Umthelela weqembu lomkhuleko ezigulini zeCovid nokuthi baphendule kanjani ngomthandazo

Da UPaolo Tescione - NgoFebhuwari 19, 2021

UDkt Borik wabelana ngezindaba eziningana, echaza ukuthi imihlangano ejwayelekile yokuthandaza yaba nomthelela omkhulu enhlalakahleni yababambe iqhaza. Omunye wabahlali bakulesi sikhungo isikhathi eside, uMargaret, kubikwa ukuthi wayengumzala wokuqala ka-Archbishop Fulton Sheen. UMargaret ngokuziqhenya ukhombise isithombe sikaSeen esisayiniwe, ngokumane sithi, "Fulty". Wayephatheke kabi kangangokuba wayengakwazi ukulalela iMisa, agubhe uMthendeleko, ahlangane ngomthandazo. Kwaba ukuphendula kukaMargaret okwasebenza njengesihiqo, kukhuthaza uDkt Borik ukuthi aqale iqembu lomkhuleko.

Esinye isiguli, uMichelle, sasingesiye umKatolika kodwa safunda ukuthandaza iRosari eqenjini. "Ukuba kule nkathi ye-COVID kuyasikhawulela," kusho uMichelle kuvidiyo, "kepha akukhawuleli umoya wethu futhi akukhawuleli izinkolelo zethu… Ukuba se-Oasis kukhulise ukukholwa kwami, kukhulise uthando lwami, kukhulise nokwami injabulo. UMichelle wayekholelwa engozini yakhe ngoFebhuwari 2020 futhi ukulimala okwaba khona kwaba yisibusiso, njengoba athola indlela eya emihlanganweni yokukhuleka e-Oasis, wakhula ekukholweni, futhi wazuza ukuqonda ngokomoya ngenkonzo kaDkt Borik. Esinye isiguli sabika ukuthi sehlukanisile cishe eminyakeni engama-50 eyedlule futhi sazizwa sihlukanisiwe neSonto ngenxa yalokho. Lapho ezwa ukuthi kuneqembu lerosari e-Oasis, wanquma ukujoyina. "Kwakujabulisa ukuba nento efana naleyo ukubuyela kuyo," esho. "Ngikhumbule konke engangikufundisiwe, kusukela esidlweni sami sokuqala kuze kube namuhla". Wakubheka njengesibusiso ukufakwa eqenjini leRosary futhi wayenethemba lokuthi kungaba yisibusiso nakwabanye abantu.

Ezigulini ezisezikhungweni zokunakekelwa zesikhathi eside, impilo yansuku zonke ngesikhathi sobhadane ingaba nesizungu futhi ibe nzima. Izindawo zokunakekelwa zesikhathi eside - kufaka phakathi izindawo zabahlengikazi ezinamakhono nezindawo zokuhlala ezisizwayo - zinokuvakashelwa okulinganiselwe kakhulu ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19 phakathi kwabahlali abaneminyaka yobudala nesimo sabo okubenza babe sengozini enkulu kulesi sifo. Ekupheleni kukaJanuwari noma uFebhuwari 2020, i-coronavirus yadinga ukuthi kuvalwe isikhungo sabahlengikazi nokuvuselelwa kwe-Oasis Pavilion eCasa Grande, e-Arizona. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, amalungu omndeni awakwazanga ukuvakashela abathandekayo babo abasezikhungweni.

Amavolontiya awamukelwa kulesi sikhungo, futhi nompristi akakwazi ukugubha imisa yeziguli ezingamaKatolika. , UDkt. Anne Borik, umqondisi wezokwelapha we-Oasis Center, waphawula ukuthi iziguli zakhe eziningi zazicindezelekile futhi zikhathazekile. Bevaleleke emakamelweni abo usuku nosuku, ngaphandle kwenduduzo yomndeni nabangane, babeyincithakalo futhi belahliwe. Njengodokotela ongumKatolika, uDkt.Borik unentshisekelo yokuthandaza nengokomoya njengengxenye ebalulekile yokunakekelwa kwezempilo. "Ngicabanga ukuthi kunesidingo sayo," esho. “Uma sithandaza neziguli zethu, kubalulekile! Uyasizwa! "

Yize izinqubomgomo zokuvikela izifo zalesi sikhungo zazinqabela ukuvakashelwa abefundisi noma abefundisi, uDkt Borik wayenakho ukufinyelela okugcwele kubahlali. UBorik wenza isu lokusiza ukugwema ukukhathazeka okuhambisana namahora, izinsuku, ngisho namaviki okuhlukaniswa: wamema izakhamuzi ukuba ziye erosari lamasonto onke egumbini lomsebenzi walesi sikhungo. UBorik wayelindele ukuthi izakhamizi ezingamaKhatholika zibe nentshisekelo; kodwa kungekho eminye imisebenzi ekhalendeni lesikhungo, abantu bezinye izinkolo (noma abekho izinkolo) bajoyina ngokushesha. "Bekunendawo yokuma kuphela," kusho uDkt Borik, echaza ukuthi igumbi elikhulu beligcwele iziguli ezinesihlalo esinamasondo ezihlukaniswe izinyawo eziningana. Ngokushesha kwase kuba nabantu abangama-25 noma abangama-30 ababehlanganyela emthandazweni isonto ngalinye. Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaDkt Borik, leli qembu laqala ukwamukela izicelo zomkhuleko. Iziguli eziningi, kusho uBorik, azithandazeli zona kepha zithandazela amanye amalungu omndeni. Isimo esikhungweni sathuthukiswa kakhulu; futhi umphathi walesi sikhungo watshela uDkt Borik ukuthi lesi sihloko sivele emhlanganweni woMkhandlu Wabahlali nokuthi wonke umuntu wayekhuluma ngeRosari!

Lapho umuntu osebenza ekhishini ethola leli gciwane kodwa ehlala engenakho ukuzimela, waya emsebenzini. Kuthe uma kuvela izindaba zokugula kwesisebenzi, lesi sikhungo saphoqeleka ukuthi sibuye sivalwe futhi sivalele abahlali emakamelweni abo. UDkt. Borik, nokho, wayengazimisele ukumisa umhlangano wamasonto onke womkhuleko. "Bekumele siphinde sivale ibhizinisi," kusho uBorik, "ngakho-ke sinqume ukuhlinzeka ngama MP3 player amancane kuwo wonke umuntu uqobo." Iziguli zazijwayele izwi likaDkt Borik, ngakho-ke wazibhalela irosari. "Ngakho-ke, ukuhamba emaphaseji ngoKhisimusi," uBorik wamomotheka, "ubungezwa iziguli zidlala irosari emakamelweni azo."

Umthelela weqembu lomkhuleko ezigulini UDkt Borik wabelana ngezindaba eziningana, echaza ukuthi imihlangano ejwayelekile yokuthandaza yaba nomthelela omkhulu enhlalakahleni yababambe iqhaza. Omunye wabahlali bakulesi sikhungo isikhathi eside, uMargaret, kubikwa ukuthi wayengumzala wokuqala ka-Archbishop Fulton Sheen. UMargaret ngokuziqhenya ukhombise isithombe sikaSeen esisayiniwe, ngokumane sithi, "Fulty". Wayephatheke kabi kangangokuba wayengakwazi ukulalela iMisa, agubhe uMthendeleko, ahlangane ngomthandazo. Kwaba ukuphendula kukaMargaret okwasebenza njengesihiqo, kukhuthaza uDkt Borik ukuthi aqale iqembu lomkhuleko.