USanta wosuku lukaFebhuwari 20: Indaba yabaNgcwele uJacinta noFrancisco Marto

Phakathi kukaMeyi 13 no-Okthoba 13, 1917, izingane ezintathu ezingabelusi basePutukezi ezivela e-Aljustrel zathola izibuko zika-Our Lady eCova da Iria, ngaseFatima, idolobha eliqhele ngamakhilomitha ayi-110 enyakatho yeLisbon. Ngaleso sikhathi, iYurophu yayihileleke empini eyayichitha igazi eliningi. IPortugal uqobo lwayo yayinosizi lwezepolitiki, njengoba yachitha umbuso wayo ngo-1910; uhulumeni wazihlakaza izinhlangano zenkolo kungekudala. Ekuqaleni kokuqala, uMaria wacela izingane ukuba zibuyele kuleyo ndawo ngolweshumi nantathu lwenyanga ngayinye ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezizayo. Ubuye futhi wabacela ukuthi bafunde ukufunda nokubhala futhi bathandaze nerosari "ukuthola ukuthula komhlaba nokuphela kwempi". Kwakudingeka bathandazele izoni nokuguqulwa kweRussia, eyayisanda kugumbuqela uTsar Nicholas II futhi eyayizongena ngaphansi kobukhomanisi. Kuze kube ngabantu abayi-90.000 ababuthene ukubonakala kokugcina kukaMariya ngo-Okthoba 13, 1917.

Kungakapheli neminyaka emibili, uFrancisco wabulawa umkhuhlane ekhaya lakhe. Wangcwatshwa emathuneni esifunda wabuye wangcwatshwa futhi esontweni laseFatima ngo-1952. UJacinta wabulawa ngumkhuhlane eLisbon ngo-1920, enikela ukuhlupheka kwakhe ngokuguqulwa kwezoni, ukuthula komhlaba kanye noBaba Ongcwele. Waphinde wangcwatshwa esontweni laseFatima ngo-1951. Umzala wabo uLucia dos Santos waba yindelakazi yaseKarmeli futhi wayesaphila ngenkathi uJacinta noFrancesco behlonishwa ngo-2000; washona eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva. UPapa Francis wagcoba izingane ezincane kunazo zonke ngesikhathi evakashele eFatima ukukhumbula iminyaka engu-100 kwaqala ukubonakala ngoMeyi 13, 2017. Ithempeli lika-Our Lady of Fatima livakashelwa abantu abayizigidi ezingama-20 ngonyaka.

Ukuzindla: ISonto lihlale liqaphele kakhulu ekusekeleni izibuko, kepha libone izinzuzo kubantu abashintsha izimpilo zabo ngenxa yomyalezo weNkosikazi Yethu kaFatima. Umkhuleko wezoni, ukuzinikela enhliziyweni kaMariya kanye nomkhuleko waserosari: konke lokhu kuqinisa izindaba ezimnandi eza noJesu ukuzoshumayela.