UPapa Francis uhambela ngokungazelelwe e-Basilica of Sant'Agostino eRome
UPapa Francis uhambele isimanga eBasilica yaseSt Augustine ngoLwesine eyothandaza ethuneni laseSanta Monica.
Ngesikhathi evakashele e-basilica engxenyeni yamaRoma eCampo Marzio, ngasePiazza Navona, uPapa wathandaza ethempelini eliseceleni elaliqukethe ithuna laseSanta Monica ngosuku lwakhe lomkhosi ngo-Agasti 27.
USanta Monica uhlonishwa eSontweni ngesibonelo sakhe esingcwele nangokuthandazela kwakhe indodana yakhe, u-Saint Augustine, ngaphambi kokuguquka kwakhe. Namuhla amaKhatholika aphendukela eSanta Monica njengomlamuleli wamalungu omndeni akude neSonto. Ungumnikazi womama, amakhosikazi, abafelokazi, imishado enzima kanye nezisulu zokuhlukunyezwa.
Wazalelwa emndenini wamaKrestu eNyakatho Afrika ngo-332, uMonica wanikelwa uPatricius, umhedeni owayedelela inkolo yomkakhe. Ngesineke wabhekana nentukuthelo yomyeni wakhe nokungathembeki ezifungweni zabo zomshado, futhi ukubekezela kwakhe nemithandazo yakhe yokubekezela kwavuzwa ngenkathi uPatricio ebhapathizwa eSontweni unyaka ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe.
Ngenkathi u-Augustine, izibulo ezinganeni ezintathu, eba yiManichean, uMonica wahamba ekhala izinyembezi kumbhishobhi eyomcela usizo, waphendula waduma wathi: "indodana yalezo zinyembezi ayisoze yabhubha".
Uqhubeke wabona ukuguquka kuka-Augustine nobhapathizo lukaSaint Ambrose eminyakeni eyi-17 kamuva, u-Augustine waba ngumbhishobhi nodokotela weSonto.
U-Augustine wabhala indaba yakhe yokuguquka nemininingwane yendima kanina ekuvumeni kwakhe umlando wakhe. Wabhala, ekhuluma noNkulunkulu: "Umama wami, othembekile wakho, ungikhalele phambi kwami ngenxa yokuthi omama bajwayele ukukhala ngokufa komzimba kwabantwana babo."
USanta Monica ushone ngokushesha ngemuva kokubhabhadiswa kwendodana yakhe e-Ostia, ngaseRome, ngo-387. Izinsalela zakhe zasuswa e-Ostia zayiswa eBasilica yaseSant'Agostino eRome ngo-1424.
IBasilica yaseSant'Agostino eseCampo Marzo iqukethe nesithombe sangekhulu leshumi nesithupha leVirgin Mary esaziwa ngokuthi iMadonna del Parto, noma iMadonna del Parto Secure, lapho abesifazane abaningi bathandazela ukuzalwa okuphephile.
UPapa Francis wanikela ngeMisa esontweni ngosuku lomkhosi kaSt Augustine ngo-Agasti 28, 2013. Enkulumweni yakhe, uPapa wacaphuna ivesi lokuqala le-Confessions ka-Augustine: “Usenzele wena, O Nkosi, inhliziyo ayiphumuli ize ihlale kuwe. "
"Ku-Augustine yikho kanye lokhu kungazinzile enhliziyweni yakhe okwamholela ekuhlanganeni noKrestu, kwamholela ekutheni aqonde ukuthi uNkulunkulu okude ayekufuna kwakunguNkulunkulu osondelene nawo wonke umuntu, uNkulunkulu osondele enhliziyweni yethu," ukusondelana nami ”, kusho uPapa Francis.
“Lapha ngingabuka umama kuphela: lo Monica! Zingaki izinyembezi lowesifazane ongcwele ezakhala ngokuguquka kwendodana yakhe! Futhi nanamuhla bangaki omama abakhala izinyembezi ukuze izingane zabo zibuyele kuKristu! Ungalahli ithemba ngomusa kaNkulunkulu, ”kusho upapa