Ubusisiwe uGiovanni da Parma: usanta wosuku
UJohn obusisiwe weParma: Ungqongqoshe wesikhombisa Jikelele we-Franciscan Order, uGiovanni wayaziwa ngemizamo yakhe yokubuyisa umoya wangaphambilini we-Order ngemuva kokushona kukaSt. Francis wase-Assisi.
Ubusisiwe uGiovanni da Parma: impilo yakhe
Wazalelwa ngaphakathi Parma, e-Italy, ngo-1209. Kwakungesikhathi esengusolwazi osemusha wefilosofi owaziwa ngokuzinikela namasiko akhe lapho uNkulunkulu ambizela khona ukuthi avalelise umhlaba ayewujwayele futhi angene ezweni elisha le-Order yaseFranciscan. Ngemuva komsebenzi wakhe, uJohn wathunyelwa eParis ukuyophothula izifundo zakhe zobufundisi. Wamiswa njengompristi, waqokwa ukuba afundise imfundiso yenkolo eBologna, bese eNaples ekugcineni eRoma.
Ku-1245, UPapa Innocent IV wabiza umkhandlu jikelele edolobheni laseLyon, eFrance. UCrescentius, owayengungqongqoshe jikelele waseFranciscan ngaleso sikhathi, wayegula futhi engakwazi ukuya. Esikhundleni sakhe wathumela uFriar John, owagxila kakhulu kubaholi beSonto ababebuthene lapho. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, lapho upapa uqobo engamela ukhetho lukaNgqongqoshe-Jikelele waseFranciscan, wamkhumbula kahle uFriar Giovanni futhi wambheka njengendoda efaneleke kakhulu ehhovisi.
Ngakho-ke ngo-1247 uGiovanni da Parma wakhethwa ungqongqoshe jikelele. Abafundi abasindile bakaSt. Francis bakuthokozela ukukhethwa kwakhe, belindele ukubuyela emoyeni wobumpofu nokuzithoba kwezinsuku zokuqala ze-Order. Futhi abadumazekanga. Njengomphathi jikelele we-Order, uJohn wahamba ngezinyawo, ephelezelwa ngumuntu oyedwa noma ababili, cishe kuzo zonke izigodlo ezazikhona zaseFranciscan. Kwesinye isikhathi wayefika futhi angaziwa, ehlala lapho izinsuku ezimbalwa ukuvivinya umoya weqiniso wabazalwane.
Ubudlelwano noPapa
Upapa wamema uJohn ukuthi azosebenza njengomthetho ku IConstantinople, lapho aphumelela khona kakhulu ekubambeni kabusha amaGreek ahlukanisayo. Ekubuyeni kwakhe, wacela ukuthi kungene omunye umuntu esikhundleni sakhe azobusa i-Order. Ngokwesicelo sikaGiovanni, uSanta Bonaventure wakhethwa ukumlandela. UGiovanni waqala impilo yokuthandaza e-hermitage yeGreccio.
Eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, uJohn wezwa ukuthi amaGrikhi ayebuyisene neSonto isikhashana abuyela kuwo ukwahlukana. Yize manje wayeseneminyaka engama-80 ubudala, uJohn wathola imvume kuPope Nicholas IV yokubuyela eMpumalanga ngomzamo wokubuyisela ubunye futhi. Phakathi nohambo, uJohn wagula washona. Wabuyiselwa ku-1781.
UJohn obusisiwe weParma: ukubonakaliswa kosuku
Ukuzindla: Ngekhulu leshumi nantathu, abantu abaneminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala babeneminyaka ephakathi nendawo; akekho noyedwa owaphila waze wafika eminyakeni yobudala evuthiwe engama-80. UJohn wakwenza lokho, kepha akazange athathe umhlalaphansi kalula. Esikhundleni salokho ubesendleleni ezozama ukwelapha uqhekeko eSontweni lapho eseshonile. Umphakathi wethu namuhla uqhosha ngabantu abaningi emashumini eminyaka adlule. NjengoJohn, iningi labo liphila impilo esebenzayo. Kepha ezinye azinayo leyo nhlanhla. Ubuthakathaka noma impilo ebuthakathaka ibagcina bevalelwe bodwa, belinde izindaba zethu. Ngo-Mashi 20, kugujwa idili lomkhosi wezinkonzo lika-Blessed Giovanni da Parma.
Ekupheleni kwalesi sihloko ngiphakamisa ividiyo ukuvakashela isonto elihle laseParma elizinikezele kuSt. John the Evangelist. Izindawo ezinhle zokwakha nezingokomoya.