Isimangaliso: uphulukiswe uNkosikazi Wethu kodwa ukude noLourdes

Pierre de RUDDER. Ukuphulukiswa okwenzeka kude noLourdes okuzobhalwa okuningi ngakho! Wazalwa ngoJulayi 2, 1822, eJabbeke (Belgium). Isifo: Ukuphuka komlenze wesokunxele, ngepseudarthrosis. Waphulukiswa ngo-Ephreli 7, 1875, eneminyaka engama-52. Isimangaliso sabonwa ngomhla zingama-25 kuJulayi 1908 nguMgr. Gustave Waffelaert, umbhishobhi waseBruges. Kungokokuqala ngqa ukuphulukisa okuyisimangaliso okwenzeka kude neLourdes, ngaphandle kokuhlobana namanzi eGrotto. Ngo-1867, uPierre waphuka umlenze ngenxa yokuwa esihlahleni. Umphumela: ukuphuka okuvulekile kwamathambo amabili omlenze wesobunxele. Uhlaselwe isifo somdlavuza esixosha ithemba elincane lokuqiniswa. Odokotela batusa ukunqunywa kwezitho zomzimba izikhathi eziningana. Ngemva kweminyaka embalwa, bengakwazi nhlobo ukuzisiza, bayayeka ukwelashwa. Ngakho-ke kulesi simo lapho, eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngemva kwengozi yakhe, ngo-April 7, 1875, enquma ukuthatha uhambo oluya e-Oostaker lapho, muva nje, kukhona ukukhiqizwa kabusha kweGrotto of Lourdes. Washiya umuzi wakhe ekuseni wabuya kusihlwa engaphethe izinduku, engenazilonda. Ukuqiniswa kwamathambo kwenzeke emizuzwini embalwa. Lapho umzwelo usunqotshiwe, u-Pierre de Rudder uqala kabusha impilo yakhe evamile futhi esebenzayo. Waya eLourdes ngoMeyi 1881 futhi wafa eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nantathu ngemva kokululama kwakhe, ngo-March 22, 1898. Kamuva, ukuze ahlulele kangcono, amathambo emilenze emibili akhishwa, okwavumela ukuba ngokoqobo kwenhloso kokubili ukulimala kanye nokulimala. ukuqiniswa, njengoba kufakazelwa ukhonkolo olutholakala ku-Bureau Médical.