I-Gemma di Ribera: ibona ngaphandle kwabafundi. Isimangaliso sePadre Pio

kusukela eGiornale di Sicilia yangomhlaka 20 Novemba 1952

Okwethu akusona isikhathi sezimangaliso, opaque, okufiphele, okukhanyiswe ngemisebe emibi yebhomu le-athomu neNapalm; yisikhathi sobudlova, sezinkanuko ezingenakubonwa zenzondo eziyishumi nantathu; isimo sezulu esimpunga; akukaze kube khona amadoda abonakale eyisidleke.

Ekuweni kwezinkolelo eziningi, ezinganekwaneni eziningi, nasekufikeni kwezinye izinkolelo nezinye izinganekwane, umoya wabo bonke uyaziwa owaziwayo, lapho unokuziphatha okuncane, kulapho le ndlela isenza sibe namandla ekubhujisweni.
Ngawo wonke ukuqhuma, ngakho konke ukusesha okungaphezu kwesithiyo sokuzwakala komsindo ongaziwa, ukuziqhenya kwasendulo kukaSathane kokuqonda kwamandla okuzalwa kabusha njengoba umuntu omncane wanamuhla, ephinda ekhohlwa ukuthi umngcele futhi awuhlukanise ngokuphelele kangakanani umngcele ubuncane bakhe baphakade bakaNkulunkulu.
Ugwadule lwansuku zonke lapho sonke sizilahlekisela okuncane, ngokungenakuzithoba, naphezu kwayo yonke imizamo nakho konke ukukholwa: isixuku sihlala sihudula wonke umuntu sinake futhi siqaphile.

Kukhona ithemba elilodwa kuphela futhi kuvumelekile kulabo abakwaziyo ukuthola amandla okuphuma ngezikhathi ezithile baphume kwi-gora efile bese bephefumula. Kulaba abanenhlanhla ngokuqinisekile kuzoba nezintatheli ezimbalwa, ngoba leli ciko elisibopha nsuku zonke kulo msebenzi, futhi lilukhuni, linzima, lifushane.
Kodwa-ke manje manje nangempela impilo iyasazi ukusithatha ngesandla futhi isitshengise kona yezulu; siyithola phambi kwethu singayiboni kusengaphambili, ezindaweni lapho ngezikhathi ezihlukahluke kakhulu ezingalindelekile: namuhla siyitholile eNaro, emehlweni amnyama wentombazane encane engakafiki iminyaka eyi-13, eyayidlala ukuhlangana namanye amantombazane amancane, esikhungweni esincane leso inebizo elicacile le-Immaculate Concepts.

Labo abayibuka bekude, uma bengazi lutho, abakwazi ukubona okungajwayelekile; kodwa uma sisondela futhi sixoxa ngoGemma wezinto zasekilasini lakhe, noma umpristi wesifunda omenze wamukeleka noma wezinduna asondelene naye, sithola amagama athi, emsakazweni, akukho namazwi ngokwawo, okuthile okuthile ... Mhlawumbe eyethu kwakuwumbono olula walabo abakade "beyazi" indaba kaGemma ... Impela kwabonakala kuye ukuthi wayenenjabulo yokunambitheka okuthile ekujabuleni imibala nobumbeko; ukuthi isidalwa sakhe sonke sathathwa, emva kobumnyama obuningi kangaka futhi obude benjabulo engenasiphelo yokukhanya.
UGemma wazalwa eyimpumputhe, futhi wakhulela endlini encane yabampofu phakathi kobuhlungu babazali bakhe buthule.

Wayesondelene naye ngalolo thando lokugcina ngaphandle kwemingcele okwenza konke ukukhathazeka kube maternal kabili, ugogo uMaria owayemhola ngesandla, wakhuluma naye ngempilo asuka kude nayo, mayelana nemilo, imibala.

UGemma wayezazi izinto ezingathinti isandla, zezwi likagogo uMaria: inqola ezwe ngayo indunduma yase-Argentina, i-altare lapho bekhuleka khona, i-madonnina yesonto, isikebhe sishwankathela olwandle olumnandi lwase-Agrigento ... Ngamafuphi, umhlaba ngaye wenza imisindo wayelalela kanye bobunjwa obabumphakamisa uthando lukagogo uMaria.
Wayenonyaka owodwa ubudala lapho uGemma Galvani angcweliswa futhi intombazane encane yanikelwa kuye yokomelela okukhulu kokholo, lapho amehlo akhe ampofu ayebonakala emnyama ngokuphelelwa yithemba, ngoba ngaphandle komfundi.

Ngemuva konyaka uGemma waqala ukubona ukukhanya: kufinyelela isimangaliso sokuqala sokuqala, ukuthi umbhalo ongcwele uqukethe ini ngamagama amane angenakuphikwa: futhi ukukhanya kwakukhona.
Wayengakuqonda kangcono okuchazwe ugogo wakhe: kepha odokotela bahlala bengabaza futhi wonke umuntu wagcina ekholisekile ukuthi le ndaba yokukhanya ebonwe yiGemma yayisithelo esidabukisayo sesiphakamiso somndeni.

Ngo-1947 uGemma wayeneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ubudala, wayeqala ukuzizwa ngokujulile idrama yenhlekelele yakhe; amazwi akhe ayedangala kakhudlwana, imibuzo yakhe yayidinga kakhulu.
Ugogo uMaria wabamba isandla sakhe ngolunye usuku wamthatha ngesitimela sakudala esimomotheka.

