Ngo-Okthoba 16: Ukunxusa eSan Gerardo Maiella
O Saint Gerard, wena ngokuncenga kwakho, ubukhosi bakho nomusa wakho, uqondise izinhliziyo ezingenakubalwa kuNkulunkulu; wena okhethwe ukuba ube ngumduduzi wabahluphekile, impumuzo yabampofu, udokotela wabagulayo; wena owenza abazinikelayo bakhale ngenduduzo: lalela umkhuleko engiphendukela kuwe ngokuqiniseka. Funda enhliziyweni yami ubone ukuthi ngihlupheka kanjani. Funda emphefumulweni wami ungiphilise, ungiduduze, ungiduduze. Wena owazi ukuhlupheka kwami, ungangibona kanjani ngihlupheka kangaka ngaphandle kokungisiza?
Gerardo, ungisize kungekudala! Gerardo, ngenze nami sibe isibalo salabo abangithandayo, abadumisayo nababonga uNkulunkulu nawe.Angivumele ngihlabelele isihawu sakhe kanye nalabo abangithandayo futhi abahlupheka ngenxa yami. Kubiza malini ukungilalela?
Ngeke ngiyeke ukukucindezela uze ungigcwalise ngokuphelele. Kuliqiniso ukuthi angikufanelanga ukubonga kwakho, kodwa ngilalele uthando oluletha kuJesu, ngoba uthando oluletha kuMariya olungcwelengcwele. Amen.
USan Gerardo Maiella ungcwele wokuvikela abesifazane abakhulelwe nezingane. Kunezindaba eziningi zokuphulukiswa okungavamile okuvela kuye; izindaba zendoda yokholo eyaphendula imizwa yazizwa izinyembezi zika mama kanye nokukhala kwezingane ngomkhuleko wenhliziyo: lowo ogcwele ukholo, lowo oshukumisa uNkulunkulu ukuba enze izimangaliso. Inkolo yayo emakhulwini eminyaka idlule nemingcele yase-Italiya futhi manje isisabalele eMelika, e-Australia nasemazweni aseYurophu.
Okwakhe kuyimpilo yokulalela, yokufihla, yokuthotshiswa nokuzikhandla: ngentando engaguquki yokuvumelana noKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni kanye nokuqwashisa ngentokozo ngokwenza intando yakhe. Uthando ngomakhelwane kanye nokuhlupheka kumenza abe thaumaturge oyingqayizivele futhi ongachazeki ophulukisa umoya kuqala - ngesakramente lokubuyisana - bese kuthi umzimba ngokwenza ukwelashwa okungachazwanga. Eminyakeni yayo engamashumi amabili nesishiyagalolunye yempilo yasemhlabeni isebenze emazweni amaningi aseningizimu, phakathi kweCampania, iPuglia neBasilicata. Lokhu kufaka phakathi uMuro Lucano, Lidedonia, Santomenna, San Fele, Deliceto, Melfi, Atella, Ripacandida, Castelgrande, Corato, Monte Sant'Angelo, Naples, Calitri, Senerchia, Vietri di Potenza, Oliveto Citra, Auletta, San Gregorio Magno, Buccino, ICaposele, Materdomini. Ngayinye yalezi zindawo ithi iyinqolobane eqotho, futhi futhi ikhumbula izenzakalo ezakhayo ezenzeka, amaqiniso ahlobene nokuba khona kwale nsizwa eyabhekwa njengosanta emhlabeni kungekudala.
Wazalelwa eMuro Lucano (PZ) ngo-Ephreli 6, 1726 nguBenedetta Cristina Galella, ongowesifazane wokholo odlulisela kuye ukuqaphela kothando olukhulu lukaNkulunkulu ngezidalwa zakhe, kanye noDenico Maiella, okhuthele futhi ocebile okholweni kepha onekhono lokuthobeka isimo somnotho. Abalingani bayakholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona futhi ngenxa yabampofu, lokhu kuvumela umndeni ukuthi ubhekane nobunzima ngenjabulo nangamandla.
