Ubomi babaNgcwele: iSant'Agata
ISant'Agata, iNtombi Enyulu, umfeli-nkolo, c. Inkulungwane yesithathu
NgoFebruwari 5-Isikhumbuzo (Isikhumbuzo sokukhetha ukuba usuku lweveki yeLente)
Umbala we-Litological: Bomvu (onsomi ukuba ngaba ngumhla weveki yokuThunyelwa)
Patron waseSisili, umhlaza webele, udlwengulo kunye nexhoba lodlwengulo lwentsimbi
Kuwo onke amadoda ayenomdla kuye, wayefuna enye kuphela
UPopu uSt.Gregory Omkhulu wayelawula njengoBhishophu oPhakamileyo weCawe ukusuka ku-590 ukuya ku-604. Usapho lwakhe lwaluthanda iSicily kwaye lwalunepropathi apho, ngoko ke uGregory omncinci wayezazi iingcwele kunye nezithethe zeso siqithi sihle. Xa waba ngupopu, uSt. Gregory wafaka amagama amabini abona bafeli-nkolo bahloniphekileyo baseSicilian, uAgata noLucia, kumbindi weMisa, iCanon Canon. ISt. Gregory ide yababeka aba babini baseSicilia kanye phambi kwesixeko sabafazi ababini abafel 'ukholo, u-Agnes noCecilia, ababekade beyinxalenye yeCanon Canon kwiinkulungwane ezininzi ngaphambili. Yayisisigqibo sikapapa esilondoloze inkumbulo yeSant'Agata ngokufanelekileyo ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na enye into. I-liturgy ngokwemvelo iyalondoloza kwaye ikhusela iinkumbulo ezindala zeCawa. Ke emilebeni yamawaka ababingeleli mihla le ngamagama abanye babo bafazi bafel 'ukholo bahlonitshwayo.
Akukho nto ingako eyaziwayo malunga nobomi kunye nokufa kwe-Agatha eNgcwele, kodwa isithethe eside sibonelela ngala maxwebhu aphambili. UPopu uDamasus, owayelawula ukusuka ku-366 ukuya ku-384, usenokuba wabhala umbongo wokumnika imbeko, ebonisa ukuba lalisaziwa kangakanani igama lakhe ngelo xesha. U-Sant'Agata wayevela kusapho olutyebileyo eSicily ngamaxesha amaRoma, mhlawumbi ngenkulungwane yesithathu. Ukunikela ubomi bakhe kuKristu, ubuhle bakhe butsalele kuye amadoda anamandla njengomazibuthe. Kodwa akavumanga onke amagqwetha egameni leNkosi. Mhlawumbi ngexesha lokutshutshiswa kuka-Emperor Decius malunga ne-250, wabanjwa, wagocagocwa, wangcungcuthekiswa kwaye wafela inkolo kwaye wala ukwala ukholo lwakhe okanye ukunikezela kumadoda anamandla awayemfuna. Usapho lwakudala luyabalisa: "Yintombi enyulu yokwenene, yayinxibe ukukhanya kwesazela esicocekileyo kunye nobomvu krwe wegazi lemvana kwizithambiso zayo".
Kukwalisiko rhoqo ukuba ukungcungcuthekiswa kwakhe kubandakanya ukolulwa ngokwesondo. Ngelixa uSanta Lucia ekhanya kubugcisa ngamehlo akhe epleyitini, uSanta Agatha uhlala eboniswa ephethe isitya apho amabele akhe ahlala khona, njengoko babenqunyulwa ngabangcungcuthekisi bakhe bobuhedeni ngaphambi kokubulawa kwakhe. Lo mfanekiso ubalaseleyo, eneneni, ukrolwe eludongeni ngaphezulu komnyango wecawa ye-XNUMXth yenkulungwane yase-Sant'Agata e-Roma, icawe eyayinikezelwe ngu-Pope St. Gregory ngokwakhe kwakudala.
Amadoda enza uninzi lobundlobongela ngokwasemhlabeni. Kwaye xa amaxhoba abo bengabantu ababhinqileyo, ubundlobongela bunokuba nobubi ngakumbi kuba amaxhoba abo akanakunceda. Amabali abafel 'ukholo bokuqala beCawa babalisa amabali okuhlukunyezwa kakhulu ngabaqweqwedisi babo baseRoma. Kodwa amabali abafel 'ukholo abasetyhini ahlala ebhekisa kwinto engakumbi: ukuhlaziswa ngokwesondo. Akukho mfana ufela ukholo owaziwayo ukuba ukhe weva ingqumbo enjalo. U-Agatha oyingcwele kunye nabanye babengenzakali nje emzimbeni ukuba bazinyamezele iintlungu abazivayo, kodwa nangokwengqondo nangamandla okomoya ngokunyamezela ukufa, iintloni kunye nokuthotywa esidlangalaleni ngakumbi kubo njengabafazi. Babengabo bomeleleyo. Ngabathimbi babo abangamadoda ababebonakala bebuthathaka.
Yayikukuphakanyiswa kobuKristu kwabasetyhini, abantwana, amakhoboka, amabanjwa, abantu abadala, abagulayo, abantu bamanye amazwe kunye nabo babekek 'esweni okwathi chu kwenza ukuba igwele elikhulu leCawa linyuke kwilizwe laseMeditera. ICawe khange idale iklasi yamaxhoba ekhalazela udidi olunelungelo. Icawe ishumayele isidima sabantu. Icawa ayikaze ishumayele ukulingana kwabantu okanye ifundise ukuba oorhulumente kufuneka benze imithetho yokukhusela abangakhuselekanga. Yonke inamhlanje. Icawe yathetha ngolwimi lobufundisi kwaye yafundisa ukuba yonke indoda, umfazi nomntwana bayenziwe ngokomfanekiselo nangokufana noThixo ngoko ke bafanelwe yimbeko. Yayifundisa ukuba uYesu Krestu wafela wonke umntu emnqamlezweni. Icawe inike, kwaye inike, iimpendulo ezipheleleyo kwimibuzo iyonke, kwaye ezo mpendulo bezikhona kwaye ziyaqinisekisa Umthendeleko weSant'Agata usabhiyozelwa ngokubanzi ngoFebruwari 5 eCatania, eSicily. Amakhulu amawaka abathembekileyo ahamba ezitalatweni ehlonipha ingcwele yomgcini wesiqithi. Izithethe zakudala ziyaqhubeka.
U-Agatha oyiNgcwele, wawuyintombi enyulu utshatele kuKrestu uqobo, umtshakazi weNkosi owayegcinelwe yena kuphela.Isifungo sakho sokuthanda uThixo ngaphezu kwako konke sikwenze wakunyamezela ukulingwa, ukungcungcuthekiswa kunye nokuthotywa isidima. Ukuze sibe nokuqina njengawe xa naluphi na uhlobo lwentshutshiso, nokuba lincinci kangakanani na, lusifuna.