USanta Margherita Maria Alacoque, oNgcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 16
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 16
(22 Julayi 1647 - 17 Okthoba 1690)
Umlando weSanta Margherita Maria Alacoque
UMargaret Mary wakhethwa nguKristu ukuvusa eSontweni ukugcwaliseka kothando lukaNkulunkulu olufanekiselwa inhliziyo kaJesu.
Iminyaka yakhe yokuqala yabonakala ngokugula nangesimo esibuhlungu somndeni. "Isiphambano sami ebesisinda kakhulu ukuthi bengingenakwenza lutho ukukhanyisa isiphambano umama wami abehlupheka." Ngemuva kokucabanga ngomshado isikhathi esithile, uMargaret Mary wangena kwi-Order of the Visiting Sisters eneminyaka engama-24.
Indela lendawo yokuvakashelwa "bekungafanele ukuthi lijwayeleke uma lingejwayelekile", kepha indela elincane belingakuthokozeli lokhu kungaziwa. Osebenza novice ubize uMargaret Mary othobekile, olula futhi oqondile, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke okunomusa nesineke ngaphansi kokugxekwa okunzima nokulungiswa. Akakwazanga ukuzindla ngendlela esemthethweni ebelindelekile, noma enze konke okusemandleni ukuyeka "umthandazo wakhe wokwenza lula". Ehamba kancane, ethule futhi engaqondile, wabelwa ukusiza umhlengikazi owayeyinqwaba yamandla.
NgoDisemba 21, 1674, indela eneminyaka emithathu ubudala yathola izambulo zayo zokuqala. Wazizwa "etshalile" ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, yize ayehlala esaba ukuzikhohlisa ezindabeni ezinjalo. Isicelo sikaKristu kwakuwukuthi uthando lwakhe lwesintu lubonakale ngaye.
Phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-13 ezalandela, uKristu wavela kuye ngezikhathi ezithile. Inhliziyo yakhe yayingumfanekiso wothando lwakhe lobuntu. Ngothando lwakhe uMargaret Mary kwakudingeka anxephezele ukubanda nokungabongi komhlaba: ngokuhlangana okungcwele njalo nokunothando, ikakhulukazi ngoLwesihlanu wokuqala enyangeni ngayinye, nangehora lomkhuleko qaphela njalo ngoLwesine kusihlwa ukukhumbula usizi lwakhe nokuhlukaniswa eGetsemane. Ubuye wanxusa nokuthi kusungulwe iqembu elihlawulisayo.
Njengabo bonke abangcwele, uMargaret Mary kwakumele akhokhele isipho sakhe sobungcwele. Abanye odadewabo babenobutha. Izazi zenkolo ezabizwa zamemezela imibono yakhe yokukhohlisa futhi zaphakamisa ukuthi adle kakhulu ngokunambitheka okuhle. Kamuva, abazali bezingane ayezifundisa bambiza ngomkhohlisi, umqambi ongajwayelekile. Ummangalelwa omusha, umJesuit uClaude de la Colombière, wabona ubuqotho bakhe futhi wameseka. Ngokumelana nokumelana kwakhe okukhulu, uKristu wambiza ukuba abe yisisulu somhlatshelo ngokushiyeka kodadewabo, nokumenza aziwe.
Ngemuva kokusebenza njengenkosikazi yama-novice kanye nomsizi omkhulu, uMargaret Mary ushone eneminyaka engama-43 ngenkathi egcotshwa. Wathi, "Angidingi lutho ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu bese ngilahleka enhliziyweni kaJesu."
Ukuzindla
Iminyaka yethu yesayensi yezinto ezibonakalayo ayikwazi "ukufakazela" izambulo eziyimfihlo. Izazi zemfundiso yenkolo, uma zigqugquzelwa, ziyavuma ukuthi akumele sikholwe. Kepha akunakwenzeka ukuphika umyalezo omenyezelwe nguMargaret Mary: ukuthi uNkulunkulu usithanda ngothando olunothando. Ukuphikelela kwakhe ekubuyiselweni nasekuthandazweni nasekukhunjweni kwesahlulelo sokugcina kufanele kwanele ukuvimbela inkoleloze nokuzenzisa ekuzinikeleni eNhliziyweni Engcwele, ngenkathi kugcinwa incazelo yayo ejulile yobuKristu.