USanta Peter Claver Saint wosuku lwangomhla ziyi-9 kuMandulo
(Juni 26, 1581 - Septhemba 8, 1654)
Indaba kaSan Pietro Claver
Udabuka eSpain, umJesuit osemncane uPeter Claver washiya izwe lakubo unomphela ngo-1610 wayokuba yisithunywa sevangeli emakoloni aseNew World. Wahamba ngomkhumbi eCagagagena, idolobha elicebile elisethekwini elinemingcele yeCaribbean. Wagcotshwa lapho ngo-1615.
Ngaleso sikhathi ukuhweba ngezigqila kwakusungulwe emazweni aseMelika cishe iminyaka eyikhulu futhi iCartagena yayiyisikhungo sayo esiyinhloko. Izigqila eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi zazitheleka ethekwini unyaka nonyaka ngemuva kokuwela i-Atlantic zisuka eNtshonalanga Afrika ezimweni ezimbi kanjalo nezingenabuntu kangangoba kulinganiselwa ukuthi ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu zabagibeli ifele ekuhambeni. Yize umkhuba wokuhweba ngezigqila walahlwa nguPapa Paul III futhi kamuva wabizwa ngokuthi "ububi obukhulu" nguPapa uPius IX, uqhubekile nokuchuma.
Owandulela uPeter Claver, uBaba wamaJesuit u-Alfonso de Sandoval, wayezinikele ekusebenzeleni izigqila iminyaka engama-40 ngaphambi kokuba uClaver afike azoqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe, ezibiza ngokuthi "uyisigqila sabamnyama kuze kube phakade".
Ngokushesha nje lapho umkhumbi wezigqila ungena ethekwini, uPeter Claver wathuthela endaweni yakhe yokuzijabulisa ukuze asize abagibeli abahlukumezekile nabakhathele. Ngemuva kokuthi izigqila zikhishwe emkhunjini njengezilwane eziboshwe ngamaketanga futhi zavalelwa emagcekeni aseduze ukuze izixuku zibukele, uClaver wacwila phakathi kwabo ngemithi, ukudla, isinkwa, ugologo, ulamula nogwayi. Ngosizo lwabahumushi, wanikeza iziyalezo eziyisisekelo futhi waqinisekisa abafowabo nodadewabo ngesithunzi sabo sobuntu kanye nothando lwabo ngoNkulunkulu.
Ubuphostoli buka P. Claver budlulela ngalé kokunakekela kwakhe izigqila. Waba namandla okuziphatha, impela, umphostoli waseCagagenagena. Washumayela esigcawini sedolobha, wanikeza ohambweni bamatilosi nabahwebi, kanye nemishini yezwe, lapho ayegwema khona, lapho kungenzeka khona, ukungenisa izihambi kwabatshali nabanikazi futhi esikhundleni salokho wayehlala ezindlini zezigqila.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emine yokugula, okwaphoqa ongcwele ukuthi aqhubeke angasebenzi futhi anganakwa kakhulu, uClaver ushone ngoSepthemba 8, 1654. Omantshi bedolobha, ababekade bejabule ngenxa yokukhathazeka kwakhe ngabansundu ababebandlululwa, bayala ukuthi wangcwatshwa ngezindleko zomphakathi nangokuziqhenya okukhulu.
UPeter Claver wahlanjululwa ngo-1888 futhi uPapa Leo XIII wammemezela njengomphathi womsebenzi wezithunywa zevangeli emhlabeni wonke phakathi kwezigqila ezimnyama.
Ukuzindla
Amandla namandla kaMoya oNgcwele kubonakala ezinqumweni ezimangalisayo zikaPeter Claver nasezenzweni zesibindi. Isinqumo sokushiya izwe lakubo futhi angaphinde abuye siveza isenzo esikhulu sentando okunzima ukusicabanga. Ukuzimisela kukaPeter ukukhonza abantu abahlukunyezwe kakhulu, abenqatshiwe nabathobekile unomphela kunobuqhawe obedlulele. Lapho silinganisela impilo yethu naleyo yomuntu onjalo, siyaqaphela amandla ethu angasetshenziswanga kahle kanye nesidingo sethu sokuvula kakhulu amandla oxakayo kaMoya kaJesu.