02 JULY SAN BERNARDINO REALINO. Umkhuleko kwabaNgcwele

O S. Bernardino, sithathe ngaphansi kwesivikelo sakho

futhi sithole umusa esiwufisayo ngobuhle bukaNkulunkulu,

kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke Vuselela izithelo ezifanelwe ukuphenduka,

ngoba singamukelwa ngolunye usuku nawe

ebusheni obungenakufa.

Ngakho makube njalo

Yiba ngumvikeli wedolobha usaphila. ILecce, ehlobo lika-1616: ubaba wamaJesuit uBernardino Realino uyafa, sekuyiminyaka engama-42 efikile lapho. Ababusi behholo ledolobha bayahamba bayovakashela ifomu elisemthethweni. Futhi bambuza ukuthi ufuna ukuba ngumvikeli wedolobha. Naye, owayenze okuhle kakhulu kuLecce, uyavuma. Uzalelwe emndenini okhakhayo kaCarpi, owenze othisha bakhe ukuthi beze ekhaya ezifundweni zakhe zokuqala, wabe esethunyelwa eModena Academy. Eneminyaka engu-26, waphothula umthetho wezemibhalo yohulumeni kanye nokhokho. Ngaphansi kokuvikelwa nguCristoforo Madruzzo, uBernardino umgwaqo "wehhovisi lomphakathi". Ngezikhathi ezithile, noma kunjalo, umsebenzi wakhe uyaphela. UBernardino Realino uhambela amaJesuits futhi ungena eNhlanganweni. Ngo-1567 wagcotshwa umpristi futhi waba inkosi yamaJesuit novices. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa, eLecce, wenza ikolishi azozinikela ngalo aze afe. UPapa Pius XII uzomemezela ukuba abe ngcwele ngo-1947. (Avvenire)