USanta Francis wase-Assisi, oNgcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 4
(1181 noma 1182 - 3 Okthoba 1226)
Umlando kaSt. Francis wase-Assisi
Usanta ongumvikeli wase-Italy, uFrancis wase-Assisi, wayeyindoda encane empofu eyamangaza futhi yagqugquzela iSonto ngokuthatha iVangeli ngokoqobo, hhayi ngomqondo oqinile nongasisekelo, kodwa ngokulandela konke uJesu akusho nakwenza, ngenjabulo, ngaphandle kwemingcele, futhi ngaphandle komuzwa wokubaluleka komuntu siqu.
Ukugula okunzima kwaholela ekutheni uFrancis osemncane abone ubuze bempilo yakhe yokudlala njengomholi wentsha yase-Assisi. Umkhuleko omude nobunzima umholele ekuzikhipheni njengaye uKristu, kwagcina ngokugonwa ngonochoko ahlangana naye emgwaqweni. Kwakhombisa ukulalela kwakhe ngokuphelele kulokho ayekuzwe emthandazweni: “Francis! Konke okuthandile futhi okufisayo enyameni kungumsebenzi wakho ukukudelela nokukuzonda, uma ufuna ukwazi intando yami. Futhi lapho usukuqalile lokhu, konke manje okubukeka kukuhle futhi kuyathandeka kuwe kuzoba yinto engabekezeleleki futhi ebabayo, kepha konke obekugwema kuzophenduka ubumnandi obukhulu nenjabulo enkulu ”.
Ukusuka esiphambanweni ethempelini lasensimini elinganakiwe laseSan Damiano, uKristu wathi kuye: "Francesco, phuma uyokwakha kabusha indlu yami, ngoba isizowa". UFrancis waba yisisebenzi esimpofu ngokuphelele nesithobekile.
Kumele ukuthi wayesola umqondo ojulile "wokwakha indlu yami". Kepha ubezokweneliseka ngokuba impilo yakhe yonke abampofu "abangalutho" ababeka izitini ngezitini emasontweni ashiywe. Walahla konke okungokwakhe, waze wafaka nezingubo zakhe phambi kukayise wasemhlabeni - owacela ukubuyiselwa "kwezipho" zikaFrancis kwabampofu - ukuze akhululeke ngokuphelele athi: "Baba wethu oseZulwini". Isikhathi esithile wayebhekwa njengomuntu othanda inkolo ngokweqile, encenga endlini ngendlu lapho engayitholi imali yomsebenzi wakhe, evusa ukudabuka noma ukunengeka ezinhliziyweni zabangane bakhe bangaphambili, ehlekwa usulu yilabo ababengacabangi.
Kepha ubuqiniso buzosho. Abanye abantu baqala ukubona ukuthi le ndoda empeleni yayizama ukuba ngumKristu. Wayekukholelwa ngeqiniso lokho uJesu ayekushilo: “Memezelani umbuso! Ningabi negolide, isiliva, noma ithusi ezikhwameni zenu, ningabi nazikhwama zokuhamba, nazimbadada, noma nduku yokuhamba ”
Umthetho wokuqala kaFrancis wabalandeli bakhe kwakuyiqoqo lemibhalo evela emaVangelini. Wayengenayo inhloso yokusungula i-oda, kepha kwathi uma liqala wayivikela futhi wamukela zonke izinhlaka zomthetho ezidingekayo ukuyixhasa. Ukuzinikela kwakhe nokwethembeka kwakhe eSontweni kwakuyisibonelo esiphelele nangesikhathi lapho izinhlangano ezahlukahlukene zezinguquko zazithanda ukwephula ubunye beSonto.
UFrancis wayedabukile phakathi kwempilo ezinikele ngokuphelele emthandazweni kanye nempilo yokushumayela ngenkuthalo ngezindaba ezinhle. Unqume ukuxhasa owokugcina, kepha uhlala ebuyela esimweni lapho evalelwa khona. Wayefuna ukuba yisithunywa sevangeli eSyria noma e-Afrika, kodwa kuzo zombili lezi zimo wayevinjelwa ukuphukelwa umkhumbi nokugula. Wazama ukuguqula uSultan waseGibhithe ngesikhathi sempi yesihlanu.
Eminyakeni yokugcina yempilo yakhe emfushane, washona eneminyaka engama-44, uFrancis wayengaboni kahle futhi egula kakhulu. Eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe wathola isigcwagcwa, amanxeba angempela futhi abuhlungu kaKristu ezandleni zakhe, ezinyaweni nasehlangothini.
Embhedeni wakhe wokufa, uFrancis waphinda kaninginingi ukwengeza kokugcina kuCanticle yakhe yeLanga: "Makadunyiswe O Nkosi, ngokufa kukadadewethu". Wacula iHubo 141, wagcina esecela imvume kumphathi wakhe yokuthi akhumule izingubo zakhe lapho kufika ihora lokugcina ukuze aphelelwe yisikhathi elele phansi enqunu, elingisa iNkosi yakhe.
Ukuzindla
UFrancis wase-Assisi wayempofu ukuze afane noKristu. Wabona indalo njengokunye ukubonakaliswa kobuhle bukaNkulunkulu. Wenza ukuzisola okukhulu, waxolisa "emzimbeni womfowethu" kamuva empilweni, ukuze aqondiswe ngokuphelele ngentando kaNkulunkulu. Ubumpofu bukaFrancis babenodadewabo, ukuthobeka, lapho ayesho khona ukuncika ngokuphelele eNkosini enhle Kodwa konke lokhu, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, kwakuqala enhliziyweni yengokomoya lakhe: ukuphila impilo yevangeli, kufingqiwe ngothando lukaJesu futhi kuvezwe ngokuphelele kuMthendeleko.