Ngubani uMaria Goretti? Impilo nomkhuleko ngokuqondile kusuka kuNeptune
ICorinaldo, Okthoba 16, 1890 - Neptune, Julayi 6, 1902
Uzalelwe eCorinaldo (Ancona) ngo-Okthoba 16, 1890, indodakazi yabalimi uLuigi Goretti no-Assunta Carlini, uMaria wayengowesibili ezinganeni eziyisithupha. Umndeni wakwaGoretti washeshe wathuthela endaweni ye-Agro Pontino. Ngo-1900 washona ubaba wakhe, umama wakhe kwafanele aqale umsebenzi washiya uMaria ayonakekela indlu nabafowabo. Eminyakeni eyishumi nanye ubudala uMaria wenza iSidlo sokuqala futhi wavusa inhloso yakhe yokufa ngaphambi kokwenza izono. U-Alessandro Serenelli, insizwa eneminyaka engu-18, wathandana noMaria. NgoJulayi 5, 1902, wamhlasela wazama ukumdlwengula. Ngokumelana kwakhe wambulala ngokumgwaza. UMaria ushone ngemuva kokuhlinzwa, ngosuku olulandelayo, futhi ngaphambi kokuxoshwa kwakhe uthethelele uSerenelli. Umbulali wagwetshwa iminyaka engama-30 ejele. Waphenduka futhi waguquka kuphela ngemuva kokuphupha uMariya owamtshela ukuthi uzofika ezulwini. Lapho ededelwa ngemuva kweminyaka engama-27, wacela umama kaMaria ukuba axolelwe. UMaria Goretti wamenyezelwa ukuthi ungcwele ngo-1950 nguPius XII. (Avvenire)
IMITHANDAZO EYA SANTA MARIA GORETTI
O uMaria Goretti omncane onikele ngempilo yakho ukugcina ubuntombi bakho bunganqunyelwa futhi owathi, efa, uthethelele umbulali wakho ngokumthembisa ukumthandazela uvela ezulwini, asisize sizinqobe ohambweni olunzima lwaleli lizwe ngokudabukisa kakhulu ngezinkanuko ezinobudlova kakhulu. Sitholele umusa wokumsulwa amasiko nowokuthanda okukhulu abafowethu. Wena, owaphuma emndenini ophansi wabampofu, ngokunqoba kwakho ubuqhawe ekubulaleni ukholo okukhazimulayo, wandiza waya ezulwini ngehelethi yobungcwele, usitholele ukuthula, ukukholwa, umsebenzi othela izithelo esimweni esisha sokupha, ukusitholela iNkosi zonke izinhlaka ezidingekayo ukuze sizuze ngokomoya nangokwenyama, impilo yethu yasemhlabeni neyaphakade. Ikakhulu, sithole umusa obaluleke kakhulu kithi njengamanje.
(Veza)
Amen.
Sawubona, umsizi omnandi futhi othandekayo! Umfelokazi emhlabeni futhi Angel ezulwini! Kusuka enkazimulweni yakho ubheka laba bantu abakuthandayo, abakukhonzayo, abakhazimulisa wena, ngubani okuphakamisayo. Ebunzini lakho uphethe igama lokunqoba likaKristu licacile futhi licwebe; ebusweni bakho obuyizidalwa amandla othando, ubuqiniso bokuthembeka kumyeni waphezulu; Ungumakoti wegazi, ukuveza kuwe isithombe saYe. Unamandla ngewundlu likaNkulunkulu, sinikeza la madodana namadodakazi ethu. Bayayithanda ubuqhawe bakho, kodwa futhi bafuna ukuba ngabalingisi bakho ekugcotshweni kokholo nasekukhohlisweni okungonakalisi amasiko. Obaba nomama baphendukela kuwe ukuze ubasize emsebenzini wabo wokufundisa. Kuwe ubuntwana bethu buthola isiphephelo sezandla zethu, nayo yonke intsha, ukuze ivikeleke kukho konke ukungcola futhi ikwazi ukuhamba ngendlela yokuphila ngokuzola nenjabulo yabamsulwa enhliziyweni. Ngakho makube njalo.
(UPapa Pius XII)
Ingane kaNkulunkulu, wena osheshe wabazi ubunzima nokukhathala, ubuhlungu nezinjabulo ezimfushane zempilo; wena owawumpofu futhi uyintandane, wena owathanda umakhelwane wakho ngokuzenza inceku ethobekile nenakekelayo; wena owayemuhle futhi uthanda uJesu ngaphezu kwakho konke okunye; wena owachitha igazi lakho ukuze ungakhapheli iNkosi; wena othethelele umbulali wakho, usincenge futhi usithandazele, ukuze sithi yebo ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu ngathi. Siyakubonga, Marietta, ngothando ngoNkulunkulu nangabafowethu obatshalile ezinhliziyweni zethu. Amen.
(UPapa John Paul II)
O lily omhlophe wasemasimini, uMaria Goretti, owaba nesibindi sokubulawa ukuze avikele ukungagunci kwakho, kwangathi isibonelo sakho - ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu - singasikhuthaza ekugcineni imiyalo yaphezulu, nangobuqhawe. Nabela ukuvikela kwakho kuwo wonke amantombazane, kepha ikakhulukazi kulabo abasengozini enkulu. Khipha kuzo zonke izinhliziyo ezithanda ubuhle obuhle obukhethe ukuthi ukhethe ukufa kunesono, bese uzivulela ukuzinikela okukugqugquzele ukuthi uthethelele ngokukhululekile. Sisize ukuba sinqobe ezilingweni zempilo, ukuze sithembeke emisebenzini yobuKrestu emhlabeni, sikwazi ukuthola umvuzo waphakade ezulwini. Makube njalo.
