USanta wosuku lwangoMashi 17: USanta Patrick
Izinganekwane ngoPatrick zigcwele; kepha iqiniso lisizakala kakhulu ukuthi sibona izimfanelo ezimbili eziqinile kuye: wayethobekile futhi enesibindi. Ukuzimisela ukwamukela ukuhlupheka nempumelelo ngokunganaki okulinganayo kuholele impilo yensimbi kaNkulunkulu ukuzuzela iningi lase-Ireland ngoKristu.
Imininingwane yempilo yakhe ayiqinisekile. Ucwaningo lwamanje lubeka izinsuku zakhe zokuzalwa nokufa ngemuva kwesikhashana kunemibiko yangaphambilini. UPatrick kungenzeka ukuthi wazalelwa eDunbarton, eScotland, eCumberland, eNgilandi noma eNyakatho Wales. Wazibiza ngokuthi ungumRoma futhi ungowaseBrithani. Ku-16, yena kanye nenani elikhulu lezigqila nezikhonzi. Uyise wabanjwa ngabahlaseli base-Ireland futhi bathengiswa njengezigqila e-Ireland. Ephoqelelwe ukusebenza njengomalusi, wahlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yendlala namakhaza. Ngemuva kweminyaka eyisithupha uPatrizio wabaleka, mhlawumbe waya eFrance, futhi kamuva wabuyela eGreat Britain eneminyaka engu-22. Ukuboshwa kwakhe kwakusho ukuguquka ngokomoya. Kungenzeka ukuthi wafunda eLerins, ngasogwini lwaseFrance; wachitha iminyaka e-Auxerre, eFrance. Futhi wayengumbhishobhi ohlukanisiwe eneminyaka engama-43. Isifiso sakhe esikhulu kwakuwukumemezela izindaba ezinhle kwabase-Ireland.
Ongcwele wanamuhla iSt Patrick ngosizo
Embonweni wephupho kubonakala sengathi "zonke izingane zase-Ireland kusukela esibelethweni zazimelula izandla". Uqonde lo mbono njengobizo lokwenza umsebenzi wobufundisi e-Ireland yobuhedeni. Ngaphandle kokuphikiswa yilabo ababezizwa ukuthi imfundo yakhe yayintula. Kuthunyelwe ukufeza umsebenzi. Waya entshonalanga nasenyakatho - lapho ukholo lwalungakaze lushunyayelwe khona. Wathola ukuvikeleka kwamakhosi endawo futhi waguqula abantu abaningi. Ngenxa yemvelaphi yobuqaba kulesi siqhingi, uPatrick wayemile ekukhuthazeni abafelokazi ukuthi bahlale bemsulwa nabesifazane abasebasha ukuba banikele ngobuntombi babo kuKristu. Wabeka abapristi abaningi, wahlukanisa izwe laba yizifunda-bhishobhi, waba nemikhandlu yezenkolo, wasungula izindlu zezindela eziningana futhi ngokuqhubekayo wanxusa abantu bakhe ngobungcwele obukhulu kuKristu.
Yathola ukuphikiswa okukhulu ngama-druid angamaqaba. Wagxekwa eNgilandi nase-Ireland ngendlela enza ngayo umsebenzi wakhe. Esikhathini esifushane uma kuqhathaniswa, lesi siqhingi sase sihlangabezane ngokujulile nomoya wobuKristu futhi sasikulungele ukuthumela izithunywa zevangeli ezinemizamo ebhekele kakhulu ukwenziwa ubuKristu kweYurophu.
UPatrizio wayeyindoda ethatha isinyathelo, engathambekele kangako ekufundeni. Wayenokholo lwedwala ekubizweni kwakhe, kunhloso ayekade eyifakile. Eminye yemibhalo embalwa eyiqiniso impela iConfessio yakhe, ngaphezu kwakho konke isenzo sokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu ngokubiza uPatrick, isoni esingafanelekile, kumphostoli.
Kukhona ithemba elikhulu kunendida yokuthi indawo yakhe yokungcwaba kuthiwa iseCountry Down eNyakatho ye-Ireland, isikhathi eside lapho kunodlame nodlame khona.
Ukuzindla: Okwehlukanisa uPatrick ubude bemizamo yakhe. Lapho kubhekwa isimo sase-Ireland lapho eqala ukuthunywa kwakhe. Ubukhulu bemisebenzi yakhe nendlela imbewu ayihlwanyelayo yaqhubeka ikhula futhi yaqhakaza ngayo, umuntu angancoma uhlobo lomuntu uPatrick okumelwe ukuba wayeyilo. Ubungcwele bomuntu baziwa kuphela ngezithelo zomsebenzi wakhe.