UPadre Pio, kusukela ekumisweni kwamasakramente kuya ekuvuselelweni kwebandla, indlela eya ebungcweleni.
IPadre Pio, owaziwa nangokuthi u-San Pio da Pietrelcina, wayengomunye wabangcwele abathandwa nabahlonishwa kakhulu emlandweni futhi namanje usengomunye wabangcwele abahlonishwayo emlandweni. Wazalwa ngoMeyi 25, 1887 eningizimu ye-Italy, wayengumfundisi nompristi ongumCapuchin owanikela impilo yakhe enkonzweni kaNkulunkulu nokunakekela imiphefumulo.
Impilo yakhe yayingenazo izinselele nobunzima. Kusukela esemncane, wayenobizo olujulile lwezenkolo futhi wajoyina i-oda lika Ama-Capuchin friars eneminyaka engu-15. Phakathi neminyaka yakhe yokukhula, uPadre Pio wabonisa izimpawu zobungcwele, njenge ukwelashwa wokugula okubi ngokunxuswa kukaSanta Francis wase-Assisi.
Ngemva kokugcotshwa umpristi e 1910, uPadre Pio wabelwa endaweni yezindelakazi San Giovanni Rotondo, lapho achitha khona ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwakhe. Kwakungesikhathi sokuhlala kwakhe eSan Giovanni Rotondo lapho azama khona eyakhe i-stigmat yokuqala, noma amanxeba aveza amanxeba kaKristu esiphambanweni.
Isigcwagcwa sikaPadre Pio kubangele umuzwa futhi yadonsa ukunaka kwabaningi abathembekile. Ekuqaleni kwaba nokungabaza nokungabaza, i-stigmata kwakuyisihloko sayo uphenyo kanye namasheke. Ngemva kwenkathi ende yokuhlolwa, iSonto LamaKatolika laqaphela ngokusemthethweni njengeziyisimangaliso, liqinisekisa ubungcwele bukaPadre Pio.
Padre Pio kanye nokumiswa kwamasakramente
Nokho, impilo yomfundisi wasePietralcina yayingenayo impikiswano. Kwe 1923, umbhishobhi wakhe wamyala ukuba amise i amasakramente omphakathi ngenxa yezinsolo ezithile zokuziphatha okungafanele. Ukumiswa kwaqhubeka iminyaka eminingana, lapho umfundisi abhekana nobunzima nokuhlupheka okuningi.
Naphezu kokumiswa, uPadre Pio akayekanga ukukhuleka kanye lokusebenzela abanye. Waqhubeka nokuhlangana nabathembekile futhi enikeza ukuvuma izono ngasese, emukela izicelo zabo zomthandazo nokuncenga. Ofakazi abaningi bathi banayo wabhekana nezimangaliso nokuphulukisa ngokuncenga kongcwele, naphezu kokumiswa kwakhe ngokusemthethweni.
Ngo-1933 kwaba ekugcineni avuselelwe yiBandla futhi wayevunyelwe ukugubha amasakramente obala. Ongcwele wasePietralcina wanikezela iminyaka yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe ekuvuleni isibhedlela, Ikhaya Lokukhulula Ukuhlupheka, eyayihlinzeka ngosizo lwezokwelapha mahhala kwabagulayo nabaswele. Lo msebenzi by isisa imele esinye sezibopho zakhe ezinkulu kakhulu ebungcweleni, ebonisa obakhe Amore nobubele bakhe kwabanye. Washona 23 September 1968 futhi wenziwa waba ngcwele nguPapa John Paul II, eba ngokusemthethweni I-Saint Pio yase-Pietrelcina.