Amazwi kaJesu ku-Angela waseFoligno Obusisiwe: “Angizange ngikuthande njengehlaya!”
Namuhla sifuna ukukutshela mayelana nesipiliyoni esiyimfihlakalo esasiphila ngaso USanta Angela waseFoligno, ekuseni ngo-Agasti 2, 1300. Ongcwele wagcotshwa uPapa Francis ngo-2013.
U-Angela wazalelwa I-Foligno ngo-1248, indodakazi yomndeni ocebile. Waphila impilo yezwe futhi engalawuleki kwaze kwaba yiminyaka engaba ngu- Iminyaka engu-30 ubudala. Ngo-1270, washada no-A isicebi futhi ngaye waba nezingane eziningana. Ukuguqulwa kwakhe kwenzeka cishe ngo-1285, ngemva kokuhanjiswaukuvela kukaSaint Francis wase-Assisi.
Ngaleso sikhathi wembatha ukuthobeka futhi ngemva kokushona kukanina, umyeni wakhe nezingane ngokuzumayo, wathengisa. zonke izimpahla wabe esenika abampofu imali, bese bephila izipho nokuzinikela ekunakekeleni abagulayo futhi ikakhulukazi abanochoko esibhedlela sedolobha lakhe, elandela isibonelo sikaPoverello.
Ngo-1291, wangena e- I-Third Order Franciscan futhi waphathisa isiqondiso sakhe esingokomoya U-Arnaldo kusuka eFoligno. Kuyo yonke iminyaka eyalandela, u-Angela wanikeza umusa ongavamile.
Ongcwele wayezigqamisa ngokukhethekile Umhlaba kaFrancisca ngomsebenzi wakhe womama ongokomoya. Eqinisweni, wabutha abaningi ngakuye abafundi, evela ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zase-Italy nakwamanye amazwe, elungele ukwamukela izimfundiso nezeluleko zakhe.
Angela wafa eFoligno mhla zizi-4 kuMasingana 1309, lapho izinsalela zakhe zihlonishwa khona esontweni lezindela laseSan Francesco.
Umbono ongaqondakali kaSaint Angela waseFoligno
Umbono wenzeka ngo I-Portiuncula, isonto elincane elakhiwe engxenyeni encane yomhlaba ngomhla ka-2 Agasti 1300 ngesikhathi sohambo. Ngosuku olwedlule, oNgcwele wayenabanye imibono emibili.
Embonweni oyimfihlakalo, uPorziuncola omncane ubonakala kuye ngokuzumayo kwandiswa, okungahunyushwa njengokulindeleka okungokomfanekiso kwe-basilica yamanje ye Santa Maria degli Angeli, efiswa uPapa I-Saint Pius V, yaklanywa umakhi uGaleazzo Alessi futhi yakhiwa phakathi kuka-1569 no-1679.
Ekujabuleni kwakhe u-Angela ubona isonto ubuhle obumangalisayo nobuhle, ngokuzumayo wandiswa umsebenzi waphezulu futhi kwakungekho lutho olubonakalayo kuwo, kodwa yonke into yayingakhulumeki nhlobo. Mhlawumbe umbono ubhekisela ku-Basilica njenge indawo yomusa, njengendawo lapho uNkulunkulu eqhubeka enikeza izipho zakhe ezingaphatheki kwabangenakubalwa pellegrini abamvakashela ngokuzinikela abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba.