Ngemuva kweminyaka engama-50 abakwaFranciscan babuyela endaweni yokubhabhadiswa kukaKristu
Ngokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-54, ama-friars aseFranciscan we-Custody of the Holy Land akwazi ukugubha iMisa endaweni yabo lapho ebhapathizwa, e-West Bank.
IMisa lomkhosi wobhaphathizo lweNkosi lalibungazwa esontweni likaSt John the Baptist eQasr Al-Yahud, ithempeli elakhiwa ngo-1956 futhi elisogwini loMfula iJordani.
Ama-friars aseFranciscan we-Custody of the Holy Land aphethe indawo engamahektare angama-135 kusukela ngo-1632, kodwa baphoqeleka ukubaleka ngo-1967, ngenkathi kuqala impi phakathi kuka-Israyeli neJordani.
Iziphathimandla zakwa-Israyeli zavula kabusha le ndawo yabahambeli benkolo ngo-2011, kodwa ukususwa kwamabhasi kule ndawo kwaqala ngoMashi 2018 kuphela, kwaphela ngo-Okthoba ngawo lowo nyaka.
Ngo-Okthoba 2020 okhiye babuyiselwa kuma-friars amaFranciscan, abekwazi ukuqala inqubo yokuhlanza nokubuyisela edingekayo ukuyenza iphephe kubahambi.
Ngaphambi kwemisa ngoJanuwari 10, amaFranciscans asuka esigodlweni sezindela saseGrisi iSt. John aya ezweni lawo. UFr Francesco Patton, iCustos of the Holy Land, uvule amasango esiza, ebesekuvalwe iminyaka engaphezu kwama-50.
Imisa lokugcina elanikelwa ethempelini lalingomhla ziyi-7 kuJanuwari 1967. "Babengumpristi waseNgilandi, uFr Robert Carson, kanye nompristi waseNigeria, uFr Silao Umah", abathi le misa, uFr. UPatton usho lokhu emndenini wakhe ngoJanuwari 10. Abapristi basayine amagama abo kwirejista yethempeli eyatholakala ngo-2018.
"Namuhla, eminyakeni engama-54 nezinsuku ezi-3 kamuva, singathi ekuqaleni konyaka wama-55 selokhu kwavalwa leli rejista, ekupheleni kwalo mgubho woMthendeleko, sizophinde silivule leli rejista, sizovula ikhasi bese ekhasini elisha sibhale usuku namhlanje, ngoJanuwari 10, 2021, futhi sisayine namagama ethu, ukufakazela ukuthi le ndawo, ebisiguqulwe yaba yindawo yempi, inkundla yezimayini, ibuye ibe yinsimu yokuthula, insimu yomkhuleko, "esho UPatton.
Isisindo salandelwa udwendwe lwesibili oluya e-altare ngqo osebeni loMfula iJordani, lapho ama-friars afunda khona indinyana evela eNcwadini yamaKhosi.UCustos P. Patton wabe esefaka izinyawo zakhe emfuleni.
ULeonardo Di Marco, umqondisi wehhovisi lezobuchwepheshe e-Custody of the Holy Land, uthe "kwenziwe umsebenzi ophuthumayo ukwenza indawo ifanele umgubho wanamuhla wokubhabhadiswa".
"Sihlose ukuvula kabusha ama-pilgrim, azokwazi ukuthola izindawo zokuma nokuzindla ekhoneni lomkhuleko elizokwakhiwa lizungeze isonto eliphakathi nendawo elisensimini yesundu".
Ngenxa yemikhawulo ye-COVID-19, abantu abalinganiselwa ku-50 bahambela iMisa. UMbhishobhi Leopoldo Girelli, Apostolic Nuncio kwa-Israel naseCyprus, kanye ne-Apostolic Delegate eJerusalema nasePalestine bebekhona, kanye nabamele abaphathi bezempi bakwa-Israyeli.
Umfundisi wesifunda saseJeriko, uFr. UMario Hadchity, wamukele ama-friars ezweni lawo. "Sijabule kakhulu, ngalolu suku olukhethekile, ukuthi i-Custody of the Holy Land, ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu, ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwengu-XNUMX, ikwazile ukubuyela esontweni lesiLatin iSan Giovanni Battista," esho. "Kwangathi kungaba yindawo lapho bonke abangena behlangana khona nomusa kaNkulunkulu"