UFrate Gambetti waba ngumbhishobhi "Namuhla ngithole isipho esiyigugu"

Isishoshovu saseFranciscan, uMauro Gambetti, wagcotshwa njengombhishobhi ngeSonto ntambama e-Assisi isikhathi esingaphansi kwesonto ngaphambi kokuba abe ukhadinali.

Eminyakeni engama-55, uGambetti uzoba yilungu lesithathu elincane kunabo bonke eKolishi lamaKhadinali. Ngesikhathi egcotshwa njengobhishobhi ngoNovemba 22, wathi uzizwa ethatha igxathu ngokujula.

“Kukhona izinguquko empilweni, kwesinye isikhathi ezibandakanya ukweqa. Engikutholayo manje, ngikuthatha njengokushona phansi kusuka olimini lwasentwasahlobo ngingene olwandle oluvulekile, ngenkathi ngizwa ngiphindaphinda: 'duc in altum' ”, kusho uGambetti, ecaphuna umyalo kaJesu oya kuSimon Peter wokuthi" angene ekujuleni. "

UGambetti wayengumbhishobhi ogcotshwe emkhosini kaKristu iNkosi eSontweni LaseSan Francesco d'Assisi nguKhadinali Agostino Vallini, iPapa Legate yamaBasilica aseSan Francesco d'Assisi noSanta Maria degli Angeli.

"Ngosuku esibungaza ngalo ukunqoba kothando lukaKristu, iSonto lisinika uphawu oluthile lolu thando ngokuzinikezela kombhishobhi omusha," kusho uVallini enkulumweni yakhe.

Ukhadinali wayalela uGambetti ukuthi asebenzise isipho sokugcotshwa kwakhe njengombhishobhi omkhulu ukuzibophezela "ekubonakaliseni nasekufakazeleni ubuhle nokulunga kukaKristu".

“Isifungo osenza kusihlwa noKristu, othandekayo Fr. Mauro, ukuthi kusukela namhlanje ungabuka wonke umuntu ngamehlo kababa, kababa omuhle, olula futhi owemukelayo, kababa onikeza abantu injabulo, okulungele ukulalela noma ngubani ofuna ukuvulela yena, othobekile futhi obekezelayo; ngamafuphi, ubaba okhombisa ubuso bukaKristu ebusweni bakhe, ”kusho uVallini.

“Cela iNkosi, ngakho-ke, igcine njalo, njengombhishobhi kanye nokhadinali, indlela yokuphila elula, evulekile, ebhekisisa, ebucayi kakhulu kulabo abahlupheka emphefumulweni nasemzimbeni, isitayela se-Franciscan yangempela”.

UGambetti ungomunye wabathathu baseFranciscan abazothola isigqoko esibomvu esivela kuPapa Francis kumakhosi ngoNovemba 28. Kusukela ngo-2013 ubengumnakekeli ojwayelekile, noma inhloko yesigodlo esigcinwe eBasilica yaseSan Francesco e-Assisi.

Abanye abantu ababili baseFranciscan abazobekwa njengokhadinali kunguCapuchin Celestino Aós Braco, umbhishobhi omkhulu waseSantiago de Chile, kanye noNkosikazi kaCapuchin oneminyaka engama-86 uFr. URaniero Cantalamessa, owacela kuPapa Francis imvume yokuhlala "engumpristi olula" kunokuthola ukugcotshwa okujwayelekile kwababhishobhi ngaphambi kokuthola isigqoko sakhe esibomvu.

UGambetti uzoba ngumuntu wokuqala waseFranciscan ukuba abe ukhadinali kusukela ngo-1861, ngokusho kweGCatholic.org.

Wazalelwa edolobheni elincane ngaphandle kwaseBologna ngo-1965, uGambetti waphothula izifundo zobunjiniyela ovela e-University of Bologna - eyunivesithi endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni - ngaphambi kokujoyina amaConventual Franciscans eneminyaka engama-26.

Wenza izifungo zakhe zokugcina ngo-1998 futhi wagcotshwa waba ngumfundisi ngonyaka ka-2000. Ngemuva kokugcotshwa wakhonza emsebenzini wentsha esifundeni sase-Italy i-Emilia Romagna ngaphambi kokuba akhethwe njengomphathi omkhulu wamaFranciscans esifundazweni saseBoli ngo-2009.

UGambetti uzoba ngomunye wamakhadinali amasha ayi-13 adalwe nguPapa Francis kwinhlangano yomhlangano ngoNovemba 28.

"Namuhla ngithole isipho esingenakuqhathaniswa," esho ngemuva kokugcotshwa kwakhe njengombhishobhi. “Manje sengilindele ukungena echibini olwandle. Empeleni, hhayi ukuntywila okulula, kepha ukuhlekisana kwangempela kathathu. "