USanta Jane Frances de Chantal, oNgcwele wosuku lomhlaka 12 Agasti
(Januwari 28, 1572 - Disemba 13, 1641)
Indaba kaSanta Jane Frances de Chantal
UJane Frances wayeyinkosikazi, umama, indela nomsunguli womphakathi wezenkolo. Umama wakhe ushone eneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ubudala kanti ubaba wakhe, inhloko yephalamende eDijon, eFrance, waba nomthelela omkhulu ekukhuleni kwakhe. UJane waba ngowesifazane onobuhle nobuciko, enempilo futhi ethokozile ngobumnene. Lapho eneminyaka engu-18 washada noBaron de Chantal, enezingane eziyisithupha, ezintathu zazo zashona zisencane. Enqabeni yakhe, ubuyisele inkambiso yemisa yansuku zonke futhi ubandakanyeke kakhulu emisebenzini ehlukahlukene yokusiza.
Umyeni kaJane wabulawa ngemuva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa beshadile futhi wavele waphelelwa ithemba kakhulu izinyanga ezine ekhaya lomndeni wakhe. Umukhwe wakhe wasabisa ngokuthi uzokhipha izingane zakhe ifa uma engabuyeli kwakhe. Wayeneminyaka engu-75 ngaleso sikhathi, eyize, enolaka futhi ewubukhazikhazi. UJane Frances wakwazi ukuhlala ejabule naphezu kwakhe kanye nomgcini wendlu wakhe ohloniphekile.
Ngesikhathi eneminyaka engama-32, uJane wahlangana noSt. Francis de Sales owaba ngumqondisi wakhe kwezomoya, wehlisa obunye ubunzima obabubekwa ngumqondisi wakhe wangaphambili. Wayefuna ukuba yindela kodwa wamqinisekisa ukuthi asihlehlise lesi sinqumo. Wathembisa ukuthi uzohlala engashadile futhi azothobela umphathi wakhe.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu, uFrancis utshele uJane ngohlelo lwakhe lokuthola isikhungo sabesifazane esizoba yisiphephelo salabo impilo yabo, iminyaka yabo, noma okunye okubavimbayo ukuthi bangene emiphakathini esivele isunguliwe. Ngeke kube khona i-blister futhi bazobe bekhululekile ukwenza imisebenzi yesihe somoya kanye nesomzimba. Babehloselwe ngokuyinhloko ukubonisa ubuhle bukaMariya ekuvakasheni - yingakho igama labo linguSisters of the Visitation - ukuthobeka nobumnene.
Ukuphikisana okujwayelekile kwabesifazane enkonzweni esebenzayo kwavela futhi uFrancis de Sales waphoqeleka ukuthi akwenze umphakathi ohlukanisiwe ngokomthetho kaSt. Augustine. UFrancis wabhala incwadi yakhe edumile ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ngabo. Ibandla labesifazane abathathu lazalwa lapho uJane Frances eneminyaka engu-45. Wahlupheka kakhulu: UFrancis de Sales washona; indodana yakhe yabulawa; isifo esacekela phansi iFrance; umakoti wakwakhe nomkhwenyana wakhe bashonile. Ugqugquzele iziphathimandla zendawo ukuthi zenze imizamo emikhulu yezisulu zalesi sifo futhi zenze yonke imithombo yesigodlo sayo itholakale kwabagulayo.
Phakathi nengxenye yempilo yakhe yezenkolo, uJane Frances kwadingeka abhekane nezilingo ezinkulu zomoya: usizi lwangaphakathi, ubumnyama nokoma ngokomoya. Ushone ngesikhathi evakashele ezigodlweni zomphakathi.
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Kwabanye kungabonakala kungajwayelekile ukuthi umuntu ongcwele abe soma ngokomoya, abe mnyama, abe nosizi lwangaphakathi. Sijwayele ukucabanga ukuthi lezi zinto yisimo esijwayelekile sabantu "abajwayelekile" abanesono. Ingxenye yokuntuleka kwethu kokuzijabulisa ngokomoya kungenzeka kube iphutha lethu. Kepha impilo yokholo iseyileyo ehlalelwe ukwethenjwa, futhi kwesinye isikhathi ubumnyama bukhulu kangangokuba ukwethembana kudlulelwa ekugcineni.