USanta Dominic waseGuzman, umshumayeli othobekile onesiphiwo sezimangaliso
I-Saint Dominic yaseGuzmán, owazalwa ngo-1170 eCalzadilla de los Barros, e-Extremadura, eSpain, wayengumfundi wenkolo waseSpain, umshumayeli futhi ongaqondakali. Esemncane wayeyingcweti ye-Order of Santiago, kodwa ngemva kokuba nokuhlangenwe nakho okujulile okungokomoya, wayeka ukuphila kwakhe kwezwe futhi washiya umhlalaphansi esigodlweni sezindela ngo-1206.
Ngemuva kokuthola ukugunyazwa kuka-abbot wakhe, u-Saint Dominic wasungula isikhungoUhlelo lwabashumayeli, aziwa kangcono ngokuthi amaDominican, ngo-1215 eColle di Val d'Elsa, eTuscany. Inhloso yakhe enkulu kwakuwukushumayela Gospel ezigcawini zedolobha, esakaza imfundiso yamaKatolika futhi elwa nokuhlubuka. USanta Dominic washonela eBologna e 1221, eneminyaka engu-51. Kubo bonke ubuhle bakhe kwenezelwa isipho sokwenza izimangaliso.
Izimangaliso zikaSaint Dominic Guzman
Ngolunye usuku, ngemva kokumkhuphula kusukela kolunye usebe lomfula kuya kolunye, umfula umshayeli wesikebhe owayemthuthile wacela isinxephezelo kuDomenico. UDomenico waphendula ngokuthi akanalutho, nokuthi uthobekile inceku kaNkulunkulu nokuthi uNkulunkulu ngokwakhe uzomvuza ngaleso senzo. Lapho umshayeli wesikebhe ezwa lawo mazwi, wathukuthela wazama ukumdwengula ihood yokupheka icishiwe. UDominic wabe esephakamisela amehlo ezulwini waqala ukuthandaza, wabe esebheka phansi futhi wabonisa umshayeli wesikebhe a uhlamvu lwesiliva ukuthi uProvidence wayemthumile. Wamnika wahamba.
Ngo 1211, angaba ngamatshumi amahlanu Ama-pilgrim angamaNgisi babehamba uhambo oluya eSaint James of Compostela. Ukuze bafike endaweni emisiwe, banquma ukuwela umgwaqo Umfula iGaronne ngesikebhe, njengoba babengafuni ukudlula edolobheni laseToulouse, elalivinjwe uPapa. Isikebhe, nokho, ngenxa yesisindo saso eseqile, yebo iphenyisiwe phakathi nomfula.
Kukhale izihambeli, uSanta Dominic waseGuzman ephuma esontweni eliseduze lapho ayekhuleka khona, waziphonsa phansi ephambanisa izandla, waqala ncenga uNkulunkulu ukuze kusindiswe labo abaneshwa, manje osengcupheni yokuminza. Wathi eqeda ukukhuleka wasukuma wajikela ngasemfuleni wamyalela ufike ogwini egameni likaJesu.Ominza waphinda wavela phezu kwamanzi, wafika ogwini wathola insindiso.
UDomenico wayejwayele ukuvakashela eyodwa Chartres church, lapho kwakugcinwa khona izinsalela zomfel’ ukholo uSt. Vincent futhi wayethanda ukuma athandaze kuze kube semini enkulu. Nokho, lakanye ladlula lelihora, futhi owandulelayo wathumela omunye wamadoda akhe abefundisi ukumxwayisa. Umfundisi, efika esontweni, wathola uDomenico iphakanyiswe phansi ngokujabula phambi kwe-altare. Wabe esegijima eyokwazisa owandulelayo, owahlabeka umxhwele ngokubona I-Santo kulezo zimo acishe waquleka.