Ukuzinikela kukaSanta Anthony: umthandazo omfishane wokuthandelwa
Umkhuleko owawuvame ukushiwo nguSt.
Bheka isiphambano seNkosi!
Aphunyuke amabutho ezitha!
INgonyama yakwaJuda yanqoba,
Impande kaDavid! Alleluia!
SANT'ANTONIO DA PADOVA
Lisbon, Portugal, c. 1195 - Padua, Juni 13 1231
UFernando di Buglione wazalelwa eLisbon. Eminyakeni engu-15 ubudala wayengungumbhali ezindlini zezindela zaseSan Vincenzo, phakathi kwemibhalo ejwayelekile yaseSant'Agostino. Ngo-1219, eneminyaka engama-24, wamiswa njengompristi. Ngo-1220 izidumbu zamakhanda kaFrancisan amahlanu anqunywa amakhanda eMorocco zafika eCoimbra, lapho babeyoshumayela khona ngomyalo kaFrancis wase-Assisi. Ngemuva kokuthola imvume esifundazweni saseFrancisan saseSpain kanye ne-Augustinian yangaphambilini, uFernando ungena emgomeni wabaFundisi, eshintsha igama laba ngu-Antonio. Umenywe eGeneral Isahluko se-Assisi, ufika namanye amaFrancis eSanta Maria degli Angeli lapho enethuba lokulalela uFrancis, kepha angamazi yena uqobo. Isikhathi esingangonyaka nohhafu uhlala emtholampilo waseMontepaolo. Ngokuyalelwa nguFrancis uqobo, uzobe eseqala ukushumayela eRomagna abese enyakatho ye-Italy naseFrance. Ngo-1227 waba yisifundazwe enyakatho ye-Italy eqhubeka nomsebenzi wokushumayela. Ngo-13 Juni 1231 ubeseCamposampiero futhi, egula, wacela ukubuyela ePadua, lapho ayefuna ukufa khona: wayezophelelwa yisikhathi e-Arcella. (Avvenire)
ISIMEMO SOKUYA ESANTANTONIO
(kweSan Bonaventura)
Khumbula, Sithandwa u-Anthony, ukuthi uke wasiza futhi waduduza noma ngubani ophendukela kuwe ngezidingo zabo.
Njengoba ngakhelwe ukuzethemba okukhulu nokuqiniseka ngokungathandazi ngeze, nami ngiyakuncenga, ukuthi ucebe kakhulu phambi kweNkosi. Ungawenqabi umkhuleko wami, kodwa wenze ukuba ufike, ngokukhuleka kwakho, esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu.
Woza ungisize ekucindezelekeni okukhona kanye nesidingo, ungitholele umusa engiwunxusa ngentshiseko, uma kungokokuzuzisa umphefumulo wami ...
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