Ukuzinikela kwanamuhla: U-Ignatius oNgcwele waseLoyola, umsunguli wamaJesuit

 

JULAYE 31

INGCWELE IGNATIUS KA LOYOLA

I-Azpeitia, Spain, c. 1491 - IRoma, Julayi 31, 1556

I-protagonist enkulu yeCatholic Reformation ngekhulu le-1491 yazalelwa e-Azpeitia, izwe laseBasque, ngonyaka we-27. Waqalwa empilweni ye-knight, ukuguqulwa kwenzeka ngesikhathi sokuqina, lapho ezithola efunda izincwadi zobuKristu. E-Benedictine abbey Monserrat wavuma izono jikelele, wazihlubula izingubo zakhe ezazenziwe ngobunono futhi wenza isifungo sobumsulwa obungapheliyo. Edolobheni laseManresa isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka wahola impilo yomkhuleko nokuzisola; kulapha lapho ehlala eduzane nomfula iCardoner wanquma ukuthola inkampani enikezelwe. Esewodwa emhumeni waqala ukubhala uchungechunge lokuzindla kanye nezinkambiso, okwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waphinde waqamba kabusha wasungula i-Exercises Engokomoya eyaziwayo. Umsebenzi wabaphristi bezokuhamba, abazoba ngamaJesuit, usakazeka emhlabeni wonke. NgoSepthemba 1540, 31 uPapa Paul III wagunyaza i-Society of Jesus. NgoJulayi 1556, 12 u-Ignatius waseLoyola washona. Umenyezelwe njengoyingcwele ngoMashi 1622, XNUMX nguPapa Gregory XV. (Avvenire)

UMTHANDAZO SOKUTHENGA 'IGNAZIO DI LOYOLA

O Nkulunkulu, owenzela inkazimulo yegama lakho oyikhulisile eSontweni lakho uSanta Ignatius waseLoyola, sinikeze nathi, ngosizo nesibonelo sakhe, ukulwa impi enhle yevangeli, ukuthola umqhele wabangcwele ezulwini .

IMITHANDAZO YOKUZIPHATHA IGNATIUS yeLOYOLA

«Thatha, Nkosi, bese wamukela yonke inkululeko yami, inkumbulo yami, ubuhlakani bami nayo yonke intando yami, konke enginakho futhi enginakho; wanginika, Nkosi, bayakuhleka; konke kungokwakho, ulahla konke ngokwentando yakho: nginike uthando lwakho nomusa wakho kuphela; futhi lokhu kwanele kimi ».

Umiphefumulo kaKristu, ngingcwelise.

Umzimba kaKristu, ngisindise.
Igazi likaKristu, lingidalele
Amanzi avela ohlangothini lukaKristu, ngigeze
Isifiso sikaKristu, ngiduduze
O Jesu olungileyo, ngilalele
Ngifihle ngaphakathi kwamanxeba akho
Ungangivumeli ngikuhlukanise nawe.
Ngivikele esitheni esibi.
Ngehora lokufa kwami, ngishayele ucingo.
Ngihlelele ukuthi ngize kuwe ngizokudumisa nabo bonke abangcwele kuze kube phakade.

Hlolani imimoya ukuthi ivela kuNkulunkulu yini
Njengoba ayengumuntu oshisekayo oshwabadela amanoveli nezinye izincwadi eziqanjiwe ngezenzo ezimangalisayo zabantu abadumile, lapho eqala ukuzizwa esesimweni esikahle, u-Ignazio wacela ukuba anikezwe ukuze nje adlulise isikhathi. Kodwa endlini alaliswe kuyona ayitholakalanga incwadi yalolu hlobo, ngakho wanikwa ezimbili ezinesihloko esithi "Life of Christ" nethi "Anthology of Saints", zombili ngolimi lwakhe.
Waqala ukuzifunda futhi waphinda wazifunda, futhi njengoba ayefunda kancane kancane ezikuqukethe, wezwa kuphakama isithakazelo esithile kuye ngezihloko ezikuwo. Kodwa ingqondo yakhe yayivame ukubuyela kuwo wonke lowo mhlaba wokucabanga ochazwe ngokufundwa kwangaphambilini. Isenzo sikaNkulunkulu onomusa safakwa kulokhu kusebenzisana okuyinkimbinkimbi kwezingcindezi.
Eqinisweni, lapho efunda ukuphila kukaKristu iNkosi yethu nabangcwele, wacabanga ngaphakathi kwakhe futhi wazibuza: «Kuthiwani uma nami ngenza lokho oNgcwele uFrancis; Kuthiwani uma ngilingisa isibonelo sikaSaint Dominic?". Lokhu kucatshangelwa futhi kwathatha isikhathi eside impela kushintshwana naleyo yemvelo yezwe. Ukulandelana kwemizwa enjalo kwamhlala isikhathi eside. Kodwa kwakukhona umehluko phakathi kweyokuqala neyokugcina. Lapho ecabanga ngezinto zezwe wagcwala injabulo enkulu; khona-ke ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho lapho, ekhathele, ebashiya, wazithola edabukile futhi omile. Kunalokho, lapho ecabanga ukuthi kufanele ahlanganyele ama-austerities ayewabonile okwenziwa abangcwele, akagcinanga nje ngokuzizwa ejabule lapho ecabanga ngakho, kodwa injabulo yaqhubeka ngisho nangemva kwalokho.
Nokho, akazange awubone noma awunike isisindo ngalo mehluko kwaze kwaba ngolunye usuku, evula amehlo engqondo yakhe, waqala ukucabangisisa ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphakathi okwambangela ukudabuka kanye nokunye okwakumlethela injabulo.
Kwakuwukuzindla kokuqala ngezinto ezingokomoya. Kamuva, njengoba manje esengene ezivivinyweni zakhe ezingokomoya, waqaphela ukuthi kusukela lapha wayeseqale ukuqonda lokho ayekufundisa abalandeli bakhe ngokuhlukahluka kwemimoya.