ILourdes: emva kohambo, qala ukuhamba

U-Esther BRACHMANN. “Ngikhipheni kuleli gumbi lezidumbu!” Wazalelwa eParis, ngo-1881 (France). Isifo: I-Tuberculous peritonitis. Waphulukiswa eLourdes ngo-August 21, 1896, eneminyaka engu-15. Isimangaliso saziwa ngoJuni 6, 1908 nguMbhishobhi Omkhulu uLéon Amette waseParis. U-Esther akasaphili impilo yobusha. Lapho eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala, unombono wokuthi isibhedlela saseVillepinte siyindawo yokugcina izidumbu yangempela. Lo mbono awukude nokwabiwa ngabangane abayishumi nambili, nabo abanesifo sofuba, abathi, njengaye, benze lolu hambo oluyithuba lokugcina. Singo-August 1896. Ekuseni ngo-August 21, iziguli zase-Notre Dame de Salut, izinceku ezithembekile zabagulayo ku-National Pilgrimage, zamkhipha esitimeleni zamyisa eGrotto futhi, ukusuka lapho, zaya endaweni yokubhukuda. amachibi. Uphuma nesiqiniseko sokuthi uzophila. Izinhlungu seziphelile… Ukuvuvukala kwesisu sakhe kwanyamalala. Uyakwazi ukuhamba… ulambile. Kodwa umbuzo uyamluma: "Kungani mina?". Ntambama, ulandela imisebenzi yokuhambela indawo engcwele njengomuntu ophile saka. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, waphelezelwa e-Bureau of Medical Findings lapho odokotela, belandela ukuhlolwa ngokucophelela, baqinisekisa ukuthi uyalulama. Emuva eVillepinte, odokotela abelaphayo bamangele, bayamangala, badidekile. Bagcina u-Esteri eqashelwe unyaka wonke! Kuphela ngo-1897, bebuya ohambweni lokubonga, lapho banquma khona ukwenza isitifiketi lapho aqashelwa khona ngokuthi "uphulukisiwe kusukela ebuyile eLourdes, ngo-1896". Ngo-1908, waphinde wahlolwa futhi enempilo ephelele, ngesikhathi sophenyo olwavulwa umbhishobhi omkhulu waseParis, uMons. Leon Amette, ngenxa yokuqashelwa kwalokhu kuphulukiswa kanye noClementine Trouvé noMarie Lesage noLemarchand. , amaqhawekazi angathandi “enoveli” kaZola!