Ubaba uba ngumpristi onjengendodana yakhe
U-Edmond Ilg, 62, ubelokhu engubaba selokhu azalwa indodana yakhe ngo-1986.
Kepha ngoJuni 21 waba "ngubaba" ngomqondo omusha ngokuphelele: U-Edmond wamiswa njengompristi we-Archdiocese yaseNewark.
Kwakuwusuku lukaYise. Futhi okwenza usuku lukhetheke ngokwengeziwe, kwakuyindodana ka-Edmond - uFrilip - owanikeza ubaba wakhe ukugcotshwa.
"Ukuba noPhilip kuyinto oyisipho esiyingqayizivele, futhi ukungikhuleka ngizenzele ukubeka imali engisipho esikhulu kunazo zonke," kusho u-Edmond. Indodana yakhe yagcotshwa ngonyaka ka-2016 i-archdiocese yaseWashington, DC, yaya eNewark ngalolo suku.
U-Edmond akakaze acabange ukuthi uzoba umpristi. Wayenonkosikazi, iziqu zobunjiniyela bamakhemikhali nomsebenzi omuhle. Kepha ngemuva kokuthi umkakhe ebulawa ngumdlavuza ngo-2011, waqala wacabanga ngomsebenzi omusha.
Ngemuva komkakhe, umngani womndeni wazibuza ngokuzwakalayo ukuthi "mhlawumbe u-Ed uzoba ngumpristi," k. U-Edmond utshele i-CNA. Ngalo lolo suku, kwakubukeka njengesiphakamiso sokuhlanya, kodwa p. U-Edmond manje ubiza umhlangano ngokuthi "ungokwesiprofetho ngokweqile" futhi wathi ukubonwa kwamnikeza umbono.
U-Edmond akakhulelanga umKatolika. Wabhapathizwa uLuthere futhi watshela i-CNA ukuthi iya ezinkonzweni zezenkolo "cishe isigamu sezikhathi eziyishumi nambili" aze abe neminyaka eyi-20. Uhlangane nonkosikazi wakhe emgqomeni futhi baqala ubudlelwane obude.
Njengoba babephuma bendawonye, waba ngumKatolika futhi wahambela inqwaba nonkosikazi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo uCostanza: wonke umuntu wambiza ngoConnie. Bashada ngo-1982.
Ngemuva kokushona kukaConnie, u-Edmond, yena kanye nomndeni wakhe babamba iqhaza kwiNeocatechumenal Way, wayeka umsebenzi wakhe waqala lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "uhambo", isikhathi somsebenzi wezithunywa zevangeli ohlelwe yiNeocatechumenate. U-Edmond utshele i-CNA ukuthi, ekuqaleni, "ubupristi abukaze bube semqondweni wami."
Ngesikhathi sakhe njengesithunywa sevangeli, u-Edmond wabelwa ukusiza epherishi laseNew Jersey futhi wasebenza nasenkonzweni yasejele. Ngenkathi ephila njengesithunywa sevangeli, waqala ukuzwa ukuheha kobuphristi.
Ngemuva kokusiza ukuhola uhambo oluya eWorld Youth Day 2013 e-Rio de Janeiro, lapho ethandaze futhi eqhubeka nokuthola ukubizwa kwakhe, u-Edmond washayela ikhathekizimu lakhe, wathi, "Ngicabanga ukuthi nginobizo [lwabaphristi]" .
Uhanjiswe esifundweni esixhumene neNeocatechumenal Way e-Archdiocese yase-Agaña, eGuam, wagcina edluliselwe eRedemptoris Mater Seminary e-Archdiocese yaseNewark ukuze ayoqedela izifundo zakhe.
UPhilip utshele i-CNA ukuthi ngemuva kokushona kukanina, kwesinye isikhathi wayezibuza ukuthi lo baba osanda kuba ngumfelokazi uzoba umpristi yini.
"Angazi noma ngike ngasho yini - ngoba bengifuna ukulinda kuze kwenzeke - kepha umcabango wokuqala owafika emqondweni wami egumbini lelo lapho umama eseshonile ukuthi ubaba wami uzoba ngu umpristi, ”kusho uFiliphu.
"Ngeke ngichaze ukuthi uvelaphi."
UPhilip uthe uyazi ukuthi uyise "akakwazi ukuhlala phansi enze imali" nokuthi "ngiyazi ukuthi unemishini."
UPhilip akazange akhulume namuntu ngemicabango yakhe, wathi, esikhundleni sokukhetha ukubeka ithemba lakhe kuNkulunkulu.
“Angikaze ngisho nelilodwa igama ngalowo mcabango. Ngoba uma ivela eNkosini, ithela izithelo, ”kusho uFiliphu.
Ngonyaka wakhe wokuguquka kwenkolo yobukhosi, u-Edmond wabelwa ukuyokhonza kwelinye lelo phondo lapho ayesebenze khona isikhathi sakhe njengesithunywa sevangeli. Isabelo sakhe sokuqala, esizoqala ngoJulayi 1, sizokuba seParishi.
"Ngifikile [epherishi] ngingenazo izinhlelo zobupristi, futhi ukhadinali kanye nabanye abantu bebengazi ukuthi bazongibeka kuphi, kepha kulapho bagcina bengithumela khona - lapho kwaqala khona umsebenzi wami", watshela i-CNA.
Ngenxa yalubhubhane lwamanje lweCOVID-19, k. U-Edmond ngeke athole mayelana nesabelo sakhe unomphela aze afike ehlobo. Imvamisa, izabelo zobuphristi e-Archdiocese yaseNewark ziqala ngoJulayi 1, kepha lokhu kuzokubambezeleka kuze kube Septhemba 1 kulo nyaka.
Ubaba nendodana yabaphristi batshele i-CNA ukuthi bawuthokozela kakhulu umphakathi weNeocatechumenal Way, echazwa nguPhilip "njengethuluzi elalisetshenziswa uNkulunkulu ukusindisa umndeni wami".
Abakwa-Ilg bangeniswa ohlelweni lokuvuselela ngokomoya lwamaKatolika ngesikhathi esiyisiphithiphithi emshadweni wabo, ngemuva nje kokulahleka kwendodana encane ngesikhathi sokubeletha.
Ukubizwa kukababa nendodana "akuzange kube ngesimo sendawo eyedwa," kuchaza uFiliphu. "Kwenzekile ngoba bekukhona umphakathi owakhulisa ukholo futhi uvumele ukholo lukhule."
"Kuyo yonke le minyaka, ngikubone ngokweqiniso ukwethembeka kukaNkulunkulu ngeNeocatechumenal Way," kusho uPhilip. Ngaphandle kokuxhaswa ngumphakathi, uPhilip utshele i-CNA ukuthi ingacabangi ukuthi yena noma uyise ngeke babe abapristi.
"Ukube bekungengenxa yomphakathi wezenkolo osondle okholweni futhi wakhela nomzimba lapho wakwazi ukusiphatha khona," esho, bebengeke babe nalo uSuku Lobaba olungavamile.