USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 17: Indaba kaSanta Hildegard waseBingen
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 17
(16 Septhemba 1098-17 Septhemba 1179)
Indaba kaSanta Hildegard waseBingen
Abbess, umdwebi, umbhali, umqambi, ongaqondakali, usokhemisi, imbongi, umshumayeli, isazi semfundiso yenkolo: ungaqala kuphi ukuchaza lo wesifazane ongavamile?
Wazalelwa emndenini ohloniphekile, wafundiswa iminyaka eyishumi ngumfazi ongcwele, uJutta obusisiwe. Ngenkathi uHildegard eneminyaka engu-18, waba yindela yaseBenedictine esigodlweni sezindela saseSt. Disibodenberg. Uyalwe ngummangalelwa wakhe ukuthi abhale imibono ayithole kusukela eneminyaka emithathu, uHildegard uthathe iminyaka eyishumi ukubhala iScivias yakhe (Yazi Izindlela). UPope Eugene III wayifunda kwathi ngo-1147 wamkhuthaza ukuba aqhubeke nokubhala. Kwalandela iNcwadi yakhe Yezimfanelo Zokuphila kanye neNcwadi Yemisebenzi Engcwele. Wabhala izincwadi ezingaphezu kuka-300 kubantu ababecela iseluleko sakhe; ubuye waqamba imisebenzi emifushane kwezokwelapha ne-physiology futhi wacela izeluleko kubantu besikhathi sakhe njengoSt. Bernard waseClairvaux.
Imibono kaHildegard yamholela ekutheni abone abantu "njengezinhlansi eziphilayo" zothando lukaNkulunkulu, ezivela kuNkulunkulu njengoba ukukhanya kwelanga kuvela elangeni. Isono sichithe ukuvumelana kwendalo kwasekuqaleni; Ukufa nokuvuka kukaKristu okuhlengayo kwavula amathuba amasha. Impilo enhle inciphisa ukwehlukaniswa okuvela kuNkulunkulu nakwabanye okubangelwa yisono.
Njengazo zonke izimfihlakalo, uHildegard wabona ukuvumelana kwendalo kaNkulunkulu nendawo yabesifazane nabesilisa kuyo. Lobu bunye babungabonakali kubantu abaningi besikhathi sakhe.
U-Hildegard wayengeyona impikiswano. Ama-monks aseduze kwesisekelo sakhe sokuqala abhikisha ngamandla lapho ehambisa isigodlo sakhe sezindela eBingen, esibheke emfuleni iRhine.Wabhekana no-Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ngokweseka okungenani ama-antipopes amathathu. UHildegard waphonsela inselelo amaCathars, enqaba iSonto LamaKatolika ngokuthi alandela ubuKrestu obumsulwa.
Phakathi kuka-1152 no-1162, uHildegard wayevame ukushumayela eRhineland. Isigodlo sakhe sasivinjelwe ngoba sasivumela ukungcwatshwa kwensizwa eyayixoshiwe. Wamile kwelokuthi wayesebuyisene neBandla futhi wathola amasakramente akhe ngaphambi kokuba ashone. UHildegard ubhikishe kabuhlungu lapho umbhishobhi wendawo enqabela ukugubha noma ukwamukela uMthendeleko esigodlweni sezindela saseBingen, isijeziso esasuswa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe.
Ngo-2012, uHildegard wagcotshwa futhi waqokwa njengoDokotela weSonto nguPapa Benedict XVI. Idili lalo lezinkonzo lingomhlaka-17 Septhemba.
Ukuzindla
UPapa Benedict wakhuluma ngoHildegard waseBingen ngesikhathi sezethameli zakhe ezimbili ngoSepthemba 2010. Wancoma ukuthobeka kwakhe lapho ethola khona izipho zikaNkulunkulu nokulalela akunika abaphathi beSonto. Uphinde wancoma "okuqukethwe okunothile kwezenkolo" kwemibono yakhe engaqondakali efingqa umlando wensindiso kusukela ekudalweni kuze kube sekupheleni kwesikhathi.
Ngesikhathi sakhe sobupapa, uPapa Benedict XVI wathi: "Sihlala sicela uMoya oNgcwele, ukuze agqugquzele eSontweni abesifazane abangcwele nabanesibindi njengoSanta Hildegard waseBingen abathi, ngokuthuthukisa izipho abazitholile ezivela kuNkulunkulu, benze okhethekile futhi umnikelo oyigugu ekuthuthukiseni ngokomoya imiphakathi yethu kanye neBandla esikhathini sethu “.