ISan Carlo Borromeo, iSanta yosuku lwangoNovemba 4
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-4 Novemba
(2 Okthoba 1538 - 3 Novemba 1584)
Ifayela lomsindo
Umlando weSan Carlo Borromeo
Igama likaCarlo Borromeo lihlotshaniswa nezinguquko. Waphila ngesikhathi seNguquko YamaProthestani futhi waba nesandla ekuguqulweni kwalo lonke iSonto eminyakeni yokugcina yoMkhandlu waseTrent.
Yize ayengowasebukhosini baseMilanese futhi wayehlobene nomndeni wakwaMedici onamandla, uCarlo wayefisa ukuzinikela eSontweni. Ngo-1559, lapho umalume wakhe, uKhadinali de Medici ekhethwa njengoPapa Pius IV, wammisa njengomdikoni omkhulu kanye nomphathi wesifunda-bhishobhi esikhulu saseMilan. Ngaleso sikhathi uCharles wayesengumuntu ojwayelekile futhi engumfundi osemncane. Ngenxa yezimfanelo zakhe zobuhlakani, uCharles waphathiswa izikhundla eziningana ezibalulekile ezihlobene neVatican, futhi kamuva waqoka unobhala wezwe ophethe umbuso kapapa. Ukushona ngaphambi kwesikhathi kukamfowabo omdala kwaholela uCharles esinqumweni sokugcina sokugcotshwa njengompristi, yize izihlobo zakhe zazifuna ukuthi ashade. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokugcotshwa njengompristi eneminyaka engama-25, uBorromeo wagcotshwa njengombhishobhi waseMilan.
Ukusebenza ngasese, uSan Carlo ufanelwe yimfanelo yokubamba uMkhandlu waseTrent ngesikhathi lapho esezohlakazeka ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene. UBorromeo wakhuthaza upapa ukuthi avuselele uMkhandlu ngo-1562, ngemuva kokumiswa iminyaka eyishumi. Ubephethe yonke izincwadi ngesikhathi sokugcina. Ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe eMkhandlwini, uBorromeo akakwazanga ukuhlala eMilan kuze kuphele uMkhandlu.
Ekugcineni, uBorromeo wavunyelwa ukunikela ngesikhathi sakhe e-Archdiocese yaseMilan, lapho isithombe senkolo nesokuziphatha sasingakhanyi kahle. Izinguquko ezazidingeka kuzo zonke izigaba zempilo yamaKatolika phakathi kwabafundisi nabantu abavamile zaqalwa emkhandlwini wesifundazwe wabo bonke ababhishobhi ababengaphansi kwakhe. Kwahlelwa izinkambiso ezithile zababhishobhi kanye nezinye izinkolo: uma abantu beguqulelwa empilweni engcono, uBorromeo kwakufanele abe ngowokuqala ukubeka isibonelo esihle nokuvuselela umoya wakhe wobuphostoli.
UCharles wayehola ekubekeni isibonelo esihle. Wanikela kakhulu emholweni wakhe wokupha, wanqabela konke ukunethezeka futhi wazibeka kuye izinhlawulo ezinzima. Wanikela ngengcebo, udumo oluphakeme, ukuhlonishwa kanye nomthelela wokuba mpofu. Ngesikhathi sesifo nendlala yango-1576, uBorromeo wazama ukondla abantu abayi-60.000 kuya ku-70.000 ngosuku. Ukwenza lokhu, waboleka izizumbulu zemali ezithatha iminyaka ukubuyisa. Ngenkathi iziphathimandla zomphakathi zibaleka lapho lesi sifo sibhebhetheka, wasala edolobheni, lapho enakekela abagulayo nabafa, esiza abaswele.
Umsebenzi nemithwalo esindayo yehhovisi lakhe eliphakeme yaqala ukuthinta impilo ka-Archbishop Borromeo, okwaholela ekufeni kwakhe eneminyaka engama-46.
Ukuzindla
USanta Charles Borromeo wenza amazwi kaKrestu abe ngawakhe: "... ngangilambile wangipha ukuba ngidle, ngangomile futhi wangiphuzisa, umfokazi wangamukela, ngihamba ze wangigqokisa, ngiyagula futhi wanginakekela kimi, etilongweni nangivakashela ”(Mathewu 25: 35-36). UBorromeo wabona uKristu kumakhelwane wakhe, futhi wayazi ukuthi isisa senhliziyo esenzelwe abokugcina bomhlambi wakhe senziwa uthando lukaKristu.