U-Lourdes: wayekhubazekile kodwa u-Our Lady uyamphulukisa
Madeleine RIZAN. Wathandazela ukufa okuhle! Wazalwa ngonyaka we-1800, ehlala eNay (France) ukugula: Kwesobunxele hemiplegia iminyaka engama-24. Welapha ngo-Okthoba 17, 1858, eneminyaka engama-58. Isimangaliso samukelwa ngomhlaka 18 kuJanuwari 1862 ngabakwaMons. Laurence, umbhishobhi waseTarbes. UMadeleine ubelaliswe embhedeni iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 ngenxa yokukhubazeka ohlangothini lwesobunxele. Sekuyisikhathi eside odokotela belahla ithemba lokuthi bazolulama futhi bayeka ukwelashwa. NgoSepthemba 1858 wathola i-Extension Unction. Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, thandazela "ukufa okuhle". Ngemuva kwenyanga, ngoMgqibelo 16 Okthoba, ukufa kubonakala kuseduze. Lapho, ngosuku olulandelayo, indodakazi yakhe imlethela amanzi avela kuLourdes, uthatha izingcosana ezimbalwa ahlanze ubuso bakhe nomzimba wakhe. Masinyane lesi sifo siyanyamalala! Isikhumba siphinde sivele ukubukeka kwayo okujwayelekile futhi izicubu zenza imisebenzi yazo! Lowo owayefa kuphela ngosuku olwedlule uzizwa ebuyisiwe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uzohola ubukhona obujwayelekile iminyaka eyishumi nanye. Wafa, ngaphandle kokuphinde futhi, ngo-1869.
UMTHANDAZO ku LOURDES
O, I-Immaculate Conception enhle, ngiguqa lapha phambi kwesithombe sakho esibusisekile futhi ngibuthene ngomoya kubahambi abangenakubalwa, abahlala emagcekeni nasethempelini likaLourdes bekudumisa futhi bakubusise. Ngiyakwethembisa ukwethembeka okuphakade, futhi nginikela kuwe imizwa yenhliziyo yami, imicabango yomqondo wami, imizwa yomzimba wami, kanye nayo yonke intando yami. Deh! O Ncasakazi Emsulwa, okokuqala ngitholele indawo eZweni Lobaba LaseZulwini, futhi ungiphe umusa ... futhi ake usuku olulangazelelwa lufike ngokushesha, lapho ufika ukuze uzindle ngenkazimulo ePharadesi, futhi lapho kuze kube phakade ukuze udumise futhi ngiyabonga ngokusekela kwenu futhi nibusise i-SS, Trinity eninenze laba namandla nesihe. Amen.
UMTHANDAZO kaPius XII
Isimemo sesimemo sezwi lakho elingumama, O Ntombi Engabonakali YaseLourdes, sigijimela ezinyangeni zakho, lapho ushiye khona ubonakala ukhombisa izoni indlela yokuthandaza nokuzisola kanye nokudlulisela kobuso kanye nezimangaliso zakho ekuhluphekeni ubuhle bonke. O Umbono oqondile wePharadesi, susa ubumnyama besiphambeko ezingqondweni ngokukhanya kokholo, uphakamise imiphefumulo ezinenhliziyo enamakha ethemba lasezulwini, uvuselele izinhliziyo ezomile kanye negagasi laphezulu lothando. Senze sithande futhi sikhonze uJesu wakho omnandi, ukuze ufanele injabulo yaphakade. Amen.