Inkosikazi yethu yeqhwa kanye nesimangaliso sokuwa kweqhwa phakathi nehlobo
La Inkosikazi Yethu Yeqhwa (Santa Maria Maggiore), etholakala eRoma, ingenye yezindawo ezine ezinkulu ezingcwele zaseMarian kuleli dolobha, kanye neSanta Maria del Popolo, iSanta Maria eTrastevere kanye neSanta Maria sopra Minerva.
Inganekwane kaMadonna della Neve isukela emuva Ikhulu le-XNUMX AD. Kuthiwa eRoma, ngobusuku buka Agasti 5, kwaba neqhwa eliyinqaba. Ngalobo busuku buka-August 5, 1932, uMaria wabonakala kumbhangqwana oshadile futhi a UPapa Sixtus III, ebanxusa ukuba bakhe isonto endaweni lapho ababezothola khona iqhwa ngakusasa.
UPapa Sixtus wayekholelwa esigijimini saphezulu futhi ngakusasa ekuseni wahamba wayokhuluma naye Giovanni, isikhulu esingumRoma, esaguqukela ebuKristwini, esasihlala endaweni Esquiline hill. U-Giovanni naye wayenephupho elifanayo. Begcizelela ukubaluleka kwaleli phupho, laba ababili baya kumbusi waseRoma wangaleso sikhathi, indoda okuthiwa Lucio, ukuze acele ukuqonda nokuvunyelwa kwakhe.
U-Lucio akazange azikholelwe izindaba zabo, kodwa wanquma baphelezele baye endaweni lapho amakhekheba eqhwa kufanele ngabe awe ukuze alawule isimo. Bathe befika eNtabeni i-Esquiline, bavele bathula bonke bebuka. Eqinisweni, igquma lalimbozwe ngokuphelele ingubo ewugqinsi ka mshana. Abalimi bendawo babengakholwa futhi bazama ukusunduza iqhwa, kodwa ngokushesha baqaphela ukuthi kwakungenakwenzeka, kwakuyisenzakalo saphezulu.
Kwanqunywa ukuthi endaweni lapho iqhwa liwele khona, a Ithempeli laseMarian. Indawo engcwele, yabe isibizwa I-Santa Maria Maggiore, yakhiwe endaweni kanye lapho kwakukhithike khona. Isithombe sasendulo nesihlonishwayo sikaMarian esinesihloko esithi Salus populi Romani.
Umkhuleko kuNkosikazi Yethu Yeqhwa
O Maria, mfazi wasemajukujukwini aphakeme kakhulu, sifundise ukukhuphuka intaba engcwele leyo UKristu. Siqondise endleleni kaNkulunkulu, ephawulwe yizinyathelo zakho zomama. Sifundise indlela yothando, ukwazi ukuthanda njalo. Sifundise indlela ye igioiaukuze enze abanye bajabule. Sifundise indlela ye ipazienza, ukuze bamukele wonke umuntu ngokuphana.
Sifundise indlela ye ubuhle, ukukhonza abazalwane abaswele. Sifundise indlela elula, ukujabulela ubuhle bendalo. Sifundise indlela ye ubumneneukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni. Sifundise indlela ye ukwethembekaukuze singakhathali ekwenzeni okuhle. Sifundise ukubheka phezulu, ukuze singalahlekelwa umbono wethu wokugcina vita: ukuhlanganyela okuphakade noYise, neNdodana noMoya oNgcwele. amen!