USt. John waseCapistrano, oNgcwele wosuku lwango-23 Okthoba
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 23
(24 Juni 1386 - 23 Okthoba 1456)
Umlando weSan Giovanni da Capistrano
Kuye kwathiwa abangcwele abangamaKristu bangabantu abanethemba elikhulu emhlabeni. Abangakuboni ubukhona nemiphumela yobubi, basekela ithemba labo emandleni okuhlengwa kukaKristu. Amandla okuphenduka ngoKrestu aweneli kuphela ezonweni kepha nasezenzakalweni zenhlekelele.
Cabanga ukuthi wazalwa ngekhulu le-40. Ingxenye yesithathu yabantu kanye namaphesenti angaba ngu-XNUMX abefundisi baqothulwa isifo se-bubonic. Ukuqhekeka kwaseNtshonalanga kwahlukanisa iSonto nabazenzisi ababili noma abathathu be-Holy See ngasikhathi sinye. INgilandi neFrance babesempini. Izifundazwe zamadolobha ase-Italy zazihlala zingqubuzana njalo. Akumangalisi ukuthi ubumnyama babubusa umoya wesiko nezikhathi.
UJohn Capistrano wazalwa ngo-1386. Imfundo yakhe yayiphelele. Amakhono akhe nempumelelo yakhe kwakumnandi. Ku-26 waqokwa njengombusi wasePerugia. Eboshwe ngemuva kwempi yokulwa neMalatesta, wanquma ukuyiguqula ngokuphelele indlela yakhe yokuphila. Lapho eneminyaka engama-30 wangena kwi-novitiate yaseFranciscan kwathi eminyakeni emine kamuva wagcotshwa njengompristi.
Ukushumayela kukaJohn kudonse izixuku ezinkulu ngesikhathi sokunganaki nokudideka kwezenkolo. Yena nabafowabo abangamaFranciscan abangu-12 bamukelwa emazweni aseYurophu Ephakathi njengezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu, baba neqhaza elikhulu ekuvuseleleni ukholo nokuzinikela okufayo.
I-oda likaFranciscan uqobo lwalo belusenkingeni ngenxa yokuchazwa nokugcinwa koMthetho kaSt. Francis. Ngenxa yokuzikhandla kukaGiovanni kanye nekhono lakhe kwezomthetho, izihlubuki uFaticelli zacindezelwa futhi "abakwaMoya" bakhululwa ekuphazanyisweni emkhosini wabo onzima kakhulu.
UGiovanni da Capistrano wasiza ekuhlanganiseni okufushane namaSonto amaGrikhi nawase-Armenia.
Lapho abaseTurkey benqoba iConstantinople ngo-1453, uJohn wathunywa ukuba ashumayele impi yokulwela iYurophu. Ukuthola impendulo encane eBavaria nase-Austria, uthathe isinqumo sokugxilisa imizamo yakhe eHungary. Wahola ibutho eBelgrade. Ngaphansi kukajenene omkhulu uJohn Hunyadi, bathola ukunqoba okukhulu nokuvinjezelwa kweBelgrade kwasuswa. Ekhathele yimizamo yakhe engaphezu kwamandla omuntu, uCapistrano waba isisulu sokutheleleka ngemuva kwempi. Ushone ngo-Okthoba 23, 1456.
Ukuzindla
UJohn Hofer, umbhali wembali kaJohn Capistrano, ukhumbula inhlangano yaseBrussels eqanjwe ngosanta. Ezama ukuxazulula izinkinga zempilo ngomoya wobuKristu ngokuphelele, isiqubulo sakhe sasithi: "Initiative, Organisation, Activity". Lawa magama amathathu abonakala empilweni kaJohn. Akuyena obezohlala phansi. Ithemba lakhe elijulile lobuKristu lalimshukumisela ukuba alwe nezinkinga kuwo wonke amazinga ngokuzethemba okwenziwa ukukholwa okujulile kuKristu.