USanta wosuku lukaDisemba 3: indaba kaSanta Francis Xavier
Ongcwele wosuku lwangoDisemba 3
(7 Ephreli 1506 - 3 Disemba 1552)
Indaba kaSt. Francis Xavier
UJesu wabuza: "Kungaba yini inzuzo uma umuntu ezuza umhlaba wonke alahlekelwe impilo yakhe?" (Mathewu 16: 26a). Amagama aphindaphindwe kumfundisi osemncane wefilosofi owayenomsebenzi othembisa kakhulu kwezemfundo, ngempumelelo nempilo yodumo nodumo phambi kwakhe.
UFrancesco Savirio, owayeneminyaka engama-24 ngaleso sikhathi, futhi owayehlala futhi efundisa eParis, akazange awalalele ngokushesha la mazwi. Baqhamuka kumngani omuhle, u-Ignatius kaLoyola, okukholisa kwakhe okungakhathali ekugcineni kwaholela kule nsizwa kuKristu. UFrancis wabe esenza izivivinyo zokomoya ngaphansi kokuqondisa kuka-Ignatius kwathi ngo-1534 wajoyina umphakathi wakhe omncane, iNhlangano KaJesu eyayisanda kumiswa.Bebambene noMontmartre bafunga ubuphofu, ubumsulwa, ukuthobela kanye nenkonzo yobuphostoli ngokusho kukapapa.
Ukusuka eVenice, lapho agcotshwa khona njengompristi ngo-1537, uSaverio wadlulela eLisbon futhi lapho wasuka ngomkhumbi waya e-East Indies, wafika eGoa, ogwini olusentshonalanga yeNdiya. Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela wasebenza ukuletha ukukholwa kubantu abahlakazekile njengamaHindu, amaMalay kanye namaJapan. Uchithe isikhathi esiningi eNdiya futhi wakhonza njengesifundazwe sesifundazwe esisha samaJesuit eNdiya.
Nomaphi lapho ayeya khona, uSaverio wayehlala nabantu abampofu kakhulu, behlanganyela ukudla kwabo nezindlu ezimbi. Wachitha amahora amaningi esebenzela abagulayo nabampofu, ikakhulukazi abanochoko. Imvamisa wayengenaso isikhathi sokulala noma sokufunda ngekhanda kodwa, njengoba sazi ezincwadini zakhe, wayehlala egcwele injabulo.
UXavier wawela iziqhingi zaseMalaysia, waze wayofika eJapane. Wafunda isiJapane esanele ukushumayeza abantu abangavamile, ukufundisa, ukubhabhadisa, nokumisa izithunywa zalabo abazomlandela. Ukusuka eJapan wayefisa ukuya eChina, kepha lolu hlelo aluzange luphumelele. Ngaphambi kokufika ezwekazini, washona. Izinsalela zakhe zigcinwa eBandleni likaJesu Omuhle eGoa. Yena kanye noSt. Therese weLisieux bamenyezelwa njengabasebenzisana nabo emishini ngo-1925.
Ukuzindla
Sonke sibizelwe ukuthi "hambani nishumayele ezizweni zonke - bheka uMathewu 28:19. Ukushumayela kwethu akusikho nje emabhishi akude, kodwa emindenini yethu, ezinganeni zethu, kumyeni noma kunkosikazi, kozakwethu. Futhi sibizelwe ukuthi sishumayele hhayi ngamazwi, kepha ngempilo yethu yansuku zonke. Kuphela ngokuzidela, ukulahla konke ukuzuza kobugovu, uFrancis Xavier angakhululeka ukuletha Izindaba Ezinhle emhlabeni. Umhlatshelo kwesinye isikhathi ushiya ngemuva ukuze kuzuze okuhle, okuhle komkhuleko, okuhle kokusiza umuntu odinga usizo, okuhle ngokumane ulalele omunye. Isipho esikhulu kunazo zonke esinaso isikhathi sethu. UFrancis Xavier unikeze abanye wakhe.
USt.Francis Xavier ungcwele ongumvikeli ka:
Amatilosi wemishini ye
Amagugu aseJapan