Ngemuva kwempi enzima yokulwa nalesi sifo uyaphilisa eLourdes
Paul PELLEGRIN. Ikoloni emzabalazweni wokuphila kwakhe… Wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 12, 1898, ehlala eToulon (eFrance). Isifo: I-fistula eyasebenza ngemuva kokukhipha i-hepatic abscess. Welapha ngo-Okthoba 3, 1950, eneminyaka engama-52. Isimangaliso samukelwa ngoDisemba 8, 1953 nguMsgr. Auguste Gaudel, umbhishobhi waseFéjus. Ngo-5 Okthoba 1950, uColonel Pellegrin nomkakhe babuyela ekhaya eToulon besuka eLourdes kwathi uColonel waya njengenjwayelo esibhedlela ukuyoqhubeka nokwelashwa kwemijovo ye-quinine ohlangothini lwesokunene sakhe. Ezinyangeni nasezinyangeni le fistula imelane nanoma yikuphi ukwelashwa. Ubevele ngemuva kokuhlinzwa kwethimba lesibindi. Yena, umphathi-mapholoni ongumlondolozi wezingane zamakoloni, manje usebenzisa wonke amandla akhe kule mpi, empini evuthayo yaleli gciwane. Futhi akukho okwake kwathuthuka, kunalokho, ukuwohloka kuyaqhubeka! Ukubuya eLourdes, yena noma umkakhe akaboni ngempela ukululama, noma ngabe uNkk. Pellegrin uqaphele, ngemuva kokugeza emanzini eGrotto, ukuthi inxeba lomyeni wakhe alisekho njengoba lalinjalo ngaphambili. Esibhedlela eToulon, abahlengikazi bayenqaba ukujova umjovo we-quinine ngoba isilonda senyamalele futhi endaweni yaso kukhona isikhumba esipinki sesikhumba esisanda kwakhiwa… Kungaleso sikhathi kuphela lapho ikoloni libona khona ukuthi selipholile. Udokotela omxilongayo muva nje uyambuza: "Kepha yini ayifakile?" - Uyaphendula: "Ngizobuya eLourdes" Lesi sifo ngeke sibuye. 'Kwakuyisimangaliso' sokugcina esazalwa ngekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye.
umthandazo
O ntombi ebusisiwe, uMariya ongenacala, utshele uBernadette ukuthi uzomjabulisa, hhayi kulomhlaba, kodwa kokunye ukuphila: ake ngiphile ngisondele ezintweni ezidlulayo zalomhlaba, bese ngibeka ithemba lami kulabo abaseZulwini kuphela.
Ave Maria...
Unenekazi wethu weLourdes, asikhulekele.
Umkhuleko
O Ntombi Engayekeli, Umama wethu, oyeke ukuveza inkosazana engaziwa, ake siphile ekuthobekeni nasekulula kwezingane zikaNkulunkulu, ukuze ubambe iqhaza kwezokuxhumana kwakho kwasezulwini. Siphe sikwazi ukukwazi ukuphenduka ngenxa yamaphutha ethu esedlule, senze siphile ngesono esikhulu sesono, futhi sihlangene emibonweni yobuKristu, ukuze inhliziyo yakho ihlale ivulekile ngaphezu kwethu futhi ingayeki ukuthulula izimbotshana, ezisenza siphile phansi lapha uthando lwaphezulu futhi lwenze ukuba lufanelwe ngokwengeziwe umqhele waphakade. Ngakho makube njalo.