Ukuzinikela kuPadre Pio: encwadini ayitshele ngokubethelwa kwakhe
Indlalifa engokomoya kaSt. Francis wase-Assisi, uPadre Pio wasePietrelcina wayengumpristi wokuqala ukuthwala izimpawu zokubethelwa ezifakwe emzimbeni wakhe.
Isivele yaziwa umhlaba njengo "Friar ocwaswa", uPadre Pio, iNkosi eyayimnike usizo oluthile, wasebenza ngawo wonke amandla akhe ekusindiseni imiphefumulo. Ubufakazi obuningi obuqondile "bobungcwele" bukaFriar buza ezinsukwini zethu, buhambisana nemizwa yokubonga.
Ukuthethelelwa kwakhe nguNkulunkulu kwaba ngabesilisa abaningi imbangela yokuphulukiswa komzimba nesizathu sokuzalwa kabusha koMoya.
UPadre Pio wasePietrelcina, owazalelwa uFrancesco Forgione, wazalelwa ePietrelcina, idolobha elincane elisendaweni yaseBenevento, ngoMeyi 25, 1887. Wafika emhlabeni ekhaya labantu abampofu lapho ubaba wakhe uGrazio Forgione nonina uMaria padrepio2.jpg (5839 byte) Giuseppa UDi Nunzio wayesezamukele ezinye izingane. Kusukela esemncane uFrancis wazibonela ngaphakathi kuye isifiso sokuzinikela ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu futhi lesi sifiso samhlukanisa nontanga yakhe. Lokhu "ukwehluka" kwaba yinto ebonwa izihlobo nabangane bakhe. Umama uPeppa wayevame ukuthi - “akazange enze noma ikuphi ukungabi nalutho, akazange ajule, wayelalela mina nobaba wakhe njalo, njalo ekuseni njalo kusihlwa wayeya esontweni evakashele uJesu noNkosikazi Wethu. Emini akazange aphume ayehamba nabo. Kwesinye isikhathi ngangithi kuye: “Francì, phuma uyodlala isikhashana. Wenqabile wathi: "Angifuni ukuya ngoba bayahlambalaza".
Kusuka kudayari kaPadre Agostino da San Marco eLamis, owayengomunye wabaqondisi abangokomoya bePadre Pio, kwazwakala ukuthi uPadre Pio, kusukela ngo-1892, lapho wayeneminyaka emihlanu kuphela ubudala, wayesephila okokuqala okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kokunikela ngenhliziyo. Ama-ecstasies kanye nama -apparitions ayevame kakhulu kangangokuba ingane yayithatha njengejwayelekile.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lokho uFrancis ayeyiphupho elikhulu kunakho konke okwakungafezeka: ukunikela ngokuphelele impilo yakhe eNkosini. Ngo-6 Januwari 1903, eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha, wangena kwiCapuchin Order njengomfundisi futhi wagcotshwa njengompristi eCathedral of Benevento ngomhlaka 10 Agasti 1910.
Ngaleyo ndlela yaqala impilo yakhe yobupristi, ngenxa yezimo zakhe zempilo ezibucayi, ezoqala ukwenzeka ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene endaweni yaseBathovento, lapho uFra Pio wathunyelwa ngabaphathi bakhe ukuyokhuthaza ukululama kwakhe, ke, kusukela ngomhlaka 4 Septhemba 1916, esigodlweni ESan Giovanni Rotondo, eGargano, lapho, ngaphandle kweziphazamiso nje ezimbalwa, wahlala kuze kube ngumhla zingama-23 Septhemba 1968, usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe ezulwini.
Kule nkathi ende, lapho imicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu ingazange iguqule ukuthula okujwayelekile, uPadre Pio waqala usuku lwakhe ngokuvuka ekuseni kakhulu, kusentathakusa kakhulu, eqala ngomthandazo wokulungiselela iMisa eNgcwele. Wabe esehla waya esontweni ukuyogubha uMthendeleko owalandelwa ukubonga okude nokuthandaza egalari yabesifazane phambi kukaJesu eSigrameni Esibusisiwe, futhi ekugcineni nokuvuma okude kakhulu.
