USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 18: indaba ka-Antonio Grassi obusisiwe
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 18
(13 Novemba 1592 - 13 Disemba 1671)
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Indaba ka-Antonio Grassi obusisiwe
Ubaba ka-Anthony washona lapho indodana yakhe yayineminyaka eyishumi kuphela, kepha le nsizwa yazuza njengefa ukuzinikela kukayise ku-Our Lady of Loreto. Ngesikhathi esengumfundi wesikole wayeya esontweni lendawo yama-Oratorian Fathers, waba yingxenye yenkolo eneminyaka engu-10.
Njengomfundi osezingeni eliphezulu, u-Anthony washeshe wazakhela igama emphakathini wakhe wezenkolo "njengesichazamazwi esihambayo," esasiqonda masinyane imiBhalo nemfundiso yenkolo. Isikhathi esithile wayehlushwa yimikhuba, kodwa kubikwa ukuthi bamshiya ngesikhathi azogubha ngaso iMisa lakhe lokuqala. Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, ukuthula kwangena kuye uqobo.
Ngo-1621, eneminyaka engama-29, u-Antonio washaywa umbani ngenkathi ethandaza esontweni laseSanta Casa eLoreto. Ulethwe yisonto ekhubazekile, elindele ukufa. Lapho u-Anthony elulama ezinsukwini ezimbalwa wabona ukuthi welaphekile ekugayeni kanzima. Izingubo zakhe ezishile zinikelwe esontweni laseLoreto njengokubonga ngesipho sakhe esisha sempilo.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, u-Anthony manje wezwa ukuthi impilo yakhe ingekaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, njalo ngonyaka ngemuva kwalokho wenza uhambo oluya eLoreto ukuyobonga.
Waqala nokuzwa ukuvuma izono futhi wagcina ethathwa njengomuntu ovuma izono ngokweqile. Elula futhi eqondile, u-Anthony wabalalela ngokucophelela labo abazisolayo, washo amagama ambalwa futhi wazisola futhi waxolela abanye, kaningi esebenzisa isipho sakhe sokufunda onembeza.
Ngo-1635 u-Antonio wakhethwa njengophakeme kunkulumo kaFermo. Wayebhekwa kahle kangangoba waphinde waqokwa njalo eminyakeni emithathu waze washona. Wayengumuntu othule futhi ophakeme onomusa owayengaba nokhahlo. Ngasikhathi sinye ugcine imithetho-sisekelo yezincwandi kuleyo ncwadi, ekhuthaza nomphakathi ukuthi wenze okufanayo.
Wenqaba ukuzibophezela kwezenhlalo noma kwezomphakathi futhi kunalokho wayephuma ubusuku nemini avakashele abagulayo, abagulayo noma noma ngubani owayedinga usizo lwakhe. Njengoba u-Anthony ekhula, wayenolwazi oluvela kuNkulunkulu ngekusasa, isipho ayevame ukusisebenzisa ukuxwayisa noma ukududuza.
Kepha iminyaka nayo ilethe izinselelo zayo. U-Anthony wezwa ukuzithoba kokudela amandla akhe omzimba ngamunye ngamunye. Okokuqala kwakuwukushumayela kwakhe, okwenziwa kwaba nesidingo ngemuva kokuphuma kwamazinyo. Ngakho wayengabe esakuzwa ukuvuma izono. Ekugcineni, ngemuva kokuwa, u-Anthony wavalelwa egumbini lakhe. Umbhishobhi ofanayo wayefika nsuku zonke ukuzomnika iSidlo Esingcwele. Esinye sezenzo zakhe zokugcina kwaba ukubuyisana kwabafowethu ababili ababenengxabano. Umkhosi wezinkolelo zika-Blessed Antonio Grassi ungoDisemba 15.
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Akukho okuhlinzeka ngesizathu esingcono sokuhlaziya kabusha impilo kunokuthinta ukufa. Impilo ka-Anthony yayivele ibonakala ngathi isendleleni ngesikhathi eshaywa umbani; wayengumpristi okhaliphile, ekugcineni wabusiswa ngokuthula. Kepha isipiliyoni siyithambisile. U-Anthony waba ngumeluleki onothando nomlamuleli ohlakaniphile. Kungashiwo okufanayo ngathi uma sifaka izinhliziyo zethu kukho. Akudingeki silinde ukushaywa umbani