U-Lourdes: ngemva kokuquleka, uhambo lokuya endaweni engcwele, ukuphulukiswa

UMarie BIRÉ. Ngemva kokuquleka, uLourdes… UMarie Lucas wazalwa ngo-8 Okthoba 1866, eSainte Gemme la Plaine (eFrance). Izifo: Ubumpumputhe bemvelaphi emaphakathi, i-bilateral papillary atrophy. Waphulukiswa ngo-August 5, 1908, eneminyaka engu-41. Isimangaliso sabonwa ngoJulayi 30, 1910 nguMons. Clovis Joseph Catteau, umbhishobhi waseLuçon. Ngo-February 25, 1908, uMarie uphuma e-coma kodwa ubuyela ebusuku. Nangu esephuphuthekile! Esewutholile umoya wakhe, ufisa ukuya eLourdes. Ukuphila kwakhe kuye kwashintsha cishe izinsuku eziyishumi: ngo-February 14, 1908, ngokuzumayo wethula izimpawu ezishaqisayo: ukuhlanza igazi, isimo sangaphambili sokubola kwengalo kanye nesandla sokunxele esinezinhlungu ezinzima kakhulu. Ezinsukwini ezintathu noma ezine kamuva, uquleka ngenxa yezizathu zobuchopho. Ngo-August 5, 1908, uMarie wenza lolu hambo olungcwele olwalufiswa kakhulu. Ngemva kwemisa eGrotto, ngokushesha ubuye abone. Ehlolwe ngosuku olufanayo yi-ophthalmologist, umuntu kufanele avume into emangalisayo: izimbangela ze-anatomical zobumpumputhe azizange zinyamalale, kodwa uMarie angakwazi, naphezu kwakho konke, afunde ukuphrinta okuncane kwephephandaba odokotela abazithoba kuye. Eminyakeni elandelayo, uyaphinde ahlolwe odokotela. Akusekho ukulimala. Ukululama kwakhe kuqashelwa njengokuphelele nokuphikelelayo.