Isonto eRoma lapho ungadumisa khona ugebhezi lukaSt. Valentine
Lapho abantu abaningi becabanga ngothando lwezithandani, mhlawumbe abacabangi ngogebhezi lwekhulu lesithathu elithweswe umqhele ngezimbali, noma indaba engemuva kwalo. Kepha ukuvakashela isonto laseByzantium elihlonishwayo eRome kungakushintsha lokho. "Enye yezinsalela ezibaluleke kakhulu ongazithola kuleli bandla lesonto iSt Valentine," kusho lo mphathi waleli bandla. Waziwa njengongcwele wezithandani zokuvikela umshado wamaKristu, uValentine wabulawa ngokuqunywa ikhanda ngoFebhuwari 14. Ungugqozi futhi ngemuva kokugujwa kosuku lwezithandani. Futhi ugebhezi lwayo lungahlonishwa esontweni elincane laseSanta Maria eCosmedin eduze naseCircus Maximus eRoma.
Ukwakhiwa kweSanta Maria eCosmedin kwaqala ngekhulu lesi-1953, enkabeni yomphakathi wamaRoma waseRoma. Isonto lalakhiwe emanxiweni ethempeli lasendulo laseRoma. Namuhla, kuvulandi wayo wangaphambili, izivakashi zifola zifaka isandla sazo emlonyeni ovale umlomo wemaski yemabula eyenziwe yaduma ngesigcawu esiphakathi kuka-Audrey Hepburn noGregory Peck kwifilimu ka-XNUMX "iholide laseRoma". Ukufuna ukuthwebula izithombe, izivakashi eziningi azi ukuthi amamitha ambalwa ukusuka ku- "Bocca della Verità" yikhakhayi kasanta wothando. Kepha isithunzi sikaValentine njengosanta ophethe imibhangqwana asinqotshwanga kalula. Waziwa ngokuba ngumpristi noma umbhishobhi, waphila ngesikhathi sezikhathi ezinzima kakhulu zokushushiswa kobuKristu eSontweni lokuqala.
Ngokwama-akhawunti amaningi, ngemuva kwesikhathi esithile eboshiwe, washaywa wabe esenqunywa ikhanda, mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuphikisana nokwenqatshelwa kombusi ngokushada namasosha amaRoma. "ISt. UValentino wayengusanta ongakhululekile kubo ”, uFr. U-Abboud uthe, "ngoba wayekholelwa ukuthi impilo yomndeni yayisekela umuntu". "Waqhubeka nokuphatha isakramente lomshado". Izinsalela zikaSt. Valentine zazizotholakala ngesikhathi kumbiwa eRoma ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1800, yize kungacaci kahle ukuthi ugebhezi lwakhe lwaba kanjani esontweni laseByzantium lapho limi khona namhlanje. Ngo-1964 uPapa Paul VI wanikeza uSanta Maria eCosmedin ukunakekelwa yinzalamizi yeSonto LamaMelkite LamaGreki NamaKatolika, eliyingxenye yesiko laseByzantium. Isonto laba yindawo yokuhlala omele iSonto LamaMelkite Greek kupapa, okuyindima manje ephethwe ngu-Abboud, ohlinzeka nge-Divine Liturgy yomphakathi njalo ngeSonto.
Ngemuva kwe-Divine Liturgy, ebizwa ngesi-Italian, Greek and Arabic, u-Abboud uthanda ukuthandaza phambi kwezinsalela zikaSt. Valentine. Lo mfundisi ukhumbule indaba evela kuSuku Lwezithandani, lapho kuthiwa ngesikhathi usanta esesejele, unogada ophethe wamcela ukuthi akhulekele ukwelashwa kwendodakazi yakhe, eyayiyimpumputhe. Ngemithandazo yosuku lwezithandani, indodakazi yaphinde yabona. “Ake sithi uthando aluboni - cha! Uthando lubona futhi lubona kahle, ”kusho u-Abboud. "Akaboni ukuthi sifuna ukusibona kanjani, ngoba uma umuntu ehehwa ngomunye umuntu ubona okuthile okungabonwa omunye umuntu." U-Abboud ucele abantu ukuthi bathandazele ukuqiniswa kwesidlo esingcwele somshado emphakathini. "Sicela ukuncengelwa koSuku Lwezithandani, ukuze sikwazi ukuzwa izikhathi zothando, sibe sothandweni futhi siphile ukukholwa kwethu namasakramente, futhi siphile ngokweqiniso ngokukholwa okujulile nokuqinile," esho.