Ngubani ovela ngaphesheya? Umama kaDon Giuseppe Tomaselli
Encwajaneni yakhe ethi "Abafileyo Bethu - Ikhaya Lawo Wonke Umuntu", uFata Giuseppe Tomaselli ubhala kanje: "Ngomhla zi-3 kuNhlolanja 1944, kwashona isalukazi, esicishe sibe namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. Wayengumama wami. Ngikwazile ukucabanga ngesidumbu sakhe endlini yesonto yamathuna ngaphambi kokuba singcwatshwe. Njengomphristi ngacabanga ngathi: Wena wesifazane, njengoba ngikwazi ukwahlulela, awukaze weqe ngisho nowodwa umyalo kaNkulunkulu! Futhi ngabuyela empilweni yakhe.
Eqinisweni umama wayeyisibonelo esihle futhi ngikweleta ubizo lwami lobupristi kuye ingxenye enkulu. Nsuku zonke wayeya eMiseni, ngisho esekhulile, ephethe umqhele wezingane zakhe. Isidlo sasiyimihla ngemihla. Akazange alishiye iRosari. I-Charitable, kuze kube seqophelweni lokulahlekelwa iso ngenkathi yenza isenzo sothando olukhulu kowesifazane ompofu. Ngokuvumelana nezifiso zikaNkulunkulu, kangangokuthi ngazibuza lapho ubaba elele endlini efile: Ngingathini kuJesu ngalezi zikhathi ukuze ngimjabulise? - Phinda: Nkosi, mayenziwe intando yakho - Ekhukhweni lokufa wathola amaSakramente okugcina ngokukholwa okuphilayo. Emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba afe, ehlupheka kakhulu, waphinda: O Jesu, ngithanda ukukucela ukuthi wehlise ukuhlupheka kwami! Kodwa angifuni ukuphikisa izifiso zenu; yenza intando yakho!… - Wafa kanjalo-ke lowo wesifazane owangiletha emhlabeni. Ngizisekela embonweni woBulungiswa Baphezulu, nginganaki kangako abantu engibaziyo nabapristi ngokwabo, ngaqinisa amavoti. Inani elikhulu lamaMisa aNgcwele, insada yothando futhi, nomaphi lapho engangishumayela khona, ngangikhuthaza abathembekile ukuba benze iSidlo, imithandazo nemisebenzi emihle ngokukhululeka. UNkulunkulu wavumela umama ukuba avele. Kwase kuyiminyaka emibili nengxenye umama eshonile, ngokuzumayo ebonakala ekamelweni, esesimweni somuntu. Wayephatheke kabi kakhulu.
- Ungishiye ePurgatory! ... -
- Ingabe ubusePurgatory kuze kube manje? -
- Futhi zisekhona!... Umphefumulo wami uzungezwe ubumnyama futhi angikwazi ukubona ukuKhanya, okunguNkulunkulu ... Ngisembundwini wePharadesi, ngiseduze nenjabulo yaphakade, futhi ngilangazelela ukungena kulo; kodwa angikwazi! Kukangaki ngithi: Ukube izingane zami zazikwazi ukuhlupheka kwami okubi, ah!
- Futhi kungani ungezanga kuqala ukuzoxwayisa? -
- Bekungekho emandleni ami. -
- Awukayiboni iNkosi? -
- Ngokushesha lapho ngiphelelwa yisikhathi, ngabona uNkulunkulu, kodwa hhayi kukho konke ukukhanya kwakhe. -
- Yini esingayenza ukuze sikukhulule ngokushesha? -
- Ngidinga iMisa elilodwa kuphela. UNkulunkulu wangivumela ukuba ngize ngicele. -
- Uma nje ungena eZulwini, buya lapha uzokwethula izindaba! -
Uma iNkosi ivuma! ... Yeka ukukhanya ... Yeka ubuhle! ... -
esho kanjalo umbono washabalala. Kwagujwa amaMisa amabili kwathi emva kosuku waphinda wavela, wathi: Sengingenile eZulwini! -.