Namuhla "yi-Madonna yeqhwa". Umkhuleko wokucela umusa othile
O Maria, mfazi wezindawo eziphakeme kakhulu,
sifundise ukukhuphuka intaba engcwele eyi-Kristu.
Siholele endleleni kaNkulunkulu,
kumakwe ngezinyathelo zezinyathelo zakho zomama.
Sifundise uthando,
ukwazi ukuthanda ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Sifundise indlela yenjabulo,
ukuze uthokozise abanye.
Sifundise ukubekezela,
ukukwazi ukwamukela wonke umuntu ngomusa.
Sifundise indlela yobuhle,
ukukhonza abafowethu abaswele.
Sifundise indlela elula,
ukujabulela ubuhle bendalo.
Sifundise indlela yobumnene,
ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni.
Sifundise indlela yokwethembeka,
ukungakhathali ukwenza okuhle.
Sifundise ukubheka phezulu,
ukungalahli umbono wokugcina wokuphila kwethu:
ubudlelwano baphakade noYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele.
Amen!
USanta Maria della neve thandazela izingane zakho.
amen
UMadonna della Neve ungenye yezimpawu zesicelo iSonto lamaKatolika elihlonipha ngalo uMariya ngokusho kwehlelo okuthiwa i-hyperdulia.
"UMadonna weqhwa" yigama lesiko nelidumile likaMariya Umama kaNkulunkulu (Theotokos), njengoba kuvunyelwe nguMkhandlu wase-Efesu.
Inkumbulo yakhe yezobunjiniyela ingomhla ka-5 ku-Agasti futhi ekhumbula umuzwa wamaMariya oyisimangaliso isonto elakha iSasilica kaSanta Maria Maggiore (eRoma)
RNamuhla kukhunjulwa inkumbulo yokunikezelwa kwe-Basilica yaseSanta Maria Maggiore, kubhekwa njengendawo engcwele yakudala yaseMarian eNtshonalanga.
Izikhumbuzo zika-Marian onobuhlakani, eRoma, yilezo zamasonto amangalisayo, abekwa kakhulu endaweni efanayo lapho kwakukhona ithempeli elithile lobuqaba. Amagama ambalwa, phakathi kwezihloko eziyikhulu ezinikezwe iNkosazana, anele ukuba nobukhulu balenkazimulo engaqondakali kuMama kaNkulunkulu: S. Maria Antiqua, etholakala kwa-Atrium Minervae eSithangamini SaseRoma; S. Maria dell'Aracoeli, esiqongweni esiphakeme kunazo zonke seCapitol; S. Maria dei Martiri, iPantheon; S. Maria degli Angeli, otholwe nguMichelangelo kusuka ku- "tepidarium" yeBaths of Diocletian; S. Maria sopra Minerva, yakhelwe phezu kwezisekelo zethempeli laseMinerva Calcidica. Okukhulu kunakho konke, njengoba negama uqobo lisho: S. Maria Maggiore: owesine wabasilicas baseRoma, ekuqaleni ababizwa ngokuthi abaseLiberia, ngoba bakhonjwa ithempeli lakudala lamaqaba, esiqongweni se-Esquiline, ukuthi uPapa Liberius (352-366 ) ukuzivumelanisa ne-basilica yobuKristu. Inganekwane sekwedlule isikhathi ithi iMadonna, ebonakala ngalobo busuku bango-Agasti 5, 352 kwa-Pp Liberius kanye no-Patrician ongumRoma, ngabe babamema ukuba bakhe isonto lapho bezothola khona iqhwa ekuseni. Ekuseni ngo-Agasti 6, ukuqubuka kweqhwa okwakhithika, okuhlanganisa indawo ngqo yalesi sakhiwo, bekungawuqinisekisa lo mbono, kuholele upapa nosomabhizinisi ocebile ukuthi babeke isandla ekwakhiweni kwengcwele enkulu enkulu yaseMarian, ethathe igama lika-S. Maria " izikhangiso ”(yeqhwa). Ngemuva nje kweminyaka eyikhulu kamuva, uPapa Sixtus III, wokukhumbula umgubho womkhandlu wase-Efesu (431), lapho kwamenyezelwa khona ukuthi ungunina waphezulu kaMariya, walakha leli bandla ngosayizi walo wamanje.
