U-Isaac Isaac Jogues nabangane bakhe, uSanta wosuku lwango-Okthoba 19

Ongcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 19
(† 1642-1649)

U-Isaac Jogues nabangane bakhe babengabafel 'ukholo bokuqala bezwekazi laseNyakatho Melika elamukelwa ngokusemthethweni yiSonto. NjengomJesuit osemusha, u-Isaac Jogues, indoda yamasiko namasiko, wafundisa izincwadi eFrance. Uyeke lowo msebenzi ukuze asebenze phakathi kwamaNdiya aseHuron eNew World kwathi ngo-1636 yena nabangane bakhe, beholwa nguJean de Brébeuf, bafika eQuebec. AbakwaHuron babehlaselwa njalo ngama-Iroquois futhi eminyakeni embalwa uBaba Jogues wabanjwa ama-Iroquois waboshwa izinyanga eziyi-13. Izincwadi zakhe kanye nezidayari zisho ukuthi yena nabangane bakhe baholwa kanjani ukusuka emzaneni uya komunye, nokuthi bashaywa kanjani, bahlukunyezwa futhi baphoqwa kanjani ukuba babuke njengoba amaHuroni abo aguqukile eboshwa futhi ebulawa.

Ithuba elingalindelekile lokuphunyuka lafika ku-Isaac Jogues ngamaDashi, futhi wabuyela eFrance, ephethe izimpawu zokuhlupheka kwakhe. Iminwe eminingana ibisikiwe, yahlafunwa noma yashiswa. UPapa Urban VIII wamnika imvume yokuthi enze iMisa ngezandla zakhe ezicwiyiwe: "Kungaba yihlazo uma umfel 'ukholo kaKristu engaphuza iGazi likaKristu".

Wamukelwa ekhaya njengeqhawe, uBaba uJogues ubengahlala phansi, abonge uNkulunkulu ngokubuya kwakhe okuphephile, futhi ashone ngokuthula ezweni lakhe. Kepha intshiseko yakhe iphinde yambuyisa ekufezeni amaphupho akhe. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa wabhekisa amabombo ohambweni lwakhe phakathi kwamaHuron.

Ngo-1646, yena noJean de Lalande, ababenikele ngezithunywa zevangeli, baya ezweni lase-Iroquois benenkolelo yokuthi kuzobanjwa isivumelwano sokuthula esisanda kusayinwa. Babanjwa yiqembu lempi laseMohawk kwathi ngomhlaka 18 Okthoba uFata Jogues wathathwa ngetomahawk wanqunywa ikhanda. UJean de Lalande wabulawa ngosuku olulandelayo e-Ossernenon, idolobhana eliseduze ne-Albany, eNew York.

Isithunywa sevangeli sokuqala samaJesuit esabulawelwa ukholo kwakunguRené Goupil owathi, kanye noLalande, wanikela ngenkonzo yakhe njenge-oblate. Wahlukunyezwa kanye no-Isaac Jogues ngo-1642, futhi wabethelwa umlenze wokwenza uphawu lwesiphambano emabunzini ezinye izingane.

Ubaba u-Anthony Daniel, owayesebenza phakathi kwamaHuron ayeya ngokuya eba ngamaKrestu, wabulawa yi-Iroquois ngoJulayi 4, 1648. Isidumbu sakhe saphonswa esontweni lakhe, esashiswa.

UJean de Brébeuf wayengumJesuit waseFrance owafika eCanada eneminyaka engama-32 futhi wasebenza lapho iminyaka engama-24. Wabuyela eFrance lapho amaNgisi enqoba iQuebec ngo-1629 futhi axosha amaJesuit, kodwa abuyela emsebenzini wakhe eminyakeni emine kamuva. Yize abathakathi besola amaJesuit ngesifo sengxibongo phakathi kwamaHuron, uJean wahlala nabo.

Wabhala amakhathekizimu nesichazamazwi eHuron futhi wabona abaguquka abayi-7.000 1649 ngaphambi kokuba ashone ngo-XNUMX. Ethunjwe ngama-Iroquois eSainte Marie, ngaseGeorgian Bay, eCanada, uBaba uBrébeuf ushone ngemuva kwamahora amane okuhlukunyezwa kakhulu.

UGabriel Lalemant wayenze isithembiso sesine: ukunikela ngempilo yakhe ngenxa yamaMelika Omdabu. Wahlukunyezwa kakhulu waze wafa kanye nobaba uBrébeuf.

Ubaba uCharles Garnier wadutshulwa wabulawa ngonyaka we-1649 ngenkathi ebhabhadisa izingane kanye nama-catechumens ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa kwe-Iroquois.

Ubaba uNoel Chabanel naye wabulawa ngo-1649, ngaphambi kokuba aphendule ocingweni lwakhe eFrance. Wayethole kunzima kakhulu ukujwayela impilo yemishini. Wayengakwazi ukufunda lolu limi, futhi ukudla nempilo yamaNdiya yamguqula, futhi futhi wahlushwa ukoma ngokomoya ekuhlaleni kwakhe eCanada. Yize kunjalo wafunga ukuthi uzoqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe aze afe.

Laba bafel 'ukholo abangamaJesuit abayisishiyagalombili abavela eNyakatho Melika bagcotshwa njengabagcotshwa ngo-1930.

Ukuzindla

Ukholo nobuqhawe kutshalile ukholo esiphambanweni sikaKristu ekujuleni komhlaba wethu. ISonto laseNyakatho Melika lazalwa ngegazi labafel 'ukholo, njengoba kwenzekile ezindaweni eziningi. Inkonzo nokuzidela kwalaba bangcwele kuphonsela inselelo ngamunye wethu, kusenza sizibuze ukuthi lujule kangakanani ukholo lwethu nokuthi sinamandla kangakanani isifiso sokukhonza noma sibhekene nokufa.