Umzimba ongasasebenziyo weSanta Bernadette: ukuphuma kwegazi ulwelo
Kukho umfazi oneminyaka engama-35 oswelekileyo: Umzimba opheleleyo kaSanta Bernadette Marie Bernarde Soubirous, "othetha" ngooSista baseNevers, aka Bernadette, lowo wayembonile wathetha noMama wethu eLourdes. Umlenze wakhe wawubolile. Ujonga ixesha lakhe elidlulileyo lobubi nendlala kuqala, yokuhlekisa nokungabikho kokusesikweni emva koko, yokungaqondakali rhoqo. Nantsi indlela umbhali uMarcelle Auclair awutolika ngayo umnqophiso womoya kaBernadette:
Ngenxa yesidingo somama notata, ukonakaliswa kwesigayo.
nge wayini yokuphelelwa ngamandla, zeegusha zemangile: enkosi, Thixo wam!
Umlomo kakhulu ukondla ukuba bendinguye;
kuba abantwana babezinyamekele, kuba iigusha zigcinwe, enkosi!
Enkosi, Thixo wam, malunga neProcurator, yoMkomishinara, kwabakwaGendarmes, ngamazwi ahlabayo kaDon Peyremale,
Kuba yimihla yakho, Ntombi inguMariya,
Kulapho ungafikanga khona,
Andizokwazi ukubulela ngaphandle kweZulu.
UBernadette, lowo wayebonile kwaye wathetha noMama wethu eLourdes
Kambe ke ndifumana isityholo sokubethwa, isigculelo, inkcaso, ngenxa yabandibambeleyo,
Ababendifumana njengexoki,
abo bandithabathele umdla,
ENKOSI, EMADONNA!
upelo andizange ndikwazi,
kwinkumbulo endingazange ndibenayo,
ukungazi kwam nobuyatha bam, enkosi!
Enkosi, enkosi, kuba ukuba bekukho emhlabeni
intombazana esisidenge kunam, ngekhe niyikhethe loo nto!
Kumama wam osweleke kude,
Ngentlungu endinayo utata wam,
Endaweni yokwolula iingalo zakhe kwiBernadette yakhe encinci, uSista Marie Bernarde undibizile: ndiyabulela, Yesu!
Enkosi ngokusela le ntliziyo ikrakra ondinike yona ndikrakra.
KuMama uJosephine ondibhengeze ukuba "ndilungile", enkosi! Ngokugcuma kukaMama weNkosi, ilizwi lakhe elinzima,
ukungalungisi kwakhe, ubugwenxa bakhe, kunye nesonka sokuthotywa, enkosi!
Umzimba opheleleyo ka-Saint Bernadette "Usisi Marie Bernarde undibizile: enkosi, Yesu"
Ndiyabulela ngokuba ngulowo umama kaTeresa angathi, "Awunakwanela kum."
Enkosi ngokuba nelungelo lokugculelwa,
bathi oodadewethu, "Ngethamsanqa kanjani ukuba ungabi nguBernadette!"
Enkosi ngokuba nguBernadette,
ndoyikiswa ngenxa yokuba ndikubonile, Ntombi eNgcwele!
Kubonwa ngabantu njengerhamncwa elingaqhelekanga;
uBernadette onjalo, ukuba umbone wathi: "Asinguye lo?"
Umzimba ombi undinike wona,
ngesi sifo somlilo kunye nomsi.
Inyama yam ebolileyo, amathambo am abolileyo, ukubila kwam, umkhuhlane wam,
iintlungu zam ezibukhali nezibukhali, ENKOSI, THIXO WAM!
lo mphefumlo undinike wona,
entlango yokuma kwangaphakathi,
ubusuku bakho kunye nokudanyaza kwakho,
ukuthula kwakho nombane;
Yonke into, engekhoyo kwaye ikho ngenxa yenu, ENKOSI, ENKOSI, O YESU!
(Kwisivumelwano sokomoya sikaBernadette - 1844-1879)
UBernadette wasweleka eneminyaka engama-35 kwaye umzimba wakhe ukhutshiwe kathathu kwisithuba seminyaka engama-46, ngenxa yenkqubo yokucoca ubuntu, ngokumangazayo ukuba ihlala intle, ngaphandle kwento yokuba irosari yakhe yayisiqhuli kwaye nengubo yakhe yayithambile.
Oogqirha abaqala ukuyikhupha phantsi bamangaliswa kukuyifumana icocekile (kwaye isekho nangoku) iqala isibindi, ebonakala ngathi yinto yokuqala engahambiyo, amazinyo nezikhonkwane nazo ziqinile.
Kwakhona, iminyaka emininzi emva kokuba efile, igazi eliselwelo lihamba emzimbeni wakhe. Yinto enamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, kwaye konke okungaphezu kwendalo kungumsebenzi kaThixo. Masithandaze ke ngoku kwiLady of Lourdes.