APRIL 24 SAN BENEDETTO MENNI

UBenedetto Menni, aka Angelo Ercole wayengumvuseleli we-oda lesibhedlela iSan Giovanni di Dio (Fatebenefratelli) eSpain, kanye nomsunguli ngonyaka we-1881 we-Sisters of the Sacred Heart, ikakhulukazi abazinikele ekusizeni iziguli zengqondo. Wazalwa ngonyaka we-1841, washiya isikhundla sakhe ebhange ukuze azinikele, njengomuntu obambe izamba, kwabalimele empini yaseMagenta. Ungene phakathi kukaFatebenefratelli, wathunyelwa eSpain eneminyaka engama-26 enomsebenzi onzima wokuvuselela i-Order, eyayicindezelwe. Waphumelela phakathi nobunzima obuyinkulungwane - kufaka phakathi icala lokuzama ukuhlukumeza abagula ngengqondo, waphetha ngokugwetshwa kwabanyundeli - kwathi ngeminyaka engu-19 njengesifundazwe wasungula imisebenzi eyi-15. Ngokuthatheka kwakhe lo mndeni wezenkolo waphinde wazalwa kabusha ePortugal naseMexico. Ngaleso sikhathi wayeyisivakashi sabaphostoli e-Order futhi ephakeme ngokujwayelekile. Ushone eDinan eFrance ngo-1914, kodwa uphumula eCiempozuelos, eSpain yakhe. Ube ngcwele kusukela ngo-1999. (Avvenire)

UMTHANDAZO

O Nkulunkulu, nduduzo nokusekelwa kwabathobekileyo,

wenza uSan Benedetto Menni, umpristi,

umemezeli weVangeli lakho lomusa,

ngemfundiso nangemisebenzi.

Siphe, ngokunxusa kwakhe,

Umusa esikucela wona manje,

ukulandela izibonelo zakhe nokukuthanda ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye,

ukuqhutshwa ukuze sikukhonze kubafowethu

ogulayo noswele.

NgoKristu iNkosi yethu. Amen.