San Filippo Neri, oNgcwele wosuku ngoMeyi 26th
(Julayi 21 1515 - Meyi 26 1595)
Indaba yeSan Filippo Neri
UPhilip Neri wayeyisibonakaliso sokungqubuzana, ehlanganisa ukuthandwa nokuhlonishwa kwesizinda seRoma elonakele nabefundisi abazidelayo: yonke imfihlo ye-post-Renaissance.
Esakhula, uFilippo wakulahla ukuthi kungenzeka ukuba usomabhizinisi, wasuka eRoma esuka eFlorence wanikezela ngempilo yakhe kanye nobuntu bakhe kuNkulunkulu. Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu yezifundo zefilosofi nemfundiso yenkolo, wayeka noma yimiphi imicabango ngokugcotshwa . Le minyaka eyishumi nantathu ichithwe engxenyeni engajwayelekile ngaleso sikhathi: eyomuntu owayelele ngomkhuleko futhi ekhuthele.
Ngenkathi uMkhandlu WaseTrent (1545-63) uguqula iSonto ngezinga lemfundiso, ubuntu obukhangayo bukaFiliphu babumunqoba abangane kuwo wonke amabanga omphakathi, kusukela ezinxekeni kuya okhakhayini. Iqembu labantu ababelala lalibuthana ngokushesha kuye, lanqotshwa ingokomoya lakhe elinesibindi. Kuqala babehlangana njengeqembu lomkhuleko nezingxoxo ezingekho emthethweni futhi baphinde basebenze nabampofu baseRoma.
Ngokwesicelo sommeli wakhe, uPhilip wamiswa njengompristi futhi ngokushesha waba ngummeli ohlukile, onekhono lokugebha izimangalo kanye nezinkohliso zabanye, yize ngaso sonke isikhathi wayenomusa futhi ejwayele ukwenza ihlaya. Wahlela izinkulumo, izingxoxo nemikhuleko yokuloba kwakhe egumbini elingaphezulu kwesonto. Kwesinye isikhathi wayehambela "ama-safari" kwamanye amasonto, imvamisa ngomculo nepikiniki.
Abalandeli bakaPhilip baba abapristi futhi bahlala ndawonye emphakathini. Lokhu bekuyisiqalo se-Orator, isikhungo sezenkolo asisekela. Isici sezimpilo zabo bekuyinkonzo yansuku zonke yezinkulumo ezine ezingekho emthethweni, enamaculo endabuko nemikhuleko. UGiovanni Palestrina wayengomunye wabalandeli bakaFilippo futhi waqamba umculo owenzela izinsizakalo. I-Orator yagcina ivunyelwe ngemuva kokuhlupheka isikhashana isolwa ngokuba umhlangano wabahlubuki, lapho abantu babeshumayela futhi becula amaculo endabuko!
Iseluleko sikaPhilip sasiceliwe yizibalo eziningi ezihola zesikhathi sakhe. Ungomunye wethonya le-Counter-Refform, ikakhulukazi ukuguqula iningi labantu abanethonya ngaphakathi kweBandla libe ubungcwele babo. Izici zayo ezinhle zokuziphatha kwakuwukuthobeka nokuthokoza.
Ngemuva kokuhlala usuku lonke elalele ukuvuma izono nokwamukela izivakashi, uFilippo Neri wahlatshwa ukopha futhi washona edilini likaCorpus Domini ngo-1595. Washaywa ngo-1615 futhi waqanjwa ngo-1622. Ngemuva kwamakhulu amathathu eminyaka, ukhadinali John Henry Newman wasungula ulimi lokuqala Ikhaya lesiNgisi leLondon Oratory.
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Abantu abaningi ngephutha bacabanga ukuthi ubuntu obukhangayo futhi obudlalayo obufana nobukaFiliphu ngeke buhlanganiswe nengokomoya elijulile. Impilo kaFilippo ichitha imibono yethu eqinile neyenqunyelwe yokuhlonishwa. Indlela yakhe yobungcwele yayingeyamaKatolika ngempela, ibandakanya konke futhi ihambisana nokuhleka okuhle. UFiliphu wayefuna njalo ukuthi abalandeli bakhe bangabi ngaphansi kodwa babe ngabantu kakhulu ngomzabalazo wabo wobungcwele.