USanta wosuku lwangoDisemba 23: indaba kaSanta John waseKanty

Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 23
(24 Juni 1390 - 24 Disemba 1473)

Indaba kaSt. John waseKanty

UJohn wayengumfana wasemaphandleni owenza kahle edolobheni elikhulu nasenyuvesi enkulu eKrakow, ePoland. Ngemuva kwezifundo ezinhle kakhulu wagcotshwa waba ngumfundisi futhi waba nguprofesa wezenkolo. Ukuphikiswa okungenakugwenywa okuhlangatshezwa ngabangcwele kwamholela ekubeni akhishwe yizimbangi zakhe futhi wathunyelwa ukuba abe ngumfundisi wesifunda e-Olkusz. Indoda ethobeke ngokweqile, yenze konke okusemandleni ayo, kodwa okusemandleni ayo bekungathandisi amakholwa ayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayesaba izibopho zesikhundla sakhe. Kepha ekugcineni wazuza izinhliziyo zabantu bakhe. Ngemuva kwesikhashana wabuyela eKrakow wafundisa imiBhalo impilo yakhe yonke.

UJohn wayeyindoda enesizotha futhi ethobekile, kodwa aziwa yibo bonke abampofu baseKrakow ngomusa wakhe. Izimpahla zakhe nemali yakhe bekuhlala kunakho futhi bazisebenzisa kaningana. Wayegcina kuphela imali nezingubo ezidingekayo ukuze akwazi ukuzondla. Wayelala kancane, edla kancane futhi engathathi nyama. Wahamba waya eJerusalema, enethemba lokuthi uzobulawa ukholo ngabaseTurkey. Ngemuva kwalokho uGiovanni wenza uhambo oluya eRoma olwalulandelana, ethwele umthwalo wakhe emahlombe. Ngenkathi exwayiswa ukuthi anakekele impilo yakhe, washesha waveza ukuthi, yize babenenkani, obaba basehlane bahlala impilo ende ngokungaphezulu.

Ukuzindla

UJohn waseKanty ungusanta ojwayelekile: wayenomusa, ethobekile futhi enesandla esivulekile, wabhekana nokuphikiswa futhi wahola impilo enzima nokuzisola. Iningi lamaKrestu emphakathini ocebile lingaqonda konke ngaphandle kwesithako sokugcina: noma yini engaphezu kokuzikhuza okuncane kubonakala kugcinelwe abasubathi nabadansi. Okungenani uKhisimusi yisikhathi esihle sokwenqaba ukuzitika.