USant'Alfonso Rodriguez, oNgcwele wosuku lwangomhla zingama-30 ku-Okthoba
Ongcwele wosuku lwango-Okthoba 30
(1533 - Okthoba 30, 1617)
Indaba kaSanta Alfonso Rodriguez
Inhlekelele nokudelela kukhathaza usanta wanamuhla eminyakeni yokuqala yempilo yakhe, kepha u-Alphonsus Rodriguez wathola injabulo nokwaneliseka ngokusebenza okulula nangokuthandaza.
Wazalelwa eSpain ngo-1533, u-Alfonso wathola inkampani yenkampani yezindwangu eneminyaka engama-23. Ingakapheli iminyaka emithathu, umkakhe, indodakazi kanye nomama wakhe bashona; Okwamanje, ibhizinisi lalilibi. U-Alfonso uthathe isinyathelo wabuyela emuva futhi wahlola kabusha impilo yakhe. Wathengisa ibhizinisi futhi nendodana yakhe encane yathuthela endlini kadadewabo. Lapho wafunda isiyalo somkhuleko nokuzindla.
Ekushoneni kwendodana yakhe eminyakeni eyalandela, u-Alfonso, manje osecishe abe ngamashumi amane, wazama ukujoyina amaJesuit. Akazange asizwe ngemfundo yakhe engeyinhle. Wafaka isicelo kabili ngaphambi kokuba angeniswe. Usebenze iminyaka engu-45 njengomgcini wezindlu ekolishi lamaJesuit eMallorca. Lapho engekho endaweni yakhe, wayethandaza njalo, yize wayevame ukuhlangabezana nobunzima nezilingo.
Ubungcwele bakhe nomthandazo wakhe kwaheha abaningi kuye, kubalwa noSt.Peter Claver, ngaleso sikhathi owayengumfundi wamaJesuit. Impilo ka-Alfonso njengomgcini-mnyango kungenzeka ukuthi yayijwayelekile, kodwa emakhulwini eminyaka kamuva waheha imbongi yamaJesuit kanye nomJesuit akanye naye uGerard Manley Hopkins, owamenza waba isihloko sezinkondlo zakhe.
U-Alfonso ushone ngo-1617. Ungcwele ongcwele waseMallorca.
Ukuzindla
Sithanda ukucabanga ukuthi uNkulunkulu uvuza okuhle, nakule mpilo. Kepha u-Alfonso wayekwazi ukulahleka kwebhizinisi, usizi olubuhlungu nezikhathi lapho uNkulunkulu wayebonakala ekude kakhulu. Akukho nokukodwa kokuhlupheka kwakhe okwamphoqa ukuthi abuyele egobolondweni lokuzidabukela noma lokucasuka. Esikhundleni salokho, wathinta abanye ababehlala ezinhlungwini, kuhlanganise nabase-Afrika abagqilaziwe. Phakathi kwezinto eziningi ebezigqamile emngcwabeni wakhe bekukhona abagulayo nabampofu impilo yakhe ayithintile. Sengathi bangathola umngane onjalo kithi!