UMTHANDAZO KUSIZA I-GEMMA UKUFUNA IMIBUZO

O othandekayo uSanta Gemma, ozivumele wena ukuthi ubunjwe nguKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni, wamukela emzimbeni wakho wobuntombi izimpawu zePassion yakhe ekhazimulayo, yokusindiswa kwabo bonke, zitholele thina ukuze siphile ukuzibophezela kwethu kobhapathizo ngokuzinikela okukhulu futhi usincengele eNkosini ukuze sinikeze umusa oyifunayo.
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Santa Gemma Galgani, usithandazele.
Ubaba wethu, u-Ave Maria, uGloria

Ngokuvunywa kwesonto - iSanta Gemma Sancwele - uLucca

Wazalwa ngomhlaka 12 Mashi 1878 eBogonuovo di Camigliano (Lucca). Umama wakhe u-Aurelia washona ngoSepthemba 1886. Ngo-1895 uGemma waphefumulelwa ukuba alandele indlela yesiphambano ngokuzinikela nangesinqumo. UGemma unemibono ethile yengelosi yakhe emqaphile. Ngo-11 Novemba 1897, ubaba kaGemma, u-Enrico, naye washona. UGick, ogulayo, ufunda umlando womuntu ohlonishwayo wePassionist uGabriele dell'Addolorata (manje osengcwele), obonakala kuye futhi amduduze. UGemma okwamanje uvuthisa isinqumo futhi kusihlwa ngoDisemba 8, idili le-Immaculate Conception, wenza isithembiso sobuntombi. Ngaphandle kwezindlela zokwelashwa, isifo sikaGemma, i-osteitis ye-lumbar vertebrae enamathumba ezinqeni, yaqhubeka yaze yafika ekukhubazekeni kwemilenze, nokho welashwa kuyo ngokuyisimangaliso. Imibono kaGemma iyaqhubeka futhi unikezwa umusa wokuhlanganyela ngokuhlupheka kukaKristu. NgoMeyi 1902 uGemma waphinde wagula, wabuya walulama, kepha wabuyela emuva ngo-Okthoba. Ushone ngomhlaka 11 Ephreli 1903.