Lapho esezokufa, u-Saint Anthony wacela ukubona isithombe sikaMariya

Namuhla sifuna ukukhuluma nawe ngothando olukhulu lukaSaint Anthony kulo Maria. Ezihlokweni ezedlule sakwazi ukubona ukuthi bangaki osanta ababebahlonipha futhi bezinikele eNcasakazini. Namuhla, ngemva kukaFrancis oNgcwele, sikhuluma ngothando lwalo omunye ongcwele, naye owayethandwa kakhulu ngabathembekile.

Uthando lukaSaint Anthony ngoMariya lwabonakaliswa kusukela ebusheni bami, lapho ehlangana no Izindela ezimpofu zikaClare, uhlelo lwenkolo olwasungulwa ngu USanta Chiara, isikhonzi esikhulu sikaMariya.

Lokhu kuzinikela kwabe sekujula lapho sekuyingxenye yeI-oda likaFrancisca. AbakwaFrancisca babenokuzinikela okukhulu kuMary kanye noSaint Anthony wabajoyina ngomdlandla. Wayevame ukushumayela ngempilo kaMariya kanye wakhuthaza abathembekile bakhe ukulandela isibonelo sakhe sokuthobeka, ukulalela kanye Amore kuNkulunkulu.

Kodwa lokhu kuzinikela kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngesikhathi sakhe isifo sokugcina. Ngokwesiko, lapho esezokufa, u-Saint Anthony wacela ukubona othile isithombe sikaMadonna. Lapho lesi sithombe sibekwe eduze kombhede wakhe, wavula amehlo futhi wamamatheka, ethi: “Manje sengikulungele ukufa, ngoba ngibona umama nendlovukazi yami."

Ongcwele akazange alugcine kuye kuphela uthando lwakhe ngeNcasakazi, wafundisa wonke umuntu ukuthi uthando ngoMariya luyindlela sondela kuJesu nokulingisa ukuthobeka nokulalela kwakhe.

Umkhuleko kuMariya

Nkosazane yethu, okuwukuphela kwethemba lethu, siyakucela ukuba ukhanyise izingqondo zethu ngobuhle bomusa wakho, usihlambulule ngobumsulwa bakho, usifudumeze ngemfudumalo yokuvakashelwa kwakho, usenze sibuyisane neNdodana yakho, ukuze sifaneleke. ukuze afinyelele ebukhosini benkazimulo yakhe.
Ngosizo lwakhe, lowo, ngokumemezela kwengelosi, wathatha inyama ekhazimulayo kuwe futhi wayefuna ukuhlala esibelethweni sakho izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye. Makube kuye udumo nenkazimulo kuze kube phakade.