ILourdes: akunathemba kodwa ngemuva kokubhukuda echibini isimangaliso

Eminyakeni lapho kwenziwa khona izinhlelo, uphelelwa yithemba… Wazalwa ngo-1869, ehlala eSaint Martin le Noeud (eFrance). Izifo: I-phthisis enamandla yamaphaphu. Welashwa ngo-Agasti 21, 1895, eneminyaka engama-26. Isimangaliso samukelwa nguMons ngomhlaka 1 Meyi 1908. UMarie Jean Douais, uMbhishobhi waseBeauvais. U-Aurélie uphethwe yithemba elikhulu. Eminyakeni lapho abanye benamakhanda abo egcwele izinhlelo, lo wesifazane osemusha oneminyaka engama-26 akasenalutho aluthemba kwezokwelapha. Ngokusobala ethintwe yisifo sofuba samaphaphu izinyanga, unquma ukushiya eLourdes noHambo Lukazwelonke, ngokuphikisana neseluleko sikadokotela wakhe. Lolu hambo luyakhathaza impela, kuze kuthi lapho efika eLourdes ngomhlaka 21 Agasti 1895, usekhathele ngokuphelele. Ngemuva kokwehla esitimeleni, uyiswa emachibini okubhukuda ukuze abe manzi. Futhi ngokushesha uzizwa ukukhululeka okukhulu! Ngokushesha, uzizwa eselapheke ngokuphelele. Jabulela impilo futhi. Odokotela abakhona eLourdes ngalolo suku bahlangana e-Bureau of Medical Findings lapho u-Aurélie ephelezelwa khona kabili. Lokhu kungaqinisekisa kuphela ukululama kwakhe. Esekhaya, udokotela wakhe uzobhala ngokumangala kwakhe "ngalokhu kuphulukiswa okuphelele nokwenzeka ngokushesha". Eminyakeni eyishumi nantathu kamuva u-Aurélie ungowesifazane osemusha onesimo esihle, noma ngabe ukululama kwakhe kuyindaba yokuphenywa okuphikiswa odokotela ngesikhathi somkhankaso wokugcolisa owenziwa abanye odokotela abathi ukugula kuka-Aurélie kwakutatazela. Ngesikhathi somgubho weminyaka engamashumi ayisihlanu yokubonakala kukaNkosikazi Wethu waseLourdes, ngokwesicelo sombhishobhi waseBeauvais, uphinde wabuza futhi wahlolwa. Lokhu kuphenya okubili kufinyelele esiphethweni esifanayo: kwakuwumbuzo wesifo sofuba, owalashwa ngokuzumayo, ngendlela ethile futhi ehlala njalo. Umbhishobhi wabe esememezela isimangaliso sakhe.