ILourdes: ayinakwelashwa kepha iyelapha kumachibi okubhukuda
Elisa SEISSON. Inhliziyo entsha… Wazalwa ngo-1855, ehlala eRognonas (France). Izifo: I-hypertrophy yenhliziyo, i-edema yemilenze engezansi. Waphulukiswa ngo-August 29, 1882, eneminyaka engu-27. Isimangaliso saziwa ngo-12 July 1912 nguMons. François Bonnefoy, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu wase-Aix, u-Arles no-Embrun. Lapho eneminyaka engu-21, ngo-1876, u-Elisa wagula. Iminyaka eyisithupha welashelwa isifo sokucinana kwemigudu yokuphefumula nesifo senhliziyo esiphilayo. U-Elisa akaphenduli ekwelashweni futhi uthathwa njengongelapheki. Njengesinyathelo sokugcina uya eLourdes ekupheleni kuka-August 1882. Uyiswa emachibini ngosuku lokuqala lohambo olungcwele futhi, lapho ehamba, ama-edema asemilenzeni yakhe aphelile! Ngemva kobusuku obuthule uvuka ezizwa elulame ngokuphelele. Lo mbono uqinisekiswa lapho ebuya udokotela okhona. Impilo yakhe enhle izoqhubeka iminyaka engamashumi amathathu ezayo ngaphambi kokuba lokhu kuphulukiswa kuthathwe ngokusemthethweni njengokuyisimangaliso, ngo-1912, ngumbhishobhi wakhe.
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