UFrancis nenhlamba yesiphambano
UFrancesco no inhlamba yesiphambano. Ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi sango-1223, Francesco waya emcimbini obalulekile. Lapho ukuzalwa kukaJesu kwakugujwa khona ngokubuyisela emkhombeni waseBethlehem esontweni laseGreccio, e-Italy, lo mgubho wakhombisa ukuzinikela kwakhe kuJesu ongumuntu. Ukuzinikela okungavuzwa ngokumangalisayo ngonyaka olandelayo.
Ehlobo lika-1224, uFrancis waya endaweni yokubuyela eLa Verna, engekude nentaba yase-Assisi, ukuyogubha umkhosi we-Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Agasti 15) nokulungiselela uSuku lukaMichael (Septhemba 29) ngokuzila ukudla izinsuku ezingama-40. Wathandazela ukuthi azi indlela engcono yokujabulisa uNkulunkulu; evula amaVangeli ukuze athole impendulo, wahlangana nezinkomba ze- Uthando lukaKristu. Ngenkathi ethandaza ekuseni ngomkhosi wokuphakanyiswa kwesiphambano (Septhemba 14), wabona umuntu eza kuye evela ezulwini.
UFrancis: Ukholo lobuKristu
UFrancis: Ukholo lobuKristu. USanta Bonaventure, ungqongqoshe jikelele wamaFranciscans kusuka ngo-1257 kuya ku-1274 futhi ongomunye wabacabangi abahamba phambili bekhulu leshumi nantathu, wabhala: Lapho emi ngenhla kwakhe, wabona ukuthi wayengumuntu kanti futhi eyiserafi elinamaphiko ayisithupha; izingalo zakhe zelulwa nezinyawo zajoyina, nomzimba wakhe unamathiselwe esiphambanweni. Amaphiko amabili aphakanyiswe ngaphezu kwekhanda lakhe, amabili enwetshiwe kwangathi ayabaleka, kanti amabili amboze umzimba wakhe wonke. Ubuso bakhe babumuhle budlula ubuhle basemhlabeni, futhi wamamatheka kamnandi kuFrancis.
UFrancis nenhlamba yakhe
UFrancis nenhlamba yakhe. Imizwa ephikisanayo yagcwalisa inhliziyo yakhe, ngoba yize umbono waletha injabulo enkulu, ukubona ukuhlupheka kanye nomuntu owayebethelwe kwamqhubela ebuhlungwini obukhulu. Ecabanga ukuthi lo mbono ungasho ukuthini, ekugcineni wakubona lokho ngokunikezwa ngu Dio wayezokwenziwa afane noKristu obethelwe hhayi ngokufel 'ukholo ngokomzimba kodwa ngokuvumelana kwengqondo nenhliziyo. Lapho-ke, lapho umbono unyamalala, akagcinanga ngokushiya uthando olukhulu kumuntu ongaphakathi, kepha futhi wammaka ngaphandle ngaphandle kwesithunzi seCrucifix.
UFrancesco ukucwaswa kwakhe nokulandelayo
UFrancesco ukucwaswa kwakhe nokulandelayo. Impilo yakhe yonke, uFrancis wazinakekela kakhulu ukufihla isigcwagcwa (izimpawu ezazikhumbuza amanxeba asemzimbeni kaJesu Kristu owabethelwa). Ngemuva kokushona kukaFrancis, uMfoweth 'u-Elias wamemezela isigcwagcwa kulo myalo ngencwadi eyindilinga. Kamuva, uMfoweth 'uLeo, ovumayo futhi ongumngane osondelene nosanta naye owashiya ubufakazi obubhaliwe ngalo mcimbi, wathi ekufeni uFrancis wayebukeka njengomuntu owayesanda kwehliswa esiphambanweni.