Ubukhulu beSt. Joseph
Bonke abaNgcwele bakhulu embusweni wezulu; kepha kukhona umehluko phakathi kwabo, ngokususelwa kokuhle okwenziwe empilweni. Yiluphi osanta omkhulu kunabo bonke?
KwiVangeli likaSt. Matthew (XI, 2) siyafunda: "Ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Akekho omkhulu kunoJohane uMbhaptizi owake wavuka phakathi kokuzalwa kowesifazane".
Kubukeka sengathi uJohane oMbhabhadisi oMkhulu kufanele abe nguNgcwele omkhulu kunabo bonke; kepha akunjalo. UJesu wayehlose ukukhipha uMama wakhe nobaba kaPutative kulokhu, uma umuntu ethi kumuntu: - Ngikuthanda ukwedlula noma ngubani! - okusho ukuthi: ... emva kukamama nobaba.
ISt. Joseph, ngemuva kweNtombi EBusisiwe, iyona enkulu embusweni wezulu; cabanga nje ngemishini ayenayo emhlabeni negunya elingajwayelekile ayembathiswa ngalo.
Ngenkathi esemhlabeni lo wayenamandla agcwele phezu kweNdodana kaNkulunkulu, waze wamyala. Ukuthi uJesu, lowo abathuthumela phambi kwakhe ama-Angelic Sers, wayengaphansi kwakhe kuyo yonke into futhi emhlonipha ngokumshiya embiza "uBaba". INdlovukazi uMariya, Umama weZwi elingamzimba, ngokuba nguMlobokazi wakhe, yamlalela ngokuthobeka.
Yimuphi kwabangcwele owake waba nesithunzi esinje? Manje iSt Joseph isezulwini. Ngokufa ayilahlekanga ubukhulu bayo, ngoba kunaphakade izibopho zempilo yamanje zenziwa futhi azonakaliswa; ngakho-ke, uyaqhubeka nokuba nendawo abephethe kuyo uMndeni oNgcwele ePharadesi. Impela indlela isishintshile, ngoba eZulwini iSt. Joseph akasasayali uJesu noNkosikazi Wethu njengoba ayaleza eNdlini yamaNazaretha, kepha amandla ayefana nalawo ayekhona ngaleso sikhathi; ukuze konke kuzinze enhliziyweni zikaJesu noMariya.
USan Bernardino waseSiena uthi: - Ngokuqinisekile uJesu akamphiki uSt. Joseph ezulwini ukuthi ukwazana, inhlonipho nokuzithoba kwesithunzi, amkweleta yena emhlabeni njengendodana kuyise. -
UJesu ukhazimulisa uYise wakhe we-Putative ezulwini, ukwamukela ukunxusa kwakhe ukuze kusizakale abazinikele kuye futhi ufuna umhlaba umhloniphe, amnxuse futhi amncenge kuye ngezidingo.
Njengobufakazi balokhu, umuntu ukhumbula okwenzeka eFatima ngoSepthemba 13, 1917. Ngemuva kwalokho impi enkulu yaseYurophu yenzeka.
INtombi yavela ezinganeni ezintathu; wakhuthaza kaninginingi futhi ngaphambi kokunyamalala wamemezela: - Ngo-Okthoba uSt. Joseph uzoza noMntwana uJesu ukuzobusisa umhlaba.
Eqinisweni, ngo-Okthoba 13, ngenkathi uMadonna enyamalala kukukhanya okufanayo okuvela ezandleni zakhe ezeluliwe, imidwebo emithathu yavela esibhakabhakeni, enye ilandelana, ifanekisela izimfihlakalo zeRosary: ejabule, ebuhlungu futhi ekhazimulayo. Isithombe sokuqala kwakunguMndeni oNgcwele; U-Lady wethu wayenengubo emhlophe nengubo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka; eceleni kwakhe kwakunguJosefa oNgcwele enomntwana onguJesu ezingalweni zakhe. UPatriarch wenza uphawu lwesiphambano kathathu phezu kwesixuku esikhulu. ULucia, obanjwe yilowo mcimbi, wamemeza: - USt Joseph usibusisa!
Ngisho noMntwana uJesu, ephakamisa ingalo yakhe, wenza izibonakaliso ezintathu zesiphambano kubantu. UJesu, embusweni wenkazimulo yakhe, uhlala ehlanganiswe ngokusondelana noSanta Joseph, onaka ukunakekelwa okutholwe empilweni yasemhlabeni.
Ngokwesibonelo
Ngo-1856, kulandela ukubulawa kwabantu okubangelwa ikholera edolobheni laseFano, insizwa ethile yagula kakhulu eCollege of the Jesusit Fathers. Odokotela bazamile ukumsindisa, kodwa ekugcineni bathi: - Alikho ithemba lokuthi uzolulama!
Omunye wabaphethe uthe esigulini - Odokotela abasazi ukuthi benzeni. Kuthatha isimangaliso. Ukulandelwa kweSan Giuseppe kuyeza. Uthembele kakhulu kule Ngcwele; ngosuku ozokubonisana ngalo, zama ukuxhumana nawe ukumhlonipha; Kuzogujwa amaMisa ayisikhombisa ngosuku olufanayo, ekhumbula usizi nokuthokoza kukaSanta. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uzogcina isithombe sika-Saint Joseph egumbini lakho, esinamalambu amabili, akhanyisiwe, ukuvuselela ukuzethemba kwakho ku-Patriarch eNgcwele. -
USt Joseph uzithande lezi zivivinyo zokwethemba nothando futhi wenza lokho odokotela ababengeke bakwazi ukukwenza.
Eqinisweni, ukuthuthuka kwaqala ngokushesha futhi le nsizwa yalulama ngokushesha.
AbangabaJesuit, bevuma ukuphulukiswa njengento ekhangayo, benza iqiniso laba obala ukuheha imiphefumulo ukuba ithembele eSt. Joseph.
I-Fioretto - Recite Tre Pater, Ave noGloria ukulungisa izindaba zokuhlambalaza ezishiwo yiSan Giuseppe.
IGiaculatoria - St. Joseph, thethelela labo abangcolisa igama lakho!