USt Anthony wasePadua usengumodeli okhuthazayo wanamuhla, kusho uPapa Francis

UPapa uFrancis ucele ukuthi amaFranciscans kanye nabazinikele bezwe likaSanta Anthony wasePadua bagqugquzelwe ngcwele la wekhulu le-XNUMX ngokuthi "angaphumli" ukuhamba umgwaqo futhi ahlanganyele uthando lukaNkulunkulu ngamazwi nangezenzo.
"Sengathi isibonelo sakhe sokwabelana nobunzima bemindeni, abampofu nabancishekileyo, kanye nentshisekelo yakhe ngeqiniso nobulungiswa, singasivusa kithina namuhla ukuzibophezela okukhulu ekusinikeni njengophawu lwenkululeko," kusho papa emlayezweni obhaliwe.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngenhla kwabo bonke abasha: le ngcwele, yakudala kakhulu futhi yanamuhla emibhalweni yayo, ingaba yisibonelo okufanele isilandelwe ezizukulwaneni ezintsha, ukuze uhambo lwabo lube nezithelo," kusho yena.
Ukuphawulwa kukapapa kufike encwadini ebibhalwe kuMfoweth 'uCarlos Trovarelli, ungqongqoshe jikelele we-Order of Conventual Friars Minor, lapho kugujwa iminyaka engu-800 kwangena impilo yenkolo kaSanta Anthony.
Kule ncwadi, eyakhishwa ngoJuni 3 kuwebhusayithi yomyalo - ofmconv.net, uPapa Francis wakhumbula ukuthi le nsizwa, eyazalwa ngonyaka we-1195 eLisbon, ePortugal, yanquma kanjani ukuyiguqula impilo yayo ngemuva kokufunda ngokufela ukholo kwabaFrancis abahlanu ababulewe ngenxa yokholo lwabo eMorocco.
Kulolu hambo lwenyama nangokomoya olwaqala eminyakeni engama-800 eyedlule, ungcwele waya eMorocco "ukuyolibona iVangeli ezinyathelweni zikakhokho kaFrancisco owabulawa ukholo lapho," kubhala upapa.
Lowo ngcwele wabe esefika eSicily ngemuva kokudonswa komkhumbi ogwini lwase-Italy, "umcimbi owenzeka namhlanje kubafowethu nodadewethu abaningi," engeza.
Ukusuka eSicily, wahamba noSt. Francis wase Assisi baya e-Italy naseFrance, wabe esethuthela ePadua, lapho kugcinwa khona isidumbu sakhe.
"Ngiyethemba ukuthi lesi sikhumbuzo esibalulekile sizovusa, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwabenkolo yezenkolo yaseFrancisan kanye naseSanta Anthony emhlabeni wonke, isifiso sokuzwa ukungabi nalutho okungcwele okufanayo okwashukumisela iSanta Anthony ukuba ihambe imigwaqo yomhlaba ngokunikeza ubufakazi, ngamazwi nangezwi isenzo, sothando lukaNkulunkulu, ”kubhala upapa.
Uzalelwe uFernando Martins de Bulhoes, uSanta Anthony wayedumile ngokushumayela nokuzinikela kwakhe okunamandla kwabahluphekayo nabagulayo. Washaywa futhi wamukelwa kuphela ngonyaka owodwa ngemuva kokushona kwakhe ngo-1231. Usuku lomkhosi wakhe lungoJuni 13, futhi ungcwele wezinto ezilahlekile, izilwane, abesifazane abakhulelwe, abahambi nabanye abaningi.