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U-Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, umvikeli wabantu abasha nabafundi "Siyakucela, siza izingane zethu"

Da UMonica Innaurato -

Kulesi sihloko sifuna ukukutshela mayelana Saint Louis Gonzaga, insizwa engcwele. Wazalwa ngo-1568 emndenini ohloniphekile, uLuigi waqokwa njengendlalifa nguyise, uMarquis Ferrante Gonzaga. Kodwa kakade lapho eneminyaka eyisikhombisa, uLouis waqala ukubonisa ukungabekezelelani okuthile ekuphileni kwezwe lezicukuthwane futhi waqala ukuthandaza kaningi.

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Ngesikhathi sokuhlala eFlorenceiminyaka eyishumi, uLouis wayenengekile indawo ekhohlakele nengcolile yenkantolo kaGrand Duke I-Tuscany Francesco de' Medici. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwamqinisa ukuzimisela kwakhe anikele ukuphila kwakhe kuNkulunkulu. Ngedwa iminyaka eyishumi, wenza isifungo sokuthi ngeke aphinde amcasule uNkulunkulu ngesono, futhi waqala umkhuba ukuzila nezinye izinhlobo zokuzilimaza.

I-San Luigi Gonzaga, impilo enikezelwe kuNkulunkulu nomthandazo

Naphezu kwemizamo kayise yokumenza ayeke ukuthanda inkolo, uLuigi wangena Inhlangano kaJesu ineminyaka engu-17 nje kuphela. Nakuba uyise amsabisa ngokumbhaxabula, uLouis wasilahla isikhundla sakhe sokuba nguMarquis wajoyina amaJesuit.

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Njengemfundamakhwela, wazinikela ekutadisheni nasekuthandazeni, kodwa abaphathi bakhe bamkhuthaza ukuba anciphise inhlawulo yakhe futhi azinakekele kangcono. Ngo-1588, uLouis kwaba umpristi ogcotshiwe futhi wazinikela ekunakekeleni iziguli eziwumshayabhuqe ne-typhoid eRoma.

Ngo-1591, uLouis wagula ngemva kokunakekela isiguli esiwumshayabhuqe futhi washona eneminyaka engu-23 kuphela ubudala. Wagcotshwa ngo-1726 ngu UPapa Benedict XIII futhi wamemezela umsizi wabafundi, yentsha yamaKatolika nabaphethwe ingculaza.

Impilo kaSaint Aloysius Gonzaga iyisibonelo sendlela ubungcwele abanayo iminyaka nendlela abantu abasha abangafeza ngayo izenzo ezinkulu, eziphawulekayo. Indaba yakhe iyisimemo sokuba umuntu ahlakulele umoya wakhe, angayeki lapho ebhekene nobunzima futhi anikele ukuphila kwakhe enkonzweni yabanye.

I-San Luigi Gonzaga iwuphawu ithemba nokholo kubantu abasha kanye nabo bonke abafuna ugqozi empilweni yabo yokomoya. Indaba yakhe isikhumbuza lokho yenza okuhle kufinyeleleka kuwo wonke umuntu nokuthi ukungafi kweqiniso kusekukhunjulweni ngezenzo zethu ezinhle.