ISan Lorenzo Ruiz nabangane, uSanta wosuku lwangomhla zingama-22 kuMandulo
(1600-29 noma 30 Septhemba 1637)
USan Lorenzo Ruiz nendaba yabangane bakhe
U-Lorenzo wazalelwa eManila kubaba waseChina nomama wasePhilippines, bobabili bangamaKristu. Ngakho-ke wafunda isiShayina nesiTagalog kubo, neSpanishi kwabaseDominican, ababesebenza njengomfana we-altare kanye ne-sacristan. Waba yi-calligrapher yobungcweti, ebhala imibhalo ngesandla esihle. Wayeyilungu eligcwele leConfraternity of the Holy Rosary ngaphansi kweziphathimandla zaseDominican. Washada waba namadodana amabili nendodakazi.
Impilo kaLorenzo yathatha ngokuzuma ngesikhathi ebekwa icala lokubulala. Akukho okunye okwaziwayo, ngaphandle kwesitatimende esenziwe ngamaDominican amabili ngokusho kwawo "wafunwa yiziphathimandla ngenxa yokubulawa kwakhe ayekhona noma okwakuthiwa kuye".
Ngaleso sikhathi, abapristi abathathu baseDominican, u-Antonio Gonzalez, uGuillermo Courtet noMiguel de Aozaraza, babezolibangisa eJapane naphezu koshushiso olunamandla. Babenaye umpristi waseJapane, uVicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, nomuntu ovamile ogama lakhe linguLazaro, owayenochoko. ULorenzo, ethathe ukukhoseliswa nabo, wagunyazwa ukuba ahambe nabo. Kepha kuphela lapho besolwandle lapho azi khona ukuthi baya eJapan.
Bafike e-Okinawa. ULorenzo wayengaya eFormosa, kodwa, wathi, "Ngithathe isinqumo sokuhlala nobaba, ngoba abaseSpain bebengangilengisa lapho". EJapan batholwa ngokushesha, baboshwa futhi bayiswa eNagasaki. Isiza sokuchithwa kwegazi lonke lapho ibhomu le-athomu liphonswa sase sivele sabhekana nenhlekelele. AmaKhatholika angama-50.000 XNUMX ake ahlala lapho ayedukile noma abulawa ushushiso.
Benziwa uhlobo oluthile lokuhlukunyezwa olungachazeki: ngemuva kokuba amanzi amaningi edonswe phansi ngomphimbo wabo, benziwa balala phansi. Amabhodi amade abekwa esiswini kwathi onogada base benyathelwa emaphethelweni amabhodi, kwaphoqeleka ukuthi amanzi aphume ngamandla emlonyeni, ekhaleni nasezindlebeni.
Ophakeme, uFr. UGonzalez ushone ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Kokubili p. UShiwozuka noLazaro baphule ngaphansi kokuhlukunyezwa, okubandakanya ukufaka izinaliti zoqalo ngaphansi kwezipikili. Kepha bobabili babuyiswa isibindi ngozakwabo.
Ngesikhathi esibucayi sikaLorenzo, wabuza utolika: “Ngingathanda ukwazi ukuthi, ngokuhlubuka, bazosindisa impilo yami”. Utolika akazange azibophezele, kepha emahoreni alandelayo uLorenzo wezwa ukuthi ukholo lwakhe luyakhula. Waba nesibindi, waze waba nesibindi, ngokuphenywa kwakhe.
Laba bahlanu babulawa ngokulengiswa babheke phansi emigodini. Amabhodi anezimbobo ezinesiyingi afakwa okhalweni namatshe abekwa phezulu ukukhulisa ingcindezi. Zazixhunyaniswe kakhulu, ukusabalalisa kancane nokuvimbela ukufa okusheshayo. Bavunyelwe ukulengiswa izinsuku ezintathu. Ngaleso sikhathi uLorenzo noLazaro base befile. Besaphila, abapristi abathathu kamuva banqunywa amakhanda.
Ngo-1987, uPapa John Paul II wahlukanisa laba abanye abayisithupha nabayishumi: abase-Asiya nabaseYurophu, abesilisa nabesifazane, abasabalalisa ukholo ePhilippines, eFormosa naseJapane. U-Lorenzo Ruiz ungumfel 'ukholo wokuqala wasePhilippines. Umkhosi Wezinkonzo weSan Lorenzo Ruiz kanye neCompagni ungomhla zingama-10 kuMandulo.
Ukuzindla
Thina maKristu avamile anamuhla, besingamelana kanjani nezimo laba bafel 'ukholo ababhekane nazo? Siyazwelana nababili abaphike okwesikhashana ukholo. Siyasiqonda isikhathi esibi sesilingo sikaLorenzo. Kepha siyabona futhi isibindi - esingaqondakali ngokwabantu - esivela endaweni yabo yokholo. Ukufela ukholo, njengokuphila okujwayelekile, kuyisimangaliso somusa.