Inyanga kaMashi sikhumbula iMadonna yezimangaliso
Inyanga kaMashi sikhumbula iMadonna yezimangaliso: Idili leMadonna lezimangaliso linomsuka wasendulo empeleni inkolo yaqala cishe nge-1500, lapho abesifazane abathathu base-Alcamo eSicily ngenkathi bezimisele ukuwasha izingubo emfuleni babona Owesifazane uvele nengane phambi kwamehlo akhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, bengakwazi ngisho nokubona ukuthi kwenzekani, ngokuzumayo bashaywa yishawa lamatshe ngaphandle kokuletha amanxeba emzimbeni wabo.
Babuyela emakhaya abo batshela okwenzekile obekuqala akekho obefuna ukukukholwa. Iziphathimandla zendawo zaziswa futhi ngokushesha zathatha isinyathelo ukuzama ukuqonda ukuthi kwenzekeni, empeleni, endaweni lapho kwenzeke khona lesi sigameko, kwatholakala uthango lwesigayo, esasilahlekelwe yimemori ngetshe ngaphakathi eliboniswe iMadonna ephethe ingane ezandleni zakhe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi izakhamizi zase-Alcamo zaqala ukuthandaza kuleso sithombe lapho kuboniswa khona intombi ebusisiwe, ngakho-ke ezinsukwini ezilandelayo kwenzeka izimangaliso eziningana.
Kusukela ngo-1547 iMadonna yaba ngumphathi wesanta wase-Alcamo.
Ekuqaleni yanikezwa igama elithi "Madonna delle Grazie" kodwa, ngenxa yezimangaliso ezingenakubalwa ezenziwayo, yanikezwa igama lika INkosikazi Yethu Yomusa. Kunabaningi abazinikeleyo abaqinisekisa ngokuqiniseka okuphelele izimangaliso zeMadonna, inkolo ezwiwe ekujuleni komphefumulo okusahambisana nezizukulwane zonke. Imikhosi ibandakanya idolobha lonke elinemicimbi yezemidlalo, ime nemikhiqizo yendawo yokudla newayini, lapho iMadonna ithwalwa emahlombe abazinikelayo, emigwaqweni yedolobha ukuyophetha ngokungena esontweni nakwizibonisi zomlilo.
Inyanga kaMashi sikhumbula iMadonna yezimangaliso: kunxuswa yena
O Ntombi eNgcwelengcwele,
isisebenzi esinothando sezimangaliso eziningi,
ukwedlula isithombe
kupendwe emnyango wesonto,
wehle ngokumangalisayo esigcawini
ukubuyisa ingane yakho,
ngemuva kokumamatheka ngemidlalo yezinye izingane
futhi wenza ukuzwa nokukhuluma komunye wabo,
yehla futhi ngenhliziyo yakho enkulu phakathi
kubantu bethu,
emakhaya, emafemini ethu nasemaphandleni.
Bheka, Mama wethu onozwela kakhulu,
labo abakuthandayo: babusise;
labo abahlupheka emphefumulweni nasemzimbeni:
duduza ubaphulukise;
labo abakubizayo: uzwe.
Kepha ngaphezu kwakho konke, O Virgin of Miracles,
sicela usiguqule kuqala,
bese kuthi imiphefumulo eminingi ekude kakhulu esiyithandayo,
abaphenduke izithulu nezimungulu
ezwini leNkosi. Amen.
Ave noma uMaria ...