Kusukela esemncane wakhangwa izindawo zokukhulekelwa, ikakhulukazi esontweni lamaNtombi aseCapodigiano, lapho indodana yaleyo ntokazi enhle yayihlala isuka kunina ukuze imnikeze isamentshisi elimhlophe. Njengomdala nje kuphela lapho ingcwele esezayo iyoqonda ukuthi leyo ngane kwakunguJesu uqobo hhayi umuntu ovela kulomhlaba.
Inani elingokomfanekiso lalesinkwa lisiza ukuqonda kwenani elikhulukazi lesinkwa esichazayo: eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kuphela ubudala uzama ukuthola isidlo sokuqala kodwa umpristi uyenqaba ngenxa yobudala bakhe obusha, njengoba kwakuvamile ngaleso sikhathi. Ngobusuku obulandelayo isifiso sakhe sinikezwa uSt. Michael the Archangel omnikeza i-Eucharist efiswayo. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nambili, ukufa okungazelelwe kukayise kwamenza waba ngumthombo ophambili wokuziphilisa ngomndeni. Yiba ngumfundi ofundayo ubuchwepheshe endaweni yokusebenzela kaMartino Pannuto, indawo yokubhekelwa phansi kanye nokuphathwa kabi kwabafana abancane imvamisa ekuziqhenyeni nasekubandlululeni isimo sengqondo maqondana nokuqonda kwengqondo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, inkosi yakhe, ithembela kakhulu kuye futhi ngezikhathi lapho umsebenzi umncane uyamthatha ukuyolima amasimu. Ngelinye ilanga kusihlwa uGerardo ubasa umlilo eshinini ngenkathi elapho nendodana kaMartino: kuyethusa okujwayelekile, kodwa amalangabi aphuma ngaso leso sikhathi nje esibonakalisweni esilula sesiphambano nesithandazayo somfana.
NgoJuni 5, 1740, uMonsignor uClaudio Albini, uMbhishobhi waseLidedonia, wamnika isakramente le Confirmation wamhambisa emsebenzini episcopate. U-Albini waziwa ngokuqina nokuntula kwakhe ukubekezela kepha uGerardo ujabule ngempilo esebenza ngokuzikhandla emholelayo futhi uphila ngokuhlanjalazwa nokuzinikela njengezenzo zokulingisa ezixakile zika-Crucifix. Kubo ungeza isijeziso sobuntu nokuzila ukudla. Nazo izehlakalo ezingachazwanga zenzeka, njengokuthi lapho okhiye bezindlu zika-Albini bawela emthonjeni: ugijimela esontweni, athathe isifanekiso sengane uJesu bese ecela usizo lwakhe, abese elufaka keteni bese eluphonsa nge-pulley. Lapho isithonjana siphakamiswa futhi siguqeka ngamanzi kodwa sibambe izinkinobho ezilahlekile. Kusukela lapho umthombo ubizwa ngokuthi yiGerardiello. Lapho u-Albini efa eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, uGerardo uyamlilela njengomngane onothando nobaba wesibili.
Ukubuyela kuMuro, uzama isonto lonke isipiliyoni sezimpikiswano ezintabeni, bese eya eSantomenna kumalume wakhe uCapuchin uBaba Bonaventura, amtshele ukuthi uzomthanda ukugqoka inkambiso yenkolo. Kepha umalume uyenqaba intando yakhe, ingxenye yakhe ngenxa yempilo yakhe engeyinhle. Kusukela kulowo mzuzu kuze kube yilapho amukelwa phakathi kwamaRedemptorists isifiso sakhe sihlala siphikisana nokuphikwa okujwayelekile. Ngaleso sikhathi, lo mfundi oneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalolunye uvula isitolo sombukiso bese egcwalisa imali yentela ngesandla sakhe. Umsebenzi wezobuciko uphila ngesizotha ngoba isiqubulo sakhe ukuthi ngubani onokuthile futhi ongathathi okufanayo. Isikhathi sakhe samahhala sichithwa ekudumiseni itabernakele, lapho evame ukuxoxisana khona noJesu amnikeza isiwula ngoba wakhetha ukuboshwa kuleyo ndawo ngenxa yezidalwa zakhe. Impilo yakhe engakholakali yinto okufanele ibhekwe ngabantu bakubo abamcindezela ukuba aganwe, umfana akapholisanga maseko, uphendula ngokuthi kungekudala uzokhipha igama lowesifazane wempilo yakhe: uyakwenza ngeSonto lesithathu likaMeyi lapho eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nanye egxuma epulatifomu lelo. uhlangana nodliwe, afake indandatho yakhe kwiNkosazana futhi azinikele kuye ngesifungo sobumsulwa, kuyilapho ekhuluma kakhulu ukuthi usethembisene noMadonna.