Omunye wemicimbi owaphawula kakhulu impilo kaBaba ngukuthi kwenzeka ngosuku lwangoSepthemba 20, 1918, lapho, ethandaza phambi kukaCrcifix wekwayala lebandla elidala, wathola isipho se-stigmata ebonakalayo; elalihlala livulekile, lisha futhi linopha, okwengxenye yeminyaka.
Lesi simanga esivelele saheha odokotela, izifundiswa, izintatheli kodwa ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu abajwayelekile ePadre Pio, okwathi, emashumini amaningi eminyaka, baya eSan Giovanni Rotondo ukuyohlangabeza lo "ngcwele".
Encwadini ayibhalela uPadre Benedetto, yomhla zingama-22 Okthoba 1918, uPadre Pio uqobo utshela "ngokubethelwa kwakhe":
“… Yini okufanele ngikutshele yona mayelana nokungibuza kwakho ukuthi ukubethelwa kwami kwenzeka kanjani? Nkulunkulu wami, yeka ukudideka nokululazeka engikuzwayo lapho kufanele ngiveze okwenzile kulesi sidalwa sakho esibuhlungu! Kwakuyizinsuku zango-20 zenyanga edlule (Septhemba) ekhwayeni, ngemuva kokugubha iMisa Elingcwele, lapho ngamangala abanye bonke, kufana nobuthongo obumnandi. Zonke izinzwa zangaphakathi nezangaphandle, hhayi ukuthi wona kanye amandla omphefumulo azithola ethulile ngokungachazeki. Kukho konke lokhu kwakukhona ukuthula okuphelele okuzungezile nami ngaphakathi kimi; kwavele kwathathelwa indawo ukuthula okukhulu nokulahlwa ukuqedela ukusweleka kwakho konke nokuma endaweni efanayo, konke lokhu kwenzeka ngokuphazima kweso. Futhi ngenkathi konke lokhu kwenzeka; Ngabona phambi kwami umuntu ongaqondakali; efanayo naleyo ebonwe kusihlwa ngo-Agasti 5, okuhluke kulokhu kuphela ukuthi ubenezandla nezinyawo nohlangothi oluconsa igazi. Ukubona kuyangethusa; engikuzwile kulowo mzuzu kimi angikwazi ukukutshela. Ngezwa ukuthi ngiyafa futhi ngabe ngafa ukube iNkosi ayizange ingenelele ukusekela inhliziyo yami, engayizwa igxuma isuka esifubeni sami. Ukubona lo mlingisi kuyehla futhi ngabona ukuthi izandla, izinyawo nohlangothi lwakhe lwahlatshwa futhi lwaconsa igazi. Cabanga ngobuhlungu engabhekana nabo ngaleso sikhathi nokuthi ngihlala ngibhekana cishe nazo zonke izinsuku. Inxeba lenhliziyo lihlala liphonsa igazi, ikakhulukazi kusukela ngoLwesine kuze kuhlwe kuze kube uMgqibelo.
Baba wami, ngiyafa yizinhlungu ngenxa yobuhlungu nokudideka okulandelayo engikuzwayo ekujuleni komphefumulo wami. Nginovalo lokuthi ngiyopha uma ngifa uma iNkosi ingalaleli ukububula kwenhliziyo yami empofu futhi ngokuhoxisa lokhu kuhlinzwa kimi…. "
Ngakho-ke, iminyaka, kusukela kuwo wonke umhlaba, abathembekile baya kulo mpristi onesihluku, ukuthola ukucela kwakhe okunamandla noNkulunkulu.
Iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ehlala emthandazweni, ukuthobeka, ukuhlupheka nokuzidela, lapho enza khona uthando lwakhe, uPadre Pio wenza imizamo emibili ngezindlela ezimbili: eyodwa ebheke kuNkulunkulu, ngokusungulwa kwe "Amaqembu Omkhuleko", okunye okuqondile kubazalwane, ngokwakhiwa kwesibhedlela sesimanje: “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”.
NgoSepthemba 1968, izinkulungwane zabazinikele kanye nezingane zikaYise ezingokomoya zahlangana eSan Giovanni Rotondo ukuzokhumbula ndawonye iminyaka engama-50 stigmata futhi bagubha umhlangano wesine womhlaba wonke wamaQhawe Womkhuleko.
Akekho obengacabanga ukuthi ukuthi ngo-2.30 ngomhlaka 23 Septhemba 1968 impilo yasemhlabeni kaPadre Pio wasePietrelcina izophela.