ULourdes: uphuza amanzi bese elapha ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili
Madeleine RIZAN. Wathandazela ukufa okuhle! Wazalwa ngonyaka we-1800, ehlala eNay (France) ukugula: Kwesobunxele hemiplegia iminyaka engama-24. Welapha ngo-Okthoba 17, 1858, eneminyaka engama-58. Isimangaliso samukelwa ngomhlaka 18 kuJanuwari 1862 ngabakwaMons. Laurence, umbhishobhi waseTarbes. UMadeleine ubelaliswe embhedeni iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 ngenxa yokukhubazeka ohlangothini lwesobunxele. Sekuyisikhathi eside odokotela belahla ithemba lokuthi bazolulama futhi bayeka ukwelashwa. NgoSepthemba 1858 wathola i-Extension Unction. Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, thandazela "ukufa okuhle". Ngemuva kwenyanga, ngoMgqibelo 16 Okthoba, ukufa kubonakala kuseduze. Lapho, ngosuku olulandelayo, indodakazi yakhe imlethela amanzi avela kuLourdes, uthatha izingcosana ezimbalwa ahlanze ubuso bakhe nomzimba wakhe. Masinyane lesi sifo siyanyamalala! Isikhumba siphinde sivele ukubukeka kwayo okujwayelekile futhi izicubu zenza imisebenzi yazo! Lowo owayefa kuphela ngosuku olwedlule uzizwa ebuyisiwe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uzohola ubukhona obujwayelekile iminyaka eyishumi nanye. Wafa, ngaphandle kokuphinde futhi, ngo-1869.
Umkhuleko ku-Lady Wethu weLourdes
O Ntombi Engafihli, Unina Wesihe, impilo yabagulayo, isiphephelo sezoni, umduduzi wabahluphekile, Uyazazi izidingo zami, ukuhlupheka kwami; shiya ukuvula amehlo omuhle kimi angiphumule futhi angiduduze. Ngokuvela empikiswaneni yeLourdes, ubufuna ukuthi ibe yindawo enhle, lapho uzosabalalisa khona ubuhle bakho, futhi abantu abaningi abangeneme sebeyitholile ikhambi ngobuthakathaka babo obungokomoya nobokuzibandakanya. Nami ngigcwele ukuzethemba ukunxenxa uthando lwenu lomama; yizwa umkhuleko wami wokuthobeka, Mama onomusa, futhi ugcwele izinzuzo zakho, ngizozama ukulingisa izimfanelo zakho ezinhle, ukubamba iqhaza ngolunye usuku enkazimulweni yakho ePharadesi. Amen.
3 Dumisani uMariya
Unenekazi wethu weLourdes, asikhulekele.
Ubusiswe umcabango oNgcwele futhi Ongafihli weNkosazana eNobusisiweyo uMariya, Umama kaNkulunkulu.