USan Giovanni Leonardi, oNgcwele wosuku lwango-8 Okthoba
(1541 - Okthoba 9, 1609)
Indaba kaSan Giovanni Leonardi
“Ngingumuntu nje! Kungani kufanele ngenze noma yini? Kungasiza ngani? “Namuhla, njenganoma iyiphi inkathi, abantu babonakala bekhungathekile ngenkinga yokuzibandakanya. Ngendlela yakhe, uJohn Leonardi wayiphendula le mibuzo. Wakhetha ukuba ngumpristi.
Ngemuva kokugcotshwa kwakhe, uFr. ULeonardi wakhuthala kakhulu emsebenzini wenkonzo, ikakhulukazi ezibhedlela nasemajele. Isibonelo nokuzinikela komsebenzi wakhe kwaheha abantu abasha abambalwa abaqala ukumsiza. Kamuva baba abapristi ngokwabo.
UJohn waphila ngemuva kweNguquko YamaProthestani kanye noMkhandlu WaseTrent. Yena nabalandeli bakhe bakhe ibandla elisha labapristi besifunda-bhishobhi. Ngasizathu simbe uhlelo, olwamukelwa ekugcineni, lwavusa ukuphikisana okukhulu kwezepolitiki. UJohn wadingiselwa ezweni lakubo eLucca, e-Italy, cishe konke ukuphila kwakhe. Wathola isikhuthazo nosizo kuSan Filippo Neri, owamnika indawo yokuhlala, kanye nokunakekelwa kwekati lakhe!
Ngo-1579, uJohn wasungula iConfraternity of Christian Doctrine futhi washicilela incwadi yemfundiso yobuKristu eyaqhubeka isetshenziswa kwaze kwaba ngekhulu le-XNUMX.
Ubaba uLeonardi nabapristi bakhe baba namandla amakhulu okwenza okuhle e-Italy, nebandla labo laqinisekiswa uPapa Clement ngo-1595. UGiovanni ushone eneminyaka engama-68 ngenxa yokugula akuthola ngenkathi enakekela labo abathintekayo isifo.
Ngokomgomo wamabomu womsunguli, oMabhalane Abavamile bakaMama kaNkulunkulu abakaze babe namasonto angaphezu kwe-15, futhi namuhla bakha ibandla elincane kuphela. Umkhosi wezinkonzo waseSan Giovanni Leonardi ungo-Okthoba 9.
Ukuzindla
Yini umuntu angayenza? Impendulo igcwele! Empilweni yabo bonke abangcwele, into eyodwa icacile: UNkulunkulu nomuntu bangabaningi! Lokho umuntu, ngokulandela intando kaNkulunkulu necebo lakhe ngempilo yakhe, angakwenza kungaphezu kwalokho ingqondo yethu engakulindela noma ukukucabanga. Ngamunye wethu, njengoJohn Leonardi, unomsebenzi okumele awufeze ohlelweni lukaNkulunkulu lomhlaba. Ngamunye wethu uhlukile futhi uthole ithalente azolisebenzisa ekusebenzeleni abafowethu nodadewethu ekwakheni umbuso kaNkulunkulu.