Usuku losuku: 17 Julayi Santa Santaellell

JULAYE 17

USANTA MARCELLINA

327 - 397

UMarcellina wazalelwa eRoma (noma, ngokusho kweminye imithombo, ku-Trier) emndenini wama-patrician cishe ngo-327 futhi waguqukela ebuKristwini ebusheni bakhe. Wayenguthisha wokholo kubafowabo abancane, uSatyr no-Ambrose, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokushona kukanina. Owesibili wayezoba ngumbhishobhi oyingcwele wodumo waseMilan. Ngosuku lukaKhisimusi ngo-353, lo wesifazane uthole iveli eligcwele ubugovu kuPapa Liberius eSt Peter eVatican. Ngo-374, okhethweni lomfowabo, wathuthela yena noSatyr baya eMilan. Edolobheni laseLombard uMarcellina uqhubeke nempilo yomphakathi nabangane bakhe baseRoma. Ushone ngo-397, izinyanga ezimbalwa ngemuva kwe-Ambrose, futhi wangcwatshwa endaweni eyisisekelo yase-Ambrosian. Ngo-1838 umphathi waseMilanese uLuigi Biraghi wasungula iSikhungo Sabesifazane senkolo sabaSista baseSanta Marcellina, esizinikele emfundweni yezamasiko neyokuziphatha yentsha yabesifazane. (Avvenire)

UMTHANDAZO

Nkosi, wena owathanda iNkosazana uMarcellina, sinikeze ukuthi sihlale sithembekile ekubizweni kwethu kobuKristu obuhle, sinike injabulo yokuba ngabantwana nabafowethu kanye nawe ekuBhaptizweni.

Impilo yethu mayibe yindumiso kuwe, njengoba kwaba njalo ngoSanta Marcellina. Sisize ukufundisa kubafowethu, ukukusebenzela kubo, ukuba sobala futhi ulula njengoba ayekhona empilweni yakhe yansuku zonke, enothando, umhlatshelo, umgubho.

Siyacela kuwe, Nkosi, ngokucela ukukhuthala kwalo wesifazane onamandla, ozinikele futhi ukukhanya kwakho kubafowethu. Amen.