Isimangaliso eLourdes: umlenze wakhe ufana new

Antonia MOULIN. Ithemba liboshelwe emzimbeni ... Wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 13, 1877 eVienna (eFrance). Isifo: I-Fistulitis osteitis kwesokudla i-femur enamathambo edolweni. Welapha ngo-Agasti 10, 1907, eneminyaka engama-30. Isimangaliso samukelwa ngoNovemba 6, 1911 nguMbhishobhi Paul E. Henry, umbhishobhi waseGrenoble. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu echithe eLourdes ngo-1905, u-Antonia uhambe ekhaya ngaphandle kokuthuthuka empilweni yakhe. Ngaphakathi, uhlangabezana nohlobo lokungabaza nokukhungatheka abantu abaningi abagulayo abangakagcwali abahlangabezana nakho. Yini engingathemba ngayo manje, ngemuva kukaLourdes? Kepha, ekujuleni kwenhliziyo yakhe, ithemba alifanga ... Ubunzima bakhe baqala ngoFebhuwari 1905. Ekuphenduleni kwesifo esibuhlungu, kuvela ithumba emlenzeni wakhe wokudla, ulimele ngokwanele ukuba kumphoqe ukuthi ayohlala esibhedlela izinyanga eziyisithupha. Impilo yakhe-ke iba yinto engapheli futhi ehamba phakathi kwekhaya nesibhedlela. Isimo sakhona ngokujwayelekile siba sibi kakhulu. Ngo-Agasti 1907 waphinde washiya uLourdes, eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kokuqala. Uza kuwe njengesiguli esingalapheki ... kodwa ngethemba elikhulu. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili efikile, ngo-Agasti 10, ubuyiselwa emachibini okubhukuda. Lapho uyibopha futhi, uyabona ukuthi inxeba lakho selapholile, umlenze wakho ufana "nomusha"! Ekubuyeleni kwakhe "ezweni", kubangela ukumangala wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi udokotela wakhe.