Ngonyaka olandelayo (1748), ngo-Agasti, obaba beBandla elincane kakhulu le-SS. UMhlengi, owasungulwa iminyaka eyishumi nesithupha ngu-Alfonso Maria de Liguori, usanta esizayo. UGerardo ubacela nokuthi babamukele futhi bathola iziphikiso ezahlukahlukene. Ngaleso sikhathi, le nsizwa ibamba iqhaza kwezemfundo: ngo-Ephreli 4, 1749, wakhethwa njengomfanekiso kaKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni yeLiving Calvary Esodongeni. Umama udlula lapho ebona indodana yakhe idonsa negazi emzimbeni kanye nekhanda ihlatshwe umqhele wameva esontweni elithule futhi limangele ukuthola lo mhlatshelo kaJesu kabusha, kanye nesijeziso esijezelwe lo muntu osemncane.
Ngo-Ephreli 13, ngeSonto e-Albis, iqembu lamaRedemptorist lifika eMuro: yizinsuku ezinzima zokudumiswa kanye nekhathalogu. UGerardo ubamba iqhaza ngentshiseko futhi ukhombisa ukuqiniseka ngesifiso sakhe sokuba yingxenye yebandla. Obaba baphinde bayenqaba intando yakhe kwathi ngosuku lokuhamba bayala umama ukuthi amvalele egumbini ukuze agweme ukubalandela. Umfana akalahli inhliziyo: ubopha amashidi ndawonye futhi ashiye igumbi ashiye incwadi ebhaliwe kunina, ethi "ngizoba ngcwele".
Unxenxa obaba ukuthi bamuhlole, njengoba esebafinyelele ngemuva kwamakhilomitha ambalwa okuhamba eqonde eRionero eVolture. Encwadini ethunyelwe kumsunguli u-Alfonso Maria de Liguori, uGerardo wethulwa njengomuntu ongenamsebenzi, ontekenteke futhi ongathandeki kwezempilo. Ngaleso sikhathi, le ntombazane, 16, yathunyelwa endlini yenkolo eDeliceto (FG), lapho izokwenza khona izithembiso zayo ngomhlaka-1752 Julayi XNUMX.
Bathumela yena "njengomfowethu ongenamsebenzi" kwizimboni ezahlukahlukene zeRedemptorist, lapho enza khona konke: umqadi wegadi, isakheriti, ikhonsathi, umpheki, indoda ebhekene nokuhlanza isitebele kuyo yonke le misebenzi elula etholwa umfana wasendulo "ongenamsebenzi" wenza ukufuna intando kaNkulunkulu.
Ngelinye ilanga elihle uhlushwa isifo sofuba futhi kufanele alale; emnyango wesitokisi sakhe ayebhale ngaso; "Lapha kwenziwa intando kaNkulunkulu, njengoba uNkulunkulu efuna futhi inqobo nje uma uNkulunkulu efuna."
Wafa ngobusuku obuphakathi komhla ka-15 no-16 Okthoba 1755: wayeneminyaka engama-29 kuphela ubudala, abathathu kuphela kubo bachitha esigodlweni lapho enza iminyakazo ebheke ebungcweleni.
Eqanjwe nguLeo XIII ngonyaka we-1893, uGerardo Majella wamenyezelwa nguPius X ngo-1904.