Isimangaliso esihle sikaSt. Francis: ukhulumela uBartholomew futhi amsindise
Esizokutshela khona namuhla indaba yakudala, ekhuluma ngamandla okholo nesihe saphezulu. I-Bartolomeo wayengumlimi osemusha owayehlala edolobhaneni elincane elisenkabeni ye-Italy. Kusukela esengumfana, wayezwile ngezimangaliso ezenziwa nguSt Francis, kodwa wayengakaze acabange ukuthi ngelinye ilanga impilo yakhe iyothintwa yiwo lowomusa waphezulu.
Usuku njengabanye abaningi, ngo I-Corneto, umphakathi wamakholwa waqhubeka namakholwa washaya insimbi enzima kakhulu. Phakathi kwalabo ababengenele ukuze belule isandla, kwakukhona noBartolomeo, ngaleso sikhathi a Ingane eneminyaka engu-8 ubudalaephelezelwa umalume noyise.
Ngesinye isikhathi, ukushaywa kwe umoya onamandla,ngiphonse esindayo ngasenganeni porta indlu, yamphahlaza phansi. Abantu ababekhona babethukile. Ingane wanyamalala ngaphansi kwesisindo somnyango futhi kwakungenakwenzeka ukukubona. Akekho ngaleso sikhathi, owayekholelwa ukuthi kungaba njalo Vivo.
Bartolomeo nokufa okusobala
Umalume nabanye ababekhona bagxuma besuka etafuleni baqala ukuncenga USanta Francis. Uyise kaBartolomeo, ethukile futhi enganyakazi, wanikela ngendodana yakhe kuSanta Francis, inqobo nje uma eyibuyisela iphila.
Lapho ekugcineni bephumelele phakamisa umnyango, babone ingane engalimele, sengathi ivuswa ebuthongweni, ingenamihuzuko. Ngemva kokudideka nokuphelelwa ithemba, kulowo mbono, injabulo yabuyela ebusweni balabo ababekhona. UBartolomeo utshele ababekhona ukuthi lapho umnyango uwela, kuye kwakungekho phawu lokuphila olusele, khona-ke, ngokuzumayo ukuphaphama.
Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, ukuphila kukaBartolomeo kwashintsha kakhulu. Okwakhe ubufakazi bokholo e miracolo wathinta izinhliziyo zabaningi, abaqala ukufuna usizo nemithandazo yakhe. UBartholomew ngokwakhe waba imoto yothando nobubele USanta Francis, esiza noma ubani ophendukela kuye ukuze athole induduzo nokwelashwa.