Wakhuluma isikhathi eside ngezinto eziningi azibonile, neziningi ezintsha kuye, wakhuluma nange-Strait, yediski yaseMadonnina, ngenkathi ekhuluma nomkhuleko buthule ngaphambi kokugibela kwesinye isitimela esasizobayisa eSan Giovanni Rotondo nguPadre Pio.

Ugogo wagcina ngokulala edinwe ebambe uGemma ngesandla futhi akaboni ukuthi uzogijima ezweni leFoggia kolunye ulwandle engingakaze ngilubone.
Kungazelelwe izwi likaGemma lamsusa kancane kancane ethafuleni lakhe: le ntombazanyana yakhuluma kancane, kakhulu, ngezinto eyayibona kanye nesalukazi salala, yalandela inkulumo yayo njengephupho elihle lokududuza ... Ngemuva kwalokho ngokuzumayo wagxuma amehlo akhe evulekile: UGemma wamemeza ebona isikebhe esikhulu sinentuthu olwandle futhi ugogo uMaria naye wabona, e-Adriatic eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, umgibeli ohamba ngokuthula ebhekise ethekwini.

Ngakho-ke kwaba ukuthi isitimela esivamile, esigcwele abantu abalele, bematasa abaphazamisekile, abantu abanezinhloko zabo zigcwele izintela, izikweletu, izikweletu nezinzuzo ezinkulu, bamenyezwa.
Kwakungokushesha kuzo zonke izinhlangothi futhi insimbi ye-alamu ikhala maduze: Gemma saw!
UNonna Maria wayefuna ukuya ePadre Pio noma kunjalo: wafika engashongo muntu kunoma ngubani futhi enoGemma ngesandla asemile, elinde ithuba lakhe.

Ugogo uMaria kumele abe nokuthile okunempilo ka-St Thomas umPhostoli: wabukela umzukulu wakhe ngokwesaba ukuthi angalungi.
Lapho kufika uPadre Pio, ngokushesha washayela uGemma wamvuma kuqala. Le ntombazane yaguqa phansi yakhuluma ngezinto ezincane zomphefumlo wayo futhi uPadre Pio waphendula ngezinto ezingafi nezingcwele: akekho noyedwa owasithola isikhathi sokunakekela umzimba, noma ngamehlo abona manje ...

Ugogo uMaria, lapho ezwa ukuthi uGemma wayengakhulumanga noPadre Pio ngamehlo akhe, wathuka; akasho lutho, athathe ithuba futhi, elindele ukuvuma.
Ngemuva kokulahlwa yicala, waphakamisa ubuso bakhe ngogobolondo lwamakhehla isikhathi eside ... Amagama ashiswa ezindebeni zakhe ... Ekugcineni wathi: "Mzukulu wami, awusiboni ..." Akazange aqhubeke nokwesaba ukuqamba amanga amakhulu.

UPadre Pio wambheka ngamehlo aqhakazile kanye nesibani sobubi obumnandi: wabe esephakamisa isandla sakhe washo ngokunganaki: "Uthini, ntombazanyana siyabona ...!".
Ugogo uMaria wahamba wayothatha ubudlelwano noGemma ngaphandle kokubanika isandla, wambheka ngokucophelela. Wambona ehamba nesinyathelo sokungaqiniseki se-neophyte, ebheka izinto ezinkulu nezincane ezinesomiso esingapheli ...

Ngesikhathi sokuphindela emuva, ugogo uMaria wayekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi wayegula futhi kwadingeka amamukele esibhedlela iCosenza. KuDokotela uthe asikho isidingo sokumvakashela; kunalokho umzukulu wakhe wayenobuhlungu bamehlo.
Kube khona ukunyakaza okukhulu kwamakhadi ngobunzima obuthile, kepha udokotela wagcina ngokukhothamela kuGemma: “kepha uyimpumputhe. Ngaphandle komfundi. Mncane ompofu. Akunakwenzeka".

Isayensi yayikhulumile buthule futhi ugogo uMaria ebuka, ebukeka njengogxekile, esola.
Kepha uGemma uthe usibonile, udokotela odidekile wakhipha induku, wayesemuka kancane, wakhombisa izibuko zakhe, isigqoko sakhe, esigcine sigcinwe yilobu bufakazi, sahamba sikhala. Kepha ugogo uMaria wayethule engasho lutho ngePadre Pio.

Manje uNonna Maria wayethule; lapho efika ekhaya waba matasa khona manjalo ukuze uGemma aye esikoleni ukuze athole isikhathi esilahlekile; ukwazile ukumthumela kuNaro esuka kozankosi futhi wayehlala ekhaya nomama nobaba kanye nesithombe sikaPadre Pio.

Le yindaba yamehlo amabili ngaphandle komfundi, okungenzeka ukuthi ngelinye ilanga yavela ngaphakathi kokukhanya komphefumlo ocacile wengane ngamandla othando.
Indaba ebonakala isuswe encwadini yasendulo yezimangaliso: okuthile okuvela esikhathini sethu.

Kepha uGemma useNaro odlalayo, ohlala; ugogo uMaria usendlini yaseRibera enesithombe sikaPadre Pio. Noma ngubani ofuna angahamba ayobona.

IHercules Melati