USaint Teresa wase-Avila, uSanta wosuku lwango-Okthoba 15
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 15
(28 Mashi 1515 - 4 Okthoba 1582)
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Umlando kaSanta Teresa wase-Avila
UTeresa wayephila esikhathini sokuhlola kanye nesiyaluyalu sezepolitiki, sezenhlalo nezenkolo. Kwakuyikhulu le-20 leminyaka, isikhathi sezinxushunxushu nezinguquko. Wazalwa ngaphambi kweNguquko YamaProthestani futhi washona cishe eminyakeni engama-XNUMX ngemuva kokuvalwa koMkhandlu WaseTrent.
Isipho sikaNkulunkulu kuTeresa lapho waba ngcwele futhi washiya uphawu lwakhe eSontweni nasemhlabeni kuphindwe kathathu: wayengowesifazane; wayengumuntu ocabangayo; wayengumshisekeli wezinguquko.
Njengowesifazane, uTeresa wema yedwa, ngisho nasemhlabeni wesilisa wesikhathi sakhe. "Wayengowesifazane", wajoyina amaKarmeli yize ayephikisana kakhulu noyise. Ungumuntu ogoqiwe engathuli kangako njengasemfihlakalweni. Enhle, enethalente, ephumayo, eguquguqukayo, enothando, enesibindi, enomdlandla, wayengumuntu ngokuphelele. NjengoJesu, kwakuyimfihlakalo yezindida: ukuhlakanipha, kepha kuyenzeka; uhlakaniphile, kodwa uhambisana kakhulu nesipiliyoni sakhe; inguquko eyimfihlakalo, kodwa enamandla; owesifazane ongcwele, umuntu wesifazane.
UTeresa wayengowesifazane "kaNkulunkulu", owesifazane wokukhuleka, isiyalo nozwela. Inhliziyo yakhe kwakungekaNkulunkulu.Ukuguqulwa kwakhe okuqhubekayo kwakungumzabalazo onzima empilweni yakhe yonke, okubandakanya ukuhlanzwa nokuhlupheka okuqhubekayo. Iqondwe kabi, yahlulelwa kabi futhi iphikisana nemizamo yayo yezinguquko. Yize kunjalo wayelwa, enesibindi futhi ethembekile; wayelwa nobudlova bakhe uqobo, ukugula kwakhe, ukuphikisa kwakhe. Futhi phakathi kwakho konke lokhu wanamathela kuNkulunkulu empilweni nasemthandazweni. Imibhalo yakhe ngomthandazo nokuzindla ithathwa kokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe: inamandla, iyasebenza futhi inomusa. Wayengowesifazane womkhuleko; owesifazane kaNkulunkulu.
UTeresa wayengowesifazane "kwabanye". Yize wayecabanga, wasebenzisa isikhathi sakhe esiningi namandla ezama ukuziguqula yena kanye namaKarmeli, ukubabuyisa ekugcinweni okugcwele koMthetho wakudala. Wasungula izindlu zezindela ezintsha ezingaphezu kwesigamu. Wahamba, wabhala, walwa, njalo ukuze azivuselele, ukuze aziguqule kabusha. Ngokwakhe, emthandazweni wakhe, empilweni yakhe, emizameni yakhe yokwenza izinguquko, kubo bonke abantu ayebathintile, wayengowesifazane kwabanye, owesifazane owayegqugquzela futhi enikeza impilo.
Imibhalo yakhe, ikakhulukazi iThe Way of Perfection neThe Inner Castle, isize izizukulwane zamakholwa.
Ngo-1970 iSonto lamnika isiqu okwase kuyisikhathi eside asiphethe emqondweni odumile: Doctor of the Church. Yena noSanta Caterina da Siena babengabesifazane bokuqala abahlonishwa kangaka.
Ukuzindla
Isikhathi sethu sinesiphithiphithi, isikhathi sezinguquko nesikhathi sokukhululeka. Abesifazane besimanje banesibonelo esikhuthazayo eTeresa. Abagqugquzeli bokuvuselelwa, abagqugquzeli bomkhuleko, bonke eTeresa kunowesifazane abazobhekana naye, abangamncoma futhi bamlingise.