Izikhathi zokugcina ngaphambi kokubulawa kukaJohn Paul II
AMADODA OKUGCINA NGEMVA KOKUFA KWES ST. UJOHANE PAUL II
Ukwazi ukuthi isikhathi sokuya engoneni sasisondela kuye, ngokwesivumelwano nodokotela wayenqume ukuthi angayi esibhedlela kodwa ayohlala eVictoria, lapho ayeseqinisekise khona ukwelashwa okudingakalayo. Wayefuna ukuhlupheka nokufa kwakhe, ehlala ethuneni lomphostoli uPhetro.
Ngosuku lokugcina lokuphila kwakhe - uMgqibelo 2 Ephreli - uthathe ikhefu labo abebesebenzisana nabo eduze kweRussia Curia. Kuseceleni kombhede wakhe kuqhubeke umkhuleko, lapho ahlanganyela khona, naphezu komkhuhlane omkhulu nobuthakathaka obukhulu. Ntambama, ngomzuzu othile wathi, "Mangidedele ngiye endlini kaBaba." Cishe ngo-17 kusihlwa amaVesper okuqala aphindaphindwa ngeSonto lesibili le-Easter, okungukuthi, ngeSonto le-Divine Mercy. Ukufundwayo kukhulume ngethuna elingenalutho nangokuthi Uvuko lukaKristu, leli gama labuya lathi: "Alleluia". Ekugcineni iculo elithi Magnificat neleSalve Regina kwaphinde kwathandazwa. UBaba Ongcwele kaningana wamukela ukugqwayiza kwalabo ababekhona endaweni yakhe esondele kakhulu nodokotela ababemgada. Kusuka esigcawini se-Saint Peter, lapho izinkulungwane zabathembekile babebuthane khona, ikakhulukazi abantu abasha, kumenyezelwa ukuthi: "John Paul II" no "Phila Phila uPapa!". Wezwa lawomazwi. Esodongeni olungaphambi kombhede kaBaba Ongcwele kwalengiswa isithombe sikaKristu owayehlupheka, eboshwe ngezintambo: i-Ecce Homo, ayesibuka njalo ngesikhathi sokugula. Amehlo kaPapa ayesefa aphumula esithombeni sikaMadonna waseCzestochowa. Etafuleni elincane, isithombe sabazali bakhe.
Cishe ngo-20.00: XNUMX, eduze kombhede kaPapa osashona, uMonsignor Stanislaw Dziwisz ubephethe umcimbi wokugubha uMkhosi oMkhulu weSonto Lenceku Yaphezulu.
Ngaphambi kwalowo msebenzi osetshenziswayo, u-Cardinal Marian Jaworski waphinda futhi waphatha ukugcotshwa kwabagulayo kuYise oNgcwele, kwathi ngesikhathi seNhlanganyelo, uMonsignor Dziwisz wamnika iGazi eliNgcwelengcwele njengeViaticum, induduzo yendlela eya ekuphileni okuphakade. Ngemuva kwesikhashana amabutho aqala ukumshiya uBaba oNgcwele. Kwabekwa isibani sakhe esikhanyayo esibusisayo. Ku-21.37 uJohn Paul II washiya lo mhlaba. Ababekhona bacula iTe Deum. Ngezinyembezi emehlweni abo babonga uNkulunkulu ngesipho somuntu sikaYise oNgcwele nangomfanekiso wakhe omkhulu.