17 Septhemba, ukuvela kwesigcwagcwa sikaSt

UKUQHATHANYELWA KOKUKHUTHAZWA KWEYINGCWELE UFRANCIS WASESISI

Ubaba oyiserafi uSt Francis wakhulisa, kusukela ekuguqukeni kwakhe, ukuzinikela okunomusa kuKristu owabethelwa; ukuzinikela okuhlala kusabalala ngamazwi nempilo. Ngo-1224, ngenkathi esentabeni yaseLa Verna wacwiliswa ekuzindleni, iNkosi uJesu, ne-prodigy eyodwa, yafaka isigcwagcwa sothando lwayo emzimbeni wayo. UBenedict XI unikeze i-Order yaseFranciscan ukugubha minyaka yonke ukukhumbula leli lungelo, okwenza iPoverello "isibonakaliso esimangalisayo" sikaKristu.

UMTHANDAZO

O Nkulunkulu, owathi, ukuze uvuthe umoya wethu ngomlilo wothando lwakho, owafakwa emzimbeni kababa oyiserafi uSt.Francis izimpawu zentshiseko yeNdodana yakho, sinikeze, ngokuncenga kwakhe, ukuba sizivumelanise nokufa kukaKristu ukuze sikwazi ukubamba iqhaza lokuvuka kwakhe.

NgeNkosi yethu uJesu Kristu, iNdodana yakho, onguNkulunkulu, futhi ophilayo futhi obusa nawe, ebunyeni boMoya oNgcwele, kuze kube phakade naphakade.

U-INNO CRUCIS CHRISTI

sihlabelela umkhosi wesimangaliso Stigmata of San Francesco

I-Crucis Christi mons Alvérnae *
I-Recenset mystéria,
Ubi salutis aetérnae
Imininingwane eyimfihlo:
UDum Francíscus dat lucérnae
I-Crucis sua stúdia.

I-Hoc in monte vir devótus,
I-Specu solitária,
I-Pauper, i-mundo semótus,
Induduzo:
I-Vigil, i-nudus, i-ardens totus,
I-Crebra dat suspíria.

USolus ergo clasus orans,
I-Mente sursum ágitur;
Ama-super gestis Crucis plorans
I-Maeróre confícitur:
I-Crucísque fructum implórans
I-animo resólvitur.

Indawo yesikhangiso se-Rex ne-caelo
I-Amíctu Seráphico,
Ucansi alárum tectus velo
Isici Esinokuthula:
Ithawula le-Affixúsque Crucis,
IPorténto mirífico.

I-Cernit servus Redemptórem,
I-Passum impassíbilem:
ULumen Patris et splendórem,
Tam hium, tam húmilem:
I-Verbórum Auditor tenórem
I-Viro not effábilem.

I-Vertex montis kuvimbaátur,
I-Vicínis cernéntibus:
I-Cor Francísci transformátur
U-Amóris ardóribus:
I-Corpus mox ornátur yangempela
UMirándis Stigmátibus.

I-Collaudétur Crucifíxus,
I-Tollens mundi scélera,
I-Quem laudat concrucifíxus,
I-Crucis ferens ifaka phakathi:
IFrancíscus prorsus inníxus
Super mundi foédera. Amen

Ukuhumusha okuqondayo:

UMonte della Verna ukhumbula izimfihlakalo zesiphambano sikaKristu; lapho kunikezwa amalungelo afanayo anikeza insindiso yaphakade, kuyilapho uFrancis abhekise konke ukunaka kwakhe esibani okuyisiphambano. Kule ntaba umuntu kaNkulunkulu, emhumeni oyedwa, empofu, ohlukanisiwe nomhlaba, wandisa ukuzila ukudla. Emilindweni yasebusuku, yize inqunu, iyashiseka yonke, futhi ivame ukuncibilika izinyembezi. Uvalelwe yedwa yedwa, ngakho-ke, uyathandaza, ngengqondo yakhe avuke, akhale ngokuzindla ngokuhlupheka kweSiphambano. Uhlatshwa ububele: ucela zona kanye izithelo zesiphambano emphefumulweni wakhe udliwe. INkosi evela ezulwini iza kuye ngesimo seSerafi, efihlwe ngeveyili lamaphiko ayisithupha ngobuso obugcwele ukuthula: unamathele okhunini lwesiphambano. Isimangaliso esifanele ukumangala. Inceku ibona uMhlengi, lowo ongenandaba ohluphekayo, ukukhanya nobukhazikhazi bukaYise, ongcwele kangako, futhi othobekile: futhi uzwa amazwi anjalo umuntu angakwazi ukuwakhuluma. Ingqimba yentaba ivutha amalangabi kanti nomakhelwane bayayibona: Inhliziyo kaFrancis iguqulwa yizingqungqulu zothando. Futhi nomzimba empeleni uhlotshiswe nge-stigmata emangalisayo. Makabongwe uKethela osusa izono zomhlaba. UFrancis uyamncoma, isiphambano, othwala amanxeba eSiphambano futhi uphumule ngokuphelele ngaphezu kwezinkathazo zalomhlaba. Amen.