USanta wosuku lwangoFebhuwari 16: indaba yaseSan Gilberto
UGilberto wazalelwa eSempringham, eNgilandi, emndenini ocebile, kodwa walandela indlela ehluke kakhulu kulokho okwakulindelwe kuye njengendodana yenkosi kaNorman. Wathunyelwa eFrance ngemfundo yakhe ephakeme, wanquma ukuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe zobufundisi. Ubuyele eNgilandi engakagcotshwa ubufundisi, wathola amafa amaningi kuyise. Kodwa uGilberto wakugwema ukuphila okulula ayengakuphila kulezo zimo. Esikhundleni salokho wayephila impilo elula epherishi, ehlanganyela kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka nabampofu. Ngemuva kokugcotshwa kwakhe njengompristi wakhonza njengomfundisi eSempringham. Phakathi kwebandla bekukhona izintombi eziyisikhombisa ebezizwakalise isifiso sakhe sokuphila impilo yenkolo. Ephendula, uGilberto wabakhela indlu esondelene nesonto. Lapho babehlala impilo yokuzikhandla, kepha eyayiheha izinombolo eziningi ngokwengeziwe; ekugcineni kwafakwa odadewabo nabafowabo abasebenza ukulima. Uhlelo lwezenkolo olwakhiwe lwagcina lwaziwa ngokuthi yiGilbertini, yize uGilbert wayenethemba lokuthi amaCistercians noma omunye umyalo okhona uzobamba iqhaza ekusunguleni umthetho wokuphila kwalowo myalelo omusha. IGilbertini, okuwukuphela kwenkolo yenkolo yamaNgisi eyasungulwa ngeNkathi Ephakathi, yaqhubeka nokuchuma. Kodwa umyalo waphela lapho iNkosi uHenry VIII icindezela zonke izindlu zezindela zamaKatolika.
Eminyakeni edlule kuye kwakhula isiko elikhethekile ezindlini zohlelo olubizwa ngokuthi "isidlo seNkosi uJesu". Izingxenye ezinhle kakhulu zesidlo sakusihlwa zazibekwa kupuleti elikhethekile futhi kwabelwana ngazo nabampofu, okukhombisa ukukhathazeka kukaGilbert ngabampofu. Kukho konke ukuphila kwakhe uGilberto wayephila ngendlela elula, edla ukudla okuncane futhi echitha ingxenye enhle yobusuku obuningi ethandaza. Naphezu kobunzima bempilo enjalo, ushone ngaphezu kwekhulu. Ukuzindla: lapho engena engcebweni kayise, uGilberto wayengaphila impilo yobukhazikhazi, njengoba kwenza abanye abapristi ayekanye nabo ngaleso sikhathi. Esikhundleni salokho, wakhetha ukwabelana ngengcebo yakhe nabampofu. Umkhuba othakazelisayo wokugcwalisa "isidlo seNkosi uJesu" ezigodlweni zezindela azisungulile kukhombisa ukukhathazeka kwakhe. Umsebenzi wanamuhla weRice Bowl unanela lowo mkhuba: ukudla ukudla okulula nokuvumela umehluko kumthethosivivinywa wokudla kusize ukondla abalambile.