20 SEPTEMBA BLESSED MARY TERESA OF SAN GIUSEPPE. Umkhuleko wanamuhla

Ubusisiwe uMaria Theresa weSt Joseph, aka Anna Maria Tauscher van den Bosch, wazalwa ngomhlaka 19 Juni 1855 eSandow, eBrandenburg (namuhla ePoland), kubazali abangamaLuthela abakholelwa kakhulu. Emncane wayephila iminyaka yocwaningo lwezenkolo oluqinile nolunenkinga olwaholela enkolweni yama Katolika: ukukhetha okwamlahlekisela ukushiywa ngaphandle komndeni nokuxoshwa esibhedlela sabagula ngengqondo eCologne, okuyinto ayigijimayo. Eshiywe engenakhaya futhi engenamsebenzi, ngemuva kokuzulazula isikhathi eside wathola "indlela" yakhe eBerlin: waqala ngokuzinikela "kwizingane zasemgwaqweni" eziningi, izingane zamaNtaliyane "ezashiywa noma zanakwa. Kuze kube yilokhu, wasungula iBandla LamaCarmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, lapho laqala khona ukuzinikezela kubantu asebekhulile, abampofu, abafuduki, izisebenzi ezingenamakhaya, ngenkathi imiphakathi emisha izalwa kwamanye amazwe aseYurophu naseMelika. I-charism: ukubeka umoya wokucabanga weKarmeli emsebenzini osebenzayo wesisebenzi esiqondile. Umsunguli ushonile ngoSepthemba 20, 1938 eSittard, eNetherlands. NaseHolland, esontweni lamaRoma Roermond, washaywa ngoMeyi 13, 2006. (Avvenire)

UMTHANDAZO

Nkulunkulu, Baba wethu,
Uhlanze uMama Obusisiwe uMaria Teresa weSan Giuseppe
ngokusebenzisa izinhlupheko novivinyo adlula kulo -
ngokholo olukhulu, ithemba nothando olungenabugovu -
ukuyenza, ezandleni Zakho,
Ithuluzi Womusa Wakho.

Kuqiniswa yisibonelo sakhe
futhi uthembele ekuncengeleni kwakhe,
sicela usizo lwakho.

Siphe umusa ukuze sikwazi ukubhekana,
njengaye, ubunzima bempilo,
ngamandla wokholo.

Siyakucela kuKristu, iNkosi yethu.
Amen.