I-Patriarchal Basilica ka-S. Maria Maggiore yigugu eliyiqiniso eligcwele ubuhle obuyigugu. Idolobha laseRoma liphathe cishe iminyaka eyishumi nesithupha: ubuhle bethempeli laseMarian kanye nokuqalwa kwempucuko yezobuciko, limelela inkomba yokubhekiswa "kwezingcingo mundi" ezivela emhlabeni wonke ziye kwiDolobha eliPhakade ukunambitha lokho i-Basilica enikeza ngakho ubuhle bawo obukhulu.
Uwedwa, phakathi kwama-basilicas amakhulu waseRoma, ukugcina izakhiwo zoqobo zesikhathi sawo, ucetshiswe ngezengezo ezalandela, inezici ezithile ezikhethekile ezenza ihluke:
Imidwebo yasolwandle ephakathi nendawo neyethambo lokunqoba, elivela emuva ngekhulu lesihlanu AD, elenziwe ngesikhathi sokuboniswa kukaS. Sixtus III (432-440) kanye nalabo bomphikisi obephathiswe umgcini wenkulumbana kaFrancisco uJacopo Torriti ngomyalo kaPp. UNiccolò IV (Girolamo Masci, 1288-1292);
isitezi esithi "coslingsque" esinikezwe yi-Knights Scotus Paparone nendodana ku-1288;
uphahla lwamatshe olubunjiwe olwakhiwe ngoGiuliano San Gallo (1450);
ukulethwa kwekhulu leshumi nantathu ngu-Arnolfo da Cambio; ama-chapels amaningana (ukusuka eBorghese kuya kwiSistine elilodwa, ukusuka endaweni yokusebenzela iSforza kuya eCesi chapel, ukusuka kuleyo Crucifix kuze kuyoshaya kwenye yeSan Michele);
i-altare eliphakeme nguFerdinando Fuga futhi kamuva yathuthukiswa ubuhlakani bukaValadier; ekugcineni, i-Relic ye-Sacred Cradle ne-Baptista.
Yonke ikholamu, wonke umdwebo, konke okuqoshiwe, yonke imidwebo eyodwa yale Basilica ifingqa umlando kanye nemizwa yenkolo. Akuyona into engajwayelekile, eqinisweni, ukuheha izivakashi ngesimo sokuncoma ubuhle obuhilelekile bemisebenzi yakhe futhi kubonakala ngakolunye uhlangothi ukuzinikela kwabo bonke labo bantu, phambi kwesithombe sikaMariya, abakhonzwa lapha ngesihloko esimnandi sika "Salus Populi Romani", bafuna induduzo nempumuzo.
Ngo-Agasti 5 wonyaka ngamunye kukhunjulwa "Isimangaliso Sokuwa kweqhwa" ngomkhosi onesizotha: phambi kwamehlo ababambiqhaza, umnyama wezipikili ezimhlophe wehla ophahleni, uvala i-hypogeum futhi ucishe wenza inyunyana ekahle phakathi umhlangano kanye noMama kaNkulunkulu.
USt. John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła, 1978-2005), kusukela ekuqaleni kobuso bakhe, wayefuna isibani sokuvutha imini nobusuku ngaphansi kwesithonjana seSalus, efakaza ngokuzinikela kwakhe okukhulu kuMadonna. UPapa uqobo, ngoDisemba 8, 2001, wamisa elinye iparele eliyigugu leBasilica: iMnyuziyamu, indawo lapho ubunyoninco bezakhiwo nobukhona bemibhalo yobungcweti obuboniswa bunikeza khona isivakashi "panorama" esiyingqayizivele.
Amagugu amaningi aqukethwe kuwo enza uS. Maria Maggiore abe yindawo lapho ubuciko nengokomoya lihlangana khona enyunyana efanelekile enikeza izivakashi leyo mizwa eyingqayizivele ejwayelekile yemisebenzi emikhulu yomuntu ephefumlelwe uNkulunkulu.
Umgubho we-Litological wokuzinikezela kwe-basilica wangena kwikhalenda lamaRoma ngonyaka we-1568 kuphela.