I-Lourdes: ngosuku lokugcina lokuhamba, izilonda zayo ziyavaleka

ULydia BROSSE. Uma sesilalisiwe, sivotela abagulayo… Wazalwa zi-14 kuMfumfu 1889, ehlala eSaint Raphaël (eFrance). Izifo: I-fistula ye-tuberculous eminingi ene-detachment enkulu endaweni ye-gluteal kwesokunxele. Waphulukiswa ngo-Okthoba 11, 1930, eneminyaka engama-41. Isimangaliso saziwa ngo-5 Agasti 1958 nguMons. Jean Guyot, umbhishobhi waseCoutances. Ngo-September 1984 uLourdes washonelwa omunye wababhedlela bakhe abathembeke kakhulu: uLydia Brosse, owashona eneminyaka engu-95. Wakhonza abagulayo ngawo wonke amandla akhe nangawo wonke umphefumulo wakhe. Kungani ukuzincisha okungaka? Impendulo ilula: wayefuna ukubuyisela okunye kwalokho ayekutholile. Ngoba ngokuphambene nakho konke okwakulindelwe, ngolunye usuku ngo-October 1930, uNkulunkulu, akholelwa kuye ngokwethembeka, welapha amanxeba alona wesifazane omncane wamakhilogremu angu-40. ULydia kakade wayesenezifo eziningi zamathambo, ezinemvelaphi yofuba. Wayesehlinzwe kaningi amathumba amaningi futhi ephindelela. Wayekhathele, ezacile futhi ephelelwa yigazi ngenxa yalokhu kopha. Phakathi nohambo lwakhe olungcwele ngo-Okthoba 1930, akuzange kube khona ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo esimweni sakhe. Ngosuku lokugcina, yeka ukubhukuda emachibini. Kuphakathi nohambo lokubuyela eSaint Raphaël lapho ethola khona isifiso namandla okuvuka. Amanxeba akhe ayavaleka. Lapho ebuya, udokotela owayekhona waphawula "isimo sempilo esichumayo, izibazi eziphelele ...". Phakathi nayo yonke iminyaka elandelayo, uLydia uzoya eLourdes nohambo lweRosary ukuze azinikezele kwabagulayo. Eminyakeni engu-28 kuphela ngemva kokululama kwakhe, lesi simangaliso samenyezelwa ngokusemthethweni, hhayi kakhulu ngenxa yokudideka kodokotela, kodwa ngenxa yokunensa kwezinqubo zokuqashelwa.