USanta wosuku lwangomhla zingama-21 kuZibandlela: indaba kaSan Pietro Canisius
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 21
(Meyi 8, 1521 - Disemba 21, 1597)
Umlando weSan Pietro Canisio
Impilo enomfutho kaPietro Canisio kufanele ibhidlize noma yimiphi imibono eyeqisayo esingaba nayo yempilo kasanta njengeyisicefe noma inqubo ejwayelekile. UPeter waphila iminyaka yakhe engama-76 ngejubane okufanele libhekwe njengobuqhawe, ngisho nangesikhathi sethu soguquko olusheshayo. Indoda enamathalente amaningi, uPeter uyisibonelo esihle sendoda engokomBhalo ekhulisa amathalenta ayo ngenxa yomsebenzi weNkosi.
UPeter wayengomunye wabantu ababaluleke kakhulu kuNguquko YamaKatolika eJalimane. Wadlala indima ebalulekile kangangoba wayevame ukubizwa ngokuthi "umphostoli wesibili wase-Germany", njengoba impilo yakhe ifana nomsebenzi wangaphambili kaBoniface.
Yize uPeter wake wazisola ngobuvila ebusheni bakhe, wayengeke akwazi ukungasebenzi isikhathi eside, ngoba lapho eneminyaka engu-19 wathola iziqu ze-master eNyuvesi yaseCologne. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, wahlangana noPeter Faber, umfundi wokuqala ka-Ignatius waseLoyola, owathonya uPeter kakhulu waze wajoyina iNhlangano KaJesu esanda kumiswa.
Ngalesi sikhathi esincane, uPeter wayesevele eqale umkhuba oqhubeka impilo yakhe yonke: inqubo yokufunda, ukucabangisisa, ukuthandaza nokubhala. Ngemuva kokugcotshwa kwakhe ngo-1546, waduma ngezinhlelo zakhe zemibhalo kaSt Cyril wase-Alexandria noSt Leo the Great. Ngaphezu kwalokhu kuthambekela kwezemibhalo okukhombisa, uPeter wayenentshiseko ngesiPhostoli. Wayevame ukutholakala evakashela abantu abagulayo noma ejele, noma ngabe imisebenzi eyabelwe kwezinye izindawo yayingaphezulu kokwanele ukugcina abantu abaningi behlala ngokugcwele.
Ngo-1547, uPietro wabamba iqhaza ezifundweni eziningana zoMkhandlu WaseTrent, okwathi kamuva wanikezwa amandla okusebenzisa imithetho yakhe. Ngemuva kwesabelo esifushane sokufundisa ekolishi lamaJesuit eMessina, uPeter wanikezwa umsebenzi eJalimane, kusukela lapho kuya emsebenzini wakhe wokuphila. Ufundise emanyuvesi amaningana futhi waba nesandla ekusunguleni amakolishi amaningi nezingqungquthela. Ubhale ikhathekizimu echaza inkolo yamaKhatholika ngendlela abantu abajwayelekile abangaqonda ngayo: isidingo esikhulu ngaleso sikhathi.
Waziwa njengomshumayeli odumile, uPeter wagcwalisa amasonto ngalabo ababelangazelela ukuzwa isimemezelo sakhe esihle sevangeli. Wayenamakhono amakhulu wokuxhumana, wayevame ukusebenza njengomxhumanisi phakathi kwamaqembu aphikisanayo. Ezincwadini zakhe, ezigcwalisa amavolumu ayisishiyagalombili, kunamagama okuhlakanipha nezeluleko kubantu bazo zonke izizinda zempilo. Kwesinye isikhathi wayebhala izincwadi ezingakaze zibonwe zokugxeka kubaholi beSonto, kepha ngaso sonke isikhathi esimweni sokukhathazeka kothando nokuqonda.
Eminyakeni engama-70, uPeter wahlangabezana nenkinga yokukhubazeka, kepha waqhubeka nokushumayela nokubhala ngosizo lukanobhala, waze washona edolobheni lakubo laseNijmegen, eNetherlands, ngoDisemba 21, 1597.
Ukuzindla
Imizamo kaPeter engakhathali iyisibonelo esifanele labo ababambe iqhaza ekuvuseleleni iSonto noma ekukhuleni kukanembeza wokuziphatha kahle kwezamabhizinisi noma kuhulumeni. Ubhekwa njengomunye wabasunguli bezindaba zamaKatolika futhi angaba yisibonelo kalula kumlobi ongumlobi noma intatheli. Othisha bangabona empilweni yakhe uthando lokudlulisa iqiniso. Noma kuningi esinganikela ngakho, njengoba kwenza uPeter Canisius, noma uma sinokuncane kuphela esinganikela ngakho, njengoba kwenza umfelokazi ompofu eVangelini likaLuka (bona uLuka 21: 1–4), okubalulekile ukunikela ngakho konke okusemandleni ethu. Kungale ndlela lapho uPetru eyisibonelo esihle kumaKristu enkathini yenguquko esheshayo esibizelwe ukuba semhlabeni kepha hhayi emhlabeni.