThixo kubomi bethu bemihla ngemihla kwaye sinqwenele olo lonwabo kuphela Sayina angasinika. Ngamana singafunda kuyeukubaluleka kombulelo nokuthobeka ejongene nemimangaliso yothando lobuthixo.