Umkhuleko phambi kwe-Crucifix yeSan Damiano kulabo ababhekene nesikhathi esinzima

UFrancis waphinda lo mkhuleko kakade ngonyaka ka-1205-1206, phakathi nesikhathi sokuqonda kwakhe, lapho evame isonto elincane laseSan Damiano, lapho iByzantine Crucifix isabonakala namuhla eBasilica yaseSanta Chia

Nkulunkulu ophakeme kakhulu, okhazimulayo,
khanyisa ubumnyama benhliziyo yami.
Futhi nginike ukholo oluqondile,
ithemba elithile nomusa ophelele,
ukubheka okubonayo nokuqonda, Nkosi,
Kwangathi umyalo wakho ongcwele neqiniso ungenza. Amen.

I-Crucifix yaseSan Damiano yathunyelwa ngabakwaPoor Clares bayiswa kwi-Protomonastery yaseSanta Chiara e-Assisi, lapho kusathandeka khona lapho, ngonyaka ka-1257, besuka esontweni laseSan Damiano.
Kungumfanekiso obebethelwe wona ngaphambi kokuba uSt. Francis athandaze ngonyaka ka-1205, ethola ubizo lokusebenzela iSonto leNkosi. Ekuqaleni wahumusha izwi likaKristu njengesicelo esivumela ukubuyiselwa kwesonto laseSan Damiano futhi waqonda kancane ukuthi iNkosi imbizile ukusebenzela iBandla lonke.
Ngakho-ke isitshela inganekwane yabalingani abathathu (i-VI-VII-VIII):
Lapho edlula esontweni laseSan Damiano, waphefumulelwa ukuba alingene. U-Andatoci waqala ukuthandaza ngenhliziyo yonke phambi komfanekiso weCrccix, owakhuluma naye ngobuhle obushukumisayo: “Francesco, awuboni yini ukuthi indlu yami iyabhidlika? Ngakho-ke hamba uyibuyisele. " Ibethukile futhi imangele, le nsizwa yaphendula: "Ngizokwenza ngenhliziyo, Nkosi". Kodwa-ke, wayengaqondi kahle: wayecabanga ukuthi yilelo bandla, ngenxa yobudala basendulo balo, elisongele ngomonakalo oseduze. Ngalezo mazwi kaKristu wajabula kakhulu futhi wakhazimula; wezwa emphefumulweni wakhe ukuthi ngempela nguyena owayebethelwe lo myalezo owabhekisa kuye umyalezo.
Eshiye isonto, wafica umpristi ehleli eduze kwakhe, wafaka isandla sakhe esikhwameni sakhe, wamnika imali ethi: “Mnumzane, sicela uthenge uwoyela ukuze ushise isibani phambi kwalelo Crucifix. Uma imali isiphelile, ngizokulethela okuningi, njengoba kudingeka. "
Ukulandela lo mbono, inhliziyo yakhe yancibilika, kwaba sengathi ilimele, lapho ekhumbula uthando lweNkosi. Inqobo nje lapho esaphila, wayehlala enesihlazo sikaJesu enhliziyweni yakhe, esazibonakalisa ngokuthandekayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lapho amanxeba oMbethelwe abonakala emzimbeni wakhe ...
Ejabule ngombono nangamagama e-Crucifix, uFrancesco wasukuma, wenza isibonakaliso sesiphambano, lapho-ke, wagibela khona ihhashi, waya edolobheni laseFoligno ephethe indwangu yezindwangu enemibala ehlukene. Lapha uthengise amahhashi nezinto zokuthengisa futhi ngokushesha wabuyela eSan Damiano.
Wathola lapha umpristi, owayempofu kakhulu, futhi ngemuva kokuqabula izandla zakhe ngokholo nangokuzinikela, wayidlulisela leyo mali ... (lapha le nganekwane isho ukuthi, ekuqaleni, umpristi wenqaba ukumkholelwa futhi wabe eseqala ukumethemba. ekugcineni ngiqala ukuphekela uFrancis owayefuna ukuzisola kuphela).
Ukubuyela esontweni laseSan Damiano, bonke bejabule futhi bemangele, wazenzela isembatho somfundisi futhi waduduza umpristi walelo bandla ngamazwi afanayo okugqugquzela abhekiswe kuye ngumbhishobhi. Ngemuva kwalokho, ebuyela edolobheni, waqala ukuwela izigcawu nemigwaqo, ephakamisa izindumiso zeNkosi ngomuntu odakiwe. Lapho udumo luphela, wasebenza kanzima ukuthola amatshe adingekayo ekuvuseleleni isonto. Lathi: “Noma ngubani onginika itshe uyoba nomvuzo; abangamatshe amabili, imivuzo emibili; ngubani abathathu, njengoba imivuzo eminingi! "...
Bekukhona nabanye abantu abazomsiza ngokubuyiselwa komhlaba. UFrancis, ekhanya ngenkulu injabulo, washo ngokuzwakalayo, ngesiFulentshi, komakhelwane nakwabo ababedlula lapho: “Woza ungisize kule misebenzi! Yazi ukuthi lapha kuzoqhamuka inkosi yamakhosi, futhi ngenxa yodumo lwempilo yabo engcwele, uBaba wethu osezulwini uzokhazinyuliswa kulo lonke ibandla. "
Wayegcotshwe ngumoya wesiprofetho, futhi wabikezela ukuthi kuzokwenzekani empeleni. Kwakuyikho ngqo endaweni engcwele yeSan Damiano ukuthi, ekuqaleni kukaFrancis, eminyakeni engaba yisithupha emva kokuguquka kwakhe, i-Order ekhazimulayo nethandekayo yabesifazane abampofu nezintombi ezingcwele yaqala ngenjabulo.