Uphi umzimba kaMama uTeresa waseCalcutta obizwa ngokuba “yiNgcwele yamahlwempu”?
Umama Teresa yaseCalcutta, eyaziwa ngokuba “yiNgcwele yamahlwempu” ngomnye wabona bantu bathandwayo nabahlonelwayo kwihlabathi lanamhlanje. Ukuzibhokoxa kwakhe ekunyamekeleni abasweleyo nabagulayo kubangele ukuba igama lakhe lingqinelane nokungazingci nothando.
UMama Teresa wazalwa 26 Agasti 1910 eSkopje, eMakedoni. Esengumfana, weva a umnxeba wangaphakathi waza wagqiba kwelokuba anikele ubomi bakhe ekunyamekeleni ababuthathaka nabajongelwe phantsi. Wathabatha izibhambathiso zakhe zonqulo 1931 kwaye wathatha igama likaTeresa ngembeko UTeresa oNgcwele woMntwana uYesu.
in 1946, uMama Teresa waseka ibandla le Abavangeli basemazweni Bothando eCalcutta, eIndiya. Injongo yayo yayikukubonelela ngonyango nenkxaso kwabo bahlelelekileyo, kuquka abaneqhenqa, iinkedama, abangenamakhaya nabafayo. Umsebenzi wayo wawusekwe kumaxabiso anjengovelwano, ukunceda kunyeamore ngaphandle kwemiqathango.
Kumashumi eminyaka, uMama Teresa usasaze umsebenzi wakhe kwihlabathi liphela, evula amakhaya kunye namaziko okunyamekela amahlwempu. Phezu kwazo nje iingxaki zemali kunye nokugxekwa, uye waqhubeka esenza umsebenzi wakhe ngokuzinikela nangokuthobeka, esenza umahluko kubomi babantu abaninzi.
Ukusweleka kukaMama Teresa
Umama uTeresa uyafa ngo-Oktobha 5, 1997, eneminyaka eyi-87, emva kokuhlaselwa yintliziyo izihlandlo ezininzi, ejikelezwe luthando lweeSisters. Iphuma iphumele ngaphandle kwendlu yendlu yebandla Abavangeli basemazweni beSisa, kwi-54/iNdlela yeSetyhula esezantsi, eCalcutta. Kanye apho likhoyo ingcwaba lakhe namhlanje.
Yonke imihla engcwabeni lakhe, yenziwa kwelinye UCappella, kuyabhiyozelwa ubunzima apho wonke umntu anokuthatha inxaxheba, oselula, osisityebi, ongamahlwempu, osempilweni kwaye ogulayo. Ingcwaba likaMama Teresa libe yindawo ebalulekileyo uhambo lokuhamba nganye ethembekileyo nabakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela. Rhoqo ngonyaka, amawaka abantu atyelela i-cathedral ukuze akhumbule umsebenzi kunye nelifa lalo mfazi umangalisayo.